CO129-306 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [8-9] — Page 298

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inform me that the Company desires a 999

years lease as in the case of Messrs

Butterfield and Swire.

The correspondence which you have sent

to me had previously given me no adequate

guidance as to the term of the lease. I

find, however, that you rightly suggested that

it should be for 75 years and that the Com-

pany wished it to be for 999: and also that

you do not consider

this case to be parallel

to that of the lease to Messrs Butterfield

and Swire. You are,

of course, correct on

this point, as that case was one of adding to

a lot, already held on a 999 years lease, a

frontage of which the Government could not

otherwise dispose. I do not find however

that the Company has been informed that the

objection on the part of the Government to

the longer lease still continues.

It is, no doubt to the advantage of the

Goverment and of the public that the large

dock,

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296 inform me that the Company desires a 999 years lease as in the case of Messrs Butterfield and Swire. 3. The correspondence which you have sent to me had previously given me no adequate guidance as to the term of the lease. I find, however, that you rightly suggested that it should be for 75 years and that the Com- pany wished it to be for 999: and also that you do not consider this case to be parallel to that of the lease to Messrs Butterfield and Swire. You are, of course, correct on this point, as that case was one of adding to a lot, already held on a 999 years lease, a frontage of which the Government could not otherwise dispose. I do not find however that the Company has been informed that the objection on the part of the Government to the longer lease still continues. 4. It is, no doubt to the advantage of the Goverment and of the public that the large dock,

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296 inform me that the Company desires a 999 years lease as in the case of Messrs Butterfield and Swire. 3. The correspondence which you have sent to me had previously given me no adequate guidance as to the term of the lease. I find, however, that you rightly suggested that it should be for 75 years and that the Com- pany wished it to be for 999:and also that you do not consider this case to be parallel to that of the lease to Messrs Butterfield and Swire. You are, of course, correct on this point, as that case was one of adding to a lot, already held on a 999 years lease, a frontage of which the Government could not otherwise dispose. I do not find however that the Company has been informed that the objection on the part of the Government to the longer lease still continues. 4. It is, no doubt to the advantage of the Goverment and of the public that the large dock,

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