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between Hingkung

the maniland in order

to penetrate to the Canton River.

In reply Jam &

request ju

out to the Earl

to point

f

Kiin.

berley that the question of the

over

jugirdiction

Рало

ow Eas

Tern

Entrance to the harbour

of Hangking

been authoritatio

has never

Caritatives

settled, and it would

in Lord Riponis opinion

be Andercable in

"Connection with the

now raised to avoid

issue what is affarents admitting the view

of

the

" ( Chinese for that

there is concurrent

jurisdictio waters. In

over

Mese

any

case

which form the

namely

273

of course the central part of the Harbour, between thedh Hungtung & British Kowloon is wholly Britishiffe

is that

vessels

Pass it coulderly with one of two objects, Lord Risen presume

that the Japanese

would not attempt & pass through waters, which

British,

ле

am

wholly

they would

have to do if the Entered the Harbour.

with the object of

taking that route to the Canton River, hat his Lordship apprehends

That