Situated in North Western Corner of Nanking The preliminary plans of the new British Embassy in Nanking are now under consideration by the proper authorities in London, and work on the Embassy is expeded to begin in the autumn of the year, The Embassy will take four and a half years to build, and the total cost will be in the neighbourhood of £200,000. The site, which occupies 100 mow and Is at the north-west corner of the city, was purchased at the end of lost month at a cost of £19,000, including part payment for the sut~ rounding roads, which is required under the new Land Regulations, It Is close to the Lotus Lake, and is on rising ground within 100. yards of the north wall of the city. It is hear the new Hopingmen Railway Station, and is thus easily accessible, The site is bounded by four public roads, of which the British Government' will pay halt the cost of construction, The Embassy, when completed, wilt probably comprise about 13 bolises, offices, and flats for the Junior officers. "While the walls of the Embassy will face due north and south, the buildings themselves, wilt face south-east, so that they will have the advantage' of the south-easterly breeze during the summer months, A change was made in the original plans after meteorological reports had been consulted. The Embassy will be situated almost due east of the old British Consulate, The Arst stage in its construction will be the erection of a fence around the site, and of police notices stating that this is now the property of the British Government. At the moment, several tenants are occupying the site now purchased for the Embassy, but these will soon We vacating the land, It Is possible that the public road to the north of the site may. be widened in the near future," thus encroaching on the Embassy alte, this ease, it Is understood, the' site would be extended further to the west,
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