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Enclosure 1.

Hon. Colonial Secretary,

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High-Power Wireless Telegraphy Sta14 MAR 14

We beg to report that, in accordance with the

instructions of His Excellency the Officer Administering the

Government, we nave carefully considered the selection of a site

for the above-mentioned station, which would fulfil the conditions

indicated in the memorandum accompanying the Secretary of State's Confidential Despatch of the Uth. August, 1913.

2.

In order to elucidate our report, we enclose the

following plans;-

A. General Plan, (scale 2" - 1 mile), showing the Kowloon

Peninsula and surrounding district and islends.

Larger Plan, (scale 6" - 1 mile), showing the site which

we recommend should be adopted.

B.

3.

The objection raised to the proposed site in Kow-

-loon Bay appears to apply equally to any site within a distance of about 2 miles westward of Kowloon City, as the high range of hills on the Island of Hongkong, extending to High West (1,604

feet) and ount Davis (889 feet), interposes itself in the line

between any such site and Singapore.

4.

We have indicated on plan A three sites to the west-

-ward of a line dram through the summit of Mount Davis. Site No.1

extends across some very broken ground at the base of the Kowloon

range of hills and reaches an elevation of 500 feet at its northern

extremity. Site No. 2 is almost entirely on a spur of the Kowloon

Range and it also reaches an elevation of practically 500 feet. A

considerable undulation exists in the spur between the middle and

northern end of the latter site. For these reasons, we regard bot

sites as unsuitable.

5.

Site No. 3 appears to us the most suitable (vide

Plan B). It occupies a long, narrow and comparatively flat valley,

in which there are a number of small villages. The valley itself

is cultivated by the villagers. There is an abundant supply of

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