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General Officer Commanding to Governor of Hong-Kong.

Confidential.

No. G. L. B.

1252.

Sir,

Headquarters,

Hong-Kong 5th May 1891.

In order to facilitate the rendering

of the concurrent report from Your Excellency, the Airal,

Commander-in-Chier and myself calleu for oy the Houẹ

Authorities in July last, which has been delayed for many

Months owing to the changes which have taken place in the

Naval Comana, I have the honour to forward a sketch illte-

trative of the propose contingent arrangement. 1or t.e

extension of the Dockyard in Victoria as verbally arrangia

yesterday at the conterence between Your Excellency,

Aqairal and myself,

I understood that the chief points

arranged at that interview were as follows:-

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1. That the Colonial Government has finally withdrawn

the offer of providing land and buildings for the

two services in the neighbourhood of Causeway Bay

owing to its non acceptance by the Navy unk other

circumstances having renuered it no lo¤T prauli-

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2. That the Goverment will no longer urge the necessit

or carrying out the projecteu rodd along the sea

irunt 01 bue Naval and military property o1 01

obtaining