at 2.30, 5.30, and 9.15 p.m. fore. there is no use talking about equality as applicable to them."
In the course of a lengthy legal argument Mr. Bryan said inter alia "The plaintiffs argue that it is puerile to contend that the Council did not collect the Land Tax from owners of Fangtan land because it did not possess the details concerning the area and owners of the land. The defendant offered in evidence indisputable documents, consisting of the Land Assessment Book of 1869, the Minutes of 1872. and the letter published in the Municinal Gazette and sioned by the Secretary. Furthermore, Messrs. dleton ard Jones gave clear. definite. and specific evidence. If the plaintiffs had wished to dispute such evidence. they should have called witnesses to disprove it.
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