the end of Inner Harbour.
Leases should then be granted, with
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Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 29th April, 1864.
the condition above referred to. The
are left undisturbed
several Chinese who
throughout the remainder of the ceded territory.
I have to
(Signed) W. T. Mercer, Colonial Secretary
(True Copy)
Colonial Secretary
Submitted to
His Excellency The Governor,
having decided that it is necessary that a Competent Officer should be resident at Kowloon to settle the questions of compensations and leases and commence the development of that district, has with the Concurrence
of the Honble The Major General commanding the Forces in China appointed Lieutenant Williams, R. E.,
R. E. to that office.
Lieutenant Williams will of course
W. Wilson Copleston,
Acting Attorney General.