British Military Authority, and I have stated to His Excellency Laow that a notice similar to the above,
new settlers coming
but prohibiting any
to the peninsula will also be issued
on Kowloon port,
and that
friendly
communication will at once be opened
between the British Officer stationed
on Kowloon and the Chinese Authorities
at the Kowloon Fort.
I have … (Illegible) Henry & Parkes.
(Same Expy) Murm.
Colonial Secretary
(Copy) Mr Parkes to Governor General Laow.
An
official
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Communication addressed
to His Excellency Laow, Governor General
of the Five Kwang by H. S. Parkes, Esquire,
Yea yen
to
Canton, March 20th, 1860
The undersigned has had the honor
to confer with His Excellency the Governor
and on the subject of the disordered condition of the Kowloon peninsula, occasioned thereby to British interests, and
to His Excellency to lease this
has
proposed
spot until permanent measures can be
taken to meet the
difficulty complained of.
This peninsula, as His Excellency …