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they state that from the information before

"Them they do not strike

any

atur

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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