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41. An early decision must be come to as this is the most important work on the attention that presses of the Government
43. Spann bringing I cannot refrain from to notice the trouble, inconvenience, and even danger that arises from the growth of a village at Teem sha Asoy Kowloong shore. It on the He has been raised by pirates, resettere, and vagabonds of every kind, and being within ten minutes sail of Victoria, it affords an easy refuge to criminals wishing to fly from justice.
43. It is of course on Chinese Territory but the Kowloong Mandarin exercises no jurisdiction over it, and the evil will continue until part of the Kowloong Peninsula shall become a dependency of this Colony, a measure I would strongly advocate and about which I cannot foresee much difficulty.
44. I may point out in support of this suggestion that the Kowloong shore forms the northern side of Hongkong Harbour, and it may be made a question with foreign nations