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territory leased to Great Britain along the

line of high water mark in Mirs Bay from

the meridian of 114° 30' E., and the Pro-

elamation enclosed in your despatch of the

15th April, 1899, stated that the boundary

followed the high-water mark along the coast

of Deep Bay to the meridian 1130 52 E.

The Convention itself stated that the area

leased to Great Britain, as shown on the

map annexed to that Convention, included

the waters of Mirs Bay and Deep Bay.

3.

It appeared to the Law officers

that the term "the waters of Mirs Bay and

Deep Ray" must include the ground covered

by the waters of these Bays, and that no

distinction could be drawn between the

foreshore and the soil of the bays below

low water mark. This appeared to the Law

Officers to follow from the fact that the

boundary was traced along highwater mark.

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