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15441
(Subject.)
DESPATCH
C.O.
15441
REC'd & REG'd 17 JUN 191
Leasing of Crown Lands
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are bases of land renewable ad infinitum
for period of 75 Years
Mr. Lu
(Minutes.)
On 6/4/98 Mr Chamberlain decided not to apply to Hong Kong the Indian & Straits system which it had recently been suggested should be followed, viz. leases in perpetuity with rent reassessed every 30 years; but instead longuni leases for 75 years.
On 16/6/98 Mr. Chamberlain accepted the U.A.G's suggestion that such leases should contain a clause promising a renewal for another term at an enhanced rent if other conditions remain unchanged.
The Governor asks that
1. the lease should be effective as a lease in...