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*This stone is in Longitude 113° 52' 0" E. Fixed by Lieut.

"and Commander F.M.Loake R.N. and the officers of H.M.S.

* "Bramble*. From a point at High water mark due South

*of this stone the boundary follows the shore of Lantao to

"the Westward. To the Southward it runs due South to the

*parallel of 22° 9' 0" N”.

(b) on the North side of Lantao

1902

"This stone is in Longitide 113° 52' 0" E. Fixed by Lieut.

# and Commander F.M.Leake R.N. and the officers of H.M.S.

" "Bramble". From a point at High water mark due North of

"this stone, the boundary follows the shore of Lantao to the

"Westward. To the Northward it runs due North until it meets

"the parallel of the Southern extremity of Namtao peninsula

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From this it is evident (a) that

the inscription on both stones takes no account of Mr.

Chamberlain's dictum that a strip of water three miles in

width around all islands leased by the Convention is in-

cluded in the lease: (b) that, if the inscription on the

stones is held to be correct, Tai O Police Station and Po

Chu Tan are not included in British Territory; (c) that the

description on the Southern stone does not agree with the

delineation of the South Western boundary as shown on the

map attached to the Convention; and (d) that the description

on the Northern stone does not agree with the delineation

of the North-Western boundary as shown on the map attached

to

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