neighbourhood of Hong Kong. the Chief Judge's opinion
may
not be without interest to
Since
copy
I enclose
in this
you
return
66
may
I have received
Ex
Despatch from His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs
the
Second
Law
subject enclosing Report drawn up by the Law Officers of the Crown
Your
the
subsequent despatch from Your Excellency referred to I presume
your letter
en
under acknowledgment, and forming enclosure & 3.
197
I gather from this last
despatch addressed to Lord Carnarvon that
object
your chief entering upon the correspondence has been already satisfactorily attained by the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown that the jurisdiction of each country
is bounded
by the medium filum where the space between the respective shores is less than six geographical miles; this supplying the guide you sought for the local courts and enabling the Executive to act with confidence within
limits
easily
ascertained.