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agreement between Mr. Stewart Lockhart and Mr. Wong Tsun Shin, copy of which is attached, was signed in the presence of His Excellency the Governor.
Mr. T'soi Yeuk Shan acted as interpreter throughout the interview.
Ir is agreed that for the present the river past Sham Chun to Sha Tau Kok shall be the boundary to its source north west of Sha Tau Kok and thence to Mirs Bay im- mediately to the west of Sha Tau Kok, the north bank of the river referred to being the boundary. The question of including Sham Chun and Sha Tau Kok to remain open for further reference to Pekin.
March 14, 1899.
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J. H. STEWART LOCKHART.
WONG TSUN SHIN. (Chinese characters.)
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No. 105.
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Paraphrase.)
(Received 6.15
p.m., April 15, 1899.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 108.]
Yesterday at Taipohu the mat sheds which the Viceroy undertook to protect were burnt. A company Hong Kong regiment and twenty-two police who are occupying that station permanently went to-day to arrange for Monday's ceremony and establish a camp. The Colonial Secretary has just received information that a bad spirit has developed and large numbers from Sham Chun and the district north of it have (?
opposition to the taking over of the territory; hope this is not true. Troops have been instructed to act with forbearance, and unless attacked (in which case we must assert our authority) to take no steps.
No. 103.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE. (Sent 2 p.m., April 15, 1899.)
TELEGRAM.
[Copy to Foreign Office, April 15, 1899.
•
L.F.]
In answer to your telegram of yesterday's date. position of Chinese officers will be informal as that of officers in Hong Kong itself. They will have no legal status. So inform Hart, but pending removal use influence to avoid difficulties as far as possible.
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No. 106.
9568 B.
(Confidential.)
No. 104.
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received April 15, 1899.)
THE Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Mr. Ironside. Telegram No. 100, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and with
April 15, 1899.
reference to his letter of April 13,† is directed by the Secretary of State to transmit, for the information of Mr. Secretary Chamberlain, the accompanying copy of a telegram, as marked in the margin, "relating to the Hong Kong Extension.
Foreign Office,
April 15, 1899.
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received 10.15 a.m., April 16, 1899.)
(Paraphrase.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 110.]·
No
With reference to this afternoon's telegram. Report received from Officer Com- manding the troops at Taipohu. He has found a force of 1,000 men with guns posted on opposite hill. Musketry was opened thence on our men, which they returned. casualty reported. Mandarin sent here by Viceroy to day assures me not Chinese troops. I have sent on half battalion, Hong Kong regiment. (P support ? company). I have wired to Viceroy demanding assurance that these are not Chinese troops. By advice of the Attorney-General I hoist flag 16th April. Opponents are village (? troops), from Sham Chun and district north of it, according to independent information.
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No. 107.
Enclosure 1 in No. 104.
Paraphrase of a Telegram from Mr. Bax-IRONSIDE, PEKING.
(D. 1.25 p.m., R. 1.30 p.m., April 15.)
April 15. No. 100. Your Lordship's instructions, conveyed in your telegram, No. 67, have been carried out. The Inspector-General is grateful for permission to retain Customs stations temporarily, and will complete new arrangements with all despatch possible.
• No. 100.
† No. 99.
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received 5 p.m., April 16, 1899.)
(Paraphrase.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 110.]
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Mr telegram of to-day's date.† On arrival of Her Majesty's ship "Fame landing party under Lieutenant Keyes joined the Hong Kong Regiment and Police, and the enemy's position was shelled from ship; combined forces under Long, D.A.A.G., (then) advanced and cleared out opponents, who had kept up sustained fire from care fully prepared shelter of trenches. No casualty on our side. The Hong Kong Regiment captured a Chinese flag. I have reason to believe that the opponents were members of Triad Society from Sham Chun and valley and the district north of the hills of Sham
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