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Moreover nothing
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need clearing up:
aring
"The point at X ove No information is given
to how
the figure of $2000,000 has been arrived at.
It is anticipated that this sum will be re-
covered by the sale of the land vacated
within a few years, but no valuation based
is given.
on land sales ne
exict. It
is not even clear what land will be available
for sale. Clearly the present Arsenal
Yara will be available, but Kellett Island
will apparently be required by the Military
anu we do not know whether the new magazine
site will be for sale or not. The Governor
has not given us the area of any of the
mentioned about- demdition
ownership of inaterialst
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Sheet A in (1) shows the position
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lands;
our only information is in Sheet
A attache to the Aumiralty papers at (1) in
this file.
(2). It is not stated on what terms the
Military occupy Stonecutters Island. The
Admiralty have arranged direct with the Military
to transfer their Arsenal to that Island, but
whether this simply means that they will have
thou
the use of Colonial lana without paying anything
for it, is not clear. In in 62799/29
the Aamiralty's suggestion was that the whole
cost incluuing the provision of land should be
met by the Hong Long Government. If
Stonecutters Island is der Colonial Government
land, then the sum of $2000,000 which was to
incluue the cost of the site as well as of the
para 2 of
building (see third enclosure to (1) in this
A
file) would seem to need re.uction.
I have tried, without success, to obtain
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