the suggestion that the bol. Goot contemplated
this
magazine
on other than
moving military grounds & I think there is
a omme.
1901,
force in Gov's anggestion that W.O should
55 of Ord,!, pay for removal.
removal in view of since the main, if not the only object
the safety of the forts on
of the removal, no
Island.
cutter's
Alone cu
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br. vende, (without plan) Go with ref to har 2 of 25442/01 whether the assumption is correct that
the construction of
a
new magazine
gazine
wao
contemplate d
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early
020
1891
on other
ask whether
J
than military grounds;
he app noveo
the
suggestion that Green would beu suntable site for the new
be the
magazine;
I ask what nud.
estimated cost of building the new magazine
a
Green I:. I suggest say
rather a case.
that it seerns
that the for compromise &
half
Colony might be willing to pay, say, the cost, if the war dept would pay the other
half; ing Gov.
inform
4.0 that
the subject,
are Consult
I return plan
su) 3077 CPL.30
at once
Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to-
The Under Secretary of State,
War Office,
"Forke."
Loudon, S. W.,
1 the following number quoted.
Hong Kong 5/33.
(1.0.F.1).
Sir,
Copy
War Office,
a
668
C.0.
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17 #M
London, S.W.
July, 1902.
I am directed by the Secretary of State for
War to forward, for the information of Mr. Secretary
Chamberlain the accompanying copy of letter dated 7th
June 1902, and enclosures, received from the General
Officer Commanding the troops in China and Hong Kong, on the
subject of the Colonial Magazine at Hong Kong.
2. It was pointed out by the Colonial Defence
Committee in paragraph 2 of their Remarks No.282 R on
the Hong Kong Defence Scheme revised to June 1901 that
the construction of a new magazine, for other than
was contemplated as early as 1891, and
military reasons,
it is stated in the letter enclosed that the Colonial
authorities have at present under consideration a proposal
to place the magazine on Green Island.
3.
Apart from the question of the danger to the
mercantile and naval establishments on the neighbouring
peninsula of Kowloon arising from the storage of so large
a quantity of explosives on Stonecutters' Island, it is
very
Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.