Jan 17 1900

Cheung Chau, Police, Rates, 1899

In January 17^th, 1900, Deputy Land Officer, Bruce Shepherd, wrote in his report to Legislative Council on Land Administration in New Territories that owing to the value of the police protection now afforded by their incorporation into the Colony, the owners have voluntarily offered to pay increased Crown Rent, or such increased land tax as I recommend to be fair.

But then in 1901, in his report to Legislative Council, the member of Land Court, H.H.J. Gompertz, remarked that there are claims of land from Tsing Yi, Ma Wan, Ni Ku Chau and Cheung Chau, all 880 cases in total in 1900.

Indian and Chinese Police

The other posts in Cheung Chau Magazine :

• Cheung Chau Block Crown Lease, 1905長洲集體官契, 1905年
• Cheung Chau Ferry Service 長洲渡輪服務
• 當局不擬把長洲納入原居鄉村附表的理據