No.
99.
Hongkong.
My Lord,
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REC
17615
Fr. 16 MAY 08
Government House,
Hongkong, 16th. April, 1908.
I have the honour to inform Your
nolosure 1.
Lordship that on the 16th. April, 1906, Messrs. Butterfield
and Swire applied for an area of land at Quarry Bay, shown
on the attached tracing, tinted pink and described as
Shaukiwan Inland Lot 408 and Shaukiwan Marine Lots 2 to 10,
with the intention of erecting houses upon it for the
native workmen, who will be employed at their shipyard; and
that in due course they purchased these Lots at auction on
the 24th. December, 1906, for $34,482, under the conditions
of sale of which I enclose a copy.
molosure 2. of
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2.
The area so purchased adjoins
Quarry Bay Marine Lot No. 2 Extension, for which, under
the instructions contained in Mr. Chamberlain's Despatch
No. 12 of the 4th. January, 1901, a lease of 999 years
has been granted; and, during the negotiations for the
purchase of the Lots sold in December, 1906, Messrs.
RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,
&C - #
&C.
Butterfield
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