CO129-085 - Sir Robinson - 1862 [1-4] — Page 429

8.

villages) which they put down altogether at 107,995 Bollers, and the Commissioners state that the real owner

in each

ense

cannot in

their

Minion

be determined, until the Government is about to disporsers The recupiers and take possession.

7.

This is certainly very for from satisfactory, but the question

is surrounded with considerable

The cultivated and

difficulties

is

very uneven,

out in irregular terraces: the

limit

斥

the

or artificial boundaries, and the

lots which

sonwall,

are

ordinarily very

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are interwoven one with

another in a manner

which

befies their being recognized, except by the actual owner- this producing the utmost confusion. In addition to this nothing is to be gained by perusal of

the deeds produced,

a

as there frequently or not even describe the locality,

never

refine

boundaries, and for the purpose of

depanding the Chinese Government

"the Registration fees,

and generally laid

R

There

different holdings

are not defined by either natural

fees, almost

invariably give incorect mea are alss in many

Chris

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