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Surrenders of Land to Crown
54. 386 Deeds of Surrender comprising 583 lots or sections of lots were prepared and put through by the Land Office. Most of these surrenders were required in connexion with exchanges negotiated by Government for public purposes and with regrants of land. Many of the remaining surrenders were free surrenders of portions of scavenging lanes being taken over by the Government. Only in a relatively small number of cases, mostly having to do with street
paid by Government for the surrender. One Widening, was anything
such case worthy of men- tion was the surrender of the whole of Rural Building Lot No. 251, together with the building standing thereon known as Royden Court, for which Government paid $12,500,000. The total amount of com- pensation paid for surrenders of land in 1965-66 was $16,189,906, almost six times the total of $2,762,505 in 1964-65.
Re-entries upon land by Crown
55. Under the provisions of the Crown Rights (Re-entry) Ordinance, land may be re-entered upon by the Crown for the breach of any covenant in the Crown Lease thereof, or for the breach of any condition or stipulation of any tenancy thereof, by the registration in the Land Office of a Memorial of Re-entry signed by an officer duly authorized by the Governor. The land is thereupon re-vested in the Crown, but the lessee may petition the Supreme Court, or the Governor in Council, for relief against forfeiture.
56. During 1965-66, a total of 45 urban lots were re-entered upon by the Crown, 44 for non-payment of premium and one for non-payment of Crown rent. 23 of these lots were held under Conditions of Sale, 21 were held under Conditions of Regrant and the remaining one was held under Crown lease. The permitted uses and total areas of these lots were as follows:
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