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the cost of refixing any existing boundary stones. The work will be carried out by the Director of Public Works.

(f). The lessee to take up the Crown Leases when called upon to do so by the Land Officer and to pay him

the sum of $30.00 for each Crow Lease.

(g). The exact boundaries of the lots to be deter-

-mined before the issue of the new Crown Leases.

(h). Site C will be levelled by Government free of

cost to lessee,

(i). The lessee to pay into the Colonial Treasury on demand the sum of $150.00 being the cost of removing

and relaying the existing 4" water main in the road

between Kowloon Inland Lots 629, 631 and 1111. The work

to be carried out by the Director of Public Works.

(j). The lessee to form the road between lots A and

B to such levels as the Director of Public Works may

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approve and to his satisfaction within six months from

the date of a letter from the Director of Public Works

calling upon him to do so. The surfacing and channelling

of the road to be carried out by Government.

2.

With regard to condition (h), I would

point out that arrangements have already been made for the

levelling of the area marked C, in connection with the rais-

-ing of another street in the neighbourhood; a considerable

economy has thus been effected, the additional cost of the

rai sing work amounting to 81,000, whereas the lowest tender

for levelling lot C as a separate work amounted to 85,900.

A further argument in favour of the

scheme is that it will effect a great improvement in the junction of Waterloo and Nathan Roads. Both of these are 100 foot main thoroughfares, and without doubt tram lines will

eventually

3.