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and this I trust will not be entertained
it being the only space in connection with the Parade available for general
recreation.
Mr. Kinder is probably not aware of the peculiarities and exceeding steepness of Hongkong which
renders it under circumstances not only difficult but exceedingly expensive to found any
Even on level area it is difficult to find sites for ordinary sized houses; in fact, apart from those areas which have been reclaimed from the Murray Barracks, there is
the sea and no separate level site in the whole of Victoria of those dimensions hence the impossibility of the
Colonial Government to provide anything approaching such a site;
it is therefore to be regretted that local circumstances were not inquired into before such definite arrangements were completed for the Mint. Plans which may, from the excuses given above, have to be materially changed. Certainly no attempt can be made to lay foundations or prepare a site unless some of the Cantonment Land, transferred by the Military to the Colonial Government for Military purposes, can be availed of.
It will not be granted for granted will Home and it is to be required and this I take will require a reference : consequent delay of many months.