From THE "NORTH-CHINA DAILY News" or May 21, 1869
The "Evening Express" mentioned, a few days ago. that a plot of land on ihe Pootung side had been purchased for purposes connected with the Har-hour Master's department. We are glad to hear that this is the case. The piece of land in question is that situated between Messrs. Muirhead's Works and Mr. Reynolds' property—it is intended to make it 4 yard for the use of the marine department on which to store light-house material and buoys, to repair boats; in fact a sort of naval yard on a small scale. We hope shortly to see it also become the terminus of the Kintoah beacon line of telegraph.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.