& the S of S. for what
have asked that the plans
to
may
be amended
Ao aa
I
avoid
any
interference
with the Admy. or W.O.
water-frontages
at
Hongkong,
or with the access thereto,
& any
curtailment of the
water space now available
for H.M. Ships.
2
I have also
received
a
letter from the
S. of S. for War objecting
to the adoption of any
scheme which would in
any way
interfere with the use
of the
water frontage disposal of the War Dept,
curtail
the
present boundaries
of
the War Dept Reclamation,
& involve
by
reclamation
any
extension by the Col Govt to the
westward of a line drawn at right angles from the
western end of the existing Eastern Praya Road.
306
3. Although in the last paragraph of my despatch no.
424 of 11 Dec last, I approved
of preliminary surveys being made in
connection
with the proposed reclamation,
I did not intend
to express
any approval of the exact
lines
from which the reclamation
should follow, when
finally undertaken.
I am
clearly of opinion
that due weight
should be given to the rights
& views of the
Admy. & W.O.
in this matter.
4.
I do not understand the remark in
the Col Sec's letter of 3rd inst.