CO129-289 - Individuals - 1898 — Page 61

with common sense- in the existing colomy

d be treated as an

The formers?

integrar part of Hoby tong. view is taken by M. Lockheut of the acting goranor. The latter view,

Commended itself

to the ma

3.

our

little con

conference

Sin

I think I may say

majority I was most strong & advocated Cecil Smith. I hope this latter view will be taken by M. Chamberlain. It sams to me to be more politic-simple-

& more economical: more

it

confirms

at once

because politic the view that the

hased tenitary is for all intents and purposes Butish teritory. colony not protectorate, simplers & more economical because we have the

necessay Machining in existence & need not create

a wholly new administration.

Hond is a

Houg Hong

coloy

where we

have

Constantly hesitated between one

man ould tus in each brauch

the service. There has been too much

too little for work for one, We have rolled to gettinn colonial Secretary Mistral general (or Chinese bemetay as the registran general really is);

α

we must now

the

Vices again;

and

separate

M. Lockhart! Whom the Chinese want to take charge of the new teritory, will, has Colonial Sealtay

alone have time to attend to it, and can be, if necessary;

for a few weeks or months t hia time on the mainland.

+

have been without a permanent, We obsided of second

spend

magistrate

seconded

most of

keure

but wed

constantly had an acting one. We can now restore the second magistracy

and the

holder can travelt on the mainland and as

M. Lockkeut suggests (on pr.14) Strict supervision

A

exercise

over the native tribunals:

separate Preasurer is not wanted. The Preveme. In Hougting is lightly worthed - he

may require an assistant on the mainland

• but he can well control the receipts The head 4 Reablice Walls' in the

and the head of police and so forth

colony, can be given

d

What assistance is

necessary

Ata thell engineering

I take charge gate thell

police dusic.

on

and

the mainland.

respectively Sinto her treating the newstarity.

The reasons fo

as separate for administration pemproses

are hire

fold

-1. that the administration

for vertelt Sanders ar