CO129-433 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [5-6] — Page 295

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REGE 11 JULIE

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 27th. May, 1916.

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I have the honour to forward a Memorial addresa-

-ed to you by Messrs. Denison, Ram and Gibbs, a local firm of

Architects, regarding an alleged grievance in the matter of the interpretation placed by the Director of Public Works upon a special

condition attaching to the lease of certain land, in which they are

interested. I attach also a copy of a minute by Mr. Chatham, reply-

-ing to the letter addressed by the Memorialists to the Colonial

Secretary on the 12th. April.

2.

The matter in dispute is so fully discussed, and

the attitude of this Government is so clearly defined, in the

correspondence attached to the Memorial, that I find it unnecessary

to comment at any length upon it.

3.

I may however emphasize the point made in the fifth paragraph of the Colonial Secretary's letter of the 5th. April. Both Messrs. Denison, Ram and Gibbs and their client were

aware of the special condition as to design and disposition of

buildings, and they have only themselves to blame for any expense

and inconvenience to which they may have been put through their neglect to make enquiry of the Director of Public Works in the first instance as to the manner in which he proposed to exercise the discretion so specially reserved to him.

RIGHT HONOURABLE

ANDREW BONAR LAW, M.P.,

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I have the honour to be, Sir.

Your most obedient, humble gervant,

Governor,&c. .