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and will be convened to order the immediate removal of any such encroachments that may be found to have been unauthorizedly made upon the understanding that the expense of such removals being chargeable to the individuals to whom the locations, in which they have been made, belong.
The Committee will further be instructed to turn its attention to the examination of the best plans for laying down a new line of roads, in addition to those three that have already been marked off, with a view of providing locations to meet the demands of those that may be expected, from the rapidly increasing population of the Colony, both European and Native; and any suggestions that individuals may wish to offer on this part of the Committee's proceedings will receive from it the fullest consideration,
but it is at the same time expressly notified that no grants of land by private persons, to natives formerly or now in possession, will be recognized or confirmed, unless with the previous sanction of the constituted Authorities that have been established, it being the basis on which the Management of Hongkong has been taken provision, and is to be held pending the Queen's Royal and Gracious Commands, that the proprietary of the Soil is vested, and appertains solely to the Crown.
On the same principle, the reclaiming of land, beyond high water mark, must be deemed an infringement on the Royalties of Her Majesty, and it is therefore positively prohibited by any private persons.
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