of
of
our Harbour and consequently
our jurisdiction would be accurately defined. I have myself heard an American Merchant in
course of conversation
tion our
question
authority
jover a Foreign vessel
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anchored close under Kowloong shore, and though rightly urongly that authouty is
: always enforced, I think
it most advisable that the opportunity of putting this point beyond doubt should not be neglected. Again
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tunisdiction ceases if I mistake not at low water mark, where Admiralty jurisdiction commences, i.e.
in cases where sea and
not river is concerned.
The Supreme Court
of
Hongkong has hitherto for Police-
held that for
purposes
the Harbor
"(though it be an arm of
the sea
is under the
authority of
the Common
Law, but I suspect this
ruling to be one
of
Convenience, and that if
it were disputed, indictments