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I enclose a copy of my Minute, and of the Enclosuret.

6th April, 1887 report of the Finance Committee Enclosure 2 as well as 7th April, 1887. of a report of the Enclosure 3.

Surveyor General, Chairman of the Sanitary Board C

I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Most Obedient Humble Servant, Marsh

Enclosure 1.

10530 RECR GESE 31 MAY 87/

Minute by the Officer Administering the Govt

The Officer Administering the Government has received a proposal from the Surveyor General, which has been strongly supported by the Sanitary Board, for the reclamation of a piece of ground opposite the Sailors' Home, measuring 74,000 square feet in extent, destined, when completed, for the construction thereon of a new Western Market. The cost of this reclamation and of a Praya or Retaining Wall is estimated at $73,000, and the value of the ground to be reclaimed is estimated at $370,000. The work will require two years to complete it.

The Officer Administering the Government proposes that the necessary money for this work should be taken from the premia realized on sales of Crown Land which are not included in the Revenue receipts of the Colony. The Council are therefore requested to vote a sum of $35,000 to be taken from this source for defraying the cost of the portion of the work which will be executed this year.

The Finance Committee have already been consulted in this question, and have expressed the unanimous opinion that the project should be approved.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th April, 1887.

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I enclose a copy of my Minute, and of the Enclosuret. 6th April, 1887 report of the Finance Committee Enclosure 2 as well as 7th April, 1887. of a report of the Enclosure 3. Surveyor General, Chairman of the Sanitary Board C I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Most Obedient Humble Servant, Marsh Enclosure 1. 10530 RECR GESE 31 MAY 87/ Minute by the Officer Administering the Govt The Officer Administering the Government has received a proposal from the Surveyor General, which has been strongly supported by the Sanitary Board, for the reclamation of a piece of ground opposite the Sailors' Home, measuring 74,000 square feet in extent, destined, when completed, for the construction thereon of a new Western Market. The cost of this reclamation and of a Praya or Retaining Wall is estimated at $73,000, and the value of the ground to be reclaimed is estimated at $370,000. The work will require two years to complete it. The Officer Administering the Government proposes that the necessary money for this work should be taken from the premia realized on sales of Crown Land which are not included in the Revenue receipts of the Colony. The Council are therefore requested to vote a sum of $35,000 to be taken from this source for defraying the cost of the portion of the work which will be executed this year. The Finance Committee have already been consulted in this question, and have expressed the unanimous opinion that the project should be approved. Government House, Hongkong, 6th April, 1887. 172
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3. I enclose a copy of my Minute, and of the Enclosuret. 6th April, 1887 report of the Finance Committee Enclosure 2 as well as 7th April, 1887. of a report of the Encloure 3. Surveyor General, Chairman of the hemitory Board C I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Most Obedient Humble Servant, Marsh Enclosure 1. 10530 RECR GESE 31 MAY 87/ Minute by the Officer Administering the Govt The Officer Administering the Government has received a proposal from the Surveyor General, which has been strongly supported by the Sanitary Board, for the reclamation of a piece of ground opposite the Sailors' Home, measuring 74,000 square feet in extent, destined, when completed, for the construction thereon of a new Western Market. The cost of this reclamation and of a Praya or Retaining Wall is estimated at $73,000, and the value of the ground to be reclaimed is estimated at $370,000. The work will require two years to complete it. The Officer Administering the Government proposes that the necessary money for this work should be taken from the premia realized on sales of Crown Land which are not included in the Revenue receipts of the Colony. The Council are therefore requested to vote a sum of $35,000 to be taken from this source for defraying the cost of the portion of the work which will be executed this year. The Finance Committee have already been consulted in this question, and have expressed the unanimous opinion that the project should be approved. Government House, Hongkong, 6th April, 1887. 172
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3.

I enclose a copy of

my

Minute,

and

of

the

Enclosuret.

6th April, 1887

report of the Finance Committee Enclosure 2

as well as

7th April, 1887.

of a report of the Encloure 3.

Surveyor General, Chairman of the hemitory

Board C

I have the honour to be,

Sir, Your Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

Marsh

Enclosure 1.

10530

RECR

GESE 31 MAY 87/

Minute by the Officer Administering the Govt

The Officer Administering the Government has received a proposal from the Surveyor General, which has been strongly supported by the Sanitary Board, for the reclamation of a piece of ground opposite the Sailors' Home, measuring 74,000 square feet in extent, destined, when completed, for the construction thereon of a new Western Market. The cost of this reclamation and of a Praya or Retaining Wall is estimated at $73,000, and the value of the ground to be reclaimed is estimated at $370,000. The work will require two years to complete it. The Officer Administering the Government proposes that the necessary money for this work should be taken from the premia realized on sales of Crown Land which are not included in the Revenue receipts of the Colony. The Council are therefore requested to vote a sum of $35,000 to be taken from this source for defraying the cost of the portion of the work which will be executed this year.

The Finance Committee have already been consulted in this question, and have expressed the unanimous opinion that the project should be approved.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th April, 1887.

172

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