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for treating the lands an

the Rady's

in the exceptinge

maliner propound

41 should be glad if you

would communicate

my

decision to the writers

of

the various letters enclosed

in the Jespelch under

macht

for.

No.

1898

Oct

HongKong

No.

25015

(Subject.)

DESPATCH.

368

0.0.

20015

Rect © NOV &

Erection of Public offices

previous Paper. I pleased that plays maybe prepared locally

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sequent Paper.

4387

99

revered

Thanks extitate of

from Land Pales uril not be materially affected by shorter leaves.

Mr Lucas.

(Minutes.)

I doubt if it is safe unreservedly to accept the O.A.G's opinion that Ms Chamberlain's decision that Land

should in future be leased for pervorts of only you or 99 year will not affect the Revenue from Land Sales at all – but on this post see 250148

From paras 495

now

J

this Despatch it appears that, it bring

a considerable quantity of

intended to reserve

saleable

gout purposes, the total Revenue from the sale

Crover

Band

Crown Land

For during the

instead

of $1,700,000

next four years will be only $1,008,660

prophesied in 8518.

We have not earmarked the Revenue to be derird

реги

the

Sale of Crown Lands for any special purpose, but it is

worthy of notice that (apart from Works Chargeable to Low

balance of [to judge from the Estimates for 1899]

of which

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