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8. Grants on Short Leases.-One such grant was made in Hongkong, viz., Garden Lot No. 39, area 7,500 square feet, let on an annual lease, and one at Taipo, viz., Lot 620 D.D. 32. The area comprised in the latter is occupied by one of the Railway Bungalows, which was sold subject to the grant of a 5-years' lease of the land which it occupied, commencing from 1.12.11. It contains 10,729 square feet, the annual Crown rent being $47. The premium received for the Bungalow was $500, of which a sum of $375 was credited to Railway funds and the balance ($125) to ordinary revenue; the original cost of the building having been debited partly to Railway funds and partly to funds under the charge of the Public Works Department.
9. Permits to occupy land for short periods.-These were of a very miscellaneous character and too numerous to admit of individual mention; most of them were for small areas to be held on quarterly permits.
10. Extensions of Short Period Leases to 75 years. When Inland Lot 1882 was granted in exchange for Inland Lot 1519 (vide para. 6), the lease was extended from one year to seventy-five years.
11. Quarry Leases.-Quarry Lots Nos. 1 to 4 at Ngau Shi Wan, A1 to A5 and A7 to A24 at Ngau Tau Kok, B1 to B16 at Sai Tso Wan, C1 to C30 at Cha Kwo Liang, D1 to D25 at Lyemun, and No. 8 at Ma Tau Kok were leased for a period of three years by Public Auction in December 1910 but the Crown Rents did not commence until January 1911. The Leases of Quarry Lots A1 to A5 and A7 to A24 at Ngau Tau Kok, C1 to C30 at Cha Kwo Liang and D1 to D25 at Lyemun were terminated at the end of June 1911 and were again disposed of by Public Auction until the end of December 1913 but the annual rent realized was $3,350 less than at the previous auction. Quarry Lot No. 7 at Ma Tau Kok was leased by private tender for one year from 1st January 1911 and Quarry Lot A25 was leased by private tender for five years from the same date.
The Assistant District Officer at Hongkong let Quarry Lot No. 1 at Chu Lu Kok in 1910 but the rent did not commence until 1911.
Lung Ku Tan Quarries Nos. 1 and 2 were let by the Assistant District Officer at Taipo in 1910 but the rents did not commence until 1911. The Assistant District Officer North also let Lung Ku Tan Quarry Lot No. 3.
12. Mining Licences.-There were no mining licences issued during the year.
13. Resumptions. Two areas were resumed in Hongkong, viz., Inland Lot 1796, containing an area of 52,640 square feet, which was granted in 1908 to the Tung Wah Hospital Authorities as a site for a Smallpox Hospital, but subsequently surrendered to Government, and part of Shaukiwan Inland Lot 377, (area 978 square feet), required for widening Shaukiwan Road. The latter was resumed at a cost of $978.
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