1. Ta tin Wan
2. Junka at Ts'ün Wán
3. Houses on sea-shore-Ts'ün Wán
4. Villages of 3 Hu, pith Castle Peak
in distance.
5. Lime kiln...
6. Village of Ping Shan
7. Group of the Targ Family at Ping Shán 8. Starling Inlet
9. Landing Place, Shata ók
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é
10. Rice-planting-Lungkaitau .... 11. Village of Li Uk Ts'ün, near Sham Chun 12. On the road to Sham Chun
13. Village of Yam Tsó Ha, near Starling
Inlet.
14. Transplanting rice-shoots
15. Harrowing the soil
16. Village of Wo Hang, near Starling Inlet 17. Kung Kanadas Valley
18. Village of Lo Shu Ling, east of Sham
Chun.
19. Village of Ch'ün Lung, north of Ts'ün
Wán.
20. Lam Ts'ün, west of Taipó Hü
PHOTOGRAPHS,
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g. Xavier.)
21. Bridge near Taipó Hü
22. Man Uk Pin, between Sharn Chun and
Shatafa Ker.
23. Village of Ting Kok, in Plover Cove... 24. Village of Taipó
1, near Taipó Hu... 25. Walled village of Wai, Langulat
26. Temple at Fan Ling, south of Sham
Chuu.
27. Village of Taipó Wai, near Taipó Hü... 28. Boat-building shed-Ting Kok, in
Plover Cove.
29. Salt Station, head of Mirs Bay
30. Village of Ch'ik K'ang, south of Crooked
Harbour.
31. Father Pozzoni and his Christians, with
chapel at Ch'ik K'ang.
32. Sham Chun River and Town
33. Waiting for the boat at Sham Chun
34. Group of villagers at Sham Chun
35. Group outside Council House at Sham
Chun.
36. On the river to Sham Chun
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(Confidential. Hong Kong.) REPORT by MR. LOCKHART on the NEWE
Extension
3
REPORT.
the Colony of Hong Kong:
TERRITORY
The territory, including the islands, which China has agreed to lease to Great appertains to the district of Sa O in the province of Kwang-tung, and is indicated generally on Map I., which is a copy of the map attached to the Convention.
MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
In order to facilitate consideration of this territory, a map of it has been specially prepared by Mr. Ormsby, Director of Public Works, Hong Kong (Map II.), based on the excellent map made by Bishop Volontieri in 1866, when a missionary of the Propa- ganda in Saf Of (Map III.), and a series of photographic views has been taken, unfor- tunately in weather not always favourable for the photographer, by Corporal White- wood, R.E., under the superintendence of Lieut. Rundall, R.E., and by Mr. Xavier, Surveyor in the Public Works Department, Hong Kong. These maps and photo- graphs, to the latter of which have been added a few taken by Afong and Mee Cheung, photographers, Hong Kong, are attached.
AREA.
The area of the territory as shown on Map I. is as follows:-
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mee
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ALBUM II.
(Views taken by Messrs. Afong and Sing Cheung.)
1. Panorama of Chinese Kowloon
2-5. Views of Ch'ik Wan, Deep Bay
6. Tin Wan
7. Wharf at Chinese Kowloon
8. Kap Mun or Ma Wan Customis
Station.
9-11. Views of the Island of Cheung Chat 12-13. Views near Kowloon City
14. Gambling House outside Kowloon
City.
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15. View of Kowloon City and neigh-
bourhood.
17. Boundary between British and
Chinese territory.
18. Custorus Station-Kat'iu Shok, 19. Outpost at boundary between
British and Chinese territory.
...
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The
16. Landing Pier outside Kowloon
City,
ALBUM III.
(Views taken by Corporal Whitewood, R.E., under the Superintendence of Lieutenant Rundall, R
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1. Members of the Commission
2. Officers, H.M.S. "Plover "
3. Crow, H.M.S." Plover"
4. Panorama of Kowloon City
5. Kowloon City
6. Yung Shu Au Village, Starling Inlet...
7. Sha Ta Village, Mirs Bay
8. San Wai Village, Lang Kwat
9. Tai Wo Valley, near Taipó Hü
10. Lo Ts'ün Valley, in Leng
district.
11. Lam Ts'ün Plateau
district
12. Long Valley, from Lin Au ap/looking
North. (See No. 17.)
13. Kak Tin Valley, near Sha Tin
14. Sha Tin Creek
15. Sha Tin Village
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16. Bridge Valley, near Taipó Hü ...
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17. Southern end, Long Valley, near Lin Aa, looking West. (See No. 12.)
18. Nam Wai, near Sai Kung
19. Sai Kung ...
20. Pak Sha Wan, near Sai Kung
21. Ts'ün Wan
22. Ts'ün Wan Hamlet
23. Castle Peak Valley
24. Customs Station in Island of Ch'eung
Chau.
25. Shap Village, Island of Lantao
26. Wharf at Sham Chun
27. Village of Lok Tei Tong, east coast
of Island of Lantao,
28. Boat dwellings and Jose House, Island
of Cheung Chap.
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Mainland Islands
*
Sq. miles.
286
Acros. 183.040
90
27,010
376
240,640 1
PHYSICAL FEATURES.
The new territory is mountainous, with rich/extensive/cultivated valleys, and pos- sesses a coast line deeply indented by bays.
The coast to the south and east is bold and rugged, with deep water close up to the Col cliffs, and numerous land-locked bays, affording good anchorages, which render them safe in all kinds of weather. The heads of the inlets of Mirs Bay, such as Starling Inlet, Tai-po-hü Bay, and Tide Cove, or Sha-tin Inlet, are shallow, the tide at low water leaving a mile or more of sand or mud exposed. Deep Bay in the west is extremely shallow, and at low tide miles of mud can be seen. This bay has, however, a deep hannel hich is well known to native boatmen. No proper survey of the bay has ever This should be taken in hand as soon as possible; and in the meantime the deep channel should be properly marked, in order to facilitate the navigation of these waters.
been made.
A report on the harbours in Mirs Bay, with which Commander De Horsey of Harbours H.M.S. Plover, kindly furnished me, will be found in Appendix No. la.
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The general trend of the mountain system is north-east and south-west. There Mountain are two main ranges-the southern range and the northern range. The southern range system. extends from Sharp Peak, which forms the south point of Mirs Bay, to the peaks oppo- site Stonecutters Island, and may be regarded as ending in the mountains of the island of Laftao. The most noticeable peaks in this range are Sharp Peak, 1,540 feet high, with one spur to the north, 1,630 feet high, and another spur running into Tolo harbour, ending in the magnificent twin peaks named on English maps the Hunchback Hills, and called by the Chinese "Saddle Mountain," with a height of 2,305 feet; peaks 1,895, 1,440, and 1,240 feet high immediately to the north of Kowloon city, ending in a peak 1,600 feet high to the north of Tai-kok-ts The southern range here drops rapidly into Hong Kong harbour, opposite Stonecutters Island, but re-appears in the island of Laptao, where it reaches an elevation of 3,050 feet near the west end of the island.
The northern range extends from Crooked Harbour in the north of Mirs Bay to Castle Peak Bay and the southern point of Deep Bay. It commences with elevations of 1,655 feet, 1,500 feet, and 1,200 feet, and in the Pat Sin Ling, or Eight Peak Mountain, north of Tolo Harbour, attains to a height of 1,857 feet. From Tolo
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