CO129-346 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [1-3] — Page 159

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Hongkong.

My Lord,

C.O.

9607 Re 156

IR 18 MAR 08

Government House,

Hongkong, 10th.February, 1908.

I have the honour to state that in

consequence of the stranding of His Majesty's Ship "Flora"

in Hung Hom Bay in September last, my attention was drawn

to correspondence which took place in 1901 and 1902 between

this Government and former Admirals on the China Station

on the subject of the improvement of the lighting of the

harbour, and I accordingly suggested to Admiral Sir Arthur

Moore that the matter should be considered afresh by a

small committee consisting of the Harbour Master, a Naval

Officer, a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, and

a member of the Public Works Department.

2.

The Committee met in due course

and recommended inter alia that the old Cape Collinson

Light, the replacement of which by a more powerful appara-

-tus was reported in Mr. May's Despatch No. 192 of the

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22nd.

July last, should be placed on Blackhead's Hill at

the

RIGHT HONOURABLE

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