so that it can be included on the
311
too steep, and turned his attention
· purchase by
the
Navy
and Lot 73B.
to be purchased by the Army.
for
This scheme was
delayed Schime for Scheme A considerable period by being
unterchange"
mixed up with the scheme for the of property
the foreshore of the
reclamation.
of
island from Mex
Muray
Street, to seaward of and Naval
Seayed Pier to Arsenal by being the Military. property in Victoria.
mixed up
with Praya
" inally however Air W. Reclamatio
the
Des Voeux, then Governor of Hongkong, decided to give up this reclamation of the foreshore, on account of difficulty of raising the road along the Praya, (one of the chief objects of reclamation from the Colonial, point of view) high enough to enable the Naval launches re to pass under it into the Naval basins, without
making the gradients of the road
Loo
scheme.
to improving
the communication
along
Queen's Road.
When this decision was
arrived at, the local Military
a
Authorities brought forward a scheme illustrated by plan A, comprising certain interchange of property be. tween Army, Navy
Colony,
and
the resumption of Sharp's Buildings, (Lots 20 and 21), and Lot 73B by the Colony,
and the purchase of
Prese Lots by the Army and tary,
and
including
the we
widening
and
straightening of Queen's Road by certain Military
the surrender
of
and Naval property.
The Governor approved
agreed
generally of this scheme, and on his part to effect the resumption of Lots 20, 21, and 73B through the
Resumption