the houses or huts were occupied
by
the Claimants without right after their abandonment.
that built them. They
by
those
are in a
ruinous condition and the Claimants
have
no means
of repairing them.
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land under cultivation as
I guard : These
houses for the growing crops.
have been sold with as
forming
part of the land claimed as
such valid land.
Auctivaler Land.
The Board therefore thinks that
these claims should be disallowed.
8.
In claim No
19
appear
as a
the Claim
and No. 19.
Claimant did not
and there was evidence that the house
is unoccupied. This was accordingly struck out
Claim Mr. 20 relates to Claim
9.
buildings used as a
Temple
and Joss house. The Board re-
commends
a
yearly
lease at a
nominal rent, the buildings
to be used
only for
the purposes
for which they were erected.
10.
Some places marked
as houses on the plan are
merely
temporary
matsheds
placed
on land
for 20.
With
regard to the
cultivated land, it
appears to the Board that the
Claimants, with one
exception, have some colour of right arising
out of descent or purchases
verified by having
held from year to year Agricultural License.
12.
A portion of the land claimed has undoubtedly
been
under
cultivation for many generations by ancestors of some of the present claimants, living formerly
at a
certain village
called Little Deep Bay,
now
and the
land so cultivated has reached
the