285
The following are details of some of the principal land sales
NUMBER OF Lot,
AREA.
CROWN RENT.
PREMIUM.
PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT.
$
C.
Kowloon Marine Lot 72
28,500
73
་་
69,763
164.00 400.00
14,810.00
15 Cents.
+9
110,670
1,651.00
75
·
"
271,852
4,057.00
-451,100.00 85 Cents.
Kowloon Inland Lot 1140
86,054
1,285.00
1141
33
61,336
915.00
The extensions granted were unimportant. They included a small area for the Peak Tramway Co.'s car depôt, which is held on a short lease; a small trian- gular area adjoining MacDonnell Road for Inland Lot 1384; and a small wedge- shaped area which had originally been intended to form part of Hung Hom Inland Lot 224, but had, evidently through an oversight, been omitted.
The grants on short leases comprised an area of 4 acres at Pokfulam, let to the Dairy Farm Co. for cultivating grass for their cattle; over an acre at Cause- way Bay, let to Kennedy's Trustees for the erection of temporary stabling for ponies; about of an acre at Causeway Bay, let to Messrs. GORDON & Co., En- gineers; and about 13 acres at Magazine Gap, which had been formerly occupied under Squatter's licence, let for gardening purposes. All of these areas are under yearly leases.
The permits to occupy land for short periods comprise several small areas let for work-yards or for storing building materials.
The grant to a squatter consisted of a small area at Fuk Tsiin Heung, Kow- loon, (Kowloon Inland Lot 1142).
The yearly lease converted into one for 75 years was for a small area adjoining Inland Lot 1549 on Conduit Road, which was practically inaccessible otherwise than from the lot mentioned.
The following is a statement of the lots converted from Garden into Inland Lots:
PREVIOUS Lor No.
NEW LOT No.
AREA IN SQUARE FEET.
PREMIUM.
Crows RENT.
*
Kowloon Garden Lot 39 44
59
་་
59
**
+1
Kowloon Inland Lot 523 615
12
47,500 64,222
238
218
321
296
3. Lease Plans.-Plans and particulars (in duplicate) of 109 lots were fur- nished to the Land Office in connection with the issue of leases.
4. Boundary Stones.-Boundary stones were fixed for 35 lots in Hongkong and 24 in Kowloon.
5. Sites for Booths at the Race-course.-A sum of $1,662.30 was realized by the letting of sites for the erection of booths and stands at Happy Valley during the Race Meeting.
6. Squatters' Licences.-The number of Squatters' licences on roll at the commencement of the year was 992, representing an annual rental of $2,507.30. During the year, 12 were written off, leaving 980 still on the roll, the fees for which amounted to $2,429.63.
7. Military Lands.-Sites were granted to the Military Authorities for two electric-light emplacements on the Praya wall in the Western district of the City. Negotiations were in progress throughout the year with regard to an exchange of lands involving large areas between the Colonial Government and the Military Authorities. A settlement in the matter had not been arrived at by the close of the year.
8. Naval Lands.-Kowloon Marine Lot No. 35 was acquired by the Naval Authorities and a sum of $43,700 paid into the Treasury in commutation of the Crown rent.