CO129-531-7 Foreshore and Sea Bed Works Ordinance 1931- Bill 19-11-1931 - 7-5-1932 — Page 9

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31 MAR 1932

should be addressed to-

The Secretary of the Admiratic

London,

quoting “M.333/32"

Sir,

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L.P.-No. 8.

Admiralty, S.W.1.

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30th March,

1932.

Cory for (y.

With reference to your letter of the 22nd January,

No.82746/31/31, forwarding a copy of a Bill proposed to be

passed at Hong Kong to authorise and validate the

construction and maintenance of piers etc., etc., I am

commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to

acquaint you for the information of the Secretary of State

for the Colonies that They observe that this Bill confers

very wide powers on the Colonial Government for the

construction of any works on any part of the foreshore,

sea bed, or Crown land covered with water, and that the water

area defined as the Man of War Anchorage in the Naval and

Military Works Ordinance 1906, is not excluded, nor does the

Bill limit in any way the construction of works within the

area or adjacent to it.

2. My Lords consider that, having regard to the very

wide powers given to the Colonial Government, provision

should be made in the Bill for the consent of the Admiralty

to be obtained in certain cases, and They would suggest,

therefore/

The Under-Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE,

S.W.1.

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