CO129-406 - Public Offices - 1913 — Page 271

Lourous that the Letters Patent

were drawn up on

the

model afforded by the

the case of New

Zealand, which provided

for the erection (N.2. & its dependencies into a separate colony within antin specified degrees f longitude and paralelo Wititude.

3. I am recordingly individ

to hosume that the fact that mly the island of Hong Kong has been ceded

other late Rajurty by

The Traby & ranking

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was onlooked, & that the

phraseology suitable to the

cres 1 N. Zealand was

appled in thout sufficient

modification to the new

Colony & tong Kong.

4. The matter housses is

A

not

1

guest importance since the lens the Turkey. must necessanty

he

decerisk, the Letters Patent being manlyon

I the motruments for the goo! I the tentory aded by the Traty. 5 I may add that the

ratification the Tucky