BOUNDARIES OF HONGKONG.
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The following is an extract from Hongkong Ordinance No. 31 of 1911, Part IV, "Definitions":-
"B. Colonial Definitions.
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The Colony.
(1) "The Colony", "this Colony", or "Hong Kong", means the whole area of land and water lying between the following boundaries:-
On the South the parallel of latitude 2209' North between the points where it is intersected by the meridians of longitude 113052' East and 114°30' East of Greenwich.
On the North A line drawn from the point where the meridian of longitude 113052' East of Greenwich intersects the parallel of latitude touching the extreme south-west point of the shore of Deep Bay to the said south-west point of the shore of Deep Bay; thence along the high water mark upon the shore of Deep Bay to the estuary of the Sham Chun River; thence by a line drawn as described in the agreement delimiting the northern frontier of the New Territories by James Haldane Stewart Lockhart and Wong Ts-un-shin at Hong Kong on the 19th day of March 1899, and following the high water mark in Mirs Bay to the point where the meridian of longitude 114030' East of Greenwich intersects the mainland.
On the East The meridian of longitude 114030' East of Greenwich between the points where it intersects the mainland to the parallel of latitude 2209' North.
On the West The meridian of longitude 113°52' East of Greenwich between the points where it intersects the parallel of latitude touching the extreme south-west point of the shore of Deep Bay and the parallel of latitude 2209' North; provided that, between the points on the North and south coast of Lantao where the meridian of longitude 113052' East of Greenwich intersect the island, the boundary follows the western coast-line of Lantao and includes the waters appertaining thereto."