with difficulty raised on the part of
H.E. the Governor.
General of
the Province -
I have
seen C. I. van Straubenzee
legur!
Confidential
To
His Excellency.
Page 373
Shanghae 17th February 1860.
Her Majesty's Government has expressed itself decided on obtaining
A cession of that part of the Kow-loon Peninsula, to
which is necessary
to the
security of the harbour, and to the
maintenance of order among the population which is gathering on the mainland along the shore.
I can offer no opinion on the probability of the Chinese agreeing
to cede it though, but it would be a step gained were it to be occupied,
and the necessity enforced by the Chinese Government of bringing
Charles van Straubenzee
HER
KCB
etc.