CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887 — Page 502

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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Iattach a plan showing the Lots and the reclamations in

progress and specifying those

which had been sold without

special restrictions and previous

letter

to the receipt of your

above referrect bo.

Some

of

these will I fear-

when built ou

interfere

considerably with the fire from the Batteries at Belcher and Fly Point; Loto 126 to 180 will expecially impede the fire of light guns upon the Minefield

aud

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and the reclamation in front

of Lote 240 to 246 will screew a good deal of the inshore,

water begoud towards the Sulphur Channel. The cost

of imposing restrictions would.

however be so

great, and the

interference with Cramercial

operations so considerable that

al see

110

other remedy than to demolish the buildings,

so much

at once

of

them as nɩ 00 00

in the event.

"L

necessary,

hostilities;

event of

and the owners seem to be prepared:

For

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