HongKong

4387

314 October, 1867.

Governer

Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell

3823 17864. HK

17438

191

Answer to Duke of Buckingham's

Query in margin of draft 12664 in Hong Kong

Duke of Buckingham's

Ovv

to

His Grace,

and Chandos

the Duke of Buckingham

Lamma Island-

Concludes correspondence with Sir Rutherford Alcock

Opinion of Sir Rutherford

-

Duke of Buckingham

that extension of ... is not feasible. It appears to be conceded on all

... anything that send copy of this despatch to the ... Office.

Sir R Macdonnelly comment ...

Tomakat trenchaut how of this Hong Kong is amusing-

X

10 pestuct.

28/29.

KTH 20/12

hand) that Lamma Island in ...

jurisdiction, that great ...

I fear, with you, ...

on banassment Wight aute in ...

the laser ...

pointed out 4 pm The ... Office has sent us the despatch from the Duke of Buckingham (12664) and a draft - WTH despatch for consideration -

I still think on tout afrimpten f fenisdite con Lamma "the right canon- wo though it any lead to [illegible] ageing; & if found then untenable, to soma, for gorunet yone on the agers, we bother cost your

2. Condlovures

#31/12.

win

J-Holland aspernd juindection was libich, sind be Accused in dispute c for cirit of finanyar other offenes Antall mine is concer

Adderly. But if the entrap

It is not

very

Easy

to

give effect to ... suggestion

in

official form, because

it comes to this that the

Lord of a British

Colony

gradually to appropriate

for us

that which we

admit or are

not our

informed is

property. Moreover there is this inconvenience that if he attempts to Exercise jurisdiction some refractory (say you siste that jurisdiction Yanken) person, re & trins it in

A

court

of

Law, the Court may give

judgment against it on

the

ground

that the

Island is not British,

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