which are the exception of a few stated to be more than 30 years-old and it is therefore impossible to trace the relatives of those who were interred therein.
3. This ground is very urgently wanted for building sites to relieve the overcrowded city and if not to check any further increase, to reduce to some extent, the exorbitant charges for rent. To give Your Lordship some idea of the high rates charged I may mention that I paid at Nicosia (Cyprus) £50 a-year for a house as commodious though not quite so imposing in appearance as one. In HongKong I paid $1200 rent besides rates and taxes in 1879.
Salaries paid in HongKong may appear high when measured with those given in other Colonies, but when the difference in rent and cost of living is taken into consideration they are certainly not unreasonable.
4. I gave notice in July last to the Mussulman community that this ground was about to be...