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Mapity's Government. He said that the Convention was clear on the suspect, but I quoted the Condition attached, that it was so remain under Chinese jurisdiction "Except so far as may be inconsistent with the Military requirements of Hong Kong" and reminded him that his predecessor had placed six hundred Chinese soldiers in the place, which practically reduced the effective strength of the garrison.
I denied that it was a walled city & cited the fact that it was simply a barrack, with inhabitants, & not even a single shop. I measured why it was only two hundred yards by one hundred. I offered, if he so desired, to send any members of his staff that he might wish to visit the place to see what a miserable enclosure it was.
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