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up numbers of Chinese foundlings. Other denominations likewise support charitable establishments, conspicuous among which are the Diocesan Home and Orphanage, the Berlin Foundling Hospital on Bonham Road, which has a plain little chapel attached, the Baxter Vernacular School, the Victoria Female Home and Orphanage, &c. St. Paul's College, situated between Pedder's Hill and Glenealy Ravine, was erected in 1850, and was originally founded for the purpose of giving a theological training to young Chinese and others intended for the ministry of the Anglican Church, but is now au ordinary school. A small chapel is attached. The college is the town residence of the Bishop of Victoria, who is its warden.
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The Protestant, Roman Catholic, Parsee, Jewish, and Mahomedan Cemeteries occupy sites in Wong-nai Chung Valley and are kept in good order. The Protestant Cemetery is almost a rival to the Public Gardens, being charmingly situated and admirably laid out with fountain, flower beds, and ornamental shrubs. The principal Chinese cemetery is on the slopes of Mount Davis, near the Pokfolum Road, and is injudiciously crowded and dismally bare, but it is a Confucian maxim that "places of burial should not be made to resemble pleasure-gardens.'
An electric tramway runs through the City of Victoria from Belcher's Bay to East Point and Happy Valley, and thence on to the village of Shaukiwan, a total length of 9 miles. A cable tramway has since 1888 given access to the Peak and is worked with great success, both financially and otherwise. The City terminus of this interesting little line is at St. John's Place. Powers were obtained in 1908 for the making of another tramway to the Peak, starting from Battery Path and proceeding. up the Glenealy Ravine to a point close to the terminus of the existing line, but owing to public opposition to two of the suggested routes the scheme was abandoned,. the alternative routes, on which some tunnelling was necessary, proving too expensive. The construction of a line from Wanchai to Mt. Caroline, giving access to new building sites on the higher levels, has been promised in the near future by the Govern ment, and a motor 'bus service has been started by private enterprise in Kowloon pendingt he provision of a tramway.
INSTITUTIONS
There are several Clubs in the Colony. The principal are the Hongkong Club on the New Praya, the Club Lusitano (removed from Shelley Street in 1922 to handsome new premises in Duddell Street), the Phoenix Club on the Praya, and the Nippon Club. in Des Voeux Road. The Hongkong Club is a handsome building replete with every modern comfort; a large annexe was completed in 1902. The Peak Club is domiciled in a pretty building at Plunkett Gap, and possesses tennis and croquet lawns on land adjoining. There are also the United Services Recreation Club, Cricket Clubs, Football Clubs, a Polo Club, a Golf Club with three courses, viz., Happy Vally (9 holes),. Deepwater Bay (9 holes) and Fanling (18 holes and two relief courses of 9 holes cach); a Hockey Club, a Chess Club, and a Yacht Club. The Ladies' Recreation Club have. several prettily laid-out tennis courts and a pavilion in their grounds on the Peak Road.
The Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce have rooms in the Chartered Bank Building. The Committee form its executive, and the Chamber is frequently asked by the Government for its opinion on questions affecting commerce. There is a branch here of the China Association, with its separate Committee, but it appears to be moribund. The Freemasons' Hall, erected in 1865, is situated in Zetland Street, and, by an arrangement concluded in 1922 at the suggestion of the parent Lodge, has now become the joint property of all the Lodges in the Colony. The Sailors' Home occupies a site at West Point, and there is a Mission to Seamen. The Institution of Marine Engineers watches over the interests of that profession. The Hongkong Benevolent Society does good work among the indigent waifs occasionally cast destitute on the Colony. The Helena May Institute for Women, named after Lady May, situated in Garden Road, was opened on September 12th, 1916, and extended in 1922. Among other institutions are the St. Andrew's Society, primarily established to ensure the fitting celebration of the anniversary of Scotland's patron saint; the St. George's Society, started in 1917; the Constitutional Reform Association, started in 1917, primarily, as its name implies, for the purpose of obtaining a more representative. form of government; and the Kowloon Residents' Association.
The annual races are held in the month of February, under the auspices of the Hongkong Jockey Club, on the Race Course in Wong-nai Chung Valley at the east end of the town, a beautiful spot enclosed by fir-clad hills. Gymkhanas also take place at intervals during the summer. Regattas are held in December in the harbour but they do not evoke the same enthusiasm as the races. Athletic