CO129-266 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [1-3] — Page 579

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the Director of Public Wathe and M. Scrcombe Smith-

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2. Iustice notice the names

I tare government savants

Arxang the amber o

1 Ag may

Shepherd among

mi

M. Bruce

the number

of 'claimants for compensation,

filair

And from the statements

in the proceedings

it would

seem that hi- may bought

his property

property in July 1892

And that the land is

The regulations against to h

mortgaged. I shall be glad to expamant be assured that the rules which

have been laid doxy, in

respect to the holding of land by public officers

the purchase of Lavend

Jone

by poklic offices wome

in the preceding January, aut

I had taufere be glad to

be in

pened Whattin

your

wrider that this acquisition

of thee laced in question by

ans tristet

with these regulations. Ther

is nothing in the papers before stodiante wh

Deluate which the Bance Shephar

aquired his land, higher th frommet with if

operations on this

tour not evcilaaked in prose

Case

tates

575

3. As regards the proirsin.

of funds for the

resumptiv

of

of ther Junderstand that the from

Taipingshan property, the

Agents for

the Colonies

will be able to arrange

Zoormaking

for a moderate overdraft

made

being when themy thegmille Thorton for the free

#refolusy

when their

At expenditure in this country a

be

am ac

the Colony has

alle apparently tasset exhausted

balances

the Hongkong

in their hands. You

will of

course take care

to cause thee Agents.

to be instructed, othe