CO129-538-6 Naval Armament Depot- correspondence 19-6-1931 - 31-3-1933 — Page 40

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that the Army Council has Concured with view

incorrespondence with

the Lords Commissioners of the

Admiralty that no expenditure involved

in the retention or diversion of the

ropeway should fall on Naval Funds.

of Chises terial, to

It is immaterial, to the Hong Kong

Government whether the expenditure

aud

falls on Military or Naval Funds, I

am accordingly to enquire whether the

Army Council vi sh the ropeway to be

maintained, and if so, whether they

are prepared to accept liability

for the cost of diverting it, as proposed

in the Hong Kong Secret despatch of

29th December, 1931, and to pay the

Hong Kong Goverment a proportionate

sum for the depreciation that will be

caused to the Naval Arsenal Yard as a

building site, by the retention of

the diverted ropeway.

If an agreement

can be reached on these lines, the sum

of

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