The user wants me to proofread OCR output of a historical document about churches in Hong Kong. The text appears to be a table with columns: Name and Situation of Church or Chapel, Denomination, Accommodation, Average Attendance, Stipend of Minister, Gross amount of assistance from Public Funds, and Remarks.
I need to reconstruct this as a proper Markdown table. The OCR has broken the table structure. Let me parse the data carefully.
First, identify the headers from the OCR:
Now, each row seems to have these fields. The OCR text is messy. Let me go through line by line.
The first entry:
"St. Margaret Mary's Church, Broadwood Road, Happy Valley.
Roman Catholic.
800
None.
None.
2 Sunday Services and 1 daily."
But the columns: Accommodation 800, Average Attendance 700? Wait, the OCR shows:
"800
None.
None.
2 Sunday Services and 1 daily.
Catholic.
700"
Actually, looking at the raw text:
"St. Margaret Mary's Church, Broadwood Road, Happy Valley.
Roman
800
None.
None.
2 Sunday Services and 1 daily.
Catholic.
700"
It seems "Roman Catholic" is split across lines. Accommodation 800, Average Attendance 700? But the header says "Accommodation" and "Average Attendance". The OCR shows "800" then "None." then "None." then "2 Sunday Services..." then "Catholic." then "700". That doesn't align.
Let me look at the second entry:
"St. Francis' Chapel, St. Francis' Street, Wanchai.
Do.
400
Do.
Do.
400
I daily Service. Under the care of the Canossian Sisters,"
"Do." likely means "Roman Catholic" (ditto). So Denomination: Roman Catholic. Accommodation: 400, Average Attendance: 400? Then Stipend: None? Gross amount: None? Remarks: "I daily Service. Under the care of the Canossian Sisters,"
But the columns: after Denomination, we have Accommodation, Average Attendance, Stipend of Minister, Gross amount of assistance from Public Funds, Remarks.
In the first entry, after "Roman Catholic" we have "800" (Accommodation), "None." (Stipend?), "None." (Gross amount?), then "2 Sunday Services..." (Remarks), then "Catholic." (maybe a repeat?), "700" (Average Attendance?). That seems off.
Maybe the OCR has misordered columns. Let's examine the header row in OCR:
"Name and Situation of
Accommoda-Stipend of assistance
Minister to denomi-
Denomina- tion.
tion and
from
Church or Chapel.
Average Attendance.
Public
Funia,
nation
from
Public
Romarks.
if any.
Fundis,
if any."
This is garbled. The original table likely had columns:
The OCR header is broken. But we can infer from data.
Let's parse each church entry as a row. The entries are separated by blank lines in the OCR? Not exactly. The OCR text is a continuous stream. I need to identify each church.
List of churches from text:
Now for each, extract data.
I'll go through the OCR text sequentially.
Text after header:
"St. Margaret Mary's Church, Broadwood Road, Happy Valley.
Roman
800
None.
None.
2 Sunday Services and 1 daily.
Catholic.
700"
Interpretation:
But the OCR shows "800" then "None." then "None." then "2 Sunday Services..." then "Catholic." then "700". Could be that the columns are: Accommodation, Stipend, Gross amount, Remarks, Denomination (repeated?), Average Attendance. That seems messy.
Look at second entry:
"St. Francis' Chapel, St. Francis' Street, Wanchai.
Do.
400
Do.
Do.
400
I daily Service. Under the care of the Canossian Sisters,"
"Do." means ditto (Roman Catholic). So:
Third entry:
"St. Anthony's Chapel, Orphanage, West Point.
Do.
200
Do.
Do.
200
Daily Service, under the care of the Salesian Fathers."
Similar pattern: Accommodation 200, Average Attendance 200, Stipend None, Gross None, Remarks.
Fourth:
"Chapel of the Sacred Heart, High Street, West Point, Victoria.
Do.
90
Do.
Do.
80
Under the charge of the Canossian Sisters. 1 daily service."
Accommodation 90, Average Attendance 80.
Fifth:
"St. Joseph's Chapel, Home for the Aged, Kowloon City.
Do.
200
Do.
Do.
180
Under the charge of the Little Sisters of the Poor. 1 daily service."
Accommodation 200, Average Attendance 180.
Sixth:
"Rosary Church, Chatham Road, Kowloon,
Do.
800
Do.
Do.
about 3,000 at 3 services."
Accommodation 800, Average Attendance about 3,000 at 3 services.
Seventh:
"Chinese Convent Chapel, Yun-chow Street, Shamshuipo.
Do.
220
Do.
Do.
150
Daily Service. Under the care of the Sisters of the Precious Blood. 1 daily service."
Accommodation 220, Average Attendance 150.
Eighth:
"All Souls' Chapel for Burial Service, Catholic Cemetery, Wong-uei-chung Valley.
Do.
20
20
Do.
Do.
50
3 Morning Services and 1 Evening Service on Sundays and 2 daily,"
Here: Accommodation 20, Average Attendance 20? Then "Do." "Do." then "50" maybe Stipend? But "Do." usually means None. However "50" appears. Then Remarks: "3 Morning Services and 1 Evening Service on Sundays and 2 daily,"
But the OCR shows: "20 20 Do. Do. 50". Could be Accommodation 20, Average Attendance 20, Stipend None, Gross None, Remarks includes "50"? Or maybe Stipend 50? But "Do." means ditto (None). Hmm.
Ninth:
"Chapel of Our Blessed Lady of Sorrows, Italian Convent, Caine Road.
Do.
600
Do.
Do.
440
Under the Charge of the Canossian Sisters. 1 daily service."
Accommodation 600, Average Attendance 440.
Tenth:
"St. Mary's School Chapel.
Do.
150
Do.
Do.
100"
Accommodation 150, Average Attendance 100. No remarks? The OCR continues.
Eleventh:
"Chapel at the “Asile de la Ste. Enfance”, Causeway Bay.
Do.
500
Do.
Do.
300
Under the Charge of the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres. 1 daily service."
Accommodation 500, Average Attendance 300.
Twelfth:
"Chapel of the “Calvaire”, Happy Valley,
St. Joseph's College Chapel, Do.
Kennedy Road.
La Salle College Chapel, Do.
Kowloon Tong,
Ricci Hall, Catholic Hostel,
The University.
N. D. de Lourde's Chapel,
Pokfulam.
Chapel of the Sanatorium de Bethanie, Pokfulam.
Chapel of the “Maison de Nazareth”, Pokfulam.
Holy Cross Church, Shaukiwan.
ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ
150
Do.
Do.
Do.
100
600
Do.
Do.
500
Under the Charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. 1 daily service.
200
Do.
Do.
Do.
150
Do.
30
Do.
Do.
15
Under the care of the Jesuit Fathers. 1 daily service.
Do.
200
Do.
Do.
170
Daily Service, under the care of the French Foreign Missions (Missions Etrangères).
Do.
For Fathers Do.
Do.
Do.
and servants.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
400
Do.
Do.
200
St. Teresa's Church, Kowloon Tong.
Do.
1,000
Do.
Do.
2,000
2 Morning Services on Sundays and 1 daily.
2 Morning Services and 1 Evening on Sundays, and 1 daily."
This part is messy. It seems multiple churches listed with minimal data. The "ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ" might be a separator.
Let's parse from "Chapel of the “Calvaire”, Happy Valley," then "St. Joseph's College Chapel, Kennedy Road." etc. They are listed with "Do." for denomination. Then later numbers appear.
After "Holy Cross Church, Shaukiwan." there is "ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ" then "150 Do. Do. Do. 100" maybe for Holy Cross Church? Then "600 Do. Do. 500 Under the Charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. 1 daily service." That might be for La Salle College Chapel? But La Salle College Chapel is earlier.
Actually, the list after "Chapel of the “Calvaire”, Happy Valley," includes:
Then a line of Å's. Then data rows for these? The data rows appear to be:
But the last line seems to have two remarks lines.
Also note: "For Fathers Do. Do. Do. and servants." might be a remark for the Sanatorium chapel? Actually "For Fathers and servants." Could be a remark.
Let's organize systematically.
I'll create a Markdown table with columns: Name and Situation, Denomination, Accommodation, Average Attendance, Stipend of Minister, Gross Amount of Assistance from Public Funds, Remarks.
For each church, fill in.
I'll go through the OCR text in order and assign.
First, define the columns based on typical Blue Book returns. The header in OCR: "RETURN OF CHURCHES, CHAPELS, GRANTS, &c." Then columns: "Name and Situation of Church or Chapel", "Denomination", "Accommodation", "Average Attendance", "Stipend of Minister", "Gross amount of assistance from Public Funds", "Remarks".
Now parse.
I'll write a script mentally.
Text lines:
But line 7 "Catholic." is likely part of "Roman Catholic" split. So Denomination = "Roman Catholic". Then Accommodation = 800, Stipend = None, Gross = None, Remarks = "2 Sunday Services and 1 daily.", Average Attendance = 700? But the order in header: Accommodation then Average Attendance then Stipend then Gross then Remarks. However the data shows Accommodation (800), then Stipend (None), then Gross (None), then Remarks, then Average Attendance (700). That suggests the OCR column order is different. But the second entry shows: "Do." (Denomination), "400" (Accommodation), "Do." (Stipend?), "Do." (Gross?), "400" (Average Attendance?), "I daily Service..." (Remarks). That matches: Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Average Attendance, Remarks. But the header says Average Attendance before Stipend. However the data seems to have Average Attendance after Gross. Let's check third: "200 Do. Do. 200 Daily Service..." So Accommodation 200, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 200, Remarks. Fourth: "90 Do. Do. 80 Under the charge..." Accommodation 90, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 80, Remarks. Fifth: "200 Do. Do. 180 Under the charge..." Accommodation 200, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 180, Remarks. Sixth: "800 Do. Do. about 3,000 at 3 services." Accommodation 800, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance "about 3,000 at 3 services", Remarks? But the remark might be included in attendance. Seventh: "220 Do. Do. 150 Daily Service..." Accommodation 220, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 150, Remarks. Eighth: "20 20 Do. Do. 50 3 Morning Services..." This is different: two numbers before "Do.": "20 20". Could be Accommodation 20, Average Attendance 20, then Stipend None, Gross None, then "50" maybe something else? But then "3 Morning Services..." is remark. However the pattern for others is Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Average Attendance, Remarks. For eighth, if Accommodation 20, Stipend 20? But "Do." means ditto (None). So maybe the OCR misread: "20" (Accommodation), "20" (Average Attendance), "Do." (Stipend), "Do." (Gross), "50" (???), "3 Morning Services..." (Remarks). But "50" doesn't fit. Could be a mis-scan of "50" as something else. Maybe it's "50" for something like "Stipend"? But "Do." indicates None. Let's look at the original image? Not available. I'll assume the pattern holds: Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Average Attendance, Remarks. For eighth, the numbers: "20 20 Do. Do. 50". If Accommodation=20, Stipend=20? But "Do." appears after two numbers. Actually the text: "20 20 Do. Do. 50". That's five tokens. Could be: Accommodation=20, Average Attendance=20, Stipend=None, Gross=None, Remarks="50 3 Morning Services..."? But "50" might be part of remarks: "50 3 Morning Services..."? Or maybe the column "Gross amount of assistance from Public Funds" is 50? But "Do." means ditto (None). So not.
Let's examine the OCR for eighth entry exactly:
"All Souls' Chapel for Burial Service, Catholic Cemetery, Wong-uei-chung Valley.
Do.
20
20
Do.
Do.
50
3 Morning Services and 1 Evening Service on Sundays and 2 daily,"
There are line breaks. So:
If the columns are: Accommodation, Average Attendance, Stipend, Gross, Remarks? But then we have 5 data fields after denomination: 20, 20, Do., Do., 50, plus remarks. That's 6 fields. The table has 5 data columns after denomination (Accommodation, Average Attendance, Stipend, Gross, Remarks). But here we have 5 fields before remarks? Actually 20, 20, Do., Do., 50 = 5 fields, then remarks. So maybe the columns are: Accommodation, Average Attendance, Stipend, Gross, something else? But the header only has 5 data columns. Wait, the header: "Accommodation", "Average Attendance", "Stipend of Minister", "Gross amount of assistance from Public Funds", "Remarks". That's 5 columns. So after denomination, we expect 5 values. In other entries, we see 4 values before remarks? Let's count for first entry: after "Roman Catholic" we have: 800, None, None, 2 Sunday Services..., 700. That's 5 values: 800, None, None, "2 Sunday Services...", 700. But the remarks is "2 Sunday Services..." and the last 700 is Average Attendance? But then the order is Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Remarks, Average Attendance. That's 5 fields. For second entry: after "Do." we have: 400, Do., Do., 400, "I daily Service...". That's 5 fields: 400, Do., Do., 400, "I daily Service...". So the fourth field is Average Attendance (400), fifth is Remarks. So the order is: Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Average Attendance, Remarks. That matches the second entry. For first entry, the fourth field is "2 Sunday Services..." which is Remarks, and fifth is 700 (Average Attendance). But that would put Remarks before Average Attendance. Inconsistent.
Maybe the first entry's "2 Sunday Services and 1 daily." is actually the Remarks, and the 700 is Average Attendance, but the OCR placed Remarks before Average Attendance due to line breaks. In the original table, the columns are fixed width, so the OCR reads line by line, but the columns might be arranged such that Remarks column is after Average Attendance. However, the OCR text is a linear extraction, so the order of tokens might not reflect column order if the OCR reads top to bottom, left to right? But usually OCR reads left to right, top to bottom. So the order in the text should be column order.
Let's assume the column order is: Name, Denomination, Accommodation, Average Attendance, Stipend, Gross, Remarks. But the data doesn't match.
Better to look at the original Blue Book format. I recall Hong Kong Blue Books have a table "RETURN OF CHURCHES, CHAPELS, GRANTS, &c." with columns: Name and Situation, Denomination, Accommodation, Average Attendance, Stipend of Minister, Gross Amount of Assistance from Public Funds, Remarks. That is standard.
Given the OCR, I need to reconstruct the table as best as possible. I'll use the pattern from the majority of entries: after Denomination, we have Accommodation, then Stipend (often "None" or "Do."), then Gross (often "None" or "Do."), then Average Attendance, then Remarks. But for the first entry, there is an extra "Catholic." and "700" at the end. Actually "Roman Catholic" is split across two lines: "Roman" and "Catholic." So the Denomination is "Roman Catholic". Then the next line "800" is Accommodation. Then "None." Stipend. Then "None." Gross. Then "2 Sunday Services and 1 daily." Remarks. Then "700" Average Attendance. But that would put Remarks before Average Attendance. However, in the second entry, after "Do." (Denomination), we have "400" (Accommodation), "Do." (Stipend), "Do." (Gross), "400" (Average Attendance), "I daily Service..." (Remarks). So Average Attendance before Remarks. So the first entry might have a scanning error where the Remarks line appeared before the Average Attendance line because of column wrapping? But the OCR is linear. Perhaps the first entry's Average Attendance is 700 and Remarks is "2 Sunday Services and 1 daily." but the OCR captured Remarks line before Average Attendance line because the Remarks column is to the left of Average Attendance? Unlikely.
Let's check the third entry: "St. Anthony's Chapel, Orphanage, West Point. Do. 200 Do. Do. 200 Daily Service, under the care of the Salesian Fathers." Here after Do., we have 200, Do., Do., 200, Daily Service... So Accommodation 200, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 200, Remarks. Good.
Fourth: "Chapel of the Sacred Heart, High Street, West Point, Victoria. Do. 90 Do. Do. 80 Under the charge of the Canossian Sisters. 1 daily service." Accommodation 90, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 80, Remarks.
Fifth: "St. Joseph's Chapel, Home for the Aged, Kowloon City. Do. 200 Do. Do. 180 Under the charge of the Little Sisters of the Poor. 1 daily service." Accommodation 200, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 180, Remarks.
Sixth: "Rosary Church, Chatham Road, Kowloon, Do. 800 Do. Do. about 3,000 at 3 services." Accommodation 800, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance "about 3,000 at 3 services", Remarks? But no separate remarks. The attendance includes "at 3 services". That might be the remark. But the column is Average Attendance. Could be "about 3,000 at 3 services" is the attendance figure. Remarks empty.
Seventh: "Chinese Convent Chapel, Yun-chow Street, Shamshuipo. Do. 220 Do. Do. 150 Daily Service. Under the care of the Sisters of the Precious Blood. 1 daily service." Accommodation 220, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 150, Remarks "Daily Service. Under the care of the Sisters of the Precious Blood. 1 daily service."
Eighth: "All Souls' Chapel for Burial Service, Catholic Cemetery, Wong-uei-chung Valley. Do. 20 20 Do. Do. 50 3 Morning Services and 1 Evening Service on Sundays and 2 daily," Here we have two numbers before Do.: 20 and 20. If the pattern is Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Average Attendance, Remarks, then we have Accommodation=20, Stipend=20? But Stipend is "Do." meaning None. So maybe the first 20 is Accommodation, second 20 is Average Attendance, then Stipend=Do., Gross=Do., then 50? That would be a fifth field before remarks. But there are only 4 data columns before remarks. Unless the table has an extra column? The header mentions "Accommodation", "Average Attendance", "Stipend of Minister", "Gross amount of assistance from Public Funds", "Remarks". That's 5 columns. So after Denomination, 5 columns. In other entries, we see 4 values before remarks? Let's count: For third entry: values: 200, Do., Do., 200 -> that's 4 values, then remarks. But we need 5 values. Wait, the columns: Accommodation, Average Attendance, Stipend, Gross, Remarks. That's 5 columns. In third entry, we have 200 (Accommodation), Do. (Stipend), Do. (Gross), 200 (Average Attendance), Remarks. That's 5 values: Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Average Attendance, Remarks. But the order is Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Average Attendance, Remarks. That matches the header order? Header: Accommodation, Average Attendance, Stipend, Gross, Remarks. But the data order is Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Average Attendance, Remarks. So the OCR might have swapped Average Attendance and Stipend columns? Or the table originally had Stipend before Average Attendance? The header is garbled: "Accommoda-Stipend of assistance Minister to denomi- Denomina- tion. tion and from Church or Chapel. Average Attendance. Public Funia, nation from Public Romarks. if any. Fundis, if any." This suggests the header might be multi-line. Possibly the columns are: Name, Denomination, Accommodation, Stipend of Minister, Gross amount of assistance from Public Funds, Average Attendance, Remarks. But the header says "Average Attendance" after "Church or Chapel." Let's not overthink. I'll adopt the data order as it appears in the majority: Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Average Attendance, Remarks. For the first entry, the Remarks appear before Average Attendance, but I'll place Average Attendance before Remarks in the table for consistency. However, the first entry's Remarks is "2 Sunday Services and 1 daily." and Average Attendance is 700. In the OCR, the Remarks line comes before 700. But in the table, I'll put Average Attendance = 700, Remarks = "2 Sunday Services and 1 daily.".
For the eighth entry, we have: 20, 20, Do., Do., 50, "3 Morning Services...". If we follow Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Average Attendance, Remarks, then we have 5 values before remarks? Actually 20, 20, Do., Do., 50 = five values. But we only have four data columns before remarks. Unless the first 20 is Accommodation, second 20 is Stipend? But Stipend is "Do." later. Hmm.
Maybe the eighth entry has: Accommodation = 20, Average Attendance = 20, Stipend = None, Gross = None, Remarks = "50 3 Morning Services..."? But "50" might be a typo for "50" something else. Could be "50" is the Stipend? But "Do." indicates ditto for None. The "Do." appears after the two 20s. So the sequence: 20 (Accommodation), 20 (Average Attendance), Do. (Stipend), Do. (Gross), 50 (???), Remarks. That's 5 data fields plus remarks. But the table has only 4 data fields before remarks. Wait, the table has 5 data fields: Accommodation, Average Attendance, Stipend, Gross, Remarks. That's 5 fields. In the third entry, we have 4 fields before remarks? Let's list third entry fields after Denomination: "200", "Do.", "Do.", "200", "Daily Service...". That's 5 fields: 200, Do., Do., 200, Daily Service... So the fifth field is Remarks. So the four fields before remarks are: Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Average Attendance. That's 4 fields. Then Remarks is the 5th. So the data columns are 4: Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Average Attendance. Then Remarks. But the header lists 5 columns including Remarks. So after Denomination, there are 4 data columns then Remarks. In the OCR, for third entry, we have exactly 4 data tokens before remarks: 200, Do., Do., 200. Good.
For eighth entry, after Denomination, we have tokens: 20, 20, Do., Do., 50, "3 Morning Services...". That's 5 data tokens before remarks. So one extra. Could be that the first 20 is Accommodation, second 20 is Average Attendance, then Stipend=Do., Gross=Do., then 50 is something else? But there is no column for that. Maybe the "50" is part of remarks: "50 3 Morning Services..."? Or maybe the OCR misread "50" as a separate line but it's actually "50" for "Stipend"? But "Do." means ditto, so Stipend is None. Unless the ditto refers to the previous entry's Stipend which is None. So Stipend=None, Gross=None. Then what is 50? Could be a mis-scan of "50" for "Average Attendance"? But we already have two 20s. Let's look at the original text: "All Souls' Chapel for Burial Service, Catholic Cemetery, Wong-uei-chung Valley. Do. 20 20 Do. Do. 50 3 Morning Services and 1 Evening Service on Sundays and 2 daily," Perhaps the columns are: Accommodation, Average Attendance, Stipend, Gross, Remarks. And the "50" is actually the beginning of the remarks? But "50" doesn't make sense. Could be "50" is the number of services? Or maybe it's "50" for "Stipend" but the "Do." is for something else. I'll check the Hong Kong Blue Book 1930s maybe. But I need to produce a table. I'll assume the "50" is a scanning error and maybe it's part of the remarks: "50 3 Morning Services..." but that seems odd. Alternatively, the "50" might be the "Gross amount of assistance from Public Funds" but the "Do." indicates ditto for None. However, the previous entry's Gross is None. So "Do." means None. So 50 cannot be Gross. Unless the "Do." refers to the previous column? The pattern "Do." often repeats the previous entry's value for that column. In the third entry, Stipend "Do." means same as previous (None), Gross "Do." means same as previous (None). So for eighth entry, Stipend "Do." = None, Gross "Do." = None. Then the next token "50" would be Average Attendance? But we already have two 20s. Maybe the first 20 is Accommodation, the second 20 is Stipend? But Stipend is "Do." later. I'm confused.
Let's look at the ninth entry: "Chapel of Our Blessed Lady of Sorrows, Italian Convent, Caine Road. Do. 600 Do. Do. 440 Under the Charge of the Canossian Sisters. 1 daily service." Tokens: 600, Do., Do., 440, Remarks. That's 4 data tokens before remarks. Good.
Tenth: "St. Mary's School Chapel. Do. 150 Do. Do. 100" Tokens: 150, Do., Do., 100. No remarks? Then next line "Chapel at the “Asile de la Ste. Enfance”, Causeway Bay." So remarks empty.
Eleventh: "Chapel at the “Asile de la Ste. Enfance”, Causeway Bay. Do. 500 Do. Do. 300 Under the Charge of the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres. 1 daily service." Tokens: 500, Do., Do., 300, Remarks.
Twelfth: "Chapel of the “Calvaire”, Happy Valley, St. Joseph's College Chapel, Do. Kennedy Road. La Salle College Chapel, Do. Kowloon Tong, Ricci Hall, Catholic Hostel, The University. N. D. de Lourde's Chapel, Pokfulam. Chapel of the Sanatorium de Bethanie, Pokfulam. Chapel of the “Maison de Nazareth”, Pokfulam. Holy Cross Church, Shaukiwan. ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ 150 Do. Do. Do. 100 600 Do. Do. 500 Under the Charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. 1 daily service. 200 Do. Do. Do. 150 Do. 30 Do. Do. 15 Under the care of the Jesuit Fathers. 1 daily service. Do. 200 Do. Do. 170 Daily Service, under the care of the French Foreign Missions (Missions Etrangères). Do. For Fathers Do. Do. Do. and servants. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. 400 Do. Do. 200 St. Teresa's Church, Kowloon Tong. Do. 1,000 Do. Do. 2,000 2 Morning Services on Sundays and 1 daily. 2 Morning Services and 1 Evening on Sundays, and 1 daily."
This is a block. It seems the churches from "Chapel of the Calvaire" to "Holy Cross Church" are listed without data, then a separator ÅÅÅÅ, then data rows for each? But there are 7 churches listed, and then data rows:
But there are 7 churches before separator, plus St. Teresa's after? Actually St. Teresa's is listed after the data rows. The list before separator includes: Chapel of the Calvaire, St. Joseph's College Chapel, La Salle College Chapel, Ricci Hall, N.D. de Lourde's Chapel, Chapel of the Sanatorium de Bethanie, Chapel of the Maison de Nazareth, Holy Cross Church. That's 8 churches. Then data rows: 8 rows? Let's count data rows:
Row1: 150 Do. Do. Do. 100 (no remarks)
Row2: 600 Do. Do. 500 Under the Charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. 1 daily service.
Row3: 200 Do. Do. Do. 150 (no remarks)
Row4: 30 Do. Do. 15 Under the care of the Jesuit Fathers. 1 daily service.
Row5: 200 Do. Do. 170 Daily Service, under the care of the French Foreign Missions (Missions Etrangères).
Row6: For Fathers Do. Do. Do. and servants. (this has "For Fathers" as first token? Maybe it's a remark for row5? Or a separate row for Chapel of the Maison de Nazareth? "For Fathers and servants." could be remark.)
Row7: 400 Do. Do. 200 (no remarks)
Row8: St. Teresa's Church, Kowloon Tong. Do. 1,000 Do. Do. 2,000 2 Morning Services on Sundays and 1 daily. 2 Morning Services and 1 Evening on Sundays, and 1 daily.
But row6 starts with "For Fathers" not a number. Could be that row6 is actually the remark for row5? But row5 already has a remark. Row6 might be for Chapel of the Maison de Nazareth: "For Fathers and servants." with data missing? The pattern: each church should have Accommodation, Stipend, Gross, Average Attendance, Remarks. Row6 has "For Fathers" (maybe Accommodation?), "Do.", "Do.", "Do.", "and servants." That would be 5 tokens: "For Fathers", "Do.", "Do.", "Do.", "and servants." But "For Fathers" is not a number. Could be a mis-scan of "150"? But "ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ" might be a page break.
Given the complexity, I'll do my best to align each church with data. I'll assume the list of churches in order matches the data rows in order after the separator. The churches before separator (8 churches) correspond to the first 8 data rows? But there are 8 data rows if we count row6 as a row. However, row8 is St. Teresa's which is not in the list before separator; it's after. So maybe the list before separator includes St. Teresa's? No, St. Teresa's appears after the data rows. Actually the text: "Holy Cross Church, Shaukiwan. ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ 150 Do. Do. Do. 100 ... St. Teresa's Church, Kowloon Tong. Do. 1,000 Do. Do. 2,000 ..." So St. Teresa's is separate.
Maybe the churches from "Chapel of the Calvaire" to "Holy Cross Church" are 8 churches, and the data rows 1-7 correspond to the first 7, and the 8th (Holy Cross) corresponds to row7 (400 Do. Do. 200). Then St. Teresa's is an additional church with its own data row (row8). Row6 "For Fathers Do. Do. Do. and servants." might be for "Chapel of the Maison de Nazareth" or "Chapel of the Sanatorium de Bethanie"? But row5 already has a remark for Sanatorium. Row4 for N.D. de Lourde's Chapel. Row3 for Ricci Hall? Row2 for La Salle College Chapel? Row1 for Chapel of the Calvaire? Row0? Let's map:
List:
Data rows after separator:
A. 150 Do. Do. Do. 100
B. 600 Do. Do. 500 Under the Charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. 1 daily service.
C. 200 Do. Do. Do. 150
D. 30 Do. Do. 15 Under the care of the Jesuit Fathers. 1 daily service.
E. 200 Do. Do. 170 Daily Service, under the care of the French Foreign Missions (Missions Etrangères).
F. For Fathers Do. Do. Do. and servants.
G. 400 Do. Do. 200
H. St. Teresa's Church, Kowloon Tong. Do. 1,000 Do. Do. 2,000 2 Morning Services on Sundays and 1 daily. 2 Morning Services and 1 Evening on Sundays, and 1 daily.
Now, which church corresponds to which?
But we have 8 churches before separator, and 8 data rows (A-H) if we count F as a row. However, row A (150 Do. Do. Do. 100) would be for Chapel of the Calvaire (1). Row C (200 Do. Do. Do. 150) for St. Joseph's College Chapel (2). Row B for La Salle (3). Row D for Ricci Hall (4). Row E for Sanatorium (6). Row F for Maison de Nazareth (7). Row G for Holy Cross (8). Row H for St. Teresa's (extra). But what about N.D. de Lourde's Chapel (5)? It's missing. Row D is for Ricci Hall (Jesuit). N.D. de Lourde's Chapel might be row? Not sure. Maybe N.D. de Lourde's Chapel is the same as Chapel of the Sanatorium de Bethanie? No, they are separate. N.D. de Lourde's Chapel is in Pokfulam, maybe part of Bethanie? Actually, Bethanie is a sanatorium run by French Foreign Missions, and it has a chapel. N.D. de Lourde's Chapel might be another name for the same? Or separate. The list includes both "N. D. de Lourde's Chapel, Pokfulam." and "Chapel of the Sanatorium de Bethanie, Pokfulam." So two distinct. But we have only one row for French Foreign Missions (row E). Could be that row E covers both? But they are separate entries. However, the data rows might be fewer because some churches have no data? But the Blue Book usually lists all.
Given the difficulty, I'll include all churches mentioned in the OCR, and for each, fill in the data as best as I can from the text. I'll create a table with all 20 churches (including St. Teresa's). For those with clear data, use that. For the later group, I'll assign based on the data rows in order of appearance after the separator, matching by remarks.
Let's list all churches in order of appearance in OCR:
Now, extract data for each from OCR.
I'll go through the OCR text sequentially and assign data to each church as they appear.
The OCR text after header:
"St. Margaret Mary's Church, Broadwood Road, Happy Valley.
Roman
800
None.
None.
2 Sunday Services and 1 daily.
Catholic.
700"
So for church 1:
But note: The "Catholic." is part of denomination. So Denomination = "Roman Catholic". The "700" appears after "Catholic." So I'll take Average Attendance = 700.
Next:
"St. Francis' Chapel, St. Francis' Street, Wanchai.
Do.
400
Do.
Do.
400
I daily Service. Under the care of the Canossian Sisters,"
Church 2:
Next:
"St. Anthony's Chapel, Orphanage, West Point.
Do.
200
Do.
Do.
200
Daily Service, under the care of the Salesian Fathers."
Church 3:
Next:
"Chapel of the Sacred Heart, High Street, West Point, Victoria.
Do.
90
Do.
Do.
80
Under the charge of the Canossian Sisters. 1 daily service."
Church 4:
Next:
"St. Joseph's Chapel, Home for the Aged, Kowloon City.
Do.
200
Do.
Do.
180
Under the charge of the Little Sisters of the Poor. 1 daily service."
Church 5:
Next:
"Rosary Church, Chatham Road, Kowloon,
Do.
800
Do.
Do.
about 3,000 at 3 services."
Church 6:
Next:
"Chinese Convent Chapel, Yun-chow Street, Shamshuipo.
Do.
220
Do.
Do.
150
Daily Service. Under the care of the Sisters of the Precious Blood. 1 daily service."
Church 7:
Next:
"All Souls' Chapel for Burial Service, Catholic Cemetery, Wong-uei-chung Valley.
Do.
20
20
Do.
Do.
50
3 Morning Services and 1 Evening Service on Sundays and 2 daily,"
Church 8:
Next:
"Chapel of Our Blessed Lady of Sorrows, Italian Convent, Caine Road.
Do.
600
Do.
Do.
440
Under the Charge of the Canossian Sisters. 1 daily service."
Church 9:
Next:
"St. Mary's School Chapel.
Do.
150
Do.
Do.
100"
Church 10:
Next:
"Chapel at the “Asile de la Ste. Enfance”, Causeway Bay.
Do.
500
Do.
Do.
300
Under the Charge of the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres. 1 daily service."
Church 11:
Next:
"Chapel of the “Calvaire”, Happy Valley,
St. Joseph's College Chapel, Do.
Kennedy Road.
La Salle College Chapel, Do.
Kowloon Tong,
Ricci Hall, Catholic Hostel,
The University.
N. D. de Lourde's Chapel,
Pokfulam.
Chapel of the Sanatorium de Bethanie, Pokfulam.
Chapel of the “Maison de Nazareth”, Pokfulam.
Holy Cross Church, Shaukiwan.
ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ
150
Do.
Do.
Do.
100
600
Do.
Do.
500
Under the Charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. 1 daily service.
200
Do.
Do.
Do.
150
Do.
30
Do.
Do.
15
Under the care of the Jesuit Fathers. 1 daily service.
Do.
200
Do.
Do.
170
Daily Service, under the care of the French Foreign Missions (Missions Etrangères).
Do.
For Fathers Do.
Do.
Do.
and servants.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
400
Do.
Do.
200
St. Teresa's Church, Kowloon Tong.
Do.
1,000
Do.
Do.
2,000
2 Morning Services on Sundays and 1 daily.
2 Morning Services and 1 Evening on Sundays, and 1 daily."
Now, churches 12-19 are listed without data, then a separator, then data rows. The data rows likely correspond to churches 12-19 in order, plus St. Teresa's (20) at the end.
Let's parse the data rows after ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ:
Row1: "150 Do. Do. Do. 100" -> Accommodation 150, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 100, Remarks none.
Row2: "600 Do. Do. 500 Under the Charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. 1 daily service." -> Accommodation 600, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 500, Remarks "Under the Charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. 1 daily service."
Row3: "200 Do. Do. Do. 150" -> Accommodation 200, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 150, Remarks none.
Row4: "30 Do. Do. 15 Under the care of the Jesuit Fathers. 1 daily service." -> Accommodation 30, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 15, Remarks "Under the care of the Jesuit Fathers. 1 daily service."
Row5: "200 Do. Do. 170 Daily Service, under the care of the French Foreign Missions (Missions Etrangères)." -> Accommodation 200, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 170, Remarks "Daily Service, under the care of the French Foreign Missions (Missions Etrangères)."
Row6: "For Fathers Do. Do. Do. and servants." -> This is weird. Could be a remark for row5? But row5 already has remark. Maybe it's a separate row for Chapel of the Maison de Nazareth: "For Fathers and servants." with data missing? The tokens: "For Fathers" (maybe Accommodation?), "Do.", "Do.", "Do.", "and servants." If we treat "For Fathers" as a text remark, but it's in the data position. Could be a mis-scan of "150" or something. I'll assume this row corresponds to Chapel of the Maison de Nazareth, and the data is not properly captured. I'll fill with "..." for missing data and remark "For Fathers and servants."
Row7: "400 Do. Do. 200" -> Accommodation 400, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 200, Remarks none.
Row8: "St. Teresa's Church, Kowloon Tong. Do. 1,000 Do. Do. 2,000 2 Morning Services on Sundays and 1 daily. 2 Morning Services and 1 Evening on Sundays, and 1 daily." -> This includes the church name again. So for church 20: Denomination Roman Catholic, Accommodation 1,000, Stipend None, Gross None, Average Attendance 2,000, Remarks "2 Morning Services on Sundays and 1 daily. 2 Morning Services and 1 Evening on Sundays, and 1 daily."
Now assign rows to churches 12-19:
Church 12: Chapel of the “Calvaire”, Happy Valley -> Row1 (150, 100)
Church 13: St. Joseph's College Chapel, Kennedy Road -> Row2? But Row2 mentions Brothers of Christian Schools, which is La Salle College. St. Joseph's College is run by Marist Brothers? Actually St. Joseph's College is run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers). Yes, both St. Joseph's College and La Salle College are run by the same order. But Row2 says "Under the Charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools." That could apply to both. However, Row2 has Accommodation 600, Average Attendance 500. Which college? La Salle College Chapel is listed third. But Row1 is 150, Row2 600. The order of churches: 12. Calvaire, 13. St. Joseph's College, 14. La Salle College, 15. Ricci Hall, 16. N.D. de Lourde's, 17. Sanatorium de Bethanie, 18. Maison de Nazareth, 19. Holy Cross.
Row3: 200, 150 -> could be St. Joseph's College? But Row2 is 600. Row3 200. Row4: 30, 15 (Jesuit) -> Ricci Hall (Jesuit). Row5: 200, 170 (French Foreign Missions) -> Sanatorium de Bethanie (French Foreign Missions). Row6: For Fathers -> Maison de Nazareth? Row7: 400, 200 -> Holy Cross. Row8: St. Teresa's.
But we have 8 churches (12-19) and 7 rows before St. Teresa's (Row1-Row7). Row6 is problematic. Maybe Row1 for Calvaire, Row2 for St. Joseph's College, Row3 for La Salle College, Row4 for Ricci Hall, Row5 for N.D. de Lourde's? But N.D. de Lourde's is not French Foreign Missions? Actually N.D. de Lourde's Chapel might be part of Bethanie? Not sure. Row5 is French Foreign Missions, which matches Sanatorium de Bethanie. So Row5 for Sanatorium. Then N.D. de Lourde's might be Row6? But Row6 is "For Fathers". Row7 for Maison de Nazareth? Row7 400,200. Row8 for Holy Cross? But Holy Cross is 19. Then St. Teresa's is 20.
We have 8 churches 12-19, but only 7 data rows (Row1-Row7) before St. Teresa's. Row6 might be for N.D. de Lourde's or Maison de Nazareth. Let's count data rows: Row1, Row2, Row3, Row4, Row5, Row6, Row7 = 7 rows. Churches 12-19 = 8 churches. So one church missing data. Perhaps the "ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ" indicates a page break and the data for the first church (Calvaire) is on previous page? But the OCR includes the list then separator then data. Maybe the data rows correspond to the list in order, but the list includes 8 churches, and the data rows are 8 if we count Row6 as a row. Row6 has "For Fathers Do. Do. Do. and servants." That could be a row with Accommodation missing. I'll treat it as a row for one church.
I'll assign as follows based on remarks:
Given the instructions: "Preserve original content — do not add or remove substantive words. Do not rephrase, rewrite, or change the author's style, tone, or word choice. Only correct what is clearly wrong." And "Missing text — if a word or phrase is clearly missing due to OCR damage, insert ... in its place."
I should reconstruct the table as it appears in the OCR, with the data as parsed, even if misaligned. But the goal is to produce a proofread text in Markdown. The original document is a table. I should output a Markdown table with the columns and rows as best as I can determine.
I'll create a table with columns: Name and Situation, Denomination, Accommodation, Average Attendance, Stipend of Minister, Gross Amount of Assistance from Public Funds, Remarks.
I'll fill each row with the data I extracted, using the order of churches as they appear in the OCR. For churches 12-19, I'll use the data rows in order after the separator, matching the list order. Since the list order is given, and the data rows appear after, I'll assume they correspond one-to-one in the same order. The list has 8 churches, the data rows (including the problematic Row6) are 7 rows before St. Teresa's. But St. Teresa's is separate. Actually the data rows after separator include 8 rows if we count the St. Teresa's row as the 8th? But St. Teresa's is not in the list before separator. The list before separator ends with Holy Cross Church. Then separator, then data rows, then St. Teresa's Church appears again with its data. So the data rows after separator likely correspond to the 8 churches listed (12-19). There are 8 data rows if we count Row1 to Row7 plus Row8? But Row8 is St. Teresa's. So Row1-Row7 are 7 rows for 8 churches. Row6 is "For Fathers Do. Do. Do. and servants." That might be a row for one church. So 7 rows for 8 churches. Perhaps the first church (Calvaire) has no data row? But Row1 is 150... That could be Calvaire. Then we have 7 rows for remaining 7 churches? Let's count churches 13-19: that's 7 churches. Row2-Row8? Row2 to Row7 are 6 rows. Row8 is St. Teresa's. So still mismatch.
Maybe the list includes St. Teresa's? No, St. Teresa's appears after the data rows. The text: "Holy Cross Church, Shaukiwan. ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ 150 Do. Do. Do. 100 ... 400 Do. Do. 200 St. Teresa's Church, Kowloon Tong. Do. 1,000 Do. Do. 2,000 ..." So St. Teresa's is after the data rows. So the data rows before St. Teresa's correspond to the churches listed before the separator (12-19). That's 8 churches. The data rows before St. Teresa's are:
That's 7 rows. So one church missing. Perhaps the "Chapel of the Calvaire" is not included in the data rows because it's on a previous page? But the OCR includes it in the list. The "ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ" might indicate a page break, and the data for Calvaire might be on the previous page, not captured here. But the OCR text we have starts with "426 (P2) RETURN OF CHURCHES..." so it's a single page. The list includes Calvaire, then the other churches, then separator, then data. Maybe the data rows correspond to the churches from St. Joseph's College onward, and Calvaire's data is elsewhere. However, the first data row (150) could be for Calvaire. Then we have 7 rows for 7 churches (St. Joseph's College to Holy Cross). That would be 8 churches total (Calvaire + 7). But the list has 8 churches from Calvaire to Holy Cross. That's 8. If Calvaire gets row1, then we need 7 rows for the remaining 7. We have rows 2-7 = 6 rows. Row6 is problematic. Row7 is 400. So rows 2-7 are 6 rows. So still one short.
Let's count the churches from St. Joseph's College to Holy Cross:
That's 7 churches. Rows 2-7 are 6 rows. Row6 is "For Fathers..." which might be for Maison de Nazareth. Row7 for Holy Cross. So we have rows for 13,14,15,16,17,18,19? That's 7 churches, but only 6 rows (row2 to row7). Row2,3,4,5,6,7 = 6 rows. So one church missing a row. Which one? Perhaps N.D. de Lourde's Chapel and Sanatorium de Bethanie share a row? Or Ricci Hall and N.D. de Lourde's? But they have different remarks.
Row4 is Jesuit Fathers -> Ricci Hall.
Row5 is French Foreign Missions -> Sanatorium de Bethanie.
Row2 is Brothers of Christian Schools -> La Salle College (or St. Joseph's College).
Row3 no remark -> could be St. Joseph's College.
Row6 "For Fathers" -> Maison de Nazareth.
Row7 no remark -> Holy Cross.
That leaves N.D. de Lourde's Chapel without a row. Maybe N.D. de Lourde's Chapel is the same as Sanatorium de Bethanie? But listed separately. Could be that the data for N.D. de Lourde's is included in the Sanatorium row? But the Sanatorium row has specific remark. I'll assume the OCR missed a row for N.D. de Lourde's Chapel. I'll include it in the table with missing data (...).
Given the instructions, I should not add or remove substantive words. But I need to produce a table. I'll include all churches in the order they appear in the OCR text (the list order). For each, I'll fill the data from the OCR as they appear in the text, associating each church with the data that follows it in the linear text. For churches 1-11, the data follows immediately. For churches 12-19, the data appears after the separator in a block. The linear text after the list of churches 12-19 is the separator, then data rows. The data rows are not explicitly linked to each church. However, the original table likely had each church on a row with its data. The OCR has separated the list from the data. To reconstruct, I'll assume the data rows correspond to the churches in the same order as listed. Since there are 8 churches and 7 data rows, I'll assign the first data row to the first church (Calvaire), second to second (St. Joseph's College), third to third (La Salle), fourth to fourth (Ricci Hall), fifth to fifth (N.D. de Lourde's), sixth to sixth (Sanatorium), seventh to seventh (Maison de Nazareth), and the eighth church (Holy Cross) gets the seventh data row? But we have only 7 data rows. Let's count data rows again: after separator, there are 7 lines of data before St. Teresa's. But the seventh line is "400 Do. Do. 200". That could be for Holy Cross. Then the sixth line "For Fathers..." for Maison de Nazareth. Fifth for Sanatorium. Fourth for Ricci Hall. Third for La Salle? Second for St. Joseph's? First for Calvaire. That would leave N.D. de Lourde's without a row. But the list has N.D. de Lourde's as fifth. So if we assign sequentially, the fifth data row is "200 Do. Do. 170 Daily Service, under the care of the French Foreign Missions (Missions Etrangères)." That would go to N.D. de Lourde's. But that remark mentions French Foreign Missions, which is for Sanatorium. So mismatch.
Maybe the list order is not the same as table order. The table might be sorted differently. But the OCR text is the only source. I think the best is to present the table as the OCR presents it: first the list of churches with their data for 1-11, then for 12-19, the data is given in a block after the separator. I could reconstruct the table by combining the list and the data block in the order they appear in the OCR. But the OCR order is: list of 12-19, then separator, then data rows. The data rows likely correspond to the same churches but the OCR has separated them. To proofread, I should merge them back into a single table.
Given the complexity, I'll create a Markdown table with all 20 churches, using the data I can extract. For churches 12-19, I'll use the data rows in the order they appear after the separator, matching by the remarks where possible. I'll note missing data with "...".
Let's do it systematically.
I'll write the table in Markdown.
First, define columns:
| Name and Situation | Denomination | Accommodation | Average Attendance | Stipend of Minister | Gross Amount of Assistance from Public Funds | Remarks |
|---|
Now fill rows.
Row 1: St. Margaret Mary's Church, Broadwood Road, Happy Valley | Roman Catholic | 800 | 700 | None | None | 2 Sunday Services and 1 daily.
Row 2: St. Francis' Chapel, St. Francis' Street, Wanchai | Roman Catholic | 400 | 400 | None | None | 1 daily Service. Under the care of the Canossian Sisters.
Row 3: St. Anthony's Chapel, Orphanage, West Point | Roman Catholic | 200 | 200 | None | None | Daily Service, under the care of the Salesian Fathers.
Row 4: Chapel of the Sacred Heart, High Street, West Point, Victoria | Roman Catholic | 90 | 80 | None | None | Under the charge of the Canossian Sisters. 1 daily service.
Row 5: St. Joseph's Chapel, Home for the Aged, Kowloon City | Roman Catholic | 200 | 180 | None | None | Under the charge of the Little Sisters of the Poor. 1 daily service.
Row 6: Rosary Church, Chatham Road, Kowloon | Roman Catholic | 800 | about 3,000 at 3 services | None | None |
Row 7: Chinese Convent Chapel, Yun-chow Street, Shamshuipo | Roman Catholic | 220 | 150 | None | None | Daily Service. Under the care of the Sisters of the Precious Blood. 1 daily service.
Row 8: All Souls' Chapel for Burial Service, Catholic Cemetery, Wong-uei-chung Valley | Roman Catholic | 20 | 20 | None | None | 50 3 Morning Services and 1 Evening Service on Sundays and 2 daily
Row 9: Chapel of Our Blessed Lady of Sorrows, Italian Convent, Caine Road | Roman Catholic | 600 | 440 | None | None | Under the Charge of the Canossian Sisters. 1 daily service.
Row 10: St. Mary's School Chapel | Roman Catholic | 150 | 100 | None | None |
Row 11: Chapel at the “Asile de la Ste. Enfance”, Causeway Bay | Roman Catholic | 500 | 300 | None | None | Under the Charge of the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres. 1 daily service.
Row 12: Chapel of the “Calvaire”, Happy Valley | Roman Catholic | 150 | 100 | None | None |
Row 13: St. Joseph's College Chapel, Kennedy Road | Roman Catholic | 600 | 500 | None | None | Under the Charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. 1 daily service.
Row 14: La Salle College Chapel, Kowloon Tong | Roman Catholic | 200 | 150 | None | None |
Row 15: Ricci Hall, Catholic Hostel, The University | Roman Catholic | 30 | 15 | None | None | Under the care of the Jesuit Fathers. 1 daily service.
Row 16: N. D. de Lourde's Chapel, Pokfulam | Roman Catholic | 200 | 170 | None | None | Daily Service, under the care of the French Foreign Missions (Missions Etrangères).
Row 17: Chapel of the Sanatorium de Bethanie, Pokfulam | Roman Catholic | ... | ... | ... | ... | For Fathers and servants.
Row 18: Chapel of the “Maison de Nazareth”, Pokfulam | Roman Catholic | 400 | 200 | None | None |
Row 19: Holy Cross Church, Shaukiwan | Roman Catholic | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Row 20: St. Teresa's Church, Kowloon Tong | Roman Catholic | 1,000 | 2,000 | None | None | 2 Morning Services on Sundays and 1 daily. 2 Morning Services and 1 Evening on Sundays, and 1 daily.
But this assignment is arbitrary. I need to be more faithful to the OCR. The OCR after separator gives data rows. The first data row is "150 Do. Do. Do. 100". That likely belongs to the first church in the list after the separator? But the list before separator includes 8 churches. The separator might indicate a new page. The data rows might be for the churches listed on that page. The list before separator might be the continuation from previous page? Actually the OCR starts with "426 (P2) RETURN OF CHURCHES...". So it's page 2. The list of churches 12-19 might be on page 2, and the data for them might be on page 2 as well, but the OCR has separated them. The "ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ" might be a line across the page. The data rows after that are likely the data for the churches listed just before. Since there are 8 churches listed, and 7 data rows, perhaps one church (Calvaire) has its data on the previous page (page 1). But we don't have page 1. The first church on page 2 might be St. Joseph's College Chapel. The list includes "Chapel of the “Calvaire”, Happy Valley," then "St. Joseph's College Chapel, Do. Kennedy Road." The "Do." might mean "Roman Catholic". The Calvaire might be the last entry of previous page. But the OCR includes it here. I'll assume the data rows correspond to the churches from St. Joseph's College onward. That is 7 churches (13-19). And there are 7 data rows (Row1 to Row7). Row1: 150... could be for St. Joseph's College? But Row2 has Brothers of Christian Schools which fits La Salle. Row3 200... could be for Ricci Hall? But Row4 is Jesuit. Let's map the 7 churches (13-19) to 7 data rows:
Churches:
Data rows:
A. 150 Do. Do. Do. 100
B. 600 Do. Do. 500 Under the Charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. 1 daily service.
C. 200 Do. Do. Do. 150
D. 30
426
(P2)
RETURN OF CHURCHES, CHAPELS, GRANTS, &c.
Gross amount of
Name and Situation of
Accommoda-Stipend of assistance
Minister to denomi-
Denomina- tion.
tion and
from
Church or Chapel.
Average Attendance.
Public
Funia,
nation
from
Public
Romarks.
if any.
Fundis,
if any.
St. Margaret Mary's Church, Broadwood Road, Happy Valley.
Roman
800
None.
None.
2 Sunday Services and 1 daily.
Catholic.
700
St. Francis' Chapel, St.
Do.
400
Do.
Do.
Francis' Street, Wanchai.
400
I daily Service. Under the care of the
Canossian Sisters,
St. Anthony's Chapel,
Orphanage, West Point.
Do.
200
Do.
Do.
200
Daily Service, under the care of the
Salesian Fathers.
Chapel of the Sacred Heart,
Do.
90
Do.
Do.
High Street, West Point, Victoria.
80
Under the charge of the Canossian
Sisters. 1 daily service.
St. Joseph's Chapel, Home
Do.
200
Do.
Do.
for the Agal, Kowloon
180
Under the charge of the Little Sistera
of the Poor. I daily service.
City.
Rosary Church, Chatham
Road, Kowloon,
Do.
800
Do.
Do.
about 3,000
at 3 services.
Chinese Convent Chapel, Yun-chow Street, Slam- shui-po.
Do.
220
Do.
Do.
150
All Souls' Chapel for Burial
Do.
tery,
Service, Catholic Ceme- Wong-uei-chung
20
20
Do.
Do.
50
3 Morning Services and 1 Evening
Service on Sundays and 2 daily,
Daily Service. Under the care of the Sisters of the Precious Blood. 1 daily service.
Service on all Souls' Day and Octave.
Valley.
Chapel of Our Blessed Lady
De.
600
Do.
Do.
of Sorrows, Italian Con-
440
Under the Charge of the Canossian
Sisters. 1 daily service.
vent, Caine Rond.
St. Mary's School Chapel.
Do.
150
Do.
Do.
100
Chapel at the “Asile de la
Do.
500
Do.
Do.
Ste. Enfance", Cause-
300
Do.
Under the Churge of the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres. 1 daily service.
way Bay.
Chapel of the “Calvaire”.
Do.
Happy Valley,
St. Joseph's College Chapel, Do.
Kennedy Road.
La Salle College Chapel, Do.
Kowloon Tong,
Ricci Hall, Catholic Hostel,
The Cuiversity.
N. D. de Lourde's Chapel,
Pokfulam.
Chapel of the Sanatorium
de Bethanie, Pokfulum.
Chapel of the "Maison de Nazareth", Pokfulam.
Holy Cross Church, Shau-
kiwan.
ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ
150
Do.
Do.
Do.
100
600
Do.
Do.
500
Under the Charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. 1 daily service.
200
Do.
Do.
Do.
150
Do.
30
Do.
Do.
15
Under the care of the Jesuit Fathers.
I daily service.
Do.
200
Do.
Do.
170
Daily Service, under the care of the French Foreign Missions (Missions Etrangères).
Do.
For Fathers Do.
Do.
Do.
and servants.
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Do.
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400
Do.
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200
St. Teresa's Churel, Kuw-
loon Tong.
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1,000
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2,000
2 Morning Services on Sundays aud
I duity.
2 Morning Services and 1 Evening on
Sundays, and I daily.
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