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Although you cant tell the number of lakdim, you are

pre, ared to say for the sake of argment, that it must have cost more than one lakh ↑

It is very hard for me to make any statement without

looking into that.

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18958 Dont you know of any cases, where it has cost upwards

of a thousand of dollars ?

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No, I dont.

The Chairian:-

Are you not aware that many houses have had to be 18474 altered to bring them in line ?

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YOB.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:

GO 537

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OUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITH- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH - NOT TO BE

RECORD OFFICE,

LONDON

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Krumphreys;-

108.600

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82 0.

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And that must have cost a considerable sụm of money

Yen.

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Sugrosing a man purchased 28 Chineas houses for 18987

So $80,000, and he borrows $20,000 on mortgage, and when

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he pays that the houssa are perfectly legal, but khortly after he has bought them a new Ordinance comes out,

we will say this particular one, - and he has

to provide those open spaces, that alone would probably cost him $10,000.

Yes.

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And after he has done it all; he has suffered the loss during this time, and his tenants come to him and say, you have taken away so much of our space, and we want

a reduction of rent* 90 he has to give a reduction of

rent as well. This poor man, through no fault of his

ow, and the action of the Government, finds that his $20,000 his malted entirely away, and it amounts to

this that the Government had confiscated his property.

They have not actually confiscated it, but the effect

of it is that they have confiscated his property. Do

you agree with that ?

No answer.

NOYĺI

I put it to you, do you think that a law of that 18983

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