CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9] — Page 492

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Government house,

HongKong,

28th

August, 1900.

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With reference to

the correspondence noted in the margin, I have the honour

to inform you that in 1897

the General Officer Command-

ing (Major General Black) in- tinated to the Governor (Sir

Wm. Robinson) that the Mil-

itary Authorities proposed

building additional Barracks

at Kowloon, and that Wer De-

partment land situated st

what is known as Blackhead's

hill, or South Block, and on

which the Colonial Govern-

ment has erected a Signel

Station as an authorised en-

Officer Administering the Govern- mert's No. 156 of 1898.

Colonial Office Telogram 27th. May

1893.

Office Administering the Govern~

ment's "To.170 of 1898.

Si

Officer Administering the Government's No. 174 of 1898.

Colonial Office Despatch No:140

or 1898.

Officer administering the Govern- ment's No.178 of 1898.

Governors Telegram of 19/1/99.

croachment, had been selected as the site.

As a result of a represent- ation from the Colonial Government regarding the icon- venience of removing the Signal Station, the Military au- thorities Abandoned the site, and next selected a site in the Military reserve comprising Garden Lots No. 48,49,50, and 21, the property of private individuals.

The Right Honourable,

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

The

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