CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6] — Page 355

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Now that the land has been surveyed, and a system compatible with the immediate progress of the establishment has been determined, it is declared that the number of allotments to be disposed of from time to time will be regulated with due regard to the actual public wants.

It will be a condition of each title that a building of a certain value, hereafter to be fixed, must be erected within a reasonable period of time on the allotments; and there will be a general reservation of all Her Majesty's rights.

Pending Her Majesty's further pleasure, the lands will be allotted according to the principles and practice of British Law, upon the tenure of quit rent to the Crown.

Each allotment is to be put up at a public auction, at a certain upset rate of quit-rent, and to be disposed of to the highest bidder. But it is engaged, on the part of Her Majesty's Government, that persons taking land upon these terms shall have the privilege of purchasing in freehold, if that tenure shall hereafter be offered by Her Majesty's Government, as of right belonging to hold upon the original quit rent, if that condition be better liked.

All arrangements with natives for the cession of land in cultivation, or substantially built upon, are to be made only through an Officer deputed by the Government of the island; and in such cases, no title will be valid, and no claim will be respected, unless the person claiming shall hold under an instrument granted...

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Now that the land has been surveyed, and a system compatible with the immediate progress of the establishment has been determined, it is declared that the number of allotments to be disposed of from time to time will be regulated with due regard to the actual public wants. It will be a condition of each title that a building of a certain value, hereafter to be fixed, must be erected within a reasonable period of time on the allotments; and there will be a general reservation of all Her Majesty's rights. Pending Her Majesty's further pleasure, the lands will be allotted according to the principles and practice of British Law, upon the tenure of quit rent to the Crown. Each allotment is to be put up at a public auction, at a certain upset rate of quit-rent, and to be disposed of to the highest bidder. But it is engaged, on the part of Her Majesty's Government, that persons taking land upon these terms shall have the privilege of purchasing in freehold, if that tenure shall hereafter be offered by Her Majesty's Government, as of right belonging to hold upon the original quit rent, if that condition be better liked. All arrangements with natives for the cession of land in cultivation, or substantially built upon, are to be made only through an Officer deputed by the Government of the island; and in such cases, no title will be valid, and no claim will be respected, unless the person claiming shall hold under an instrument granted... Page 359 Page 02 Page 110
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