no
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warded in my despatch N. (Bygone 198 of the 19th instant ld have / me 2014
the honour to express the hope
that the
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clause of Mi-
saving litary_requirements. litary requirements may mi tigate the evils feared by the Chamber of Commerce as cer tain to result from Kowloon city thus being left.
an en.
clave within British territo
ry.
The "Times" article con- veyed no information on the retention of the Head
extail of
July 1898.)
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of the Chi- nese Maritime Customs with
in the Colony, when this be- Known in HongKong it
comes
will considerably diminish the satisfaction with which the people would otherwise have viewed this long looked for extension of their boun-
daries.
on both
Tact and forbearance will be required sides to prevent friction be tween the officials resulting
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