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008 X. C.0. 13620 RECO
REGP 29 MAY 19
Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.
646 Hongkong, 21st April, 1899.
Sir,
In view of the disturbances now taking place in the New Territory, which there is good reason to believe have been engineered or assisted from Chinese territory, I am instructed to ask you to be good enough to lay before His Excellency the Governor the following opinions and suggestions of my Committee:-
That having regard to the fact that the New Territory is obviously liable to be over-run by the banditti who are either not amenable to Chinese Authority or whose acts the Mandarins find it convenient to ignore or disavow, it is essential to the preservation of good order in the Colony, and to consolidate our position, that the northern boundary shall be clearly defined by natural features and include within it the town of Shanchun.
That recent occurrences have convincingly demonstrated the inutility, if not the actual mischievousness, of Mandarin influence, and furnish excellent reasons for the removal of Stewart Lockhart, C.M.G.,
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary.
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