CO129-287 - Public Offices & Others - 1898 — Page 530

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Sir,

May, 1898

I am directed by the Secretary of State for

War to inform you that the question of building perma-

nent barracks at Kowloon, for the accommodation of

European Infantry and Asiatic Artillery, has been under

consideration for some time; and the desirability of

carrying out this service has been so strongly urged

by the General Officer Commanding at Hong Kong that

the Secretary of State for War has agreed to the erection

of the buildings.

2. This service is one of those originally agreed

upon for joint execution by the War Department and the

Colony.

3. The site selected by the General Officer Com-

manding is on Gun Club Hill over which clearance rights

are reserved to this Department.

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4. The General Officer Commanding considers that

the conditions on which the site is held are sufficiently

satisfactory to justify the erection of the buildings

thereon; but Lord Lansdowne is of opinion that, before

commencing

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial office.