| County/District | Number of Grants under 100 Acres | Extent of Grant (A. R. P.) |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 1 | 0. 1. 15 |
| Victoria | 1 | 0. 2. 19 |
| Kowloon | 1 | 4. 0. 0 |
| Total | 5. 3. 2 |
All Lands in the Colony are granted on Lease in perpetuity. None are sold in the Colony. Land for Building purposes is made available as circumstances require. The small quantity of Arable Land in the Colony is hired by Tenants at Will.
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No Squatting, in the sense in which it is understood in other Colonies, is allowed here, as the Land is unavailable for pasturage, and except in few places for Agriculture.
Persons having possession of Land or Houses in Kowloon previously to the Treaty were allowed to retain them on payment of certain assessed rentals now collected by the Registrar General, and in cases where such Lands or Houses are not leased, the Occupiers are considered as Tenants at Will.
Sinto the Total Number of Acres
that remain
ungranted.
Number of Grants above 100,
not exceeding 500 Acres.
Grants exceeding
500 Acres.
Number of Grants
County
District.
under 100 Acres.
or
Numbor of Grants.
Number
of Acres.
Number of Grants.
Number of Acres.
Name of Grantee.
A. R. P.
Victoria,..
1
Do.,
1
:
Extent of Grant.
Total Number of Grants, 1879.
Total Number of Acres
granted, 1872.
A. R. P.
Whether by Grant or Purchase.
Sold on Lense for 999
years.
Granted on
Where sold,
state the Average
Price
per Acre.
£ 3. d. Yearly Rental
per Acre.
5 10 0
State the
Total Number
Etate the Total Number
of Acres sold.
of Acres granted in the Colony.
A. R. P.
Do.,
1
Kowloon,
1
Total,.
+
:
:
:
Lease for VOD years.
50 0 11
Granted on Lease for 999 years.
Pepper Corn.
Granted on Lense for 10 years.
4
1 0 10
:
All Lands in the Colony are granted
on Lease.
perpetuity.
None are sold in
in the Colony is hired by To- nants at Will. Lund for Build -
The small quantity of Arable Land
ing purposes is made available
as circunstauces require.
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RETURN OF LANDS GRANTED AND SOLD DURING THE YEAR 1872.
REMARKS ON SQUATTING.
No Squatting, in the sense in which it is understood in other Colonies, is allowed here, as the Land is unavailable for pasturage, and except in few places for Agriculture.
Persons having possession of Land or Houses in Kowloon previously to the Treaty were allowed to retain them on payment of certain assessed rentals now collected by the
Registrar Ceneral, and in cases where such Lands or Houses are not leased, the Occupiers are considered as Tenants at Will.
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