"
75zeari Leases; and land let for garden sagricultural purposes a
wre in the years yearly tena
er ar
7, ther
21 gear leases.
0
hxxvII-XXVIII
& Squatters who had prevrandly het. I
rather uncertain
tenures
have now been given leases for various terms, same & 21 gear,"
I some 999 year).
did not
of Refuert
De
Some 4475 Zean
The Commisionen of 1887 propose to extend the term of agricultival deases, but the recommended that all fuldein Leases should be extended to 999 both in Haughing itself
zears
"
I in Kowloon, in Town fir country, as they felt sure that the same reason which decided Earl frey " to sanction the extension of the "Down Lots from 75 to 999 year "would apply equally to the
this Leases of "Extension of
FL
all other
"
"lots from 75 to 999gear:
This argument does not hold,
Grey's reasons because Carl greyi
that the rents in 184, 8 were
were
too
high & instead of reducing hi extended the term. Nowadays.
complaint that this
there is no
from Rents are too high.
However that may be, no decision
has hitherto been taken on
above
the
mmendation that the
пести
75 years leases should all be
extended to 999 gears;
are
still
75year.
and leases
granted in Kowloon for
(The correspondence which
ont
arne
1 of the 1887 Report did not deal with that point, but only with the grant of Leases in Villages to
In
十
one
Case
remember) possibly a few
other isolate spee
CAAC
grounds
Kowlom 754 lease has bee Extended 6 999ream
Ord. 16.4.1889
L(x)--365-2000-12-07
Under the Praza Reclamation
Scheme the holder of
The original
of paying
front,
landan
condition
the cost of reclamation
ane
the
front of their holdings, Entitled to have leases of reclaimed land for 999 gears; and those portions of the reclamation which the for?
itself is paying for would to the present system), (according
the ground go so far
an
is not required for public. purposes, su put up to auction & leased for 999 year
I presume M. Chamberlain wishes the new system (whatever that is to be) should apply
wella to this reclaimed land ein the
City of Victoria
any
other
a-
land not get leased.
5.
I mention this because it will material bearing repor have certain proposals of the foon vry. to build for Offries tother Public Works, within the next few years out of the large returns they expect to reap from
the Leaves of the premia
ov
Mese reclaimed areas. If here