CO129-301 - Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [9-12] — Page 481

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, REGE 20 DEC 00

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Report on Ordinance 32 of 1900.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled

Au Ordinance to facilitate the resumption by the Govenor of Crown. Lands required for a public purpose,

and I um of opinion that the Ordinaner is one which is uol contrary to

the Governor's Instructions.

Ordinance No. 30 of 1899 was passed to amend The Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance, 1889.

It, however, left the title of the principal Ordinance unaltered, although it dealt not merely with the resumption of Crown lands, but also with the acquisition by the Governor of land of any description, for publie purposes.

It appears unnecessary to mix the two subjects, and it is certainly desirable to consolidate in one Ordinance the law relating to the resumption of Crown lands.

The present Ordinance incorporates, with some few slight alterations, the amendments introduced into The Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance by Ordinance No. 30 of 1899, so far as they relate to the resumption of Crown lands. It should be borne in mind that all land in the New Territories is declared by the New Territories Land Court Ordinance, 1900, to be the property of the Crown during the term specified in the Convention of 9th June, 1898. Thus the resumption of any part thereof from the occu- piers, if necessary, would come within the terms of this Ordinance.

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