CO129-012 - Sir John Davis - 1845 [5-7] — Page 187

has been let to a Chinese named Aliqui from the 23rd August last, for the tone of five years, af 200 dollars per risouth, an condition of his laying out 2,500 dollars in fitting it up for the anarket people, the whole to because the property of the Government of the repiration of the term.

agreed to, on condition of his constructing a substantial market place under the inspection of the Land office.

This was

Cor

The Eastern or smallest market les by auction for the anonthly pent of 60 dollars. A destructive fire broke not in the neighbourhood on the 24. May and

mpletely destroyed this market, and I have taken the opportunity before allowing if to be built up again, to direct the Surveyor Ceneral to level the adjoining portion of the Reccen's pood, from which there is a sleep descent into the market)

and

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and thereby improve the locality, expecting

to receive.

a

better rent for the same.

The privilege called the Brokerage

individual

of Suth was sold to an

1 / 45 Chimes under proper securities. Large

quantities of full are

brought

here and

-warehorised, either to be consumed within the Colony

or ad

Colony or preexported, and the broker they call him the tonigher, soms by Chinek custom to be indispensable- between the buyers and sellers. This has

at the same time been made

meature

a

- of Police, by rendering the tocigher of salt, responsible for the good conduct of those in the Fall Junks.

Your Lordships despatch No : 90

K

in

of March 5 + refers to the scale of fees established for the Supreme Court, and requires that they should be made adequate to depay the charge of the

subordinate