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11.
No: 224.
Sir,
HongKong,
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EASTERN
No.
COLONIAL
OFFICE
Pat 10 SEP
Government House,
16th August, 1899.
The division of the New Territory into districts having been completed by Mr. Stewart Lockhart, after personal inspection and very careful consideration, and the District Committees appointed by me under the provisions of Ordinance No.11 of 1899, I determined to call the committee men together, and to explain to them personally the principles upon which I proposed to conduct the Government, in the leased area.
I accordingly issued a notice inviting these members of committees to meet me, those from the Eastern portion of the district at Tai-Po-Hui on the 2nd instant, and those from the Western district at Ping Shan on the 4th.
2. The New Territory is divided into 9 districts and 47 sub-districts. The committee men number 455, of whom 284 belong to the Eastern portion of the New Territory and 171 ...
The Right Honourable
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
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638
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&c.