The Governor's opinion - Propike. The large outlay which the Admiralty is making on the present site, in value to the Colony, will be enormously increased a few years hence and it leaves it worthwhile for them to consider new ideas.
& W.0. of what the Admirally regiment would cost, apart from the acquisition of land, etc. The Governor would then be in a better position to judge whether the profits, direct and indirect, to be derived by the Colony from the Encouragement would be such as would warrant its further consideration with this object, such an interdepartmental Conference as Col Raban suggests would be useful.
318 Sir Thos Jackson left on an annexed closed memo with Mr Lucas this morning. I said he was inclined to think that the scheme was much too expensive for the Hongkong Govt. In view of this extra 'Times, Mr Lucas has decided that we should wait for the petition before acting on the above minutes.
THE ADMIRALTY DOCK AT HONG KONG
HONG-KONG, APRIL 6.* The committee of representatives of commercial firms chosen on March 24, with Sir Paul Chater as chairman, is forwarding a petition to the home Government, asking the latter to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate the question of transferring the Admiralty dock extension to another site.
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