CO129-543-6 Grant of land to Chinese Affairs Incorporated 14-2-1933 - 14-2-1933 — Page 3

No. 84.

MEC1VED

21 MAR 1933

QOL OFFICE

3

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONG KONG. 14th February, 1933.

Encl.Nos.1 & 2.

Sir,

I have the honour to request your

covering authority for the grant to the Secretary

for Chinese Affairs Incorporated of an area of

land at Aberdeen as shown on the attached plan and

subject to the attached conditions for the purposes

of a temple.

2.

There has been for many years a temple on

this area, which was formerly Aberdeen Village Lot

No.20. The tenants, three persons chosen to

represent the Aberdeen Kaifong, had all died by

1920. The Crown Rent of two dollars a year had

since been paid by the Kaifong, though they were

under no legal liability to do so. In order to

regularise the position, it was decided, with the

concurrence of the Kaifong, that there should be a

default in payment of Crown Rent, that the Crown

should thereupon re-enter upon the lot and make a

fresh grant of it to the Secretary for Chinese

Affairs Incorporated.

The lot has now been re-

entered upon and as the Kaifong are anxious to

proceed at an early date with a new building, I have

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,

&C.,

&c.,

&c.

authorised