Original Enclosure.
Lablie
Public Works Department.
No 640.
46
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Your Excellency
Public Works Committee
Hong Kong 18th December 14.
"We have the honour to inform the
held a meeting at the Naval Yard
instant to consider the proposals relating to the
in
The City of Victoria.
Widening of
Roads
past
the Naval and other
Properties
2.
3.
4.
We recognize
the necessity of increasing the
width of Queen's Road to 75 feet from d'esplanade
on the East to Murray Road
as
this affords the only
communication
between the eastern and western
of the City
In consideration of the fact that the principal development of the City, must
take place
in the Eastern district, the Western being
and that there will
practically fully built
over.-
probably be extensive reclamations carried out there in the mean
We are
of opinion
that Arsenal Street may also with advantage
be widened to 75 feet.
as shown
on the accompanying tracing (No 13.
With regard however to the proposed widening of Murray Road, we would point out that
His Excellency
Sir William Robinson, G. C. M. G.
Governor