CO129-019 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [1-4] — Page 134

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30 April

Stati, on a

separate paper that has cheady occured

on this subject I

See my answer to this direction dated the R& May

Mnr. Dawes

I think that the questions in this case

has always

Posended on the suspicity

whether a Contract to opcente

Curtain Public Wert, in within a given time being broken

thie Contractor the forest swag

und

5. justly

inseit ohne

Thi

not equitably, honom abling & porfeiture of

Consesper

hand on which the work was to be so dira. This, I think,

not 80 Built,

the whorn of Pence before the richies

thie Building, Cheruigh after the laste the six months, was reason

Shough

for Enforcing the forfeiture. Time was of the essence of this contract because.

abject and motive of it

very object

Thi

was to provide the Gront with means

operations in China; which object was also, I think,

of carrying on belligerent

was Lord Stanugt shimin; but the L. & C. Compt.

Chought otherwise. Should the Scheer be referred agains to theirs.

Mill. I

H.

the think hasil it wone

but equitable

sunder all the cir

6

kat. J. butztes them

>

Compensates fuller mouthing exacted. It? leke the open

ht

defends agains schein the questions, whether or no, in degalin

language, "time was

of the essence of the contract." And

rums to me that massuch as the Land in questions granted in condition that a Banach old. be brilt six months, saljes l to forfeiture of it were

Received

/ Inclosure.

N.19.

The Lord Stanby :

Sir J. H Davis

15 February, 1847.

Colonial Govern

for a lot of ground resumed by the renewed potensions to compensation Further Report

the 15 Tels./07.

Sir J. Dairs deep. 2019. 9f

6. Đang long

Me Stephen.

This is the auswer

b

Mentioned despl

You meinte ofther 30 celties on the above

11 Skay.

th

Cale

130

Cronistences are

the Land Board. The

of this office, and of

under the considerationn

has been several times

of Mr Webster

2d

In 1842 a certai

follow:

lot of land at Hong Kong

pas

Migation that he should

upon, and to an

aftemands determine

Withs fort should

conditions as to rent as

Thick, subject to suck

assigned to Captanc

within

A

limited

of the Troops. Captane

upon it for the nee period build a Daycar

Meit,

Major Caine of 9 Jaustis, For #. Pottingers letter to

as stated in

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