Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to--- The Under Secretary of State,
War Office,
Pall Mall,
London, S. W.,
and the following number quoted.
Hong Kong 2/465.
360
C.0.
12865.
25
War Office,
Pall Mall, S.W.
th 24
July, 1894.
sir,
Wo
WD 2739
With reference to your letter of the 15th
May last, respecting additional Barrack Accommodation
at Hong Kong, I am directed to acquaint you for the
information of the Marquess of Ripon that the Secretary
of State for War will endeavour to obtain the information
asked for as to the sites for Barracks in the Colony of
Hong Kong.
In view of the report of the Committee on
Colonial Military Contributions "Section 10 Hong Kong"
of 24th May last, paragraphs 40 to 42 in which it is
estimated that the gross expenditure during the next 8
years would amount to about 1,103,589 dollars, an amount
which will be reduced by the value of sites surrendered,
if any, Mr Campbell-Bannerman considers that the question
of the proportion of the net cost which shall be borne by
the Colony should be at once settled with the Treasury,
that Department having expressed its general concurrence
The Under Secretary of State,
80..
Colonial Office,
80+,
&c.,
S. W.
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