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dated this year may be found at the Tam Kung Temple that is now located at Blue Pool Road. The other temple, in Shaukiwan, was built in 1905. There was once also a Tam Kung Temple in Tokwawan in Kowloon, but it was demolished to make way for a road, which has been named Tam Kung Road in remembrance of the temple.
ANTHONY K.K. SIU
NOTES
See Hui-chou fu-chih 1881 edition, ch. 44.
ibid. ch. 12.
THE CANNON IN THE KOWLOON WALLED CITY
Two old muzzle-loading cannon, each about twelve feet long, can be found in front of No. 2, Lung Chun Road in the Kowloon Walled City. See Plates 24-25,
The inscriptions on both cannon are legible. They were cast in the same year under the same supervision. The inscriptions read as follows:-
In the mid-spring month of the 7th year of reign of Chia-ch’ing (1802) 嘉慶七年仲春月
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Wu, Acting Governor of Kwangtung WM, Chueh-lo-chi, Assistant High Chancellor, and Viceroy of Kwangtung and Kwangsi2, Sun, Commander-in-chief of the Kwangtung (Marine) Forces ORIENT Zhang (?), Commissioner of Salt Transport of Kwangtung and Kwangsi
supervised the manufacture of this
4000 catties cannon #4 TAG.
The other cannon bears the same inscription but weighs 5000 catties.
During that time, the coastal area was infested by pirates. Viceroy Chueh-lo-chi ordered the casting of cannon for the fortification of the coast of Kwangtung. These two cannon must be