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CONVENTION OF PEKING (1860).

ARTICLE VI.

With a view to the maintenance of law and order in and about the harbour of Hongkong, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China agrees to cede to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and to Her Heirs and Successors, to have and to hold as a dependeney of Her Britannie Majesty's Colony of Hongkong, that portion of the township of Cowloon,

in the province of Kwangtang, of which a lease was granted in perpetuity to HARRY SMITH PARKES, Esquire, Companion of the Bath, a Member of the Allied Commission at Canton, on behalf of Her Britaunic

Majesty's Government, by LAU TSUNG KWANG, Governor General of the Two Kwang.

It is further declared that the lease in question

is hereby cancolled, that the claims of any Chinese to property on the said portion of Cowloon shall be duly

investigated by a mixed Commission of British and Chinese Officers and that compensation shall be

awarded by the British Government to any Chinese

whose claim shall be by the said Commission estab-

lished, should his removal be deemed necessary by the

British Government.

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第六款 一前撫 年二月

第八款

除現定續約或有更

第七款 一戊午年所定距離

東九龍司地方一區交與

謝紫省西-

總局正便功場三等寳星巴夏

換之後無不瓧日盡 張外其餘各倞互

大清大皇帝允於即

佑京互模之具

一戊午年原約

期日

禮代國立北永烈花靠玆

定則將該地界付與

醫界

英國無不公當賠補

該地華民自稱業戶應由彼此海國各派委員會 勘查明果爲該戶本業後倘遇勢必令洲地

及應保無事其批作爲廢紙外其 内以期該港

御批准惟當視與原約

毋須另行 無兵一體近守

爲始即行照辦國

約诌應自畫押之 行毫無出入今定續

此原約及續約

省督撫大吏將

阝降驗京外各

并令刊瞱布

ARTICLE VII.

It is agreed that the provisions of the Treaty of

one thousand eight Lundred and fifty-eight, except in 錢進須

to far as these me modified by the present Conven-

tion, shall, without delay, come into' operation as soon

as the Ratifications of the Trenty aforesaid shall have been exchanged. It is further agreed that no separate Ratification of the present Couvention shall be neces- sary, but that it shall take effect from the date of its Signature, and be equally binding with the Treaty shove mentioned on the High Contracting Powers.

Article VIH.

It is agreed that, as soon as the Ralifications of the Treaty of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight shall have been ex langged, His Imperial

Majesty the Emperor of China alil, by decree, com- mand the high authorities in the Capital and in the provinces to print and publish the aforesaid Treaty and the present Convention for general information.

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