CO129-511-1 Secretary for Chinese Affairs Incorporation Ordinance- 1928 20-4-1928 - 20-4-1928 — Page 8

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PART IV.

Little Hong Kong, Lot

No. 2083.

Ma Tau Wei Lot No.

19.

Ma Tau Wei Lot No.

29.

S.D. I, Lot No. 5106. S.D. I, Lot No. 5134. S.D. 1, Lot No. 5341,

s. 1.

S.D. I, Lot No. 5448. S.D. I, Lot No. 5450. S.D. V, Lot No. 91. S.D. V, Lot No. 92. S.D. V, Lot No. 93. S.D. V, Lot No. 94. Tung Chung, D.D. I,

Lot No. 147. Tung Chung, D.D. I,

Lot No. 160. Tung Chung, D.D. I,

Lot No. 163. Tung Chung, D.D. I,

Lot No. 1309. Tung Chung, D.D. I,

Lot No. 1849. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 636. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 640. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 669. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 671. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 763. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 764. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 765. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 774. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 1480. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 1528. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 1691. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 1698. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 1739. Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lo tNo. 1742.

Tung Chung, D.D. III,

Lot No. 2082. Lantao Island D.D. 310,

Lot No. 1. Lantao Island D.D. 310,

Lot No. 85. Lantao Island D.D. 312,

Lot No. 475. Lantao Island D.D. 312,

Lot No. 480. Lantao Island D.D. 312,

Lot No. 488. Lantao Island D.D. 312,

Lot No. 494. Lantao Island D.D. 312,

Lot No. 525. Lantao Island D.D. 312,

Lot No. 535. Lantao Island D.D.312,

Lot No. 595. Lantao Island D D. 312,

Lot No. 596. Lantao Island D.D. 312,

Lot No. 687. Lantao Island D.D. 312,

Lot No. 695. Lanta Island D.D. 313,

Lot No. 58. Lautao Island D.D. 313,

Lot No. 275. Lantao Island D.D. 316,

Lot No. 1869. Lantao Island D D. 316,

Lot No. 1873. Lautao Island D.D. 316,

Lot No. 1916. Lantao Island D.D. 316,

Lot No. 1925. Lautao Island D.D. 316,

Lot No. 1926. Lantao Island D.D. 319,

Lot No. 114. Lantao Island D.D. 319,

Lot No. 115. Lautao Island D.D. 322,

Lot No. 536. Lantao Island D.D. 328,

Lot No. 1324. Lantao Island D.D. 350,

Lot No. 553. Siu Ah Chan Lot No.

53.

Siu Ah Chan Lot No.

54.

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Enclosure No. 2.

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hongkong..10th.A pil........1928.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No...........................of 192 8

1928.

1.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinan intituled an

Ordinance to provide for the incorporation of the Secretary

for Chinese Affairs, and I 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 incorporate the

Secretary for Chinese Affairs. It is desirable in many

cases that that officer should hold leasehold property on

trusts of various kinds and the convenience of incorporation

for this purpose is obvious.

7.

Section 7 vests in the new corporation the leasehold

properties referred to in the Schedule.

divided into four parts.

The Schedule is

Part 1 comprises District

Watchman stations.

Part II contains the Chinese Public

Dispensaries, Part III includes various, temples and temple

properties.

Part IV consists of various miscellaneous

trusts, e.g., schools.

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4. The leasehold properties specified in the Schedule,

with one exception, stand, in the respective registers,

either in the name of the present substantive holder of the

office of Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or in that of a

former substantive or acting holder of the office of

Registrar General, or under the title "Secretary for Chinese

Affairs" or the title "Registrar General". It is clear

that in all cases that the intention was that the holder

of the office for the time being should be able to deal

with the legal estate, though this intention seems to have

been imperfectly effected in many of the cases.

General"

Crown

"Registrar

was until 1913 the title of the office now known

as the "Secretary for Chinese Affairs". The one exception

referred to at the beginning of this paragraph is S.I.L.

142. This is the site of a temple at Shaukiwan. The

crown lease, which is for 999 years, was issued in 1877 in

the name of Lam Ah Neung. A long search for Lam Ah Yeung

resulted in the discovery that there never was any such

person as Lam Ah Neung and that the name was only put

forward by the villagers to represent the goddess of the

temple. In the case of S.I.L 528, K.I.L. 1647, K.I.L.

1686, .I.L. 2004, K.I.L. 205, N.K.I.L. 35 and N.K. I. L. 552

no Crown lease has yet been issued and the lots are held

on the conditions of grant in the name of the "Secretary

for Chinese Affairs". Crown leases are about to be

issued in these cases.

5. The vesting is in every case made subject to the

were

trusts on which the respective properties 1417

6.

held immediately before the commencement of the Ordinance.

Section 4 is drafted with the intention of enabling

the officer for the time being performing the duties of the

office to deal with the legal estate, whether he be the

substantive holder of the office or only an acting Secretary

It is also intended to obviate the

for Chinese Affairs.

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