No.444.
Hongkong.
Enclosure 1. 5th Sextember, 1903.
484
C. O.
38533
Rech
Government House,
Red 22 OCT 03)
Hongkong, 19th. September, 1903.
sir,
You 34473
With reference to my telegram of the 15th.
and to your reply of the 16th. instant, I have the honour to
transmit for your information the enclosed copy of a letter
which I have received from the Right Reverend the Bishop of
Victoria, in which he points out the urgent need that exists
for an Anglican Church in Kowloon, where there is at present
very inadequate provision for Church of England Services
in spite of the large and constantly increasing English popula-
tion of that portion of the Colony.
2.
I also enclose copy of a letter (with
enclosure and plan) from Sir C. P. Chater, C.M.G., who has
made the handsome offer of $35,000 for the purpose of construc- ting the new Church, provided that the Goverment will consent
to make a free grant of the site therein referred to and shown
on the map submitted by the Architects. Messrs. Leigh and
Orange, moreover, have generously offered to undertake the
preparation of the plans and erection of the building without
Enclosure 2 the Ventember 1903.
charge.
3.
The Director of Public Works reports that
the site is undoubtedly a good one for the purpose, and that
it is highly improbable that it would ever be disposed of by THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE
COLONIES.
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