Dear Sir—We regret that, owing to the absence of the beneficiary owner from Shanghai, it has been impossible, up to the last few days, to obtain the necessary authority to deal with the matter.
We are instructed to say that the owner is willing to surrender the Jand required ex B.C. Lot 2,173, as per Municipal plan handed tous, ut: the rate of Tls. 4,000—per mow.
Tu determining the rate asked for, due consideration las been given to the amount awarded to Mr. Portier for the road extension, on the opposite side of the Sinza Road, namely, Tls. 3,895—per mow, and to the depreciation that our client will suffer in being left with a strip of from 15 tu 35 feet on the west of the new road.
We are, Dear Sir, Yours faithfully, ATKINSON AND Dantas, W. E. Levesoy, Esq., Assistant Secretary,
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