CO129-285 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [9-10] — Page 11

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The natural and proper boundary between two

countries should be either a wide and deep river, or the ridges

of the hills forming the water sheds of different valleys,

It is intended that the waters of Mirs Bay and

of Deep Bay should be British, which I understand makes it ne-

cessary that Great Britain should also hold a strip of terri-

tory above high water mark however narrow.

Looking to the map it therefore seems desira-

ble that if possible England should lease from China the whole

of the Sun On District, the boundary of which seems to follow

the ridges of a chain of mountains.

This boundary is well known to the inhabitants

and its only objectionable feature would be its length.

Failing this I would suggest that the boundary

should be that of the Sun On District from the point where it

leaves Bias Bay on the North of Mirs Bay to the prominent

Mountain of Ng-tung-shan above the head of Starling Inlet and

then following the ridges of a chain of low hills close to the

parallel of 22°.351 north latitude to the shore of the sea

north of the chief town of the Sun On District.

If neither of the above can be arranged I would

suggest the line shewn on the annexed map, taking in a yard of

land above high water mark from the point where the meridian 114.30 cuts the head of Mirs Bay to where a ridge from Ng-

tung-shan runs down to the shore of Starling Inlet, then to

the top of Ng-tung-shan and from there following the ridge

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