Cession of part of Kowloon
leased; lease cancelled.
LEASE OF KOWLOON.
part of the Kowloon peninsula lying South of the Kowloon Fort to the Northern-most point of Stone-cutters Island, together with that island, as shewn in the accompanying map, shall be leased, as a preliminary measure, to Harry Smith Parkes, the Commissioner aforesaid, acting on behalf of the British Government, in order that the latter may exercise complete control over the same, and take measures for the protection of the good population, and the expulsion or punishment of the bad, as well as for bringing the whole locality into order, and preventing it becoming a resort for thieves. It is further STIPULATED and AGREED that a Rental of Five Hundred Taels of Silver shall be annually paid for the same to the local Chinese Authorities, and that no claim can ever be made by the Chinese Government for the return of the said ground so long as the British Government punctually pay to them the said amount of Rent. And this Agreement will continue in force until on due representation to be made by the Governor General Laou aforesaid to the Supreme Government of China, the Commands of His Imperial Majesty shall be received authorising the conclusion of other arrangements of a more permanent character.
Thus done in Duplicate, each of the parties aforesaid retaining one copy, at Canton, this 20th day of March in the year of the Christian Era one thousand eight hundred and sixty, being the 28th day of the 2nd month of the 10th year of the Reign of the Emperor Heen-fung.
4.-CESSION OF KOWLOON.
CONVENTION of Peace and Friendship between Great Britain and China.
Signed at Peking, 24th October, 1860.
Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, being alike desirous to bring to an end the misunderstanding at present existing between their respective Governments, and to secure their relations against further interruption, have for this purpose appointed Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:-
Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine;
And His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, His Imperial Highness the Prince of Kung;
Who, having met and communicated to each other their full powers, and finding these to be in proper form, have agreed upon the following Convention in nine Articles :-
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
Cession of part of Kowloon
leased; lease cancelled.
LEASE OF KOWLOON.
part of the Kowloon peninsula lying South of the Kowloon Fort to the Northern-most point of Stone-cutters Island, together with that island, as shewn in the accompanying map, shall be leased, as a preliminary measure, to Harry Smith Parkes, the Commissioner aforesaid, acting on behalf of the British Government, in order that the latter may exercise complete control over the same, and take measures for the protection of the good population, and the expulsion or punishment of the bad, as well as for bringing the whole locality into order, and preventing it becoming a resort for thieves. It is further STIPULATED and AGREED that a Rental of Five Hundred Taels of Silver shall be annually paid for the same to the local Chinese Authorities, and that no claim can ever be made by the Chinese Government for the return of the said ground so long as the British Government punctually pay to them the said amount of Rent. And this Agreement will continue in force until on due repre- sentation to be made by the Governor General Laou aforesaid to the Supreme Government of China, the Commands of His Imperial Majesty shall be received authorising the conclusion of other arrangements of a more permanent character.
Thus done in Duplicate, each of the parties aforesaid retaining one copy, at Canton, this 20th day of March in the year of the Christian Era one thousand eight hundred and sixty, being the 28th day of the 2nd month of the 10th year of the Reign of the Emperor Heen-fung.
4.-CESSION OF KOWLOON.
CONVENTION of Peace and Friendship between Great Britain and China.
Signed at Peking, 24th October, 1860.
Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, being alike desirous to bring to an end the misunderstanding at present existing between their respective Governments, and to secure their relations against further interruption, have for this purpose appointed Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:-
Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine;
And His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, His Imperial High- ness the Prince of Kung;
Who, having met and communicated to each other their full powers, and finding these to be in proper form, have agreed upon the following Convention in nine Articles :-
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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
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