CONFIDENTIA L.
Hongkong.
C.0.
739
1205
RECP
RECE 10 JAN 06,
Government House,
Hongkong, 11th. December, 1905.
Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that I have
received today from His Majesty's Minister at Peking a copy
of a despatch in which, in connection with a Petition
addressed by some inhabitants of the New Territories to
the Chinese Authorities at Peking, Sir Ernest Satow has re-
ferred to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the
question of the nationality of these inhabitants.
2.
I have now sent to His Majesty's Minister a
copy of the report on the subject by the Law Officers of the
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Crown which was enclosed in Mr. Chamberlain's despatch No.
226 addressed to my predecessor on the 10th.October, 1899.
I have the honour to be,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.
&C.
&C.
&C.
sir,
Your most obedient
Humble servant,
M. Within
Governor,&c.