I become a serious contingency on account of the Store Departments having to hire stores in the City at a considerable cost to the Crown, exclusive of the extra cost of superintendence and labour due to store houses being scattered over the city.
Should the present scheme be retained, it would be necessary to acquire from the Military Authorities the whole of their property adjoining, lying North of Queen's Road, about half of this being appropriated for Naval Ordnance stores.
Although the above would suffice for immediate requirements, room would also be required for further expansion.
Dealing with the scheme submitted by His Excellency the Governor to transfer the Naval Establishments from Hongkong by extending the Kowloon Naval Depot northward to Yau Ma Tei.
The proposition is a liberal one, but I would call attention to certain points in connection therewith that render the site not being such a favourable one as it would appear.
The statement in the Report that the site is completely sheltered from the prevailing winds is misleading; no advantage is gained in being sheltered from the prevailing winds, quite to the contrary. The site is exposed to the open sea, and in this latitude, severe winds...
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