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No 71

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Enclosure 2.

HONGKONG,

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Ref 23 MAR 12

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

27th. February, 1912.

sir,

I have the honour to forward the enclosed copy

of a letter, dated the 16th. of last December, from the Acting

Consul-General for Japan together with a copy of a minute, dated

the 13th. instant, by the First Assistant Director of Public Works,

and to recommend that the area of 75,170 square feet coloured red

on the attached tracing should be granted on lease for the term of

75 years without premium and upon payment of a nominal Crown Rent

of $1.00 per annum to the Japanese Community resident in Hongkong

for the purpose of erecting a Buddhist Temple, subject to the

condition that if such temple is not erected or if the area is not

used solely for religious purposes, the site and the buildings (if

any) thereon shall revert to the Crown.

Casure

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2.

As precedents for such a grant, I would refer

to Mr. J. Chamberlain's Despatch No. 347 of the 18th. September, 53

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,

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1903,