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to "Mui Tsai in Hong Kong", the Report of the Committee appointed by the Governor, in Hong Kong Sessional Papers 1935.- "The most careful inquiry shews that no male children are bought and sold here as slaves or servants. and confirms the statements in the Blue-book that 'Boys are sold to be sons. not slaves' and 'that no such thing as a slave-boy exists in Hong Kong". It might too with truth have been added 'nor in Canton' ". The 1935 Report itself concludes that "there is no evidence of slavery among Chinese males”.
90 ***.
91 蒙養學校.
92 *.
93 It is tempting to link this Sai Man surname with the original name of Kam Tin - Sham Lei - and to postulate a history of enslavement by 岑里 the Tangs of the original inhabitants. There is no evidence to support such a theory, however, and it must be put down to coincidence.
94 趟。
95 Anyway, since the vegetable-growers are mainly immigrants, indigenous men were freed from the land and looked elsewhere for income in addition to the rents from these fields.
96 Perhaps the village of Tai Tau Leng ★★ may be taken as an example.
97 See for instance Freedman, op. cit.; Hu Hsien-chin, The Common Descent Group in China and its Functions, New York, 1948; Arthur H. Smith, Village Life in China, New York, 1899; Lena E. Johnston, China and her Peoples, London, 1923; and many others.
98. A.D. 1662-1723.
99 For more details see Lo Hsiang-lin, Hong Kong and its External Communications before 1842, Hong Kong, 1963, (Chinese version 1960), chapter VI.
100 Governor-General of Kwangtung and Kwangsi, and *, Governor of Kwangtung. For details see the Hsin-an Hsien-chih B of 1819; also Lo Hsiang-lin, op. cit., chapter VI.
101 I have not seen this temple, and believe it to be on the mainland side of the border which runs through the town.
102 It has become very much a part of village life, accommodating a school; while on the ten-yearly occasions of Kam Tin's Ta-chiu Festival it is the physical focus of the ceremonies, and also has importance in that Chau and Wong are the 'patron saints' of the festival,
103 周王二院.
104 In fact, it was only the Tang Clan which was not wholly involved in the venture---those of its lineages on the West side of the New Territories not being included. The whole of each of the other four clans took part.
105 That is the Tangs of Tai Po Tau and Lung Kwat Tau.
106 Burned down in the fire of 1954, and not yet rebuilt.
107 深圳河.
108 The Tangs of Lung Kwat Tau, the Haus and the Lius.
109 The Tangs of Tai Po Tau, the Pangs, and the Mans of San Tin and Tai Hang.
110 J. W. Hayes, op. cit., note 52.
111 "Despatches and other papers relating to the extension of the Colony of Hong Kong", in Hong Kong Sessional Papers, 1899.