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"Odd mau of land on the coast line between Ngau Tau Kok and Lyeemoon. A rent of $5.00 was to be paid annually until reclamation was effected when an appropriate tax was to be paid. On a consideration of Exhibits "C", "E", and "H" it seems clear that the concession included land above the sea level as well as land covered by water. Land in private ownership and quarries were expressly excepted from the concession which is stated to be of Government waste land. The Court finds that the expression 600 odd mau might cover an area between 600 and 650 mau but could not exceed 650 mau, one mau being equal to 0.208 acres and 4.8 mau being equal to one acre."
We may here mention that between the date of the Agreement hereinbefore alluded to and the date of the presentation of the Claim to the Land Court one of the Vendors, Ho Amei, had died, hence the allowance of the Claim by the Land Court in the name of Ho Lap Pun only.
At this juncture we would refer you to Sections 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the New Territories Land Court Ordinance.
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