CONFIDENTIA
HongKong.
Parcel Post.
Sir,
USE OF
E STERK
No. 88
COLONIAL
-13
4675
1 13 FEL 05
Government House,
25
Hongkong, 11th. January, 1905.
The P
I have had under my consideration for the last two months the question of alternative routes for that part of the proposed Kowloon-Canton Railway which will lie within British Territory. I have made some examination of the country to be traversed and have collected various data which I have now the honour to submit with my views for your information and for com- munication to the consulting engineers should these have been
appointed.
2. From the lie of the hills and position of the inlets the railway must follow one of two main routes between the old boundary at Kowloon and the Lo ku Ferry near Sham Chun .which is the most convenient place for it to cross the present frontier. The one (East route) is by tunnels or a tunnel through the hills North of Kowloon to near the head of Tide Cove, thence by the shores of that intet and of Tolo Harbour to Tai Po.and thence across nearly level country by Sheung Shui to the front- ier. The other (Nest route) is by the coast by Tsun ban and Tai Lam Cheung to the head of Castle Peak Bay near San Bue and thence across fairly level country by un Long to the frontier. The alternative routes are approximately shown by red and blue lines on accompanying map, the mileage on which is given from a point near the old boundary some two miles from the site at
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.
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