CO129-369 - Acting Governor May Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [10-11] — Page 135

علا نمار

limit B

Ditish territinal.

we maintain

which

waters

گر

extend to the Tree mile limit-

British

Joes

Па

3

miles

Χ

(2)

if it

3 mile

pom to

در

limit extend

The island

7

soch.

Police

6686,

CONFIDENTIA L.

Hongkong.

to

Zacis

a similar

containing

Le Taco

Station i

mentioned

in para & horribly be held

difficulty.

practically

I Think,

its cas

But would be

/

covered

lis

Xe

Terms of Re

1898

Go 6686

Convention. (The matter discussed specifically 6686). In the case

5

apparently clain

a

The profits of the fish

Te minutes

M

Swallow Rock.

The Chinese

percentage

caught.

For the present

Fo.

ref to

31960

send copy and prev.

Corr

Lat

از

desizable

Jaroc

Observing

appear

present

necessary

any question

Swallow Roch. ทัน

Swallow Rock Helf

As proposed

unimportant.

20

x x

35/11

very

a.l.

25711

My Lord,

CO

34457

Rece

aros o NOV 10

133

Government House,

Hongkong, 8th. October, 1910.

With reference to Sir P. D.

Lugard's Confidential Despatch of the 2nd. of last

February and to subsequent correspondence as to the

boundaries of the New Territories added to this Colony by

the Convention with China dated the 9th. June, 1898,

have the honour to state that in September, 1904, Mr. C.

Clemonti, then member of the Land Court for the New

Territories, drew the attention of the Government to a

small rock called Swallow Rock (*) lying off Tai O

village, within 3 miles of the West coast of Lantao Island,

stating that it was reported to be a first class station

at certain seasons of the year for catching Wong-fa

() fish, that the rock was uncovered at all states

of the tide and was marked on the Admiralty Charts.

2.

It was then ascertained that a

Atome Hity 26711

man named Ch'an Kung-po (IR) of the village Shek

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

Tsai

THE EARL OF CREWE, &C.,

&cc

&C.