CO129-573-4 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club- compensation on transfer of lease to government 30-5-1938 - 30-5-1938 — Page 5

Copy.

No.906/1932.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hong Kong,

1st March, 1938.

Sir,

With reference to previous correspondence

and in particular your letter of 17th August, 1937,

requesting on behalf of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club

a lease of Kellett Island, I am directed to inform you

that Government is prepared to grant such a lease on

the following terms:-

(1) The Lessees shall at their own expense surrender

Marine Lot 290 when called upon to do so by the

Land Officer.

(2) The Lessees shall be granted a Crown Lease of

Kellett Island as a Marine Lot. The lease to be

for the same term and to commence from the same

date as and to be subject to all the clauses and

covenants contained in the existing lease of

Marine Lot 290.

(3) The Lessees shall take up a Crown Lease for the

lot when called upon to do so by the Land Officer

and shall pay him there for the prescribed fee.

(4) The Lessees shall have no right of access to the

lot, except by the sea.

The Hon. Secretary,

Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club,

Hong Kong.

I am, Sir,

Your obedient servant,

(Sa.) J. H. B. Lee,

p.Colonial Secretary.

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