No.180.
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Goverment House,
Hongkong,
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May, 1901.
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sir,
I have the honour to revert to your
Despatch No. 186 of the 17th. August, 1899, on the sub-
ject of the land which, it was anticipated, would be
required for Military purposes, in the neighbourhood of
the Devil's Peak in the New Territory, and to tranmit
sopy of the correspondence which has passed between
this Government and the Military Authorities concerning
the acquisition of such land.
aclosures 44 Racings. 3. Buly 1900, – 22@afsil 1901.
Enclosure No. 3.
2.
The attitude which I have as sum eð
towards the Military Authorities in the matter is declar-
ed in my letter No. 64/0 of the 31st. July, 1900, addres-
sed to the General Officer Commanding, particularly in
the last paragraph of that letter.
The principle accepted by me was
that the construction of batteries and barracks and other
works was a pressing necessity and must be proceeded with, and that payment for the land required for those
purposes vas to be made to private owners or to this Goverment by the War Department according as the land
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
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