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of Robinson Road, will be included in the Station Site

reducing the road to a breadth of 35 feet as frontage to

Lots 75 and 88. It is anticipated that the consent of the

owners of the Lots can be obtained without expense to

Government.

Des Voeux Road will sweep round into Middle

Road and its present extension South of that curve will be

thrown into the Railway land. Legislation will be required

for this but no difficulty would arise. (It may be noted

in this connection that the area thrown into Blackhead's

by the closing of the South end of Des Voeux Road and the

Eastern reduction of Salisbury Road is greater than the

corner of Blackhead's monopolised by the curve of the

Railway.)

The Station Building will have a frontage

of 200 feet on Robinson Road with access also from Middle

Road and Salisbury Road.

17.

Sir Matthew Nathan's original

proposal included the purchase of a strip of private

property along the North side of Salisbury Road in order

to make room for private sidings to the Kowloon Wharf and

Godown Company premises at a cost of $30,000. The length

required will now be reduced by about half at a saving of

$15,000

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