25.
Sov 17773
C.J
13596
RECE
REG 18 MAR 18
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 17th. January, 1918.
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sir.
I have the honour to report for your covering authority the grant to Mr. Tang Fan Shan an elder
of Tai Po Tau of 30,000 square feet of land half a mile
beyond Tai Po in the direction of Fan Ling for the same
purpose and on similar terms as the grant of land approved in
Viscount Harcourt's Despatch No. 121 of the 20th. May, 1914.
This area had been previously declared to
2.
be a free canetery and has long been used for the storage of
some 600 burial urns and for numerous graves of persons who
were drowned in the big typhoon and other destitute persons
and Mr. Tang Fan Shan's primary object in securing the land
is to provide a suitable resting place for them.
3.
In view of the small area involved I have
authorised the issue of the necessary lease and now ask for
your covering authority.
RIGHT HONOURABLE
WALTER LONG, M.P.,
&c...
&o..
80**
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
Ama
Governor,&c..