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between Hingkung
the maniland in order
to penetrate to the Canton River.
In reply Jam &
request ju
out to the Earl
to point
f
Kiin.
berley that the question of the
over
jugirdiction
Рало
ow Eas
Tern
Entrance to the harbour
of Hangking
been authoritatio
has never
Caritatives
settled, and it would
in Lord Riponis opinion
be Andercable in
"Connection with the
now raised to avoid
issue what is affarents admitting the view
of
the
" ( Chinese for that
there is concurrent
jurisdictio waters. In
over
Mese
any
case
which form the
namely
273
of course the central part of the Harbour, between thedh Hungtung & British Kowloon is wholly Britishiffe
is that
vessels
Pass it coulderly with one of two objects, Lord Risen presume
that the Japanese
would not attempt & pass through waters, which
British,
ле
am
wholly
they would
have to do if the Entered the Harbour.
with the object of
taking that route to the Canton River, hat his Lordship apprehends
That