CO129-313 - Governor Sir Blake - 1902 [10-12] — Page 329

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No. 3.

From the Director of Public Works

To the Colonial Secretary.

The Honourable

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The Colonial Secretary,

I regret this report has been somewhat delayed owing partly to the difficulty I have experienced in obtaining information respecting the rights of the Rifle Associa- tion and partly to the imperfect nature of the plans submitted by the Naval Authorities necessitating entirely new surveys being made by this Department.

3.

"Kowloon Range".

This Range 400 L. Yaris in length was granted conditionally to the Navy in 1873 0.8.0. No. 613 of 1373, Subsequently about the year 1895 the Rifle Association obtained permission from the Naval Authorities to shoot over this Range and extended it to 900 L. Yards in length, under what authority this encroachment on Crown Land was made I have been unable to ascer-

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I further understand the present targets were erected by Naval Authorities are the property of the Associa- tion which also provides watchmen at the butts,

4.

The Colonial Secretary's letter 3.8.0. 3837 of 1389 to the Association appears to indicate that the Naval Authorities are only permitted to use the Naval Range for their own practice.

5.

Before disposing of any claims the As- sociation may have over the Range I submit it would be well to request the Secretary to inform the Government under what authori- ty they extended the Naval Range from 400 to 900 yards across Crown Land.

3.

As regards the proposed extension it appears from the plans prepared by this Department and submitted herewith that the 1,000 yards extends into the harbour and the line of fire would then cross the Public Road forming the only means of communication by land between Kowloon Point and Bunghon.

7.

Further the Military will doubtless require shortly to extend their Range and should both these Ranges

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