No. 599.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
7th December, 1933.
3
Sir,
Major General Gascoigne's despatch No.221 of 16.5.1900 Sir Henry Blake's despatch No.142 of 25.3.1903. Sir Henry May's despatch No.141 of 30.4.1914.
3.
With reference to the despatches noted
in the margin, I have the honour to request
your sanction to the grant to the Church
Missionary Society of an area of land at
Kowloon City, as shown in the enclosed plan, comprising
about 81,240 square feet, in exchange for the area now
occupied by the Victoria Home and Orphanage and to the
payment of a sum of $50,000 as compensation for the
existing school and orphanage and as a grant towards
the expense of constructing a building to take its place.
2.
A copy of the Conditions of Exchange
which have been accepted by the lessees is enclosed.
The value of the present building is
estimated at $33,419. but in view of the fact that
re-erection will cost considerably more than this sum,
and of the valuable assistance rendered by this
Institution in undertaking the care of muitsai and other
girls for whom provision has from time to time to be
made by the Authorities, it is proposed to increase the
sum to be paid as compensation to $50,000 and at the
same time to grant a larger area to provide for
expansion in the future. Provision for this payment
was made in the Supplementary Estimates for 1933 which
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,
&c.,
&C.,
&c.