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The Governor might grant a title appropriate to the Case.
If however the Governor should deem it inexpedient having regard to the
public interests of the Colony that such title should be granted he could refer
the matter back to the Court to decide what compensation should be paid to the
Claimants, and the amount awarded by the Court was to be paid by the Government as
the Court should direct.
Your Petitioners therefore submit that under the Judgment of the Land Court the Claimant s
had vested in them one of two alternative rights,namely:-
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The right to have a title granted to them, or
The right to compensation.
And that such rights being vested in them the Claimants had power to assign the sa-
me to any person as they should think fit.
On the 30th. December 1901 the said Tong Wan Chiu and Ku Fai Shan through their Solicitors
Messrs.Deacon & Hastings wrote a letter to the Registrar of the Land Court which was as follows:-
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"gir,
#30th.December,1901.
"Claim U No.1 Survey District.
*Claim K No.2
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"We have the honour to enquire when the Certificate of title to the property re-
"ferred to in the Judgment of the Court in connection with these Claims will be issued.
"The Claimants desire to obtain same as soon as possible as they wish to deal with
*the property.
"We have the honour to be,
"sir,
"Your most obedient servants,
"Deacon & Hastings.
"The Registrar,
"The Land Court.' 11
On the 15th.January 1902 Messrs.Deacon & Hastings wrote as follows to the Colonial Secretary
"15th.January 1902.
#gir,
"Re New Territory Olains.
"U of No.1 Survey District,
"K
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"On the 30th.ultimo we addressed to the Registrar of the Land Court an enquiry as
"to when the Certificate of title to the property referred to in the Judgment of the Court
"in connection with these Claims would be issued, explaining at the same time that the Claim-
"ants desired to obtain the same as soon as possible as they wished to deal with the property
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