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to accept the modification made in the western boundary

and the slight modification in the southern boundary.

He further observes that Lord Crewe is anxious that

His Majesty's Minister should obtain explicit recogni-

tion of the claim of His Majesty's Government to terri-

torial powers within the three mile limit and to the

foreshore of Mirs Bay and Deep Bay.

I am to state in reply that Sir E. Grey concurs

generally in the views expressed in your letter and

that a copy will be sent to His Majesty's Chargé d'Af-

faires for his observations.

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I am at the same time to point out that having

regard to the very strong feeling now prevailing

throughout China as to the so-called "recovery of

rights" over all foreign concessions and settlement,

and nowhere more strongly entertained than at Canton,

the present moment would seem far from opportune for

approaching the Chinese Government on the subject.

Sir E. Grey therefore entirely agrees with the sugges-

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tion that action should be postponed until the settle-

ment of the Kowloon Canton Railway question, by which

time