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We have gone on with our works at Hong Kong in the fundus and foreshore without making any payment to the Colony.
The fact that the Admiralty agreed to pay £15,000 for widening Queen's Road may be held to be to some extent a recog-
nition of the rights of the Colony to the foreshore, but it is
not held to be any admission of their right to fundus in the
sense of title to charge for its use by the Navy:
The present difficulty arises in connection with the recently acquired Coaling Depot at Kowloon, where a Coaling
Pier is now under construction.
The following correspondence shows the position taken up
by Colonial Government:-
TELEGRAM from Sir Henry Blake to Mr.Chamberlain, 15.5.03. # In reply to your telegram of yesterday's date I have no "objection to Coal Jetty on the distinct understanding that "owner of Lot 49 intends to reclaim to line drawn on plan "enclosed in letter of Admiralty, and to project pier "seawards from reclamation in order to enable him (to) carry "on trade; if Admiralty consider such pier obstruct vessels "using Jetty they should project Jetty right angles to lot 35 "and berth vessels alongside. Colonial Government will charge "premium capitalised Crown rent in accordance with arrange- "ments hereafter for Jetty."
LETTER from Sir Henry Blake to Mr. Chamberlain, 21.5.03.
#sir,
In answer to your Despatch No.127 of the 9th.ult., and "your telegram of the 14th.inst., I telegraphed to you on the "15th.inst. that there was no objection to the Coal Jetty
which
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