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"HOUSE" REGD
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24 OCT HOU 18012
11 JUL. 00
Government House,
th 11
HongKong,
May, 1900.
sir,
Wich reference to your despatch No.261 of
che 3180. of October last I have the honour to inform you
chat Sir A.Blake endeavoured to effect an exchange of the
/ Gap Rock -Lighthouse, which is in Chinese Territory, for Waglan
#Lighthouse so as to avoid the expense of maintaining both,
but that che. Chinese Government were unable to consent to
the proposal' owing to the difficulty and inconvenience con-
:nected with the up-keep of the Gap Rock Light.
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2. In these circumstances I have intimated
to the Chinese Government that the Colonial Government will
I take over the Waglan Lighthouse and apparatus on the 1st.of
January 1901.
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The annual cost maintaining che Light
↑ (inclusive of the expenses of the Steam Tender) is estimated
at $4,104 in salaries and 84,550 in Stores ele: making a to-
: cal or $8,604 for which provision will be made in the Esti-
mabes for 1901.
3. The Light at Cape D'Aguilar has owing to
* the proximity of the Waglan Light been discontinued since
· March 1896.
It has been suggested by Captain Rumsey
that the Green Island and Cape Collinson Lights should be
: improved by transferring the Cape D'Aguilar Light to Green
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M. P.,
Island
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