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portion of Lot 652, S.D. IV, New Kowloon Inland Lot 64 for Lot 2491, S.D. IV, New Kowloon Inland Lot 67 for Lots 2552, 2553 and 2742, S.D. IV, New Kowloon Inland Lot 68 for Lot 2445, S.D. IV, New Kowloon Inland Lot 69 for Lots 2430 and 2431, S.D. IV, New Kowloon Inland Lot 70 for Lot 2448, S.D. IV, New Kowloon Inland Lots 71 and 72 for Lot 2560, S.D. IV, New Kowloon Inland Lots 73 and 74 for Lots 2429, 2433, 2460, 2424, 2343 and 799, S.D. IV, and New Kowloon Inland Lot 75 for Lot 2354, S.D. IV.
Particulars of the conversions and exchanges in the New Territories, Northern and Southern Districts, will be found in the Land Officer's report.
10. Grants on Nominal Terms.—There were two lots granted under this heading in Hongkong, viz.:—Shaukiwan Inland Lot 430, containing an area of 3,773 square feet, granted as a site for a public dispensary at Shaukiwan and an extension of 107,536 square feet to Inland Lot 1415 (Eurasian Cemetery). In Kowloon, there were 3 lots granted, viz.:-Kowloon Inland Lot 1295, containing an area of 7,290 square feet, granted to the Chinese Church Body as a site for a Church at Yaumati, Kowloon Inland Lot 1296, containing an area of 2,050 square feet, granted to the Hon. the Secretary for Chinese Affairs on behalf of the Harbour Dispensary Committee as a site for a public dispensary at Yaumati and an extension of 12,250 square feet to Kowloon Inland Lot 1116 as a playground for the Church Missionary Society.
There were no grants of this description in the New Territories.
11. Grants on Short Leases. Two such grants were made in Hongkong, viz.:—
(i) Inland Lot 1689, (plot north of the Central Market), containing an area of 23,520 square feet, leased for a period of two years from 1st November 1914 at a monthly rental of $1,525.00.
(ii) Rural Building Lot 132, Deep Water Bay, containing an area of 266,000 square feet, leased to the Green Island Cement Company for a period of 5 years from 1st July 1914 at an annual rental of $500.00.
There were no grants under this heading in Kowloon.
In the New Territories, 31 lots, containing an area of about 776,676 square feet, were let by the Assistant District Officer at Hongkong and 102 lots, containing an area of about 811,116 square feet, by the Assistant District Officer at Taipo for terms varying from one to five years.
12. Permits to occupy land etc., 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 half-yearly permits.
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