CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902 — Page 683

Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to-

The Under Secretary of State,

War Office,

Forke."

London, S.W.,

the following number quoted.

C.0.

38103

War Office, amp 12

676

To London, S.W. 18th September, 1902.

Jong Kong 8/146.

Pressing.

Sir,

With reference to your letter of the 3rd

September 1901, 29150/1901, and the reply thereto from wo this Department of 30th September 1901, on the subject of the transfer of War Department land to the Colonial 34337.

Government for the dock extension of the Hong Kong and

Whampoa Dock Company; I am directed by the Secretary of

State for War to acquaint you, for the information of

Mr Secretary Chamberlain, that the General officer

Commanding in China and Hong Kong reports that the Hong

Kong and Whampoa Dock Company made an application in 1900

for a further piece of Military Reserve land in the

neighbourhood of Kowloon Dock Battery for the erection of

workshops as shown on the enclosed plan.

2.

The Dock Company now object to purchase the

site of the battery for the construction of the dock

without at the same time obtaining the site for the

workshops.

3. As there are no Military objections to the

proposal, and it is very advisable to save further delay,

the General Officer Commanding has on behalf of the War

Office consented to the sale of this land to the Dock

Under Secretary of State,

Company

Colonial office.