LEASE OF NEW TERRITORIES.
When hereafter China constructs a railway to the boundary of the Kowloon territory under British control, arrangements shall be discussed regarding the Railway.
It is further understood that there will be no expropriation or expulsion of the inhabitants of the district included within the extension, and that if land is required for public offices, fortifications, or the like official purposes, it shall be bought at a fair price.
If cases of extradition of criminals occur, they shall be dealt with in accordance with the existing Treaties between Great Britain and China and the Hongkong Regulations.
The area leased to Great Britain, as shown on the annexed map, includes the waters of Mirs Bay and Deep Bay, but it is agreed that Chinese vessels of war, whether neutral or otherwise, shall retain the right to use those waters.
This Convention shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 1898, being the 13th day of the 5th moon of the 24th year of Kuang Hsü. It shall be ratified by the Sovereigns of the two countries, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in London as soon as possible.
Done at Peking in quadruplicate (four copies in English and four in Chinese) the 9th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, being the 21st day of the 4th moon of the 24th year of Kuang Hsü.
7.-DELIMITATION OF NORTHERN FRONTIER OF NEW TERRITORIES.
The Northern Boundary commences at the point of high water-mark in Mirs Bay where the meridian of 114° 30′ East cuts the land and follows that high water-mark to the point marked with a peg immediately to the West of the market town locally known as Tung Wo Hü and sometimes called Shat'aukok. It then proceeds straight inland for a short distance till it meets a narrow path between fields on the right and a tidal flat on the left. A peg was driven in to the East of the path, and it was agreed that the whole of the path is within British territory but may be used by the inhabitants of both countries. The line follows this path until it reaches a corner of the market town of Tung Wo Hü, where another peg was driven in, and then proceeds until it comes to the bed of a wide stream which is at present dry. It was agreed that the boundary should follow the centre of this river bed. The land to the right of the river, that is, the land on the left bank being within Chinese territory; the land to the left of the river, that is, the land on the right bank being within British territory. This line along the middle of the river's bed continues until a road leading to the village Kang Hau is reached. A peg was driven in at the point where the boundary line leaves the river and follows
LEASE OF NEW TERRITORIES.
When hereafter China constructs a railway to the boundary of the Railway. Kowloon territory under British control, arrangements shall be discussed.
expulsion of
It is further understood that there will be no expropriation or expulsion No expro- of the inhabitants of the district included within the extension, and that priation or if land is required for public offices, fortifications, or the like official natives. purposes, it shall be bought at a fair price.
If cases of extradition of criminals occur, they shall be dealt with in Extradition. accordance with the existing Treaties between Great Britain and China
and the Hongkong Regulations.
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Bay and Chinese Ships Deep Bay by
The area leased to Great Britain, as shown on the annexed map, Use of Mirs includes the waters of Mirs Bay and Deep Bay, but it is agreed that Chinese vessels of war, whether neutral or otherwise, shall retain the right to use those waters.
of War.
This Convention shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 1898, Ratifications. being the 13th day of the 5th moon of the 24th year of Kuang Hsü. It shall be ratified by the Sovereigns of the two countries, and the ratifica- tions shall be exchanged in London as soon as possible.
Done at Peking in quadruplicate (four copics in English and four in Chinese) the 9th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, being the 21st day of the 4th moon of the 24th year of Kuang Hsü.
7.-DELIMITATION OF NORTHERN FRONTIER OF NEW
TERRITORIES.
Frontier
The Northern Boundary commences at the point of high water-mark in Delimitation Mirs Bay where the meridian of 114° 30′ East cuts the land and follows of Northern that high water-mark to the point marked with a peg immediately to the of New West of the market town locally known as Tung Wo Hü and sometimes Territories. called Shat'aukok. It then proceeds straight inland for a short distance till it meets a narrow path between fields on the right and a tidal flat on the left. A peg was driven in to the East of the path, and it was agreed that the whole of the path is within British territory but may be used by the inhabitants of both countries. The line follows this path until it 'reaches a corner of the market town of Tung Wo Hü, where another peg was driven in, and then proceeds until it comes to the bed of a wide stream which is at present dry. It was agreed that the boundary should follow the centre of this river bed. The land to the right of the river, that is, the land on the left bank being within Chinese territory; the land to the left of the river, that is, the land on the right bank being within British territory. This line along the middle of the river's bed continues until a road leading to the village Kang Hau is reached. A peg was driven in at the point where the boundary line leaves the river and follows
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