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from the North after the completion of the Hankow line,
this traffic would cease. Provided, however, the lease is
limited to 10 years, I see no serious objection to it,
except the capital outlay involved.
(b).
As regards the permanent site
required in any case by the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha and
assuming that His majesty's Government have no objection
to the proposed lease I should myself favour either site
2 or 3. I should have preferred the Harbour Master's
suggestion of offering a site in Junk Bay supposing that
the Mitsui Bussan maisha would accept it(which I much
doubt were it not that the site in question is private
property, by the sale or lease of which the Revenue would
not benefit. Had the Company desired this site they would
no doubt have bought it without consulting the Government
from the Hongkong Flour Mills. In this connection I would
invite your attention to the proposal made on page 3 of
Admiral Lambton's Secret Despatch which formed the first
You (orges enclosure to my Secret Despatch of 11th. December, 1908. I
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should be glad to learn whether the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty have any intention of acting on that
suggestion.
No comments yet.
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