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129.
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of rough hillside, which he remarks
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useful to Mr. fr. de Cantra in giving his
syndicate
a compact building site; the Land be proposes to acquire is
described
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good high ground suitable for building, but the present rough billede land looks as it too might be suitable for building,
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being greater In the absence of
subject, it
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more detailed info.
iratainly appears a
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the
:
one sided
bangain. The nevet stiff of the
the Portuguese syndicate
wi' be to acquire the lots left undpoured and
They
wo. them have
a solid block of land
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intersected by
adjoining
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very pretty investment considering
that they had acquired part of it leg
Change greatly in
their favour.
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Approval.
and meanwhile
Yes, put it that the S. 6fts.
with hold
CAP. 1919.
At once
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is not quite convinced by this
desp. that the Govt. is not
giving too much.
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My Lord,
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Real 2dovERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 26th. April, 1919.
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I have the honour to inform Your Lordship
that I have received an application from Mr. J. M. de Castro
Basto, on behalf of himself and other Portuguese, for an
exchange of land as indicated in the plan berewith enclosed.
The site shown adjoins the new main road and lies about two
miles from Sheung Shui Railway Station in the direction of
San Tin. The land now held by this syndicate was acquired a
few years ago from a Chinese company. It originally belonged
to local Chinese farmers.
2.
Owing to the somewhat scattered nature of
the lots so acquired, which renders them unsuitable for any
building scheme, the present omers desire to surrender to the
Crown the portions coloured green on the plan, which have a
total area of 10.37 acres, and in exchange therefor to receive
from the Crow the portions coloured red, the area of which
is 16.15 acres. This exchange would be mutually advantageous,
since the green area is good high ground suitable for building,
and as such of considerably greater value to the Government
then the scattered red areas of rough hillside, which however
in their turn would be of value to the present applicants as
combining with the blue areas to give them a compact building
site. The lots left uncoloured within the red outline are
privately owned by other persons and any negotiations with
regard to them are not within the scope of the present
application. RIGHT HONOURABLE
VISCOUNT MILNER, G.C.B.,
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