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No. 112.
COMMISSIONER LOCKHART 10 MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received August 23, 1902.)
Government House, Wei-hai-Wei, July 14, 1902. I HAVE the honour to inform you that on the 11th instant I forwarded to you the following telegram:-
With reference to paragraph 8 of your confidential despatch of the 2nd August, Walter appointed Magistrate of Districts Island Mainland 21st May. Request you to sanction. Telegraph reply."
to which I received a reply as follows:-
2.
12th July. In reply to your telegram of yesterday's date, I appoint Walter
Magistrate Mainland and Island districts, dating from 21st May." Under clause 14 (1) of the Wei-bai-Wei Order in Council, 1901, the Secre- tary of State may appoint Magistrates for the district or districts of this territory, but it does not appear that the Commissioner has the power under that instrument to appoint an officer to act as Magistrate pending the confirmation of the Secretary
of State.
My attention had not been called to my apparent inability to make an acting appointment when I appointed Mr. Walter to act as Magistrate soon after my arrival here, which is the reason for my not having applied to you earlier for the necessary authority.
3. If the Commissioner has no power to appoint acting Magistrates, I would suggest that such power be conferred on him, for, in case of an emergency, the delay necessitated by a reference to the Secretary of State might be the cause of serious inconvenience to the public service.
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I have, &c.,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
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Commissioner.
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2. I am to invite His Lordship's attention to paragraph 55 of this report. Mr. Chamberlain presumes that Mr. Hare is correct in his views as to the national- ity of Chinese residents in Wei-Hai-Wei.
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No. 113A.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
COLONIAL OFFICE to BOARD OF TRADE.
[Answered by No. 114.]
(Confidential.)
SIR,
Downing Street, August 25, 1902. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to transmit to you to be laid before the Board of Trade a copy of a report on Wei-Hai-Wei by Mr. G. T. Hare, who has recently been acting as Assistant Commissioner of that Dependency.
2. I am to invite the attention of the Board to the 36th paragraph of this report, and to state that, if they see no objection Mr. Chamberlain proposes to approve the suggestion that the junkmen of Wei-Hai-Wei should be allowed to fly a Chinese pennant with the words "issued by the British Authorities" stamped upon it.
I am, &c.,
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SIR.
No. 114.
BOARD OF TRADE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received September 4, 1902.)
C. P. LUCAS.
Marine Department, 7, Whitehall Gardens,
London, S.W., September 3, 1902. I AM directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter with enclosures, of the 25th ultimo† and to state, for the information of Mr. Secre fary Chamberlain, that they concur in his proposal to approve the suggestion that the junkmen of Wei-ni-Wei should be permitted to fly a Chinese pennant stamped with the words " issued by the British Authorities."
I have, &c.,
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
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COLONIAL OFFICE to Mr. ALBERT GRAY.
(Confidential.)
IR.
[Answered by No. 119.]
Downing Street, August 25, 1902. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to inform you that a report* on Wei-Hai-Wei by Mr. G. T. Hare, late Acting Assistant Commissioner, contains the following passage:—
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With reference to part 5 of the Order in Council dealing with civil matters, is not clear what jurisdiction the Court of a Magistrate has in civil cases, and what appeal lies from it to the High Court.”
2. As the Order in Council (a copy of which is enclosed) was drafted by you Mr Chamberlain would be glad to learn your views on this point.
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(Confidential.)
IR,
No. 113.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUÇAS.
COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE.
[Answered by N», 123.]
Downing Street, August 25, 1902.
I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to transmit to you to be laid before, the Marquess of Lansdowne the enclosed copy of a report* on Wei-Hai-Wei by Mr. G. T. Hare, recently Acting Assistant Commissioner of that Dependency.
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No. 114.
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T. W. P. BLOMEFIELD
WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received September 6, 1902,)
[Answered, September 10, 1902, by 37318; not printed. This answer concurred in the suggestion ve a proposed Interdepartmental Conference and intimated that Mr. Lucas
could represent the Colonial Office thereon.]
War Office, London, S.W., September 6, 1902. I AM directed by the Secretary of State for War to acknowledge the receipt
SIR.
of your letter, No. 29218/1902, of the 18th ultimo, relative to the proposal that a small garrison should be retained at Wei-hai-Wei.
I am to state, for Mr. Secretary Chamberlain's information, that this proposal appears to be intimately connected with the question of the future British garrison of Northern China, the Secretary of State for War and the Commander-in-Chiet being adverse to any reduction of the approved garrison of Hong-Kong by the detachment of a portion of it to Wei-hai-Wei.
Mr. Secretary Brodrick has already proposed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies [? India that the strength and constitution of the British garrison in China, other than that of Hong-Kong, should be considered at an inter-Departmental Con- ference, composed of representatives of the India Office, Foreign Office, and this De-
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