CO129-296 - Public Offices & Others - 1899 — Page 114

Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to-

The Under Secretary of State,

War Office,

**Works.**

London, S.W.,

and the following number quoted.

C.0.

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War Office 28 DEC 19

London, S.W.

December, 1899.

Hong Kong 8/Jan

Sir,

I am directed by the Secretary of State for War

to acquaint you, for the information of Mr. Secretary

Chamberlain, that the General Officer Commanding at

Hong Kong has submitted a proposal made by the Governor

for an exchange of land between the Colonial Government

and the War Department as follows.

It is proposed that Mount Cochrane should be

cut down to a level of 6 feet above the surrounding roads,—

the material from the excavation to be the property of

the Colony for use in the reclamation of the foreshore in

the vicinity; and that the War Department should relinquish

to the Colonial Government the area coloured blue,

and receive in return the area coloured red on the

enclosed tracing; the piece of ground between the extension

of Battery St. and Macdonnell Road to be reserved as

an open space.

It is represented that mutual advantages will

be derived from the proposed exchange, and Lord Lansdowne is prepared to sanction the arrangement, the two plots to

be regarded as of equal value. I am to ask whether

Mr. Chamberlain concurs in the proposal.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

C. Meadewood Wilson