No.148.
Kongkong.
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Sir,
Government House,
Hongkong,
459
450
07 APR OT
March, 1903.
I have the honour to inform you that a
Petition has been received from the Tung Wa Hospital Committee
in which application is made for the grant of a small area of
ground, about 200 feet square, to be used as an extension of
the old Kai Lung Wan Cemetery, which is now full and cannot at
present be used for interments. It is proposed to disinter
long buried bodies in the Cemetery and store the bones in
urns in the extension thus setting free the Cemetery proper
for burials.
2.
The piece of ground for which application
is made is indicated on the enclosed plan. It is of very little
value to Government, being on steep ground and practically
hemmed in by the existing Cemetery. I see no objection to the
grant of the area to the Tung Wa Hospital for a term of 75
years on payment of a nominal Crown Rent of $1 per annum. and
?
I have the honour to request your authority for making the
grant on these terms.
RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
&C..
&C...
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient Humble servant,
Hari
Governor, &c..
MJD