CO129-365 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [1-3] — Page 10

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Government House,

Hongkong, 4th January, 1910.

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With reference to my predecessor's

Despatch No. 47 of the 31st. January, 1902, and to my

Despatch No. 368 of the 30th. of last November, I have the

honour to transmit to Your Lordship a plan prepared by the

Acting Director of Public Works which shows in green the

area already laid out as a garden by the Hongkong and Shan-

-ghal Banking Corporation in which stand the recently un-

-veiled statues of Her Majesty the Queen and Her Royal

Highness the Princess of Wales and in blue a corresponding

area of 31,802 Square Feet in which stand the statues of

His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Prince of

Wales. In the centre of the square is a statue of Her late

Majesty Queen Victoria.

2.

I have now to request Your Lord-

-ship's permission to lay out the area marked blue, which

belongs to this Government as a Public Garden, in order

that

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE MARL OF CRAWE,

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