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Subject.
Page.
Sorial |
No.
Despatch
From or to whom,
Date.
No., 4:0.
Estimates.
69 To Treasury
January 13
Transmits with remarks copies of Nos.
65 and 67.
54
17
Acting-Governor Sir W. J. Gascoyne (Hong Kong).
5
70
Treasury
January 20
Proposes to await the Report of the Interdepartmental Committee before building a native town on Liu-kung- Tao, and to reduce the grant-in-aid of £15,000 by £3,000.
55
78 War Office...
...
Confi- dential.
71
Commissioner
Sir
Secret
A. R. F. Dorward,
December 12, 1901. (Rec. Jan. 21, 1902.)
12
Acting Commissioner
Cowan.
25
December 16,
1901. (Rec. Jan. 22, 1902.)
Desertions from the Chinese Regiment. Reports on; calls attention to malicions statements made in North China and Buggests that enquiry be made through the British Legation, Peking.
Stone Quarries. States, with reference to No. 59, that by prescription and custom quarries be- long to the landlord, but that there is sufficient stone for building purposes on the island of Liu-kung or the ruins of the old Chinese forts would on the mainland supply granite already cut and squared for building purposes.
Departmental Conference on Matters of Administration.
56
79 To Treasury
58
73
Admiralty.
Confi- dential,
January 22
Transmits copy of the Report of the Conference and states that the Ad- miralty are prepared to accept the Report.
58
74
Acting-Commissioner
Cowan,
27
75
Ditto
Conti. dential,
December 20, 1901. (Rec. Jan. 28, 1902.)
British Dollar as Legal Tender. Reports that no steps have been taken to ascertain whether the British dollar would be accepted in the walled city and in Chefoo, and that he proposes to defer action until that has been done.
50
December 26, 1901. (Rec. Feb. 5,
1902.)
Chinese Jurisdiction in the Walled Town of Wei-hai-Wei.
Considers that there is no likelihood of 60
its abolition by the Governor of Shan Tung on his own initiative; suggests
a compromise by the appointment of
a Chinese magistrate under the super- vision of the Commissioner.
Inter-Departmental Conference on Matters of Administration. Notifies receipt of the Report of the Committee; expresses concurrence and enquires whether War Office
concur.
76
To War Office
...
February 8
80 To War Office
449
Confi- dential.
1903.
xi
Bubject.
Page.
January 6 (Rec. Feb. 10)
February 12
February 14
February 14
Appeals to the Supreme Court of Hong Kong. States, in reply to No. 62, that the sug- gested amendment in the Order as to appeals to the Fall Court is not ne- cessary.
Interdepartmental Conference on Mat- ters of Administration., Concurs in the Report of the Committee subject to the provisos specified; enquires whether the services of any of the British officers and non-com- missioned officers, or native soldiers now serving in the Chinese Regiment will be needed to form the uncleus of the future police force of Wei- hal-Wei.
Concurs in the proposal to reduce the amount of the grant-in-aid for 1902-3 to £12,000. Transmits with remarks copies of enclosure in No. 73 and enquires whether the conclusions of the Conference are assented to.
Acknowledges receipt of No. 78; ex- presses willingness to give the pledge aaked for in No. 78, subject to the understanding contained in No. 79; proposes to consult Mr. Lockhart, the new Commissioner, as regards the nucleus of the new police force and enquires whether such of the arms and equipment of the Chinese regi- ment as may be suitable for the new police force could be placed at the disposal of the Civil Administration when no longer required.
Assants to the conclusions of the Con-
ference.
Chinese Jurisdiction within the Walled Town of Wei-hai-Wei. Concurs in the proposed instructions to Mr. Lookhart and sees no objections to attempting to settle the question on the lines suggested by Major Cowan; transmits copy of a despatch from Sir E. Satow expressing the opinion that the time is not opportune for a representation to the Chinese Govern- ment, and proposes to approve the course suggested.
62
62
122243
62
63
63
61
81
Treasury
1.
February 19
82
Foreign Office
February 24
63
To Acting-Commis-
sioner Cowan.
5
February 28
Estimates for 1901–2 and 1002-8. Conveys decision on proposals made in
No. 65.
65
61
81
Ditto
...
Confi- dential.
February 28
+
Future Garrison. Transmite copy of the Report of the Interdepartmental Committee, and makes remarks on the conditions required by the War Office.
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From or to whom.
Despatch No., ko,
Date.
85
Commia. Acting -
sioner Cowan.
Secret
xii
1902.
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