CO129-236 - Others - 1887 — Page 322

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that the Boundary which Mr Danby the muil 69 of th

Plaintiff's

ours Witness had indicated

lease

must be accepted, thereby aperting by inference the incorrectness of a which he Mr. Ackroyd as hand officer was responsible for-

Mr Ackroyd

as

ad

Quique

Registrar of the Court holds the Office also of hand

Officer. Mr Ackroyd acted Judge from 28th March 1885 until the 6th December 1885. As such acting "Juice Judge he also acted as Chief

Justice

during

the absence

of the Chief Justice from the Colony 1885 to the 25th Euly from the 2nd May 1885 to the 2:

1885.

Mr Ackroyd has since the 9th

March 1884 and at the trine

my Petition to the Secretary of State. forwarded to the Cdonial Office acted

Attorney General of Hong Kong.

as

In all these acting appointments and at the various times samed

has the Crown Lease granted to me been before Mr Ackroyd although Me Ackrood holds the Office for hand officer and through whose

office

the brown Lease was issued

to me.

The Right Hmorable, Her Majesty's Principal

Secretary of State

for the Colonies.

I have the honor to be

Your Lordships

most humble servant

Matthew. II. Stephens

&

Sir

R. C. Office HongKong 25th August. 1885.

With reference to

300

our conversation course of which

میرے

this morning

the course morning in the

to send in a report,

requested

Atte

you

as to how

I arrived at my boundary line in

of

the

Marine Lots 184 and 185 disputed case I have the honour to state as follows: -

(1). My measurements wer

East and West.

from.

occrefully

made both

the

( 2 ). On the West side I commenced from

Western side of Willy Streetz

defined live

a well.

found the street to be

actually 29! Gt wide instead of 30, so that the

Col. 184 have sumenched

171

the road.

میرے

I then took measurements from this actual

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edge of Whitty Street, marking from it a live prenabled to it and 100′ distant terwards lot 185. This is the Lease measurement for lot 184 in this clirection, and on the Praya. face it exactly corresponds with the actual point of junction of the buildings of the Litigants.

Ackronel Eye

Registrar: Seepreme Overt

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