to think that offences committed by British subjects within that distance off the coast might most conveniently be tried in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, & suggest that if Lord Kimberley concurs, the necessary Order in Council be prepared. The vast distance of the field of reference to the far East is in many ways embarrassing.
... may justify the assumption that the offenders will in most cases be residents of Hong Kong, but it becomes grossly possible to confine the 0.60 To such residents – It should include all British subjects. Such as the islands at the back of Hong Kong,
Uner might happen.
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30 May.
Government House, Hong Kong, 28th March, 1877
My Lord,
A case has recently occurred in which British Soldiers were charged with committing offences in China immediately outside of British jurisdiction.
The Right Honorable
The Earl of Carnarvon
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies