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induced to recognize the claim of His Majesty's Government
to territorial powers ithin the three miles limit and to
the foreshore of Virs Bay and Deep Bay in return for certain
concessions mentioned in paragraph 9 of Sir F. Luzard's
despatch.
I am obviously not in a position to express any opi-
nion on these proposals, though on general grounds I agree
that, with a view to obviating such difficulties, as those
reported in the enclosures to your despatch No.284 of
August 15 (28237) in regard to the ownership of the fore-
shore of May Ray and Deep Ray, it is desirable that at
the first opportune moment, action should be taken upon
the clause of the Convention which states that "the exact
boundaries shall be hereafter fixed when proper surveys
have been made by officials appointed by the two Govern-
of ments. In regard, however, to the purzestion a fir
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F.Lugard and the Earl of Crewe that the question should
not he raised with the Chinese Government until the negoti-
ations for a Working Agreement for the two Sections of the
Canton Kowloon Railway have been brought to a successful
conclusion
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