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personally to

satisfaction to me have assisted in advansing.

I ought perhaps also to

in the

cence in

point out that aequiesen- present case will make it difficult to refuse similar applications from holders of 75 -year leaseholds at bokforlum, the -villages, and Kowloon, so that the question of precedent must not be lost sight of

Had the Teak lot-owners been suffering from depreciated lease holds, I would have

counselled the Government to ~ in and assist in improving

the

step

p

the value of the land, but so high do leak lots stand in the market, that their owners are the objects of great envy

to all their fellow residents and there are therefore no grounds for Government intervention in the Yeak district on this score.

For the rest, I would

deprecate the unrest and unsettlement in which the rules of land tenure would continue if there applications.

were

complied with (they

are not infrequent). The Government has so far adhered to existing rules which are

are not unfair to the __ landed interest, and I cannot.

rules

but think it will be desirable to

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