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contributed a joss-stand table to the temple in the first year of the Tao Kwang period (1821) and a ferry from Shek Lung was one of the donors in 1878. Three local ferries are also listed on the tablet. According to local information36 two of them, each capable of taking a load of 40-50,000 catties (approximately 24-30 tons), sailed between Peng Chau and Chan Tsuen #in
LANTAU
Yee Pak.
Tai
Tei Wan
Nim Shue Wan
Cheung Sha Lan
PENG CHÂU
Hung Shui
Kau Shat Wan
SILVER MINE
BAY
(Man Kok
MILAL
'NEI KWU CHAU
Peng Chau and Surrounding Area
the Delta, whilst the third, which was smaller with a load capacity of 10,000 catties (about 6 tons), plied at need between Peng Chau and the local ports of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Cheung Chau and Tsuen Wan. The goods carried from the Delta towns were