given to construct Chinese Houses
on
a
property belonging to the War Department, which it is proposed to sell, and which is situated beyond the limits recommended for such buildings by the Surveyor-General, and approved by
Lord Carnarvon's despatch W.145 13355/17
of 22nd November, 1877.
2.
On the 21st November, (W.442)
1885, Sir George Bowen forwarded and recommended an application 923738
of a similar nature made by the Reverend Dr. Chalmers
of
the
London
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London Missionary Society, to which application a favourable reply
was received from the Colonial Office. I explained in
my despatch before referred to
the
reasons
why I could not
recommend that the application
of
the
Officer Commanding
the
Troops should be granted.
3.
Circumstances have ... changed since then. The
limits beyond which Chinese Houses
may
not be built would
appear from Lord Carnarvon's
despatch.