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Lockhart's letter of the 20th.March, 1899 as a "aketch map"

showing the northern frontier as delimited by himself and

Mr. Wong. This map is not signed: there is no proof that it

was ever accepted by Mr.Wong or the Chinese Government.

(a) There is no even approximately correct map of the

E, W.& S. frontier of the New Territories which has any

authority.

2.

With regard to the Northern frontier

little difficulty is likely to arise. This frontier was in

the year 1905 marked out by the Public Works Department, from

the sea coast at Shat'aukok to the point from which the Sham

Chun River forms the frontier, with boundary stones inscribed

"Anglo-Chinese Boundary, 1898"; and, although this fact has

never been reported to the Chinese Government, there can be

little doubt that the line as marked on the ground would be

approved by that Government, inasmuch as the boundary stones

accurately follow the line agreed upon between Mr.Lockhart

and Mr.Wong Teun-shin.

3.

The Southern frontier as shown on

the map attached to the Convention is parallel of latitude

22o.91.0" N up to the point on the West where it meets the

island of Tal A Chau, and from that point it turne in a

straight line N.W. till it meets the S.W. tip of Lantao

Island.