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the Joverur dated to April 1843 - rearly all the above Military Abxections would have been much; the harbour would have been entirely British mistead of partly Chinese; we should have been able to defend
it by works on both sides, and we should have possessed
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indefensibh right to undermine the entrance channels, II. I have never been able Daccouch for the affarenh
discrepancy
betion the Treaty and the ouguil
Charter. The former ceding only "the island of Hongkong whereas the latter "created with a separate Tolong the Island of Hong Kong and its dependencies situate belie the line of latitude and Longitude above described_ which boundaries would give
wo
the catre harbours
and command of it approaches & entrances II. All the existing mase of Songkong affear the based on the letter. Lannex a max marked.
which approximately cubraces the whole area included
И
those degrees of Rahilush and Longitude.
III - Leonsider that at the very leash our boundaries should extend to the limits recorded in the (harder. but there are
strong reasons for extending them
still farker.
1. To the South it would be desirath row
the Jap Rock on which our Подаркак
Белтка
lighthouse
is brith, auch
wwhich we have laid a Telegraph Cable.
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