CO129-265 - Public Offices & Others - 1894 — Page 368

Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to--- The Under Secretary of State,

War Office,

Pall Mall,

London, S. W.,

and the following number quoted.

Hong Kong 2/465.

360

C.0.

12865.

25

War Office,

Pall Mall, S.W.

th 24

July, 1894.

sir,

Wo

WD 2739

With reference to your letter of the 15th

May last, respecting additional Barrack Accommodation

at Hong Kong, I am directed to acquaint you for the

information of the Marquess of Ripon that the Secretary

of State for War will endeavour to obtain the information

asked for as to the sites for Barracks in the Colony of

Hong Kong.

In view of the report of the Committee on

Colonial Military Contributions "Section 10 Hong Kong"

of 24th May last, paragraphs 40 to 42 in which it is

estimated that the gross expenditure during the next 8

years would amount to about 1,103,589 dollars, an amount

which will be reduced by the value of sites surrendered,

if any, Mr Campbell-Bannerman considers that the question

of the proportion of the net cost which shall be borne by

the Colony should be at once settled with the Treasury,

that Department having expressed its general concurrence

The Under Secretary of State,

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Colonial Office,

80+,

&c.,

S. W.

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