CO129-498-13 Recommendations to strengthen defences against overseas attack- practicability of Air Ministry proposals and estimate of... 18-2-1926 - 18-2-1926 — Page 8

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osure 3.

end of the Kai Tak reclamation: and this and the

reclaimed ground in front of the sheds must in the

absence of any other suitable site in the Colony continue to be reserved against such developments in aviation in the near future as may require shore accommodation. On the advice of Captain Talbot, R.N., and Wing Commander Cull, R.A.F., a more suitable area within the Kai Tak boundaries has been selected for

future development: this area is bordered red on the plan which accompanies this despatch. Much of it is, however, as yet unreclaimed, the existing water-line being indicated in blue: but the quay wall shewn is practically complete across the whole front of the

proposed reclamation forming the Kai Tak concession.

8.

Recent experience with aircraft in the Colony has shewn that they will prove of great value in assisting the work of the Police, and I propose that a small squadron should be permanently stationed here for that purpose. The report of Captain C.P.Talbot, R.N., which forms enclosure 3 in this

despatch sets out the functions of the squadron and suggests in full detail the type and number of machines,

and the requirements for the Base and the Personnel.

It provides also an estimate of the expenditure, capital and recurring. Any expenditure for the

acquisition of land necessary for an aerodrome will

be additional to the estimated capital expenditure of

£16,500.

9.

There still remains for consideration

the question of the possible developments of Civil

Aviation in general. Tentative efforts have already

been made on certain routes from Hongkong, and it

cannot

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