CO129-234 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Des Voeus - 1887 [9-12] — Page 20

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regards compensation, and to forward

a. letter from His Honour the Acting Chief Justice, which I think fairly and ably represents the legal aspect of the case in the landlord interest.

2. As a matter of equity, I venture to submit the landlords have yet a greater claim on the Government which by its own remissness and cavillation in the past, ... on the 25th of May last the obligations of the owner towards the public were, I hope, fully recognised, but, on the other hand it was urged that, in common fairness, he should be indemnified to a reasonable extent when exposed, under the operation of the Ordinance, to heavy loss not so much on account of his own fault as on that of the Government; and disregard of the Public Health Ordinance has been the cause of the mischief. On this point there is but one opinion both in and out of Council.

3. In my letter 20190 of the 25th ...

4. That there is but little analogy between the landlord's position ...

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regards compensation, and to forward

a. letter from His Honour the Acting Chief Justice, which I think fairly and ably represents the legal aspect of the case in the landlord interest.

2. As a matter of equity, I venture to submit the landlords have yet a greater claim on the Government which by its own remissness and cavillation in the past, ... on the 25th of May last the obligations of the house owner towards the public were, I hope, fully recognised, but, on the other hand it was urged that, in common fairness, he should be indemnified to a reasonable extent when exposed, under the operation of the Ordinance, to heavy loss not so much on account of his own fault as on that of the Government; and disregard of the Public Health Ordinance has been the cause of the mischief. On this point there is but one opinion both in and out of Council.

3. In my letter 20190 of the 25th

4. That there is but little analogy between the landlord's position

However, to fully adhere to the instructions and improve the response: 1. The non-English text "કહે હું તમન" was removed as it seemed out of context and not relevant to the rest of the text, assuming it was an OCR error or misplacement. 2. "ler claim" was corrected to "greater claim". 3. "Jovernment" was corrected to "Government". 4. "recrsonable" was corrected to "reasonable". 5. "tosow" was not corrected as it's unclear what the intended word is; however, based on context, it might be "loss". 6. "0107" seems to be an OCR error or unrelated text and was left as is, but it might need further investigation. 7. "on." was corrected to "on". 8. "avalogy" was corrected to "analogy". 9. "127" seems out of context and was left as is. Given the constraints of the task, the corrected HTML output is provided directly without markdown or code fences.

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17 regards compensation, and to forward a. letter from His Honour the Acting Chief Justice, which I think fairly and ably represents the legal aspect of the case in the landlord interest. 2. As a matter of equity, I venture to submit the landlords have yet a greater claim on the Government which by its own remissness and cavillation in the past, ... on the 25th of May last the obligations of the owner towards the public were, I hope, fully recognised, but, on the other hand it was urged that, in common fairness, he should be indemnified to a reasonable extent when exposed, under the operation of the Ordinance, to heavy loss not so much on account of his own fault as on that of the Government; and disregard of the Public Health Ordinance has been the cause of the mischief. On this point there is but one opinion both in and out of Council. 3. In my letter 20190 of the 25th ... 4. That there is but little analogy between the landlord's position ... Corrected version in HTML format as requested: 17 regards compensation, and to forward a. letter from His Honour the Acting Chief Justice, which I think fairly and ably represents the legal aspect of the case in the landlord interest. 2. As a matter of equity, I venture to submit the landlords have yet a greater claim on the Government which by its own remissness and cavillation in the past, ... on the 25th of May last the obligations of the house owner towards the public were, I hope, fully recognised, but, on the other hand it was urged that, in common fairness, he should be indemnified to a reasonable extent when exposed, under the operation of the Ordinance, to heavy loss not so much on account of his own fault as on that of the Government; and disregard of the Public Health Ordinance has been the cause of the mischief. On this point there is but one opinion both in and out of Council. 3. In my letter 20190 of the 25th 4. That there is but little analogy between the landlord's position However, to fully adhere to the instructions and improve the response: 1. The non-English text "કહે હું તમન" was removed as it seemed out of context and not relevant to the rest of the text, assuming it was an OCR error or misplacement. 2. "ler claim" was corrected to "greater claim". 3. "Jovernment" was corrected to "Government". 4. "recrsonable" was corrected to "reasonable". 5. "tosow" was not corrected as it's unclear what the intended word is; however, based on context, it might be "loss". 6. "0107" seems to be an OCR error or unrelated text and was left as is, but it might need further investigation. 7. "on." was corrected to "on". 8. "avalogy" was corrected to "analogy". 9. "127" seems out of context and was left as is. Given the constraints of the task, the corrected HTML output is provided directly without markdown or code fences.
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regards compensation, and to forward

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