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Reuters Agency learns tnat tne question or ti $^re administration ana settlement of.the; Kowlqpn extension .of Hong Kong is now under consideration, by, theauthoriti es, who are in possession of the report drawn up by the British Commission whidb recently completed a tour over the whole of the leased territory.hension has been expressed in Various Quarters _ „the native city of Kowloon, which, it is alleged, is thfe report of bad characters, and would form a sort of Alsatia ^jthi'h .fhe British sphere. This fear, it is ppiuted o.ut,. is unfounded, and can only be based on a misappreh^nsipn. , Kpwlppn City is a small walled city,. the majority of,, mpae inhabitants are Chinese soldiers forming tbp garrison there. In addition to the troops, there- tare only about 200 civilians in the place, This city is .distant about half a mile from the seashore, and- its suburbs,1 i^hich __ a ^ *• » M k V J « J a 9 A Vare of course outside the walls, run town ; tothe edge harbour opposite to Hong Kong. It ie in these suburbs that the gambling dens are situated apdwbare, the U^Ugerftus classes complained of have congregated. ■ .These , subp bs, being outside the city walls, are by the Convention leased to Great Britain. The extent of the territory leasedr by the Chinese Government is nearer 400 miles in extent than ithe 200 originally reported. The total popula ion numberS'about100,000 people, who live in a number of populous1 villagesscattered throughout the country; In many parts1 the land is well cultivated, and especially in the west., 11 is ver^'.f ertile. No difficulty is to be apprehended with the peopl e. The cbuntryin parts is said to possess great natural beauty, and to be not unlike the Highlands of Scotland. It is felt that-with theestablishment of a British government in the territory therewill, as in the case of Hong KoDg and Singapore* be .a jlatge influx of Chinese, and that a speedy development of Kowloon may be expected. One of the early works to. be comnu icedon the administration being taken over by the British: will probably be the construction of new ros ids, .:hopedthat in due time a railway between Kowloon and _ Canton will be made. A question that still has to be settled is that of the retention of the Chinese Custom^ stations, apd on this matter the opinion is expressed that the representations made on this subject to the British Government by so important a body asthe long Ko g Chamber of Commerce, urging the removal of the Chinese Customs, will be considered with .due regard tothe importance of the matter. g 1
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London and China Telegraph
London, Middlesex, GB
Mon, Oct 31, 1898
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