The advisability of taking this land wholly out of the hands of the Chinese, and they wish to cultivate vegetables, of making for them rent it from that purpose the Crown.
The Survey of the Wongneichung and Sookunpo Vallies will be finished by the 18th on 12th of March, if the weather prove favourable, and we shall then be able to lay before His Excellency the amount of land for which compensation is to be paid. Any steps which His Excellency may sanction for draining may however be going on meanwhile.
(Signed)
# 1
We have to.
W. Caine Chief Magistrate
Ch: Gutzlaff Secretary
A. J. Gordon Land Officer
(True Copy)
Frederick M. A. Brueg
In consequence of directions from His Excellency the Governor conveyed to Mr. Gutzlaff, Major Caine, Chief Magistrate, and Mr Gutzlaff, the Chinese Secretary, met this day at the Office of the Chief Magistrate, the other member of Committee, Mr. Gordon, the Land Officer, is unable to attend, being on sick leave at Macau.
Victoria, 14th May, 1841.
The Committee proceed to take into consideration the claims of the holders of Land in the Mongneichong and Tookunpo Vallies, and after a careful investigation, are of opinion, that it would be fair and equitable to award them $30 per Mow for all the Lands on which the cultivation of Paddy has been.
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