278
10TH TO 12TH, 1956, TOGETHER WITH COVERING DESPATCH DATED THE 3RD DECEMBER, 1956, FROM THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES.
152 HKGG Notice 727 of 28th September 1934.
153 HKGG Notice 698 of 13th September 1935.
154 HKGG Notice 571 of 16 May 1941.
155 HKGG Notice 784 of 11 October 1935.
156 HKGG Notice 852 of 4th November 1938. This cemetery was probably the same cemetery as Diamond Hill Urn Cemetery (New Kowloon Cemetery No. 8), however, no reference in regard to the renaming is found yet.
157 HKGG Notice 534 of 9th May 1941.
158 The present St. Raphael's Catholic Cemetery. A few headstones in this cemetery could be traced back to the early 20th century which may be the result of reburials.
159 According to the information supplied by the Rev. Carl T. Smith, the earliest graves in this cemetery dated back to June 1941.
160 HKGG Notice 616 of 1947.
161 There is no reliable record on the number of deaths particularly among the civilians during the invasion and the occupation period. A chief factor was the very large number of refugees arriving in Hong Kong between 1938 and 1941, which might have been as high as 800,000.
162 HKGG Notice of 23 March 1946.
163 HKGG Notice of 723 of 16th September 1947.
164 HKGG Notice of 724 of 16th September 1947.
165 Site of present Tsan Yuk Hospital.
166 HKGG Notice 722 of 16th September 1947.