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HONGKONG
extensive Chinese passenger trade, chiefly restricted, however, to the Straits Settle-- ments, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, Siam, and Indo-China.
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Hongkong possesses unrivalled steam communication. The P. & O. S. N. Co. and: the M. M. Co. conveyed European mails weekly, and before the outbreak of the war, which eliminated German and Austrian shipping, the Norddeutscher Lloyd maintained a regular fortnightly mail service between Bremen and Hongkong. The China Man S.S. Co., the Pacific Mail S. S. Co., the Toyo Kisen Kaisha and the Java Pacific Line maintain a service with San Francisco, and the Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, Ltd., maintain a regular mail service with Vancouver, B.C. The Bank Line, Ltd., and the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, run regular steamers to Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle and to Tacoma, and the Bank and Admiral lines maintain regular services to New York; the Australian Oriental Line keep up a regular monthly service with the Australian Colonies, and the Nippon Yusen Kaisha maintain services to Europe, Australia, and the United States (Seattle). In addition to all these, several great lines of merchant steamers run between ports
in Great Britain and Hongkong, of which the China Mutual S. S. Co., Ocean S. S. Co. (Blue Funnel line), and the Glen, Bank, Mogul, Ben, Royal Mail, Shire, Barber, and Shell lines are the most conspicuous. A new service has been instituted this year between Lisbon and Hongkong by the Transportes Maritimos do Estado. Regular steam communication between Java and Hongkong is maintained by the Java-China-- Japan Line and the Nederland Royal Mail Line. Between the ports on the east coast of China, Formosa and Hongkong the steamers of the Douglas S.S. Co. and the Osaka- Shosen Kaisha ply regularly, and there is constant steam communication with Hoihow, Manila, Saigon, Haiphong, Tourane, Bangkok, Borneo, etc. With Shanghai, Tientsin, and the ports of Japan there is frequent communication by steamers of the Indo- China S.N. Co., China Navigation, and other lines, in addition to the English and French mail steamers. Between Hongkong, Macao, and Canton there is a daily steam service, and steamers run as far as Wuchow on the West River.
DIRECTORY
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT
Governor, Commander-in-Chief, and Vice-Admiral-SIRREGINALDEDWARD STUBBS,K.C.M.G. Aide-de-Camp-Mr. D. Burlinghan, A.S.P.
Private Secretary-Capt. J. E. Warner
Hon. Extra Aide-de-Camp-Lieut. J. K. McConnell, 74th Punjabis
Hon. Extra Aide-de-Camp-Subadar Major Bhan Singh, H.K.S.B., R.G.A.
Do. Do.
-Subadar Major Ralla Singh, 2 22nd Punjabis
-Subadar Bhaggat Singh, 74th Punjabis
His Excellency The Governor
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
局政議 I Ching Kuk
His Excellency Genl. Officer Commanding
Hon. Colonial Secretary
Hon. Attorney-General
| Hon. Colonial Treasurer
Hon. Director of Public Works
Hon. Secretary for Chinese Affairs
Hon. Mr. E. H. Sharp, K.C., O.B.E.
Hon. Sir C. P. Chater, Kt., C.M.G.
President:
His Excellency The Governor
Official Members:
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 局例定 Ting Lai Kuk
His Excellency Genl. Officer Commanding
Hon. Colonial Secretary
Hon. Attorney-General
Hon. Colonial Treasurer
Hon. Director of Public Works.
Hon. Secretary for Chinese Affairs
Hon. Director of Education
Unofficial Members:
Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C. Hon. Mr. Lau Chu Pak
Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak Hon. Mr. Ho Fook
Hon. Mr. E. V. D. Parr Hon. Mr. John Johnstone
Clerk of Councils: Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, C.B.E. (absent)