CO129-333 - Governor Nathan - 1906 [1-4] — Page 493

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down the hill above referred to as there is an early

probability of getting at any rate part of this work execut-

-ed by the owners of Kowloon Marine Lot 49 in connection

with the reclamation of an extension of that lot for which

the seabed was purchased from the Government at the end of

last year. The reclamation in front of Marine Lots Nos. 29,

30 and 31 required to get a continuous sea-front at Yau-ma-

-ti, will, if satisfactory arrangements can be made with

the owners of those lots with regard to this reclamation,

offer a further opportunity of disposing of the spoil from

the hill.

4.

of the $30,000 saved by not carry-

-ing out Item 17, $5,600 is required to defray expenditure

on the Extension of Robinson Road incurred before the 31st.

December, 1905, but paid this year. I propose that $12,000

should be noted as a saving to go towards meeting the

excess of $42,000 on Item 19 "Forming and Kerbing Streets"

reported below, and that the balance of $12,400 should be

expended on "Widening and Reforming Des Voeux Road, Kow-

-loon" as explained further on in this Despatch.

5.

Dealing in the first instance

with the excess of $42,000 on Item 19, I enclose a list

showing

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