CO129-218 - Administrator Marsh Governor Sir Bowen & Others - 1884 [11-12] — Page 444

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on receipt of which no time will be

lost ui

coming

to

a

décision.-

With

or

that

regard to the proposal half the cost of the work should be bome by the Imperial Government either directly

in the form of abatement of the Military contribution, Iam to observe that the junction of the Prayas is primarily for the improvement of the Town, that it would never have. been advocated on sanitary grounds alone for the benefit of the Troops, that it would be difficult to establish that the health of the Troops is injuriously affected by present arrangements, and that opinion is unanimous that an

epidemic

epidemic would probably break out

the Troops during

the progress

among

of the proposed work. —

Iam to state that the land to be reclaimed in front of the Military Barracks is not wanted for building

purposes and might be laid out as Gardens for the use of the public, subject to certain restrictions, and let at a nominal rent to the Town. Iam to point out that the of £20,000 paid by HongKong Military contribution is very

00

thriving abolony to pay,

as

in

pum

a

little for

comparison to the £45,000 per annum, plecs

about £5,000 per annum

for Barracks,

paid