ever
restriction as that above referred to existed.
I would, therefore, strongly recommend,
· that as there is no prospect of Stauton Street becoming a respectable quarter, the Colonial Office. restriction be relaxed as to the lower half of Lot 101. In which case I am informed that $23,153 could be obtained even in the present depressed state of affairs for the Brooke Cottage property.
very
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But as even the amount £4,341-3-9 is
much below the original externated
value of the property,
a more-
of what it would y
favorable time, I would
fetch
in.
the sale
of
recommend the postponement of the
the property.
I have
e-
(Sigued) E. Halker, Colonel, RE.
"True Copy
77
(Siquid) E. albfloyd, Major, R.C.
for Aset. Military Secretary "Hongkong, 18th March, 1883-
(
Memorandum by
Enclosure 3.
530
the Colonial Secretary.
I think it would be very impolitic.
to recommend to the Secretary of State
relaxation
this rule; which, if granted,
of this rule
would no doubt give rise to strong
protest from the owners
of European houses in the neighbourhood. The Nar Department is 11ost anxious to remove Chinese houses from the neighbourhood of the Military Cantonments, and it seems to me most inconsistent that they should recommend a relaxation of the - rule laid down by the Secretary of State prohibiting the erection of such houses in other parts of the Town. 1 Pecides, the rule if relaxed in this case
quoted as a
Sharp,
would be
precedent by Mr Edmund owner of the Temperance Itall,
near