CO129-286 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black Governor Sir Blake & Public Offices - 1898 [11-12] — Page 411

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Io any further comunica-

tion on this subject, please quote

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WP 30331

30.33/2895

and address letter to-

The Secretary,

Admiralty, Whitehall,

London, S. W.

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sir,

In reply to your letter of 19th September, 20060/98

I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty

to remark as follows on the points raised by the Officer

Administering the Government of Hong Kong.

The alteration in the line of frontage of the

New Naval Yard has been rendered necessary in order to

obtain the required depth of water without unduly increas-

ing the amount of excavation. If the line of frontage

were brought closer inshore the effect would be to still

further reduce the limited area available for the Naval

Yard, and the lengths and positions of the Quay Walls have

been carefully laid out so as to utilize to the utmost the

space that is available, and to meet as far as possible

the requirements of the station.

With reference to the Reclamation to the Eastward

of the new Naval Yard to which exception is taken, I am to

point out that this Reclamation is in front of War Depart-

ment property and although carried out by the Admiralty,

it is not, strictly speaking, a part of the Naval Scheme,

as it will become the property of the War Department and

will be maintained by them. At the time that the War

Department agreed to transfer certain of their land to

the Admiralty, it was stipulated, as part of the arrangement,

that the Admiralty should reclaim for the War Department,

The

Under Secretary of State

LP-Nv. 7

for the Colonies,

COLONIAL OFFICE,

Whitehall, S.V.

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