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NEW TERRITORIES ORDER IN COUNCIL.

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the government of the territories acquired by Her Majesty under the said Convention, during the continuance of the said lease;

It is hereby ordered by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, as follows:-

1. The territories within the limits and for the term described in the said Convention shall be and the same are hereby declared to be part and parcel of Her Majesty's Colony of Hongkong in like manner and for all intents and purposes as if they had originally formed part of the said Colony.

2. It shall be competent for the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council of the said Colony, to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the said territories as part of the Colony.

3. From a date to be fixed by proclamation of the Governor of Hong- 17th April, kong, all Laws and Ordinances which shall at such date be in force in the 1899:-Pro- Colony of Hongkong shall take effect in the said territories, and shall 8th April, clamation, remain in force therein until the same shall have been altered or repealed 1899. by Her Majesty or by the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the advice or consent of the Legislative Council.

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[4. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the Chinese officials Revoked, O. now stationed within the City of Kowloon shall continue to exercise Dec., 1899. jurisdiction therein except in so far as may be inconsistent with the military requirements for the defence of Hongkong.]

And the Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

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9. KOWLOON CITY ORDER IN COUNCIL.

ORDER IN COUNCIL revoking Article 4 of the Order of October 20th, 1898, providing for the Jurisdiction of Chinese Officials in Kowloon, Windsor, 27th December, 1899.

At the Court at Windsor, the 27th day of December, 1899.

PRESENT:

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.

WHEREAS by a Convention, dated the 9th day of June, 1898, between Her Majesty and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, it was provided that the limits of British territory in the regions adjacent to the Colony of Hongkong should be enlarged under lease to Her Majesty in the manner described in the said Convention;