Colomat Secretary's office
nhung khong
Copy
No1805.
Sir
with reference to
your
23". November 1857
the
letter N°1400 of the 20th wis and its enclosure. I am directed by the Governor to transmit to you, for the consideration of Houfl the Cloud Comcranding, the annexeed copy of a Report by the Surveys General, on the question of the proposed acquisition by the Military Authorities of certain land at Kowloon belonging to hr. Is Humphreys and others _
His Excellency hopes the Military Authorities will be good enough to press the war office for an early decision in this matter
The Acting Asst mily Peat
(Signed) Fredenste Stewart
Colonial Secretary_
Report by the Surveyor General
I find that
as
the result of
personal enquing that all the Lots
mentioned (except NC 55 +43) passed into the hands of her I & Humphreys "before the military scheme of annexing
Kem
was known
The
es
390
The property known generally the "Itu miphrey's Estate" compoises. therefore allotments 5.29. 30 65 and * No building lease has yet been issued for this estate or any portion of it. Not have building leases been issued for No
$5
the property of Mr. Nourpees, or for No 43, the property of hr. Rapp. The two lätter gentlemen continue to clamour for their permanent building leases, bub nothing can be done until the intentione War office are known with a gard of the
all the Colonial to these lands. So for
Government knows is that "the Commanding Royal Engineer has exepressed a with to have these properties
as a site for proposed new Barracks, and his proposition
has
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