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The Chinese fleet pays periodical visits to its own waters in Kowloon Bay - so that _ vitally unfortant as

it is

for

us to be able belose the entrances tour Harbour by mines or other destructions,_ the channels

Bclose half of the

are not strictly speaking,

ours

eastern channel and of the northern Channel on ther wesh belonguy of Chenn

5. That we do in practice lay submarine mines sight

own -

across –

2.R. In Chien waters as well as our

and make preparations for doing to in war Time, has

cloage appeared to me a matter which may possibly some day lead Dawkward complicaban which it would be wise to render unpossible by extension of our boundary to as to make the harbon completely our

our ow

6. The approach to the Lymoon Rass is for

true destance

Commanded by Chris Territory, and the British waters on the South of the Island are

limited for a

long distance ton width of about half & qe rule

owing

of the Chinese possession of Lamma Island.

IV. If the limits of the Colony had remained

as decombed

in the Royal Charter of 5 april 1843. org.as situate belie 22.9 and 22.21 North Latitude and between 14. 6' and 114. 18 East Longitude- huits which were again quoted in the Sustructions under H. th. Legh Manual reliqel to

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