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or Sung Wong Tong.

hair read Hiri despatch with much interest and I

2 Isfully

concur with your

in Major-General Black's views

in thinking it descruble

that the historical ulirs

which this piece of

land

contains should be preserved;

and

I therefore approve of

your introducing the propond

Ordinance into the Legislative

founcil.

13 The Ord: should however

contain provisions similar

to those of Sections the provis

of

Section 2

of Ord no

196

15 of 1898 empowering the

you'r to reappropriate the

land should it appear

necessary

or desirable to a

do so in the interesti

wither the local or

Imperial Government.

4 I have also to call

g

the

your

cattention to the Imperize

Sartiatant's 'Ancient huone.

ments Protection Act, 1882