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of

Cowloon in the province

of Kwangtung, of

lease was

the claims of any

which

a

to property

斥

granted in

perpetuity to Starry Smith

Parkes, Esquire, Companion

of the Bath, a member

༢

of

the Allied Commission at

Canton,

on

behalf

of

Her Britannic Majesty's Government by Lan Taung Kwang, Governor General

of the two Kwang.

It is further declared

of

that the lease in question hereby cancelled, that

is

on

Chincu

the said portion

of

Cowloon shall be duly

investigated by a mixed

Commission

of

British and

Chinese Officers, and that compensation shall be awarded by the British Government to whose claim shall be by

said

Chinese

the said commission

established, should his removal be deemed necessary

by

the British Government.

(True Copy)

by

Colonial Secretary Military