Annex B
Ami it is further ordered that from a date to be fixed by a Proclamation of the Governor of Hong Kong all laws and Ordinances which shall at such date be in force in the Colony of Hong Kong shall take effect in the District of Kowloong, and shall remain in force therein until the same shall have been altered or repealed by Her said Majesty or by the Legislative Couzod or other competent Legislative Authority of Hong Kung.
And the Most Noble the Duke of Newcastle, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly,
Arthur Heeps.
ORDER IN COUNCIL PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
OF
TERRITORIES THE ACQUIRED BY HER MAJESTY CHINESE CONVENTION OF JUNE 9, 1893.
ADJACENT ΤΟ
UNDER
!!ONG KONG THE ANGLO-
At the & curt at Balmoral, the 20th day of October, 1898.
PRESENT,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas by a Convention dated the 9th day of June, 1898 (a), between Her Majesty and His Toperial Majesty the Emperor of China, it is provided that the limits of British territory in the regions adjacent to the Colony of Hong Kong shall be enlarged under lease to Her Majesty in the manner described in the said Convention :
And whereas it is expedient to make provision for the Government of The territories acquired by Her Majesty under the said Convention, during the continuance of the said lease :
It is hereby ordered by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, as follows :-
1. The territories within the limits and for the term described in the 2nd Convention shall be and the same are hereby declared to be part ...na parcel of Her Majesty's Colony of Hong Kong in like manner and for all intents and purposes as if they had originally formed part of the Sand Colony.
2. It shall be competent for the Governor of Hong Kong, by und with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council of the said Colony, to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the said territories as part of the Colony.
3. From a date to be fixed by proclamation of the Governor of Hong Kong, all laws and ordinances which shall at such date be in force in the Colony of Hong Kong shall take effect in the said territories, and shall remain in force therein until the same shall have been altered or repealed by Her Majesty or by the Governor of Hong Kong, by and with the advice or consent of the Legislative Council.
(a) This Convention is printed in cul. yu, p. 17.
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British and Foreign State Papers,”
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[This Article was revoked by the Order of 1su9 belone.). And the Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
1. W. Fazløy.
ORDER IN COUNCIL DECLARING THE ITY OF KowLOON TO BE PART OF THE COLONY of Hong Kong.
At the Court at Windsor, the 27th day of December, 1899. PRESEST,
The Queen's Must Ex. d'en M..
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His Royal Highness the Duke of Conaggio
Mr. Balfour. Whereas by a Convention dated the stil day Her Majesty and His Imperial Majesty the Hmpen provided that the limits of British Territory in the Colony of Hong Kong should be enlarged a... in the manner described in the said Convention i
And whereas by an Order of Her Majesty in toned, dated the 20th of Octuber. 1898 (b), it was, atmongst other things, ordered that the territories within the limits and for the term westled in the sakd Convention should be and the same were thereby de laimi to be part and parcel of Her Majesty's Colony of Hong Kong in like manner and for all intents and purposes as if they had oright... y formed part of the -aid Colony, and it should be competent for the fovernor of Hong Kong, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council of the said Colony, to make laws for the peace, orter, at ! gooi government. of the said territories as part of the Colony :
And whereas by Article 1 of the said Order in Coutati it was provided that, notwithstanding anything in the said Order sa Council contained, the Chinese officials at the date of the sund 0 for in (Mun, ul stationed within the City of Kowloon should continue to earn except in so far as might be consistent with the mut for the defence of Hong Kong:
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And whereas the exercise of jurisdiction by the Chinese officials in the City of Kowloon having been found to be incon stent with the military requirements for the defence of Hong Kong, it is expedient that Article 4 of the said Order in Council should be revoked, and that the Chinese officials within the City of Kowloon should react to exerci-- juţiseliction therein, and that the said City of Kowloon should become part and parcel of Her Majesty's Colony of Hong Kong for all purposes during the continuance of the term of the Lease in the subd Convention mentioned :
Now, therefore, Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the austre of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, az inowa i
1. Article 4 of the Order of Her Majesty in Concil of the 20th of October, 1998, is hereby revoked, without prejudice to anything law fully done thereunder.
(*) This Convention is printed in British and Foreign State Papers," vol. yo. p. 17.
(b) Printed at p. 18 above.
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