Administer the British Settlement (which is Chinese soil vested in Great Britain) at Shanghai, bewildered for an extension of its borders gifts.
The Chinese Government at first refused the ground that the Municipality had permitted a limited number of Chinese Merchants and traders to reside in the Settlement when it might have economized space by refusing to admit them.
Does not the Chinese Government too place restrictions on the movements of British subjects in China without its permission, and does it not prohibit them from owning land outside the recognised Treaty Port?
In the face of the above facts is it conceivable that the Chinese Government, if it felt aggrieved, would raise objection to, or at, the principle underlying the Peak Reservation Ordinance?
When we remember that the persons principally affected by the Ordinance are the Chinese of Hongkong - especially that the Chinese community largely accepted the Ordinance as a reasonable measure?
Believe me, yours sincerely,
Amaz...
Englishmen in the interior of
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& Great Butain)
at Shanghai, beautyushed for
In extension of its borders
gits
The
Chinese foot. at first refused the ground that the Brunicipality
had permitted a lomitest number of
Chinese Merchants had traders to
reside in the suttlement when it
Might have
Economized span by
Referangto admit.
them
Does not the Chineal fort: too place
Ustrictions on the movements of
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of china without it's permission, and
does it not prohibit them from owning
land ontaude the leognised Treaty.
Port ?
In the face of the above,
- facts is it
Onceivable that the cuinese foot :
1 fal aggrieved
would raise offrction to or,
at, the primiple underlying the Peak
Reservation Ordinance
When we remember
principally affected
of Hongkong-
especially
that the person.
the Chinese
Lair acceptest the birdinance
do a reasonable measure?
Believe me
Gruen sincerely Amaz
Englishmen
in the interior of
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