CO129-317 - Governor Sir Blake - 1903 [4-6] — Page 452

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Honorary Secretary's reply, dated 21st. February, the proposal

has been unanimously accepted; in consequence of which the necessity for the condition, in respect to the rifle range being

allowed to be used by the Hongkong Rifle Association so long as

the War Department are in occupation of the area

would appear

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no longer to exist. On this point the Major-General hopes that

His Excellency the Governor will highly approve of the arrange-

ment come to by the amalgamation of the Associations above

alluded to.

3.

I am also to point out that it is

thought to be the probable intention of His Excellency to add

to paragraph 3 of your letter under reference the words

."and to bear the cost of construction";

and I shall be glad to receive a notification as to the cor-

rectness of this assumption.

I have etc.,

(Sd.) L. E. Brown,

Colonel,

O.R.B. in China and Hongkong.