on which I have permitted
the
the resumption of Military works at Kowloon, which, having been
commenced in defiance of
my authority,
were
suspended by my
the order of the Admiral.
on the
ground
The Surveyor General's Report which forms
one of
the enclosures will show
that both Imperial and
Colonial Interests
are liable
to injury from Royal Engineer's unauthorized
appropriation of part of Kowloon without sufficient consideration and without
any concert
with this Government.
I believe that Sir John Michel considered the place selected for these temporary
Barracks so unsuitable
that he would not have availed himself of my
permission to resume the works, had there not been
so far advanced as
to render it inexpedient to
stop them.