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the suggestion that the bol. Goot contemplated

this

magazine

on other than

moving military grounds & I think there is

a omme.

1901,

force in Gov's anggestion that W.O should

55 of Ord,!, pay for removal.

removal in view of since the main, if not the only object

the safety of the forts on

of the removal, no

Island.

cutter's

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br. vende, (without plan) Go with ref to har 2 of 25442/01 whether the assumption is correct that

the construction of

a

new magazine

gazine

wao

contemplate d

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early

020

1891

on other

ask whether

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than military grounds;

he app noveo

the

suggestion that Green would beu suntable site for the new

be the

magazine;

I ask what nud.

estimated cost of building the new magazine

a

Green I:. I suggest say

rather a case.

that it seerns

that the for compromise &

half

Colony might be willing to pay, say, the cost, if the war dept would pay the other

half; ing Gov.

inform

4.0 that

the subject,

are Consult

I return plan

su) 3077 CPL.30

at once

Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to-

The Under Secretary of State,

War Office,

"Forke."

Loudon, S. W.,

1 the following number quoted.

Hong Kong 5/33.

(1.0.F.1).

Sir,

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War Office,

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London, S.W.

July, 1902.

I am directed by the Secretary of State for

War to forward, for the information of Mr. Secretary

Chamberlain the accompanying copy of letter dated 7th

June 1902, and enclosures, received from the General

Officer Commanding the troops in China and Hong Kong, on the

subject of the Colonial Magazine at Hong Kong.

2. It was pointed out by the Colonial Defence

Committee in paragraph 2 of their Remarks No.282 R on

the Hong Kong Defence Scheme revised to June 1901 that

the construction of a new magazine, for other than

was contemplated as early as 1891, and

military reasons,

it is stated in the letter enclosed that the Colonial

authorities have at present under consideration a proposal

to place the magazine on Green Island.

3.

Apart from the question of the danger to the

mercantile and naval establishments on the neighbouring

peninsula of Kowloon arising from the storage of so large

a quantity of explosives on Stonecutters' Island, it is

very

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.