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irrespective of the question of leased territory and is not
therefore in the same category as Kuang-chou-wan, Tsingtau or
Dairen.
2.
The matter is one of very great import-
-ance to this Colony in connection with the Railway negotiations
now pending and I, therefore, again press for your consideration
the views expressed in Sir F. H. Lay's Despatches of the 4th.
May, 1910, and the 19th. October, 1910.
3.
to Sir John Jordan.
I am forwarding a copy of this Despatch
I have the honour to be,
sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
Mangarez
Governor,&c..