12.
"The territories within the limits and for the
term described in the said Convention of
9 June 18987 shall be, and the same are hereby declared 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 originally formed part of the said Colony".
The Order In Council also reiterated (Article 4) a provision of the Convention which allowed continued Chinese jurisdiction in the built-up part of Kowloon
within the New Territories. The Convention states:
"within the city of Kowloon the Chinese
officials now stationed there shall continue
to exercise jurisdiction except so far as may be inconsistent with the military requirements for the defence of Hong Kong".
In fact, during the military occupation of the New
Territories in May 1899, British troops ousted the Chinese garrison. An Order In Council was signed 27 December 1899 (Annex P) revoking Article 4 of
the Order of 20 October 1898. This revoked Chinese
jurisdiction and placed the administration of the city of Kowloon on the same footing as that of the
New Territories, by asserting that:
"the Chinese officials within the city of Kowloon should cease to exercise jurisdiction 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 said Convention [of Peking]".
The question of Kowloon city was discussed with Li Hongzhang (Li Hung-chang), Viceroy of Guangtong and Guangsi Provinces when he visited Hong Kong in July 1900. A Colonial Office minute on this meeting commented: "We have definitely decided not to allow the City to fall under Chinese jurisdiction, and
/have told