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loon, and the Kowloon hills form a natural and well defined boundary line.
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So far as I can ascertain the Chinese inhabitants in the New Territory are satisfied with the amount of Crown rent fixed in the regulations referred to above, and, as you will observe, they have been told in the Chinese proclamation issued by me that the present scale is subject to revision.
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I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,
Stuart W[illiam] Lockhart
GOVERNOR &C.
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