The Establishment of Free Port

The Ceding of Hong Kong

1837 08-01-001 Painting of Hong Kong Island viewed from the north 1837. (Diamond Jubilee Pictures 1837-1897)

1845 06-09-258 Visit of Keying, Imperial Chinese Commissioner to Hong Kong, November 1845.

The Ceding of Kowloon

1898 03-03-068 Outpost on the boundary between British and Chinese territory (following the line of present day Boundary Street), 1898.

1898 03-03-069 Party of Customs officials and armed guards at an outpost probably near the boundary between British and Chinese territory (following the line of present day Boundary Street), 1898.

1898 03-03-065 Kowloon Walled City viewed from the Landing Pier, 1898.

The Lease of New Territories

1899 04-04-059a The New Territories Boundary Delimitation Commission, March 1899. Photographed during meetings between them held on 11th and 14th March 1899.	1899 04-04-059i The New Territories Boundary Delimitation Commission, March 1899. Mr. Stewart Lockhart, the British Commissioner, and Mr. Wong, the Chinese Commissioner, fixing the First Boundary Mark on the shore at Starling Inlet, 1899.	1899 04-03-057a Meeting at Tai Po Market between Sir Henry Blake and the gentry and elders of the New Territories communities at which the Governor explained the principles upon which the leased territories would be governed. Gentry and elders assembled to greet the governor and his party, 2 August, 1899.
1899 04-04-058e Meeting at Ping Shan between Sir Henry Blake and the gentry and elders of the New Territories communities at which the Governor explained the principles upon which the leased territories would be governed. Sir Henry Blake reading his address to the gentry and elders. Mr. Stewart Lockhart is on his left, with the interpreter facing the camera, Friday 4 August, 1899.