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Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to-
The Secretary,
War Office,
London, S.W.,
and the following number quoted.
Hong Kong 8/1. (L.B.)
sir,
674 C 0.
20555
War Office, 9 OG
London, S.W.
7th June, 1906.
With reference to your letter dated 4th January
1906, (No.45905/1905), relative to the disposal of
certain lands at Hong Kong which are no longer required
for Military purposes, I am commanded by the Army
Council to acquaint you, for the information of the
Earl of Elgin, that the question of the interpretation
which is to be placed on paragraph 12 on page 7 of the
Memorandum by Colonel Lewis on Lands at Hong Kong
has received consideration, and that the General
Officer Commanding and Colonel Lewis have been communicated
with on the subject.
2. The General Officer Commanding reports that
his concurrence in the recommendations of the Memorandum
was given on the understanding that the Murray Battery
and Stanley Cantonment sites should be in the same
category as the Spring Gardens site, and that those
properties should be available for sale by the War
Department, which would thus obtain payment in cash
rather than a mere book credit. Colonel Lewis, however,
has intimated that he had no intention of excluding
the Murray Battery and Cantonment sites from the
operation of the Colonial Office Circulars of 1890 and
1894.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
London. S.W.
3.
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