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Eir 337. 90ct 34524
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(Subject.)
Military Lands. at Devels Peak
considered & she be handed over free of
cost to the Cl...
(Minutes.) morous im-Thu
? Reply that the Govt. of Hongkong cannot consent to this proposal as it does not admit that Hong Kong was before the 1st January last at liberty to provide land required for military purposes.
This was expressly reserved/demurred to in the letter
of 6th August 1900 (No 20764); Add that
this land at Devil's Peak was in letter
No 19252/17
of 16 August 1899 expressly stated to be handed over to the War Dept subject to such conditions as might be agreed upon
in consequence of the recommendations of the recent Inter-Departmental committee on provision of site at Hong Kong for
military purposes; and as pointed out in our letter No 207645; that committee did