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No. 31 of 1911.
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INTERPRETATION.
INTERPRETATION.
No. 31 of 1911.
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contd.]
Crown
Agents.
Admiralty.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 63,
s. 12 (4).
Privy Council.
52 & 53 Vict. "'. 63,
s. 12 (5).
Board of
Trade.
52 & 53 Vict.
c. 63,
s. 12 (8).
Imperial
Parliament.
Consul.
c. 63,
(5) "Crown Agents
means the person or persons for the time being acting as Crown Agents for the Colonies in England, or any one of them.
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(6) The Admiralty means the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom for the time being or the Commissioners for the time being executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom.
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(7) "Privy Council means the Lords and others for the time being of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council; and Order in Council means an Order made by His Majesty in his Privy Council.
(8)
"Board of Trade
means the Committee for the time being of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of matters relating to trade and foreign plantations.
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(9) "Imperial Parliament and Parliament of the United Kingdom.
(10) Consul
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Parliament mean the
and "consular officer include consul-
52 & 53 Vict. general, consul, vice-consul, consular agent and any person for the time being authorized to discharge the duties of consul- general, consul or vice-consul.
s. 12 (20).
Legislative
Council.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 63,
s. 18 (7).
Treasury.
Justice of the peace.
Clerk of Councils.
9)
mean the
(11) Legislative Council" and "legislature Legislative Council of the Government of Hong Kong; and when used with reference to a British possession other than Hong Kong, mean the authority, other than the Imperial Parlia- ment.or His Majesty the King in Council, competent to make laws for such British possession.
and "
(12) "The Treasury
Treasurer" mean the Colonial Treasury and the Colonial Treasurer respectively, and "Trea- surer includes the Financial Secretary and the Accountant- General.
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(13) "Justice of the peace the Governor to act as justice of
means a person appointed by the peace for the Colony.
(14) "Clerk of Councils' means the person appointed by the Governor to be Clerk to the Executive Council and the Legislative Council and includes any person appointed by the Governor to be Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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B.-Colonial definitions.
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"The Colony this Colony or Hong Kong", The Colony.
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(1) means the whole area of land and water lying between the following boundaries—
On the south-The parallel of latitude 22° 9′ north between the points where it is intersected by the meridians of longitude 113° 52′ east and 114° 30′ east of Greenwich;
On the north-A line drawn from the point where the meridian of longitude 113° 52′ 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 site of Deep Bay to the estuary of the Sham Chun River;
a line drawn as described in the agreement delimi northern frontier of the New Territories signed by Jame Haldane Stewart Lockhart and Wong Ts'ün-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 114° 30′ east of Greenwich intersects the mainland;
On the east-The meridian of longitude 114' 30' east of Greenwich between the points where it intersects the mainland and the parallel of latitude 22° 9′ north;
On the west-The meridian of longitude 13° 52′ east of Greenwich between the points where it intersects the parallel of latitude touching the extreme south-west point of the shore of Provided Deep Bay and the parallel of latitude 22° 9' north: that, between the points on the north and south coast of Lantao where the meridian of longitude 113° 52′ east of Greenwich intersects the island, the boundary follows the western coast-line of Lantao and includes the waters appertaining thereto.
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(2) Kowloon means that portion of the peninsula of Kowloon. Kaulung which was ceded to Great Britain by the Emperor of China on the 24th day of October, 1860.
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(3) "The New Territories means the additional territories Ne leased to Great Britain by the Emperor of China under the Territories. Convention dated the 9th day of June, 1898.
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(4) New Kowloon means that portion of the New New Territories which is delineated in red and shown upon a plan
Kowloon.
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