230 years past been practically abandoned, proposes to re-occupy their and unless der Government them I would strongly urge the advisability of the Har Office being moved to sanction their restoration to the Crown, either in whole or in part.
2. The Major General Commanding has been communicated with on the subject of the Stanley Reserve as Fordship will see as your by the accompanying correspondence, but beyond stating that it is inexpedient in his opinion that any portion of that locality should be abandoned I have not been favoured with any information regarding any proposed occupation and utilization of the ground.
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And having regard to the unsatisfactory nature of the terse reply I have received, I have not deemed it advisable to open a correspondence in reference to the Sai Wan Reserve.
3. In the former days of the Colony, before the cession of Kowloon it was without doubt necessary to set aside a considerable extent of land in the most healthy spots of Hongkong for accommodation of Her Majesty's Troops. Sai Wan and Stanley were naturally selected and in the former fifty-three acres and in the latter seventy acres were reserved for this purpose.