331
Encl: 1 14th Sept.
11899
Encl: 2 26th Jan
I have the honour to transmit, for Your Lordship's information, two reports furnished by the Squatters Board on the villages of Aberdeen and Sokfulam respectively, and to state that I have approved all the recommendations of the Board.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord Marquess,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient
Humble Servant
William Robinson
1893.
Enclosure 1.
Copy of Report of the Squatters
Board on the claims in and
near the Village of Aberdeen.
C.O.
5363
443)
The Board appointed under the provisions of the Squatters Ordinance 1890 has the honour to report to His Excellency the Governor that it has heard the claims to leases preferred by the Squatters in and near the Village of Aberdeen, and the evidence adduced in support of such claims, and that its recommendations are embodied in the schedule hereto.
A précis.
2.
There is no ancient village at Aberdeen. The houses for which leases are claimed, some of which are mere hovels, have been mostly...