The Magistrate of Shanghai District, in the Prefecture of Sungkiang, province of Kiangeu, hereby issues this Certificate to hold real es: tate and for the purpose of collecting the {nd having been in a state of confusion for a rain tax. The particulars as to the people's long time, the Board of Restoration has received instructions as to the management of such cases and the method of procedure to be followed by all owners of land, which is to be measured according to Parishes (7"us). In regard to the owner hereinafter mentioned, the number under which he holds his land, and the area of the same have been duly recorded in the Land Register. In addition thereto this certificate is given him to hold and by which to pay his grain tax. This is a necessary document.
Location:—Pao, 25, Chu, 1, Character, "Vu" No. 109.
Owner,—Shen Ming-chis, Ares,—4 mow, 3 li, 2 hoon, Given this———day of the-moon of the Sth year of Hsien Feng, (1855)
Endorsement No. 1.—This part of the Document contains only 1 mou, 3 fun, 3 li and 2 how.
Mr. Phillips May it please the Court.
object to all this. Apparently it is only done with a view of suggesting some irregularity in respect of the way in which my client or the beneficial owners have become possessed of this piece of property. What right, Lusk, has Mr. Dowdall, on behalf of the Council, to attempt to impugn our title at all until he has produced something to show he has a title to it; he has not shown a scintilla yet in respect of these two lots. I submit he must first show to the Court that he has soe right task such questions for no person may come into Court and off-hand proceed to ask questions of this sort, without showing some original right to impugn the title of my client. Before he can establish the right to ask these questions he must supply that deficiency by showing to the Court that he has some sort of title to these two lots.
The President—There has been a deed put in here numbered 760 which covers Jot 767, which it is said covers this ground. I take it that Mr. Dowdall will prove that it does, but so far I cannot see how.
Mr. Phillips—It seems to me it isan entirely different branch of the matter, and before he is entitled to place this branch before the Court, he must first show his right to the land.
Mr. Dowdall to witness—Look at the Tipao's signature.
Mr. Hykes—Yes, that is the signature of the Tipao. It seems to be on a document which comes in prior to the one given to Mr. Drummond.
Mr. Dowdall—Does that appear to be the signature of Shen Leo-shi Mr. Hykes—It reads Shen Leo-shi and Yuen-fang. There is a'x mark after both names, but there is no cross after Leo Wuch'ien's name Mr. Dowdall—Is that bill of sale properly completed and filled up De, Hykes—Tt looks costect; the only omission is Shen Leo-shi.
Mr. Dowdall—Look at the fan-tan.
Mr. Hykes—It is divided into two portions, one part being for the bill of sale on 707 and Tos and the other part for lot 714.
Mr. Dowdall—Would it be too much trouble to read the fungtans?
Mr. Hykes—Endorsement No. 2, in the 22nd year of Kuang Hsii (1896), the land contained in the one corner of the original certificate, was measured and found to 4 contain 1 mow, 2 fun, 9 li, and 8 how, and this was leased to Mr. W. V. Drummond, a foreign merchant, by Fei Kwan-hsing, and anew title deed, No. 708, was issued by the U.S. Consulate (U. 8, No. 708), In buying and selling this land this certificate must be regarded as evidence (of uwnership), and must accompany the deed of sale, when presented for sealing and registration and the Gilling in of blanks (particulars) and transfer of ownership on the tax register. The certificate issued in the 48th year of Kien Lung is not to be regarded as evidence (of ownership). It has been cancelled.
Mr. Hykes, continuing, said—The other tone is the same with the exception of the following endorsements:—Endorsement 1: This part of the document contains 1 mov, and 7 fun. Endorsement 2: In the 22nd" year of Kuang Hsii (1896) the land covered Ly this certificate was measured and found to contain only 1 mow, 5 fun, 7 li, 5 kaon, and 3s, which was leased by the owner Fei King-san to Mr. W. V. Drummond, a foreign merchant, and a now deed No. 714 was issued by the U.S. Consulate for the same.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.