(Signed) I. J. Davis.
A true Copy.
Frederick W. A. Bruce
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Governor in Council having been informed that persons are without authority erecting houses and buildings of a permanent nature on the peninsula of Kowloon warns them that such proceedings are not warranted by the Treaty, and that should the Chinese Government proceed to remove them, they are not to expect the countenance or assistance of Her Majesty's Government.
By Order,
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE.
Victoria, Hongkong.
Colonial Secretary.
27th July, 1844.