approve of the removal
of the Naval yard to
Kowloon
however
proposed
A
2. The Committee was
with a view of ascertaining
Whether the extension of
the Praya Wall cannot
be effected without re-
moving the Naval Yard,
and
as it is understood
that the Admiralty
and the War Dept. decline
to contribute to the cost
of the alteration, the
question arises whether
the
Colony should at
its own expense, undertake
to carry out
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the work which is be-
coming unavoidable
owing to the growth of
the population and
the increasing trade
of the Colony
3. Further discussion in
the Colony is not likely
to advance matters, and
Sir H. Holland therefore
desired if possible to
arrive at the solution of
the matter by personal
communication in London
between
representatives