i
1.
The
exact nature and
extent of the leases which have been granted of these reserved lands in
contravenhon
of
the instructions
to the Government, given in 1883, the Secretary of State for the
by
Colonies at the instance
of
the
Secretary of State for Nor and of the undertaking subsequently
to the Military
conn
eveyed
Authorities.
in letter of the Colonial Secretary to the Assistant Military Secretary
2.
dated 25th June 1887, to 985.
The willingness of the Colonial Government to grant the necessary
land for and to defray the cost of construction (up to a
maximum of £10,000) of a line of defensive works near the Kowloon frontier as an alternative to - resuming
the lands which have seen thus alienated and again reserving
for defensive ~
purposes
thou
purposes as o
originally agreed
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cxpon.
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Its regards the first head
would refer Your Excellency tv.
letters written.
by
the Assistant -
Military Secretary to the Colonial Secretary on 29th August 1889
unt
2114
and an 27
th June 1890
so auf. It is true that the Colonial
2488.
No
Secretary's letter to 2649 of 26th of August 1890 forwarded a plan
certani information.
aud
gave
AANTI
the subject but the plan subsequently, in September last,
recalled as
being
erroneous and
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has not yet been returned corrected.
On the second head I
find that the War Office proposal
for
the compromise was communica ed to the Colonial Secretary, on the 27th August 1889, who in reply conveyed
the uitination that, subject to certain reservations your
Fexcellency