CO129-494 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [9-10] — Page 6

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would

in the cyrs of Chinese of 1898,

be regarded price. If

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The pagement of a fair

it is possible to take this

live, the Governor's arguments

Kennice

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affarently inelevant, become powerful.

Perhaps

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Casa

might be submitted

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you

to the Law Offrire. In

hobally wish to consult die I fustey.

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Som unwilling to pull the Law

67/12/26 go to this ar

mithing for this

offices

us m

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Cagainst

they would advise The point of law. But I think it quits just that- the interfutition of the Couration amgested by the four in fore

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d. to maintained, igt

that lands

may

brummel

for any patthir perform at a

and that

fair price - and

quite as much as or the averau the holders would

have got under Chinese Law

Put i would make/concessiors

1. I would allow - retrospectively

ition oi lng to the rice 28 8:1

To vector in yours. 17 of 1867.

An

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2. I would lay down tunt wher t.c lą, are by provision of roads, levellin.., sewering etc. has been complete the land s..all be rerniued as a whole and after diducting the rort of the lay-out cra

the compensation alics, paid, the balance paid over

to the dispossessed owners, either ir propustion to

or in pretuar to the

the suns LIGA

area of land resumed.

The Tovernor są, s ir paryzaph 11 of 40753 that there will probably be no surplus: so Government will not lose by tuis concess.o...

The Gover or should be asked to get as fuil detria as possible of the recent apropriatiors of private lands by the Carton Govern ert roferred to in

We sail tuer have peragraph 3 of tus despatch, the materials of a answer to the "anture BC

So ve

takin

ert in the not very roba le runt of their

As up tuc rmme of the motor,alists.

the

fair fries oft. be intrfrated

Less than

not life

would be

arcoded under Chinson Law

& bustion. The probability in that what then felte

hing gu'n

have broker treaties rit and left the arc tim

a strong position to protest aga put a tecunieni breach by us of the 1898 Treaty -

the new

I hope it instalbikin

in from

cesci of the Tow

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Territories ir substitution for our presert lenne, in

Jutury for any concessions we may make repidLT

tariffe and extra territ rinių.

Wathen P. this 2012

The impatent thing is to me that

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