[ { "id": 272394, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867", "page_number": 587, "title": "CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867", "content_text": "# \n(10)\n\n2. I am in receipt of your No. 184, of the 7th instant, and have authorized Mr. Creagh to visit other districts, at his own expense, to select such men as may be willing to proceed to Hong-Kong, and appear suitable for Police duty in that province.\n\nFrom Major G. Hutchinson, Inspector General of Police, Punjab, to C. V. Creagh Esquire No. 540, dated 11th February 1867.\n\nI have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your demi-official communication of the 7th instant, and to forward for your perusal a copy of a letter this day addressed to the Secretary to Government regarding passage rates from Calcutta to Hong-Kong.\n\n2. I return the original letter of the Hong-Kong Colonial Secretary to your address, after preserving a copy for record in my office.\n\n3. I authorize you to visit, at your own expense, any district in the Punjab to which you may find it necessary to proceed in order to obtain recruits for the Hong-Kong Police.\n\n4. You must report your departure, destination and probable period of absence to Colonel Tronson, to whom a copy of this letter has been furnished.\n\nFrom Major G. Hutchinson, Inspector General of Police, Punjab, to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Lahore Circle No. 817 dated 13th March 1867.\n\nI have the honor to forward for your perusal a copy of the correspondence regarding the enlistment of policemen for service in China.\n\n2. I request you will, after preserving a copy, pass on this letter and enclosures to Major Bamfield.\n\n3. Mr. Creagh has been authorized to enter into provisional arrangements with men who may be willing to go to Hong-Kong on the terms mentioned in the enclosures. I request that District Superintendents may be instructed to render him due facilities for making offers to the men; but an undue number must not be allowed to volunteer from any one district, or that district would be crippled from having a number of recruits.\n\n4. The men should have the terms of service very distinctly explained to them, and be given explicitly to understand that by volunteering they forfeit their past service and commence afresh.\n\nFrom T. H. Thornton Esquire, Secretary to Government Punjab, to Major G. Hutchinson, Inspector General of Police Punjab, No. 423 dated 16th March 1867.\n\nIn continuation of No. 184 dated 7th ultimo, forwards for communication to Mr. Creagh, Assistant District Superintendent of Police, Mooltan, copy of a letter No. 2247 dated 6th instant, from the Government of India, Home Department, with enclosures, regarding the terms of service of the Sikh Policemen required for the Hong-Kong Police, and requests that he will have the arrangements at once proceeded with in the spirit of the instructions received from the Government of India, and that he will report what arrangements he recommends in respect to Mr. Creagh.\n\nFrom B. C. Bayley Esquire, Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department, to T. H. Thornton Esquire, Secretary to Government, Punjab, No. 2247, dated 6th March 1867.\n\nIn continuation of my letter of the 7th January, No. 127, I am directed to forward, for the information of His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, the annexed copy of a letter with its enclosures, from the Hon'ble the Colonial Secretary at Hong-Kong, which affords the information asked for by the Government of India in regard to the terms of service of the Sikh Policemen required for that Colony.\n\nNo. 51, dated the 28th January.\n\n(11)\n\n2. These terms appear to the Governor General in Council to be generally reasonable and sufficient, with the exception, perhaps, of the condition of forfeiture of return-passage in the event of the dismissal of a Policeman for grave misconduct. His Excellency in Council desires that these conditions may be most fully and carefully explained to the men before they leave the Punjab; and if they are willing, after having been made to understand them thoroughly, to engage themselves for service in China, the Governor General in Council requests that His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor will be good enough to take the necessary steps for enlisting them, and for forwarding them to the port of embarkation, timely information being sent to the Government of India of the probable date of their arrival in Calcutta.\n\n3. With regard to paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Colonial Secretary's letter, I am directed to say that the Governor General in Council would be glad if His Honor could make any arrangement, in communication with Mr. Creagh, that would meet the wishes of the Hong-Kong Government, as there can be no doubt that the Punjab Police would be more easily managed and be more efficient, in a foreign country, when under the control of one of their own officers who can speak their language, and is acquainted with their customs and prejudices.\n\n4. I am to add, with reference to paragraph 4 of your letter of the 24th January, which has been forwarded for the consideration of the Hong-Kong Government, that the question of enabling the policemen to assign a portion of their pay to their families in India will be settled in the Financial Department on the completion of all the other arrangements.\n\nFrom the Colonial Secretary, Hong-Kong, to E. C. Bayley, Esquire, Secretary to the Government of India, No. 51, dated the 28th January 1867.\n\nI have the honor to acknowledge receipt this day of your Despatch No. 126 of the 7th instant, referring to His Excellency Sir Richard MacDonnell's letter of the 30th November last, addressed to His Excellency the Governor General requesting assistance to procure a body of 100 Sikh Police for service in Hong-Kong.\n\n2. I have laid that communication before His Excellency, and am now desired to express his acknowledgements to the Governor General for his readiness to afford all practicable aid consistent with the circumstances of the case.\n\n3. Sir Richard MacDonnell regrets that he was unable to make an earlier communication on the subject, but he had been previously obliged to consider the comparative advantages offered by the various possible means of recruiting the Police Force, whether from Bombay, the West Indies, or North China.\n\n4. On determining that the best apparent chance of obtaining the class of men required lay in the direction of Scind, he felt it expedient to institute some preliminary inquiries as to the chances of procuring recruits there, with the sanction of the Indian Government.\n\n5. All these inquiries necessarily occupied considerable time, and finally the Governor deemed it best to rely altogether on the good offices of the Indian Government to assist this Colony in a matter so critical, and he is happy to find that the result has justified him in so doing.\n\n6. I now proceed to answer your inquiries seriatim:", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 272400, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867", "page_number": 593, "title": "CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867", "content_text": "(22)\n\n3. In the case of a Policeman who serves his time, and is entitled to a free passage, the accumulated deductions carried to his credit would be paid over to him on his leaving China for India; or remitted to him by a bill; or, in the event of his death, be sent to his heirs.\n\n4. In the case, however, of a man guilty of gross misbehaviour before the accumulation of a sum sufficient to carry him to his home, the Governor General in Council would suggest that, with the consent of his comrades, the deficit might be debited to the general fund made up of their common contributions; such a rule would involve no hardship, and would give the whole body an interest in every man's good conduct.\n\n5. It is requested that the above arrangement may be proposed to the men who volunteer for service in the Police at Hong-Kong.\n\nFrom Lt. Col. Younghusband Offg., Inspector General of Police Punjab, to C. V. Creagh Esquire, Assistant District Superintendent of Police Mooltan, No. 978, dated 28th March 1867.\n\nIn continuation of No. 935 dated 25th instant, forwards for information and guidance copy of a No. 462 dated 26th idem, from the Secretary to Government Punjab, Civil Department, with enclosure in original, regarding forfeiture of return passage from China, of Sikh Policemen, dismissed for grave misconduct.\n\n(23)\n\nFrom T. H. Thornton Esquire, Secretary to Government Punjab, to Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Younghusband, Officiating Inspector General of Police, Punjab No. 567 dated 10th April 1867.\n\nIn reply to his No. 124 dated 2nd instant, approves of the arrangement proposed to admit of Mr. Creagh's returning to the Punjab Police. As regards that officer being at once struck off, if he is no longer doing any work connected with the Punjab Police, of course he is not entitled to any pay from this Government. But it should be clearly ascertained that his pay from the Hong-Kong Government will be forthcoming with reference to the terms agreed to by that Government.\n\nFrom Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Younghusband, Officiating Inspector General of Police Punjab, to T. H. Thornton Esquire Secretary to Government, Punjab, No. 145 dated 16th April 1867.\n\nIn reply to his No. 567 of the 10th instant states that Mr. Creagh is now wholly engaged in duties connected with his police for Hong-Kong, and as he has received an advance of Rs. 8,000, the Inspector General concludes he will be able to pay himself his salary in India.\n\nFrom C. V. Creagh Esquire, Assistant District Superintendent of Police Mooltan, to Lieut. Colonel J. W. Younghusband Offg., Inspector General of Police Punjab, dated 2nd April 1867.\n\nI have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter No. 978 of 28th ulto. with enclosure, regarding the provision of return passages for members of the Hong-Kong Police Force, who for grave misconduct may be dismissed in China: and shall have much pleasure in submitting the proposition to the Hong-Kong Government, where, emanating as it does from His Excellency Sir John Lawrence, I have no doubt it will receive every consideration.\n\nFrom Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Younghusband Officiating Inspector General of Police, Punjab, to T. H. Thornton Esquire, Secretary to Government Punjab, No. 124 dated 2nd April 1867.\n\nWith reference to your No. 462 of 26th ultimo, and previous correspondence regarding Mr. Creagh's departure with Sikh Policemen to Hong-Kong I have the honor to submit the following plan with a view of meeting the wishes of the Government of India in regard to Mr. Creagh's being allowed an opportunity of returning to the Punjab Police after five years, should he wish to do so.\n\n2. I suggest that Mr. Creagh be at once struck off the rolls of the Punjab Constabulary, so far as the effective strength goes but that his name be retained in italics in his present position much in the same way as those of Staff-Corps officers in the cadres. His promotion will thus go on as a supernumerary over and above the regular strength, and when he may signify his wish to return, after an interval of five years, I propose he should get the first vacancy in the grade in which his name may then be.\n\nFrom T. H. Thornton, Esquire, Secretary to Government Punjab, to Lieut. Col. J. W. Younghusband C. S. I. Officiating Inspector General of Police Punjab. No. 622 of 18th April 1867.\n\nForwards printed copy of a letter from Supreme Govt. and its enclosures, and requests he will see that the instructions therein contained are carefully carried out; and that no time is lost by Mr. Creagh in taking his men down to Calcutta, so as to embark for Hong-Kong in one or other of the steamers named.\n\nFrom E. C. Bayley, Esquire, Secretary to the Government of India, to T. H. Thornton, Esquire, Secretary to the Government of Punjab, No. 3678, Dated Fort William, the 11th April 1867.\n\n**HOME DEPT.**\n\nIn continuation of letter No. 2822, dated the 20th ultimo, I am directed to forward a copy of two further communications from the Government of Hong-Kong* regarding the enlistment of 100 Sikhs for Police service in that Colony, and to request that all the conditions agreed on may be embodied in one Statement, and that a copy of the Statement may be given to each of the men who volunteer for the service, in order that none of them may be able to plead ignorance of the conditions.\n\n2. With reference to the last paragraph of the letter of the Hong-Kong Government, the Governor General in Council doubts whether it will be convenient to keep Mr. Creagh's Indian appointment open for five years.\n\n*Letter No. 116, dated 12th March 1867.\nTelegram dated 29th March.\n\nFrom the Colonial Secretary, Hong-Kong, to E. C. Bayley, Esquire, Secretary to the Government of India, No. 116, dated the 12th March 1867.\n\nI have the honor to acknowledge your letter No. 1289 of the 7th ultimo, regarding the enlistment of 100 Sikhs for Police service in this Colony.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 277995, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-137 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [4-5]", "page_number": 9, "title": "CO129-137 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [4-5]", "content_text": "For 584040/boy \n\n7 \n\n# FUNERAL OF THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL BRUNKER. \n\nOn 27th March, the remains of the late Major-General Brunker, Commander of H.M. Forces in China and Japan, and Lieutenant-Governor of Hongkong, were interred in the Cemetery at the Happy Valley, with full military honours. The procession was marshalled on the Parade Ground, and started punctually at half-past three. A field battery, in charge of Capt. Carey, commanding R.A., led the way, and then, to the solemn strains of the \"Dead March in Saul,\" the 75th Regiment moved slowly into the Queen's-road and towards the Cemetery. They were followed by the band of their regiment, and that of the 29th Native Infantry. Then came the coffin, placed upon a gun-carriage, and covered with the national ensign, the Pall bearers consisting of Colonel Gore, Commandant, Doctor Heffernan, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, Colonel De Butts, Commanding R.E., Commodore Jones, R.N., the Hon. J. Gardiner Austin, and Captain Raby, R.N. Following next to them, according to a touching custom in military funerals, the General's old charger was led by two soldiers of the 75th, and immediately behind were His Excellency the Governor, Captain Maxwell, D.A.A.G., Captain Shaw D.A.Q.M.G., and Captain Thompson, A.D.C., the Chief Mourners. The members of the Executive Council came next, and after them, the 29th Regiment Native Infantry, followed by a large number of English, American and other Naval Officers, and, finally by the Civil Servants of the Colony, who were all in attendance, and a large number of private gentlemen.\n\nThe crowd at the Parade Ground was very large, and the road to the Cemetery was nearly the whole length lined with spectators. The procession slowly wended its way in time to the music, broken by the booming of the minute guns; and passing the Guard House turned to the Praya, and marched by that route to the Cemetery. The hills surrounding the Wong-nei-chong valley were covered with spectators. On reaching the Cemetery, the soldiers of both regiments were told off on either side of the road, leaning upon their reversed muskets. The remainder of the procession followed the coffin to the Chapel, while the soldiers took up their position outside the grave destined to receive the mortal remains of their late commander. The service was impressively read by the Rev. Canon Beach, assisted by the Revds. J. Piper and Kyle; and the coffin was then brought out and borne to its last resting place. As it was lowered into the grave, the men of the 75th fired three volleys, which were answered by the minute guns hard by; and the impressive ceremony being closed, the troops were marshalled, and the procession returned homewards.\n\nIn addition to those mentioned as taking part in the ceremony, a large number of persons of distinction were present, among whom were Rear Ad. Rowan U.S.N. and Capts. Roe and English U.S.N.; the Hon J. Smale, Chief-Justice of Hongkong; Sir Edmund Hornby, Chief Judge of the Supreme Court for China and Japan; Mons. Du Chesne, Consul for France, Mr. Helland, Danish Consul, and Mr. Overbeck, Austrian Consul, in their official uniforms; Mr. Pollard Q.C., Mr. Hayllar, Dr. Murray, Colonial Surgeon, and others. The 29th Regiment were under the command of Major Ritherdon, Capt. Grant, and Adjutant Prendergast. Captain-Superintendent Deane, who took command of the Police, did good service, and was ably seconded by Mr. Assistant Superintendent Creagh, who took charge of the Sikh, and by Deputy Superintendent Jarman, who was also very busy.\n\nOn Sunday the Rev. Canon Beach, in the course of his sermon at the Cathedral, made a touching allusion to the death of the late Major-General. The Revd. Gentleman observed that, although the Cathedral was not the place to eulogise the dead, he thought he would be expected to allude for one moment to the fine old man whom God had so suddenly taken from our midst. Had he lived, it was his intention to have been with the congregation that day, and to have knelt with them before the altar of God. The Rev. Gentleman had had the happiness of knowing him well, and often admiring the true Christian spirit which animated him both in his public life and also in his own family. He had been taken away in mercy, and the change to him, it could not be doubted, was most blest, as he had gone to rejoin her, whose loss bore heavily upon him, although he was too brave and too meek to murmur or complain. But we should miss his erect and venerable form in the place which he was wont to occupy in the Cathedral so regularly, and from the Eucharistic feast, which he never (when able) failed to attend and partake of. He was a good man; and, by his high and courteous bearing won the love and respect of all, and the Revd Gentleman could not allow this day to pass without paying this tribute to his memory. Thank God! although he was gone from us, we believed that he still lived; for Jesus, the Resurrection, and the Life, in whom he trusted, lives; and the remembrance of his calm and Christian life would long survive in our hearts.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-137 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [4-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 283769, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-148 - Public Offices & Others - 1870", "page_number": 341, "title": "CO129-148 - Public Offices & Others - 1870", "content_text": "## Colonial Secretary's Letter\n\nNo 168\n\nSer,\n\nColonial Secretary's letter 9th April 187° \n340 \n\n\"I have been desired by His Excellency: \n**am** Lord Richard Graves MacDonnell to invite the attention of the attention of the \nIndian Government to the position of Mr Greagh the Deputy Superintendent of Police here.\n\nMr. Creagh's services were most kindly placed at the disposal of Her Government in April, 1867 on the understanding that he was to serve here five years being ad interim deputed in the Indian service, but retained on \nthe roll of the Punjab Police and entitled, when he might signify his wish to return \nafter \nan interval of five years to get the first vacancy in the grade in which his name might then be\"\n\nThat suggestion of Lieut. Colonel Younghusband was officially approved by the Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, but it \nwas communicated by The Secretary to the Government of India \nFort William \nCalcutta", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-148 - Public Offices & Others - 1870.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 288544, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-158 - Sir Kennedy - 1872 [6-8]", "page_number": 489, "title": "CO129-158 - Sir Kennedy - 1872 [6-8]", "content_text": "Public\n\nWas\n\nauthorised-ly performances were\n\nme and\n\ntherein\n\nfor\n\n9.\n\nagain opened.\n\nThis\n\ntwo days and nights.\n\nOn the morning of\n\n8. June,\n\nof his\n\nhowever, a Chinese-\n\nArv –\n\nthe 26th\n\nfor purposes\n\ndrew the attention of the\n\nInspector of Buildings,\n\nan Officer\n\nin\n\nMr. Moorson's Department, to a breakage which had occurred in the store work\n\nto which\n\nwas\n\nwas\n\nall\n\nof\n\nthe interior columns\n\nattached. This accident, which\n\nwas readily remedied, induced the Surveyor General to partially examine the building, and he reported to the Government that it was wholly unsafe, and required extensive repairs and alterations before it ought to be\n\nreport I caused to be forwarded to the Architects of the Theatre, who had built\n\nTheatre close at hand\n\nof\n\nthe\n\nsimilar\n\nfour years age,\n\nand which is\n\nas stable\n\nas could be\n\ndesired. They traversed the opinions of\n\nthe Surveyor General and\n\napplied that I would continue to allow the Company actors engaged to finish their agreement with the Proprietor.\n\nof\n\n10.\n\nIn this dilemma, and not\n\nhaving confidence in Mr. Moorson's\n\nfeeling confidence:\n\nopinion\n\nas an\n\nArchitect, I requested\n\nthe Major General Commanding to\n\napprove of the employment of\n\nthe Lieutenant Colonel Creagh, Commanding", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-158 - Sir Kennedy - 1872 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 302930, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-182 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [9-12]", "page_number": 452, "title": "CO129-182 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [9-12]", "content_text": "# A \n\nThere can be no doubt, but their efforts were almost useless so widespread was the calamity. In Mr Schmidt's (the gun maker's) house there were a number of cartridges, and these were at once got out, everything else being lost. Before 2 a.m. the fire had extended its ravages eastward as far as the P. & O. gate, where its progress was fortunately stayed. The godowns however were not out of danger. At 10 minutes past 2 o'clock the first charge of powder was exploded, and a house at the corner of the Wellington and Peel Streets brought to the ground. The fire was gradually creeping towards Messrs Vogel Hagedorn & Co.'s premises, the laurs at the rear, most of which were filled with firewood, burning at a white heat, the whole being in one mass of flame. The Praya and the upper roads were all filled with goods of every conceivable description, and the thieves had it all their own way; it was in fact wholly impossible for the police to have done more than they did; as it was 150 or 200 men were arrested. Two more houses were blown down in Peel Street before 4 o'clock, and subsequently many others. The fire had complete mastery of the town, and was creeping slowly but surely up the hill as far as Gage Street, sweeping away the whole block of houses between it and Cochrane Street. The fire then travelled along Lyndhurst Terrace, through Stanley Street to the New Civil Hospital which caught fire at past 9 o'clock. Part of it was blown down to prevent the flames from reaching the Central, and at noon or shortly afterwards the Civil Hospital was a heap of ruins. Although it continued to burn for long afterwards, and the Police Station had to be carefully watched to prevent the flames spreading further in that direction, a detachment of the 74th was told off to guard the Gaol in case of accident. The Station Yard was full of all sorts of furniture and property of every description. Numbers of Europeans were drunk owing in a measure to the festive season, and partly to the opportunities afforded them of obtaining the wherewithal, and some very disgusting and many amusing sights were the necessary result. A deal of looting was carried on by both Europeans and Chinese, who, not content with enriching themselves by the misery of others, went straight to the Police Station and robbed Mr Creagh's and the Inspectors' quarters, in one instance carrying off a chest of drawers bodily; not content with this some then set to work and wilfully and maliciously destroyed all they could lay their hands upon. The patients from the Civil Hospital were removed to the Old Lock Hospital. At 7:50 a.m. the roof of the R. C. Cathedral caught fire, and had it not been quickly noticed and put out by the aid of buckets there is no knowing where it would have ended. We believe that there have been several accidents, but we have not heard of any loss of life; one woman was taken out of a house of ill fame drunk, her house being at the time in a blaze, a fact of which she was quite ignorant and indifferent. We regret to say that Mr Creagh the Acting Superintendent of the Fire Brigade and Colonel Shervington have each had one of their feet hurt. There are many of the worst dens of infamy cleared out. We understand that the Captain of the S.S. Perusia offered an asylum for 600 Chinese, and many others followed suit; whilst several godowns have been brought into requisition. The fire is still smouldering as we go to press.\n\nDuring the day bodies of men have been engaged pulling down the many very dangerous walls which were left standing. About $60,000 in notes and $19,000 in silver were found in a vault under the ruins of Woo Hang's shop, Queen's Road Central, and removed by a party of armed police to a place of safety. We noticed a safe (fire-proof of course) with the smoke issuing from it which looked much as if it had been tampered with.\n\nA few of the Volunteers did duty last night as guards, but as many of that honorable corps had been hard at work the night previous they did not muster in very great force. About 14 turned out from 6 to 12, and 30 from 12 till daylight, but many of these had satisfied themselves with only a couple of hours rest. A fair estimate of the number of houses destroyed is 400. In Endicott Lane 6, Tang Man Lane, 20, Wing On Lane, 30, Gilman's Street 20, Gilmans' Bazaar 46, Queen's Road 44, Stanley Street 38, Poo Shing Lane 10, Wellington Street, 55, Gage Street, 9, Lyndhurst Terrace 34 (many of them quite new), Hollywood Road 7, Cochrane Street 41, Tsong Tuk Lee Lane, 10, Gutzlaff Street 13, Graham Street 23, Peel Street 7; but the number of persons huddled together in this number of houses is surprising and may be counted by thousands. A Good Hook and Ladder Company would be an inestimable boon at a fire and would have rendered good service on the present occasion. The treasure from the Chartered Bank was sent on board H.M.S. Kestrel last night for safety as there was no telling how soon the bank might fall a victim to the fire. A detachment of the 74th Highlanders was told off to guard the Oriental Bank.\n\n## THE THIEVES\n\nAs might have been expected the thieves were not idle but made what they could whilst the fire lasted. The absence of cases at the Police Court last Tuesday was amply compensated for to-day as there were about 150; in fact so many that it was thought necessary to have men from the 74th Highlanders in the Court with fixed bayonets to guard against an outbreak, and Messrs Hayllar and Barff sat jointly as Magistrates, to assist with the cases, which were however not of a very serious nature and were treated very leniently by all the Magistrates, who apparently considered the temptation to which the poor creatures had been subjected. Most of them were either fined or sent to terms of imprisonment ranging from 7 to 14 days with hard labour. A number of the European prisoners were engaged during the day cleaning the Police Station yards which were covered with pieces of charred wood and the remains of the spoils which had rained upon the station. Many people were very good to the poor creatures who were left to pass the night in the streets, and Mr Dorabjee of the Hongkong Hotel supplied beer and biscuits free for the firemen. Mr Fisher, in whose house the fire originated, was insured for $5,000.\n\nPage 441", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-182 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [9-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 303747, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5]", "page_number": 339, "title": "CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5]", "content_text": "# THE CHINA MAIL.\n\n## HONGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1879.\n\n### GENERAL GRANT IN HONGKONG,\n\n#### GRAND STATE DINNER AND RECEPTION AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.\n\nOn Saturday evening a grand State dinner was given at Government House by the Governor and Mrs. Hennessy, in honour of General Grant; and afterwards a reception was held, which was one of the most brilliant and numerously attended that ever took place within these walls.\n\nThe following were the guests at the State Dinner:\n\n| Guest | Title/Position |\n| --- | --- |\n| General and Mrs. Grant | |\n| The Duke of Magliano | |\n| Don Giulio Grasioli | |\n| Hon. A. E. Borie | |\n| H. E. the Major General and Mrs. Donovani | |\n| The Chief Justice Sir John Smale, and Lady Smale | |\n| Commodore Smith, R.N. | |\n| Hon. J. Russell, Acting Attorney-General | |\n| Hon. P. Ryrie, MLC | |\n| Hon. J. M. Price, Surveyor-General | |\n| Hon. M. S. Tonnochy, Acting Colonial Treasurer | |\n| Mr. Chester Holcombe, U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in China | |\n| Lieut.-Col. F. D. Grant, U.S.A. | |\n| Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. Geddes, 27th Inniskillings | |\n| Captain Kasama, Japanese Navy | |\n| Commander Perkins, United States Navy | |\n| Commander Paul (H.B.M.'s Consul, Manila) and Mrs. Pauli | |\n| Mr. Tara Ando, Japanese Consul, and Mrs. Tara Ando | |\n| Commander Von Schuckmann, German Navy | |\n| Captain Kerr, 27th Inniskillings | |\n| Lieut. Drummond, Scots Fusilier Guards, A.D.C. | |\n| Dr. J. M. Keating | |\n| Mr. C. V. Creagh | |\n| Mr. J. Russell Young | |\n| Mr. J. Pitman | |\n| Mr. G. De Champeaux | |\n| Mr. Han Hap | |\n| Mr. Ng Choy | |\n| Major Palmer, R.E., A.D.C. | |\n\nThe following ladies and gentlemen who had received invitations were, from various causes, unable to attend:\n\n- Bishop Burdon and Mrs. Burdon\n- Bishop Raimondi\n- Hon. H. W. Marsh, Colonial Secretary, and Mrs. Marsh\n- The Hon. I. B. Gibb\n- Colonel Moaby, U.S. Consul, Hongkong\n- Mr. Lincoln, U.S. Consul at Canton, and Mrs. Lincoln\n- Surgeon-Major Hungerford\n- Rev. R. Bayward Kidd, Colonial Chaplain, and Mrs. Kidd\n- Dr. Frederick Stewart\n- Captain Muskett, Army Pay Department\n\nThe following programme was played during dinner:\n\n1. Grand March, **David** \n2. Overture, **Absalom**, Longhurst\n3. Selection, **Das Nachtlager Kreutzer**\n4. Valse, **Kübezahll**, Flotow\n5. Selection, **in Granada**, ... Coote\n6. Polka, **Telephone**, Werner\n\nAfter the toast of **\"Her Majesty the Queen,\"** which was duly honoured in the usual way, the band playing **\"God Save the Queen,\"** His Excellency said:\n\nThe Governor of this Colony has from time to time had the privilege of welcoming, in the name of the whole community, distinguished visitors. One of the children of our Queen has been residing in this house, and my immediate predecessor entertained here a son of the Emperor of Russia. But I believe the young princes would be themselves among the first to say that the man whose health I am now about to propose, is the most illustrious guest that ever sat at this table. I do not refer so much to the military achievements which will for ever rank the name of Ulysses Grant with those of Washington, Wellington, and Napoleon, but to those other achievements, indicated by Lord Beaconsfield, when he truly said that the future of civilization is indissolubly bound up in the future of the United States - those other achievements, accomplished by the toleration, resolute strength, and love of justice of the statesman, when the sword of the soldier was laid aside.\n\nTwo years have gone since he first saw, at Yok harbour, the shores of the British Empire. During that time he has visited the Old World, breathed the Scotch air of his ancestors, and passed on from point to point of Queen Victoria's dominions; and now, on leaving this Island and crossing the Pacific to his own home, he is about to part with that Empire throughout the whole of which he has been received with one long ovation of respect and affection. As the Queen's representative, and in the name of every one in this Colony, I thank him for giving us this opportunity of showing him that we all appreciate his character and career.\n\nWill you forgive me, ladies and gentlemen, if I presume to add that there are one or two personal reasons also why it affords me peculiar pleasure to see General Grant at my table. During the whole of those ever-memorable years, from the day when he drilled his company of volunteers at Galena, to the capture of Richmond and the surrender of the rebel army, I was in a small way mixed up in public affairs in England, as a member of that assembly the power of which, for good or evil, is not confined within the bounds of England's Sovereignty. It is now a matter of history that in both Houses of the British Parliament there were friends and foes of Freedom, but we may recall with pride the fact that two men so diverse in person and disposition and party relations as John Bright and Benjamin Disraeli, were sagacious enough to know that the honour of their own Country and the welfare of the World were associated with the cause for which Ulysses Grant was contending.\n\nWhilst Bright was repairing the blunders of one or two eminent men of the Liberal party, the great Conservative Chief was, to my own personal knowledge, labouring night and day to counteract unreasoning prejudice amongst his own followers, and it is ever to me a source of intense satisfaction that, though in a very humble way no doubt, I was one of those members of the House of Commons who loyally supported his prudent and patriotic policy.\n\nBut this is not the only personal reason that is present to my mind to-night. I am a citizen of Cork. I come from that corner of the Old World, nearest, and not less dear, to the United States; and on behalf of my fellow citizens I now assure General Grant that in no part of the civilized globe would he have received a heartier welcome, if he had honoured us with a visit, than in my native city.\n\nI now invite you to drink his health, and will ask you not to forget the charming lady at my right, and her family; for, within the last few minutes, a telegram has reached them from London, announcing the birth of a grand-child, so that General Grant, though still comparatively a young man, younger indeed to-day than Washington when he first became President, has, as a grandfather, added another little link to unite the two countries together. I give you, with all my heart, the health of General Grant.\n\nGeneral Grant, in reply, said:\n\nI am very grateful to you for your kind address, to which I would be happy to respond, but there is so much personal and flattering to myself that I find it impossible. It is only a continuance of the kindness that I have... \n\nPage 334", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 303748, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5]", "page_number": 340, "title": "CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5]", "content_text": "received not only in England, but in India, and in the British colonies; wherever, in fact, I have met Englishmen, I have met nothing but courtesy, hospitality, and good will to myself and my country. As you have said, I am about to leave the British and pass into the Chinese Empire. I have met no gentlemen so kind as the gentlemen of England. For this reception, more especially for the reception in Hongkong, I am grateful, as I know my friends and countrymen at home are grateful for the kindness that I have been honoured with during the last two years. I do not know that I can say anything better, nor anything which is nearer to my heart, now that I am leaving the British Empire, than to ask you all to unite in this sentiment: The perpetual friendship and alliance of the two great English-speaking nations of the world-England and America.\"\n\nThe General's toast was drunk by all the guests upstanding. Soon after, the ladies retired to the large drawing room, and at ten o'clock General Grant, the Governor, and the Aide-de-Camp, with Mrs Grant and Mrs Hennessy, proceeded to the vestibule, where every person on arrival was received and presented to the General by the Governor. These presentations lasted for more than an hour.\n\nThe guests on arriving were met in the hall by the Governor, and were presented to His Excellency by Major Palmer, A.D.C.; the Governor presented his guests to General Grant; Mr C. V. Creagh presented them to Mrs Hennessy, by whom they were introduced to Mrs Grant.\n\n## The Reception\n\nThe Government House grounds were brilliantly illuminated. On both sides of the numerous walks, slight bamboo frames had been erected, and cords, invisible to the eye unless carefully looked for, ran from one to the other all the way round, one cord three feet, another six, from the ground. Every four feet or so a Chinese lantern was suspended from the cords, these being fixed alternatingly on the high and low line. The effect was brilliant and beautiful and striking in the extreme, and the large company seemed greatly to prefer roaming about amid those thousand lights to staying in the Reception rooms. The Governor and Mrs Hennessy walked round frequently amid their numerous guests, His Excellency with Mrs Grant, and General Grant with Mrs Hennessy. The American Star, a large design in gas, on the north side of Government House, was greatly admired. The fairy-like beauty of the scene could scarcely have been enhanced. The lovely dresses of the ladies, the bright and varied uniforms of the officers of different nationalities present, the delightful music of the band, the merry laughter coming from various groups in different portions of the grounds, altogether made up a pleasing, lively and beautiful scene. It was not till nearly midnight that the company began to thin, and by a few minutes after that hour the guests had departed, the visitors were indoors, the lamps \"burnt low, and silence and darkness again assumed their sway. The gathering was in every way most successful, and every one seemed heartily to enter into the spirit of the occasion, and honour the General they had been invited to meet.\n\nThe following programme was performed by the band of Her Majesty's 37th Regt. (Inniskillings) under the direction of Herr Werner, during the course of the evening:\n| No. | Piece | Composer |\n|----|-------|----------|\n| 1 | Overture, Emma di Rosborgo | Meyerbeer |\n| 2 | Quadrille, American | Julien |\n| 3 | Selection, Beatrice di Tenda | Bellini |\n| 4 | Valse, London Society | Coote |\n| 5 | Selection, Irish Airs | Godfrey |\n| 6 | Polka, Lieb und Treu | Welcker |\n\nThe following officials and others were invited to the Reception:\n\nBishop Burdon, Bishop Raimondi, the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Hon. W. Keswick, Hon. O. B. Plunket, the Acting Puisne Judge, the Captain Superintendent of Police, the Postmaster-General, the Acting Harbour-Master, the Colonial Chaplain, the Colonial Surgeon, the Inspector of Schools, the Acting Registrar General, the Hon. K. O. Fuller, United States Secretary,\n\nMessrs Barretto, Corrales, Denny, J. M. Forbes, Levysohn, Mencarini, Colonel Moaby, Plichos, Reiners, Scherzer, and Baron von Soden, of the Consular Services.\n\nStaff Com. Heather, R.N., and officers R. N. Yard.\n\nThe officers H.M.S. Victor Emanuel Comr. Cochrane and officers H.M.S. Lily. Comr. McNeile and officers H.M.S. Fly. Lieut.-Com. Grey and officers H.M.S. Mosquito.\n\nLieut.-Comr. Carey and officers H.M.S. Moorhen.\n\nPerkins and officers U.S.S. ... \nComr. Ashuelot.\n\nCapt. von Nostitz and officers H.I.G.M.S. Freya.\n\nCapt. Schering and officers H.I.G.M.S. Luise.\n\nCapt. Kasamos and officers H.I.J.M.S. Nisain.\n\nComr. von Schuckmann and officers H.I.G.M.S. Cyclop.\n\nCapt. Cocker and officers H.I.O.M.S. Feinco.\n\nDeputy-Inspector-Gen. Wells and officers R. N. Hospital.\n\nCapt. C. H. Palmer, H.I.C.M.S. Peng-chou-hai.\n\nCapt. St. Clair, Brigade Major. Capt. Barton, A.A.M.S.\n\nLieut.-Col. Hall and officers R.A.\n\nCol Stuart and officers R.E.\n\nLieut. Col. Geddes and officers 27th Inniskillings.\n\nLieut. Col. Shervinton and officers Commissariat Dept.\n\nComy.-Gen. Moore and officers Ordnance Store Dept.\n\nCapt. Muskett and officers Army Pay Dept.\n\nSurgeon Major Hungerford and officers Army Medical Dept.\n\nRev. J. Houderson, Acting Military Chaplain.\n\nMr J. Fleming, R. E. Dept.\n\n## Ladies Invited\n\nMrs. Adams, \n\" Arnhold, \n\" Anton, \n\" Armstrong, \n\" Burnie, \n\" Bird, \n\" Ayres, \n\" Ball, \n\" Bain, \n(G. Murray) Mrs Burdon, \n\" Barff, \n\" Belilios, \n\" Beyer, \n\" Bowdler, \n\" Caldwell, \nMiss Caldwell, \nMrs. Clouth, \n\" Coughtrie, \n\" Dunn, \n\" Deane, \n\" Edge, \n\" Eitel, \n\" Falconer, A. \n\" Fleming \nMrs Grobien, \n\" Brereton, \n\" Bright S. (Rochdale) \n\" Coxon, \n\" Crawford, \n\" Crombie, \nd'Almada e Castro \n\" Dickie, \n\" Eastlake, \n\" Ede \n\" Forbes, W. B \n\" Froncio, \nMrs Geddes, \n\" Hall, \n\" Hauschild, \nMiss Hall, \n\" Hazeland, \nMrs. Hancock, \n\" Heaton, \n\" Hanlon, \n\" Holmes, G. \n\" Harton, \n\" Inglis, \n\" Jackson, \nMiss Johnston, \n\" Johnson, \nMrs. Judah, \n\" Kier, \n\" Kerr, \n\" Keswick, \n\" Kidd, \n\" Lai-Kam, \n\" Lister, \n\" McEuen, J. P. \n\" Metcalfe, \n\" Macfarlane, \n\" Marsh, \n\" May, A. J, \n\" Moore, J. \n\" McEwen, A. P. \n\" Murray, \n\" Noate, \n\" Newton,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 303752, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5]", "page_number": 344, "title": "CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5]", "content_text": "# THE CHINA MAIL.\n\n## HONGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1879.\n\nThe following ladies and gentlemen were Guests at Government House on Saturday evening: General and Mrs Grant, Lieut.-Colonel Grant, Hon. A. C. Borie, Mr Cheater Holcombe, Admiral Polo (of the Spanish Royal Navy), Madame Polo, and Mademoiselle Polo, Commandante Lobo, (of the Spanish Royal Navy), Hon. P. Byle, Hon. H. B. Gibb, Mr G. V. Creagh, and Major Palmer, A.D.C.\n\nOn Sunday evening the guests were: General and Mrs Grant, Duke of Magliano, Don Quili, Grazioli, Honourable E. Borie, Bishop Raimondi, Lieutenant Colonel Grant, Mr Young, Dr Keating, Mr Pitman, Major Palmer, A.D.C.\n\n## GENERAL GRANT AND PARTY LEAVE HONGKONG\n\nGeneral Grant and party left Hongkong to-day by the United States corvette Ashuelot en route for the Coast Ports and Shanghai. The General and his party were accompanied to the Murray Wharf by the Governor and Mrs. Hennessy, who proceeded on board the steamer with their departing guests. A large number of the principal inhabitants were at the pier to witness the departure of our illustrious visitors, and many with whom the General and his party have come into official or social intercourse here were present to say \"good-bye\". As the Governor's steam launch, which conveyed them to the steamer, left the wharf, His Excellency called for three cheers for General Grant, which were lustily given, followed by \"one cheer more for Mrs Grant,\" heartily responded to, the General and Mrs. Grant respectively bowing and smiling their acknowledgements.\n\nThere were amongst those on the pier as the General and party left: H. E. General Donovan; the Chief Justice, Sir John Smale, Acting Puisne Judge J. J. Francis, The Surveyor General Hon. J. Price, Hon. P. Ryrie, Hon. C. B. Plunket, Messrs E. Sharp, G. Sharp, Lister, Gibb, Donnys, and Tonucchy. Mr Ng Choy, and a number of leading Chinese Merchants, and most of the leading European residents, were also present. The Japanese Consul, and the Captain of the Japanese man-of-war which arrived the other day, were also on the pier. As the launch steamed past the various ships of war, salutations were exchanged. Inspector Matheson was on the spot to render any assistance that might be necessary, and the crew of his boat tossed their oars as the distinguished party passed. The Ashuelot was reached, and the General was received on board by a guard of honour. Dr and Mrs Eastlake, Master Eastlake, Dr Vander Horck, Mr Forbes, and the Spanish Consul were on board to take leave of the General. H. E. the Governor and Mrs Hennessy remained on board the Ashuelot for about ten minutes, where, having shaken hands heartily with all the party, and wished them a pleasant passage, they took their leave, accompanied by Colonel Mosby, the U. S. Consul, who had come off with the party in the launch. The Government launch having dropped astern of the Ashuelot, the British and American Ensigns were run up at the fore, and a salute fired. The wheels of the Ashuelot moved round immediately the firing ceased, and as she steamed from her anchorage, the usual amount of handkerchief and hat waving was indulged in.\n\nWe have been requested to publish the following letter:\n\n(Copy)\n\nHongkong, 10th May 1879.\n\nMessrs. FORBES, HOPPIUS and KESWICK,\nCommittee,\n\nGentlemen,-I am just this moment, 4.50 p.m., put in possession of your note of this date informing me that the Committee of arrangements for the Garden party to be given this evening have appointed you a special Committee to notify me that on account of the threatening bad weather, they propose to postpone the party until Monday evening the 12th, and ask me to accept for that evening. I am sorry to say that my arrangements for leaving here on Monday morning are such that I do not feel justified in making any delay beyond that date. Answers have been sent to inquiries as to the date of my arrival at Shanghai, and at two or three other points we expect to touch by the way.\n\nI regret not meeting, in a social way, the citizens of Hongkong who have been kind enough to give me this invitation, and hope I may meet each and all, if not together, separately, at a later day in some part of the world.\n\nI am, with great respect,\nYour obedient servant,\n\n(Signed)\nU. S. GRANT.\n\nWe notice a feeble paragraph in this morning's paper regarding the proposed entertainment to General Grant (evidently communicated by one of the Committee), in which a weak attempt is made to gloss over the series of inexcusable blunders that have characterized the management. It is important, however, that the public should not be thus misled, and that they should bear in mind the following facts, which we have ascertained from a reliable source, and which bear out to the fullest extent the remarks we made on Saturday evening:\n\n1. A majority of the Committee, which outvoted Messrs Ryrie, Blanchard, and Craw...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 304588, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12]", "page_number": 531, "title": "CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12]", "content_text": "# BANQUET AND RECEPTION AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE\n\nHis Excellency the Governor and Mrs. Hennessy entertained the following guests at dinner in the evening at Government House:- Professor Nordenskiold, Captain Palander, R.S.N. Vega, His Excellency Major-General Donovan and Mrs. Donovan, Chief Justice Sir John Smale and Lady Smale, Commodore Smith, R.N., Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Pollock, Hon. J. Russell, Hon. P. Ryrie, Hon. M. S. Tonnochy, Colonel and Mrs. Geddes (27th Inniskillings), Surgeon-Major Max Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Taro Ando, Mr. F. D. Sassoon, Lieut. Bove (Vega), Dr. Almquist (Vega), Lieut. Nordquist (Vega), Lieut. Hovgaard (Vega), Dr. Stuxberg (Vega), Lieut. Drummond, A.D.C. to the General, and Mr. C. V. Creagh, Acting A.D.C. to the Governor.\n\nThe following, to whom invitations had been sent, were unable to attend -- Right Rev. Bishop and Mrs. Burdon, Right Rev. Bishop Raimondi, Hon. W. Keswick, and Col., Mrs., and Miss Hall. The band of the 27th Regiment was in attendance and played the following selection, under the direction of Herr Werner, bandmaster: Overture... \"Fra Diavolo\" Auber, Polka \"O Katchke\" Stasey, \"Swedish Air\" Anon., Selection \"Beatrice di Tenda\" Bellini, Valse \"First Roses\" Werner, Jun., Reminiscences of Ireland... Godfrey.\n\nAt the close of the dinner His Excellency the Governor proposed the toast of \"The Queen,\" which was most loyally received, the band playing the National Anthem.\n\nImmediately afterwards His Excellency rose and said- Professor Nordenskiöld: In the name of my Sovereign, Queen Victoria, I have the honour to welcome you and your companions to Her Majesty's dominions.\n\nSix centuries ago Marco Polo came from Europe to China. Two centuries later, the Portuguese crossed the Indian Ocean, entered these seas, and landed within a few miles of this Island, and subsequently the direct voyage across the Pacific was undertaken. The nineteenth century can now add to the roll of its triumphs the fourth and final route from Europe to Asia. It is our privilege to-night to behold the illustrious man who has done this-who left Europe fifteen months ago and is received by us after sailing through the Arctic Seas and accomplishing the North East passage. No generation to come can witness the completion of a voyage rivalling this. We be bold as it were in this remote outpost of Europe the writing of the last words in the last chapter of heroic maritime discovery.\n\nI congratulate the Sovereign of Sweden on the gallantry and success of His Majesty's sailors, led by Captain Palander and the officers of the Vega; I congratulate that great republic - the World of Science - on the achievement of one of her choicest citizens, Professor Nordenskiöld. Ladies and gentlemen, let us drink his health and that of his companions.\n\nHis Excellency's toast was received with enthusiasm, and the band played the Swedish National Air.\n\nProfessor Nordenskiold then rose and replied in Swedish. He has favoured us with the following translation: I have to thank your Excellency, on behalf of my comrades and myself, for the kind words you have used in proposing our healths, and the ladies and gentlemen present for the kind manner in which they have received the toast. Already to-day, in another place, I have had to thank the Inhabitants of Hongkong for the handsome way in which the Swedish expedition has been received in this Colony, and I then stated our visit here would be one of the pleasantest remembrances of the Vega's voyage. To your Excellency's guests on the present occasion I beg to repeat the same thing, but especially I have to thank your Excellency for the munificent hospitality you have extended to myself and Captain Palander at Government House, where we have been guests during our stay here. I now beg to propose the health of His Excellency the Governor and Mrs. Hennessy.\n\nThis toast was duly honoured.\n\n## Reception\n\nHis Excellency the Governor and Mrs. Hennessy held an \"at home\" and a brilliant and numerously attended reception after dinner, in honour of their distinguished guests. The following received invitations:\n\n### Officials and Military Officers\n\n| Name | Title/Position |\n| --- | --- |\n| Hon. C. B. Plunket | Acting Puisne Judge |\n| Captain Superintendent of Police | |\n| Postmaster-General | |\n| Harbour Master | |\n| Colonial Surgeon | |\n| Inspector of Schools | |\n| Acting Registrar-General | |\n| Staff Commander Heather, R.N. | and officers R.N. Yard |\n| Lieut.-Commander Annesley | and officers of H.M.S. Vigilant |\n| Lieut.-Commander M. L. Bridger | and officers H.M.S. Sheldrake |\n| Commander A. L. Douglas | and officers H.M.S. Egeria |\n| Lieut.-Commander W. Nowell | and officers H.M.S. Foxhound |\n| Don. F. Alarcon | and officers of H.C.M.S. Vencedora |\n| Deputy-Inspector-General Breen | and officers Royal Naval Hospital |\n| Captain Palmer | H.I.C.M.S. Peng Chan Hai |\n| Captain St. Clair | Brigade Major |\n| Captain Barton | A.M.S. |\n| Colonel Stuart | and officers R.A. |\n| Officers | 27th Inniskillings |\n| Lieut.-Colonel Shervinton | and officers Commissariat Department |\n| Commissary-General Moore | and officers Ordnance Store Department |\n| Captain Muskett | and officers Army Pay Department |\n| Deputy-Surgeon General Mackinnon | and officers Army Medical Department |\n| Rev. J. Henderson | Acting Military Chaplain |\n| Mr. J. Fleming | P.W.D. |\n\n### Ladies and Gentlemen\n\nMesdames Armstrong, Anton, Ayres, Arnhold, Murray Bain, Ball, Barff, Belilios, Beyer, Bowdler, Burnie, Bird, Brereton, Breen, Caldwell, Clouth, Coughtrie, Coxon, Crawford, Dunn, Deave, D'Almada & Castro, Edge, Eitel, Eastlacke, Ede, Fleming, Ford, Grobien, A. Hancock, Hanlon, Hauschild, Hazeland, Heaton, G. Holmes, Hurton, Jackson, Johnson, Kier, Kerr, Lister, A. P. McEwan, J. P. McEuen, A. J. May, Murray, Musso, Neate, Newton, Plunket, Piercy, J. H. dos Remedios, Robinson, Ridgway, Rogers, Romano, J. A. dos Remedios, St. Clair, E. Sharp, G. Sharp, Squier, Stephens, Sangster, Seth, G. L. Toudin, Thevenin, Thomsett, Vaucher, Vägel, Vernon, Wilcox, Wilson, Wharry, Windram, M. Young.\n\nMisses Caldwell, Johnston, Rogers, Robinson, Rowe, Shervinton, Thomsett, Wells, Walker.\n\nMessrs. E. Barghignoli, Dr. Chalmers, E. Davys, J. C. Edge, Dr. Eitel, F. B. Heroo, R. Lechler, B. Lemonnier, E. Klitske, B. Vigano, Doctors Eastlacke, Von der Horck, Lochhead, O'Brien, Clouth, Rogers, Wharry, Gomes, Young.\n\nMessrs. E. Alford, A. F. Alves, P. M. Alves, J. M. S. Alves, E. J. H. d'Aquino, F. H. Arjanee, J. M. Armstrong, J. R. Anton, W. M. B. Arthur, S. Ashton, H. Arnold, J. Arnhold, J. L. do S. Aivoa, J. Abraham, G. M. Bain, J. D. Ball, Barff, F. W. Barff, Battles, Beart, Belilios, Boris, Beyer, Blackwell, Blogg, Bottomley, Bowdler, Burnie, J. A. Barretto, Blanchard, von Bobers, Botelho, Boyd, Braddon, Bird, Brereton, Brooke, Ban Hap, W. A. Caldwell, Chastel, C. P. Chater, Cheyne, Cohen, Cope, Coughtrie, J. H. Cox, Coxon, Crawford, Cottell, A. L. Carvalho, J. A. de Carvalho, Chapuis, G. C. Cox, Corrales, Chamberlain, G. de Champeaux, Cuff, Chan Afook, Ching Ayu, Chan Soy Sang.\n\nPage 529", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 305787, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6]", "page_number": 9, "title": "CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6]", "content_text": "## PRINCE HEINRICH OF PRUSSIA AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.\n\n## UNVEILING THE PORTRAIT OF THE PRINCE CONSORT.\n\nOn the 7th of May, His Excellency Governor Sir **JOHN POPE HENNESSY**, K.C.M.G., and Lady HENNESSY gave a State luncheon and an \"At Home\" in honour of His Royal Highness Prince **HEINRICH** of Prussia, who, with Baron Von SECKENDORFF, had been for some days on a visit at Government House. Later in the afternoon a large number of the community attended the \"At Home\" and were presented to the Prince.\n\nThe guests who had the honour of meeting the Prince at luncheon were:- Chief Justice Sir Jos and Lady SMALE, Colonel HALL, R.A., (Commanding H. M. Troops), and Mrs. HALL, Commodore SMITH, R.N., Commodore MCLEAN, I.G.N., Hon. Captain DENNISON, R.N., Captain KOESTER, I.G.N., Captain SCHERING, I.G.N., Deputy Surgeon-General MACKINNON, C.B., Lieutenant-Colonel GEDDES and Mrs. GEDDES, Deputy Inspector-General and Mrs. BREEN, Hon. the Attorney General, Mr. E. L. O'MALLEY, Hon. M. S. TONNOCHY, Hon. NG CHOY, Major PAPILLON, R.E., Major HUSKISSON, Major HALES (27th Inniskillings), Mr. KEMPERMANN (Vice-Consul for Germany), Dr. and Mrs. CLOUTH, Dr. and Mrs. EITEL, Mr. and Mrs. ANDRÉ, Mr. and Mrs. POESNECKER, and Messrs. H. HOPPIUS, C. V. CREAGH, WONG KWAN TONG, and Lieutenant R. C. C. Cox, A.D.C.\n\nThe guests being assembled in the drawing-room, His Royal Highness entered at 1.15 P.M., wearing the Grand Cross, Ribbon, and Star of the Black Eagle of Prussia. He was accompanied by Baron von Seckendorff and Captain McLean. At the same moment the Royal Standard of Prussia was hoisted over Government House and a Royal Salute was fired from the shore battery by the Royal Artillery and from the ships in harbour, the German men-of-war `Prince Adalbert` and `Luise`, and Her Majesty's ships `Victor Emanuel`, `Comus`, and `Encounter`. The guests having been presented to the Prince, His Royal Highness gave his arm to Lady HENNESSY, the Governor following with Lady SMALE and the whole of the guests filed into the dining-room. During the banquet the Band of the 27th Inniskillings played a selection of music; first German, with a prominent and pleasing intermixture of the popular Suabian melodies of the ancestral home of the Hohenzollerns, followed by some Scotch and Irish National airs. At the close of the entertainment, His Royal Highness rose and proposed in a clear and ringing voice, \"**Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland**,\" the Band playing \"**God save the Queen**.\" Immediately after the Governor proposed \"**His Majesty the Emperor of Germany**,\" whereupon the Band played the national anthem of Germany. The Prince then rose, and all present proceeded to the drawing-room, where those assembled for the \"At Home\" were presented to His Royal Highness. The presentation lasted till nearly three P.M., when the Governor conducted the Prince to that part of the room where the picture of the Prince Consort was to be unveiled.\n\nHis Excellency then, addressing the Prince, spoke as follows:- May it please Your Royal Highness, Ladies, and Gentlemen,- In this eastern limit of Queen **VICTORIA**'s dominions, I am about to unveil the portrait of the greatest Statesman-Prince of our age. There is something not inappropriate in doing so in the presence of his grandson and within sight of the shores of China. The laws and literature of the venerable Empire, whose mountains we behold from this house, inculcate filial reverence and domestic affection. I well remember that in the House of Commons Mr. **DISRAELI**, in supporting a vote of condolence on the death of the Prince Consort, said that the Prince had discharged the highest public duties under the most difficult circumstances, and that he had elevated even the Throne of England by his domestic life. Next to the Queen herself, who was it that shared most in the happiness and in the cares of that domestic life? The Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland and Crown Princess of Prussia.- (Applause.) And hence it is, Sir, that your illustrious Mother is enshrined in the hearts of the people of England.- (Renewed applause.) Another British statesman of great experience, Lord **GRANVILLE**, has recorded the fact, that, in all his life, whether official or private...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 306004, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6]", "page_number": 227, "title": "CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6]", "content_text": "# HONGKONG, MAY 26TH, 1880.\n\n## QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.\n\nHis Royal Highness Prince Heinrich of Germany, as Her Majesty's Grandson, and His Excellency Sir John Pope Hennessy, K.C.M.G., as the Queen's Representative in the Colony, received on the 24th instant, as joint hosts, at Government House, on Her Majesty's Birthday, His Royal Highness Prince Thomas of Savoy, Duke of Genoa, at a State dinner, and subsequently their Royal Highnesses, with His Excellency the Governor and Lady Hennessy, received the Naval, Military, and Civil officers, the Foreign Consuls and a number of the British, foreign, and native residents in celebration of the day.\n\nA Royal Guard of Honour of the 27th Inniskillings, under the command of Captain Carr (with the Band and the Queen's Colours), was drawn up at the principal entrance to Government House, the front of which, as well as the garden surrounding, was brilliantly illuminated with Chinese lanterns and gas jets. H.R.H. Prince Heinrich and H.E. the Governor received His Royal Highness the Duke of Genoa, on his arrival and after the invited guests, who had previously assembled in the drawing-room, had been introduced to His Royal Highness, the party filed into the dining-hall. H.R.H. Prince Heinrich was attended by Baron von Seckendorff, and Captain MacLean, of H.M. frigate `Prinz Adalbert`. H.R.H. Prince Thomas of Savoy was attended by Count Candiani, A.D.C., and Captain Millelire of H.M.S. `Piemonte`.\n\nThe following is a list of the other guests who sat down to the banquet with their Royal Highnesses.\n\n| Guest | Designation |\n| --- | --- |\n| H.E. Dr. Elmore | |\n| His Honour Sir John Smale | Chief Justice |\n| Lady Smale | |\n| Captain East | H.M.S. `Conus`, Senior Naval Officer |\n| Hon. B. L. O'Malley | Attorney-General |\n| Hon. J. M. Price | Surveyor-General |\n| Hon. M. S. Tonnochy | Acting Colonial Treasurer |\n| Hon. Ng Choy | Member of Legislative Council |\n| His Honour Mr. Justice Snowden | |\n| Deputy Inspector-General Breen | R.N. |\n| Mrs. Breen | |\n| Dr. Ayres | Colonial Surgeon |\n| Mrs. Ayres | |\n| Rev. W. Jennings | Colonial Chaplain |\n| Mrs. Jennings | |\n| Dr. Eitel | Inspector of Schools |\n| Mrs. Eitel | |\n| Mr. Creagh | Acting Head of the Police Force |\n| Mr. J. P. McEuen | R.N., Acting Harbour-master |\n| Mr. Gerrard | Acting Registrar-General |\n| Mr. Gibbons | Registrar of Supreme Court |\n| Captain Carr | 27th Regiment (the Officers of the Guard of Honour) |\n| Lieutenant Cox | 27th Regiment (the Officers of the Guard of Honour) |\n| Captain Francis | Hongkong Volunteers, extra Aids-de-Camp |\n\nThe Band of Her Majesty's 27th Inniskillings played at intervals during the banquet. The only toast of the evening was given by Prince Thomas of Savoy, who proposed \"The health of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland,\" and, addressing Prince Heinrich, added: \"Sir, Your Royal Grandmother.\" The Band played the National Anthem, and soon after the party adjourned to the Reception Room, which was presently filled with ladies and gentlemen attending the general reception.\n\nThe officers of the 27th Inniskillings came in body, with Lieutenant-Colonel Geddes, and were amongst the earliest presented. There was also a number of officers of Her Majesty's Navy and of the foreign ships of war in harbour, amongst whom were distinguished the officers of H.P.M.S. `Tejo`, who specially attended by order of H.E. the Governor of Macao. The Consular Body was also well represented. The whole assembly presented a most striking *tout ensemble* of Anglo-Oriental society, the uniforms of Her Majesty's Army and Navy and of the Consular Officers, glittering in scarlet and gold, being well set off by the soft yellow and embroidered court dresses of Chinese gentlemen, the richly coloured turbans and flowing robes of Mahomedans and Parsees, amid the fashionable costumes of European ladies.\n\nThe presentation lasted for more than an hour. In the course of the reception H.R.H. Prince Heinrich expressed to Mr. Sassoon and Mr. Belilios his regret that he would not be able to travel through India. He spoke also a few kindly words to the leading Chinese merchants Mr. Tan King-sing, Mr. Li Tak-cheung, Mr. Tung Ming-shan, and others.\n\nTheir Royal Highnesses left about half-past ten o'clock, whereupon dancing commenced soon after and was kept up till midnight, when the assembly broke up, after having enjoyed one of the most brilliant receptions ever held in the Government House of Hongkong.\n\nPage 223", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 306019, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6]", "page_number": 243, "title": "CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6]", "content_text": "the middle of April, from the Straits Settlements for Hong Kong, and I had received news of Lieutenant Hall's proceedings in Bangkok on the 17th of April. The fact that Colonel Creagh was not only the Brigade Major and Staff Officer for the time being in Hong Kong, and second in Command of the Troops in Hong Kong, but that Major General Donovan had quitted the Straits Settlements for China and that he was Commander in Chief on the Straits Settlements, Hong Kong was well known and was freely commented upon in Hong Kong.\n\nExtract Hong Kong \"Daily Press\" 29 April:\n\"Siam Advertiser ... now at the moment when the charge of my A.D.C. was being made, a few days after Lieutenant Hall's virtual appointment had been made, on the 8th May, the \"Ringdove Albert\" with Prince Henry on board entered the Harbour, and, from that day (1st May) forward, Lieutenant Creagh was busily employed in his duties as Aide-de-Camp until, without a word of warning to anyone, he was suddenly ordered by the Major General (who returned to Hong Kong on the 18th of May) to cease his work as Aide-de-Camp, and resume his regimental duty.\n\nBut meanwhile, and long before the Major General's arrival, Lieutenant Colonel Hall in the Command of the Troops in Hong Kong, the latter office told me that he had duly notified the appointment subject to the approval of His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief; and, on the 8th of May, I also notified the appointment to Sir Michael Hicks Beach.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 306065, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6]", "page_number": 289, "title": "CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6]", "content_text": "## Long Long \n11242 \n\nLive 1880 \n\n284 th \n\nHaving written, about my predecessor, on a similar occasion, and whether the Governor would attend in uniform and as a sort of State ceremonial or not. I sounded Colonel Creagh (who had mentioned the former difficulty to me) as to whether, if he thought fit, he might mention it to the Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment. I had nothing to do with borrowing the Band.\n\nI have the honor to be, \nMy Lord, \nYour Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, \nHennesy, Major General.\n\n## \nI have the honor to forward, for your information, a copy of a letter I am forwarding to the Secretary of State for War, with a few of your letters accompanying it, as under:\n\n| Letter | From | To | Date | Relative to |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| ... | Governor | Colonel Kattans | 30 Nov 1884 | 98 Regiment |\n\nI have the honor to be, \nSir, \nYour Obedient Servant, \nE. F. Bourke, Major General, \nCommanding Forces, China and S. Settlements. \n\n`80-H & S 9049`", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 309917, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-195 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [1-4]", "page_number": 43, "title": "CO129-195 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [1-4]", "content_text": "C.O. 19474\n\nRECR\n\nREGO 7 NOV at 42\n\nSecret and Confidential\n\nGovernment House, Hong Kong\n\n3rd October, 1881\n\nMy Lord,\n\nI have the honor to forward a letter from Colonel Creagh, R.E., C.M.G., on a subject about which \"The Right Honorable The Earl of Kimberley, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies:\n\n10.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-195 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [1-4].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 318447, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-203 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [10]", "page_number": 4, "title": "CO129-203 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [10]", "content_text": "## \n\nMr. Adrian\n\nSee p. 59. The last day I know anything about a project for removing the troops from Hong Kong.\n\nFrom 8. 2/12 \nM. Bramston \nW.O. it appears that a proposal `6729` has been made to remove the troops to \"a more Eastward position at Causeway Bay\", but nothing has been settled yet.\n\nPart of the Kowloon Peninsula has been talked of as a new position necessary for defensive purposes (`XCR(85)72`, `GR1178/1922/32(III)`), but from Mittert Room minutes, this seems a matter apart from the removal of the troops, which might best be made to Kowloon if at all. G.W.I. 5 Dec. \nM. Bramston \n5/12 \n\nAs the `zet` being finished, I know of no proposal to remove the troops to the Kowloon Peninsula. The R.D. Commission and Colonel Creagh recommend the concentration of the Naval and Military Establishments within Hong Kong and the improvement of the Batteries on the Kowloon Peninsula, but they do not appear to have suggested the removal of the troops to the latter place, nor does Captain Barton, the Assistant Secretary, know of any such proposal to the R.D.C.\n\nThere are no military objections to the prayer of this petition, which may be granted on the condition mentioned by: Mouch - The Railway is to remove that worn-out machinery... \n`81312/12` \n\nThe better course would be to send it to the War Office as Eve Rodrich has suggested, to the hips Thurston. \nGeneral sanction is to be obtained. Say that, as worded, this proposal should not be objected to in the office of the Secretary of State for War for military reasons.\n\nProceed home. \nDec 28, \n2M 27/12", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-203 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [10].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 321896, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-209 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [5]", "page_number": 309, "title": "CO129-209 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [5]", "content_text": "C. O. 10815/305 RECO Executivo\n\nExtract from Minutes of the Executive Council\n\n[... facts to what I have nothing further to add.]\n\nI shall be glad to be afforded a personal examination before you so that I may more fully explain the circumstances under which the alleged assault occurred.\n\nI feel that I am unable in a written statement to place the matter before you in a sufficiently clear light to make you cognizant of the whole of the facts, which, I fear sure, would in your eyes justify my actions in the matter.\n\nI have,\n\nSd. John O'Donnell\n\n2nd Class Turner, Victoria Gaol\n\nO'Neill of 9th May, 1883.\n\nCouncil Chamber\n\nHongkong 9th May, 1883.\n\nPresent\n\nHis Excellency the Governor Sir G. Bowen, K.C.M.G.\n\nThe Honourable the Lieutenant Colonel Commanding (Lieutenant Colonel Creagh)\n\nThe Honourable the Colonial Secretary (Mr. H. E. Marsh)\n\nThe Honourable the Attorney General (Mr. E. O'Malley)\n\nThe Honourable J. M. Price\n\nRead: Colonial Secretary's letter No. 855 of the 2nd instant to Assistant Turner John O'Donnell, informing", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-209 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 328522, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-221 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1885 [4-6]", "page_number": 297, "title": "CO129-221 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1885 [4-6]", "content_text": "296 \n\nApril 22, 1885 \n\nIt is Excellency the Governor Present. \n\nHis Excellency (Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G) \n\nHis Excellency General Sir John Cameron, K.C.B. Commanding \n\nThe Honourable Colonel Creagh, V.C. Acting Secretary \n\nThe Council expresses satisfaction at the prompt action of Mr O'Conor \n\n## \n\nAttorney General (W. R. Carll) \nColonial Treasurer (H. Lister) \nSurveyor General (F. H. Price) \nRegistrar General (F. Stewart) \n\nIrish Extracts. \nA. Seth, Clerk of Councils \n\nRead the following C.S.O. 92. May 25th, 1885. \n\nFrom Mr O'Conor, Acting Consul-General at Peking, respecting a hawker at Canton, alleged to have been decoyed out of this Colony by a previous employer.\n\nInstructions have been sent by telegraph to the Canton local authorities to suspend action.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-221 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1885 [4-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 337305, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-238 - Governor Des Voeus - 1888 [7-8]", "page_number": 336, "title": "CO129-238 - Governor Des Voeus - 1888 [7-8]", "content_text": "## 334\n\n## Fern Shed\n\nA structure about 50 feet long with bamboo screen roof, and wooden tables has been erected for the cultivation of ferns and shade plants for sale.\n\n## Seed Shed\n\nFor some years a very perishable matshed has been used for the protection from rain, excessive sun-light, and ants, of delicate newly sown seeds. This shed has been replaced with a more permanent structure built of hard-wood, with one side of the ridge-roof glazed. Attacks on the seeds by ants have been circumvented by having the pedestals which support the tables resting in small masonry tanks for holding water.\n\n## Potting, Carpenters, and Soil Sheds\n\nAll of these have been re-constructed with leaf matting and bamboos during the year. Means have never been available for them to be made of anything more substantial than bamboos and matting. These structures ought to be all made of substantial brickwork with tiled roofs as soon as sufficient money can be spared.\n\n## Rockeries\n\nThe improvements at the North-East entrance gates which were recommended in 1886 have been carried out so far as the construction of the rockeries is concerned, and the planting of them is now being proceeded with.\n\n## Labelling of Plants\n\nA large number of new labels have been lettered and put down, besides many of the old ones having been renewed. I hope that the present year will see all the plants in the Gardens efficiently labelled. If funds were available for the purpose it would be more economical to label the plants with indestructible terra-cotta labels having the names enamelled and burnt in, in place of the perishable wooden labels at present in use.\n\n## Lawns\n\nThe grass in many places, especially where it has been so much injured by the crowds of people who attended the Al Fresco Fêtes which have been held in the Gardens during the last two years, has become very thin. The lawns urgently need surface dressings of enriching composts, but the maintenance vote is insufficient to admit of this being done.\n\n## Flower Beds\n\nThe soil in these needs changing, and the whole design of the arrangements of beds and walks on the lower terrace would be better altered, when great improvements could be effected. In these contemplated improvements I should like to effectually work in a fit erection for the accommodation of the Regimental Band at its weekly performances, instead of the unsuitable existing arrangements.\n\n## Aviaries\n\nThe old structures in the northern part of the New Garden, which had become thoroughly dilapidated, and which were not very suitable for aviaries, have been demolished, and a new aviary in four divisions has been constructed near the bear house in the southern part of the Old Garden. The aviary faces the sun and has its back to the north, thus affording shelter to the occupants of the aviary from the cold winds of the dry season and the violent storms of the rainy one.\n\n## Al Fresco Fête\n\nWhatever good may be said for the objects of the Fête, and they were most worthy, which was held in the Gardens in November, it is generally admitted that the handing over of the Gardens to Committees who have little or no interest in the Gardens themselves, or at least very little interest compared with their great object in endeavouring to make the entertainments financial successes, has a most injurious effect on the Gardens. Although greater precautions were taken on the occasion of the last Fête to provide against injury to the Gardens, still a large amount of damage was inflicted besides having the order and beauty of the Gardens upset for a considerable time before, and a very long time after the Fête.\n\n## Musical Performances\n\nBy the kindness of the Colonel and Officers of the 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment, visitors to the Gardens have been entertained with the performances of the Band in the Gardens once a week throughout the year, with a few exceptions owing to weather and other causes. The Band, as already alluded to, is in need of an appropriate Band Stand which should be a structure of a character in harmony with the Gardens. The Band Stand in the Gardens, which was generously presented by the Parsee community in 1866, has not been used for some years on account of its situation being unsuitable for music to be heard from it to the terraces below where visitors congregate and promenade; it is also too small to accommodate the number of men of which the band consists.\n\n## Sale of Plants\n\nThe total number of plants sold was 1,267; they realised $365.41. In 1886 the plants which were sold realised $409.35, and the number sold was 1,918.\n\nAs the plants in the Gardens are now labelled to a sufficient extent to enable visitors to ascertain the name of any tree, shrub, or plant which is cultivated in the Gardens, I would take this opportunity of advising would-be purchasers to make their choice of plants from an inspection of the larger specimens throughout the Gardens which show better what purposes the plants are suitable for than the small specimens kept in stock for sale in the nursery, to which the public generally confine their attention.\n\n## Statue\n\nI regret to have to chronicle the loss of shrubs and trees of great beauty which had taken 20 years of fostering care to bring them to the condition they were in before their destruction in order to provide a site—which had been selected two or three years ago—for the erection of the statue which was placed in the Gardens towards the close of the year. The Gardens have not been benefited by the change which was made in them, nor yet does it appear that the statue itself has obtained a position which is the best that could have been desired for the exhibition of such a fine and costly work of art. In view of these disadvantages it is to be hoped that the removal of the statue may receive some consideration when the day arrives for it.\n\nI might here submit that the interests of the Gardens should have a strong claim to be represented by special professional judgment when the introduction of foreign objects is contemplated. The site for the statue was selected by a body of gentlemen and approved by the Government without the knowledge of, or any reference for an opinion from, the Superintendent of the Gardens.\n\n## Teff (Eragrostis Abyssinica)\n\nThis is a cereal indigenous to Abyssinia. It produces small seeds from which is obtained an excellent flour that is extensively used in Abyssinia as an article of food. The Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, obtained from Abyssinia a quantity of seeds of it for distribution to Colonial and other gardens for experimental cultivation. This garden received some of the seeds; they were sown on March 10th, and germinated well, and the seedlings grew rapidly and ripened their seeds in the middle of July, that is, only four months elapsed from the sowing of the seeds to the harvesting of the crop; the yield was abundant. Seeds were distributed amongst native agriculturists and information on the nature of the cereal was given to them, but the recipients of the seeds do not seem to have done anything with them so far as I have been able to learn.\n\n## **DISTRIBUTION AND INTERCHANGE OF PLANTS AND SEEDS**\n\nExchanges have been conducted as far as circumstances permitted. Two hundred and seventy-six packets and parcels of seeds, weighing fifty pounds, and one thousand four hundred and twenty-nine plants were received. One hundred and twenty-two packets and parcels of seeds, weighing seventy pounds, and one thousand six hundred and twenty-seven plants were distributed.\n\nThe following are the lists of recipients and donors of plants and seeds:—\n\n### Recipients\n\n| Name | Number |\n| --- | --- |\n| Anderson, Colonel | |\n| Apcar, A. P. | |\n| Armstrong, J. M. | |\n| Bell-Irving, Mrs. | |\n| Botanic Gardens, Adelaide | 23 |\n| Bombay | 12 |\n| Mauritius | \"\" |\n| Melbourne | 57 |\n| Natal | 13 |\n| Port Darwin | \"\" |\n| Queensland | 12 |\n| Saharanpur, India | \"\" |\n| Saigon | 11 |\n| Singapore | 31 |\n| Tasmania | \"\" |\n| Townsville | 31 |\n| Botanical Department, Jamaica | |\n| Burghignoli, Very Rev. Father | |\n| Cook, Mrs. | |\n| Creagh, C. V. | |\n| Darby, W. F. | |\n| Fisher, Dr. | 3 |\n| Forest Department, Penang | 21 |\n| French Convent | 37 |\n| Grant, J. | $1 |\n| Gardener, Captain | |\n| Government Civil Hospital | |\n| Grossmann, C. F. | |\n| Henry, Rev. B. C., Canton | |\n| Humphreys, J. D. | |\n| Italian Convent | |\n| Ladies' Recreation Club | |\n| Police Stations | |\n| Queensland Acclimatisation Society, Brisbane | |\n| Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta | |\n| Schultz, Captain, Perak | |\n| Ceylon | |\n| Kew, London | |\n| Stone-Cutters' Island Powder Depôt | |\n| Veitch & Sons, Messrs. J., London | |\n| Vaucher, A. E. | |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-238 - Governor Des Voeus - 1888 [7-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 } ]