CO129-249 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [1-5] — Page 525

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improvement of the said Colony of Hongkong, or for any other public purpose whatsoever, Three Calendar Months' notice being given to the said Executors, Administrators, and Assigns of its being so required, and a full and fair Compensation for the said Land and the Buildings thereon, being paid to the said Executors, Administrators or Assigns, at a valuation, to be fairly and impartially made by the Surveyor of Her said Majesty, Her Heirs, Successors, or Assigns, and upon the exercise of such power the term and estate hereby created shall respectively cease, determine and be void. In Witness whereof the said Sir GEORGE WILLIAM DES VŒUX duly authorized by Her said Majesty as aforesaid, hath executed these Presents, and hereunto set the Public Seal of the Colony of Hongkong aforesaid, in the Name and on the behalf of Her said Majesty, the day and year first above written.

Examined and Certified to be correct,

Land Officer.

Registered,

Deputy Land Officer.

DRAFT.

chuong trong

520

my

4. kong mo 127

For Sin GW des breux

MINUTE.

Mr.

Si

1. Webb 13 June

Mr. Fanfuld

Mr. Wingfield.

Mr. Bramston.

Mr. Meade.

Sir R. Herbert.

1572

Baron de Worms.

Lord Knutsford.

17 June

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 136 of the 4 ultimo, reporting the action taken by the Commission formed to deal with squatter's claims in Hongkong.

I approve