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As Your Highness and Your Excellencies may not
have seen the note to the Chinese Minister above
referred to, I have the honour to enclose a trans-
lation for your perusal. The Note contains a
detailed account of the circumstances in connection
with the taking over of the Hongkong extension.
I will however add some particulars of the repre-
sentations made to the Tsungli Yamen by this Lega-
tion.
On the 4th April Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires
send a red letter to the Yamen requesting that a
telegram might be sent to the Canton Viceroy to
prevent the Chinese of the district from making any
disturbance or offering obstruction to the taking
over of the leased territory. On the 12th April
a despatch was sent to the Yemen, on the 13th Mr. Bax-
Ironside called himself at the Yamen end on the
16th sent the Chinese Secretary to the Yamen on the
same business.
On the 20th and 29th April Mr. Bax-Tronside
went to the Yauen to ask that the Chinese troops be
withdrawn and on the 1st May he sent a despatch on
the subject.
On the 23rd May replying to a despatch from the
Yemen requesting the withdrawal of British troops
from Shanchun and Kowloon city, Mr. Bax-Ironside
wrote: "In view of the instructions I have re-
ceived from Her Majesty's Government, I do not feel
justified in telegraphing to Her Majesty's Secretary
of State in the sense desired by the Yamen".
On the 1st October a despatch was received from
the Yemen by this Legation asking that a telegram
might be sent to the Foreign Office requesting the
restoration of Shamchun and permission to Chinese
officials to resume jurisdiction in Kowloon city.
On the 6th November a reply was sent by the
Legation to the Yamen giving Her Majesty's Govern-
ment's reasons, as above alluded to, for not permit-
ting the resumption of Chinese jurisdiction in Kow-
loon city.
On the 15th November the Tsungli Yemen replied
and a telegram was sent by this Legation to the
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