CO129-262 - Governor Sir Robinson Acting Governor O-Brien - 1894 [1-4] — Page 584

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Board recommends that yearly leases be granted to the Crown

Lessees at the rento mentioned

an

in the schedule and that they be granted -option of purchas ing the pieses of ground in: -

at the same rate of question at the

of premium and Crown Rent similar lots have been sold in the neighbourhood.

for

83

With reference to claims noogs to 96 the land comprised in the Squatters Licences im mediately adjoins Shankiwan Lots nos 119, 121, 193, 124, 125, 126, 127, 198 and 199 and blocks up the access of the Owners of these. Lots to the sea, and in some cases the Aquatters' Licences comprise part of the leased lots, to the great detriment of tof

the lots where the Licensees dre distinct from the Crown Lessees.

The

The Board does not recommend that Leases be granted to the Squatters

any

in these cases and inasmuch as the leased lots as laid out are com-

paratively useless to the Lot holders without the sea

frontage the Board recommends that the boundaries of Shaukiwan Lots nos 119, 191, 193, 194, 125, 126, 127, 198 and 129 be readjusted

• and that new Leases be granted to the present Crown Lessees upon the same terms as to premium and Crown Rent for extra

existing lots

extra ground

were sold

as the

for. The

arranged

Lessees have in these cases

terms with the Squatters so that the latter will not lose their business without compensation.

Cases

In these and other similar

before mentioned it appears

to the Board

very undesirable that Squatters Licences for land im-

mediately adjacent to Lots held

under