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under brown Lease, should be- granted to the detriment of the Crown Lessees

or so as

to

prevent them from having the proper enjoyment of their lots.

With reference to claim W. 143 the house was built by the Claimant the Quarry Farmer - under the permission given by "Farm contract in 1891. his Quarry

The Board does not recommend

Lease of this house to the

any

long

as

claimant, but that so he continues to be the Quarry

Farmer the house should remain in his his

possession and upon his to be the Quarry Farmer ceasing (the mouse should remain in his possession and upon his ecasing to be the Quarry Farmer) the house should revert to the Government.

are

The claims nos 4, 38, and 59

for Temples for the use of the

community

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community, and the Board recommends that Leases be granted in the name of the Registrar General at the nominal rent of #1 per

annum in each case, with the

provision that the buildings are to be used for the purposes of a Temple only. The Committees of the three Temples consent to this course

In all cases where the claim- ants are on the Rent Roll or are -

-

owners

descendants of the original at the time of the cession of Hong- Kong

to the Crown, the Board recom- mends that Leases for 999 years be granted at rents in round figures, slightly in excess

in excess of those originally

charged.

In other cases where the Squatters have held their houses under Squatters Licences for several. years, for 21 years at somewhat redneed

the Board recommends Leases

rents.