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Colonial Secretary's Office.
16th.March, 1899.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of the instrument signed by Your Excellency appointing me un- der instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies the representative of Great Britain for fixing the boundaries of the extension of the Colony of Hong-Kong.
2. Acting under that instrument I have held
two interviews with the Commissioner appointed by the Govern- ment of China for the delimitation of the frontier of the ex- tension of the Colony of Hong-Kong. I now enclose for transmis- sion to the Secretary of State for the Colonies a written account of those interviews which I have already reported to you orally,
3. I am glad to be able to state that after considerable difficulty I have induced the Commissioner for China to agree to the North bank of the Sham Ch'un river to its source as the boundary between British and Chinese terri- tory. It is gratifying to me to have succeeded in securing in Excellency
SIR HENRY A.BLAKE,G.C.M.G.
Governor of Hong-Kong.
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