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NFIDENTIAL.

Hongkong.

My Lord,

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Governisat House,10),

Hongkong, 1st.March, 1910.

Two British Officers arrived in

Hongkong in November last and proceeded under orders from

the War Office to survey the district in Chinese territory,

immediately across the British frontier, accompanied by 5

Indian Surveyors. They obtained their passports from the

Wai-mu-pu in Peking through the British Minister, but no

mention was made on the passport that they were going to

survey. No intimation was sent to me, nor did I see the

Officers when they passed through Hongkong.

2.

No opposition I am informed was

met with in the district immediately adjacent to our

frontier, but a little further on the opposition grew more

and more pronounced until they had to stop the work and

return here on January 17th. The two Officers shewed much

tact I am told, and were most conciliatory, but they

could not speak Cantonese, and the presence of Indians is

particularly

RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF CREVE

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