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Goverment Houd 10 NOV 02
Hongkong. 7th. October, 1902.
sir,
I have the honour to forward for your con-
sideration the correspondence noted in the margin, concerning
the provision of a permanent site for the Royal Hongkong Yacht
ecretary Royal Hongkong
Jacht blub to cotrual Ccretary_232 July, 1987. Reply of the Colonial
Roy
Do. 2323 2012 August 1900.
Club.
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2.
Up to the time when the extension of the
Naval Yard was commenced the Club had the use of a slip near
the old Victoria Recreation Club Building and Yachts were moored
to the Eastward of Murray Pier. But it has now become necessary
for the Club to look elsewhere for a permanent site on which
to construct the slip which is necessary for its existence.
The site proposed by the Honorary Secretary
3.
in his letter of the 23rd, of last July is not available as
the Naval Authorities have signified their desire to obtain
possession of it and are now in correspondence with the
Admiralty on the subject. But the alternative site suggested
in Mr. Slade's letter of the 23rd. of last August is not open
to this objection and I am not aware of any other available
site which would be suitable for the purpose within reasonable
distance of the City.
4.
The extent of the site indicated is about
31,000 Square feet. An application has been received from
Messrs. Fenwick and Company for a large area immediately to
the
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,