CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902 — Page 620

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

be expected to give some land to the War Dept

in

return for such release.

He is therefore prepared

m

behalf of the bolory, to

accept the principle of

exchange

no. 3, subject to

war dept. surrendering the bob Gast being satiofed

di

of

the whole of the rem

the Reserve, wh. is shown

not to be actually required

for mily purposes, and to

the bol. Gout being satisfied as to situation & area of

the land proposed to be given to the was Dept in

return.

6.

Mr b. can

In the meantime.

Ree

no reason

why exchanges 142

rhd not be carried out

614

immediately, expecially

as the

one of them involves

an important Imperial

interest n

constr

бу

inz:- the

a new dock by extar of the Hong Kong.

Wapo bo Whampoa

It seems

Dock bo

clear, both from dir

Hy Blake's desh of 25th Aug, 00, & from Maj. Gen Gascoigne's desp. of

12t

Sep. 00, that exchanges

nest. & 2 box were

regarded

by the you.

being

sa both

the General,

mutually advantageous

to the Colony & War Dept. quite independently of

ex change

7

~

3

Mr Chamberlin

therefore trusts that

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