N 80.
Sir,
52827
REOBIVES
13 MAR 1928
JOOL. OFFICE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 10th February, 1928.
30136/27
Copy
to Admirally.
поз
With reference to your despatch No.104 of
16th April, 1927, enclosing copy of a letter from the
Admiralty regarding the use of the site at Caroline Hill
as a Naval and Military recreation ground, I have the honour
to inform you that I fully sympathise with the desire of My
Lords Commissioners that adequate recreational facilities
should be afforded for the Services in this Colony, and that
the question of the provision of a United Services Recreation
Ground on the Caroline Hill site has been for some time
under discussion between the Naval Commander-in-Chief (or
the Commodore in his absence), the General Officer Commanding
the War Memorial Committee and myself.
2.
The Caroline Hill site as stated in the
Admiralty letter under reference was originally intended
for the site of a college (the new Queen's College) and was
partially prepared by this Government at a cost of $214,400.
It is estimated that before it could be completed to make a
satisfactory recreation ground a total of over $260,000 would be involved: that is, it would be necessary to expend
at least an additional fifty or sixty thousand dollars on
the
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
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