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called upon to pay the rent originally stipulated in his __ lease. To this he demurred, and

és

insisted on the Government & - first carrying out its obligations

with regard to a sea wall and

emban

bankment

4.

The

question

was.

the subject of frequent dizeussion

L

in the Executive Council, and, at

to pay

last, it was resolved that Mr_ Sharp should be called on for his Kowloon Marine Lots, the same rate, Thirty five pounds £35

-

sterling

a

sterling per quarter

aere, as is paid

by the proprietors of adjoining lots, on the distinct understanding that The would commence to pay at this rate from midsummer of 1886, the Government, on its part, undertaking to push

on with

the sea wall and reclamation,

as soon as

these terms.

مجھ

he

acquiesced in.

Mr. Sharp has.

accepted the terms, and the Government is now bound to

-fulfil it's part of the contract.

6.

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