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of China's allowing buildings to be placed on the Rook, Hongkong will pay acknowledgment of the island's being the property of China.

(2.) Or, the Hongkong Government will build the Lighthouse,

Lighthouse, and hand it

a nominal rent in cak

over

of China,

when completed to the care

agreeing on these conditions

China aquecing

either to undertake the.

lighting

with

or to allow

its own men at its own cost,

the Hongkong Government to have

charge of it

" (3) Or, if China will undertake to build the Lighthouse

and maintain

the light, Hongkong will pay $80,000 for the cost incurred, it being agreed that of China fail to preserve the light, the Hongkong Tovernment charge of it. The Hongkong sovernment

may

take

stimates that it could build the

for

for

Light house with its own men the above en; but to facilitate the work it would prcrease

the

ancount

to

to

16 $ 90,000 on condition that the work be completed and the lamps ready for

two

lighting within tive years from June

Neat.

Jan

an of

Copinion

that of these three proposals the best to accept would

be the first, namely that Hongkong should build and maintains the light, paying

a nominal rent in recognition of China's retaining the ownership of

the rock.

The island is a useless rock, and

the difficulty of the work will be auch

that I do not think it could be

a quar

Completed for a

Cost

of $70,000. The et of maintaining it dalar calculate at more than Hs. 3,000 per And it would be much easier for the Government than for myself Hongkong.

to furnich supplies.

Annunz

Dated 6th March, 1888. (XIV · 1·2·4)

and accompanied by two small maps (which are not sent with the copy).