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14 JUN 1926
NAM
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 14th May, 1926.
Sir,
I have the honour to address you with
reference to the question of "The Kowloon Peak Barrack Sites!
You 31/14 14 The matter was dealt with in Despatch No.262 of 17th July,
losure 1.
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1914, by the late Sir Henry May, who in paragraph 1 (a),
a copy of which I attach, recommended a retransfer of these sites to Government and a credit to the War Department in the Military Lends Account of $160,350.
A reply was received in the late Mr. Secretary Harcourt's despatch No.47 of 25th February, 1915, which stated that the matter must remain in abeyance until after
the war.
I am in
I have now received a suggestion from the Military Authorities that they should reopen the question with the War Office. With this I have concurred.
agreement with the views of the late Sir Henry May as expressed in the paragraph of his despatch, a copy of which is enclosed; and, subject to your approval, I propose to accept a retransfer of the land in question, and to credit the War Department in the Military Lands Account with $160,350. The proposal is, of course, contingent on the
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expression of agreement by the War Office.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
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&c.,
&c.,
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