CO129-546-10 Naval Armament Depot- payment by Hong Kong Government of final instalment 11-1-1934 - 4-11-1934 — Page 28

NA SECRET.

13810.

گذر

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG,

11th January, 1934.

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Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge

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the receipt of your Confidential despatch dated 13810 33 21st November, 1933, on the subject of the

payment of the final instalment of $500,000 of

this Government's contribution towards the cost

of the new Naval Armament Depôt at Stonecutters

Island, and in reply to inform you that, while I

am prepared to go some way in meeting the wishes

of

the Admiralty regarding payment of the final

instalment at the beginning of 1935, I should be

glad if, before any assurance on this point is

given, the Admiralty may be pressed to give a

definite and final date for the evacuation of the

present depôt.

Payment, if made, would be subject

to the deduction of the equivalent in dollars of

the sum of £5000 pending a settlement of the

question of the aerial ropeway.

Pay!

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your

most obedient, humble servant,

Governor, &c.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G. B.E., M.C., M.P.

&C.,

&c.,

&c.