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Eastern Boundary of the present Victoria Recreation Club
buildings, thus leaving a water space between the Western Wall
of the R.N.Yard Extension and the Eastern Boundary Wall of the
Praya Reclamation.
My proposal is to reclaim this water space as
far as the Eastern and Western line of the Praya sea wall, to
submit to the Admiralty through the Commander in Chief, that
the water side portion may be allowed to be used by the Vic-
toria Recreation Club on a long lease, at a nominal rent, giving
them nearly double the area they now cover and meeting their
views as far as practicable in the way of slips and conveni-
ences for boating on the sea front, and that the remainder of
this reclaimed ground be used as a site for the new R.N. Sea-
men's Club.
Murray Pier is now the general landing and em-
barking place for Liberty Men, and so far as I can gather, the
proposal to erect a good building for the purpose of a R.N.
Seamen's Club on this site would not be unfavourably received
by the residents.
We have the good fortune to have added the name
of Mr.T.Jackson of the HongKong and Shanghai Banking Company
to our Committee of Naval Officers, and we look forward with
satisfaction to the henefit of his experience and local know-
ledge.
I have,.,
($4.) SWINTON C.HOLLAND.
Commodore,