Colonial definitions
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“Legislative Commeil * and Legislature", mean The Council of Government of Hongkong, and when used with reference to a British possession other than Hongkong, the authority, other than the Imperial Parliament, or His Majesty the King in Council, competent to make laws for such British possession.
"The Treasury” and “Treasurer" mean the Colonial Treasury and the Colonlal Treasurer respect- ively.
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Justice of the Peace
means a person appointed
by the Governor to act as Justice of the Peace for the Colony,
B.-Colonial Definitions,
The Colony", "this Colony", or "Hongkong ", means the Island of Hongkong and Kowloon, and their dependencies, together with Stone- cutters Island, and includes the New Terri- tories, unless it appears from express provision or by necessary implication that the New Ter- ritories or New Kowloon is not intended.
Kowloon" means that portion of the peninsula of Kan-lung which was ceded to Great Britain by the Emperor of China on the twenty-fourth day of October, 1860.
The New Territories" means the additional ter- ritories leased to Great Britain by the Emperor of China under the Convention dated the 9th day of June, 1898.
New Kowloon means that portion of the New Territories which is delineated and shewn upon a plan marked “New Kowloon" signed by the Director of Public Works and countersigned by the Governor and deposited in the Land Office.
City of Victoria ", <+
or Victoria", means the area within the following boundaries :-
on the North.-The Harbour;
on the West.-A line running north and south drawn through the north-west angle of Inland Lot No. 1299 and extending southwards a distance of eight hundred and fifty feet from the aforesaid angle;
on the South.-A line running east from the southern extremity of the western boundary until it meets a contour of the hill-side seven hundred feet above the level known as Ord- nance datum (that is to say, a level which shall hereafter be notified in the Gazette) thence following the said contour until it meets the eastern boundary ;
072 the East.-A. line following the western boundary of the Queen's Recreation Ground until it meets the old Shaukiwan Road, thence to the south-east angle of Inland Lot No. 1018, thence along the southern boundary of Inland Lot No. 1018, produced until it meets the road on the east side of Wongueichong Valley, thence to the north-west angle of Wongueichong School, produced until it meets the southern boundary.
The Waters of the Colony ” or “Colonial Waters
means all waters, whether navigable or not, included within the area bounded as follows :--
an 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 ;
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