letter of
the 310 wilt, transmetting a copy of a letter from the Board of Trade giving the views of that dept on the proceedings of the Chinese Authorities in capturing a Juank outward bound from Hongkong for alleged breach of Customs Law
In obedience to
alw
L.'s commands I
to y.d.'s
have the honor to Report
m
That it does not exactly appear in what particular waters the Chinese Junk was seized by the Chinese (notound (ruizer. — Sir R.
Inscdonnell in his despatch of hov: 14-1867
states that it was
Considerably from the shore of Hongkong,
within 3 miles & in another
part of the same despatch be
says
that
the Junk was anchored nearer to the Chinese
then the English Shore. It wi appear
_
these
therefore, from the comparison of Statements, that the Junk must have been
anchored
/
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anchored somewhere in the narrow sea wh Separates the Island of Hougtong from the (Chinese Mainland, in respect of wh the Law Officers have reported to ty. L. on a previous
Y.
occasion that the mediums filum aqua.
must be taken to be the divisional live
between British & Chinese territorial jurisdiction. I consider that any Chinese
the Chinese side of
Junk anchored
021
the
midchannel. wid be amenable to [hinesl
jurisdiction in all matters of Chinese (ustoms Regulation & that the Governor of Longhong cd not property demand that. any such funk seized at such anchorage by the Chinese Authorities should be given up
the ground
ground that her seizure.
to him
oh
unlawful.
I have so
(signed, Travers Twiss
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