CO129-269 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1895 [12] — Page 476

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Hong Kong 2/4709,

REGP

C. O.

2059

Dert 4 FEB 95

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Sir,

(1).

(2).

WAR

OFFICE,

S. W.

29th January 1895.

With reference to your letter of 17th instant,

293/95, and to previous correspondence, respecting the

incidence of the cost of the new Barracks at Hong Kong,

I am directed to acquaint you for the information of

the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

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that

Mr Secretary Campbell-Bannerman is prepared to agree with

the view taken by their Lordships that the conditions

prevailing at Hong Kong constitute one of those cases of

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exceptional circumstances" referred to in the report of

the Colonial Military Contributions Committee.

Mr Secretary Campbell-Bannerman is therefore

prepared to accept the proposal made, and agreed to by

their Lordships, víz;~

"to appropriate the value of any surrendered

"lands, or buildings, so far as it will extend, to pro- "viding the new sites required, and to providing the new "buildings, and to divide the remainder of the cost in

The Secretary,

The Treasury,

S. W.

"the