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If cases of extradition of criminals occur, they shall be dealt with in accordance with the existing Treaties between Great Britain and China and the Hong Kong Regulations.
The area leased to Great Britain, as shown on the annexed map, includes the waters of Mirs Bay and Deep Bay, but it agreed that Chinese vessels of war, whether neutral or otherwise, shall retain the right to use those waters.
This Convention shall come into force on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, being the thirteenth day of the fifth moon of the twenty-fourth year of Kuang Hsit ratified by the Sovereigns of the two countries, and the ratifica- It shall be tions shall be exchanged in London as soon as possible.
In witness whereof the Undersigned, duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present Agreement.
Done at Peking in quadruplicate (four copies in English and four in ('hinese) the ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord eighteen kundred and ninety-eight, being the twenty-first day of the fourth moon of the twenty-fourth year of Kuang Hsi.
(LS.)
(LS.)
CLAUDE M. MACDONALD). SEAL OF THE CHINESE
PLENIPOTENTIARY.
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129/994
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE.
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