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British territory in the regions adjacent to the Colony of Hong Kong should be en- larged under lease to Her Majesty in the manner described in the said Convention.
And whereas by an Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated the 20th of October, 1898, it was, amongst other things, ordered that the territories within the limits and for the terms described in the said Convention should be and the same were thereby declared to be part and parcel of Her Majesty's Colony of Hong Kong, in like manner and for all intents and purposes as if they had originally formed part of the said Colony, and it should be competent for the Governor of Hong Kong, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council of the said Colony, to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the said territories as part of the Colony.
And whereas by Article 4 of the said Order in Council it was provided that, not- withstanding anything in the said Order in Council contained, the Chinese officials at the date of the said Order in Council stationed within the City of Kowloon should con- tinue to exercise jurisdiction therein except in so far as might be inconsistent with the military requirements for the defence of Hong Kong.
And whereas the exercise of jurisdiction by the Chinese officials in the City of Kowloon having been found to be inconsistent with the military requirements for the defence of Hong Kong, it is expedient that Article 4 of the said Order in Council should be revoked, and that the Chinese officials within the City of Kowloon should cease to exercise jurisdiction therein, and that the said City of Kowloon should become part and parcel of Her Majesty's Colony of Hong Kong for all purposes during the continuance of the term of the lease in the said Convention mentioned.
Now, therefore, Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1. Article 4 of the Order of Her Majesty in Council of the 20th of October, 1898, is hereby revoked, without prejudice to anything lawfully done thereunder.
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 part and parcel of Her 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.
8. The provisions of the said Order in Council of the 20th October, 1898, shall apply to the City of Kowloon in like manner as if the said City had by the said Order in Council been declared to be part and parcel of Her Majesty's Colony of Hong Kong.
And the Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
A. W. FITZROY.
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No. 293.
COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE.
[Copy to Director of Military Intelligence, January 26, 1900.
3 P.N.]
[Answered (as to Paragraph 4) by No. 302.] SIR,
Downing Street, January 26, 1900. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th instant, forwarding a copy of a map of Hong Kong, and suggesting that the Director of Military Intelligence should be supplied with the particulars necessary to enable him to mark on that map the recently delimited boundary of the colony, as extended by the Convention of the 9th June, 1898.
2. In this connection I am to refer to the correspondence, terminating with the letter from this Department of the 21st ultimo,t regarding the question whether the Convention referred to above and the subsequent boundary agreement confer on Her Majesty's Government any foreshore rights in Mirs Bay and Deep Bay, and I am to enclose for Lord Salisbury's information, a copy of the Law Officers' opinion on this question, together with a copy of the Hong Kong Blue-book, referred to in that opinion, and a copy of a letter which has been addressed to the Admiralty on the subject.
3. Mr. Chamberlain is further advised by the Attorney-General that, if that Colony, as extended, is to be published, it should show the extreme limit of British a map of territory, or of the territory which this country may legitimately claim, and that it should, therefore, show the foreshore of the bays as being British.
4. Mr. Chamberlain assumes that, in Lord Salisbury's opinion, no objections are likely to be raised by the Chinese Government if a map is published suowing the fore- shore a British. Subject to this consideration, and subject to verification as suggested below, there is, so far as he is aware, no objection to the map, with the boundary line traced on it, being placed on sale.
5. As regards the question of the exact land frontier of the colony, as extended, I am to state that the boundary is that indicated on a map prepared by Mr. Lockhart, who represented the Colonial Government on the Delimitation Commission. A copy of that map is enclosed, and I am to request that it may eventually be returned to this Depart- ment. I am to add that this map was lithographed at the Intelligence Division in July last.
It would be well, in Mr. Chamberlain's opinion, to send the proof of the map, before it is actually published, to the colony for final verification.
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I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
No. 292.
COLONIAL OFFICE to WAR OFFICE.
(Confidential.)
SLR,
Downing Street, January 23, 1900. WITH reference to the letter from this Department of the 11th October last,* I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to enclose, for the information of the Marquess of Lansdowne, a copy of a confidential despatch † from the Governor of Hong Kong, respecting the evacuation of the Sham Chun valley.
2. Mr. Chamberlain understands that Major Prendergast's services have already been brought to His Lordship's notice by Major-General Gascoigne.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
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No. 294.
COLONIAL OFFICE to the DIRECTOR OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. [Ansirered by 3388; not printed.]
Downing Street, January 26, 1900.
THE Under Secretary of State for the Colonies presents his compliments to the Foreign Office, January 11.
Director of Military Intelligence, and begs to enclose To Foreign Office, January 26. copies of correspondence with the Foreign Office, noted in the margin, on the subject of a map showing the recently delimited boundary of Hong Kong.
Sir Edward Wingfield would suggest that a member of the Intelligence Depart- ment should be placed in personal communication with this Office with regard to the preparation of the map.
• L.F. transmitting extract from 25095: not printed.
† No. 288.
• No. 290.
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