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placed directly behind Store in rear of the ... in order to that extent to increase the sea-frontage available for commercial purposes.
I have further to remark that whilst I considered it my duty to propose the reservation of ... for ... by ... a suitable site for a Naval Hospital, I am by no means prepared to recommend its erection until further experience shall have proved the superiority of Hospital ashore under the conditions of the site which can be obtained, and the climate of Kowloon to Hospital afloat and that I presume their Lordships will not enter into an expense of this description until the necessity arises of replacing the present Hospital Ship, an event little likely to occur for some years.
From Plan, their lordships will observe that a considerable quantity of open and low-lying land exists unfitted for the purpose of buildings for Europeans and which, whatever may be the appropriation which shall eventually be...