under brown Lease, should be granted to the detriment of the Crown Lessees or so as to prevent them from having the proper enjoyment of their lots.
With reference to claim W. 143 the house was built by the Claimant the Quarry Farmer under the permission given by "Farm contract in 1891.
The Board does not recommend any long Lease of this house to the claimant, but that so long as he continues to be the Quarry Farmer the house should remain in his possession and upon his ceasing to be the Quarry Farmer the house should revert to the Government.
The claims nos 4, 38, and 59 are for Temples for the use of the community, and the Board recommends that Leases be granted in the name of the Registrar General at the nominal rent of $1 per annum in each case, with the provision that the buildings are to be used for the purposes of a Temple only. The Committees of the three Temples consent to this course.
In all cases where the claimants are on the Rent Roll or are owners or descendants of the original owners at the time of the cession of Hong Kong to the Crown, the Board recommends that Leases for 999 years be granted at rents in round figures, slightly in excess of those originally charged.
In other cases where the Squatters have held their houses under Squatters Licences for several years, the Board recommends Leases for 21 years at somewhat reduced rents.