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INTRODUCTORY,

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF REPORT.

SYSTEM OF SELLING AND GRANTING CROWN LANDS UPON LEASE OR OTHERWISE,

Sir Charles Elliot's Public Notice and Declaration of 1st May, 1841, Public Notice of proposed Sale of 7th June, 1841,

Postponement of Sale to 14th June, 1841,

Terms of Sale on 14th June, 1841,

Sir Charles Elliot's object in the disposal of Crown Lands,

Government Notification of 15th October, 1841,

Government Notification of 22nd March, 1842,.

Appointment of first Land Committee of 29th March, 1842,

Commencement of difficulties and misunderstandings,

Government Notification of 2nd May, 1842,

Prohibition of further grants of Land...........

Extract from Instructions to Land and Road Inspector, of 27th May, 1842,

Grants of Land under the Charter of the Colony and Her Majesty's Instructions regarding same, No Lands to be sold or let except at Public Auction,

Government Notification of 10th April, 1843,

Government Notification of 21st August, 1843, and appointment of Second Land Committee,

Report of Second Land Committee, recommending the granting of Leases for 75 years and classification

of Lots,

Registration of Deeds Ordinance 3 of 1844,

Land taken possession of in 1844 by numbers of Chinese without permission,

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Government Proclamation of 21st October, 1844,

Encroachments by lot holders in 1844 in building Balconies and Verandahs,..

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Government Notification of 19th November, 1844,

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Verandahs allowed from the year 1846,

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Complaints in 1847 regarding the land tenure and high Crown Rents,

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Recommendations by Governors Davis and Bonham that the Leases be extended to 999 years,

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Governor Bonham's Despatch of 26th August, 1848,

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Earl Grey's Despatch in reply of 4th December, 1848, authorising extension of Leases in virtual

perpetuity for 999 years,

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Government Notification of 3rd March, 1849,

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Appointment of 3rd Land Committee of 1849,

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Report of 3rd Land Committee,

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Opinion of the Attorney General on Sub-leases of sections. August 1850,..............

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Governor Bonham's Despatch of 29th August, 1850,

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Earl Grey's Despatch in reply of 2nd January, 1851,

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Missing Parliamentary Blue Book (China) of 1847, Land Commission of 1875 on high Crown Rents, Cessation of Complaints of high Crown Rents, Sales of Crown Land since 1869,......................

STATISTICS: ACREAGE OF HONGKONG,....

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Numbers and Rentals of Leased Lots,

Houses standing upon them,.....

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The difficulties and complexities which have arisen,

Re-entry of Lots for non-payment of Rent,

Ordinance limiting Titles advisable,

Estimate of the population,

DIVISION OF THE Lots into Sections and Subsections and TITLES TO LAnd,

Transfers of Sections allowed,

Remaining Portion Owner liable for whole Crown Rent,

Petition of Solicitors supported by inhabitants in 1885,

Causes of complications in Titles to land,

Judgments of the Supreme Court,

Some grants of land possibly void,

OCCUPANCY OF LAND IN THE VILLAGES OTHER THAN UNDER CROWN LEASES,

Original Villagers, Licensed Squatters, and Trespassers,

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Division of control of Crown Lands,

Grass Cutters, and keepers of Cattle and Goats,

Commissioners' opinion on division of control,..

Consequence of system of squatting,

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Governor's Minute of 8th September, 1886, directing Police to prevent squatting,

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