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together with a few side streets, contained shops and other premises, serving as the principal market for the whole Kowloon subdistrict. (These details are extracted from James Hayes, The Hong Kong Region 1850-1911.)
Chinese writing on the map annexed to the 1898 Convention
At the top margin, the character bei, north.
(i)
(ii)
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(vi)
Above 'Deep Bay' the characters Shenzhen wan Shenzhen Bay.
To the right of 'Mirs Bay' the characters Dapeng wan, Roc Bay.
The characters Jiu long mark the location of Kowloon City.
The eastern entrance to the harbour is indicated by the characters dong kou, eastern entrance. The characters Xiang gang (Hong Kong) appear on Hong Kong island.
(vii) The character hai(sea) appears both inside and outside
the maritime boundary.
(viii) The co-ordinates of longitude (based on Greenwich) and
latitude are rendered in Chinese as well as English.
19 August 1982
Mafolke
K C Walker
Far Eastern Section Research Department G59/4
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