CESSION OF KOWLOON.
Her heirs and successors, to have and to hold, as a dependency of Her Britannic Majesty's Colony of Hongkong, that portion of the township of Kowloon, in the Province of Kwang-tung, 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 Britannic Majesty's Government, by Lan Tsung Kwang, Governor General of the Two Kwang.
It is further declared that the lease in question is hereby cancelled; that the claims of any Chinese to any property on the said portion of Kowloon 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 claims shall be by the said Commission established, should his removal be deemed necessary by the British Government.
Done at Peking, in the Court of the Board of Ceremonies, on the 24th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
5. KOWLOON ORDER IN COUNCIL.
Order in Council providing for the Administration of the Territories adjacent to Hongkong acquired by Her Majesty under the Anglo-Chinese Convention of 24th October, 1860,
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 4th day of February, 1861.
PRESENT:
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas by a lease dated the 20th day of March, 1860, and made between Laou, Governor-General of the Provinces of Kwangtung and Kwang-se on the one part and Harry Smith Parkes, Esquire, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, one of the Allied Commissioners for the Government of the City of Canton, on the part of Her Britannic Majesty's Government on the other part, certain portions on the Township of Kowloong in the Province of Kwangtung described in the said Lease and the Map thereto annexed, and hereinafter termed the Kowloong District, were demised to the said Harry Smith Parkes for the term therein mentioned; and whereas by a Convention made at Pekin on the 24th day of October 1860, between Her said Majesty and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, the said Kowloong District was ceded to Her Majesty to hold as a Dependency of Her Colony of Hongkong. And whereas it is expedient to make provision for the government of the said District.
It is hereby ordered by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, that the said Kowloong
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ČESSİON OF KOWLOON.
Her heirs and successors, to have and to hold, as a dependency of Her Britannic Majesty's Colony of Hongkong, that portion of the township of Kowloon, in the Province of Kwang-tung, 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 Britannic Majesty's Government, by Lan Tsung Kwang, Governor General of the Two Kwang.
It is further declared that the lease in question is hereby cancelled; that the claims of any Chinese to any property on the said portion of Kowloon 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 claims shall be by the said Commission established, should his removal be deemed necessary by the British Government.
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Done at Peking, in the Court of the Board of Ceremonies, on the 24th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
5. KOWLOON ORDER IN COUNCIL.
Order in Council providing for the Administration of the Territories adjacent to Hongkong acquired by Her Majesty under the Anglo- Chinese Convention of 24th October, 1860,
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 4th day of February, 1861.
PRESENT:
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas by a lease dated the 20th day of March, 1860, and made be- tween Laou, Governor-General of the Provinces of Kwangtung and Kwang- se on the one part and Harry Smith Parkes, Esquire, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, one of the Allied Commissioners for the Government of the City of Canton, on the part of Her Britannic Majesty's Government on the other part, certain portions on the Township of Kowloong in the Province of Kwangtung described in the said Lease and the Map thereto annexed, and hereinafter termed the Kowloong Dis- trict, were demised to the said Harry Smith Parkes for the term therein mentioned; and whereas by a Convention made at Pekin on the 24th day of October 1860, between Her said Majesty and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, the said Kowloong District was ceded to Her Majesty to hold as a Dependency of Her Colony of Hongkong. And whereas it is expedient to make provision for the government of the said District.
It is hereby ordered by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, that the said Kowloong
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