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Hongkong, 18th. December, 1903.

JAN 04

I have the honour to transmit for the sig-

nification of His Majesty's pleasure Ordinance No. 22 of 1903

entitled 'An Ordinance to further amend The New Territories

Land Court Ordinence No. 18 of 1900, and the usual report by

the Attorney-General thereon.

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December, 1908.

he should draw 8/2700 tax as bol teco pay & $2400 from the salace of Record map witil the date at which the latter attains the salary of $5000

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2.

The last Despatch addressed to your pre-

decessor on the subject of the Land Settlement in the New

Territories was Sir Henry Blake's Despatch No. 295 of the 18th.

June last. 0)

3.

Matters have undergone some alteration

since then and the present position is as follows.-

The two important cases referred to in

the 2nd. paragraph of that Despatch have not been referred

back to the Land Court to assess compensation, but the Govern-

ment has appealed against the decisions of the Land Court

under Ordinance No. 13 of 1903.

These appeal cases are about to come on

for hearing in the Supreme Court and should be settled shortly.

Mr. Gompertz has been employed since the

writing of the Despatch referred to above principally in

hearing some very large and important claims to foreshore and

seabed which were among the cases referred to in the 4th.

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.,

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