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Lot in the Pokfulam District which comprised 28.68 acres or 1,249,300 square feet. The large area sold in the Southern District of the New Territories consisted principally of 3 salt pans at Tai O totalling 41.44 acres and 1 at Lantao (D. D. 313) of 8.21 acres or 2,162,754 square feet in all.
None of the sales which took place were of sufficient importance to justify the insertion of details.
4. Sales without Auction.-The only item under this heading in Hongkong was Inland Lot 1794 in Third Street, (area 1,170 square feet), which was granted to the District Watchmen's Committee. In the New Territories, New Kowloon Inland Lot 41 (area 11,160 square feet) was granted in exchange for Lots 821 and 824 in Survey District IV on payment of premium at the rate of 5 cents per square foot and increased Crown Rent for the new lot, which was of a less area than the old lots, on account of its greater value.
The ex-
5. Extensions Granted.-The extensions granted in Hongkong comprised areas of 14,850 square feet adjoining Inland Lot 1300 near Shek Tong Tsui market; 800 square feet adjoining Inland Lot 1744 on Kennedy Road; 24 square feet adjoining Marine Lot 77 in Des Voeux Road West; 308 square feet adjoining Rural Building Lot 121 on Barker Road; 2,412 and 1,264 square feet adjoining Shaukiwan Inland Lots 403 and 414 respectively and 8,169 square feet adjoining Quarry Bay Inland Lot No. 5. The extensions in Kowloon comprised areas of 1,598 and 2,118 square feet which were added to Kowloon Inland Lots 1171 and 1172 respectively; 885 square feet added to Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1212 which was granted in exchange for Lot No. 5, Ma Tau Kok, required for the New Cattle Depôt, and areas of 633 and 200 square feet adjoining Kowloon Marine Lots 49 and 87 respectively.
6. Grants on Nominal Terms.-These consisted of an area of 6,109 square feet in Bridges Street granted to the Man Mo Temple Authorities, and areas of about 52,640 square feet at Kennedy Town and 5,193 square feet at Third Street both of which were granted to the Tung Wah Hospital Committee for Small-pox and Plague Hospitals respectively.
7. Grants on Short Leases.-The only item under this heading in Hongkong was Inland Lot 1774 (Old Harbour Office) the lease for which was renewed for one year. The grants in Kowloon comprised an area of 62,515 square feet (Kowloon Inland Lot 1159), let on a lease for 3 years from 30th September 1907 to the Kowloon Bowling Green Club and an area of 9,900 square feet (Kowloon Inland Lot 1144) hitherto held under a short lease, which was extended for another year.
The lease of One-Tree Island to Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. for the storage of dynamite expired this year and was not renewed.
8. Permits to occupy land for short periods.-These were as usual of a very miscellaneous character and too numerous to admit of individual mention; most of them were for small areas to be held quarterly.
9. Extensions of Short Period Leases to 75 years.-There were three of these cases, namely, Inland Lot 1280, (Dairy Farm Company's premises, Wyndham Street), extended from 20 to 75 years on payment of premium and increased Crown Rent; Tai Hang School Site, originally held by a committee of the Villagers on an annual lease, which has now been extended to 75 years on payment of premium and increased Crown Rent and Shaukiwan Lot 282, (now Shaukiwan Inland Lot 415) originally a squatter's holding, then granted a 21-years' lease by the Squatters' Board, and now extended to a 75-years' lease on payment of premium and increased Crown Rent.
10. Quarry Leases.
11. Mining Leases.
There is nothing to record under either of these headings.
12. Resumptions.-The construction of the Slaughter House at Ma Tau Kok necessitated the resumption of four houses at a cost of $500. An area of 2,613 square feet at Sham Shui Po (Lot 3212, S.D. IV) was resumed at a cost of $301.95 with a view to the future construction of a road.
Kowloon Inland Lot 210 and Kowloon Marine Lots 34 and 81 were resumed for railway purposes at a cost of $615,000. The combined area of the lots was 132,396 square feet and the resumption included some buildings and an iron pier for ocean-going steamers.
The following lots in Hongkong and Kowloon were resumed for non-payment of Crown Rent viz. Inland Lot 161 and Kowloon Inland Lots 933, 943, 938 and 965.
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