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on and asked whether the sanction of this Government had
been obtained for the alteration.
4.
As a matter of fact not only the
necessity of extending the reclamation till it joined
Blackhead's Lots but also the advisability of acquiring
those Lots (Kowloon Marine Lots Nos. 34 and 81, and
Kowloon Inland Lot No. 210) had been impressed on me by a
consideration of the question of connecting with the
Railway the Wharves and large Godowns or Warehouses belong-
-ing to the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company
which are situated on the West side of the Peninsula
in the position shown on the enclosed plan. These Wharves
and Godowns are the most important in the Colony and are
used for and in connection with the transhipment of goods
by its leading firms. It is essential therefore in the
interests of the Railway as a competitor for the carriage
of goods to Canton that there should be a siding from the
Terminus in Hunghom Bay to the premises of the Wharf and
Godown Company.
A siding would also be required
Enclosure 3.
to serve the Kowloon Marine Lots Nos. 74, 75 and 88
indicated on the plan, which have not yet been built upon
but