CO129-377 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [5] — Page 256

N° 214

Sir,

* 24 JUN 11

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 31st. May, 1911.

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I have the honour to forward in duplicate

a letter dated the 18th. ultimo addressed by Messrs. Deacon,

Looker and Deacon to you on the subject of Kowloon Marine Lots

29, 30 and 31 together with a memorandum by the Crown Solicitor

covering copy of the correspondence listed on the last page of

that Lemorandum, and a block plan prepared by the Director of

Public Works on a 1 scale showing the Harbour of Refuge,

2,500

Yaumati with its thoroughfares and lots, the existing reclama-

-tions and the proposed reclamations.

2.

The letter of Messrs. Deacon, Looker and

Deacon is in effect a request that Section 12 of Ordinance No.

39 of 1909 should be amended so as

(a) to extend compensation to cover diminution in

the value of property by the alteration of the

level of roads: and

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,

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(b).