£ 15
No.
259.
Hongkong.
Government House,
Hongkong, 21st. May, 1903.
CO.
22919
> 22 JUN
263
ldmy
28850
18002
Sir,
In answer to your Despatch No. 127 of the
9th. ultimo, and your telegram of the 14th. instant, I telegraph-
ed to you on the 15th. instant that there was no objection to
the Coal Jetty which the Admiralty desire to build at Kowloon
in front of Kowloon Marine Lot No. 35 on the distinct under-
standing that the owner of Kowloon Marine Lot 49 intends to
make the reclamation, shewn on the Admiralty plan enclosed in
your Despatch, in front of his lot and to project a pier or
piers seawards therefrom.
2.
In explanation of the above mentioned
stipulation I have the honour to enclose copy of correspondence
with Commodore Robinson.
stereo the
August 1902.
e to Governor
ber, 1902,
You will observe that in the Admiralty letter of
5th. November last it is stated that the proposed reclamation
in front of Marine Lot 49 would not interfere with the proposed
Coaling Jetty and Embankment provided that the said reclama-
tion is not allowed to be extended further seaward than shown
on the plan.
to Commodore
January,
1903.
3.
Kowloon Marine Lot 49 is at the present
been
time used for the storage of coal. This Goverment has recently THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
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