CONTENTS
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PRESIDENT'S Report for 1974 · 1
HON. TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1974 · 8
THE LIBRARY, 1974 · 10
TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRANCH: · 12
The Paper Chase-Archives and the Public Records Office of Hong Kong (A lecture given on 7th January, 1974) - A. I. DIAMOND · 28
Adventurers in Hong Kong: the Marquis de Morès and David de Mayréna (A lecture given on 29th March, 1974) - HENRY JAMES LETHBRIDGE · 58
Dogs and Horses in Ancient China (A lecture given on 27th May, 1974) CAROLE MORGAN · -
ARTICLES: · -
The Craft of God Carving in Singapore- KEITH G. STEVENS · -
"Oh for the Joys of England": Lt. Orlando Bridgeman's Letters from China and Hong Kong, 1842-1843– ROBIN MCLACHLAN · -
Father Ernesto Gherzi, S. J., 1886-1973—G. J. BELL · 68
Notes on the Sources of De Mailla, Histoire Générale de la Chine-Richard Gregg Irwin, with Introduction by L. Carrington Goodrich · 76
The Monuments of Vientiane and Luang Prabang (Report of the RAS Tour to Laos, 23-24 January, 1974)— MICHAEL SMITHIES · 85
The Hong Kong Region: its place in Traditional Chinese Historiography and Principal Events since the Establishment of Hsin-an County in 1573....-JAMES HAYES · 108
REPRINTED ARTICLES · 136
Place Names of Hong Kong and the New Territories (1958) K. M. A. BARNETT · 160
Legends and Stories of the New Territories: Kam T'in (1935-38) (continued) SUNG HOK-PANG · -
NOTES AND QUERIES · 188
The European Grave on Shek Kwu Chau, Hong Kong JEAN MOORE · -
"Fung Shui" Woodlands-L. C. SHEN · 190
Unusual Trees in Hong Kong: the Cassia Bark Tree- L. C. SHEN · 191
Traditional Farming Techniques and their Survival in Hong Kong-P. L. SIAK · 196
Programme Notes for Visits to Places of Interest in Hong Kong and Kowloon, 1974: Kennedy Town, Old Wanchai, Old Western District, the Diocesan Boy's School and La Salle College, and Ceramic Factory and Sam Tung Uk, N.T. JAMES HAYES, CARL SMITH, HELGA WERLE et. al. · -
BOOK REVIEWS · 235
LIST OF MEMBERS · 245