houses pulled down,
the Commission thinks that Leases should also be issued to them.
6.
The Commission has not touched the question of Gardens in Honguaichung Village for the following reasons:
(i) No claims for Leases in respect of them were put in by the Villagers.
(ii) The land upon which they exist is for the most part either included in Farm Lots 49 and 51 or in a piece of land claimed by Mr G. Sharp as part of Farm Lot 52. The Villagers will, in case of dispute, have to settle matters with the respective Lessees, but the Commission does not apprehend, from the disposition of the villagers, that there is any likelihood of dispute, believing that the issue of Leases for the houses only, will give the Villagers entire satisfaction.
7.
The rent in the village rent roll has been 44 cents (the equivalent of a rupee), per annum for every house. This the Commission thinks might for convenience be changed to 50 cents to be charged in respect of every original site. As some of the larger houses in the Village have been built on the sites of 2 and some on the sites of 3 of the old houses, the rent to be charged will thus in some cases be $1, and in some $1.50 as mentioned in the Schedule.
8.
The houses that have hitherto been held under Squatters' Licence should, the Commission thinks, be held at the same rent as the other houses and the collection of the Licence fee be discontinued.