13
300. A.G. Secut
2.11.28
Frnds.
esty
report by
Dawam
with comments thereon.
of
The result of Mr. Dawson's examination
the lay-out of the Aerodrome is a
recommendation that it should be further
enlarged and further expenditure incurred. The O.A.G. therefore proposes that the
Imperial Contribution to the Aerodrome
should be reconsidered. In any case he
makes it clear that the further expenditure
necessary and the inclusion of a piece of
land formerly reserved for the Hong Kong
Government must be matters for negotiation, but he further suggests that the Imperial Contribution should, apart from this, be
increased. The reason for this suggestion is that he understands that in fixing the Imperial Contribution, the Treasury had in
mind the expectation that the Hong Kong Government would receive any sums which might be received from the disposal of parts of the
reclaimed land not necessary for the Aerodrome, This was in fact the case (see enclosure to No.1 last paragraph but one) and
the receipts from this source were at one time estimated at £50,000: actually, however,
owing to the increased size of the Aerodrome
now contemplated there will be no surplus
land whatever, and the Hong Kong Government
will, therefore, receive nothing from this
source.
Additional