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Appendix No. 7.
RETURN SHOWING THE POPULATION OF KOWLOON CITY, INCLUDING THE GARRISON FURNISHED BY THE DEPUTY MAGISTRATE.
Colonel
First Captain.....
Left wing Division-
Lieutenant
1
Company of drilled troops--
First Commander
Second Commander
Company of braves-
First Lieutenant
1
1
1
Second Lieutenant........
I
1
Regular infantry
70
1
Drilled troops
100
Braves of the right and left wing 100
1
Division.
1
Civil population, about
200
Lance-corporal
Company of drilled troops-
First Commander
Second Commander
Company of braves-
First Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant...
Regular infantry (including clerks 160
Drilled troops
and servants).
Right wing Division-
Sergeant....
Lance-corporal
100
1
TOTAL..... 744
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EXTRACTS FROM A
Memorandum on some Legal Aspects of the Hongkong Extension (by W. Meigh Good- man, Attorney General of Hongkong, dated December, 1898.)
SIR,
1. As requested by you, I forward, for the consideration of the Right Hon- ourable the Secretary of State, the following remarks on the subject of the appli- cation of the laws of Hongkong to the newly acquired territories thereto adjacent,
2. Ry Clause 1 of Her Majesty's Order in Council of 20th October, 1898, those territories are declared to be "part and parcel of the Colony of Hongkong in like manner and for all intents and purposes as if they had originally formed part of the said Colony."
By Clause 2, the Governor, by and with the advice of the Legislative Council of the Colony, is empowered to make laws for the peace, order, and good govern- ment of the said territories as part of the Colony,
By Clause 3, it is ordered that, from a date to be fixed by the Proclamation of the Governor, all laws and Ordinances which shall at such date be in force in the Colony of Hongkong shall take effect in the said territories and shall remain in force therein, until altered or repealed by Her Majesty or by the Governor by and with the advice or consent of the Legislative Council.
By Clause 4, the exercise of jurisdiction by the Chinese officials then stationed within the City of Kowloon is continued therein, except in so far as may be incon- sistent with the Military requirements for the defence of Hongkong.
3. I call special attention to this Order in Council, because its terms appear to me to settle the problem as to what system of laws and generally what laws should be applied to the new territories, having regard to their physical nature, their situation and the characteristics of the inhabitants, and to narrow the matter down to the question "should the new territories be exempted from the applica- tion of any and, if so, what particular laws or Ordinances in force in Hongkong."? 4. Such exemption, if desired, might conveniently be effected by an Ordinance passed in Hongkong immediately after the date fixed by the Governor's Proclama- tion for the Hongkong laws and Ordinances to take effect in the new territories.