No. 206
Hongkong.
34091
RECE
REG IC SEP JC
Government House,
63
Hongkong, 14th. August, 1906.
My Lord,
Gov
sby L
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of Your Lordship's despatch No.68 of the 6th. April last
with regard to the issue of Prospecting Licences, Mining
Licences and Mining Leases for the New Territories.
2.
Upon its receipt I drew the attention of Sir
Paul Chater to the condition, embodied in its 2nd. paragraph,
under which he held Prospecting Licences for certain areas
in the Colony.
3.
I also directed the Attorney General to
amend the draft of the Ordinance transmitted in my despatch
do
No.31 of the 5th. February, 1906, in the manner suggested
in paragraph 4 of the despatch under reply.
In duplical
4.
I now transmit for the signification of His
Majesty's pleasure an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to
"empower the Governor to grant licences to search for and
"prove minerals and to grant licences and leases of land
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G. 800-
&c.
&C. 1
for