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CHINA MAIL CHRISTMAS NUMBER

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This five-storey Pagoda in Canton heen converted into a City Museum. situated on the Hill of the Goddess of Mercy.

It is

(at left)- recent photograph of H.E the Governor, Sir William Peel, K.C.M.G. K.BE His Excellency has been busily oc- cupied with administrative duties since he re- turned, with Lady Peel, to the Colony last month from Heme leave.

(Ar right)-The most

famous temple in Canton, the

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Luk Yung Temple. Every year it attracts many visitors, There are restaurants within the wall of the temple.

A recent photograph of H.E. Major-General J. W. Sandilands, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., who was presented with the Thanks Badge of the Hong Kong. Girl Guides last week.

A section of the Girl Guides taken at the presentation to Major: General Sandilands."

THE COLONY SIXTY YEARS AGO -(Left) The Prays, looking cart. (Right) Kowloon. On both sides of the Harbour, the frontages bave been considerably advanced with the gradual progress of reclamation.

These old views of the Colony serve to illustrate the fact that the China Mall, the oldest newspaper in the Far East, was the first paper publish ed in Hong Kong. Founded in 1845, the China Mail was for years the official Gazette of the Hong Kong Government. The Government notification on February-20, 1840signed by Mr. Frederick WVA Bruce Colonial Secretary, reads: Its hereby, aglified that from and after the 20th in stant and until further orders the China Mail is to be considered the Official Organ of all Government Notifications."