Inclosure
No 232 of 1873,
No 5 in Ils:
Entered
232
1946. Trong Mong
357
of the proposed city
Plan showing site
Hall.
Downing Street
29 Feb. 1873
With reference from
Ellin of the 8th Feb 1873
to transmit four
For the Office of
the Governor of Hong Kong
applying for authority
to sanction
the erection
of a Public Hall
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