Deed of Appropriation
the
January
THIS DEED OF APPROPRIATION made the 29
day of
One thousand nine hundred and fifty seven between THE GOVERNMENT
OF HONG KONG by His Excellency Sir Alexander William George
Herder Grantham Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-
in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its dependencies
(hereinafter referred to as "the Government") of the one mart
and the IMPERIAL WAR GRAVES COMMISSION of 32 Grosvenor Gardens
in the County of London a body constituted by Royal Charter
(hereinafter referred to as "the Commission") of the other part
WHEREAS the Government has agreed to set aside in the name of
the Commission the piece or parcel of ground hereinafter more
particularly described at Stanley in the said Colony for the
purposes of a Military Cemetery for the burial of Members of
the Forces of the British Commonwealth fallen in the war of
1939/45 (and Members of the Forces of Her Majesty's Allies
including civilians whose remains also lie therein) AND WHEREAS
it has been agreed that the same shall remain vested in the
Crown but together with the usual appurtenances thereto shall
be exclusively and in perpetuity appropriated as such Cemetery
as aforesaid but upon the terms and subject to the conditions
hereinafter expressed.
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED as follows:-
1. For so long as the Commission shall conform to all statutes
prevailing in the said Colony and Ordinances and Regulations
of the said Colony in force now or hereafter and to the
Conditions and obligations hereinafter contained the piece of
land containing 108,100 square feet or thereabouts as more
particularly described in the plan annexed hereto and thereon
shown edged pink and intended to be recorded in the Land Office
as STANLEY INLAND LOT NO.22 is hereby appropriated exclusively
and in perpetuity for the purposes of a Military Cemetery in
the name and under the control of the Commission TCGETHER with
a right for the Commission with or without workmen or others