CO129-288 - Public Offices & Others - 1898 — Page 53

Lease

are to be for shorter tering,

Premia the amount derived from

of care be considerably reduced That will be

will

a wholesome result

as it will prevent the Colony from 1ing up its capital too fast.

Shall we then for all future

(except

lease.in

Hangkung

agricultural & garden leaves).

adopt the term of 75 years

er

or even a shorter period than that?

adopt the Straits

or shall we

system of grants in perpetuity. with rents reassessable every

30 gean?

In

provision should

any

case

be

of course

made to meet the point raised

by the 1887 Commissimers, viz. that

the Crown should not confiscate the value the tenants' improvements,

but

Dr. Chamberlain (in accordance

with his ministe

21907/97

whild not accept the vid

Those Commissioner that the (rown

sumed not claim the unearned rictement

In recus fame that

an the intrade

Cu)6/5

tari

for gears once generally

M.Wingheld 16/

I do not think that this matter

メ

of

finally

Should be settled until the new

gaver...

on the

has gone out of reporte whole quest. By

that

time too another question. of pers

- confidential which has an impor

an

• taut beaning on this mattis i be settled, but M. Johnson's invites a gendumession

on keand the shits

M amberlain's wishes. not think the system a perpetual

grants Fable to reassessment

is suitable to

Mary

kare

system is

HongKong:

preferat..

and the

We

might und an

interim in mation

-if

that the ordi

ordi nay

should be

CPL

now

that is mi Chamberlain's new

75 you

tenme in

18. May

leave

I think that before laging

in the manner of despesia

a rule as

Crown lands of which there will to

area when the prepared Salonicon of the