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Berial No.
From or to whom.
Despatch No, ka
Date.
1899.
Subject.
Page
December 13
November 24 | (Rec. Dec. 26.)
Concurs in proposals in No. 280
373
States his proposals regarding purchase 373
of sugar mills, referred to in No. 257, and their loan to the Chinese.
Transmits report by the Acting Land Officer in the new territory, giving estimates of cultivated acreage and Crown rent that may be expected.-
374
272 Foreign Office
Confil- dential.
1899.
November 3
Transmita copy of a note sent to Sir Lo Feng Luh concerning the retrocession of Sham Chun and the resumption of jurisdiction by the Chinese authorities in Kowloon city.
366
283 Foreign Office
284 Governor Sir H. A.
Blake.
327
November 15 (Rec. Dec. 18.)
272 Governor Sir H. A. Telegram (Rec. Nov. 4) States that the incorporation of Kowloon
Blake.
367
city necessitates issue of an Order in Council if the laws of the Colony are to be applied
273
Ditto
Telegram (Rec. Nov. 5)
285
Ditto
338
367
274
Foreign Office
Confi. dential.
November 6
States that the matsheds erected in the Sham Chun districtare being removed as quickly as possible, and, that evacuation will be completed in a week.
Transmits copies of telegrams sent to 367
Mr. Bax-Ironside and to the Chinese Minister conveying information and instructions as suggested in No. 271.
286
Law Officers
1900.
275
To Foreign Office...
November 7
Communicates purport of No. 273
368
287 To Governor Bir H. A. Blake.
2
January 4
276 Foreign Office
Confi- dential.
November 16
Transmita copy of a telegram from Mr. Bax-Ironside stating that the Yamên have instructed the Viceroy of Canton to protect friendly Chinese, and have asked that Her Majesty's Government will allow Chinese Officials in Kow- loon to exercise jurisdiction.
368
288
Governor 8ir H. A.
Blake.
Confi- dential,
277
Ditto
278
Law Officers
January 1
Dec. 8, 1899 (Received January 8, 1900.)
Reports on the points raised as to the 375
foreshore rights of Her Majesty's Government in Mira Bay and Deep Bay.
Enquires what expense will probably 376
be incurred in connection with the loan of sugar mills to the Chinese, and how it is to be met.
Reports evacuation of Sham Chan Val- ley sends copies of correspondence with Major-General Gascoigne, and requests that the services of Major Prendergast be brought to the notice of the War Office.
Transmits copy of correspondence with reference to the ownership_of_the foreshore of Mirs Bay and Deep Bay, and enquires whether the British claim to the foreshore should be pressed.
377
380
Transmits copy of map of Hong Kong. 881
and suggests that the Director of Military Intelligence should be sup lied with the particulars necessary to enable him to mark off the recently delimited boundary of the Colony.
Transmits copy of the Order in Council declaring the city of Kowloon to be part and parcel of the Colony of Hong Kong, and requests its immediate publication.
381
November 25
Transmits copy of a note from Sir Lo 369
Feng Luh protesting against the de-
cision of Her Majesty's Government not to allow the resumption of Chinese jurisdiction in Kowloon city.
289
To Admiralty
January 9
November 29 Returns, with amendments, draft Order | 370
in Council for including Kowloon city within the Colony of Hong Kong.
290 Foreign Office
January 11
279
To Foreign Office...
December 4
Presumes that Bir Lo Feng Luh has 371
been informed that the restoration of Chinese jurisdiction in Kowloon city is out of the question.
280
Ditto
291
To
December 8
Transmita copy of No. 278; proposes to submit the Order, as amended, to Her Majesty for approval.
372
Governor Sir H. A. Blake.
9
January 11
281
Governor Sir H. A.
Blake.
321
November 10 (Rec. Dec. 11.)
Gives, in reply to No. 246, a rough 372
estimate of the amount of agricultural land and the Crown rents derivable therefrom.
292
To War Office
Confi- dential.
January 23
Transmits copy of No. 288
293To Foreign Office...
January 26
282 Foreign Office
December 12
States that Sir Chilchen Lo Fêng-Luh's 373
letter, forwarded in No. 277, will not!
be answered, as he has been re- peatedly informed that the wishes of his Government could not be complied with.
States that, on the assumption that the Chinese Government will raise no objection, there is no objection to the map, enclosed in No. 290, showing the foreshore of Mirs Bay and Deep Bay as British, and with the boundary line traced on it, being placed on sale: transinits correspondence.
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294 To the Director of Military Intelli- gence.
1900.
January 26
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