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inscription upon it: but there can be little doubt that,

after verification, the Chinese Government would agree to

what has been done, as the stone correctly indicates the

spot at which the boundary meridian cuts Chinese Territory.

5

In connection with the Western

Frontier difficulties have already arisen. The Convention

contents itself with saying that "the limits of British

Territory shall be enlarged under lease to the extent

indicated generally on the annexed map",- which map shows

the Western frontier as extending from the point where the

meridian of longitude 113°.52' E of Greenwich intersects

the Chinese mainland to the North to the point where the

same meridian meets the N. coast of Lantao Island on the

South From the latter point the frontier is apparently the

coastline of Lantao as far as the S.W. tip of that island

and thereafter a straight line connecting the S.W. tip

of Lantao with the S.W. point of Tai A Chau.

But the

mainland of China is most inaccurately shown on the map

attached to the Convention and it will be apparent from

the map given in the Colonial Office list, which is less

inaccurate, that the meridian 113. 52′ E, instead of

meeting