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more boats, a great saving in time and expense.
Kowloon is always easy of access, the course being across both wind and tide in both Monsoons. West Point is directly the reverse, the course always insuring a foul wind and contrary tide either going or returning, besides the inconvenience of the interposition of the whole of the Aberdean shipping between the Man of War Anchorage and the Coal Store - therefore I strongly recommend that no permanent buildings be erected at West Point but that any which shall be erected, shall be placed at Kowloon.
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It is further desirable that a supply of Coal as large as possible should be kept in the Dockyard, as there is little doubt that the deleterious gases arising from it, lead to fever in crowded Localities of which St. Thomas' in the West Indies affords proof.
The plans I forward are as follows:-
1st A Plan of the Kowloon Peninsula on which is marked the Boundary and Neutral ground, and the ground round which Batteries are proposed should be reserved and other Government purposes.
2nd Plans and sections accompanied by a memorandum by Lieutenant Bird, Royal Engineers, shewing that a Coal Store could be provided with a Wharf Wall of 440 feet in length, capable of containing 4800 tons of Coal at an expense of about £34,000 which could be extended a...
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boats, a great saving in time and expense.
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Kowloon is always easy of access,
the
Course
being
across both wind and lide
in both Monsoons. West point is directly
a foul
the reverse the course always insuring
wind and contrary tide either.
geing or returning, besides the inconvenience of the interposition of the whole of the Aberchant shipping between the Man of War Anchorage and the Coal Stove - therefore strongly recommend that
ravent buildings thate be erected at permanent West Point but that
any.
which shall
no
be erected, shall be placed at Hawlcon.
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It is further
small a
desirable that as-
further desirable
supply of Coal as
be kept in the Dockyard,
possible should
us there is
little doubt that the deleterious gases
arising from it, lead to fever in crowded Localities of which St. Thomas' in the West Indies affords proof.
follows:-
The plans I forward are as 1st A Plan of the Kowloon Peninsula
on which is marked the Boundary and
Neutral ground, and the ground
C
round which
Batteries
for
is proposed shouta be reserved and other Government purposes. 2nd Plans and sections accompanied by a memorandum by Lieutenant bird, Royal Engineers, thewing that a cool
Store could be provided with a toharf Wall of 440 feet in length, capable of containing 4800 tons of Cool at an
expense of about £34.00 which coned be extended a Lan
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