CO129-336 - Governor Nathan & Public Offices - 1906 [11-12] — Page 614

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B37068/11.

Sir,

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7, Castle Terrace.

The Under Secretary of State,

Cowes, Isle of Wight.

5th February, 1906.

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Home Office,

Whitehall.

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fred IR 16 FEB 06

With reference to a letter from your office B37068/6

under date 14th April 1903, stating that the case of

Stephens & Howard does not appear to be one for a "Petition

of Right", but that it was open to them to present a Petition

to His Majesty asking for relief in the circumstances in which they are placed.

2. Such Petition was duly presented, but our

solicitors, Messrs. Trass & Taylor, were informed by your

letter under date 17th July, 1903, signed Kenelm E. Digby,

that His Majesty the King had not been pleased to give any commands regarding it.

3. Believing that further information was required to

enable His Majesty to direct that the prayer of the Petition-

ers should be granted, as a matter of right and justice,

when asked for in the manner directed in your letter; we,

on the 5th September 1903, addressed a letter to Sir Kenelm

E. Digby giving a detailed account of the case it then

stood, and stated that Mr. Howard would be in London soon

after the receipt of the letter and would call at the Home Office, to answer any question that might be thought essential! for the further information of His Majesty's advisers.

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4. On the 19th October 1903 I called at your Office,

but was referred to the Colonial Office and after an interview

with the legal Assistant Under Secretary, and a further

interview