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as they
are
kept under proper
control by a Military & Naval
erior to their own.
Sower super
It will be
my
duty to
transmit copies of this
correspondence
condence to the Inspector General of Fortifications to be, at his pleasure, laid before the Secretary of State for War,
mean time I beg with due respect to repeat my application of the 26th ulto for the Pot of Sand, East of
and in the
the East Guard House to be
applied to Military purposes.
I have re
BJ H. W. Sugard
Lient: Colonel
coming Rl. Engl.
Copy.
Sir,
that
Royal Engineer's Office, Victoria, Hong Kong,
26th June 1857.
I have the honor to request
you
the
will bring to the notice of His Excellency Commander of the Forces that
an Allotment of Land on the last side of the East Guard House of this cantonment
there is
which it is
very
desirable
should be transferred to the War Department for important Military objects; and to suggest for the Lient: General's approval that an application be made by His Excellency
The Deputy Quarter Master Seneral
fa
te.
te
Hong Kong
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