CO129-294 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [10-12] — Page 77

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of the Officers in Admiralty is to save goods cast on shore.

The shore between high and low water marks has always been held to be prima facie extra-parochial and cannot be held by any individual or corporation except by direct grant from the Sovereign, who controls the waters, or by ancient prescription. There appears to be no difference in the common law of China on this subject. One of the heads of the Clan owing Chung Chow told me they held sovereign rights over the whole island, and on inquiring how far over the sea he claimed these sovereign rights to extend he admitted that they stopped at high-water mark and that they had no claim to the foreshore.

All general rights of Her Majesty's subjects to the use of the sea extend to the use of the sea-shore without molestation between high and low water marks, and, with the extension of the waters, it is apprehended that these rights must necessarily follow into the extension, there being no exception stated in the Convention.

9. It seems to me, therefore, that the grant of the waters clearly includes the shore within the flow of the sea, the shore forming part of the waters, and forming no part of the adjacent territory.

Land Office 7/8/99

(Sd.) Bruce Shepherd.

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74 of the Officers in Admiralty is to save goods cast on shore. 7. The shore between high and low water marks has always been held to be prima facie extra-parochial and cannot be held by any individual or corporation except by direct grant from the Sovereign, who controls the waters, or by ancient prescription. There appears to be no difference in the common law of China on this subject. One of the heads of the Clan owing Chung Chow told me they held sovereign rights over the whole island, and on inquiring how far over the sea he claimed these sovereign rights to extend he admitted that they stopped at high-water mark and that they had no claim to the foreshore. 8. All general rights of Her Majesty's subjects to the use of the sea extend to the use of the sea-shore without molestation between high and low water marks, and, with the extension of the waters, it is apprehended that these rights must necessarily follow into the extension, there being no exception stated in the Convention. 9. It seems to me, therefore, that the grant of the waters clearly includes the shore within the flow of the sea, the shore forming part of the waters, and forming no part of the adjacent territory. Land Office 7/8/99 (Sd.) Bruce Shepherd.

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74 of the Officers in Amiralty is to save goods cast on shore. 7. The shore between high and low water marks has always been held to be prima facie extra-parochial and cannot be held by any individual or corporation except by direct grant from the Sovereign, who controls the waters, or by ancient, prescription. There appears to be no difference in the common law of China on this subject. One of the heads of the Clan owing Chung Chow told me they held sovereign rights over the whole island, and on inquiring how far over the sea he claimed these sovereign rights to extend he admitted that they stopped at high-water mark and that they had no claim to the foreshore. 3. All general rights of Her Majesty's subjects to the use of the seɛ extend to the use of the sea-shore without molestation between high and low water marks, and, with the extension of the waters, it is apprehended that these rights must necessarily follow into the extension, there beingno exception stated in the Convention. 9. It seems to me, therefore, that the grant of the waters clearly includes the shore within the flow of the sea, the shore forming part of the waters, and forming no part of the adjacent territory. Land Office 7/8/99 (Sd.) Bruce Shepherd.

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of the Officers in Amiralty is to save goods cast on shore.

The shore between high and low water marks has always

been held to be prima facie extra-parochial and cannot be

held by any individual or corporation except by direct

grant from the Sovereign, who controls the waters, or by

ancient, prescription. There appears to be no difference in

the common law of China on this subject. One of the heads

of the Clan owing Chung Chow told me they held sovereign

rights over the whole island, and on inquiring how far

over the sea he claimed these sovereign rights to extend

he admitted that they stopped at high-water mark and that

they had no claim to the foreshore.

All general rights of Her Majesty's subjects to the use

of the seɛ extend to the use of the sea-shore without

molestation between high and low water marks, and, with the

extension of the waters, it is apprehended that these

rights must necessarily follow into the extension, there

beingno exception stated in the Convention.

9. It seems to me, therefore, that the grant of the

waters clearly includes the shore within the flow of the

sea, the shore forming part of the waters, and forming no

part of the adjacent territory.

Land Office 7/8/99

(Sd.) Bruce Shepherd.

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