The following is " copy of the Report in the above case.
Yo the Worshipful Sir John Smale, Knight, Judge and Commissary of the Vice-Whereas by a decree of the 10th day.
Admiralty Court of Hongkong.
Tune, 1872, if was pronounced by the Wor-aid. Court, that the Owners of the ship. ona ahipful Henry John Ball, the Judge of the
werd liable for the damage sustained by the Owners of the said ship Ava, and condemned in such damage and in the costs of the suit, and moreover referred the proofs, &., to the Registrar and Merchants; and whereas by an order of Her Majesty in Council of the 12th day of December, 1873, that said order of the 10th day of June, 1872, was vari 1d, to the effect that both the said were in fault, that the di tained by ips the said ships that each party should pay their own cos ould be equally borne, and And whereas by your decree of the 9th day of April, 1874, you directed the said elect of the 10th day of June, 1872, to be vai and reversed in terms of Her 'Majesty's Order in Council, and moreover referred the jof with such' vouchers and accounts as should be exhibited to your Registrar and Merchants, to ascertain and report the amount fof such datnago; and whereas on the 5th day the Proctor for the Owners lit in a account of damage, supper ly report that, having mann and Lin-Merchants, and having several papers, and also we took the same, together with what was urged by the parties, their Agents and Proctors on both sides, into conteration, and are of opinion that the Owners of the said ship Rona are entitled under the aforesaid decree to the several sums stated in the Schedule hereunto annexed, together with the costs of this reference.
All which is humbly submitted by, W. H. AuExaxpEn, Registrar.
10th October, 1874.
The Schedule affixed to_ this the amount of $113,491.57 allowed out of $121,427.75 claimed." Interest at 10 per cent. per annum from date of the confirmation of this Report to date of payment, "The Owners of the dva to pay the costs of" this Reference.
Mr. Brereton appeared as Proctor for the Ava, snd Mr. Stephens ax Proctor for the ona.
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