Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Denby to Mr. Sherman.

Legation of the United States,
Peking, China, April 20, 1898.

No. 2917.]

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that Kwangchau Bay, which has been recently ceded to the French Government for ninety-nine years, is situate on the southwestern coast of China, in the district of Leichou, Kwangtung Province.

The harbor is said to be a good one. The country back of it is highly productive. One of the chief products is sugar.

I have, etc.,

Charles Denby.