from Her Majesty's Minister
at Peking, respecting the
alleged intention
of the
Chinese Government to erect
forts in the neighbourhood
of Hong Kong
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Minister, when the Chinese
Ministers denied positively
and formally the existence
of any such intention, either
in the past,
or at the present
time
Sir John Walsham
Sir J. Walsham replied,
states that he had
an opportunity of drawing the
attention to this
of the Tsungli Yamen
matter on the 12th
Minister, that these
assurances would
be received with satisfaction
by Her Majesty's Government,
as they could not have
regard