Providing for the incorporation in the Colony of Hong Kong of the adjacent territory leased from the Emperor of China for 99 years.
Mr Chamberlain is unaware of any precedent for the annexation or base dealing with territory which has been acquired on lease.
But he is of opinion that it is desirable in the present instance that the territory acquired should be dealt with, as far as legally permissible, as British territory and est territory over which jurisdiction has been acquired.
An Order in Council has therefore been drafted based upon the Order in Council for Telmay, transmitted herewith, which provided for the...
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