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The point at issue is the "disposition" of the buildings,

which is of importance on socount of the proximity and

relative position of Kennedy Road. Meesrs, Denison, Ram

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& Gibbs have been informed (vide ny letter to them of 17.3.18)

that they are at liberty to construct the annexe of the full

height shown by them, provided they alter its "disposition"

in the manner therein indicated. The oraction of an annexe

of the height and in the position shown on the plane originally

submitted by them would be almost certain to provoke

considerable public criticism and I would be accused for

having failed to exercise the powers conferred upon ms under

the "Conditions of Sale",

4. With regard to Mesers, Denison, Rsm & Gibbs' latter

of 12-4-16 addressed to the Secretary of State, I offər the

following comments;-

6. Paras • 2 & 3. The casse in which any dissatisfaction

has been expressed by the Architects regarding the interpret-

ation placed upon the Special Conditions attached to land

sales have been very few. Prior to the commencement of the

correspondence which forms the enclosure to Mosare. Denison,

Ram & Gibbs' latter, 1 can only recall one auch case. The

circumstances of that case, of which the following is a

statement, are peculiar.

6. In 1911, a Chinese Contractor, who is regarded as a

man of subetance and who hse adopted the kuropean style of

living, applied for an area of Crown land on the north side

of Kennedy Road and adjoining another lot, occupiwa by ■

Boarding House, to be put up to public auction. Terma were

arranged and the lot was put up to auction on the 6th, March,

1911. The owner of the Boarding House, apparently fearing

that his business would be prejudiced by the sale of the lot

to a Chinese purchaser, outbid the applicant and secured the

lot.

7. The Chinese Contractor then applied for a small area

of land, situated immediately to the north of the Boarding