CO129-291 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [5-6] — Page 738

Locally from the Chinese Government I ask them by degrees on a settlement of the Hong Kong boundary question.

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So proceed

pay

I don't see how we could expend money for the new Police buildings but we must refer the position to Mr. Hillier.

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We shall have to keep the

Waglan Island-

Station

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RECO Race 13 JUL 18

Government House,

Hong Kong,

The 10th June, 1899.

PRINTED

FOR

THE

COLONIAL

OFFICE

With reference to the taking over of the leased area of Kowloon Extension there are two matters on which I desire to receive your instructions.

2. The removal of the Chinese Imperial Customs from the territory releases a number of buildings, some of which have already been taken over as Police stations and some that are not at present required by the Government. I understand that at Wei-Hai-Wei no payment has been made for public buildings evacuated by the Chinese, but Mr. Hillier, the late Commissioner of Customs here demanded payment for the buildings. I declined to entertain his application, but gave him a receipt for each building taken over by us. I shall be glad to be informed if in your opinion payment should be made for those buildings.

Included within the leased area is the small island of Waglan on which there is an important lighthouse hitherto kept up by the Chinese Government. So far no proposal

The Right Honourable

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

&C.

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