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No. 14.
The humble petition of Wong Tsung Hin and Chan Ping Nam, of the Luk King division, showeth that your petitioners feel real pleasure in yielding true submission and welcoming the Imperial troops.
Your petitioners have always been law-abiding people, and were well acquainted with the Convention leasing the territory, with which they were perfectly satisfied. But bad characters from the larger districts of the territory misled people by inventing rumours, and availed themselves of the opportunity to stir up the people to disorder, so as to resist the Imperial troops. Your petitioners' villages being small and powerless could do nothing but remain silent. Now, however, that the troops have arrived your petitioners are saved from their great danger, which is a source of unbounded joy to them. They therefore now humbly approach your tribunal, and humbly pray that clemency may be extended to them."
The inhabitants of the various villages will readily acquiesce in whatever sites may be hereafter selected by the British Government for the purpose of erecting Govern- ment offices, police stations, &c.
And your petitioners will ever pray.
The following is a list of the villages in the Luk King division :-
1. Upper Luk King.
2. Lower Luk King.
3. Kai Kuk Shu Ha.
4. Hang Mi.
5. Fung Hang.
6. Nam Ching (Li).
7. Nam nung (Cheung).
Dated 30th April, 1899.
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No. 16.
The petition of Chan Tsz Ki, Wong Ki, and others, inhabitants of the Tai Wo inarket town (ie., Taipo Hu) humbly showeth :
That your petitioners were incited by rowdies from other places to offer armed re- sistance, and pray that they may be mercifully pardoned, so that they may be allowed to carry on their business in peace. Your petitioners have always been law-abiding people, and were well acquainted with the Convention leasing the territory, with which they were perfectly satisfied. But bad characters from other places spread false reports, saying that laws of the West and China were different, and that there would be no end of difficulties. In this way they availed themselves of their opportunity to incite the people to disorder and to resist the Imperial troops. Your petitioners, being weak, were coerced by them. By the arrival of the troops to maintain order, your petitioners have been saved from great peril, which is a source of unbounded joy to them. But the loss of petitioners' business is truly pitiful, so they are constrained to approach your tribunal with the prayer that the troops may be withdrawn, so that Lotitioners' business may be carried on in peace. They will readily acquiesce in what- ever sites may be hereafter selected by the British Government for the purpose of erect- ing government offices, stations, &c. And your petitioners will ever pray.
Chopped with the chop of thirteen shops.
Dated 1st May, 1899.
No. 15.
The humble petition of U U Kong, Li Chan Fai, Lai Tsun Un, Lam Po Tsun, Wong Wing Fuk, Lam Kwok Lin, and other gentry and elders of the Ting Kok and Shun Wan division, showeth that your petitioners feel real pleasure in yielding true submission and in welcoming the Imperial troops.
Your petitioners have always been law-abiding people, and were well acquainted with the Convention leasing the territory, with which they were perfectly satisfied. But bad characters from the larger districts of the territory misled people by inventing rumours, and availed themselves of the opportunity to stir up the people to disorder, to resist the Imperial troops. Your petitioners' villages, being small and powerless, could do nothing but remain silent. Now, however, that the troops have arrived, your peti- tioners are saved from their great danger, which is a source of unbounded joy to them. They, therefore, now humbly approach your tribunal, and humbly pray that clemency may be extended to them. They will hereafter act in strict obedience to all British laws, and the inhabitants of the various villages will at once obey whatever commands may be issued, and your petitioners will ever pray.
The following is a list of the villages and the surnames of the different clans residing therein :-
Ting Kok, Lam Li, Pang U, Wan Lo Cheung Leung Yun.
Lung Mi, Li Chan, Cheung Ng.
Tai Mi Tuk Wong.
Lo Tsz. Tin Lan, Leung Shan.
Shun Wan District.
Po Shan Pai.
Wong U Tan Cheung.
Wai Ha Li.
Tung Tsz: Ip.
Tsun Tau: Pang.
A Shan: Sun Lam Kut.
Ha Hang: Li
Sha Lo Tung: Li Cheung.
Chan Tan Kok.
Dated 30th April, 1899.
No. 17.
The humble petition of Mak Nung Mau, Ma On Ki, elders, and Ma Pui Un, graduate by purchase, of the Hop Wo Division, showeth:-
That your petitioners yield submission with feelings of real pleasure, and are deeply indebted for having been rescued from great danger. Your petitioners have long reverenced the power and humanity of Great Britain, and when they heard of the Convention extending the boundaries of Hong Kong they were all delighted, and although false reports were spread in order to incite the people, they never changed their views.
When rowdies from other places collected in crowds to resist, the petitioners wilfully yielded submission, and not only did not join in their plots, but pointed out to them their crime. Consequently on the 6th of the 3rd moon (15th April), when the rowdies collected in large numbers, like a swarm of bees, they said they would first destroy all the villages in our division before offering resistance to the Imperial troops. Fortunately the troops happened to arrive on that very day, and drove back the rowdies, which saved the villages in our division from harm. If they had arrived a day later all the villages in our division would have suffered cruelly at the hands of the rowdies, and their misery would have been beyond all description. Having been mercifully rescued from such great peril, they have, as it were, been given a second life. Your petitioners having been empowered to convey the heartfelt thanks of their fellow villagers for the kindness bestowed upon them, humbly approach your tribunal to express their gratitude, and to pray that protection may be mercifully continued to them, so that the villagers in their division may for generations to come obey the laws of Great Britain and forever live under its protection ægis,
And your petitioners will ever pray.
List of villages in the Hop Wo Division:--
Un In,
Wong I Au,
Pan Chung,
Fung Wai,
Nam Hang.
[18A.]
Dated 1st May, 1899.
Taipo, May 6, 1899.
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
WITH reference to my report of the 2nd instant, forwarding translation of peti- tions representing 171 villages, I have the honour to state that I have received six (6) more petitions, Nos. 19-24, including 48 villages, which I have tabulated in the
attached return.
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