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In any further communica tion on this subject, please quote

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and address letter to-

The Secretary,

Admiralty, Whitehall,

London, S. W.

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Admiralty,

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RECR Reef 23 JAN O+

28 January 1901.

Drawing 2440

sir,

I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of the

Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the

Secretary of State for the Colonies, that it is urgently necessary to provide further Coal Storage for H.M. Ships

in the vicinity of Hong Kong.

After considering various schemes, My Lords have

decided that on the whole the best plan will be to extend the present Depôt at the Kowloon Naval Yard, and for this

purpose, it is desired to purchase the property known as the

Briquette Factory, Marine Lot No.35, situate to the North

of the present Naval Yard, in order to erect Coal Sheds thereon with a Coaling Pier alongside.

The position of this property is shown on the

attached Plan, the area being stated as 246,670 superficial

feet. The owners of the property on being asked to name a

price at first refused to sell, but they have now offerred it for $3.50 per square foot, which would mean a total of

$863,345 or say £86,334 sterling.

This, My Lords consider, is an exorbitant price,

and under the circumstances I am to ask whether, if the

necessary funds are provided, the Secretary of State would

be so good as to afford Their Lordships his assistance in

the matter of acquiring this property on easier terms, either

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Under Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE,

Whitehall, S.W.

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