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any further communica tion this subject, please quote

D.. 20914/11/184

and address letter to-

The Secretary,

Admiralty, Whitehall,

London. S.W

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Admiralty,

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January 190 1912

Plan

Sir,

I am commanded by My Lords Comissioners of

the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the

Secretary of State for the Colonies that in connection

with the contemplated extension of the existing Admiralty

Coaling Jetty at Kowloon, as shown on the accompanying

No.29445 plan, the Colonial Government were communicated with and

asked whether they had any observations to make on the

proposal.

2. In reply His Excellency the Governor intimated

that he had no objection to offer to the proposed extension

but he drew attention to the fact that the Entrance to the

Admiralty basin prohibited any reclamation of the frontage

to the South of the Naval Yard, and he suggested that the

Admiralty should close this entrance and provide another

to the North of the basin.

In a later letter he stated that the Colonial

Government claimed the right to reclaim up to the dotted

red line as shown on the plan.

3. In view of this claim, it is necessary to

recapitulate the circunstances under which the site

originally forming the whole of the Naval Yard at Kowloon

came into the possession of the Admiralty.

4. When the Kowloon Peninsula was acquired by the

Imperial Government, a Commission, consisting of

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COLONIAL OFFICE.

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