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Privy Council praying that her most excellent Majesty would be graciously pleased to order that your Petitioner might have special leave to appeal from the "aforesaid Order or Judgment of the Supreme Court of Hongkong of the 6th
day March 1885 and from the said Orders of the 4th day of September 1885, the 26th of November 1885 and the 11th day of February 1886.
24. The said Petition to Her Majesty for special leave came on for hearing in Her Majesty's Privy Council on the 11th day of December 1886 and was refused the Lords of the Privy Council being of Opinion that the Godowns having been completed the value of the land in question could not be sufficient to justify an appeal.
25. Your Petitioner thereupon considering the question to be one which the Government
of
this Colony should rectify entered into correspondence with the Colonial Secretary thereon, a copy of which correspondence accompanies this Petition from which your Lordship
will observe that,
Your Petitioner has failed to obtain that redress to which he is entitled as one of Our Most Gracious Majesty's lessees of ground in this Colony and that the Government of this Colony refuses to interfere in the matter.
26. Your Petitioner has been very much injured and aggrieved by the said Order of the 7th day of September 1885, and by the taking away thereunder of his ground and by the refusal of leave to appeal inasmuch as in addition to the value of the ground itself the separation of it from the rest of your Petitioner's Lot has diminished the value of the rest of the Lot and has prevented your Petitioner from completing Buildings then in the course of being erected by him upon that Lot on the lines laid down and according to the Building Plans approved of by the Government of Hongkong and the boundary to your Petitioner's lot instead of being straight is bent at an angle so as to make the Building thereon irregular and more than 2 feet shorter on the Southern boundary than it ought to be in accordance with the Crown Lease of your said Petitioner's Lot.
24. Your Petitioner does not imagine that the Colonial Government of
Hongkong would knowingly take Premium and Crown Rent
+ from your Petitioner for ground sold to him which they could not ensure your Petitioner the quiet enjoyment of and your Petitioner feels sure in order to avoid further difficulties and litigation that it is only necessary to... bring this may be scored he rectify this to him a grievous wrong. The effect of
before your lordship that the necessary instructions the Judgment of the Supreme Court as carried out by its Officers is simply to take away a piece of ground the title to which is vested in
your Petitioner and the possession of which he legally held and is entitled to by the
case
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the
Privy Council praying that her most excellent Majesty would be graciously pleased to order that your Petitioner might have special leave to applal from die "aforesaid Cheree or huldgment of the Suftreme bourt of hongkong of the 60%
"day March 1885 and from the said Orders of the 4th day of Sepethurber 1885, the 26th of November 1885 and the 11th day of February 1886.
day
244. The said Petition to Her Majesty for special leave came on for hearing in Her Majesty's Privy Council on the 11th day of Recember 1886 het was refused the Lords of the Triby Council being of Opinion that the Godowns having been completed the value of the land in question could not be sufficient to justify an appeal.
25. Your Petitioner thereupon considering the question to be one which the Government
of
of this bolong should rectify entered watt correspondence with the leolonial becretary thereon, a copy of which correspondence accompanies this Paitition from which your Lordship
t your Petitioner has failed to obtain that redress to which he is entitled as one of Our Most Gracious Majesty's lessees of ground in this bolony and that the Government of this bolory refuses to interfere in the matter.
will observe that,
O
26. Your Petitioner has been very much injured and aggrieved by the said Order of the 7th day of September 1885, and by the taking away thereunder of his ground and by the refusal for leave to appeal inasmuch as in addition to the value of the ground itself the separation of it from the rest of your Petitioner's Lot has diminished the value of the rest of the Lot and has prevented your Petitioner from completing Buildings then in the course of being erected by him upon that Lot on the lines laid down and according to the Building Plans approved of by the Government of Hongkong and the boundary to your Petitioner's lot instead of being straight is beut at an angle so as to make the Building thereon irregular and more than 2 feet shorter on the Southern boundary than it ought to be in accordance with the brower Lease of your said Petitioners Lot. 24. Your Petitioner does not imagine that the bolonial Government of non
Hongkong would knowingly take Premium and brown Rent
+ from your Petitioner for ground sold to him which they could not ensure your. Petitioner the quiet enjoyment of and your Petitioner feels sure in order to avoid further difficulties and litigation that it is only necessary to... bring this may be scored he rectify this to him a grievous wrorly. The effect of
before your lordship that the secesary instructions the Judgment of the Supreme baut as carried out by its Officers is simply to take away a piece of ground the title to which is vested in
your Petitioner and the posscesion of which he legally held and is entitled to by the
case
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