[ { "id": 236965, "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": "CO129-052 - Sir Bowring - 1855 [9-12]", "page_number": 87, "title": "CO129-052 - Sir Bowring - 1855 [9-12]", "content_text": "the 9th June.\n\nMr. Almada gave in a patent leaf-holder, and after seeing they were correct I took them to His Excellency, and left them with him. I boldly hinted to him to bring the further circumstances to His Excellency's recollection, but I may state that of these Despatches No. ... was the Publication Despatch, while the Blue Book Despatch N. 79, is further on the file.\n\nI trust I have done sufficient ... I may add that the Blue Book, in the preparation of which I met with unusual difficulty, was not ready till that very afternoon, the 9th. My first impression, is that it was placed also before His Excellency that day, but this I cannot say I am certain of it.\n\nI am convinced that Despatch N:79 and my letter were among the papers in the leaf holder. Knowing the Despatch was sent the day before the Mail went, if they were handy.\n\nThe ... Mail left on Sunday, the 10th June.\n\n(Signed) W. J. Mercer\n\nBritish Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th September 1855.\n\nTrue Copy\n\nBotanal Santiago\n\nColonal Secretary's Office", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-052 - Sir Bowring - 1855 [9-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 258142, "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": "CO129-096 - Others - 1863", "page_number": 143, "title": "CO129-096 - Others - 1863", "content_text": "Love to shut in General tones that be entirely Concurs with lovesidering bauch of ene the site at the The Peninsula bitter suited in all expect, Military Cantonment than that propond leg Ispudiceper\n\n2 A I Elonel Which it is of the utmost importance that the decision of the Government of the Majesty's as to the appropriation of Kowloon should be no longer delayed\n\nAnd Ide dec that anything will be gained by waiting for the further details promised by Colonel Mandy decided is leine, tive sites I think gecertion to the limply which of shall be reserved for Military purposes, and sany pentrcle of linformation Macesucy for assim at a decision will be found in the correspondence which how already Jarred Subject.\n\nI would venture to enggest that if the afferfication of Kowloon were to the ufered to a few persons", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-096 - Others - 1863.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 305571, "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": "CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4]", "page_number": 312, "title": "CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4]", "content_text": "## \nIntonel Gordon, and the Lakul troops fought bravely. They can fight against their own when led by European Officers. \n\nAt all Events, these Gout could not but be favourable to their country. Frustrated with the fence of the property of Elma men, rather than in the handy place, there are other reasons which impress the Pekin Gout with Tat's footwe.\n\n## \nThe growing confidence of the British Government in Chinese Character is loved by Heus when selecting the Colony. The partial defense of Ordnance Thin is wary Gen by Ard, Ciluance. Five...\n\n## \n10th Feb 1880 \n308 \nHongkong 12 Feby 1880 \nM2 13/2/80 \n1201 3 \n\nColonel Stunt Re \nLie \n\nShave the honour to reply to the various questions detailed in your despatch of the 27 January. \n\nI have thought over, and regret to state, that I am not in a position to write favourably upon the question of employing Chinese troops. I think the objections to having such an armed force in Hongkong are insurmountable. \n\nI quite agree with the principle of employing auxiliaries with the local troops, but I think Hongkong is so peculiarly situated that an exception ought to be made. \n\nI have the honour to be, \nYour obedient Servant \nChial", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 369433, "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": "CO129-288 - Public Offices & Others - 1898", "page_number": 21, "title": "CO129-288 - Public Offices & Others - 1898", "content_text": "## \nthe night before American citizens, when they arose in the morning claimed their rights as British subjects, to die for the old flag and the bloated monarchy. After the Americans were men who had spent their lives amongst us, had intermarried with us--had a community of language, literature, religion, thought and interest, and as it seemed good and natural to them to die with us, we acquiesced. Old Lunt, their Consul, had early betaken himself to the battle of Deep Water Bay, being careful to explain that he was impelled thereto purely from old professional interest, being anxious to witness a practical test of the new weapons of precision that differed so materially from the arms in use some thirty odd years ago, when he too had been a soldier (on the losing side), that he appeared in a private capacity at a scene that strictly speaking might by some be considered as somewhat beside his rigidly professional sphere. It must therefore have been enthusiasm for professional research that induced him to experiment from behind a rock for about an hour and a half with a dead Pathan's rifle and some couple of hundred cartridges. In spite of scals, the Americans cast in their lot with us.\n\nThe southern face of the hills all along was scarped as well as time would allow, right along to the Gap, where the Quarry Bay Sanitarium stood. The Sanitarium itself was not occupied, as it could be destroyed by artillery fire from the sea, but a couple of Nordenfelts were placed, one on each side, on convenient emplacements, a hundred feet or so above the saddle. The road below to the Reservoir being blown up.\n\n## \nAt a Council of War, held at Headquarter offices at 8 a.m., General White expressed the opinion (proved to be correct by after events) that the attack delivered had been premature, and it would be renewed when the enemy was reinforced. Their deliberations resulted in the defence of the Kowloon Peninsula being intrusted to Colonel Ricardo and three hundred men of his own regiment, with the Gunners of the forts. He was given an Engineer officer, Tundall, to carry out his plans, blow up houses, throw up earthworks, &c.-a very free hand, but was at the same time clearly informed he had only himself to rely on; his force could not be augmented. Col. Yardhill and the Engineers were to fortify the crest of the hills in the island; they arose to place in position the 40-pounder Armstrongs B. L of the `Victor` which had been hoisted out and landed after the despatch of the torpedo flotilla, and were now being dragged up by hundreds of coolies to various points. As truck guns they were fairly handy, and it was hoped that their heavier metal would keep down the enemy's fire (which our seven-pounders had been utterly unable to accomplish), as well as make it dangerous for his troop-ships to approach. The `Swift` and `Rattler` had been despatched at 7 a.m. to Tytam. Look-outs and signal-men were placed on all suitable points, even to the crests of the hills overlooking Mirs Bay, and signals were arranged both for night and day.\n\nThe Wongneichong Gap Road and Wanchai Gap Roads, and the Mount Gough and Pokfolum reservoir roads were blown away for large sections, particularly near where they debouched on the hills. Earthworks were thrown up at all the Gaps. Shelter trenches were dug, and a parapet run as far as possible along the whole line.\n\n## \nTress and brush etc. in front cut down and burnt, and as far as practicable all obstacles in front to the fire of the Defenders cleared away, blown up and undermined and rolled down. Pokfolum Gap was blocked with a wall of stone and the roadway in front blown up.\n\nMore than 20,000 men (inclusive of the burial parties, who had finished by 10 a.m.) were at work-all that intrenching tools could be got for. All the civil engineers, Teigh, Lemon, Benison, Ham, and Temm, with their overseers, were assisting the Engineers and the Public Works Department Staffs, superintending sections of the line; still the scarcity of Royal Engineers much retarded the work, and the inconvenience of the loss of the men and officers of this corps killed in the morning was greatly felt. The bulk of the heavy guns (40 ponders) were placed at Wongneichong Gap to command Deep Water Bay, and on the left by the cross wall to fire down what had been the Tytam Road; four also were placed in position at Pokfolum Gap, two in Victoria Gap, two on the 'Haicenda commanding Aberdeen, and one at the Military Sanitarium.\n\nThe road to Tytam was blocked just at the crest in the Wongneichong Gap by a wall of stone, and the roadway itself just beyond where it dipped blown away for about thirty yards to form the fosse.\n\n## \n...the stock of food found in the town--not much more than three weeks' supply of flour, and less than that of tinned and salted meats. The live stock at the depots was only about three days' supply. The stores of rice in the godowns were also found to be much depleted. Neither were the Naval supplies, except of spirits, large, especially if besides the garrison the civil population had to be rationed. Borges therefore ventured to suggest to General White that greater economy should be exercised, for the wily old Scotchman had astonished all the Staff by the liberality, not to say absolute extravagance, of supplies he was ordering up, so foreign to his usual pawky, not to say niggardly expenditure of government stores. In his own private expenditure he was a liberal old gentleman. When remonstrated with he only laughed harshly, remarking that there was plenty for our time; his fellows should have full bellies if the enemy's went empty, Danin them! The old man still stuck to his cuss-words, though he too did not believe in the morrow.\n\nThe Home Guard provisioned themselves, and the Committee saw to it; it was done right royally. Tommy Atkins was in clover, for the civilians, the great bulk of the men in the lines, shared cheerfully. It was `Largo luoigens`, obtained from the Docks, Tommy's day if a short one, for, as Rudyard Kipling had it, \n\n\"It's walk up, Mr Atkins, when the band begins to play.\"\n\nThe band had begun to play. All day long launches, guarded by armed Englishmen, had been towing over cargo-boats full of Chinese women and children to Samshui-po, and all the shopmen, clerks, compradores and long-nailed classes generally were sent across. By evening we had only some 30,000 able-bodied men in the town (Chinese). We intended to keep them to utilise their labour to the last, and we fed and paid them well. The people we had dumped on Chinese soil were given three days' rice each-by that time it would be settled one way or the other.\n\nAmmanition, bedding and baggage of all descriptions was going up to the works in all directions. Tents and matsheds were springing up along the whole line. It was as if the whole city was out on one vast picnic. Colonel Borges, who was in charge of the Commissariat, was much alarmed at the smallness of the stock...\n\nWhilst the guns of the `Victor` were being hoisted out, the `Swift` and `Rattler` were...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-288 - Public Offices & Others - 1898.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 510685, "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": "CO129-504-14 Surveyors- vacancies- training and conditions of service 6-5-1927 - 22-2-1928", "page_number": 3, "title": "CO129-504-14 Surveyors- vacancies- training and conditions of service 6-5-1927 - 22-2-1928", "content_text": "## Go Tel \n\n613727 \n\n(Request zalochin 2 2nd Class Surveying Course as soon as Complete) \n\nIhre noted on my Training hot 2 mcaucus \"be wie reaviat.f. in due course, \n\n11/4/27 \n\n3 To Gandy Be Mille com \n\nComs. 25 MAY 1927 \n\n4. To for. 159 (w/e 2) 9 JUN 1927 \n\nFile 26940 En (June 27 The 769412m. \n\n6. To GN 163 (rofe 3) June \n\nGo 263 \n\nX I cannot see that we have a syllabus. Josunezy (Confirms not) 23/5/27 \n\nWe take it that it has already been included? Pallatiebuck 4/7 \n\nSo far as I know we have no information as to the actual instruction given at Southampton. It would be well to have details of the curriculum on record, and I therefore suggest that if there is no serious objection you might ask Colonel Jack if he would let us have the Syllabus. Tom M. 5th July 1927 \n\nI see no objection. In asking for it we should make it clear that it is the syllabus of the common Surveying course (not the one for Ceylon probationers who do a different course). Munting 15/7 \n\n**Major Hutchinson** \n**Mr. Liegching**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-504-14 Surveyors- vacancies- training and conditions of service 6-5-1927 - 22-2-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 596052, "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": "CO129-622-6 Claims of War Supplies to Eastern Group Supply Council 21-1-1949 - 23-12-1949", "page_number": 103, "title": "CO129-622-6 Claims of War Supplies to Eastern Group Supply Council 21-1-1949 - 23-12-1949", "content_text": "219dment VIU2591T\n\nAdiw gable\n\n1\n\n=\n\n{\n\nT\n\nt\n\nVAICE\n\nP\n\nthat the U.K. should accept responsibility for claims which should have been covered by a local scheme. Treasury views on this aspect of the case are set out in Bancroft's letter of the 15th October, 1948 to Colonel Derby.\n\n9.\n\nI am copying this to Brown, Commonwealth Relations Office and Darby, Colonial Office.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nG. E. Eules\n\nPage 26\n\n& G. E. Eules, oft y gator in Tof. ad Ebre 19 od\n\n...\n\nSHOW1Svoð boggulo od gote tenit 3 es, 19 vodi geriteri\n\n.100 Mon75q oder of stön Sew miało edt dokrin zo odai nde ainduces blow or 110 Isinofot 100 910tod zislo sdt equal of TIL ...\n\nA & vong Ji ti) tosi odt a ji ni jatog Iemoltiobe ns\n\nque ai si s tom i Jeixouster Ils rebnu en Is of bagen di\n\n20 sión(vd toitis dan ed of Aisi Jon nỗ szedt vedd watv\n\nent tare foalonde za ufamenta ood ed to meo I\n\nH*** COAOLIBEU?“\n\nnotice acrosban? alaika sas bau'ob fromvol gol groйl\n\nand Syed Bulang av biowo zoionsisitsò aistreo doldw reba conequeri alais na ori: to staty v coi110 Istnofot et v₫ ESISFLO\n\nestonico y\n\nak fan hier 100. (s9epnere)\n\nJandy j\n\nIqqué 20 vıdainik\n\n.S.0.1\n\n107\n\n04 من 13884", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-622-6 Claims of War Supplies to Eastern Group Supply Council 21-1-1949 - 23-12-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 } ]