CO129-398 - Individuals - 1912 — Page 154

Sir,

Confidential

2

Hans Crescent Hotel

9.7.

10407

April 26th, 191

MAY 12

150

I have the honour to inform you that Hon. Sir P. Chater and Hon.Mr Osborne approached me with a proposal to exchange the Marine Lots owned by the W. & G.Company

and the Land Reclamation Company on the south of Salis-

Coor bury Road Kowhen for the lote lying to the north of

that road owned by Government together with the Police

Camber and a money payment by Government provided that

they should be allowed to retain a strip some 60 feet

wide on the south of the road.

They urged that the Marine

Lota would make by far the best side for the terminal ata-

tion of the railway, while the siding to the 7. & G. Company

would be facilitated, and it would be possible for it to

enter the property of that Company (situated on the west

of the Peninsula) from the south, and so to traverse it

longitudinally. I entirely agree that this site is by far

the beat for the terminal and I had indeed myself proposed

it some years ago,but I understood at the time that it would

not be possible to acquire these lots except at a quite pro-

hibitive price. The late Mr Lindsay and Hon. Er Chatham,

D.P.. also concurred in the desirability of this site. Since

the proposal had now come from the owners there seemed a

probability of securing the land on reasonable terms. I

therefore instructed the D.P.W. to enter into negociations

and report the result to me. He did eo, and presented

a statement shewing the valuation of the land belonging

to the Government and that belonging

to the

Companies which it was proposed to exchange.

This will,

The Under-Secretary of State,

Golonial office.