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to ask Your Lordship's sanction of the proposal therein-contained to grant the squatters referred to brown leases for 75 years, without putting up to public auction the land proposed to be leased.
The squatters have agreed to accept the terms proposed by Mr Cooper.
I have the honour to be, My Lord Marquess,
Your Lordship's Most Obediently
Humble Servant,
William Robinson
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Sir,
Public Works Dept.
2:47 14 Song 4th Jany 93.
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I have the honour to inform you that manufactories have been established on certain lands at Shek O & Ma Tau Chung in British Kowloon held under Squatter's licences, in contravention of the conditions of such licences.
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It is somewhat anomalous that land held under Squatter's licence
The Hon'ble
The Colonial Secretary
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