No.
58.
Hongkong.
My Lord,
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1999 1 APR 10.
Goverment House,
Hongkong, 21st.February, 1910.
I have the honour to submit the
following observations for your consideration. The position
of this Colony is unique in the EmpireTM partly situated as
it is on the mainland of China, while the bulk of its
inhabitants are not British subjects, and indeed but few of the Chinese have that status, A continuous ebb and flow
of Chinese takes place between Hongkong and Canton amounting
to some thousands daily and the large majority of the
population not only own allegiance to China, but have
relatives, and often lands and property there and set
great importance upon being buried there. As a consequence
there is no political or other matter which stirs feeling
in Canton but has its corresponding effect here, as we
have in recent times experienced in connection with the
Japanese Boycott, the Macao delimitation and other
matters.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF CREWE,
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