I brought to his notice the relations the Colonial Authorities with the Chinese Officials at Kowloon.
I more especially invited His Excellency's attention to the fact that, although I had been apprized by Your Lordship in your communication of the 14th October last that W. Consul Robertson had, previous to that date, been instructed to give effect to the views of Her Majesty's Government for free and neighbourly intercommunication between the officers of each Government along the common boundary of British and Chinese territory, no steps appeared to have been taken in accordance with those instructions to carry out the wish of Your Lordship and the Queen's Government.
I therefore requested His Excellency to bring the matter before the Vice Roy - because I was anxious that the re-establishment of the old familiar relations with our neighbours for Police purposes should be publicly recognised, as it appeared to me that the Kowloon Authorities were swayed by some influence exerted at Canton.
On receipt last month of Your Lordship's dispatch of the 14th October I also informed Mr. Smith, who, as Registrar General, is the officer