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Queen's Road Barracks (F)- which would not be of
use or
of~
the slightest benefit to the community. In the 15 para: of
11.
the War Office letter I read Finally the War Department shall surrender to the-
Colony the property called Murray Battery. I am not
aware whether this surrender
is conditional upon the Colonial Government. acceding
to the other
proposals
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proposals under discussion. 12: I would however
mention that this so-
called Battery
has
never
within the last 25 years
been
of the slightest value from a Military point of view. When the population: of Hongkong consisted of few fishermen living
a
in the historie matsheds-
and Stonecutters Island and
Kowloon were inhabited
were inhabited by Pirates, Murray Battery
мо
doubt.