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In any further communica-tion on this subject, please quote
WL. 2632
and address letter to--
The Secretary,
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Admiralty, Whitehall,
London, S. W.
Admiralty,
4th August 19
22043
Sir,
With reference to your letter of the 10th November 1896 No.22843/96 and subsequent correspondence relative to the proposed scheme for the Extension of the Dockyard at Hong Kong, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that the Secretary of State for War has concurred in the general scheme, and also in the proposed transfer of the North Barracks and other War Department property to the Admiralty, and I am to request that the Secretary of State will be so good as to cause the necessary steps to be taken at once for the acquisition of Mr Sharp's property at Hong Kong.
My Lords desire to be informed whether the plot of land North of Kowloon Dockyard, 54 acres in extent,
Under Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Colonial Office,
WHITEHALL, S.W.
LP-No. 7
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