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"And Her said Majesty doth hereby reserve unto "her said Majesty Her Heirs Successors and Assigns full "Power to resume and take possession of all or any part of "the said Ground hereby demised if required for any public "Way or Ways or for the Improvement of the Colony or for "any public purpose whatever, Three Calendar Months notice "being given to the Occupant thereof of its being so "required and a full and fair Compensation for the said "Land and the Improvements thereon being paid to the said "Tang Ting-sham his Executors Administrators or Assigns at "a Valuation to be fairly and impartially made by Two "Arbitrators, the one to be appointed on behalf of Her "Majesty Her Heirs Successors or Assigns the other by the "said Tang Ting-sham his Executors Administrators or "Assigns from the existing List of Special Jurors in "the said Colony with Power to the said Arbitrators in the "event of their disagreeing as to the value aforesaid to "nominate and call in a Third Person as and for an Umpire "Provided always that the Name of said Third Person shall "also at the time of his Appointment be standing on the "said List of Special Jurors for the said Colony".
4.
Before proceeding to exercise the power under the Crown Lease of resuming the portion of the land required for the railway the Director of Public Works was authorised to enter into negotiations with the owner for the acquisition of the land by private agreement, and he thereupon offered compensation at a certain rate and to allow the conversion upon certain terms of other portions of
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"And Her said Majesty doth hereby reserve unto
"her said Majesty Her Heirs Successors and Assigns full
"Power to resume and take possession of all or any part of
"the said Ground hereby demised if required for any public
"Way or Ways or for the Improvement of the Colony or for
"any public purpose whatever, Three Calendar Months notice
"being given to the Occupant thereof of its being so
"required and a full and fair Compensation for the said
"Land and the Improvements thereon being paid to the said
"Tang Ting-sham his Executors Administrators or Assigns at
"a Valuation to be fairly and impartially made by Two
"Arbitrators, the one to be appointed on behalf of Her
"Majesty Her Heirs Successors or Assigns the other by the
"said Tang Ting-shan his Executors Administrators or
"Assigns from the the existing List of Special Jurors in
"the said Colony with Power to the said Arbitrators in the
"event of their disagreeing as to the value aforesaid to
"nominate and call in a Third Person as and for an Umpire
"Provided always that the Name of said Third Person shall
"also at the time of bis Appointment be standing on the
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'said List of Special Jurors for the said Colony".
4.
Before proceeding to exercise the power un-
der the Crown Lease of resuming the portion of the land
required for the railway the Director of Public Works was
authorised to enter into negotiations with the owner for
the acquisition of the land by private agreement, and he
thereupon offered compensation at a certain rate and to
allow the conversion upon certain terms of other portions
of
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