99
27516.
No. 68.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIB H. A. BLAKE.
(Sent 5.50 p.m., January 7, 1899.)
TELEGRAM.
Confidential despatch* containing precise instructions as to new territory went by mail of 6th January.
5497.
No. 67.
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received 11.40 a.m., March 3, 1899.) TELEGRAM.
In reply to your telegram of yesterday's date," as soon as British Minister, Pekin, shall have arranged for demarcation of boundary.
SI,
No. 64.
COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE.
Downing Street, January 17, 1899. WITH reference to the letter from this office of the 29th ultimo,† I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to transmit to you, for the information of the Marquess of Salisbury, a copy of a further despatch* that he has addressed to the Governor of Hong Kong on the subject of the territory recently added to that Colony.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
5871.
No. 68.
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received 7.50 a.m., March 9, 1899.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 71.]
I have appointed Lockhart Commissioner for delimitation of boundaries, to meet Chinese delimitation Commissioners: matter most urgent. Telegraph at once approval.
27516.
No. 65.
5871.
No. 69.
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PUBLIC RECORD
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(No. 345.)
SIR,
(Received January 23, 1899.)
Government House, Hong Kong,
December 24, 1898. WITH reference to your telegramț received this morning, informing me that it may be necessary to postpone for a little the taking over of the leased territory in Kowloon for a short time, I have telegraphed to you that some Chinese residents in Hong Kong are, I understand, buying up all the land that they can obtain in that area.
The delay may possibly cause a considerable increase of the cost of acquiring land for public purposes, having regard to the fact that land in British Kowloon is sold for over £1,000 in gold per acre.
Otherwise the delay is unimportant.
3. I hear with pleasure that Mr. Stewart Lockhart is returning, as I assume that his services will be availed of in the arrangement of the administration.
SIR,
COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE.
[Answered by No. 70.]
Downing Street, March 9, 1899. WITH reference to previous correspondence on the subject of the extension of territory in the vicinity of Hong Kong, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to transmit to you, to be laid before the Marquess of Salisbury, a copy of a telegramt from the Governor of Hong Kong reporting that he has appointed Mr. Lockhart to set as Commissioner for the delimitation of, the boundaries of the new territory.
2. Mr. Chamberlain presumes that Sir Henry Blake is acting in concert with Sir C. MacDonald in this matter, and he would propose, with Lord Salisbury's concurrence, to approve of the appointment of Mr. Lockhart to act in the above capacity.
3. I am to request to be favoured with an immediate answer.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
1847.
I have, &c.,
HENRY A. BLAKE,
Governor.
6027.
No. 70.
OFFICE
Reference :--
C.O. 882
5465.
No. 66.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIB H. A. BLAKE. (Sent 2.10 p.m. March 2, 1899.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 67.]
New territory; can you state probable date of taking over ?
SIM,
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received March 10, 1899.)
Foreign Office, March 10, 1899. In reply to your letter of yesterday,‡ I am directed by the Marquess of, Salisbury to inform you that His Lordship concurs in Mr. Secretary Chamberlain's proposal to spprove the appointment of Mr. Lockhart as Commissioner for the delimitation of the boundaries of the territory leased to Great Britain by China, under the Convention of June 9, 1898.
I am, &c.,
FRANCIS BERTIE.
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