Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to-
The Secretary,
War Office,
London, S. W.,
and the following number quoted.
War Office,
Hong Kong 8/25.
(L.B.)
W.6.
14682/
OLF
sir,
C.O.
-12182 RECO 453 REG & APR 09
London, S.W.,
7th April, 1909.
With reference to Colonial Office letter of
25.0
the 5th January 1904, No.46336/1903, and War Office
reply dated 23rd April 1904, Hong Kong 6/169, on the
subject of the transfer of Colonial Military Lands to the
Navy, I am commanded by the Army Council to acquaint
you, for the information of Lord Crewe, that it is
proposed to allow the Admiralty to have exclusive
occupation of a portion (shown verged blue on the annexed
plan) of the Arsenal Yard and the reclamation in front
thereof.
The Arsenal Yard, which is held by the War
Department as Colonial Military Land, has, for many years,
been utilized for the supply of Ordnance Stores to, and
making up of ammunition for, both branches of the
services, but, in order to facilitate accounting, it
is now deemed advisable that the Naval and Military
Ordnance Establishments should be kept separate.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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