Surrenders of Land to Crown
52. 386 Deeds of Surrender comprising 542 lots or sections of lots were prepared and put through by the Land Office. Most of these surrenders were required in connection 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 widening, was anything paid by Government for the surrender. The total amount of compensa- tion paid for surrenders of land in 1967-68 was $4,891,809, as com- pared with the total of $3,004,397 in 1966-67.
Re-entries upon lànd by Crown
53. 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.
54. During 1967-68, 21 urban lots were re-entered upon by the Crown, 20 for non-payment of premium and one for non-payment of Crown rent. 7 of these lots were held under Conditions of Sale, 13 under Conditions of Regrant and the remaining one under a Crown lease. The permitted uses and total areas of these lots were as follows:
Permitted Use
Industrial/Godown
Non-Industrial ...
Timber Yard/Sawmill
Industrial
Residential
No. of Lots
4
Total
33,165 sq. ft.
13
19,949 sq. ft.
1
12,000 sq. ft.
2
9,000 sq. ft.
1
1,077 sq. ft.
21
75,191 sq. ft.
55. After petitions made by the former lessees to the Governor in Council for relief against forfeiture, re-entries on two urban lots were cancelled upon payment of arrears of premium and interest, and administrative and Land Office registration fees.
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