CO129-316 - Governor Sir Blake - 1903 [1-4] — Page 635

{ that's the present deat. wd, send home

but.

particulars as to sites, & further particulars possibly estimates, wh. wd help us in considering the matter; importunately this desh. does not carry us any further beyond showing (1) that the Gov's, scheme in 24435 was based on the expectation that the Admy could stop the existing works

their Naval Yard, saving of nearly

at

a

on

the

grass

thus involving

a.

million pound cost of the proposed schemes

but this the Ading, cannot consent to, (see 7189) (2) dy phows that there are

three sites why the bhatar

to suggest for

a

yard

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prepared

Naval Abate, presurably

the Quarry Bay site mentioned in 2435,

& two others not specified,

I have conferred with bol Raban

with bol. Ruck & with

of the Admy. of the WO

Y

at

some

idea of

bol Lake

view of arriving the practicability & the

Q..

cost of the proposed transfer, in accord- ance with the minutes

D

9189.

It appears that if the Naval Estalt. a large part Quarry Bay

was moved to

of the Mily. Satab, wh nowadjoins the Naval Yard. wd have to be moved also, to

battery wd have to be exected; and all this is

probably

04. -At

-roughly estimated

to cost £750,000 apart from sites,

return for wh of gain the differ

the sites

course the

the colony wd wa dence în value between

outtende ond V

givenim exchange

(s)-31215-4000-6-1900

39720-3000-2-01

I his largely in

642 the off rough

is

a

big addition to

my

minute

figure given in

aa

O

9189

the cost of moving the Naval Estab alone, viz £2,000,000.

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The WO. & Admy cannot well give more approximate estimates of cost until the question of site is decided,

a site between

it being possible that a less Mily. expre, wd be involved if Quarry Bay & the existing

were selected for the

but on

mew

Naval

Naval

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Jard

the other hand this wd be

probably

so much the less advantageous

to the bolony.

m

any case, whatever site is selected the whole scheme wd.

require to be considered from the point of view in Kongkong

of all Naval & Mily requirements

such as

Pidrance Stores, magazines,

LA

barracks, defensive, & might involve

recasting of the Defence schemes an

increase in the

garrison,

all these

points wd ultimately have to be consid ered by the home authorities, before

whom

data,

are

nearly all the nee

necessary

& the matter wat not be helped

by sending out a to the Colony.

Royal Commission

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