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(Signed) John G. Moggridge
Colonel, C. R. Engineer.
R.E. Office Hong Kong
30th November, 1875.
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A further confirmation of my statement is found in the fact that no report to the Inspector General of Fortifications of the cession of these departmental lands to the Colonial Government can be found in the records of this office.
Had any such transfer been completed there is no doubt that a report thereof must have been sent after it had been effected.
(Signed) I. G. M. Fريد
Major, R.E.
W. 841.
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Colonial Secretary's Office
Hong Kong 6th December 1875
Dis
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd instant, forwarding a memorandum from Major Moggridge, R.E., relative to the destruction of the Washermen's huts on the East side of the Nullah on the occasion of the recent perambulations of the Bar Ground.
His Excellency quite adds to the force of the reasons which he Colonel
He How: Chad Bassane 670
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