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from their advice, the in_ formation which is necess...

personally a conclusive opinion

ry to enable me to form

" on this matter, because

most of the local gentlemen

who understand the intri

are di

cacies of the question rectly interested in the prac tically unlimited tenure of Land. Nevertheless, I have ventured to place before.

you my for

some me

criticisms as above,

of the arguments

adduced

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adduced against your propo-

sal seem to me to be falla- cious and others to be push-

ed too

12.

far.

Generally, I would re

mark as follows :.

(a)

there

appears to be no

in

thing in local circumstances to differentiate Hongkong. respect of the terms

of leases, from other great centres "population, for I presume.

of

that in London and other.

places Banks, Clubs, Insu-

rance