1382 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH SEPTEMBER, 1905.
Objects and Reasons.
Owing partly to the length of time which elapsed be- tween the lodging of claims to land in the New Territories Land Court and the issue of Crown Leases for such laud, and partly to the illiteracy of the land owners in the New Territories it has been found that there are many errors in the schedules to such Crown Leases, and it is desired to empower the Governor, on the advice of the Land Officer, to cancel such inacenrate schedules and to issue correct schedules in lieu thereof.
It is also thought desirable to authorize the Land Officer to enter in the schedules to the Crown Leases particulars of subsidiary dealings with land (such as mortgages and leases) which took place prior to the coming into operation of the New Territories Land Ordinance, 1905, but were not recorded by the Land Court and were consequently omitted from the schedules to the leases.
The special powers given by the bill are to cease on the 31st July, 1906, by which time it is hoped that all the schedules will have been corrected.
HENRY S. BERKELEY,
Attorney General.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 575.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
Notice is hereby given that, whereas breaches of the covenants and conditions contained in Crown Leases have of late been of frequent occurrence, the Crown will in future, whenever such a breach occurs, strictly enforce the powers of re-entry and forfeiture reserved in the Crown Lease,
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1905.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Colonial Secretary,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 576.
Information has been received from H. B. M.'s Consul-General at Bangkok to the effect that arrivals from Hongkong will be subject to medical inspection at Kohphra.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1905.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. - No. 577.
With reference to Government Notification No. 319, published in the Government Gazette of the 19th May, 1905, the following telegram from the Honourable the Colonial Secretary, Straits Settle- ments, is published for general information :---
"SINGAPORE, 14th September, 1905.
"Secretary, Hongkong.
Quarantine withdrawn.
SECRETARY."
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th September, 1905.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary,