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The removal of the Naval Establishment to Kowloon would vitally affect the proposal of Colonial Government in regard to the Military Establishments; for in order to locate the former at Kowloon it would - it appears - be necessary to hand over to the Admiralty part of the War Department property at that place, the remainder of it would have to be retained for barracking a body of Troops for the protection of the Dockyard. Besides this, a line of Kowloon land defences across the Rowley Peninsula may also ultimately be considered necessary.
It, therefore, appears that the Colony - instead of obtaining a large amount of War Department property