CO129-418 - Public Offices & Others - 1914 — Page 232

Copy of Manorandum by Captain Cravley dated

23 March 1914.

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Hongkong Station.

There seems no doubt that a site on Stonecutters Island

is considered to be most suitable by the local Authorities, Military and Civil. The disadvantages are that there is

not room on the island for a Marconi directional aerial of

the length originally asked for by the Company, and that there is no water on the island so far as one can judge

from the map.

Hongkong itself was ruled out principally because a

station on the heights would be exposed to the full force

of the typhoons, but it does not saam quite clear that

there is no possibility of selecting a site on the South side of the Island, especially if the directional aerial

were not employed.

Three suggested sites are shown on the maps on the mainland, and conform to the Company's original directional

requirements.

Site No. 1 is just clear for direction of the high ground on Hongkong, four miles distant. It is next the sea at the S. and and runs up to a height of 500 feet at the N. end, there is a main road through the site and there are rivers in the vicinity. The objection raised by the local Committee to this site is that the ground is very undulating. This may be a disadvantage, depending on how much the ground does undulate, but the rise to 500 feet is an advantage.

Site No. 2 is exactly similar to No. 1, but is clearer for direction, of the Island of Hongkong, but on the other

hand