CO129-084 - War Office & Others - 1861 — Page 142

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Chinese inhabitants, that clarifying have been advanced to the whole peninsula, that under the Treaty then claimed, May be respected and that the land must therefore either be regranted to the present proprietors or their heirs purchased, he adds that a Commission for enquiring into their claims appointed by Lord Elgin is presently sitting at Hong Kong.

That if the Peninsula is rendered to the colony by the Military accompanying the only part suited for Commerce, it will not produce sufficient revenue to defray even the current expenses of the civil government of it, and it would not be fair to expect Hong Kong to be able also to purchase the proprietary claims which can never be remunerative.

For the Duke of Newcastle's decision on the matter, it would be well, I think, to write to the W. & stating that this Government is quite prepared to act on the Reservations in strict accordance with the views of Sir G. Lewis, and for this purpose perhaps the ...

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##Chinese inhabitants, that clarifying have been advanced to the whole peninsula, that under the Treaty then claimed, May be respected and that the land must therefore either be regranted to the present proprietors or their heirs purchased, he adds that a Commission for enquiring into their claims appointed by Lord Elgin is presently sitting at Hong Kong.That if the Peninsula is rendered to the colony by the Military accompanying the only part suited for Commerce, it will not produce sufficient revenue to defray even the current expenses of the civil government of it, and it would not be fair to expect Hong Kong to be able also to purchase the proprietary claims which can never be remunerative.For the Duke of Newcastle's decision on the matter, it would be well, I think, to write to the W. & stating that this Government is quite prepared to act on the Reservations in strict accordance with the views of Sir G. Lewis, and for this purpose perhaps the ...
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