CO129-085 - Sir Robinson - 1862 [1-4] — Page 438

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Those marked a were an extraordinary Collection of Sub-leases, Mortgages and

unstamped Documents, and were called -

dohite Deeds-

So numerous, complicated,

and unintelligible

were

these, and m

many

of

them so new in appearance, that the~

Commissioners concluded most of them

had been mannfactured for the occasion,

purpose of tracing the various holdings.

On

going

over the ground for the

represented by the Deeds,

stili

greater-

difficulties presented themselves - Boundaries

of

land marks were.

Chinese

officers

unrecognizable - the

could give

Assistance;

the Tepan of the District was not much

Wiser and the

the pew

people

when called on

to define

their

properties

either never came, or were so

louse in their descriptions that little could be

made of them, and it became apparent that

the greater part of

them

were

·Squatters of longer

eriods, and consequently were-

or shorter periods,

unwilling to give such information respecting their holdings

Under these circumstances nothing -

remained but to

over

the

до

ground foot by foot,

and discover who were the present ~

occupiers or cultivators of the Soil. This

was done at such intervals as heat of the Summer permitted,

the

great and hence

some delay in making a report. But even then

-ation could not be obtained_

certain information

Parties appeared having cross claims of all kinds, and the Commissioners after the most careful investigation they comed

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