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Enclosure No.4 to Despatch No.444of
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7th October, 1902.
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(Red 10 NOV 02
From the Honorary Secretary, Royal H.K.Yacht Club,“
To the Honourable the Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
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HongKong, September, 23rd, 1902.
In continuation of my previous letters and in
further answer to yours No.1857, I am directed by the Royal
HongKong Yacht Club to apply on behalf of the Club to His Excel-
lency the Governor for a lease of the piece of land and fore-
shore specified in my last letter.
In my first communication to you on this subject
.it was suggested that the Yacht Club and the HongKong Boat Club
would apply jointly if a suitable piece of ground could be found
for their purposes. I now make this application on behalf of the
Yacht Club alone because it is doubtful, whether the available
space at Causeway Bay is more than sufficient for their own
needs and no decision on the subject of the amalgamation of the
two Clubs has been yet come to.
The expense of reclasing the foreshore in ques-
tion apart from the necessary buildings will be over $15,000
according to a reliable estimate. The Yacht Club is not a rich
Club. Members have to spend a good deal on their sport, for the
cost of building and maintaining yachts is increasing year by
year. It will be possible for the Club to raise sufficient
money