701
1 your
Hill near the present Artillery Barracks at a much higher point than Facing indicates with the object of the whole of the Ground to the north of it being allotted for the site of a general Hospital &c.
His Excellency still retains his opinion that one hundred feet passage along the Queen's Road from the Corner of D'Aguilar's lots to Morgan's Bazar should be reserved
and
you are accordingly
desired to do so
You will receive instructions as to the retaining Wall &c., when there is time to think of and settle them.
(Signed) Richard Horsman.
No:108
The Honorable Major Caine. The Reverend Charles Gutzlaff. A. J. Gordon Esqre
Gentlemen,
Hongkong March 17th 1846
"I am directed by His Excellency the Governor in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter No: 1 of the 28th of February;
"Without awaiting your expected report as to the quantity of ground for which compensation is to be paid, His Excellency in Council desires me to intimate to you that he is
quite satisfied that the statements made by the natives are altogether erroneous.
His Excellency in Council conceived
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