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Enclosure No.4 to Despatch No.444of

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7th October, 1902.

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From the Honorary Secretary, Royal H.K.Yacht Club,“

To the Honourable the Colonial Secretary.

Sir,

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HongKong, September, 23rd, 1902.

In continuation of my previous letters and in

further answer to yours No.1857, I am directed by the Royal

HongKong Yacht Club to apply on behalf of the Club to His Excel-

lency the Governor for a lease of the piece of land and fore-

shore specified in my last letter.

In my first communication to you on this subject

.it was suggested that the Yacht Club and the HongKong Boat Club

would apply jointly if a suitable piece of ground could be found

for their purposes. I now make this application on behalf of the

Yacht Club alone because it is doubtful, whether the available

space at Causeway Bay is more than sufficient for their own

needs and no decision on the subject of the amalgamation of the

two Clubs has been yet come to.

The expense of reclasing the foreshore in ques-

tion apart from the necessary buildings will be over $15,000

according to a reliable estimate. The Yacht Club is not a rich

Club. Members have to spend a good deal on their sport, for the

cost of building and maintaining yachts is increasing year by

year. It will be possible for the Club to raise sufficient

money