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regards the foreshore, the land taken being limited to

the essential necessities of defence requirements.

3.

It is not proposed to take in any of the fore-

shore at Devils Peak, or to acquire any such strip of

land abutting on High Water Mark as would serve for

wharves or godowns, except the existing access to the

sea on the eastern shore of Chong Lui (shewn on plan

Y accompanying War Office letter of the 13th June, 1902,

Hong Kong 8/135, above quoted), and an access in Yau Tong

if considered necessary. At the same time it will be of

course essential to secure firing rights for practice

purposes in connection with the batteries at Devils

Peak, and to ensure that no interference with the line

of fire through the whole extent of the fighting arcs

should be caused by the erection of high buildings or

by any other form of obstruction.

4. Any barrack area deemed necessary on the pro-

posod site at Devils Peak should be located, so far as

may be possible, inland of the boundary of the more

valuable land extending along the shore. The barrack

area at Victoria Peak should be considered with the

defence works site and reduced to the minimum consistent

with requirements.

5. It is anticipated that the value to be record-

ed of the land at Kowloon sold to the Dock Company will

go