THE SECRETARY,
ADMIRALTY.
13 February, 1936.
53711/56
CONFIDENTIAL
sir,
With reference to your letter of the 28th
December, 1935 (M.04287/35) regarding the territorial
waters of Hong Kong, I am directed by Mr.Secretary
Thomas to request you to inform the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty that he coneurs in the proposal to
authorise the insertion in the China Station Order
Book of the definition of the Colony contained in
Hong Kong Ordinance No. 31 of 1911, together with a
note to the effect that His Vajesty'e Government does
not claim jurisdiction over any part of the sea area
included in the definition, but that it claims the
usual territorial rights over the waters bordering the
territories of the Colony.
2.
It should be clearly understood at the
same time, that any islands incluied in the area
defined