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under the present system, exercise their legal rights
in such
A manner - as
to cause serious danger
to the whole community (Navy and Garrison included) - then the greater the need
for immediate remedial legislation. Owners still in possession of house property, bought 10 or 20 years ago in the most crowded parts of the city inhabited by Chinese get a very large percentage
of their capital in rent - far greater probably than they ever anticipated at the time and even at its present market value such property returns from 7 to 8 per cent. I think, therefore, that some sacrifice may reasonably be expected from landlords in order to enable us to reduce that overcrowding and exclusion of light and ventilation which though raising the value of their property