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Off
lose notune in drawing
up a Report on the subject
submitted to their conscotty
I have now the honor to
forward copy of Dash. addressed by Ht. Gent. hitt Grant to the lect
Iftate for War & Stake
L
the opportunity of mathing
Some remarks on it's
contents:
The lease was obtained
the Goon Gent of the
Ca
Morrice whilst I was
Eysing at Canton, & I
ught the why of it wk with me to H.Kong.
However it is a matter
authwritty; this is an
turas
us at Mot Arces requests
Imyself gave Int Parts -
the written authority, to
acquire
lease,
the Land under
as Jadvived You
very slight import; Grace in Dark. Ne 33
I was not aware
at there was any doubt
the subject.
(signed) J. Hopefrant
L'Geul
See proclamation
by
du Pie H. Grant's Regarding this I would observe Earl of Elgrie, dated
and paragraph it is stateel was part out of the Mit ? th
that the money for the Newt
mything the 19th fan" /60 of the Mid 9 th my tong the My merced a that the Lease of Kowloon by my order & that the ther
was granted to her Parkes as
was obtamed by dor one of the Allied Commifer
den
Parkes under his
who art only under the direction ofthe Geat Com
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n
March 1860.
In the next para:
it is stated that Lord
Elgin placed the ground
under the finis dection
of the Coloms: my preving
despatches will show
that we
are still
waiting the founal document by which the cession is to be