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Sir William Nobinson,K,&,

Hong Kong 17th November 1894,

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At the interview with which you were so food as to favour no en

Thursday last,I took the liberty of calling your Freellenny's atton-

tion to the very limited extent of the Colony's territory on the

apposite mainland of Thina; to the very close proximity of the Chiaogo

boundary line to the harbour and city of Victoria and to the forti?k=

cations that defend both; to the very great danger to which, in iine

of war, the Gelony would, in sozzoquanno,bo exposed and to the very great inconventosoos no suffor,even in tine of peace,and 1 ventured to sucéest for your Exosilonay'a consideration that thọ procent van

a most favourable time for obtaining, if pounible,a rondjuntuont of

soundaries and an extenutou of territory such as could obviate these

inconveniences and prociudo those dangers, in the future, { further

eurgested that your Excellency afght usefully call the attention of

the fovernuent in England to our position; to the dandore attendant

it, accentuated as they have back by rocant events in China, and to

the opportunity now precontud of lapreving that sozition by negotiam tions with the Chinese Governnoni, Your Excelionay san ao food

Beta Aparave of what i unid and to pronisa sa forward and support

kay reprennatations I might make to you in writing on the subject, and that you would bn giad to have then set forth at length,with the rea- CORE in support. ! haf discussed the matter about a mouth provi- onely with the Fanorable the lesing Colonial Secretary but onày in brief, and I now bug to rubnit for your Execlionay's consideration a feli statenent of the ongo as it appears is me and of the many res” 1088 that sooned to so io sonour in randarleg is desirable that un effort should be now undo,and a vigoroun offeri, so onlarge the bong» daries of the Holony,not for the sake of territory,hes shedly sad - tolely for the sake of ita novo officient aisialdization and

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