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ony 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 day of October, 1898, is hereby revoked, without prejudice to any- thing lawfully done thereunder.

2. The City of Kowloon shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, for the term of the lease in the said Convention mentioned, part and parcel of Her Majesty's Colony of Hong Kong, in like manner and for all intents and purposes as if it had originally formed part of the said Colony.

3. The provisions of the said Order in Council of the 20th October, 1898, shall apply to the City of Kowloon in like manner as if the said City had by the said Order in Council been declared to be part and parcel of Her Majesty's Colony of Hong Kong.

And the Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

Source: LHK 1964 ed., app. IV, pp. L1-2.