Subject
Page.
Serial No.
From or to whom.
Despatch
Date.
No., Mo.
XV
1902.
i
110
To
115
Lockhart.
Commissioner Confi.
dential.
July 31
111
To War Office
116
British Dollar as Legal Tender. States that there is no objection to the proposed opening of a branch of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in Wei-bai-Wei; suggests that the pro- posed legislation should take the form of Order in Condeil under the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890, and that provision should be made for subsidiary as well as standard coins.
Railway Construction, States that if a concession should be granted to Aindricans or others with- out opposition from Germany, to build a line from Chefoo to the border of the lessed territory, there would seem no reason why the pro- posed line should not be permitted to connect with a line within that territory,
British Dollar as Legal Tender. Requests, with reference to No. 56, 116
full report by post as to subsidiary coin.
Staff of the Dependency.
Submits proposals for new appoint- 116
ments.
British Dollar as Legal Tender. States that the Treasury, upon receipt 118
of a formal application from the Bank, will give their consent to the estab- lishment of a branch at Wei-hai-Wei in the form required by the Hong Kong Ordinance, No. 29, of 1889.
June 16 (Rec. July 29.)
July 29
August 18
1H1A Admiralty .....
Confi. dential.
August 22
123
112
Commissioner Lock-
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hart.
July 14 (Rec. Aug. 23.)
112A To Mr. Albert Gray
Confi- dential.,
August 25
113
To Foreign Office...
Confi- dential.
August 25
107A To Admiralty
Conf- dential.
July 29
Lands to be retained by Admiralty; strength of guard on Liu-kung Tao. Asks whether anything has been de-
cided.
113A To Board of Trade
119
Confi. dential.
August 25
108
Commissioner Lock-
art.
Confi- June 19 dential.(Rec. July 31.)
Garrison for Wei-hai-Wei. Sende extract from a letter from the General Officer Commanding Hong Kong raising no objection to sending one company of European or Native Troops to Wei-hai-Wei under certain conditions; considers that two com- panies are the minimum required for Wei-hai-Wei,
Bubject.
Paga
Railway Construction.
Transmita copies of Nos. 99 and 104, 120
and states reply to be given to Mr. Bridges; His Majesty's Government must not be bound to any specific terms without sanction being first ob- tained, and that His Majesty's Min- istry at Peking should be kept in-
formed.
Establishment of a Police Force and Maintenance of a Garrison. Transmite for observations copies of Nos. 102 and 103; suggests consulting Sir A. Dorward on the subject.
Strength of Naval Detachment. States that the Commander-in-Chief has
been instructed to report.
Power of Commissioner to Appoint Acting Magistrate. Suggests that the power to appoint an Acting Magistrate should be conferred on the Commissioner.
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119
114
Board of Trade
September 3
109
Το Commissioner
28
July 31
Lockhart.
Draft Ordinance to provide for Peace and Good Order. Remarks upon the draft enclosed in No.
98.
120
114A War Office...
September 6
Jurisdiction of Magistrate in Civil Cases. Asks for his views, with reference to a statement made by Mr. Hare in his Report.
Nationality of Chinese Residents. Transmits copy of No. 96, and presumes Mr. Hare is correct in his views on this point.
Pennant for Chinese Junkmen. Encloses copy of No. 96, and proposen to approve the suggestion that they should be allowed to fly a Pennant with the words "Imned by the British Authorities" stamped upon it.
Concurs in the proposal in No. 113A
Garrison at Wei-hai-Wei. Deprecates the reduction of the garri. son of Hong Kong: suggests that the question of the British Garrison in China (other than that of Hong Kong) should be discussed at an inter- departmental conference of the War, Foreign, Colonial, and India offices; encloses copies of letters theroon sent to the latter Department,
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Date.
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