CO129-332 - Public Offices & Others - 1905 — Page 402

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to

consider this letter

on 37485/04 the Gove (para 51 bok The point that the

Aquement d. 4 Aug 1900 tutore. Ito. A.ME & HO. LAP. PUN and the things Kelly was an aggreement anley for thr Sch of the land and intended.

provision fro the assignment to mess lille of part of any compensation That might to paid if that alkomation an

adopted the Cost

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With outful Nout this at first,

The

vendors purported to sell the lavend and all the rights

intios clarin and demand whatsower

• orly winter of the said heass"

cindes by

4

the vendors

In conson, however, I can to the cordon (to which

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in

Book of the hand Count attorno the vendors' clans with Cork thrcumfline arlected to pay than

componention hers of granting a with to the loved, sued, compensation w. not be anything; to the vendors "under or by virtue of the accruing to the vintra

of the cites 18 of gro

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sant have" but same thing, accruing by operation

hoooors, if the Agreement hind as

which, it is think clearly an agrement for the sake of land and land onley and contemplatid

no alteration transaction Theupon I join won with most of the statement's

ui tur. Harolin's letter. and in particular. I cortint Thook fran the Eali ofthe hand Court's.

pidement (7 the 10,00) It's lap Puns was entitled riteres to the land or to crucpensation, but hass Keller, weider the agreement wie wit so untitled,

and in fact

women rutitted only to the land and and, to that when the Crook "hand Exerased it's options to grant this land rather than compensation

from whide thuis - michlo commenced

was accordingly the Coldre's letter of 14 July

lor need not

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02.

into the question of what we have Green the bazat position if hress Kelly had completio the purchase immediately

on the strength of the Col. Esci litter. As count's have happened & think they are

not entitled to more than their expenses since the

vendors faisle, established their title (ie. 14 July.02)

Soire

They will bruttlers point to the fact that they paid $3500 part of the preschoonmony in deb & Jane proof thank there Iveying Holah Pan's alternation right to compensation if he

cgranted the land, but the Ag recent does nd,

thar already submitted, twas that constron. These faqquants were rash and sproutation,

he cas

Ground

and speculation, if not a "beyed or morel

for depriving persons of compensation to which

wo otherwise be sut itht", is equalle

aqualle, no ground

of

ame, seat or kind for giving

1

they'

persons compensation

to which the Lord otherwise not to cutitter.

HR

24/7

I'mfen I have still some doubt.

If on the receipt of the letter of the 14 dafon

the vendor and established then witte ifter that elles all that remained the done was to prepare the lease on the fehaven

then it fee the had paid ori

Harney

to me that when they land the fort cos

theus

deprived of the

have had to compensate

standing in the shoes of

the

orfind Chinese vendors. In that cave. theases incured prior to the letter g14 dag w2 I think persperly have been payable.

The termin

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