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34637

TREE 19 SEP 06

Messrs. Sir John Wolfe Barry & Partners

to Crown Agents.

21, Delahay Street,

Westminster, S.W.

10. September 1906,

Kowloon Canton Railway

British Section.

Gentlemen,

With reference to your letter of 4th inst.

enclosing copy of a letter from His Excellency the

Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the

Colonies we regret that we have apparently misread the

documents sent with your letter of 26th February as we

were under the impression that we were asked to report not

only on the preliminary reclamation for the railway at

Kowloon, but also on the completed scheme.

This we now

see from His Excellency's letter is not the case and we

therefore need not trouble you to apply to the Admiralty

for a large plan of Hung Hom Bay.

We note that it is now proposed to continue the

preliminary reclamation until it abuts on Messrs. Blackhead

and Company's Kowloon Marine Lot No. 81 in accordance with

the revised plan received with the Chief Resident Engineer's

General Letter No. 4 dated 1st June. On receipt of this

plan we were somewhat at a loss how to deal with it as the

plan differed considerably from the plan received from

the Public Works Department accompanying your letter of

6th.

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57734637TREE 19 SEP 06Messrs. Sir John Wolfe Barry & Partnersto Crown Agents.21, Delahay Street,Westminster, S.W.10. September 1906,Kowloon Canton RailwayBritish Section.Gentlemen,With reference to your letter of 4th inst.enclosing copy of a letter from His Excellency theGovernor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for theColonies we regret that we have apparently misread thedocuments sent with your letter of 26th February as wewere under the impression that we were asked to report notonly on the preliminary reclamation for the railway atKowloon, but also on the completed scheme.This we nowsee from His Excellency's letter is not the case and wetherefore need not trouble you to apply to the Admiraltyfor a large plan of Hung Hom Bay.We note that it is now proposed to continue thepreliminary reclamation until it abuts on Messrs. Blackheadand Company's Kowloon Marine Lot No. 81 in accordance withthe revised plan received with the Chief Resident Engineer'sGeneral Letter No. 4 dated 1st June. On receipt of thisplan we were somewhat at a loss how to deal with it as theplan differed considerably from the plan received fromthe Public Works Department accompanying your letter of6th.

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COPY.0.57734637TREE 19 SEP 06Messrs. Sir John Volfe Barry & Partnersto Crown Agents.21, Delahay Street,Westminster, S.F.10. September 1906,Kowloon Canton RailwayBritish Section.Gentlemen,With reference to your letter of 4th. inst.enclosing copy of a letter from Hic Excellency theGovernor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for theColonies we regret that we have apparently misread thedocuments sent with your letter of 26th. February as wewere under the impression that we were asked to report notonly on the preliminary reclamation for the ailway atKowloon, but also on the completed scheme.This we nowsee from His Excellency's letter is not the case and wetherefore need not trouble you to apply to the Admiraltyfor a large plan of Hung Hom Bay.e note that it is now proposed to continue thepreliminary reclamation until it abuts on Lessrs. Blackheadand Company's Kowloon Marine Lot No. 81 in accordance withthe revised plan received with the Chief Resident Engineer'sGeneral Letter No. 4 dated 1st. June. On receipt of thisplan we were somewhat at a loss how to deal with it as theplan differed considerably from the plan received fromthe Public Works Department accomplaying your letter of6th.

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34637

TREE 19 SEP 06

Messrs. Sir John Volfe Barry & Partners

to Crown Agents.

21, Delahay Street,

Westminster, S.F.

10. September 1906,

Kowloon Canton Railway

British Section.

Gentlemen,

With reference to your letter of 4th. inst.

enclosing copy of a letter from Hic Excellency the

Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the

Colonies we regret that we have apparently misread the

documents sent with your letter of 26th. February as we

were under the impression that we were asked to report not

only on the preliminary reclamation for the ailway at

Kowloon, but also on the completed scheme.

This we now

see from His Excellency's letter is not the case and we

therefore need not trouble you to apply to the Admiralty

for a large plan of Hung Hom Bay.

e note that it is now proposed to continue the

preliminary reclamation until it abuts on Lessrs. Blackhead

and Company's Kowloon Marine Lot No. 81 in accordance with

the revised plan received with the Chief Resident Engineer's

General Letter No. 4 dated 1st. June. On receipt of this

plan we were somewhat at a loss how to deal with it as the

plan differed considerably from the plan received from

the Public Works Department accomplaying your letter of

6th.

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