is expected to arrive on or about the 26th inst., but the Colonial Secretary is not yet on his way back, and the date of his retarn is at present. unknown. Presumably the questions of the conditions of the cession of the Kowloon hinterland and of the mode of administration of the new territory are sti occupying the attention of the Colonial Office. No steps have yet been taken even towards hoisting the British flag on any portion of the new acquisition.
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