CO129-218 - Administrator Marsh Governor Sir Bowen & Others - 1884 [11-12] — Page 116

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the Northern shore of the harbour is a source of great inconvenience and of insecurity for property' ; but should

this territory fall into the hands of any foreign power, other than great Britain, the Consequences would be

disastrous

1. Ow the attached plan the ドン

lands I recommend to be acquired

are colored yellow, and the frontier

I propose is drawn from the Northe

of Stonecutter's island to a creek of

Juir's

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Bay.

In the event of hostilities with China, the presence of one or two gunboats in Mirs bay, would restrict the line to be defended to the

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sance extent of frontier

porcess.

17.

As

as we hol

t to defensive works

Yet

have been constructed at Kowloon

for the protection of our present

existing proutier.

18. The land to be acquired by

this arrangement, though apparently

Very extensive, is not valuable in itself. It is all of a rough and hilly nature, with no natural vegetation,

little or no cultivation

-resident population.

19.

and a small.

In conclusion I beg to report

that I have forwarded a copy of

this letter to Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at Peking, and

also