CO129-444 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1917 [10-12] — Page 207

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TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hongkong to the Secretary

of State for the Colonies. Dated 10th November.

(Received Colonial Office 11 a.m. 10th Noveber, 1917)

Have been offered one of best properties at Peak for 748,000 dollars at present occupied by Colonial

Secretary and would like your sanction to purchase. Rent charged to Colonial Secretary will bring 5 per cent on cost. Property surrounded by crown land on which

several good sites for nouses.

MAY