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No

67

HongKong

IPERNI

PUBLIC RECORD.OFFICE

Reference :-

C.O.537

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-

COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO

and that

Chinses waters in dangerous proximity to our defences, we could not dislodge them, or even complete our submarine mining defences without committing what would practically be a violation of Chinese territory.

The extension of our frontier proposed in the Report

of the Joint laval and Military Committee, referred to above, would entirely remove this evil, and would .not of itself neces- sarily demand any addition to the existing garrison or defence

works of Hong Kong.

Under these circumstances Lord Lansdowne considers hat a prompt settlement of this question in our favour would creatly conduce to the security of our important coaling station at long long, and he desires me to inquire whether any result has accrued from the action promised in the Foreign Office letter dated 9th December 1895, that formed the enclosure to your sepret letter to the War Office of the 11th December

1895.

I have the honor to be,

sir,

Your Obedient Servant,

G. Lawsore

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State

Foreign Office

Mr.

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Mr. Ancas 20

Mr. Fairfield.

Mr. Wingfield.

Mr. Bramston.

Sir B. Meade.

Earl of Selborne.

Mr. Chamberlain.

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20 August-96

With reference

to

previons carespondence I

am directed

by M. Sconetary

Chamberlain to request you

to lay before the Marquis 9 Salisbury the enclosed copy of a letter from the Was office respecting the proposed extension of

the colonial boundaries

9 Hongkong

M. Chamberlain considers the matter to be one of

and

great importance "I am to ark whether any communication

yet

been addretted to the Chinese government.

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