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that this piece of ground although open for sale for builling purposes for a number of years has remained unsold, the Chinese being apparently still nawilling to move out into that quarter of the City; that even should this neighbourhood ultimately become, contrary to present appearances, a densely populated neigh- bourhood inhabited mainly by Chinese, it will be highly desirable that some sufficient area should be maintained in the midst thereof for purposes of light, of ventilation, of recreation, and as a lung, or breathing space for the locality. The ground now referred to, situate nearly between Jardine's Bazaar and North Point, is admirably suited to serve for such a purpose, and its reservation as an open space will not only materially add to the value of the neighbourhood, but it will permanently promote the physical health and happiness of large numbers of the residents.
Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray:
That in commemoration of the completion of the Sixtieth Year of Her Majesty's Reign the piece of ground in question, situate at Causeway Bay, bounded on the north by the Causeway Bay Road, on the south and west by the Quarry Bay Road and Inland Lot 1149 (Kennedy's Stables), and on the east by the Nullah, running from the Quarry Bay Road to the Causeway Road, may be by Ordinance reserved as a public and open space for ever, may be called the "Queen's Recreation Ground" and may, under Regulations to be embodied in the Ordinance, be dedicated to the purposes of general public recreation for all nationalities.
Your Petitioners further pray that if, in the future, the present harbour of refuge at Causeway Bay should be reclaimed, then such portion of the newly reclaimed land may be set apart as an addition to the "Queen's Recreation Ground" as may be sufficient to provide for a further increase to the limited level spaces in the Colony available for recreation, which will in time be again rendered necessary by the growth of the population.
And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c., &c., &c.
HONGKONG, 24th June, 1897,
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Wilsone Blacks
Swriton. C. Holland
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514 Whitehead Weiterat
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J. W. Carrington
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