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need whatever of water any frontage at Kowloon, while the possession of it is of vital importance to this Colony. Every available yard of Coast on this side from East Point to West Point a distance of 4 miles - is already occupied. The water on this side of the Harbor is generally shallow; there are no docks; no vessels can load and unload - and there is a great want of storage room for bulky Cargoes on the water's edge. The absence of these facilities for cheap business is driving away much of the legitimate trade of this Port to Whampoa and other places; and it is beyond dispute that whilst these deficiencies can be supplied, the further extension of Hongkong as a Commercial entrepôt is not possible.
6. Mr. Cleverly points out in his report that Kowloon is capable of supplying all the defects of Hongkong as a Commercial Harbor; and he has marked on a plan which accompanies his report, the most eligible sites for batteries, Naval and Military Establishments, Docks, Piers,