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into effect.
will depend upon the withdrawal
of the Troops from the North of China, and the
may
Sorce which Heer Majesty's Government, then
determine to retain permanently in H
ong Kong -
points upon which the Committee are withient
any information
3.
The issue
Indian Allowances to all
Officers serving in bhina so long as Indian- Iroops are detained in the Country having bein
authorized by Her Majesty's Government,
the
Committee have not felt it necessary to consider the items Estimated for under that head.
4.
The Expenditure for hire of buildings"
which exceeds $10,000 a year should in the ~
opinion of the Committee be abolished as soon as
possible by the erection on
Either in Hongkong
Government ground
or at Kowloon of all buildings
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likely to be permanently required. In support of
this recommendation it need only be observed
that the rents at present paid by Government
amount to about 24 per cent on the cost of the
The Committee are
further of
Buildings hired..
opinion that if the two buildings purchased some
time since by the Imperial Government and knoww
both of which Crosby's Store and Brook's Cottage, both
its Cr
are
situated at some distance from
the Cantonment,
were resold, they would produce, in consequence
of
house
the increase in the value of
property in
that part of the Town, a sum sufficient to cover Government ground, and
the Cost of erecting on
in a more convenient locality for Military
purposes, far
more accommodation than these
buildings at present afford.
5.
With reference to the amount Estimated