545
A
Peninsula of Kowloon, when "that line of defence has been " corupted, and when the " garrison of the Colony is of a strength sufficient for holding "it.
But the project now submitted to the Adjutant General, Plan J., goes far beyond any con cession that Your Lordship can advise Elo to asscut to. It was in the · first instance stated by the Military authorities that this advanced line of defence should consist of eight works of an inexpensive type, costing (with the necessary scarping, cutting away of the ground in front of and on the flanks of the works) £10,000. These Works were situate on the tops of bare hillocks and would not seriously interfere with graves, houses, or private property. The present scheme involves the grant of a parallelogram of land along the whole length of the Northern Boundary
545
A
Peninsula of Kowloon, when
"that line of defence has been
"
corupted, and when the
" garrison of the Colony is of
a strength sufficient for holding
"it.
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But the project
now submitted to the Adjutant
General, Plan J.,
beyond any
goes far
con cession that
can advise Elo
Your Lordship
to asscut to. It was in the
· first instance stated by the
authorities
Military that this advanced
Live
line of defence should consist of
eight works of
Avr
inexpensive type, costing (with
the we
cessary scarping.
outting away of the
and
ground
in provet and on the planks of the works) £10,000. These Works.
were situate on the tops of bare
hillocks and would not
not scriously
interfere
with
graves,
es, houses, or
-private property. The present scheme involves the grant of
lwre
a
parallelogram of land along
the whole length of the Northan Boundary
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