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this Excellency

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10th October 1888.

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I have the honor to forward to your

Excellency a copy of a letter from the 29.7.

5 on the subject dated 29th August '18 Hong Kong,

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of the sale or lease of land for building purposes

would interfere in situations where buildings with the fire of the existing of proposed works of Defence.

A previous letter from the G. 7. on the some subject has referred me to a despatch. No 33 dated 220 Jety. 88 from your Excellency to the Colonial Office.

I have always understood it to have been agreed upon between the Government and War Rept that in cases where there may

as to whether buildings be any question's are in the line of five and

may

therefore

interfere with the defence of existing.

proposed works, or with that of the positions

Ser G. W. Des Voeux Kemb.

Governor.

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