official purpose it shall be bought at a fair price'.
"The first of these restrictions duly appeared in
the British Order-in-Council of 20th October 1898 which
provided for the government of the leased territories.
Article 4 of that order-in-Council reads:-
'Notwithstanding
anything herein contained the Chinese officials now
stationed within the City of Kowloon shall continue
to exercise jurisdiction therein except in so far as
may be inconsistent with the military requirements for
the defence of Hong Kong'.
"When in the following months the Hong Kong
Administration proceeded to take over the leased
territory they were met with armed resistance in the
City of Kowloon and the place had to be captured by
British troops. It was clearly established at the time that
this resistance was fomented by the neighbouring Chinese
Provincial Authorities at Canton and it was decided that
any retention by Chinese officials in the City of
Kowloon of their jurisdiction was incompatible with the
defence interests of the Colony. Accordingly a new Order-
in-Council of 27th December, 1899, was issued which
revoked Article 4 of the previous Order-in-Council and
declared (Article 2): 'The City of Kowloon shall be
and the same is hereby declared to be for the term
of the lease in the said Convention mentioned (the
Anglo-Chinese Convention of 1898) part and parcel of
His Majesty's Colony of Hong Kong in like manner and
for all intents and purposes as if it had originally
formed part of the said Colony'.
"Following this revocation of the special status
of the City of Kowloon it was therefore the case that
in the walled city no less than elsewhere in the
"New Territories" all the laws of Hong Kong applied and
the Governor's jurisdiction was in no way specially
limited. * A note to this effect was handed to the
/Chinese