Proclamation,
28th March, 1861.
Enlargement of British Territory under lease.
Jurisdiction.
Use of landing place near Kowloon by Chinese.
KOWLOON ORDER IN COUNCIL.
District shall be and the same is hereby declared to be part and parcel of Her Majesty's said Colony of Hongkong, in like manner and for all intents and purposes as if it had originally formed part of the same Colony, and that it shall be competent to the Legislative Council or other Legislative Authority of the said Colony to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the said District as part of the said Colony.
And it is further ordered that from a date to be fixed by a Proclamation of the Governor of Hongkong all laws and Ordinances which shall at such date be in force in the Colony of Hongkong shall take effect in the District of Kowloon, and shall remain in force therein until the same shall have been altered or repealed by Her said Majesty or by the Legislative Authority of Hongkong.
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.
6.-LEASE OF NEW TERRITORIES.
CONVENTION between Great Britain and China respecting an Extension of Hongkong Territory. Signed at Peking, 9th June, 1898.
[Ratifications exchanged at London, August 6th, 1898.]
WHEREAS it has for many years past been recognised 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 surveys have been made by officials appointed by the two Governments. The term of this lease shall be ninety-nine years.
It is at the same 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 requirements 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-war, merchant 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.