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see para. 13
(It should be noted that this chart shows the southern
portion of the Western Boundary and the Western portion
of the Southern Boundary as it appears on the C.0. List
map. I refer to this later on*.)
map annexed to Convention.
9. On the receipt of these despatches and the map
Sir (then Mr)C.Lucas minuted; "The western boundary
presents a difficulty. The meridian shown on the map
as striking the land on the north has been found not to
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do so but to strike open sea.... The intention is to
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We propose therefore if F.0. consent to carry the
meridian on our map up as far as the latitude of the
peninsula and then to draw a straight line at right
The 7.0.were ac- angles to its southern-most point".
cordingly consulted. In paragraph 9 et seqq. we pointed out that some modification of the part of the boundary line from Lantao Island to the mainland was necessary; that it would not be satisfactory to alter
the line to 1130 53′ 29".7 because it would exclude from British territory an island half way between Lantao
and the point where the meridian cut the mainland; we proposed "to make the Western Boundary northward from Lantao follow the meridian originally selected (113° 52')
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to a point immediately to the west of the Southwesternmost point of the peninsula and thence to turn it directly East till it meets that peninsula... Mr Chamberlain assumes that it will not be necessary to refer to the Chinese Government as to the substance of this letter
The Foreign Office in reply observed that 113° 52' E. Long. was accepted by the Taungli Yamen as the Western Boundary without reference to the question
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