CO129-316 - Governor Sir Blake - 1903 [1-4] — Page 637

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No. 184

Hongkong.

Sir,

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C. Q.

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Hongkong, 8th. April, 1903.

I have the honour to forward a Petition

addressed to you by a Committee representing the entire Com-

munity of Hongkong. I enclose the report of a deputation that

waited upon me on the subject by which you will see that I

entirely agreed with the views of the deputation and undertook

to commend the prayer of the Petition to the favourable con-

sideration of His Majesty's Government.

Closure 1.

# abril 1903.

Enclosure 2. March, 1903

2.

As will be observed from the terms of the

Petition, in the event of the decision of the Lords of the

Admiralty to meet the wishes of this Colony a site can be

offered on the Island of Hongkong equally defensible, with

ample room for expansion, and at which a dock begun now would

probably be finished at smaller expense and in less time than

it will take to complete the Admiralty Dock now in process of

construction, while the cost of the transfer will be borne by

the Colony.

3.

Apart from the arguments for the change

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put forward by the petitioners I venture to submit that the

whole question of a Naval Dock at Hongkong is worthy of careful

reconsideration by My Lords of the Admiralty. The Hongkong and THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

Whampoa

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

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