CO129-349 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [10-12] — Page 252

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

No.

302.

ngkong.

My Lord,

47005

Rem 23 DEC 08

Government House,

247

Hongkong, 21st.November, 1908.

I have the honour to inform Your

Lordship that my predecessor agreed to sell to the Land

Reclamation Company, who are the owners of Kowloon Marine

Lot 49, that portion of the seabed in front of their Lot

which is shown on the attached plan, subject to the con-

-ditions of which I enclose a copy.

Lone

nclosure!.

closure 2.

2.

The terms of the proposed lease

were advertised in the Gazette in Government Notification

No.

782 of the 24th. November, 1905, and in this notifica-

-tion it was stated that the lease would be granted for a

term of 75 years to be computed from the 18th. day of

September, 1899, with the option of renewal for one further

term of 75 years at a reassessed Crown Rent.

3.

It is, however, provided by

Section 3 of Ordinance 15 of 1901 that such a lease can be

granted for 75 years only, unless a longer term is

RIGHT HONOURABLE

authorized

THE EARL OF CREWE,

&C...

800.

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