TUIN U MONG
And it is further ordered that from a date to be fixed by a Proclamation of the Governor of Hong Kong all laws and Ordinances which shall at such date be in force in the Colony of Hong Kong shall take effect in the District of Kowloong, and shall remain in force therein until the saine shall have been altered or repealed by Her said Majesty or by the Legislative Council or other competent Legislative Authority of Hong Kong.
And the Most Noble the Duke of Newcastle, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
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Arthur Heeps.
ORDER IN COUNCIL PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TERRITORIES ADJACENT TO HONG KONG ACQUIRED BY HER MAJESTY UNDER THE ANGLO- CHINESE CONVENTION OF JUNE 9, 1898.
At the Court at Balmoral, the 20th day of October, 1898.
PRESENT,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas by a Convention dated the 9th day of June, 1898 (a), between Her Majesty and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, it is provided that the limits of British territory in the regions adjacent to the Colony of Hong Kong shall be enlarged under lease to Her Majesty in the manner described in the said Convention:
And whereas it is expedient to make provision for the Government of the territories acquired by Her Majesty under the said Convention, during the continuance of the said lease:
It is hereby ordered by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, as follows :-
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1. The territories within the limits and for the term described in the said Convention shall be and the same are and parcel of Her Majesty's Colony of Hong Kong in like manner and for hereby declared to be part all intents and purposes as if they had originally formed part of the said Colony.
2. It shall 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.
3. From a date to be fixed by proclamation of the Governor of Hong Kong, all laws and ordinances which shall at such date be in force in the Colony of Hong Kong shall take effect in the said territories, and shall remain in force therein until the same shall have been altered or repealed by Her Majesty or by the Governor of Hong Kong, by and with the advice or consent of the Legislative Council.
(a) This Convention is printed in "British and Foreign State Papers," vol. 90, p. 17.
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Administration
4. *** [This Article was revoked by the Order of 1899 below.). 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. FüzRoy.
ORDER IN COUNCIL DECLARING THE CITY OF KOWLOON TO BE PART OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG. At the Court at Windsor, the 27th day of December, 1899. PRESENT,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and Strathearne.
Mr. Ritchie.
Mr. Balfour. Whereas by a Convention dated the 9th day of June, 1898 (a), between Her Majesty and. His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, it was provided that the limits of British Territory in the regions adjacent to the Colony of Hong Kong should be enlarged 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 (b), it was, amongst other things, ordered that the .territories within the limits and for the term 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, notwithstanding 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 continue to exercise jurisdiction therein except in so far as might be consistent 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.
(a) This Convention is printed in "British and Foreign State Papers," vol. 90, p. 17.
(b) Printed at p. 18 above.
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