Mary Rang
254
It is requested that in any further communication on this subject, the above Number may be quoted; and the Letter addressed to--
The Under Secretary of State for War,
War Office,
Pall Mall, London,
3819
2280t
Desp. 10 for. 150
(S.W.)
W330 Hong Kong
RECEIVED
24 OCT 1863
WAR OFFICE,
504
3
24 October 1863
I am directed by Mr. Cardwell and Mr. de Grey and Ripon to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated 28th September, by referring to the communication from this Office of the 11th of the same Month, respecting the land to be reserved on the Kowloon Peninsula for the construction of Barracks and Batteries, and to request you for the information of the Duke of Cambridge, that Mr. de Grey has no objection to offer to the modified arrangements proposed, selecting the site for a Battery on the extreme West Point, Kowloon, provided that, in the event of it being necessary