CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9] — Page 432

are a

a

hire of land

Ex

15923 and the

a 30.4 acres in

they would have comprising The

extension in 17628 all, for 10c. a unt of $ demumed to this; hie

benig aigival

foot and

a

Crown

200 am acr.

The Governor

that 300-a

area

foot for (23.15 acres)

an

abbments

the

d 200

a

a

fool fanei

to Crown rent, abort

for the extension, would be Juice. ( His res hom fremmin, arranged

t was

the original

200. a

An

not stated.) Finally I to let the firm have

Loot: 100.

faid as premin

a 23.159c., at

love

ca lew

Shredded at 2

of this price

10..

was thus

The

to the Gravy rent, which

rassid to $375

extension they mig

an

acu.

t have at the

price & rent mygested Ill. Ormsly

I cannot think that the

interests of the Colay

han been

adequately safeguarded this arrangemen and the Oimsby

doubt

was

rash in fulting without being that they

H. Blake

Mis terus min weiter.

kyard actually sanctioned I sei But as it is? ach, I ask for and refort on the legal preston

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the desp. on 1.7628.

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HEG? 17 SEP 00

No. 380.

Government House.

Hong Kong,

August, 1900.

sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of your despatch No.190 of 15th, June with reference to the grant of a lease to Messrs. Butterfield & Swire.

2. The reason why the rent of the extension granted to Messrs. Butterfield & Swire is lower than that of the area referred to in Major-General Gascoigne's despatch will be found in copies of minutes on a very long correspond-

ence.

losure

March

1950.

When application was made by Messrs. Butterfield

* Swire the Director of Public Works suggested that the lot should be put up at 10 cents per square foot and $200 per acre. To this I demurred as I considered the price too low. It then appeared that acting under a misapprehension the Director of Public Works had written a private letter to the Solicitor of the Company saying that he was authorised by me to sell the land at the price suggested, and the representative of the Com-

dand

pany had telegraphed to London to that effect. My minute of 14th.March deals with this, and my minute of 21st.March embo- died my final decision which was accepted by Messrs. Butter-

The Right Honourable

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN,M.P.

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8:0.1

80. $

field