FIRST CHARTER

FIRST CHARTER

2.--FIRST CHARTER.

CHARTER for erecting the Island of Hongkong into a separate Colony,

and for providing for the Government thereof.

LETTERS PATENT, 5th APRIL, 1843.

[recoked by letters patent, 19th january, 1888]

I- VICTORIA, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdorn of Great
Britain and Ireland, Queen, Delender of the Faith. To all to whom these
Presents shall come, greeting, Know ye that We, of Our especial
Grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have thought fit to erect.
and Do hereby ereet, Our Island of hon gkong and its dependencies,
situate between 22' 9' and 22' 21' North Latitude, and 114' 6'
114' 18' East Longitude from the Meridian of greenwich, into a separate,
Colony, and the said Isand its Dependencies is hereby erected into
a separate Colony according to be known and designated as the Colony
of Hongkong.

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