B
HONG KONG STUDY
ANNEX B
CONVENTION OF 1898
HONGKONG EXTENSION CONVENTION (1898).
CONVENTION FOR THE EXTENSION OF HONGKONG, 1898.
(Signed at Peking, 9th June 1893.)
WHEREAS it has for many years past been re-
cognised that an extension of Hongkong territory is necessary for the proper defence and protection of the Colony :
It has now been agreed between the Governments of Great Britain and China that the limits of British territory shall be enlarged under lease to the extent indicated generally on the annexed map. The exact boundaries shall be hereafter fixed when proper sur- veys have been made by officials appointed by the two Clovernments. The term of this lease shall be ninety-
nine years. It is at the saune time agreed that 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 require- ments for the defence of Hongkong. Within the
remainder of the newly-leased territory Great Britain
shall have sole jurisdiction. Chinese officials and people shall be allowed as heretofore to use the road from Kowloon to Hsinan.
It is further agreed that the existing landing place near Kowloon city shall be reserved for the convenience of Chinese men-of-way, therchant and passenger vessels, which may come and go and lie there at their pleasure; and for the convenience of movement of the officials and people within the city.
When hereafter China constructs a railway to the boulary of the Kowloon territory under British
control, arrangements shall be discussed.
It is further understood that there will be no expropriation or expulsion of the inhabitants of the district included within the extension, and that if land is required for public offices, fortifications, or the like
official purposes, it shall be honght at a fair price.
If cases of extradition of criminals occur, they
shall be dealt with in accordance with the existing
Treaties between Great Britain and China and the Hongkong Regulations.
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