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require urgently
Garx
The Naval Authorities.
appear
an extension of their Praya
and if this extension cannot be
obtained they will perhaps come over to Kowloon. In that case the present
Feral Godown will be given up & presumably by the Civil Government. I assume that
it is held on the same tenure as the
Military Godown. If not it
should be sold
and the Military will have to purchase
Chinese land. To prevent defeating the scheme
it may
and
Getting on which they
have already spent so much
money.
I believe that all the
money which has been recently
spent
by the Military Authorities on the purchase of land in Queens Road would be
recovered if it were decided to sell all the other Military property in that part of the City. W. Price
thinks that the ground might even be sold at a profit. The sale of the land in Queens Road would realise
more than would be required for the construction of new Harbour Offices etc.
In which case
The Government would then
be able to consider whether a new market might not be erected on the reclaimed ground, in which case the sale of the present market site would pay for the extension of the Praya.
It seems to be admitted
that the extension of the Praya and
filling in of the foreshore would be a benefit to both the Imperial Government
as well as to the Colony.
It is to be hoped that the scheme can be made to
pay for its execution. I fear it must be indefinitely postponed for the present.