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readily fall in with the Government's schemes.
20. That if this method were pursued, the owners would be
satisfied; the Government would not be out of pocket, since the in-
come from new buildings would more than justify the outlay incur-
red in making the roads; and the Government would avoid the stigma
of providing cheap houses for one section of the community out of
the pockets of another.
21.
That the whole system in addition to being unjust to
individuals, inconsistent with the British Government's solemn en-
gagements,and damaging to British prestige is, your Petitioners
submit,entirely unnecessary.
Your Petitioners the refore Humbly Pray that
an enquiry be made into the present system of
land resumption as practised in the New Terri-
tories by the Government of the Colony AND
that measures be taken to bring about a reform
of this system in so far as it results in
injustice to the holders of lands in the New
Territories AND that an enquiry be made into
those cases in which compensation awarded for
lands already resumed has been refused, in order
that such compensation may be reconsidered, and
in proper cases readjusted.
And your Petitioners will ever pray,&c.
29th day of
Dated the 29
April, 2005.
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