COPY.
No.896.
($1.
Colonial Secretary's Office.
Hong-Kong, 3rd. June, 1898.
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sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of His Excellency the General Officer Commanding's letter No.
1071 of the 18th, ultimo in which he asks this Government to
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formally convey to him its sanction to the transfer to the
War Department of Gun Club Hill, Kowloon.
not
2. Under ordinary circumstances this Govern-
ment would be prepared to accede to His Excellency's request
until the value of the site had been agreed upon and the me-
thod of payment settled. As however the Officer Administering
the Government is of opinion that the exigencies of Military
requirements justify in the present instance a departure from
the general rule just enunciated,His Excellency intends to
treat this application as an exceptional one, and accordingly
herewith conveys to you his sanction of the transfer of the
site to the War Department.
3. The Director of Public Works advises that
the site, which contains 312,309 sq. feet, is valued at 8 cents
a foot, and that the Crown Rent will be at the rate of $300 an
acre per annum. This will make the premium $27,984, and the
The Chief Staff Officer.
Crown
800.9
800.
800.