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the coast of Mira Bay, while the officer of
the Foreign Inspectorates, still called
"Commissioner of Customs for Kowloon and
District", remains to this day in Hong Kong
island, only "mofficially acknowledged" in
Sir R. Hart's phrase, with a residence on the
Peak and an office in Victoria City.
Moreover, the questions raised by Mr. Floming
in 1890 as to the exact position of the Kowloon
Commissioner, his powers, whom he really
represents and to whom he is responsible have
never been answered,