CO129-474 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [1-4] — Page 327

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hongkong.29th...a.s..oh, 101 1922.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No...2.........................of дØ 1922.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled

an Ordinance to amend the Crown Lands Reau.ption ordinance, 1921,

and

am of opinion that the Ordinance is

one

which is not contrary to the

Governor's Instructions.

2. The object of this ordinance is to make it clear that in resump- tions under the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinances no compensation

is to be awarded in respect of mere expectancies or probabilities.

For example, the owner of agricultural land held under a Crown lease

which prohibits the erection of buildings except with the licence of

the Crown is not to receive any compensation with respect to the pos-

sibility