HONG KONG SOLDIERS & SAILORS' HOME.
MEMORANDUM
C.O.
45889
Red 22 DEC 031
SUBMITTED BY THE REV. CHARLES BONE, SENIOR WESLEYAN MINISTER AT
HONG KONG, FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR
THE COLONIES.
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The Home was built on a Site allotted for the purpose
by the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
The Home cost £3000, including $2000 paid to the
Colonial Office for the Site, on which an Annual charge
of $340 per annum is also paid as Ground Rent.
The whole cost of the building and furnishing of
the Home has been met by private contributions, with the
exception of a small Grant from the War Office and Admiralty.
There is a debt on the Building & Furnishing Account
of $1000.
The Home is conducted solely in the interests of the
social, moral, and religious well-being of the men of all
branches of H.M. Service, and of the British Mercantile
Marine, irrespective of Religious Denomination.
The Committee of the Home are hoping to be able to
establish a Branch at the New Naval Base at Wei Hai Wei;
and, in view of all these considerations, and of the proved
value of the Home, submit for the favourable consideration
of the Secretary of State that the Ground Rent of $340 per
annum may be greatly reduced, if not indeed altogether
withdrawn.