HONGKONG
22 Jan 1903
No 425
LA-Blake
17/1 pllins offe Lisesi Aned Sir.
With reference to my despatch No 423 of the 11th ult, I have the honour to transmit to you the enclosed copy of a letter from the W.C. on the subject of the proposal to remove the magazine from Stonecutters' Island and to erect a Convict Establishment there.
2. I should be glad if you would give further consideration to the possibility of finding an alternative site on which to erect a convict prison, when the necessary funds are available.
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