The stay made here by the Hon. J. H. Stewart-Lockhart, C. M. G.. has been very brief. On Wednesday, the St ult,, he left Hongkong for London by the Empress of aaa, Ho took with him, I believe, a Hon, D. Ormsby, Diteetor of Public lengthy report on the new territory by the
Works, and will make a verbal report to the Colonial Office on the population and the best method of administering the affairs of the Ainterland, ete. ete, Some fresh suggestions as to boundaries have, I believe, also been made, and these will have to be considered. Probably the new Governor (Gir Henry Blake) will bring out with him a settlement of the whole of the disputed points.
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