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the Port include the following lands and waterways so far
as the same are within the boundaries of the Colony of
Hong Kong.
All the waters, whether navigable or not, included within
the area bounded as follows:-
On the South by 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
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by a line drawn from the point where the
meridian of longitude 113° 52' East of Greenwich inter-
sects 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 shore of Deep Bay to the
estuary of the Sham Chun River; thence by a line drawn
as described in the agreement delineating the northern
frontier of the New Territories signed by James Haldane
Stewart Lockhart and Wong Ts'un-shin at Hong Kong on 19th
March, 1899, and following the high water mark in this
Bay to the point where the meridian of longitude 114° 30'
East of Greenwich intersects the mainland.
On the East
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by 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 by the meridian of longitude 113° 52' East
of Greenwich between the points where it intersects the
parallel of latitude touching the extreme south-west
point of the shore of Deep Bay and the parallel of
latitude 22° 9' North; provided that between the points
on the north and south coast of Lantau where the meridian
of longitude 113° 52' East of Greenwich intersects the
island the boundary follows the western coast-line of
Lantau and includes the waters appertaining thereto. (p) "Harbour" shall mean, unless any other harbour is
expressly indicated, the harbour of Victoria, and includes
the waters of the Colony within the following boundaries:-
On the East
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A straight line drawn from the westernmost
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