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in the amount to be credeltch to the
$35,000
to the H.K. Gau!
in the military hands account
the
area E.M. N. G
Also the estimated
in the area
in re
respect
the enclosed map.
requirement of
400 acres
edged red on the map, has now
been reduced to 185 acres, froves conally (1
The credit to the H.K.
ccordingly.
in the M.L.A.co altered a
Ke wen X.V. U. V.E.).
You d
with the 6.0.C.
Aunce the Gov Los agreed to the above
we can only
? affive has action,
P. Ropes 15.846.
This is a large scale settlement
provisionally agreed upon by the Governor and
the General in Hong Kong, and having regard to
our experience of the methods of the military
in that Colony it is worth close examination
here, in order to ensure as far as possible
that the Colonial Government does not lay
itself open to be stung once more.
(1). Sham Shui Po. It is not
expected that this site will be evacuated by
the military for another four years at least,
and by then the claim of the Colonial Govern-
ment for rent at $125,000 a year will amount
to $1,000,000. It is proposed to set off this
sum against expenditure up to a maximum of
$975,000 which the War Department will
undertake in respect of anti-malarial works
in their new barracks site at Kau Lung Tsai,
and e-make-weight the military will bear
the