CO129-511-10 Re-sitting of Kowloon Peak Barrack Sites 22-6-1928 - 21-11-1928 — Page 7

Copy.

No.2560/1926.

Sir,

Inclosure No. 1.

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1928 OFFICE

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hong Kong,

3rd November, 1928.

With reference to your letter Ko.D/45 of 21st

April, 1926, proposing to apply to the War Office for authority

to re-convey "The Kowloon Peak Barrack Sites" to this

Government and to War Office letter No.119/Abroad/506 (D.L.I.A.)

of 19th August, 1926 (copy enclosed) to the Colonial Office

intimating that in the light of post-war requirements, it will

be necessary to retain these sites, I am directed to invite

your attention to the fact that, when early in 1927 it became

necessary to find sites for camps to accommodate the Shanghai

Defence Force, the Kowloon Peak Barrack sites were not

utilised nor any portion of the Kowloon Peak or Ngau Tau Kok

Military Reserves.

2.

Moreover this Government has recently been

requested to reserve an area at Chuk Un with a view to the

possibility of utilising it for a permanent camp.

3.

I am therefore to enquire whether in the light

of these experiences the continued reservation of the "Kowloon

Peak Barrack Sites" is longer necessary.

The Chief Engineer,

Headquarters, South China Command,

Hong Kong.

I am, &c.,

(Sd.) H. R. Butters,

p.Colonial Secretary.