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N°
252.
CO 55.35
257
149
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 8th August, 1919.
My Lord,
I have the honour to inform Your Lordship
that it is intended to vest the sites and buildings of all the native temples in this Colony in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs as soon as the necessary transfers can be made and the consent of the present holders obtained.
2.
In the case of the Pak Tai Temple situate
on Inland Lot No. 1350 which was held on a lease for 75 years at a nominal Crom Rent by six trustees, five are dead and the sixth cannot be found. There we accordingly no one who could execute an Assignment of the leasehold interest although the Committee of Management were willing that the property should become vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. To get over the difficulty it was arranged that default should be made in payment of the Crown Rent. This has been done and the Crown has thereby been able to re-enter for breach of covenant
in the Crown Lease.
3.
I have now to ask Your Lordship's covering
authority to issue a new lease of the lot upon which the temple stands to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to be held by him upon the same terms as the lot has hitherto been held.
I have the honour to be, My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
bugble servant,
Zurloom
Officer Administering the Government.
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
VISCOUNT MILNER, G.C.B.,,
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