in that letter
exchange auferred.
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RES OUT 00
Government house,
HongKong,
28th
August, 1900.
A
With reference to
the correspondence noted in the margin, I have the honour
to inform you that in 1897
the General Officer Command-
ing (Major General Black) in- tinated to the Governor (Sir
Wm. Robinson) that the Mil-
itary Authorities proposed
building additional Barracks
at Kowloon, and that Wer De-
partment land situated st
what is known as Blackhead's
hill, or South Block, and on
which the Colonial Govern-
ment has erected a Signel
Station as an authorised en-
Officer Administering the Govern- mert's No. 156 of 1898.
Colonial Office Telogram 27th. May
1893.
Office Administering the Govern~
ment's "To.170 of 1898.
Si
Officer Administering the Government's No. 174 of 1898.
Colonial Office Despatch No:140
or 1898.
Officer administering the Govern- ment's No.178 of 1898.
Governors Telegram of 19/1/99.
croachment, had been selected as the site.
As a result of a represent- ation from the Colonial Government regarding the icon- venience of removing the Signal Station, the Military au- thorities Abandoned the site, and next selected a site in the Military reserve comprising Garden Lots No. 48,49,50, and 21, the property of private individuals.
The Right Honourable,
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
The
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