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In reply to your letter of this date informing me that Mr. H. C. Nicolle has been appointed to inspect our books and will call at my office for that purpose at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday, the 7th instant, I have to say that I will be in attendance at the time and place named.
The Honourable T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
SIR,
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
THOMAS HOWARD.
SIR,
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HONGKONG, 29th August, 1898.
Marine Lot No. 184.
I shall feel obliged if you will be good enough to inform me if His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government is in a position to tell me the amount which has been arrived at as compensation for the conversion of our Marine Lot No. 184 into an Inland Lot, by which the Godowns thereon will soon be useless for the purpose for which they were built.
It is now more than seven weeks since the Government Auditor verified the figures of my claim, which claim was made in accordance with the principle laid down by the Attorney General in the Taipingshan Resumption cases; and, with the further information I have furnished of Governor Des Voeux's value of the Land and Messrs. Bird & Palmer's value of the Buildings, I am at a loss to know the reason for delay.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
With reference to your letter to Mr. Thomas Howard No. 1118 of yesterday's date I have the honour to inform you that any arrangement arrived at with the Government and Mr. Howard in respect of Marine Lot No. 184, I will be bound by.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
MATTHEW J. D. STEPHENS.
The Honourable T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
SIR,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
THOS. HOWARD.
HONGKONG, 5th September, 1898.
The Honourable T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
SIR.
Acting Colonial Secretary,
HONGKONG, 15th August, 1898.
Marine Lot No. 184.
In accordance with your intimation to me under date 5th July, Mr. Nicolle came to inspect our books on the 7th July, and on a subsequent day, and obtained all the information he asked for.
Seeing that I made out the value of our Godowns upon the principle laid down by the Attorney General in the Taipingshan Resumption cases, I do not understand the delay in settling the compensation to be awarded.
Possibly it would facilitate a settlement if the value of the Land and Buildings thereon were arrived at in terms of the Crown Lease; to which end I now enclose statement of values by the highest authorities, Governor Des Vœux and Messrs. Bird & Palmer, in the year 1888, the year before the passing of the Reclamation Ordinance.
I have the honour to be,
Marine Lot No. 184,
Another week has passed and no reply from you as to whether any claim for compensation in respect of Marine Lot No. 184 has yet received the attention of the Government.
Considering that it is nearly seven years since the subject was brought to the notice of the Honourable W. Meigh Goodman, then Acting Colonial Secretary, and that it is more than four months since my claim was sent in to the Government, and more than eight weeks since the figures in that claim were verified by the Government Auditor, I do not understand the delay in arriving at a decision.
I may mention that the amount of rentals for the last eight months is $5,779.58 less than for the same period in 1895, which loss has been occasioned solely by the Praya Reclamation.
I have the honour to be,
The Honourable T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
THOS. HOWARD.
The Honourable T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
THOS. HOWARD.
SIR,
HONGKONG, 19th September, 1898.
Marine Lot No. 184.
I shall feel obliged, if you will bring to the notice of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government that after repeated applications I am still without any reply when the Government will pay our claim for compensation for
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In reply to your letter of this date informing me that Mr. H. C. Nicolle has beeu appointed to inspect our books and will call at my office for that purpose at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday, the 7th instant, I have to say that I will be in attendance at the time and placed named.
The Honourable T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
SIR,
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Your obedient Servant,
THOMAS HOWARD.
SIR,
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77
HONGKONG, 29th August, 1898.
Marine Lot No. 184.
I shall feel obliged if you will be good enough to inform me if His Excellency the Officer Administering the Governm nt is in a position to tell me the amount which has been arrived at as compensation for the conversion of our Marine Lot No. 184 into an Inland Lot, by which the Go-lowns thereon will soon be useless for the purpose for which they were built.
It is now more than seven weeks since the Government Auditor verified the figures of my claim, which claim was made in accordance with the principle laid down by the Attorney General in the Taipingshan Resumption cases; and, with the further information I have furnish d of Governor Des Voeux's value of the Land and Messrs. Bird & Palmer's value of the Buildings, I am at a loss to know the reason for delay.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
With reference to your letter to Mr. Thomas Howard No. 1118 of yesterday's date I have the honour to inform you that any arrangement arrived at with the Government and Mr. Howard in respect of Marine Lot No. 184, I will be bound by.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
MATTHEW J. D. STEPHENS. '
The Honourable T. SencoMBE SMITH,
SIR,
Acting Colonial Secretory.
THOS. HOWARD.
HONGKONG, 5th September, 1898.
The Honourable T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
SIR.
Acting Colonial Secretary,
HONGKONG, 15th August, 1898.
Marine Lot No. 184.
In accordance with your intimation to me under date 5th July, Mr. Nicolle came to inspect our books on the 7th July, and on a subsequent day, and obtained all the information he asked for.
Seeing that I made out the value of our Godowas upon the principle laid down by the Attorney General in the Taipingshan Resumption cases, I do not understand the delay in settling the compensation to be awarded.
Possibly it would facilitate a settlement if the value of the Land and Build- ings thereon werec arrived at in terms of the Crown Lease; to which end I now euclose statement of values by the highest authorities, Governor Des Vœux and Messrs. Bird & Palmer, in the year 1888, the year before the passing of the Reclamation Ordinance.
I have the honour to be,
Marine Lot No. 184,
Another week has passed and no reply from you as to whether any claim for compensation in respect of Marine Lot No. 184 has yet received the attention of the Government.
Considering that it is nearly seven years since the subject was brought to the notice of the Honourable W. Meigh Goodman, then Acting Colonial Secretary, and that it is more than four months since my claim was sent in to the Government, and more than eight weeks since the figures in that claim were verified by the Government Auditor, I do not understand the delay in arriving at a decision.
I may mention that the amount of rentals for the last eight mouths is $5,779.58 less than for the same period in 1895, which loss has been occasioned solely by the Praya Reclamation.
I have the honour to be,
The Ilonourable T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
THOS, HOWARD.
The Honourable T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
THOS, HOWARD.
SIR,
HONGKONG, 19th September, 1898.
Marine Lot No. 184.
I shall feel obligel, if you will bring to the notice of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government that after repeated applications I am still without any reply when the Government will pay our claim for compensation for
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