a much smaller Colony
may
have
a considerable
Wongkong
in addition
to Stonecutters, Green, Middle,
Round and other smaller-
islets also possesses the, by no means unimportant, territory of British Kowloon
which is situate
on the
mainland
of
China.
3.
It would, therefore, appear from the Commission
under consideration that
although
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though the Senior Military Officer, when administering the Government, has jurisdiction over these Dependencies - it is otherwise with the Colonial
Secretary whose administration is limited to the Colony of Hong Kong.
If the words
and
its Dependencies
were
not
expressly inserted in Clause 11 I should be disposed to
think that the words "the Colony of Hongkong" would
include