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No. 274.
Hongkong.
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Hongkong, 4th. June, 1903.
I have the honour to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your Despatch No. 146 of 24th. April, enclosing a
letter from the Admiralty upon the subject of a Naval Reserve
of an area surrounding Long Harbour.
2.
This matter has been the subject of cor-
respondence between this Government and the Commander-in-Chief
on the China Station. The copies attached of Sir Cyprian
Bridge's letter of 11th. and Sir William Gascoigne's reply of
the 21st. June, 1902, will show the position taken by this
Government.
laure /
Laure!
d June, 1902.
3.
Around the shores of Long Harbour and
Grass Island there are several villages, and a considerable
population of fishermen, who dry their nets upon the hill-
sides. Numbers of Junks and Boats belong to the harbour which
forms a harbour of refuge in typhoons. If these people are to
be removed, their various rights must be acquired at the
expense of the Admiralty. I consider that a Naval Reserve
such as that proposed would be inconvenient and that whatever
the Navy requires should be definitely acquired. There is no
difficulty in declaring the Long Harbour and Jones' Sound
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
reserved
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P、、
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