CO129-098 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [4-5] — Page 279

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held Government Title Deeds, but most of the people had been squatters for many years: - the value of their Deeds is further shown by the practice, admitted by the Chinese officials, of entering fictitious heavy fees or areas therein to avoid taxation and the same fictitious areas have been, as is clearly shown by the Survey, inserted in the Deeds surrendered; for the purposes of fraud in obtaining compensation, I do not even ... were called the Red Deeds ... those bearing the Official Seal.

exempt what ... or ... In the settlement of such a difficulty, ... record whatever ... and in the absence of any record furnished by the Chinese Officials - ... presume there can be but one mode to adopt, to deal with the occupants of the soil after due notice given to them of the intentions of the Government, either to buy land or to lease it. In ... appears to ... carrying ... that the ... these into effect it ... following arrangements will be the most effective and least liable to ... after disputes.

The map of the whole District to be publicly exhibited at the Police Station now open and at my office in Victoria, giving the areas of each plot of ground in Mows, and the name and number of the plot with its value in Mow in Chinese Characters, the occupiers of the several plots may then be dealt with separately.

2. The Police to obtain the name of each occupier, and area claimed, and to register the same in Chinese and ... register ...

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held Government Title Deeds, but most of the people had been squatters for many years: - the value of their Deeds is further shown by the practice, admitted by the Chinese officials, of entering fictitious heavy fees or areas therein to avoid taxation and the same fictitious areas have been, as is clearly shown by the Survey, inserted in the Deeds surrendered; for the purposes of fraud in obtaining compensation, I do not even ... were called the Red Deeds ... those bearing the Official Seal. exempt what ... or ... In the settlement of such a difficulty, ... record whatever ... and in the absence of any record furnished by the Chinese Officials - ... presume there can be but one mode to adopt, to deal with the occupants of the soil after due notice given to them of the intentions of the Government, either to buy land or to lease it. In ... appears to ... carrying ... that the ... these into effect it ... following arrangements will be the most effective and least liable to ... after disputes. The map of the whole District to be publicly exhibited at the Police Station now open and at my office in Victoria, giving the areas of each plot of ground in Mows, and the name and number of the plot with its value in Mow in Chinese Characters, the occupiers of the several plots may then be dealt with separately. 2. The Police to obtain the name of each occupier, and area claimed, and to register the same in Chinese and ... register ...
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held Government Title Deeds, but most of the people had been squatters for many years: - the value of their Deeds is further shewn by the practice, admitted by the Chinese officials, of entering fictitions heavy

fees

us areas therein to avoid

or taxation and the same

fictitions

areas have been, as is clearly shown by the Survey, inserted in the Deeds surrendered; for the purposes of frand in obtaining

compensation, I do not even

were called the Red Deeds

the Official Seal.

-

exempt what

or

or those bearing

In the settlement of such a difficulty,

record whatever

and in the absence of any record

furnished by the Chinese

Officials -

نو

presume there can be but one mode to adopt, to deal with the occupants of the soil

273

after due notice given to them of the intentions of the lyovernment, either to buy sand or to lease it. In

appears

to

mu

carrying

that the

these into

effect it

following arrangements

will be the most effective and least liable to

after disfintes.

The map of the whole District to

be famblicly exhibited at the Police Station

Now loon and at

my office

in Victoria,

giving

the areas of each plot of ground in Mows,

and the name and number of the ploh witho

its value

pu

Owners or

Mow in Chinese Characters, the

ocenpiers of the Reveral plots may then be dealt with separately.

2.

The Police to obtain the name

each Crona or oce

and to

occupier, and area claimed,

ister the same in Chinese and

register

of

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