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Apparently at the time of the Treaty of Tientsin little
importance was attached to preserving the right of natives of China
to repair to Hong Kong to purchase goods, for no corresponding
provision can be found in that Treaty.
6.
It would therefore seem that any claim of right is based on
a declaration made to merchants and traders before the cession of the
Colony, (under which declaration the Chinese Government would have no
standing and which declaration would cease to have effect on the full
cession of the Colony), or on a treaty which has long since been
abrogated and which at most only gave natives of China the privilege
of coming to Hong Kong to buy goods.
sgd. T. M. Hazlerigg
18. 1.47
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