Plans for the now British Emassy buildings (the former bull ings were pretty badly battered by the 1923 earthquake) have been completed and the work will be taken in hand shortly, Mr. J. Wynnes, architect of the Britis Embassy, hi connection with the project. factual construction is to be super vised by Mr. Hi, Walker who has been on the staff of the Embassy for a number of years, The prevent plan is to divide the whole work into two sections. The firat unit on which construction wi commence will be the main office building, which will be situated Wirectly opposite the present main gate of the Embassy. The work will he commenced on the Ambas-cader's residence which will be to the right of the main office building as one enters the main gate and a little further back inthe spacious Embassy property. There will be other buildings; including servants' quarters, but the residen-cos of the military and naval attaches will not be in the Embassy compound, although their offices will the included. The British Embassy compound, which is situated in the Kojimachi -distriet of Tokyo and faces part of the Imperial Palace, sin one of the finest parts of Japan's capital. The property con~ ists of well over nine acres and allow the construction of buildings and residences within the compound without giving the appearance of crowding.
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