6.
7.
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Those marked a were an extraordinary Collection of Sub-leases, Mortgages and
unstamped Documents, and were called -
dohite Deeds-
So numerous, complicated,
and unintelligible
were
these, and m
many
of
them so new in appearance, that the~
Commissioners concluded most of them
had been mannfactured for the occasion,
purpose of tracing the various holdings.
On
going
over the ground for the
represented by the Deeds,
stili
greater-
difficulties presented themselves - Boundaries
of
land marks were.
Chinese
officers
unrecognizable - the
could give
Assistance;
the Tepan of the District was not much
Wiser and the
the pew
people
when called on
to define
their
properties
either never came, or were so
louse in their descriptions that little could be
made of them, and it became apparent that
the greater part of
them
were
·Squatters of longer
eriods, and consequently were-
or shorter periods,
unwilling to give such information respecting their holdings
Under these circumstances nothing -
remained but to
over
the
до
ground foot by foot,
and discover who were the present ~
occupiers or cultivators of the Soil. This
was done at such intervals as heat of the Summer permitted,
the
great and hence
some delay in making a report. But even then
-ation could not be obtained_
certain information
Parties appeared having cross claims of all kinds, and the Commissioners after the most careful investigation they comed
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