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tions and prohibitions of various -

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Kinds which harazzed Crown lands

direction and in all parts of the Colony, and which looked up In a ble track of land against

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a gare gate loss of £ 10:000 a year to the forgift Revound of this Aggregate of 210 for a re the loss on

on the Howtoon lauts

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ever we presented but a very insigns ficant fraction so that the concepin proposed in the Wt: 0.

Es patch of the Doty July in respect of the liberation of the ton

Kowloon lauds d

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not represent, as in

agined, any equivalent for the heavy cost of the

breathwater.

10.

Moreover, for the past hee years the greater part of the Keuloon lairs have been to some extent freed from the prohibitions that priviously op pressed

heavity.

now been

oppressed their owners 20 The Caud-owners have permitted to treat houses on their garden lot subject to the lease stipulation that in the event of hostilities they

shall.

raze

houses to the ground without vary penzation- whenever they should upon

be called u

To do so by the officer commanding the troops -and this permission havingken freely availed of, the affer to lift, the Military embargo altogether,

late and still further

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11. But the Colonial Severnment naturalty

considers that Colonial loved originally ceded without conditions to the

War office- purely for Military "should revert to the Colony

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