nfidential
C 0.
19346
456
RECE
Rec: 5 JUN
05
Government House.
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I have the honour to inform you thes the Supreme Court of the Colony on tu 31 March last qaot judgment in favour of the Government in the cast before the Full Court of Tang Tgg LC v. The Allouncy General, in which the former appealed from a deusion of the LandCount disallowing
his claim to the absolute ownership of a length of about 2 miles and arca of about 150 acres of foreshore Cheung Sha Wan on the Northern Shore of the harbour
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2. The appellant has given udice of further appret to it My Privy Counal. Tonether the small local syndicat: which has talian up Jang Jszli's case with proceed with this further appeal secuns doubtful in otsus of the adverx decision of thu judges here on conry pocit raised by an appellants and on any wend saur advised that it would have little chance of success.
3 I will report fully on the cast when the judginaals have been prosited. In the meantime I desire to bung to your notice the Exuptional suvices rendered 4 M2 Ceil Clementi of An Hong Kong Card Sowice ul connution with it and Similar mations,
4. This gentleman,coko arriv@ is Hong Kong
as a cadet on the 19th Reemba 1899, at once Kvote himself with Extandrinary diligence to the Study of Clui E32 The wrust fine altoíóu hi cadch ti poss then firial Sramutations in this subject is two years and it is not on 28cord this any cadet has required less than this funɛ antil MClemadí papið on thu
·Ncember 1900
-one year after his crrival in the Colony.
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5. He mass use of his Exuptional proficiency in the wution languaje tomatic a
complete study of the land laws of Chine a subject which had becomz of special impalanu the Government lyg
reason 06 Au acquistia of the New Jerri tolics ai 1898 and of the subsequand Colonial legislation with repaid to thu graus of titles ti persous who cconed this land witluń thure Territories at the burit Clicy passed ond of the fucðisdiction of Churia,
6. At this line long effort was made by official applications & otherwise to obtain from the Chuine Authorities a copy of an land register at San On City when was terident li Magiskabe isho acts as dand officer for the San Ol. dishict
of which the New Jerritance formed part. All these effals failed whe MTlementi who had been selected to africt the Law officers in connection with Catou dand Casco askid permission to qo'te San Gwand see what he would do, Accorduigly he was vend thue in the mouth of Auf
1903- the hotus mouth in the 4 car- and remained in coiucmstances of the qriadid personal discomfort, for five days with the Maqishate unearthing and Examunung his records. Its then pud in hand with a staff of 12 Clicks from Hong Kong,
The Right Houther
~Alford Lyttelton
K.C. M.P
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