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No. 1209/1912.
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Enclosure 1.
REC
504-
[REG? JAN 18
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 2nd. December, 1915.
242
In reply to your letter of the 23rd. November,
I am directed to inform you that in view of the uncertainty of the
duration of the war, of the fact that if money is to be found for
the housing scheme you are interested in it will, it would appear,
have to be found in the Colony, and of the fact that it is
possible that others might come forward to lease the land or that
the Government might desire to use it itself, the Government is
prepared only to hold the land open to your offer until further notice. The Government will, however, give you the option of
taking up the land before it disposes of it to another or decides
to use it on m ite om behalf.
I am etc.,
(8d.) Claud Severn,
Colonial Secretary.
C. Montague Ede, Esq.