bit that effect,
as
the
Continuance of the existing state of
uncertainty
is extremely
undesirable and the prolonged Occupation is causing daily expense, but before
a
telegram is sent he
would ask that Lord
Salishury, may be good
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enough to consider the
(enclosed copy of a
letter from but was
Nice enclosing
one
received from the G.o.G.
in China and Hongkong
3. It will be seen that
in this letter it is recommended that
an endeavour should be
made at his earliest convenience
23.5pt
Made to discuss the
possession of the Gap Rock, and the same point has been urged
More than once
by the Colonial defence
Committee
-4. The Rock is understood
to be a barren rock
apparently useless except
as a light house station
It is at a considerable distance from Hongkong, but the lighthouse upon it
which, under
an arrangement with
the Chinese authorities,
has been constructed
and
is maintained by the Hongkong Govt, lights the western approach to the harbour of Hongkong, and the military authorities
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