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thus widened, being extended 240 ft. from

the Northern and bring falls finished with a ramp a boatslif, on which the Victoria Club could build their club house, undenning lease from God. This unde and lengthening of the pin is to be

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No.125,

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Sir,

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Government House,

Hongkong,

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PR 00

March, 1900..

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I have had under consideration the arrange-

ments proposed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in

the letter from the Admiralty copy of which was enclosed in

your despatch No. 40 of the 10th. ultimo, and I regret to state

that there are in my opinion strong objections to these arrange

-ments."

2.

Enclosure 24-3-1900 by

I attach copy of a memorandum (with plan)

the Director of Public Works on the subject, and I concur in

his opinion that it is extremely undesirable that access to the

sea from the important Murray Road should be blocked by

Admiralty property, or that the boundary of the Admiralty property in Victoria should be extended any further Westwards

than its existing line..

The Colonial Government has already made a

large sacrifice in permitting the extension of this particular Admiralty property over a wide area of the bed of the harbour for which the Colondal Government has received no compensation,

and in view of the limited area of the harbour for the enormous

demands of this growing port, I consider it extremely un-

desirable to relinquish any further space off the City front-

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3.

I also regard the objections raised by the

Director of Public Works on' behalf of the Victoria Recreation

Club

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

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