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Slip at the Naval yard of size sufficient

to

haul up a. Despatch bessel as shewn in the

re- construction

plans for

the

{

forwarded.

anded to their

Is their Lordships

in

of the

yard

а

3

that the extra cost of deepening the Dock beyond shall not exced £ 3000 per foot of defith. Provided always that should eller Lamont

20 feet

not succeed in obtaining the depth of 211 feet water over the sill, the Admiralty shall in

such case not be debarred from constructing

Dock

for

the u

мое

of Her Alleajesty's Navy at

Kowloon or elsewhere, the depth of water over

the sill of the said Admiralty Dock being greater than that of Mr Samont's,

a.vid

Mr. Lamont receiving by way of Compensation

£ 3000 for every foot

over the sill above To feet

A

which he has

given

his Dock

fo

the express

foregoing

use of Her elleajesty's Navy

Provided always that nothing

shall be understood as

# C

in the

precluding

the Admiralty,

from

@notructing

a

Patent

and subsequently.

the

year 1860,

Vice Admiral

(ligned) I. Hoope

John Lament.

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MA Alexande

Acting Colonial Secretain