CO129-318 - Governor Sir Blake - 1903 [7-10] — Page 551

HONG KONG

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Rec 4 NOV 03.

Governor. No.

Blake 462

1903

20ef

(Subject.)

Leases to gather shells reoral off the coast, of

Lantao I land.

Last previous Paper. Its pc thon fcertain residents of the Island, praying that leases granked may be cancelled, so that they may resume the occupation from which the leases debar them. I do extract from minutes of Exec. Corneil beeping on the iome of the leases. This copy tr. from Deacon & stastings showing why Govt decided to grant leaxe, Unable to recommend that he be pranted.

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the letter

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must decline

to interfere but g sumed to

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Next subsequent Paper.

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the

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ought to have enquired

more closely into the existence of ummsmarial usage as

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