Fixed
one
which
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and
submitted to the Scoutary of State auct approved of by him per despatch N.° 1415 of 22 Nov. 1877.
I had recently
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occasion to consider
whether the Executive Council had the power
of fixing
owner
- such a line and so
• prevent
it as
he
Or
of land from building pleased, I was of opinion that the Council had no such right, and that the Legislative Council only could restrict the right of the lessees of the Crown in this respect.
It is true that all the leases with
the exceptions hereafter mentioned
contain a clause that the lessee shall be bound within a limited time to erect, one
or more messuages of the
character
as
style
the other houses in the
:Street, and to expend thereon the
mentioned in the lease which
and
came
was
generally fixed at ten livres the annual rent, but I have always considered
that this clause
was inserted more
250-
for the purpose of obliging the lessee to
build
his land within a limited time,
and to prevent land speculation or
grabbing.
6. The wording of the clause supports my view, and
moreover, I am
informed by Mr. Bruce Shepherd, the Deputy Land Officer
that in some
cases where the lease of land already built on has been surrendered for the purpose of granting
a new lease, this clause has not been inserted; in others a letter has been written stating
that as the building already existed, the Government
7.
would not insist on
the exact fulfilment of that clause.
Such a clause in the lease would affect the frontage of the lot only, and there is nothing in the lease or in any Ordinance to prevent a lessee from
utilizing
the remainder of his
lot as
he thought best.
8.
I was therefore of opinion that
for
in
fixed
one
which
wxxx
and
submitted to the
Scoutary of State auct approved of by him per despatch N.° 1415 of 22 Nov. 18777.
I had recently
4:
occasion to consider
whether the Executive Council had the power
of fixing
owner
- such a line and so
• prevent
it as
he
Or
of land from building pleased, I was of opinion that the Council had no such right, and that the Legislative Conncil only could restrict the right of the leseces of the Crown in this respect.
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It is true that all the leases with
the exceptions here after mentioned
contain a clause that the lessee shall be bound within a Cunited teine to crect, one
or more messuages of the
character
as
style
the other houses in the
:Street, and to cxpend there on the
mentioned in the lease which
and
came
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was
generally fixed at teu livres the annual rent, but I have always considered
that this clause
was inserted more
250-
for the purpose of obliging the loven to
build
his land within a limited time.
and to prevent land speculation or
grabbing.
6. The wording of the closure support nu, deubmit, in
voreover
Jam
this
view, and
informed by all. Bruce Shepherd, the Deputy Land Officers
that in some
caves where the lease of - laud already built on has heen surrenbered for the purpose of granting
a new lease, this clause has not been inverted, in others a letter has been written stating
existed that as the building abroady the Goverece
7.
ancient would not invist on
ament
the creact fulfilment of that clause.
Such a clause in the leave would affect the frontage of the lot only and there is nothing in the lease or in any Ordinance to prevent a lessee from
the rewanider of hist utilizing
he thought best.
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lot as
I was therefore of opinion that
for
in
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