CO129-136 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [1-3] — Page 58

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diplomatic relations for the purposes to

which such relations are

CY

whether some

applicable;

specially complicated

substitution calculated to defeat the only object sought be preferable, as laid down by Sir R. Alcock.

The whole tenor of the latter's communication is to the effect that for the most ordinary business of life the Authorities of this Colony, including the Governor, should be regarded

as unfit

to be trusted in the smallest matters

and

he

supports this position with

grave and

a heavy diction of an

extraordinary and severe class. He

mainly relies

on a

despatch of Your

Grace, that relates to a matter of

a very different kind) _ a supposed question

of International Law, but

to my share

in which Your Grace labored at the

time under a

misapprehension

subsequently explained in

& March 1868. No 461.

paras. 4 to 8.

461.8. 4200/68.

As

my

despatch

shows, however, the local Magistrates

here and those of Kowloon will probably

be always compelled by a geographical

necessity superior to any

mere official

rules to hold

mutual communications

and that I stirred.

when needful, I regret

interfering in the matter at all, but I did so

for the

protection to the Kowloon Authorities, who I suppose will now..

be in a

more difficult position than ever. notice of the matter was

My

also the less