CO129-292 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [6-8] — Page 514

not merely the rest of (rower

Govt Lands

or

I Is could be glad if you

would be good enough

to

permish

me with an lokmate

of the

the Revenue to be derived

sourco

from this

Ihave

J

No.

le 20 3

899

July

zevious Paper.

the

to for Comf

$175,-13-1500-12-99

absequent Paper.

HONG KONG

N23432

(Subject.)

511

DESPATCH.

23732

Rese

REGR 4 SEP 19

main road from B Kowloon to

Jai to hu

Releas

meveo

ley

Director of Public Works Repeesto sauction & Expenditure. The

work is absolutely necessarz

(Minutes.)

Six W. Hamilton

proposed

is

an

The botal expenditure 1899 is $67,200. This

fa 189

1898

micreare

12,200 on

the

estimate inful of $382; though be

Less

and

brofores to put $80,000

ouf, which is $15,000 than was there forford, an the 1900 esty. He does not, however,

that this is the only work expressl being undertaken under the head of Roads, nd does Mr. Ormsby. Junaguniit

is so; but we should make

The S. ofs. has not haveves, guan his unqualified approval to the Road scheme. On the contrary, & 4 of

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