CO129-289 - Individuals - 1898 — Page 70

was raised at the time

of the Convention

and it would not be wise to raise it

again

As

regards the concluding

of this paragraph on page 18

the whole

g

as

words

the island of

Lautan is

the report, Kaula!

based to us and the difficulty there Contemplated does not arise.

it seems to me

The question is whether the northan brundan,

^

inland should be curved nothwards for adminis

-trative reasons so as to include this

Chinese town of Sham Chun. It might

to the

be well to affice the constant.

through the

the Foreign

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difficulties

t

smaggling

which might arise

administrative centre

t Yo!

and otherwise

if

this town - the

the district-

is left just outside the boundary and to suggest that it should be included in the leased area or, if this is refused, that the custom house there should be in charge of the Hompisany government, to which objection than

there could be no more

to a Chinese custom Nouse in

Hong Kong. This question must be

S

To which hun

ht

settled before the boundary can be delimited.

d the final demarcation husbably

emirdied in a new Orda in Cameil an saygusted by the

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Leaving out further details at present,

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as time is pressing - it seems to me that the following action is taken without further delay.

-1. Compliment M-Lockhart on the

what-

the

ment is well deserved-

compliment

ask him when he can

go out - I say be

This We will receive further

instuitines

He is prepared to go about the middle

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just month an..

Wishes

very

much to be

on the spot when the Fenittyin taken over

-_ 2. Send copy of the report to the Was tie

If the intelligence department, call

the War gffice the attention of the War

to the

fficers mentioned in it. Mach the letter Confidential & invite observations if

the War Wick:

wish to make any Send also, and Siz W Hamilton supperts, totte CDC.

If fie w Hamilton suggests,

3. Send copy confidentials to the Admicell

-call attention to the

gficers

mentioned

and note the necessity [page 3 of the Export] for a survey of Beef. Bay M. Lockhart teil! me that there is a surveying ship at Wei ha wei which