of what they
were
doing; and I confess
that after perusing the Proceedings of the ___ Committee, seeing that only eleven claims, representing 43 lots of ground - twenty-two or
one half
of which
are
the property of
one
Claimant, - have been presented to it, and considering the grounds on which these claims are founded, I am thoroughly satisfied that
of the inhabitants have
any equitable claim to reduction in the rates
of ground rent that they respectively pay. "All that I could
say on this subject, however, is so
fully embodied in Mr Mercer's Minute, attached to the Report, that I beg respectfully to refer your Lordship to that Document.
6. I annex to this Despatch some Papers that I have caused to be made out, which
will at once
place before Your Lordship the manner in which all lands in the Colony came into the possession of the present
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occupants, the description of persons by whom
they
are
owned, as well as
the amount
of Rent
paid by them respectively. By document
N°1
marked A
your Lordship will observe that the
Chinese Population hold but a
very
small
portion of the land rented in the Colony, and that they, indeed, only pay
£1576:0:4.- I bring this to
Your
Lordship's
particular notice, because it has been held
in the Colony that respectable Chinese are deterred from settling in it by the present high rate of ground rent, and I shall presently show that on this account the Chinese living within the Town do not pay more than Shillings per head per annum, and that those without do not pay more than 1...
To prevent misapprehension, I would here remark that throughout this Despatch, I have
applied the term Foreigner to every resident not Chinese; under that term, therefore, will be included British and other Europeans, Americans,
of what they
were
doing; and I confece
that after perusing the Precedings of the ___ Committe, seeing that only kleven claims, reprezenting 43 lots of ground - twenty-two or
half of which
onchalf
are
-
the property of
one
Claimant, - have been presented to it, and considering the grounds on which these claims founded, I am thoroughly saterfied_ that.
of the inhabitants have
Arc
Mone
any equitable of ground
claim to reduction in the rates
rent that they respectively pay. "All that this subject, however, is so
I could
Lay
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fully embodied in Mr Mercer's Minute, attached to the Report, that I beg respectfully to refer your Lordship to that. Dreument.
6. Janney to this Despatch some Papers that I have exused to be made out, which
will at once
-place bofore Your Lordship the manner in which all lands in the Colony came into the possession of the presenti
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occupants, _ the description of persons by whome.
they
are
owned, as well as
the amount
of Rent
-
paid by them respectively. By document
N21
p2! marked A
your Lordship will observe that the
Chinese Population hold but a
a very
small
portion of the land rented in the Polony, and that they, indeed, only pay
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£ 15760504.- I bring this to
this
account
Your
Lordship's
particular notice, because it has been held-
are-
in the Colony that respectable Chinese deterred from scenting to it by the present- high rate of ground rent, and I shall presently show that on this account the Chinese living- Shillings per
within the Town do not pay sin
head
per annum, and that those without- do not pay
than 1...
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To prevent
mizapprehension. I would here remark that throughout this Despatch. I have
applied the term Foreigner to every residents not Chinese; under that term, therefore, will be included- British and other Europeans, Americans,
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