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No efficient measures were taken by him previous to the occupation of leased territory for the preservation of order, but the enquiries since received tend to show that neither he nor any of the other high provincial officials instigated the disturbances in any way, or were privy to them. It must also be remembered, as regards making any further demands on China in regard to the leased territory, that it is not intended to allow the Chinese authorities to resume jurisdiction over Kowloon City, which the Chinese Government consider they are entitled to claim in accordance with the Convention of June 9, 1898. For these reasons Lord Salisbury is unwilling to press the Chinese Government for payment.
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As regards charging the expenses of the occupation to the Imperial Government, His Lordship would only observe that Sham Chun was occupied by the Colonial authorities in accordance with their own judgment of what was necessary at the time for the protection of the leased territory; that they subsequently desired to retain the district permanently, and that it is only quite recently that any request was put forward by