CO129-557-6 Tenure of lands held by War Department 16-1-1936 - 25-1-1937 — Page 13

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in the amount to be credeltch to the

$35,000

to the H.K. Gau!

in the military hands account

the

area E.M. N. G

Also the estimated

in the area

in re

respect

the enclosed map.

requirement of

400 acres

edged red on the map, has now

been reduced to 185 acres, froves conally (1

The credit to the H.K.

ccordingly.

in the M.L.A.co altered a

Ke wen X.V. U. V.E.).

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with the 6.0.C.

Aunce the Gov Los agreed to the above

we can only

? affive has action,

P. Ropes 15.846.

This is a large scale settlement

provisionally agreed upon by the Governor and

the General in Hong Kong, and having regard to

our experience of the methods of the military

in that Colony it is worth close examination

here, in order to ensure as far as possible

that the Colonial Government does not lay

itself open to be stung once more.

(1). Sham Shui Po. It is not

expected that this site will be evacuated by

the military for another four years at least,

and by then the claim of the Colonial Govern-

ment for rent at $125,000 a year will amount

to $1,000,000. It is proposed to set off this

sum against expenditure up to a maximum of

$975,000 which the War Department will

undertake in respect of anti-malarial works

in their new barracks site at Kau Lung Tsai,

and e-make-weight the military will bear

the