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f O • | • f * • » iI M t * - t1 - f •THE EXTENSION OF,Reuter’s Agency learns that the question administration an I settlement of. nhe l^wlgon extension .of Hong Kong is now under consideration, by, the; Imperial authorities, who are in possession of the report drawn up bythe British Commission whidh wcdhtly coinpleted a tourover the whole of the leased territory. Some apprehension has been expressed in Various quarters „the native city of Kowloon which, it is alleged, is thfe j * sjaort; of bad characters, and would form a sort of Alsatia v^ithi'n|he British sphere. This fear, it is pointed p,utfc is unfpngded,and can only be based on a misapprehensipn. KpwJgon City is a small walled city,. the majority ot ; .whpse inhabitants are Chinese soldiers forming; the garrison there. In addition to the troops, there- tare only about 200 civilians in the place. This city is .distantabout half a mile from the seashore, and- its suburbs,' Whichare of course outside the walls, rgn down ; to the edge harbour opposite to Hong Kong. It ip in these suburbs that the gambling lens are situated and where, the dangemusclasses complained of have congregated, ■ These eubntbs, being outside the city walls, are by the Convention leased toGreat Britain. The extent of lt;the territory leased n.by ■ theChinese Government is nearer 400 miles in exten than H le 200 originally reported. The total population number^'about 100,000 people, who live in a number of populous' villages scattered throughout the country; In many parts' the lanfi is well cultivated, and especially in the west.. It is verjp. fertile. No difficulty is to be apprehended With the people. The cbuntryin parts is said to possess great natural beauty, and tobe not unlike the Hi jhlands of Scotland. It is felt that-with the establishment of a British government in the territory there will, as in the case of Hong KoDg and Singapore* t t .a atge influx of Chinese, and that a speedy development of Kowloon may be expected. One of the early works to be commencedon the administration being taken over by the British.! will probably be the construction of new roads, !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 Customs stations, apd on this matt* cthe opinion is expressed that the representations made on this subject to the British Government by so important a body as the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce, urging the removal of the Chinese Customs, will be considered with due regard tothe importance of the matter.
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London and China Telegraph
London, Middlesex, GB
Mon, Oct 31, 1898
Page 13
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