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Mr. Fairfield.
Mr. Wingfield,
Mr. Bramston.
Sir R. Meade,
Earl of Selborne.
Mr. Chamberlain,
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17210
19. August
T.A.
Hongkong
Madam
20 August 96
Chamberlain
I am directed by Mr. Secretary Berkeley to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th inst. and to inform you that the site of the proposed new Barracks at Hongkong is one for the Secretary of State for War to determine; Your letter is therefore being referred to the War Office, and a further communication will be addressed to you.
I understand that a transfer of this kind would not be approved by the Army Sanitary Committee of the War Department, and that a sum has been taken in the Estimates this year for the erection of new Barracks being in the business part of the town might be sold for considerable sum. But as regards the Barracks, it is deemed that the question of a change of Hospitals at least be established on the hill? Of late, it appertains much to the Colonial Office, which has jurisdiction over the Colonial land, as to the War Office.
I am fully aware that the plans for a new Hospital have been...
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Mr. Fairfield.
Mr. Wingfield,
Mr. Bramston.
Sir R. Meade,
Earl of Selborne.
Mr. Chamberlain,
2 crafts
N
17210
19. August
T.A.
Hongkong
Madam
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