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MARADONA Unde belan

Deeά of Appropriation

THIS DEED OF APPROPRIATION made the

February

ninih

One thousand nine hundred and fifty

day of Three...

BETWEEN His Excellency Sir Alexander William George

Herder Grantham Knight Grand-Cross of the Most Distinguished

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and

Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its

dependencies and Vice Admiral of the same (hereinafter

referred to as "His Excellency") of the one part and

The Imperial War Graves Commission of 32 Grosvenor:

Gardens in the County of London a body constituted by

Royal Charter (hereinafter referred to as "the Commission")

of the other part WHEREAS HIS Excellency has agreed to set

aside in the name of the Commission an area of

approximately two hundred and sixty-three thousand two

hundred and sixty square feet at Sai Wan in the said

Colony for the purpose of a Cemetery for the burial of

Members of the Forces of the British Commonwealth fallen

in the war of 1939/45 (and of Hembers of the Forces of

His Majesty's Allies whose remains also lie therein) AND

WHEREAS it has been agreed that in lieu of granting

Lease thereof to the Commission the same shall remain

vested in the Crown but together with the usual appur

tenances thereto shall be exclusively and in perpetuity.

appropriated as such Cemetery as aforesaid upon the terms.

and subject to the conditions hereinafter expressed.

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED as follows:-

1.

FOR SO LONG as the Commission shall keep and

continue to keep and maintain the said Cemetery and all

structures and developments thereon or on any part thereof

in good order and condition and shall conform to all

statutes prevailing in the said Colony and Ordinances and