Confidential.
Hong Kong sh
(I.G.F.1)
C. O.
28161
10 JUL 021
663
War Office, London, S.W.
4th July, 1902.
Sir,
With reference to paragraph 4 of War Office
letter of 13th June, 1902, Hong Kong 8/135, regarding
the order of importance of the acquisition of the
several areas of land required by the War Department, I
am directed by the Secretary of State for War to say that
it is considered, subject to your concurrence, that such
relative importance is as follows :-
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
And
Bowen Road hospital site, defence
works sites at West Point, Victoria Peak (Pinewood), and Devils Peak, and the rifle ranges at Devils Peak.
Barrack sites at Victoria Peak(vicin-
ity) and Devils Peak.
Training ground.
2. The boundaries of the land to be taken at
Bowen Road, and West Point, are determined, and no
question arises in these cases. The boundaries of the
land required for rifle ranges will be fixed by the
necessities of the case and are therefore left to your
discretion. The same remark applies to the defence
site at Pinewood, and that at Devils Peak, except as
he General Officer Commanding
in China and Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
regards