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of
Cowloon in the province
of Kwangtung, of
lease was
the claims of any
which
a
to property
斥
granted in
perpetuity to Starry Smith
Parkes, Esquire, Companion
of the Bath, a member
༢
of
the Allied Commission at
Canton,
on
behalf
of
Her Britannic Majesty's Government by Lan Taung Kwang, Governor General
of the two Kwang.
It is further declared
of
that the lease in question hereby cancelled, that
is
on
Chincu
the said portion
of
Cowloon shall be duly
investigated by a mixed
Commission
of
British and
Chinese Officers, and that compensation shall be awarded by the British Government to whose claim shall be by
said
Chinese
the said commission
established, should his removal be deemed necessary
by
the British Government.
(True Copy)
by
Colonial Secretary Military