CO129-084 - War Office & Others - 1861 — Page 22

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Off

I lose no time in drawing

up a Report on the subject

submitted to their committee

I have now the honor to

forward copy of Dispatch addressed by H. Excellency Sir James Grant to the Secretary for War & State

I take the opportunity of making

some remarks on its

contents:

The lease was obtained

by the Hon Gent of the

Canton Morrice whilst I was

sojourning at Canton, & I

brought the copy of it with me to H.Kong.

However it is a matter

of authority; this is an

instance

as at Moa Arces requests

I myself gave written authority to

acquire

the lease,

the Land under

as I advised You

of very slight import; Grace in Dark. No 33

I was not aware

that there was any doubt

on the subject.

(signed) J. Hopegrant

Lt Gov

See proclamation

by

du Pie H. Grant's Regarding this I would observe Earl of Elgin, dated

and paragraph it is stated was part out of the Mid ? th

that the money for the Newt

my thing the 19th fan" /60 of the Mid 9 th my long the My merced a that the Lease of Kowloon by my order & that the ther

was granted to her Parkes as

was obtained by one of the Allied Commissioner

den

Parkes under his

who act only under the direction of the Chief Com

26

March 1860.

In the next para:

it is stated that Lord

Elgin placed the ground

under the final direction

of the Colony: my previous

despatches will show

that we

are still

waiting the final document by which the cession is to be