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as regards land is a book transaction as far as the Colony is concerned and if the Wharf and Godown Company pay the rent the

Salisbury Road becomes a directly position is bettered in that

renumerative asset.

(e)

As regards the disposal of the lots supposing we are

The Honourable The Director of committed to their resumption. Public Works has gone into the matter and has pointed out that a return of seven and half per cent on the outlay may be expected on leasing when the lots begin to let I need only point out that if Scheme No.1 is to be adopted the lots to the west of Nathan

As regards leasing Road will suffer from the same disabilities.

out for the first ten years during which they will not be required for Railway purposes as they would if they had to lie until till such a time as an offffer came forward under the proposal for Schemes 3 and 4. However that they can lie unlet long is not easy to reconcile with the price that the owners claim for them, so that we can reasonably hope that the time will not

be long.

The actual Revenue to be derived is about $55,000 and this is indeed a profitable investment which should not be lightly put aside for. Suppose that we occupied the land by putting a Railway Station on it, it would have to be shown that the petition of site would be responsible for a return of twice that amount for $55,000 would represent the loss on working expenses and however sanguine a view may be taken of the profit earning capacity of the line $110,000 is a very big addition to gross receipts to ask for. In this connection It is well to point out as a caution to over capitalizing that when the transfer to Taim Tea Tsui was advocated it was proposed to make use of the saving of Dollars two hundred and seventy thousand which re- presented the difference of the permanent and temporary station

That such a buildings towards the acquisition of the lots. reappropriation cannot be considered as a saving is evident,

because

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