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ENCLOSURE No. 1.
(Agreement referred to in the Governor's despatch of 17th March, 1899.)
It is agreed that for the present the river past Sham Chun to Shat'aukok shall be the boundary to its source North-West of Shat'aukok and thence to Mirs Bay immediately to the West of Shat'aukok; the North bank of the river referred to being the boundary. The question of including Sham Chun and Shat'aukok is to remain open for further reference to Peking.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART.
善存王
14th March, 1899.
i.e., WONG TS'ÜN-SHIN.
(Governor to Mr. Stewart Lockhart.)
No. 28/G.
SIR,
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 11th March, 1899.
I hereby appoint you, under authority from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to be the representative of the Government of Great Britain for the purpose of fixing the exact boundaries of the extension of Hongkong in accordance with the terms of the Convention signed at Peking on the 9th June, 1898.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
The Honourable
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, C.M.G.,
No. 428.
&c.,
Colonial Secretary,
&c.,
je.
HENRY A. BLAKE,
Governor, &c.
ENCLOSURE No. 2.
(Mr. Stewart Lockhart to Governor.)
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 16th March, 1899.
SIR,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the instrument sigued by Your Excellency dated the 11th instant, appointing me, under instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the representative of Great Britain for fixing the boundaries of the extension of the Colony of Hongkong.
2. Acting under that instrument I have held two interviews with the Com- missioner appointed by the Government of China for the delimitation of the frontier of the extension of the Colony of Hongkong.
3. I am glad to be able to state that after considerable difficulty I have induced the Commissioner for China to agree to the North bank of the Sham Chun river to its source as the boundary between British and Chinese territory. It is gratifying to me to have succeeded in securing in the new extension complete control of that river, which on the map attached to the Convention is not in- cluded within the territory leased to Great Britain. It is scarcely necessary to point out that without such complete control the development of the territory would have been rendered very difficult.