CO129-128 - Public Offices & Others - 1867 — Page 66

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

Land

Board

fired rental, the biddings being on the premium for the lease. In suly

18824, 27 Marine and Inland lots

37

at Kowloon were sold at auction.

The-Inland lots not being in question Fuegy raed not further be rishiced- The rents of the masive lots(contain = -ing rack 30.000. inperficial geet) were with two sxeaptions fixed $529. per annend. The premiums

cdd ah

obtained in the majority of ca-

sequently little more

ivere

Concl

trav

rominal. The

about $82. each.

average

Lot 1

The preat expenditure

required for sea wall & reclaiming

the marine Loli which were

under water, - the heavy cents, -

and the depreped finansial state of the Colony have placed it out of the power of the Lefees to fulfil

their

Engagements. They petitioned the Governor therefore for relief, but the terms they proposed inadmisible. After

lev some

were

rego =

siation, however, Sir R.M. Donnell

concruted to the following

alang=

-mant, cubject to the approval of the secretary of State, my- that if

all arrears

sent and of

of senh

sunes due to the Contractor for

the construction.

of

the Lea wall

were at once paid- and the lolf

filled

the 7th July 1888 - thie

in

rent of such of the defes should sign

the

et

sub is

agreement

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