CO129-243 - Public Offices & Others - 1889 — Page 389

386

that the papers should be referred to the Purveyor General to draft an

to his Starupphreys, to Mr. Holmes

others

auswer

and

the Military Authorities

informed by the Surveyor General that

are anxious to

Accoringly

on the 11th may 1884

buy his land

at Kowloon, and be therefore,

{

tur Humphreys, wet was informed

accept

of

прои

the terms upon which His Excellency

the

Governor

lesse

to hem of this land

a

say

蚀

was prepared to rique

Mr. Humphreys in a letter dated

16th May 1887. objected at length to

submitted others

these terms

he which

and

was

prepared

this land

was

to accept

been

On account of notice havingt

required received that

was fiven

by the military,

to

this letter

го

auswe

By a letter dated the 13th July 1887,

which

I see to day for the 1st time Mr. Humphreys states that he has been

informed.

on the

lease

terms offered by the government.

11th may 1887 -

It will be for the government to

whether it will or will not grant the

the

terves of the 11th May 1887.

am of opinion that hit Hundplings

having by his letter of the 16th, rejected

of the 11 - May, it is not

the offer binding

Povernment -

I am

Therefore of opension that

hur Humphreys has no other title to this land at Kowloon except the lease of

the

ou the

26th July 1875, which will expire

46th December 1888-

b

In view of the opinion eatery expressent

by.