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the present occasion.
A reference to the despatches cited in the margin will show that as far back as 1868-69 the necessity was felt
for placing the authorities of Hongkong in comunication
1868. with the Chinese subordinate authorities at Kowloon in
No.70. 5,1869.
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cases of emergency and the British Minister of that day was
instructed by Lord Clarendon to make arrangements for such communication with a view to mutual assistance to prevent dis- order or to track out fugitive criminals. But as Lord Gran- ville, who was then Secretary of State for the Colonies, clearly pointed out in his despatch of the 13th of harch,
1869, it was intended that this intercourse should be placed
under such restrictions as would secure that it should be cor fined to matters of imxliate urgency and practical detail on which no differences were likely to arise and which would not involve any encroachment upon the province of the Diplomatic
or Consular Authorities.
The same point was quin raised in
ely the same way, as will be
1805 and was decided in precis seen from ltr. O'Coner's despatch No. 300 of September the 8th
and Lord Salisbury's reply No. 288 of November 12th of that
year.
The
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