CO129-279 - Public Offices - 1897 — Page 10

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1694

sir,

Ardmiralty,

Red-0 May 1897. PER I MAY 7

With reference to your letter of the 6th March

7

1897 No. 22843/96 relative to the proposed scheme for the

Extension of the Dockyard at Hong Kong, I am commanded by

the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to forward for

the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies

the attached copy of a letter to the War Office dated this

day and a copy of the tracing accompanying it.

Age

With reference to the widening of the Murray Pier

Road and Arsenal Street, I am to point out that the Commo-

dore at Hong Kong recommends that the road North and South

from Murray's Pier to the Queen's Road shall not be widened

as it would curtail the Cricket Ground and destroy some old

and shade giving trees; also he understands that the widen-

ing of the road (Arsenal Street) leading to the Eastern

Aught at first Praya is not required by his Excellensy the General Command-

that this waste

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Under Secretary of State,

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L.P.--No, 7,

for the Colonies,

COLONIAL OFFICE,

Whitehall, S.W.