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so that it can be included on the

311

too steep, and turned his attention

· purchase by

the

Navy

and Lot 73B.

to be purchased by the Army.

for

This scheme was

delayed Schime for Scheme A considerable period by being

unterchange"

mixed up with the scheme for the of property

the foreshore of the

reclamation.

of

island from Mex

Muray

Street, to seaward of and Naval

Seayed Pier to Arsenal by being the Military. property in Victoria.

mixed up

with Praya

" inally however Air W. Reclamatio

the

Des Voeux, then Governor of Hongkong, decided to give up this reclamation of the foreshore, on account of difficulty of raising the road along the Praya, (one of the chief objects of reclamation from the Colonial, point of view) high enough to enable the Naval launches re to pass under it into the Naval basins, without

making the gradients of the road

Loo

scheme.

to improving

the communication

along

Queen's Road.

When this decision was

arrived at, the local Military

a

Authorities brought forward a scheme illustrated by plan A, comprising certain interchange of property be. tween Army, Navy

Colony,

and

the resumption of Sharp's Buildings, (Lots 20 and 21), and Lot 73B by the Colony,

and the purchase of

Prese Lots by the Army and tary,

and

including

the we

widening

and

straightening of Queen's Road by certain Military

the surrender

of

and Naval property.

The Governor approved

agreed

generally of this scheme, and on his part to effect the resumption of Lots 20, 21, and 73B through the

Resumption