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《香港志·總述 大事記》(公元前 5000 年至 2017 年,共 6,500 多條大事) Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events)
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute (2020). Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events) (p. 〈頁碼〉). /chronicle/archive/1899#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況(人口) Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population
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On 16 March 1899, Colonial Secretary Lockhart of the Hong Kong government and Wang Cunshan, Expectant Daotai of Guangdong, jointly surveyed the land boundary in the northern New Territories and erected wooden boundary posts.
On 16, 17 and 18 March 1899, Chinese and British representatives carried out a boundary survey of the section from the source of the Shenzhen River to Mirs Bay west of Sha Tau Kok.
The Convention between Great Britain and China Respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Territory was signed by Britain and the Qing Government on 19 March 1899 to redefine the northern boundary of Hong Kong.
The Convention between Great Britain and China Respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Territory was signed by China and Britain on 19 March 1899, whereby the northern land boundary of the New Territories was altered as laid down in the annexed map of the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory, and the Shenzhen River came entirely under British administration.
On 19 March 1899, Wong Chuen-she and Lockhart jointly signed the Convention between Great Britain and China Respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Territory, thereby establishing the northern land boundary of the New Territories, with the entire Shenzhen River under British administration.
On 28 March 1899, the Hong Kong government set up a temporary police post with mat-sheds on the hills around Tai Po Market, also used as the venue for a flag-raising ceremony; on the same day, local gentry of Ping Shan, Ha Tsuen and Kam Tin issued notices declaring armed resistance against Britain.