CO129-289 - Individuals - 1898 — Page 62

should be localised

2. that a

people

in the midst of the people

accustomed to

primitive

law custom & so forth should not be tied up too soon in ved

and take.

As to the first, M. Lockhart da

suggests that the administrative centre of the new terriism should to Taipohu, which is on Polo haubom; het

he

talking

into consideration that the island

of Lantoo is an impatant part of

new cession, I remembering

Many a Sond Ford

I loads and So

the

the abbrence it will be

fatted the city of Victoria Taifonu

as central as

is really As to the second point. What is wanted is

suitable meu, hoad malking, and gwanmint" laundues between the islands. I should contemplar. some such procedure as the follows. The ader in Council, now veeived to be sent out to Sir H. Blake with instructions to proclaim it on a

certain day:

1

the

umation to be as

proclamation

worded by m2 Lockhart, on the first page of the print Eastern No 66. The

the Feriting

h be

day for tathing over fixed if possible at a date a short

time hence which will give a little more holiday in

M: Lock hart

England

2 allow

sem from the my that

× I mean to fix a ontain day for taking

circa

the

turition (PK

Marked

B

M-Cax should ser M. Good man the Attorney Semar 9 Hay Hay

d

instruct him explicitly as to this. Mi-G.

is now metrov CPL.

the lovers

in force in the said colon shall affe to ove cap in frice wither they and

distuit. Proves that

་་

him to get back in time: Mi Lockhart

to be permanently relieved

of registro..

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recessary temp as far as is necessary.

genual, a

the duties , a to be, if thought

duties of colonial

regime

me is in workin

set free from the ordinary duties of

secretay

until the new

order loads. Surveys, land settlement -to which I will

refer

later-

to be

pushed on with all basmable speed. and a colonial ordinance to be passed In some such tum's as the fociomie, which

M. Cox have roughly dictated to me but not thrown ing. any final shape

Whereas Convention)

--[nciling

the effect of

the

$

the

省

the teritor leased to H.M. by Empera of China shall be known as

the

district

g

L

the colony of Hong i-

the

and the ordinances enumerated in Schednie here to annexed shall not unders

"Ju, clamation is made in the manner

.. hereafter provides apply to the said

The

governor may by proclamation published in the Gazette diet that from a day to be named in the sail prodlarnation