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they state that from the information before
"Them they do not strike
any
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mighbering Island (than Stave Cutter's Island) "can be claimed as having formed part of
"The ceded Territory - ... Hong Kong
Hong Kong & Kowloon.
Monchioles as Green Island has always been included in the Harbour of
6.
I have caused the boundary of the
Harbor to be shown in the enclosed map
You will observe by a red line, which includes Green Island and Kellets
Island to which latter the above observation
Green Island are equally applicable
Victoria, and is shown to be included
in the Ordnance map of 1845, and as Harbour of Victoria alluded to in the convention of 1860 and clearly recognized by the Chinese Government must be presumed to be the Harbour delineated in the Ordnance Map, I cannot but think if this information had been before the Law Officers they would have held that Green Island is British Soil.
the addition that Kellets Island is within
a line drawn from Cape to Cape. Rights
of actual
profession have been for years
exerted in reference to both. On Green
Island a Quarantine Station was maintained for years,
and on Kellett Island there is a Military Magazine.
7.
Again I would draw attention to
Alumdeen Island on the North shore
opposite Alumdeen where docks have been
built. The present anchorage of the harbour
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