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No. 111 53 how Copy For: HH No. 69-3 how Anse ? & how -\n\nBo 10154 Hongkong 105 Ceylon RECEIVE OCT25 1866 Straits Settlements\n\n24 October 1866\n\nI am directed by Secretary Military General Pecí to acknow...\n\n94 H.Kang leage Eine receipt of your liters dated 9521 Constand 121 and 17) Eucland, containing the\n\nWar Office 8984, Drafts of Despatches which the Earl of Carnarvon proposes to address to\n\nthe Governors of Hong Kong, and Ceylon, respectively, on the subject of the re-organization of the garrisons of those Colonies.\n\nThe arrangements connected with the supply of these Garrison are so blended together, that it will be more convenient to deal with them together, for the Straits Settlements...\n\nCorrected and formatted version in HTML as per the instructions:\n\nWar Office\n\nC. 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No. 111\n\nCopy For: HH No. 69-3\n\nBo 10154 Hongkong 105 Ceylon\n\nRECEIVE\nOCT 25 1866\n\nStraits Settlements\n\n24 October 1866\n\nI am directed by Secretary Military General Pecí to acknowledge receipt of your letters dated 21, 12, and 17 October, containing the War Office 8984, Drafts of Despatches which the Earl of Carnarvon proposes to address to the Governors of Hong Kong, and Ceylon, respectively, on the subject of the re-organization of the garrisons of those Colonies.\n\nThe arrangements connected with the supply of these Garrisons are so blended together, that it will be more convenient to deal with them together, for the Straits Settlements...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-119 - Public Offices - 1866.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 294612, "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": "CO129-168 - Sir Kennedy - 1874 [9-12]", "page_number": 579, "title": "CO129-168 - Sir Kennedy - 1874 [9-12]", "content_text": "## Constans Service \nwhere after some time he was remaining forced to leave. After remaining some time at Shanghai he returned to Formosa and commenced business in the camphor trade, and again got into trouble with the authorities (having, it is rumored, shot two or three natives) and escaped. The last trace of him is at Wongling early in 1871. In the Tainan disturbance he assisted the Police in protecting foreigners from the crowd - for this he was thanked by the Magistrates and Chief Justice.\n\n573 \nDuring 1871 he chartered the two barques \"Aludat\" and another, and contracted to supply the Sugar Refinery Co. with sugar from Formosa. In the early part of 1872 he purchased the Danish Barque \"Glint\" and entered into partnership with Mr O'Toole. This vessel was renamed \"Paugh Ballaugh\" and in her he made a trip to Tientsin or Newchwang and back. He was again got into trouble in the North, and put in irons by the Comprador O'Kupe and the partnership was dissolved after that return to...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-168 - Sir Kennedy - 1874 [9-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 324237, "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": "CO129-214 - Public Offices & Others - 1883", "page_number": 269, "title": "CO129-214 - Public Offices & Others - 1883", "content_text": "980 16 Mai (CHAMBRE} \n\nDÉBATS PARLEMENTAIRES \n\nAnnée 18 \n\nC.O. \n\nDOMESTIC. \n\nANNEXES AU PROCÈS-VERBAL DE LA SÉANCE DU MARDI 15 MAI 1883 \n\nSCRUTIN \n\nSur le paragraphe de l'article 2 du projet de Loi portant ouverture au ministre de la marine et des colonies, sur l'exercice 1885, d'un crédit supplémentaire pour le service du Tonkin. \n\nNombre des votants.......... 432 Majorité absolue.... 217 \n\nPour l'adoption........ 355 Contre..... 77 \n\nLa Chambre des députés a adopté. \n\nONT VOTÉ POUR: \n\nMM. Achard. Alicot. Allain-Targe. Ansart. Arène (Emmanuel). Armez. Arnoult. Audiffred. \n\nBarba. Bacquias. Baïbaut. Ballue. Baltet. Bastid (Adrien). Bavoux. Bell (François). Bello. Belon. Benoist. Bernard (Doubs), Bernard (Nord), Bernier, Bernot, Bert (Paul), Bertholon. Bienvenu. Bischofsheim. Bissac. Blanc (Pierre) (Savoie). Blancsubé. Blandio. Boissy d'Anglas (baron), Bontoux. Borriglione.. Bouchet. Boudeville. Bouillez-Brideu. Boy-Jard. Bourrillon. Bousquet, Bouteille. Bouthier de Rochefort. Bovier-Lapierre. Brelay. Bresson. Brialou. Brice (René). Briens. Brossard. Brousse. Brugnet. Bruneau. Bully. Bury, Buvignier. Buyat. \n\nCadet. Caduc. Camescasse. Caragrel, Carette. Carnot (Sadi). Casimir-Perier (Aube). Casimir-Perier (Paul) (Seine-Inférieure). Casse (Germain). Cassou. Cavaignac (Godefroy). Cavallé. Cayrade. Cazauvieilh. Caze. Chebrić. Chaix (Cyprien). Chantemille. Chermes (François). Chauveau (Franck). Chavanne (Loire). Chavanne (Rhône). Charoix. Chéneau, Chevandier. Christophle (Albert) (Orne). Cirier. Clémenceau. Cochery. Codet. Compayré. Constans. Corentin-Guyho. Cornudet. Costes. Courmeaux. Couturier. \n\nDaumas. Dautresme. David (Jean) (Gers). David (Indre). Deluns-Montaud. \n\nDemarçay (baron Maurice). Deniau. Deproge. Deroyer. Descamps (Albert). Desmons. Desmoutiers (Charles). Desprez. Dessoliers. Dethomas. Dethou. Devade. \n\nDevelle (Edmond). (Meuse). Devés. Devic. Dieu. Donnet. Dreux. Dreyfus (Ferdinand). Drumel. Dubois. Dubost (Antonin). Duchasseint. Duportal. Durand (Ille-et-Vilaine). Dureau de Vaulcomte. Durieu. Dusolier (Alcide). Dutailly. Duvaux. Duvivier. \n\nEscande (Georges). Escanyé. Etienne. \n\nEsnault. \n\nFabre (Joseph), Faillières. Fanien (Achille). Faure (Hyppolyte) (Marne), Féau (Paul). Ferry (Albert). Ferry (Charles). Fatry (Jules). Fleury. Florent-Lefebvre. Forné. Fouquet. Fourcand (Léon). Fousset. Fréry. \n\nGaillard (Puy-de-Dôme) Gaillard (Yonne). Galpy. Ganault. Garet. Garriga. Gasconi. \n\nGassier. Gandy. Germain (Henri). Gerville-Réache. Gilliet. Girard (Albd). Giraud (Henri) Girault (Cher). Girodet, Girod-Pouzol. Giroud. Goblet (René). Gomot. Granet. Graux (Georges). Graziani. Greppo. Gueguen. Guichard. Guillemin. Guyot (Louis). Guyot (Paul) (Marne). \n\nHémon. Henry (Edmond). Hérédis (de). Hérisson (Seine). Hopfeur. Hovins. Hugot. \n\nJanzé (baron de). Joubert. Journault, Jouve. Jullien. \n\nLabussière. Labuza. Lacôte. Lacretelle (Henri de). Lafitte de Lajoannenque (de). Lafont. Lagrange. Laisant. La Porte (de) (Deux-Sèvres). Laroze. Lasbaysses. Lasserre. Laurengon. La Vieille. Laville, Lecherbonnier. Lechevalier. Lecomte (Mayenne). Leconte (Indre). Lefevre (Ernest) (Seine). Léglise. Lefebvre (de Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne). Lefebvre (Pierre) (de Lille, Nord). Lefebvre (Adolphe), Lenient. Lepère. Leroy (Arthur). Leguillier. Letellier. Le Vavasseur. Lévêque. Leydet. Liouville. Logerotte. Loubet: Loustalot. \n\nMalézieux. Mallevialle. Mangon (Hervé). Margue. Marion. Marquiset. Martin-Feuillée. Massip. Masure (Gustave). Mathé. Mathieu. Mauger. Mauguin. Maunoury. Maurel (Var). Mayet. Maze (Hippolyte). Mazeron. Méline. Ménard-Dorian. Mercier. Mestreau. Mézières. Michou. \n\nMillion. Mougasson. Mir, Morel (Hippolyte) (Manche), \n\nNadaud (Martin). Naquet (Alfred), Noël-Parfait. Noirot. \n\nTallon (Alfred). Tassin. Ténot. \n\nThomas (Frédéric) (Tarn). Son. Tirard. Trouard-Riolle. Truelle. Trystram. Turquet. Tondu. \n\nToulet. Treil. Vachal. Vacher. Vaschalde. \n\nVernhi. Vernière. Versigny. Vielfaure. Vignance. Villain. Villeneuve. Viox. \n\nWaldeck-Rousseau. \n\nONT VOTÉ CONTRE: \n\nMM. Aillières (d'). Ancel. \n\nBaudry d'Asson (de). Bélizal (vicomte de). Benazet, Bergerot.\" Billiais (de La). Blin. Bourdon (vicomte). Bourgeois. Boyer (Fernand). Brame (Georges), Brière, \n\nCarret (Jules). Chevreau (Léon), Choisel (Horace de). Cibiel. Colbert-Laplace (comte de). \n\nDaynaud. \n\nDebuchy. Delafosse. Desson. Saint-Aignan. Du Bodan. Dufour (baron). Durfort de Civrac (comte de). \n\nEschasseriaux (baron). \n\nFauré. Feltre (duc de). Freppel. Gaudin. Gautier (René). Gérard (baron). Gonidec de Traissan (comte de), Granier de Cassagnac (Paul). \n\nHamille (Victor). \n\nJolibois. \n\nKermenguy (vicomte de). \n\nLa Bassetière (de). Labat. Ladoucette (de). Laffon de Ladebat. Lajoinie (comte de). Largentaye (de). La Rochefoucauld, duc de Bisaccia. La Rochejaquelin (marquis de). Neveux. \n\nLaroche-Joubert. La Rochette (Ernest de). Lefebvre du Prey. Legrand (Arthur) (Manche). Léonce (prince de). La Panouse de Launay. Le Roux. Levart. Loras (Morbihan). \n\nOrdinaire (Dionys), Outters. Pagès. Papon. Parry, Pelisse. (Marcellin). Pelletan (Camille), Penicaud. Pénières, Périgois, Perras. Petitbien. Peulevey (Léon). Peytral. Philippoteaux. Picard (Arthur) (Basses-Alpes). Pinault. \n\nPlantié. Ponlevoy (Frogier de). Poujade., Poulet (Marius). Pradal. Pradet-Balade. Préveraud. Proust (Antonin). \n\nRameau. Ranc. Raspail (Benjamin), Raynal. Récipon. Remolville. (Francisque) (Loire). \n\nRey. Raymond. Reyneau. Ribot. Richard. Ringnier. \n\nRiotteau. \n\nRivet. Robert (Edmond). Rochs (Jules) (Var). Rodat, Roger. Roque (de Filol). Roquet. Rousseau. Rouvier. Royer. Roys (marquis de). Roudier. Rozières. \n\nSaint-Martin (Vaucluse). Saint-Prix. Saint-Romme. Salis. Salomon. Sandrique. Sarlat, Scrépet. Bentenac. Silhol. Simon (Fidèle). Simonnet. Soogier (de). Souchu-Servinière. Soustre. Spuller. Steeg. \n\nMackau (baron de). Maillé (comte de). Martre. Martin (d'Auray). Maynard de la Clave (comte Albert de). Murat (comte Joachim). \n\nOllivier (Auguste). Ornano (Camille d'). Pain. Pioyre. Prax-Paris. \n\nRauline. Reille (baron). Rotours (des). Roque de Loulay (Louis). \n\nSaint-Martin (de) (Indre). Sarrette. \n\nSerp(i (Gusman). Soland (de). Soubeyran (baron de). \n\nTerves (de). Thirion-Montauhan. Toinnet de la Turmelière, \n\nValon (de), \n\nN'ONT PAS PRIS PART AU VOTE : \n\nMM. Amagat. Andrieux. Arrazat. \n\nPage 363 \n\nPage 363 \n\nPage 363 \n\n1 June \n\n1883 \n\nHong Kong No. 9889 \n\n(Subject.) \n\nFrench proceedings \n\n9339 \n\n235 \n\nSEGP \n\nREGP Jar \n\nproceedings in Tonquin \n\nTézen \n\nThe \n\nprevious Paper. \n\nFo 0060. \n\nGeticct from \"Journal der Arbati \n\ngroup detail \n\nTheulier.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-214 - Public Offices & Others - 1883.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 335820, "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": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "page_number": 436, "title": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "content_text": "## Modifying the Terms of the Convention previously signed at Sentrin on the 26th of April 1886 for regulating the conditions of trade between Tonking and the adjacent Chinese Provinces.\n\nI am to request that in laying this despatch before Secretary Sir Henry Holland, you will move to furnish Lord Salisbury with any observations you may have to offer thereon.\n\nYour most obedient humble servant,\nP. Wennin\n\n**CONFIDENTIAL.**\n\nPrinted for the use of the Foreign Office. October 1887.\n\nC. O. 21 539 RECE? 26 OCT 87\n\n433\n\n## No. 1. Sir J. Walsham to the Marquis of Salisbury.-(Received September 6.)\n\n**(No. 52. Very Confidential.)**\n\nMy Lord,\n\nTHE Treaty of Peace, Friendship, and Commerce, which terminated the state of hostilities between France and China, was signed at Tien-tsin on the 5th June, 1885, and the ratifications were exchanged at Peking on the 28th November following. A Decree of the President ordering the full and entire execution of the Treaty was issued on the 25th January, 1886.\n\nThis Decree, which embodied the text of the Treaty, was forwarded to your Lordship by Her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris in his Excellency's despatch of the 27th January, 1886, a copy of which will be found at page 49 (No. 66) of the Printed Correspondence laid before Parliament in that year and marked \"China No. 1.\"\n\nBy the IIIrd Article of the Treaty it was agreed that Special Commissioners should be appointed to mark out the boundary between Tonquin and China, and by the VIth Article it was further agreed that the conditions under which overland commerce between Tonquin and the three neighbouring Chinese provinces of Yunnan, Kwang-si, and Kwang-tung should be carried on, were to be determined by other Commissioners named for the purpose by the High Contracting Parties.\n\nOwing to a variety of circumstances the Boundary Commissions had not completed their task, or even nearly so, when the Convention for regulating the conditions of the overland trade was signed at Tien-tsin on the 25th April, 1886, by the French and Chinese Plenipotentiaries.\n\nA copy of this Convention, accompanied by an \"Exposé des Motifs\" and a Bill authorizing its ratification, which had passed the French Chamber of Deputies, was transmitted to the Earl of Rosebery in Lord Lyons' despatch No. 185, Confidential, of the 9th July, 1886, and by the Secretary of State to me in his Lordship's No. 211 of the 23rd July.\n\nThe Convention, however, has hitherto remained unratified as far as France is concerned, and on the arrival here about a year ago of M. Constans as Envoy Extraordinary of the French Republic it became generally known that the French Government were anxious to obtain more favourable conditions than those contained in the Act negotiated by his predecessor, M. Cogordan.\n\nAt any rate, M. Constans has been busily engaged since he came to Peking in discussing with the Chinese Government the question of revising the Convention of the 25th April, and it is only quite recently that he has been able to conclude his negotiations. M. Constans is now about to return to France.\n\nThese negotiations have been complicated by difficulties connected with the Boundary Commissions. The Commission for delimitating the frontier between Yünnan and Tonquin had finished its labours, which commenced from the point where the Red River crosses the frontier above Lao-kai, and terminated at the boundary-line between the Provinces of Yunnan and Kwang-si. No attempt has yet been made to fix the frontier beyond the Red River in the direction of Burmah.\n\nThe frontier between Tonquin and the Province of Kwang-si had also been more or less satisfactorily determined, but when the Commissioners for settling the boundary of the Kwang-tung Province were on their way to the place of meeting on the coast beyond Mongkai, some of the French members coming from Hanoi were attacked, probably by ... \n\n1629]", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 335821, "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": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "page_number": 437, "title": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "content_text": "one of the numerous bands of pirates who infest the neighbourhood, and several lives were unfortunately lost.\n\nThis accident delayed the work of the Commission, and at one time matters assumed a somewhat serious aspect, as the French had occupied militarily the territory in the neighbourhood of Cape Paklung, and it was known that the Chinese Government had ordered up reinforcements, the territory held by the French being regarded as having always belonged to China. I inclose a sketch of the locality, with explanatory notes, showing the respective claims to the several boundary-lines immediately after the occupation of the Paklung territory by the French.\n\nThis occupation has no doubt materially aided M. Constans in the definitive arrangements for the revision of the Cogordan Convention, as the Chinese Government made no secret of the great importance they attached to the retention by China of the disputed territory. They were evidently willing to make some further sacrifices to attain this object, although not disposed to grant all the concessions said to have been demanded by M. Constans.\n\nHe is believed to have required---\n\n1. That there should be a further reduction of the import and export duties over the frontier, which, as your Lordship is aware, were diminished respectively by one-fifth and one-third of similar duties at the Treaty Ports in accordance with the provisions of Articles VI and VII of the Convention of the 25th April. It is reported that a reduction to one-half of the Maritime Tariff rates was asked for in the case of both imports and exports.\n\n2. That native opium should be permitted to come into Tonquin through the Provinces of Yunnan, Kwang-si, and Kwang-tung, Article XIV of the Convention having prohibited its importation.\n\n3. That salt should be allowed to be exported into China from Tonquin, salt being a monopoly of the Chinese Government.\n\n4. That China would not insist on the right to appoint Consuls in the principal towns of Tonquin, granted by the Vth Article of the Treaty of the 9th June, 1885.\n\n5. That Chinese goods purchased in China by French or French-protected subjects, and reimported into China from Tonquin by one of the Treaty ports, should be charged coasting trade duty only instead of being treated as goods coming from a foreign country and therefore subject to the payment of full import duty according to the Maritime Tariff, as provided for by the three last paragraphs of Article IX of the Convention of the 25th April. The coasting trade duty is 2 1/2 per cent, ad valorem.\n\nWhether the above list contains a perfectly accurate statement of the demands put forward by M. Constans I am unable to say, but I have no reason to think it is otherwise than accurate, although from the secrecy with which the negotiations have been conducted, it has not been easy to ascertain how matters were progressing.\n\nI have, however, now been placed confidentially in possession of a copy of the document in which are recorded the results of M. Constans' negotiations, and I telegraphed its contents to your Lordship to-day. The document itself I have now the honour of inclosing. It takes the form of an Additional Convention, was signed on the 26th ultimo, and has been ratified by the Emperor of China. There are ten Articles :-\n\n## Article I \nprovides that the previous Convention of the 25th April shall be faithfully executed in all its details save where they may have been modified by the late Convention.\n\n## Article II \nspecifies the places in China which, in virtue of the Ist Article of the Convention of the 25th April, are to be opened to French trade. They are three in number: Lungchow, in the Province of Kwang-si; Mongtsze and Manhao, in Yünnan. I understand that the selection of these inland marts gave rise to much controversy. The Chinese Government had offered M. Constans two places only just across the frontier, but the French Plenipotentiary rejected them as valueless. In choosing and obtaining the towns of Lungchow and Mongtsze, M. Constans has gained a considerable advantage. The former is connected with Langson and Caobang by two rivers (Song-ki and Caobang) which are supposed to join the Canton River; but I have not been able to verify this fact from any of the Maps I have had an opportunity of consulting. Mongtsze, on the other hand, is reported to be situated in a mining district. The French will have the privilege of appointing Consuls at the three above-mentioned towns, and the Chinese custom-houses there are to be administered by officers belonging to the foreign Customs Inspectorate.\n\n## Article III \nrefers to the further reduction conceded to France in the frontier import and export duties.\n\nBy the VIth and VIIth Articles of the Convention of the 25th April, goods passing into China from Tonquin were to pay the Treaty port rates, less a fifth, while goods coming from China into Tonquin were to be charged a third less. In the first instance, the reduction is now to be three-tenths, and in the second, four-tenths of the Maritime Tariff duties.\n\n## Article IV \nauthorizes the imposition of an export duty on Chinese products which have paid an import duty on their entry into Tonquin, and have passed through Tonquin to an Annamite port for conveyance to a country other than China.\n\nThe export duty to be paid will be that fixed by the Franco-Annamite Customs Tariff.\n\nBy the XIth Article of the Convention of the 25th April, such goods were to be exempt from any export duty.\n\n## Article V \npermits the import into Tonquin through the three Chinese frontier towns opened to French commerce of native opium on payment to the Chinese Government of an export duty of 40 taels per picul, *i.e.*, 20 taels in the shape of customs duty, and 20 taels by way of li-kin. Should, however, this opium be reimported into China, whether by sea or land, it would be treated as foreign opium, and pay the 110 taels per picul (duty and li-kin) leviable under the Additional Article of the Chefoo Agreement.\n\n## Article VI \npermits French and Annamite vessels, with the exception of vessels of war, or those carrying troops and munitions, to go between Langson and Caobang by the Rivers Song-ki and Caobang, which connect Lung-chow with Langson and Caobang.\n\nA tonnage due is to be charged for each trip, at the rate of one-twentieth of a tael per ton, but the goods carried are not to be subjected to duty.\n\nThese two rivers are those to which I have already alluded as being supposed to join the Canton River.\n\nOn a small Map of Tonquin prepared by the Intelligence Branch of the War Department in July 1883, these two rivers are marked, as well as the towns of Langson and Caobang, and two out of the three Chinese towns opened to French commerce. Lung-chow, however, does not appear, at least under that name.\n\nThe accompanying extract from the \"Revue Internationale\" of the 9th October last, headed \"La Délimitation du Tonkin,\" refers to Lung-chow and the river Song-ki, and to the possibility of reaching the sea from Lung-chow by the Canton River.\n\n## Article VII \ncontains a most-favoured-nation clause of a decidedly more comprehensive kind than is to be found in the concluding paragraph of the VIIth Article of the Convention of the 25th April.\n\nFrance is to have the full right of enjoying, without further negotiations, all privileges, immunities, and commercial advantages which may hereafter be granted by Treaties having for their object the settlement of political and commercial relations between China and countries situated to the south and south-west of the Chinese Empire.\n\nIt is unnecessary, of course, to say that this Article has reference to Burmah and other British possessions.\n\n## Article VIII \nrecords the fact of the French and Chinese Plenipotentiaries having signed and sealed the French and Chinese texts of the Convention.\n\n## Article IX \nputs in force the stipulations of the Additional Convention from the date on which the ratifications thereof and of the Convention of the 26th April shall have been exchanged, precisely as if those stipulations had been inserted in the earlier Convention.\n\n## Article X \nstates that the Additional Convention shall be ratified at once by the Emperor of China, and that as soon as it shall have been ratified by the President of the French Republic, the ratifications shall be exchanged at Peking.\n\n## Annex \nto the Convention explains that by a note dated the 23rd June last the Chinese Government engages not to claim the right granted by the Vth Article of the Treaty of the 9th June, 1885, of appointing Consuls in the principal towns of Tonquin, until she and France are of opinion that circumstances will admit of the appointments. It is, however, further provided in a note that whenever Chinese Consuls shall be appointed at Hanoi and Haiphong (Article II of the Convention of the 26th April, 1886) France shall have the right to appoint Consuls at the capitals of the Provinces of Yünnan and Kwang-si.\n\nThe terms of this Additional Convention are unquestionably more favourable than those in the preceding Convention of the 25th April, to which they relate; but I am not disposed to think that until the French Protectorate of Tonquin and Annam shall have \n## Page 434", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 335822, "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": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "page_number": 438, "title": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "content_text": "## had time to develop their resources and to organize a system of land transport the concessions that have been granted to the French need be regarded for the moment as what the French have had principally in view, necessarily handicapping our commerce.\n\nSince it was determined to carry on and consolidate M. Ferry's work of establishing an Indo-Chinese possession for France, is the reduction of the credits which the French Chambers are annually asked to vote for the Protectorate.\n\nI remember that when M. de Freycinet was at the head of the French Government after M. Ferry's defeat on the Indo-Chinese policy, he used as an argument in favour of a continuance of that policy on a limited scale, his conviction that very shortly the Protectorate of Tonquin and Annam would be found to be self-supporting. The Tonquin Credits of, I think, 30,000,000 fr., were at the time pending before the Chambers, and M. de Freycinet's argument had a great deal to say to their being voted. Still, these Credits have, unless I am mistaken, steadily remained at the same figure, and looking to the opposition they encounter on each occasion of the Estimates being submitted to the Chambers, it is not surprising that efforts should be made to increase by every available means the local sources of revenue in Tonquin and Annam.\n\nThis will account for M. Constans' anxiety to obtain the withdrawal of the prohibition on the importation of Chinese opium into Tonquin by way of the frontier.\n\nIn addition to the export duty to be collected by China, such opium will, of course, be taxed on its arrival in Tonquin.\n\nHad M. Constans succeeded in persuading the Chinese Government to allow salt to pass from Tonquin into China, the French would have charged an export duty; and he has succeeded in getting their consent to Chinese products, transiting Tonquin to an Annamite port, for export to a country other than China, being subjected to the Franco-Annamite Tariff rates.\n\nAs regards the further reduction in the frontier import and export duties by the **frd Article** of the Additional Convention, it is in reality so slight that possibly it will be held by Her Majesty's Government as not more calculated for the moment to injure British trade entering China by the Treaty ports under the Maritime Tariff, than the previous reduction of one-fifth and one-third obtained under the Convention of the 25th April, 1886.\n\nThis point was thoroughly investigated by Her Majesty's Government, in consultation with the Board of Trade and the Chambers of Commerce in England on the occasion of the signature of the Treaty of Peace of the 9th June, 1885, and the Commercial Convention of the 25th April of the following year, and taking the despatches marked in the margin as a record of the opinion formed at the time, it would seem to have been admitted that, looking to the defective means of internal communication in the French Protectorates, the difference of duty need not be looked upon as conferring any material preference or advantage on France over the other nations interested in the Chinese Treaty ports, provided that corresponding advantages are secured to Great Britain with respect to the frontier trade of Burmah and the navigation of the southern rivers of China.\n\nWhile the negotiations between the Chinese Government and M. Constans were going on, I took an opportunity of letting the Ministers of the Tsung-li Yamên understand that, although it was neither my duty nor my intention to throw any obstacles in the way of their coming to a satisfactory arrangement with my French colleague, which, on the contrary, I earnestly desired, I thought it only right to caution them against making any concessions to France which would give her an unfair advantage over other friendly Powers, and so cause embarrassment to China. In such an eventuality, I should unhesitatingly take steps for the protection of British interests and their Treaty privileges.\n\nThe answer to my message was to the effect that the most-favoured-nation clause in existing Treaties with China referred solely to intercourse between foreign nations and China through the Treaty ports, and could not, therefore, be made available for securing privileges granted to any Power in connection with overland intercourse.\n\nI did not push the matter further, because I knew China to be in great straits on account of the occupation of the French of the Paklung territory, and also because I had no reason whatever to doubt that, when the moment arrived for a definite arrangement of the trade between Burmah and Yunnan, China would be perfectly prepared to give us a not less favourable Tariff than she had conceded to France.\n\nA great deal has been said about the advantages to be derived from opening a port on the West Canton River. I am inclined to think that those who are in favour of such a plan may not impossibly have exaggerated the commercial benefits to be derived from it, which would, moreover, be equally shared by the French and other nations having Treaties with China.\n\n## SKETCH OF THE PAKLUNG DISTRICT\n\n| Location | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| A | From X to Pei Shih, the frontier line is under discussion. |\n| B | From Pei Shih (river frontier to sea and then short sea frontier, Blue and Red line) to Chu Shan (Chu Shan is Chinese Territory) the blue and red line is accepted by both sides as the Frontier Line. |\n| C | From Chu Shan the line dotted red to Tombeau and from Tombeau to A is the line traced by the French as being their frontier line, but they propose to run it to B only, provided the Chinese agreed to their line of frontier from Chu Shan to Tombeau (Chinese did not agree). |\n| D | Chinese run their line of frontier from Chu Shan to Cape Paklung (blue line); and of course embracing Cape Paklung. |\n| E | Though French maintain their right to frontier to point A, they limit disputed (contested) territory to the horse shoe shaped tract of country from Chu Shan to Cape Paklung, passing by Tombeau and point B. |\n\nPage 4\n\nKamoon & Huth, Lith. St Martine Lane, W.C. \n`£24 10.87 118][ 5.0. 6787` \n`435`", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 335823, "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": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "page_number": 439, "title": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "content_text": "## 433\n\nAt all events, whatever may be the merits of the proposal, it would be a perfectly legitimate one to lay before the Chinese Government, and now that the French negotiations are over, I will seek a favourable opportunity of submitting to them the suggestion contained in the Earl of Iddesleigh's instruction No. 324, **Confidential**, of the 22nd December last.\n\nSuch an opportunity may present itself during the discussion on the subject of opening the port of Chungking, to trade under the conditions set forth in the Chefoo Agreement.\n\nFrom a conversation I recently had with the Ministers of the Yamên, I am in hopes that they will not object to an attempt being made to reach Chungking by steamer.\n\nIf the Additional Convention, and, consequently, the previous Convention of the 25th April are ratified, France will be entitled to name Consuls at the places opened to French trade in the frontier provinces, and also, so soon as China is permitted to appoint similar officers at Hanoi and Haiphong, in Tonquin, at the capitals of Yunnan and Kwang-si.\n\nThe question of whether or not Her Majesty's Government would be in a position to claim like privileges under the most-favoured-nation clause of our Treaties with China, formed the subject of your Lordship's despatch to Mr. O'Conor of the 31st July, 1885.\n\nThe VIIth Article of the Tien-tsin Treaty of the 26th June, 1858, enables Great Britain to appoint Consuls at the ports and cities of China open to foreign trade, and unless it can be satisfactorily shown that the most-favoured-nation clause would apply to privileges conceded to a third Power, irrespectively of the Treaties which, like our own, that Power might have with China in respect of the open ports, it might, perhaps, be difficult to claim similar privileges under the clause. Had France, for instance, obtained under one of her old Treaties the right to appoint Consuls in the interior of China, we could certainly have claimed an equal right to do so. But, in the present case, the appointment of Consuls by France in the provinces bordering on Tonquin has special reference to a border trade Treaty, and not to the open port Treaties.\n\nUnder our recent Convention with China on the Burmah and Thibet questions, I do not for a moment suppose that, when it comes to be formally executed, China would contest our right to appoint Consuls in Chinese provinces adjoining our possessions.\n\nAlthough nothing is said in the Additional Convention of the intention of the French to retire from the Paklung territory in return for the further concessions now made by China to France, they will do so on the exchange of ratifications. The Boundary Commissions have all been withdrawn, as the frontier is now considered as having been finally traced. I presume that the line between Tonquin and the Province of Kwangtung must have been settled in accordance with the wishes of the Chinese Government, as explained in the notes to the sketch I have inclosed.\n\nI have, &c. \n(Signed) \n**JOHN WALSHAM**\n\n### Inclosure 1 in No. 1\n\n**Sketch**\n\n### Inclosure 2 in No. 1\n\n**Additional Convention between France and China. Signed at Peking, June 26, 1887.**\n\nLE Président de la République Française et Sa Majesté l'Empereur de Chine, désireux de favoriser le développement des relations commerciales entre les deux pays, et d'assurer la bonne exécution du Traité de Commerce signé à Tien-tsin le 25 Avril, 1886, ont décidé à conclure une Convention Additionnelle modifiant quelques-unes des dispositions contenues dans le dit Acte.\n\nA cet effet, les deux Hautes Parties Contractantes ont nommé pour leurs Plénipotentiaires respectifs, savoir :--\n\nLe Président de la République Française, M. Ernest Constans, Député, Ancien Ministre de l'Intérieur et des Cultes, Envoyé Extraordinaire de la République Française en Chine, Commissaire du Gouvernement; et\n\nSa Majesté l'Empereur de Chine, Son Altesse le Prince King, Prince du Second... \n\n[628]", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 335824, "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": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "page_number": 440, "title": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "content_text": "# Convention Between China and France\n\nRang, Président du Tsung-li Yamên, assisté de son Excellence Soun Yu-ouen, Premier Vice-Président du Ministère des Travaux Publics;\n\nLesquels, après s'être communiqué leurs pleins pouvoirs, qu'ils ont reconnu en bonne et due forme, sont convenus des Articles suivants :--\n\n## ARTICLE I\n\nLe Traité signé à Tien-tsin le 25 Avril, 1886, sera, immédiatement après l'échange des ratifications, fidèlement mis à exécution dans toutes ses clauses, sauf, bien entendu, celles que la présente Convention a pour but de modifier.\n\n## ARTICLE II\n\nEn exécution de l'Article Ier du Traité du 25 Avril, 1886, il est convenu entre les Hautes Parties Contractantes que la ville de Long-tchéou au Kouang-si et celle de Mong-tsen au Yunnan sont ouvertes au commerce Franco-Annamite. Il est entendu, en outre, que Man-hao, qui se trouve sur la route fluviale de Lao-kai à Mong-tsen, est ouvert au commerce comme Long-tchéou et Mong-tsen, et que le Gouvernement Français aura le droit d'y entretenir un Agent relevant du Consul de cette dernière ville.\n\n## ARTICLE III\n\nEn vue de développer le plus rapidement possible le commerce entre la Chine et le Tonkin, les droits d'importation et d'exportation stipulés dans les Articles VI et VII du Traité du 25 Avril, 1886, sont provisoirement modifiés ainsi qu'il suit :-\n\n| Category | Modification |\n| --- | --- |\n| Les marchandises étrangères importées en Chine par les villes ouvertes | auront à acquitter le droit du Tarif Général de la Douane Maritime diminué des trois dixièmes. |\n| Les marchandises Chinoises exportées au Tonkin | paieront le droit d'exportation du dit Tarif Général diminué des quatre dixièmes. |\n\n## ARTICLE IV\n\nLes produits d'origine Chinoise qui auront acquitté les droits d'importation conformément au paragraphe 1 de l'Article XI du Traité du 25 Avril, 1886, et seront transportés à travers le Tonkin vers un port Annamite seront soumis, à la sortie de ce port, s'ils sont à destination d'un autre pays que la Chine, au droit d'exportation fixé par le Tarif des Douanes Franco-Annamites.\n\n## ARTICLE V\n\nLe Gouvernement Chinois autorise l'exportation de l'opium indigène au Tonkin par la frontière de terre, moyennant un droit d'exportation de 20 taels par picul, ou 100 livres Chinoises. Les Français et protégés Français ne pourront acheter l'opium qu'à Long-tchéou, Mong-tsen, et Man-hao. Les droits de li-kin et de barrière que les commerçants indigènes auront à payer sur ce produit ne dépasseront pas 20 taels par picul.\n\nLes commerçants Chinois qui auront apporté l'opium de l'intérieur remettront à l'acheteur en même temps que la marchandise, les reçus constatant que le li-kin a été intégralement acquitté, et l'acheteur présentera ces reçus à la Douane, qui les annulera au moment où il effectuera le paiement du droit d'exportation.\n\nIl est entendu que cet opium, dans le cas où il rentrerait en Chine, soit par la frontière de terre, soit par un des ports ouverts, ne pourra être assimilé aux produits d'origine Chinoise réimportés.\n\n## ARTICLE VI\n\nLes bateaux Français et Annamites, à l'exception des bâtiments de guerre et des navires employés au transport de troupes, d'armes, ou de munition de guerre, pourront circuler de Lang-son à Cao-bang et réciproquement, en passant par les rivières (Song-ki-kong et la rivière de Cao-bang) qui relient Lang-son à Long-tchéou et Long-tchéou à Cao-bang.\n\nIl sera prélevé sur ces bateaux, pour chaque parcours, un droit de tonnage de cinq centièmes de taels par tonneau, mais les marchandises composant le chargement n'auront à acquitter aucun droit.\n\nLes marchandises à destination de Chine pourront être transportées par les rivières dont il est question dans le paragraphe 1 du présent Article aussi bien que par les routes de terre et notamment par la route mandarinale qui conduit de Lang-son à Long-tchéou; mais, jusqu'au jour où le Gouvernement Chinois aura établi un poste de douane à la frontière, les marchandises qui passeront par ces routes de terre ne pourront être vendues qu'après avoir acquitté les droits à Long-tchéou.\n\n## ARTICLE VII\n\nIl est entendu que la France jouira de plein droit, et sans qu'il soit besoin de négociations préalables, de tous les privilèges et immunités, de quelque nature qu'ils soient, et de tous les avantages commerciaux qui pourraient être accordés dans la suite à la nation la plus favorisée par des Traités et Conventions ayant pour objet le réglement des rapports politiques ou commerciaux entre la Chine et les pays situés au sud et au sud-ouest de l'Empire Chinois.\n\n## ARTICLE VIII\n\nAyant arrêté d'un commun accord les dispositions ci-dessus, les Plénipotentiaires ont apposé leurs signatures et leurs sceaux sur deux exemplaires du texte Français de la présente Convention ainsi que sur la traduction Chinoise qui accompagne chacun de ces exemplaires.\n\n## ARTICLE IX\n\nLes stipulations de la présente Convention Additionnelle seront mises en vigueur, comme si elles étaient insérées dans le texte même du Traité du 25 Avril, 1886, à partir du jour de l'échange des ratifications des dits Traité et Convention.\n\n## ARTICLE X\n\nLa présente Convention sera ratifiée dès à présent par Sa Majesté l'Empereur de Chine et dès qu'elle aura été ratifiée par le Président de la République Française l'échange des ratifications aura lieu à Pékin.\n\nFait à Pékin, le 26 Juin, 1887.\n\n## Annexe\n\n(Signé)\n\nCONSTANS. Prince KING. SOUN.\n\nDans une lettre officielle en date du 23 Juin, 1887, le Gouvernement Chinois s'engage à ajourner la nomination de Consuls dans les principales villes du Tonkin jusqu'au jour où la France et la Chine estimeront que les circonstances permettent de les établir.\n\nIl est entendu, en outre, que lorsque le Gouvernement Chinois établira des Consuls à Hanoi et à Haiphong, le Gouvernement Français pourra en nommer dans les capitales des Provinces du Yünnan et du Kouang-si,\n\n## Inclosure 3 in No. 1\n\nExtract from the \"Revue Internationale\" of October 9, 1886.\n\n### LA DÉLIMITATION DE LA FRONTIÈRE DU TONKIN\n\nLe village de Binki borde la rive droite du Song-ki-kung qui a environ 60 mètres à cet endroit; un bac permet de traverser la rivière; la rive gauche est couronnée de forts barrant la route de Long-tchéou. En avant de ces forts de petites maisons carrées en briques peintes en blanc servent d'avancées au camp Chinois; enfin, en amont de Binki un barrage complète la défense du Song-ki-kung.\n\nPar cette rivière on met à peine un jour pour descendre à Long-tchéou. Aussi trouve-t-on à Binki des sampans et des radeaux formant des maisons flottantes comme on en voit sur la rivière de Canton.\n\nDe la frontière du Tonkin à Long-tchéou et de là par la rivière de Canton et la mer on a donc une voie navigable à sa disposition, ce qui est fort important à retenir.\n\nPage 628\nPage 437", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 335825, "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": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "page_number": 441, "title": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "content_text": "# Frontier Treaty between France and China\n\n## Sent home in Mr. Alabaster's No. 13 of August 17, 1887.--(Received at the Foreign Office, September 19.)\n\n**(Translation.)**\n\nWHEREAS on the 9th day of June, 1885, His Majesty the Emperor of China and the President of the French Republic dispatched Commissioners personally to fix the boundary of China and Tonquin, and these Commissioners having returned on the completion of their labours, and His Majesty the Emperor of China having deputed Ching, Prince of the Second Order, President of the Tsung-li Yamên, and Sun, Minister of the Tsung-li Yamên, Senior Vice-President of the Board of Works; and the President of the French Republic, M. Constans, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, several times Minister for the Interior, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Peking, to be Plenipotentiaries to effect a permanent and satisfactory settlement of the boundary question, the Arrangement arrived at by these Plenipotentiaries is as follows:-\n\n## I.\n\nThe Reports of the Delimitation Commissioners of the two countries, and the Maps of the frontier constructed by them, under their respective hands and seals, having been duly compared, are hereby approved.\n\n## II.\n\nThose points regarding which the Delimitation Commissioners are not in accord and those points contained in the final clauses of Article III of the Treaty of the 9th June, 1885, which require alteration, have been settled in the three following Articles:\n\n1. It is agreed, in reference to the boundary of the Province of Kwang-tung, as the Commissioners decided, that those places to the east of Mangkai and in a north-east direction, which have been under discussion, shall fall under the jurisdiction of China; that those islands which lie to the east of the red line laid down by the Delimitation Commissioners (such red line in a southerly direction directly crossing the hilltop to the south of Ch'a-Kuo-hsieb,* and constituting the boundary-line) shall fall to China, and that the Island of Chiu-t'ou-shan, called in Annamese Gotto, and the other small islands, shall fall to Annam.\n\nShould Chinese criminals escape to the Gotto and other islands, the French authorities shall, in accordance with the XVIIth Article of the Treaty of the 25th April, 1886, search for, arrest, and deliver them up.\n\n2. With reference to Chart No. 2, dealing with the frontier of Yunnan and Annam, from Kou-t'on-chai on the left bank of the Hsiao-tu-chou River, and marked on the Map with the character P, from west to east for a distance of over 50 li, and Chü-cha-hsieh, also called Chu-chiang-hsieh, Chu-mei-hsieh, and Chiang-fei-hsieh, also called Cha-fei-hsieh, shall belong to China. Viu-p'êng-hsieh, to the south, shall belong to Annam. From the character 2 to the character A, from west to east, the frontier of China and Annam crosses two rivers, which unite and enter the Ta-tu-chou River, also called the Hei Ho, from south-east for a distance of about 15 li to Nan-tan, to the north of the character T. Nan-têng-ho, Man-mei, Mêng-tung-shang-ts'un, Mêng-tung-shan, Mêng-tung-chung-ts'un, and Mêng-tung-hsia-ts'un, which lie to the south of the frontier-line as laid down in the Chart from the character T north-east to Mêng-tung-hsia-ts'un, All to the south of these fall to China. marked with the character, fall to Annam.\n\nFrom Mêng-tung-hsia-ts'un, marked, across the Ching-shui-ho at its junction with the Ta-ho, marked E, the centre of the river shall form the boundary. From ... to the centre of the Ta-ho shall form the boundary. Chuan-t'ou, which lies to the west of the river, falls to China, while Pien-ma-chai, to the east of the river, falls to Annam. From ... northwards to ..., passing Lao-yi-k'an to Pai-shih-ai, shall be equally divided between China and Annam. To the east of Pai-shih-ai and Lao-yi-k'an will fall to Annam; to the west, to China, that is, from the character ... northwards by way of Pien-pa-chia to the centre of Pei-pao and the east bank of the small river which enters the Ta-ho straight to Kao-ma-pai, marked on the Map with the character E, and to the end of the Delimitation Commissioners' Chart No. 2.\n\n3. On Chart No. 5 of Yunnan and Annam the boundary, starting from Lung-po-chai, crosses the Lung-po River to the point where the Ching-shui River enters the Lung-po River, and marked on the Map with the character P, and from north-east to south-east as far as the junction of the Mien-shui-wan with the Shai-chiang River, and marked on the Map with the character Z. By this boundary the Ching-shui and Mien-shui-wan Rivers fall to China. From the character Z the boundary runs straight west to the Têng-tiao River to the south of Ta-shu-chiao. To the south of the boundary-line on the Chart falls to Annam; to the north to China. From the character ... to the junction of the Chin-tzu River with the Têng-tiao River, the centre of the river constitutes the boundary. From T it crosses the Chin-tzü River for a distance of over 30 li, and westward to the character ... on the Map. This boundary stretches eastward of Mêng-pang-tu to the small river which flows into the Hei-chiang to the character ... on the Map. The centre of the river between the character ... and ... forms the boundary. Westward of E, the centre of the Hei-chiang constitutes the boundary.\n\nThis is in accordance with the Maps constructed by the Delimitation Commissioners as well as by the boundary-line marked as above.\n\nThe Chinese local authorities and officers deputed by the Resident of the French Republic in Annam shall jointly erect boundary stones.\n\nThe boundary Maps now signed are made out in duplicate, each consisting of three sheets, and have been duly drawn up, signed, and sealed by the Plenipotentiaries of the two countries. The red line denotes the new boundary. The Maps of the Yunnan boundary are, for convenience of reference, marked with the French letters (a), (b), (c), &c., and the Chinese character P, &c.\n\n## Correspondence between the Minister for France and the Tsung-li Yamên explaining certain points on the New Treaty.\n\n**(Translation.)**\n\nThe Prince and Ministers to the Minister for France,\n\nOn the 25th April, 1886, the Prince and Ministers discussed with the Minister for France nineteen Regulations for the conduct of the frontier trade between China and Annam, and, on the 9th June, 1885, a new Treaty of ten Articles between China and France was concluded. Both parties have, after consultation, agreed that the Treaty and Regulations are in some parts wanting in explicitness and that slight modifications are required in some parts, and they have accordingly concluded a Special Commercial Treaty of ten Articles and a Special Treaty of four Articles dealing with frontier affairs. These have been translated, signed, and sealed; but there are three points that require to be clearly and distinctly stated on both sides:---\n\n1. By the previous Treaty, China might appoint Consuls at the chief towns in Tonquin. This matter having been under discussion by both parties, China consents that the appointment of such Consuls shall be temporarily delayed until both countries are agreed that the state of the country permits of such appointment.\n\n2. When China appoints Consuls to Hanoi and Haifong, France shall be at liberty to appoint Consuls to the capitals of the two Provinces of Yünnan and Kwang-si.\n\n3. Lung-chow, Mông-tzu, and Man-hao, to which China agrees that France may appoint two Consuls and a Consular officer respectively, are only overland trading centres, and settlements such as those at Shanghae and other open ports will not be allowed.\n\nThese three points, although not inserted in the Special Supplementary Treaty, will be respected equally with the contents of the Treaty itself.\n\nThe Prince and Ministers have the honour to request that the French Minister will be pleased to reply to this special despatch so that the reply may be placed on record.\n\n**(Translation.)**\n\nThe Minister for France to the Prince and Ministers.\n\nThe Minister for France has the honour to acknowledge the receipt on the 23rd June, 1887, of a despatch from the Prince and Ministers stating that there are three points, not contained in the Supplementary Treaty, which it is now proposed to modify.\n\n[Quotes the Yamên's despatch.]\n\nThe despatch under acknowledgment affords satisfactory proof that, at the time that both parties were discussing and concluding terms, there was perfect agreement between the Minister for France and the Prince and Ministers regarding the three points mentioned above.\n\nPage 10\n438", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 335838, "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": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "page_number": 454, "title": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "content_text": "# Additional Convention between France and China. Signed at Peking, June 26, 1887.\n\n**LE Président de la République Française et Sa Majesté l'Empereur de Chine**, désireux de favoriser le développement des relations commerciales entre les deux pays, et d'assurer la bonne exécution du Traité de Commerce signé à Tien-tsin le 25 Avril, 1886, ont décidé à conclure une Convention Additionnelle modifiant quelques-unes des dispositions contenues dans le dit Acte.\n\nA cet effet, les deux Hautes Parties Contractantes ont nommé pour leurs Plénipotentiaires respectifs, savoir :\n\nLe Président de la République Française, M. Ernest Constans, Député, Ancien Ministre de l'Intérieur et des Cultes, Envoyé Extraordinaire de la République Française en Chine, Commissaire du Gouvernement; et\n\nSa Majesté l'Empereur de Chine, Son Altesse le Prince King, Prince du Second... \n\n[628]", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 335840, "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": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "page_number": 456, "title": "CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887", "content_text": "# ARTICLE VII.\n\nLong-tchéou; mais, jusqu'au jour où le Gouvernement Chinois aura établi un poste de douane à la frontière, les marchandises qui passeront par ces routes de terre ne pourront être vendues qu'après avoir acquitté les droits à Long-tchéou.\n\n## ARTICLE VIII.\n\nIl est entendu que la France jouira de plein droit, et sans qu'il soit besoin de négociations préalables, de tous les privilèges et immunités, de quelque nature qu'ils soient, et de tous les avantages commerciaux qui pourraient être accordés dans la suite à la nation la plus favorisée par des Traités et Conventions ayant pour objet le réglement des rapports politiques ou commerciaux entre la Chine et les pays situés au sud et au sud-ouest de l'Empire Chinois.\n\n## ARTICLE IX.\n\nAyant arrêté d'un commun accord les dispositions ci-dessus, les Plénipotentiaires ont apposé leurs signatures et leurs sceaux sur deux exemplaires du texte Français de la présente Convention ainsi que sur la traduction Chinoise qui accompagne chacun de ces exemplaires.\n\n## ARTICLE X.\n\nLes stipulations de la présente Convention Additionnelle seront mises en vigueur, comme si elles étaient insérées dans le texte même du Traité du 25 Avril, 1886, à partir du jour de l'échange des ratifications des dits Traité et Convention.\n\n## ARTICLE XI is missing, however the text continues with the next article.\n\nLes stipulations de la présente Convention seront ratifiées... non, it is actually ARTICLE X continued.\n\nLa présente Convention sera ratifiée dès à présent par Sa Majesté l'Empereur de Chine et dès qu'elle aura été ratifiée par le Président de la République Française l'échange des ratifications aura lieu à Pékin.\n\nFait à Pékin, le 26 Juin, 1887.\n\n## Annexe\n\n(Signé)\n\nCONSTANS. Prince KING. SOUN.\n\nDans une lettre officielle en date du 23 Juin, 1887, le Gouvernement Chinois s'engage à ajourner la nomination de Consuls dans les principales villes du Tonkin jusqu'au jour où la France et la Chine estimeront que les circonstances permettent de les établir.\n\nIl est entendu, en outre, que lorsque le Gouvernement Chinois établira des Consuls à Hanoi et à Haiphong, le Gouvernement Français pourra en nommer dans les capitales des Provinces du Yünnan et du Kouang-si.\n\nPage 453", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-235 - Public Offices - 1887.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 395236, "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": "CO129-326 - Foreign Office - 1904", "page_number": 573, "title": "CO129-326 - Foreign Office - 1904", "content_text": "570\n\n4\n\n\"Little\" and the \"Great\" East Gates. The western limit of this, the first suggested \"Gare de Yunnan-sen\" is a paved road that runs due south at about a third of a mile from the eastern wall, and joins at right angles a second and wider stone road coming from opposite the approach to the South Gate.\n\n33\n\nThis latter road crosses by the \"Bridge of Victory\" a stream that may be destined to play a not unimportant part in the coming commerce of Yunnan-fu. The stream will be seen to meander through the plain from the local Black Dragon fount - there is a Hei-lung-t'an near every place of consequence in Yunnan - on the north-east till it strikes the city precincts near the Little East Gate.\n\nThence it runs, not far from the wall, in a fairly straight course till it is well past the city, after which it resumes its wandering ways until it is finally merged in the Yunnan Lake. Meanwhile, about a mile south of the city, it has put out a channel running westward, a channel that also eventually leads to the lake. The new gare will be found marked as extending along the east of the parent stream, from the Bridge of Victory to the parting of the channels. I may mention here that I have just been told by my colleague of France that this emplacement of the \"gare\" has been accepted by the local authorities.\n\nIt is proposed to canalize the stream by means of locks, and so to obtain a head of water sufficient to enable small steam-tugs to bring boats up from the lake to alongside the railway station. As coal good enough for use in railway engines has been discovered among the hills west of the lake, whence, too, abundance of building stone is to be had, as, moreover, a ferry service could thus be maintained with K'unyang and other places on the lake, the advantages to be gained by this project of canalization are obvious. Whether the project is practicable, however, I have not yet learnt on good authority.\n\nIt is also proposed by the French to induce the officials to set apart all the ground between the \"gare\" and, at any rate, the western channel to the lake as a sort of European, or at least Europeanized, Settlement. The northern strip along the great paved road from the South Gate to the Bridge of Victory, a strip already largely taken up with Chinese houses, would be left to Chinese dirt and disorder, but the bulk of the ground would be laid out in foreign fashion, with straight broad roads that should be kept clear of offal, dogs, pigs, and intermittent paving stones.\n\nFrance, however, by M. Constans, her former Minister at Peking, renounced the right to demand a concession or settlement at any Treaty port where she did not then (1887) possess one; and Yunnan-fu is not yet even a Treaty port. Moreover, as was shown the other day, when negotiations for the \"gare\" were in progress, the Local Government demur to the acquisition of land here by foreign traders. It is certain, nevertheless, that on the completion of the railway Yunnan-fu will become, in reality if not in name, an open mart; and, meanwhile, the necessity of a \"magasin\" for the railway employés will be maintained, and will lead to the introduction of a foreign - that is, of course, a French - store, just as somewhat similar conditions led to the establishment at Peking in the seventies of Kiérulff's and Vrard's hotels. The Chinese will become gradually aware that the arrival of the first locomotive must greatly increase the value of land all about the \"gare,\" and they will buy up the neighbouring sites. What is worse, they will build on them; and, instead of an orderly Settlement, we shall have a filthy human warren alongside the first-class station.\n\nAs far as I am aware, Great Britain has nowhere tied her hands in regard to demands for settlement areas. At Têngyüeh the T'aotai accepted my suggestion that the neighbourhood of the ground purchased for a British Consulate should be laid out as a Europeanized Settlement, with a Municipal Committee of Chinese and foreigners. Mr. Litton now sends me a notification by the Sub-Prefect forbidding Chinese to encroach on the roads - 3 chang or 35 English feet wide - that have been marked out in this area, or to bury their dead within the Settlement. Concerted action by the British and French should be able to secure similar treatment for the square mile adjoining the proposed \"gare.\"\n\nAs a place of residence, this area is not at present at all inviting; but neither was in 1843 the mud flat \"full of all abominations\" (as a Chinese author has it) that has since become the British Settlement at Shanghai.\n\nMeanwhile, the combined establishment of M. de Pauliny, the Chief of Section, and of M. Sorrel, the contractor, is lodged in an extensive annexe to a native temple, a few hundred yards north-east of the future railway station. Even to foreigners, the annexe - which was built by the Chinese authorities for this purpose - is known as the \"t'ieh-lu Kung-so\" or railway offices. On the other side of the paved road that forms its western limit - this is the paved road already described as running parallel to the east wall of the city - is a large open space, some 30 mou (about 5 acres) in extent.\n\n5\n\nThis, M. François, the late Consul-General, told me had been offered to him as a Consular site, at the price of 3,000 taels. The surroundings are, however, unpleasant (as they are everywhere in the immediate neighbourhood of Yunnan-fu, except to the north) and, in any case, no definite decision has yet been reached by the French Government for the erection of a Consulate.\n\nThe railway establishments at Mengtse remain much as they were described by Mr. Litton in his admirable Report of the 1st October last, but along the road leading to them from the East Gate of the town, a number of buildings are going up, half Chinese, half European, for the accommodation of what might be called the camp followers of the undertaking - Annamese hotelkeepers, Japanese \"filles de joie,\" and the rest.\n\nThis apparent prosperity of Mengtse must, I fear, be only transitory, since the railway will not now avail itself of the spacious green between the French post-office and the French hospital that was originally set aside for its \"gare.\" The new \"gare\" for Mengtse, a third-class \"gare,\" will be situated 6 kilometres (4 miles) to the east, and some 500 feet up the mountain side. There is talk of constructing a short branch line thence to the town, and it seems certain that the existing road, even now of fair dimensions, will be enlarged and improved. Moreover, the conservatism of trade is always to be reckoned with. Nevertheless, it seems highly probable that when the railway is in working order, the caravans with tin slabs from Kuochin, to the west, will proceed straight to the \"gare\" and so pass Mengtse by. It is even more certain that the trade with K'aihua and Kuangnan, to the east, will not come down to the Mengtse Plain merely to return over those four miles to the station in the hills.\n\nAt Mengtse, I was received by the French colony with the greatest courtesy and an abounding hospitality. M. Guibert caused copies to be struck off for me of the plans which I have just described, and sent a circular along the line up to I-liang, requesting for me a \"bon accueil.\" M. Richard sketched out my route, indicating the places where I could spend the night, or, as the case might be, make my mid-day halt. M. Sainson, the Consul, accompanied me twice to the workings on the hill, arranging on the second occasion for a picnic at the spring (another Hei-lung-t'an) below the site of the future \"gare.\"\n\nThat site, as Mr. Litton suggests, is very limited in area, nor from the nature of the ground can it well be otherwise. And yet, if the Customs are to continue to be established at Mengtse, it will obviously be necessary to maintain at least an examiner and his staff alongside the railway station, together with the usual apparatus of sheds and godowns. In the event, it would seem exceedingly likely that the Mengtse establishment will be broken up, and its constituents distributed between the two termini of the line, Yünnan-fu and Ho-K'ou.\n\nI followed the \"tracé\" southwards only as far as the Mi-la-ti \"col,\" the watershed between the Mengtse Plain (which belongs to the West River system) and the Nam-hti (an affluent of the Red River). Work on the tunnel here was proceeding at a reasonably rapid rate: several courses of stone facing are in position. Indeed, the two lots (Nos. 10 and 11 in the fourth section) for which M. Péraglié is contractor are considerably further advanced than any others along the line. One reason for this is doubtless because they are the nearest to head-quarters, and are under the immediate supervision of the Directeur des Travaux. Another reason is that they are the first lots on the Yunnan Plateau, and therefore secure many of the Chinese labourers who have found the Nam-hti Valley impossible.\n\nThe progress of the railway, indeed, is now almost entirely a question of labour. All along the road, I heard the same complaint - lack of the \"main d'œuvre.\" The Regulations require that recourse should be had in the first instance to the populace of Yunnan, and that only when this source fails should Chinese from other provinces be engaged. But the Yünnanese is a man of few wants, and with a strong dislike to prolonged exertion. As soon as he has earned a dollar or two as wages, he throws up his work for the month, for he has gained enough to keep him in rice and opium. Furthermore, there is no excess of population in Yunnan, as there is, for example, in congested Kuangtung. When the season comes for breaking up the opium fields and planting out the summer crop of paddy, the Yunnan coolies desert, almost to a man. The same will happen again at rice harvest and poppy sowing. In short, as M. Prud'homme told me, it is impossible to reckon on a steady supply of Yunnan labour during more than five months in the year.\n\n[2172 -1]\n\n24", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-326 - Foreign Office - 1904.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 409811, "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": "CO129-341 - Acting Governor May Governor Lugard - 1907 [7-10]", "page_number": 157, "title": "CO129-341 - Acting Governor May Governor Lugard - 1907 [7-10]", "content_text": "68. ONI\n\n155\n\nMBAMITEM CERIVOOS\n\n...\n\nolaised boại - A ki} **» «AYOU CI\n\nnooiwo? end to not onů RIJIMƐ MA Not 080,\"AR,Tẻ of gnidntoni\n\nu'♪ na Holtavfqzə qahvalla: sit evig binow I\n\n38: mid M\n\n9:1\n\nMEN, SOSPINA¶ Vanishing als tovo v989TONİ\n\n501 oge alsoЯ .\n\nabundled old bus 008,OVA,PA\n\nRaw DSAY no.\n\npulsox to qui,Avslus: sûf yol af: oll¢¶\n\nAbouuks encolhido al getumi dl owl aroid Iv iz\n\n7.000,2622\n\n• plate & corpus. 000,002,3$ 2\n\n11 Juc axan of $15'de 19v al JI\n\n• Nor\n\nWON\n\nodud af et eks four-ff M wod JTOVOn all\n\nto emo2 .ander 20 estelstarp\n\nComuntre ONE BATmit\n\nMANAVES\" constand to' ex\n\nmak ona a of als con▲ .007,1768 Ja sejumijas\n\ntaboo art beton offeineyto anal tro sí i bonganxe nat educń ell\n\nPro beltoffe Jo. Isto e That bus altadƐ genitor\n\nJa drama aremila al. not usinito e vínsan mest avut dom I ow\n\nbutanoli Con T ›gnofað 4** mi ateo vi fann estes add to\n\nIa\n\nDe Band Bawf Jer at anumɑ to nuidostong of\n\nmus I anten BU XHINJ on oh I ben besogxe exon 1st now oni£\n\nLonnal bod VS ATA NO stomijas qr qnidelcalso\n\n3 el vot etelek faintno orit\n\nbeaten abt et dɔiriw doły bobufoni Ji za ten trods af\n\n.bre. afenges and banyola ei etamideo\n\nver noi tiqu v\n\nbi GA awwin itoja BiH .combhuƐ wit bozartijuotaba!!\n\n, 000, ˆo endnurs de dro naivt 000,ɛes to trop Indot\n\nju sabinƐ svinn sxs\n\n.onbird\n\n\"\n\nin the sea at low water. These are three 40' four 20', five\n\n40', four 15', and five 30' spans and could not possibly have\n\nbeen built for the money allowed by Mr. Bruce in a Colony like\n\nthis where rates for masonry are nearly as high as in England.\n\nMr. Bruce's permanent way estimate was\n\nabout right as far as the rate per mile was concerned, but he\n\ndid not allow nearly enough siding accommodation for Kowloon.\n\nThe allowance of 2 miles would hardly\n\nbe sufficient to hold all the rolling stock and keep the main\n\nline free for traffic.\n\nSurvey.\n\nTaking my estimate under Main Heads.\n\nThe $45,000 includes the cost of Mr.\n\nBruce's party as well as the cost of the realignment round the\n\ncoast between Tai Wai River and the big cutting beyond Taipo\n\nmentioned in paragraph 27 of my General Letter No. 22 dated\n\n25th January, 1907. The alignment round the coast required\n\nvery careful setting out so as to have the minimum amount of\n\ntunnel with the minimum amount of Bank in the sea exposed to\n\ntyphoons. After several lines had been laid out I decided on the\n\npresent one as the most economical.\n\nLand.\n\nGovernment Crown Land is being given\n\nfree and the amount shown in the estimate is the cost of land\n\nbought from private owners.\n\nThere are 3 heavy items namely Kowloon\n\nInland Lot No. 652 for $47,000. This Lot had to be bought as\n\ncommunication was cut off by the Railway due to the diversion\n\nof Des Voeux and Gascoigne Roads.\n\nThe Line ran through the Slaughter\n\nHouse and Cattle Depot and the $18,000 is the estimate of the\n\nHonourable Director of Public Works for rebuilding same on\n\nanother site.\n\nFarm Lot No. 4 for which $22,000 was\n\npaid was some land between chain 9,400 and chain 9,661 the\n\ncompensation for which had to go up to arbitration.\n\nOU 10 yeb e ul unity worou no Joet OS to anago O esw Jnot-\n\no / .T.2.0.W.7 36 tejmu je61\n\nMOLLE RS at wedyo no no ano sbroot (Ie, no ed ol event\n\n415", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-341 - Acting Governor May Governor Lugard - 1907 [7-10].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 429208, "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": "CO129-372 - Public Offices - 1910", "page_number": 549, "title": "CO129-372 - Public Offices - 1910", "content_text": "C\n\n545\n\nMINUTES.\n\nThe Government of India were of opinion that the Commercial privileges conceded to the French would act prejudicially upon the development of the Trade with Yünnan via Bhamo and the Irrawady River, which would be diverted from that river to the Red River route; but, at the same time, the chief obstacle lay in the interposition of the independent kingdom of Burmah between British Burmah and Yünnan, and the then pending arrangements might tend to remove the disadvantage, when the consequences of the French Treaty might not prove so serious as was anticipated. (India Office February 3rd 1866).\n\nOn the 26th April 1886 a Commercial Convention in pursuance of Article VI of the Treaty of Peace &c of the 9th June 1885, was concluded between France and China.\n\nIt did not specify the spots where the Frontier-Trade should be carried on, because the frontier was not then settled, but it declared what duties should be levied on the merchandize crossing the frontier.\n\nThese were:-\n\n \n For the Import Transit Trade (in accordance with existing Regulations at the Treaty Ports)\n on payment of half the Maritime tariff duty.\n \n \n Import Duties:\n one fifth less than the Maritime Tariff. In the case of goods not enumerated in the Tariff, 5% ad valorem (as in the Treaty Ports)\n \n \n Export Transit Duties:\n the same as on goods exported from the Maritime ports.\n \n \n Export Duty from the Frontier Ports:\n two-thirds of the Maritime export duty.\n \n\nMost Favoured Nation Treatment was also accorded to France in case of a Frontier Trade Convention being concluded between China and England for the Burmah Frontier (Article VII).\n\nThe right of France to impose a Protective Tariff on imports crossing the frontier into Tonkin was recognised (Article IX).\n\nArticle III of the Convention gave to the French and Annamese at the Frontier Ports the same privileges as in Articles VIII, IX, XI and XII of the French Treaty with China of 1858.\n\nThese had reference to passports, houses, burial grounds, employment of interpreters, teaching foreign languages, sale and purchase of books, inviolability of property of French citizens, prohibition of embargoes on French vessels &c.\n\nOn Monsieur Constans afterwards proceeding to China as French Minister, this Convention was revised, and an Additional Convention was signed on June 26th 1887 modifying its terms.\n\nIt specified the places open to French Trade in the Provinces of Kwang-si and Yunnan. (Article II).\n\nThe import and export duties were further reduced. Goods passing from Tonkin to China were to pay less than Treaty port rates and goods...\n\n(10,100). Wt. 5683-41, 3000. 5/09. A. & E.W.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-372 - Public Offices - 1910.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 434252, "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": "CO129-382 - Public Offices - 1911", "page_number": 253, "title": "CO129-382 - Public Offices - 1911", "content_text": "# \n2 \n\npress the matter should naturally expect redress. He deemed it undesirable to further, or to give the impression that he was throwing impediments in the way of the negotiations (22nd May, 1885). \n\nOn the 23rd May, 1885, Lord Granville addressed a despatch to Mr. O'Conor, drawing his attention to the most-favoured-nation article of the British Treaty of Tien-tsin of 1858. His Lordship stated that, although existing treaties had reference only to trade by sea with certain specified ports, and gave this country no rights of trade across the land frontiers of China, our treaty, nevertheless, guaranteed equal participation in all privileges, &c., which might be granted to any other nation. If, therefore, the above-mentioned treaty between France and China admitted French goods into China by land at a lower duty than was paid by the same British goods when introduced by sea, or would confer on French citizens or commerce greater privileges than were enjoyed by British subjects, Her Majesty's Government would claim most-favoured-nation treatment under the treaty of 1858. \n\nThe Board of Trade on the 5th August, 1885, commented on the Franco-Chinese Treaty, pointing out that the privilege granted to French citizens of crossing the frontier could not be extended to British subjects unless British consuls could be appointed with a view to the issue of the necessary passports, and remarking that the intention of the treaty was to establish inequality, and that its provisions were inconsistent with the British treaties with China. They suggested that Mr. O'Conor's attention should be drawn to articles 4 and 6 (above quoted), and at the same time they concurred in the instructions given to him on the 23rd May already alluded to. \n\nThe Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce expressed the opinion that the right to appoint consuls in Yunnan and Kwangsi granted by the treaty could be claimed by Powers having most-favoured-nation clauses in their treaties with China, but that the differential duties would hardly become applicable under those clauses unless the Chinese opened up the water communication of Kwantung into Western China, when directly conveyed merchandise should become subject to no greater duty than was borne by goods crossing the frontier by land (Colonial Office, 31st August, 1885). \n\nThe Government of India were of opinion that the commercial privileges conceded to the French would act prejudicially upon the development of the trade with Yunnan via Bhamo and the Irrawaddy River, which would be diverted from that river to the Red River route; but, at the same time, the chief obstacle lay in the interposition of the independent Kingdom of Burmah between British Burmah and Yunnan, and the then pending arrangements might tend to remove the disadvantage, when the consequences of the French treaty might not prove so serious as was anticipated (India Office, 3rd February, 1886). \n\nOn the 26th April, 1886, a commercial convention, in pursuance of article 6 of the treaty of peace, &c., of the 9th June, 1885, was concluded between France and China. \n\nIt did not specify the spots where the frontier trade should be carried on because the frontier was not then settled, but it declared what duties should be levied on the merchandise crossing the frontier. \n\nThese were- \n| Category | Duty |\n| --- | --- |\n| Import Transit trade | half the maritime tariff duty (in accordance with existing regulations at the treaty ports) |\n| Import Duties | One-fifth less than the maritime tariff. In the case of goods not enumerated in the tariff, 5 per cent. ad valorem (as in the treaty ports (article 6)) |\n| Export Transit Duties | The same as on goods exported from the maritime ports |\n| Export Duty from the Frontier Ports | Two-thirds of the maritime export duty |\n\nMost-favoured-nation treatment was also accorded to France in case of a frontier trade convention being concluded between China and England for the Burmah frontier (article 7). \n\nThe right of France to impose a protective tariff on imports crossing the frontier into Tonquin was recognised (article 9). \n\nArticle 3 of the convention gave to the French and Annamese at the frontier ports the same privileges as in articles 8, 9, 11, and 12 of the French treaty with China of 1858. \n\nThese had reference to passports, houses, burial grounds, employment of interpreters, teaching foreign languages, sale and purchase of books, inviolability of property of French citizens, prohibition of embargoes on French vessels, &c. \n\n3 \n\nOn M. Constans afterwards proceeding to China as French Minister, this convention was revised, and an additional convention was signed on the 26th June, 1887, modifying its terms. \n\nIt specified the places open to French trade in the provinces of Kwang-si and Yunnan (article 2). \n\nGoods passing from Tonquin to China were to pay three-tenths less than treaty port rates and goods from China to Tonquin four-tenths less than at treaty ports (article 3). \n\nAn export duty was authorised on Chinese goods which had paid an import duty on entering Tonquin, and had passed through Tonquin for conveyance to a third country (article 4). \n\nThe most-favoured-nation clause was extended so as to govern future political and commercial relations between China and the countries situated to the south and south-west of the Chinese Empire (article 7). \n\nWhile the negotiation of this additional convention was in progress, Sir J. Walsham intimated that, in the event of advantages being given thereby to France over other countries, he should take steps to protect British interests and treaty privileges, to which the Chinese Government replied that the existing treaties referred solely to the ports and could not be made available in connection with overland intercourse (Conf 5789, p. 9). \n\nAfter communication with the India Office, Lord Salisbury instructed Sir J. Walsham to protest against this limitation of the scope of the most-favoured-nation articles of our treaties with China (28th June, 1888). \n\nLord Salisbury further observed that it would be useless to press for a reduction of the tariff at the ports corresponding with that granted to the French frontier trade, and that it would be better policy to take advantage of it in order to obtain concessions in regard to Burmah. Sir J. Walsham was accordingly instructed to inform the Chinese Government that the question of treaty rights at the ports would not be further pressed if they would give a written statement that they accepted the explicit reservation of the right of this country to most-favoured-nation treatment elsewhere than in Burmah as a basis for the abstention of His Majesty's Government from raising the question of their rights in the present instance, and further agreeing that in the commercial arrangements respecting Burmah they would give to this country similar advantages and an identical most-favoured-nation clause which should apply to the French convention. \n\nThey should also, his Lordship added, agree that such facilities would be granted for the navigation of the Canton River and other waterways of Southern China as would place British trade on fairly equal terms with the trade opened to France across the frontier of Tonquin. (To Sir J. Walsham, 28th June, 1888.) \n\nSir J. Walsham does not appear to have reported whether he obtained this assurance from the Chinese Government. \n\nIn the meantime, however, a convention was signed between this country and China on the 24th July, 1886, relating to Burmah and Thibet, in which it was stipulated (article 3) that the conditions of the frontier trade between Burmah and China were to be settled by a frontier trade convention, both countries agreeing to protect and encourage trade between China and Burmah. \n\nIt was not until the 1st March, 1894, that a convention was concluded between Great Britain and China to give effect to this stipulation. \n\nArticle 8 of this convention laid down that, \"subject to the conditions mentioned hereafter in articles 10 and 11 (relating to prohibited goods, munitions of war, opium, spirituous liquors, &c.), the British Government, wishing to encourage and develop the land trade of China with Burmah as much as possible, consent for a period of six years from the ratification of the present convention to allow Chinese produce and manufactures, with the exception of salt, to enter Burmah by land duty free, and to allow British manufactures and Burmese produce, with the exception of rice, to be exported to China by land free of duty.\" \n\nArticle 9 of this convention laid down that \"goods imported from Burmah into China or exported from China into Burmah shall be permitted to cross the frontier by Manwyne and by Sansi,\" and that \"the Chinese Government consent that for six years from the ratification of the present convention the duties levied on goods imported into China by these routes shall be those specified in the general tariff of the Maritime Customs diminished by three-tenths, and that the duties on goods exported from China by the same routes shall be those specified in the same tariff diminished by four-tenths.\" \n\n17 \n251", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-382 - Public Offices - 1911.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 448971, "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": "CO129-413 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [8-10]", "page_number": 220, "title": "CO129-413 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [8-10]", "content_text": "VIS\n\n.KUNNE Yeq 004R Juoda to 000, ISX 10\n\nms I do triw to alistab erit Tot,emeros aidt brennos I .EI noidarebienoo way od „nɛisintsel end „noɑnevedƐ . M of beddebni eit darit duszyce binow I ‚ti dgoba od bebineb ad ti blvode, bre ent at nedodrebro ed & bris ( 10 anioldos? bra qu bettli ed synariore bluoc anotdoeƐ yniniawer eɗT .000,01k to depo a de constani jatit .bottle about as 10 yllaubsra betelquos ed nedt\n\nJi Judit si vidno bevorrebous end to entrevbe Jaer, enT .AI s to dros Isutda ent nol ynov al elif aði bra ariager or abeen a madd erom sittil yrov ylevitetsgaoo al sexos 001 dółw ●Ideo Isitajam unijalvani bus znizevoo edt si ti en estos OS ritiw e Ideo Brempeano) .Bevestert 86709 and tor brus eviensyre si jedt rechaun syrel com a ddiw eIdao Jenom erit de era nart #8700\n\nto Jaco and Judeomateni prit edt ni hial ayowle ai beriuper brud redito edt 10 .eldigilyon et ebxswietło anoitoennoo Lanoitibbe Lanoitibha afderebienoo s et noitoennot done medeys Isines ect ni To Tedewa sikt bne sonometriam ni hos daos Iai¿ini no dtod eanegre eint many betimli yrev ai elog teenta praníbro edt no asriv beosIqar ed eum eelog ent lls 8euil niom ent no beroser si dist\n\n.esnegre JneTŲ VIST & JA jonal tot besogong won amedba adź turit bhe bitrow I .CI\n\nai di 11,Jait bns smoo of ersey ynow 101 nolemetre Tot wolls eddwodzak and sɛoros blai eldao Isroitibha ert bra betgoba blow dollw medaya enɑriqalet sealo tenil a eved tluow Jnemrievod -03T18 ÎNEBØrg ent no Bynivse to duo stsey 01 ni Moaði not yaq\n\n•\n\nLITHOSUED TA\n\nedzot bilduť to notberid\n\n4\n\n.be\n\n•\n\n. adriem\n\nDRAFT.\n\nEv.\n\nA long.\n\n41191/14\n\nHong Kongt.\n\nC.A.\n\nMr.\n\nMINUTE.\n\n20. Robinson 30/10 \"Cowell Hol\n\nG. D.\n\nR 31 OCT\n\nJ\n\nSentlemen\n\n218\n\n3 Nov\n\nJamse Themomn't tyn\n\nthe accompanying copy. desf from the for & thony.\n\nwith suchoneres, proposing\n\nA\n\nnorganists in telephone.\n\n2\n\n2.3.10.14 system the Colony; to\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nSir G. Fiddes.\n\nSir A. Just.\n\nSir J. Anderson.\n\nLord Islington.\n\nMr. Harcourt.\n\n(Mars in sigh).\n\nP\n\ninquest you that zu sich\n\nyo\n\nMain the obsons the\n\nCons. Ergoies on the perpoel:\n\n2. The plans Enebred with thes What like to be turned in\n\nde course.\n\n(Signed) H.J. READ,\n\nfor the Under Secretary of State", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-413 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [8-10].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 449281, "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": "CO129-413 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [8-10]", "page_number": 530, "title": "CO129-413 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [8-10]", "content_text": "527\n\nJdgit of Bad negat bas yzotizzet Lantren at alt diguọd÷IA\n\n¤'aarmedë,moltsea aldt dzvozdź aqoont red bree of bixow and nt\n\nexoled Jigia wiwodsiad le ydło odt of beligga naw to molttatieb\n\nba&tuod‡ Cordt emos nedì ‚étaeztod at awob galmos saw als\n\ngodt bas Betag d‡uoc bra Jaev si♪ od źnow yoẤT „bovirua ezeibfce\n\nsineq exew DHOM BỘT .nemod feed edt otat no bas ytta edt otai\n\nyvsod s Blidw‚abfelt bra B‡oonie edt otat tuo net bas mexɔltte\n\n.dyta Fe IIe) disz\n\ned cerrod Tiedt evsel o♬ bewolľa don szew nonm eft in man8\n\neTew nêm edz „Etesjord bas abundauf stedt gažanjBATÁŤ BTeibios\n\nJeodgid sit to ereɖonet „zɛsfo feed edt to melt „bøgeƒdgit?\n\nbitud TOJAW VIISO of ebsm exzew ajnsdotem gutbaef bas gatbasta\n\nBenod stedt otal ecog bad odw steibioɛ sắt do †tavy bas estil\n\n„Ilet allow beunitine atat sit BÅ .aдoob eft awob zaitsed notio\n\nyeşit on,dew ezer sed‡olo \"azelbION WIT .bengaƑino BESOT DAS\n\n-zo to Belfijasup ezta? gafaxud Beɛuod eft obizni zeti) Jĺlud\n\n.hawol ed blusð eldaams[ini tovetsdw bis feut evinmer\n\nninabasa est .tdzka tadt lo constani eno voy eviy ma jed\n\nsit ni nem befoeqter taom bas betrouba Jaed edt to ean at redwet\n\nfoot bus at Jeev zoob aid swob teeď ateibion evil .drudua dtvoe\n\n«bool erscezq qied bus zOJAN YIDEO Oð ald ́ beste? yest\n\nYID DOB SIEW OF Hɔ0% ed‡ to albhim við ai exli gid a #Ilød vede\n\nod tquette me obam zzetiguab ow‡ hda oliw nin .nedtofo viedt\n\nLog meid tal ton bfuow prelbine et ma senot add evɛel\n\nyodt bás tuo medt elað að balet „zadoset edilen *T_TX\n\nJuoda ecuod quo of emo bus benetigiti samoed el! .mid beredsezit\n\nJ6að zažgged,bum bne nisz e.'d at ‚eslim sotit enne ‚fonfojo saka\n\n1.06 ad bauoi ban food taer el\n\nI SELOT por noseaf*\n\nCald led I\n\nbas eliw aid bavot tud jerursen baoyed beaɛezjelb saw bus berzad\n\ndaughters had managed to dig a hole through the wall and escaped.\n\n(Mr. T'sai said afterwards that he had prayed all the way up\n\nhere and back, and that he can testify to the grace of the Lord.)\n\nThe soldiers are still at his house. They claim to be of the\n\nRed Cross. This is only one of thousands of instances, many of\n\nwhich are worse.\n\nThe city of Laichowfu and its suburbs are panic stricken.\n\nThe shops are all closed, and it is impossible to buy anything.\n\nMen no longer dare bring their vegetables, chickens or anything\n\nelse to the markets. Some of the poor, who live from day to day,\n\nare suffering, for food is already hard to get. Grain had advanced in price. The streets are full of people, but no business\n\nGuns Fired in Streets.\n\nThe soldiers fire their guns in the streets. Yesterday I\n\nheard three reports from our house, which is outside the city\n\nwall. One Japanese soldier demanded the watch of a Chinese\n\npoliceman. The latter refused to give it and fled, the soldier\n\nfired whether at the policeman or into the air I do not know.\n\nOne poor fellow who knows me came by just a few minutes ago\n\ntelling his woes. He has a cart and two mules. These had been\n\nseized by the officers and he was getting food together to take\n\nthe cart to Hai Miso Row, 18 11 from here, where there are boats\n\nbearing supplies, and he must aid in taking these things to the\n\nOne's righteous indignation is aroused as he\n\nsees these poor people so treated and not a cent of money given\n\nin compensation.\n\nscene of battle.\n\nYesterday a bunch of soldiers came into the yard of one of\n\nthe missionaries and proceeded to strip the vines of grapes and\n\nto take fruit from the trees. They were asked to leave, but\n\ngave no heed.\n\nThen when ordered to leave one drew his gun on\n\nthe ...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-413 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [8-10].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 466526, "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": "CO129-440 - Others & Individuals - 1916", "page_number": 108, "title": "CO129-440 - Others & Individuals - 1916", "content_text": "expiration of my leave\n\nWith The 9th of July\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir, Your obedient Servant\n\nConstane, A. Barrows (Nursing Sister)\n\n20\n\nThe Under Secretary of State,\n\nColonial Office.\n\n107", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-440 - Others & Individuals - 1916.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 546784, "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": "CO129-551-2 Mui Tsai system 30-11-1934 - 22-11-1935", "page_number": 23, "title": "CO129-551-2 Mui Tsai system 30-11-1934 - 22-11-1935", "content_text": "23\n\nboth as regards present practice\n\nregards its flaws for the future\n\nJadd\n\na separate draft\n\nto the\n\nAnti-Slavery Society.\n\nCylaustans 14/1/25\n\nCofr\n\nsent to\n\nLib 177\n\n26/11/35\n\nI have not yet had\n\nthe opportunity\n\nto study the\n\nin detail, but we\n\nHR Commission's Report\n\nare\n\nto make\n\nit public (put a copy in the Hong Kong Library)\n\nas a Sessional paper it is\n\nin HK.,\n\nthe distribution\n\nAs already 'published'.\n\nthere is no objection to\n\nnow of copies\n\nas proposed by Mr Constans with\n\nthe addition of a copy to the HANC.\n\nLibrary.\n\nThe letter from the Anti Slavery\n\nSociety (No 49) is\n\nthat\n\nI have seen\n\nfrom\n\nthe fact, think\n\nit unnecessary to make\n\nany acknowledgement of the effort", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-551-2 Mui Tsai system 30-11-1934 - 22-11-1935.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 547087, "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": "CO129-551-9 Acquisition of land for Air Ministry at Kai Tak 17-2-1936 - 9-1-1937", "page_number": 39, "title": "CO129-551-9 Acquisition of land for Air Ministry at Kai Tak 17-2-1936 - 9-1-1937", "content_text": "C. O.\n\nx\n\nMr Rogers Mr. Constane (28/0/36)\n\nMr. Eent 30\n\n1. Cowell 1.12\n\nSir C. Parkinson.\n\nSir G. Tomlinson.\n\nSir C. Bottomley.\n\nMire\n\nSir J. Shurgh (1/12/36)\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nSecretary of State.\n\ne. A 39\n\n[Vernon 1/12 Secret\n\nalone]\n\nThe Kai Tak Aerodrome and the Sai Kung Road Extension.\n\n1.\n\nThe establishment of an aerodrome at MK for both civil and military aviation was recommended at intervals by the O.D.C. and the C.I.D. from 1925 onwards, but no action was taken immediately on account partly of expense and partly of the difficulties which would have been raised in view of the terms of the Washington Treaty. The matter was lent greater urgency by the troubles which broke out in China in 1926; and in 1927 it was decided to acquire the Kai Tak Reclamation site for this purpose. The Colony was then undergoing financial crisis even more severe than the present one; and it was consequently proposed by the Hong Kong Government that the cost should be shared by the local Government and the Air Ministry in the ratio of 1 to 3. This failed to secure the concurrence of His Majesty's", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-551-9 Acquisition of land for Air Ministry at Kai Tak 17-2-1936 - 9-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 549460, "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": "CO129-555-10 Hong Kong Golf Club- ban on Asians 24-10-1935 - 13-2-1936", "page_number": 8, "title": "CO129-555-10 Hong Kong Golf Club- ban on Asians 24-10-1935 - 13-2-1936", "content_text": "C. O.\n\nMr. Constans 31/10 Mr. Gold Mr. Seat\n\nMr. Parkinson.\n\nSir G. Tomlinson.\n\nSir C. Bottomley.\n\nSir J. Shuckburgh.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nSecretary of State.\n\n31\n\n5-3692/35\n\nJ&K\n\nSo. for Mr Cowell's sign\n\nConfidential\n\n38\n\nNov 1935-\n\nby dear Southron,\n\nJe vous address a copy of\n\n2\n\nDRAFT.s for cons on\n\nconson\n\nConcs, with the C.O. about-\n\nSir Thomas Southom\n\n8.10.35\n\n15-10-35-\n\n24.10.35-\n\n38132/22/35-) Kenya\n\n(Copies of) & Suell,\n\n(3) 43) on 3\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\nthe banning of Asiatics from\n\nColonial Golf Clubs, which\n\nexplains itself\n\n2\n\nThe C.O. attack some\n\nIt is clearly\n\nadvisable in proportion to the avoidance\n\nto avoid\n\nany unpleasantness such\n\nas\n\nthat which seems to have\n\noccurred at Mombasa.\n\nshould\n\nbe glad if you\n\ncould\n\nlet\n\nus\n\nhave any information which may\n\nbe available to\n\nyou\n\nabout the situation in Hong Kong.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nPage 9\n\nPage 9\n\nPa\n\nPa\n\n(F 6505/805/23).\n\nDear Cowell,\n\nCOPY.\n\nFOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1.\n\n24th October, 1935.\n\n10 END\n\n10\n\n2/38132/22/35-\n\nKenya\n\nRegsd. for\n\naction\n\n38132/22/05\n\nKenya.\n\n2---\n\nMany thanks for your letter of October 15th\n\nregarding the banning of Asiatics from Colonial Golf Clubs.\n\nWe quite appreciate that it may be impossible\n\nto get the ban relaxed at Mombasa, although the sending of the\n\ncorrespondence to the Colonial Secretary, Kenya may\n\nconceivably do some little good. We are however not so much\n\nconcerned over the question of Mombasa, where visits of\n\ngolfing Japanese diplomats cannot be very frequent, as of\n\nHong Kong. Even though the local Japanese of the Colony may\n\nhave their own course, it seems desirable, when one considers\n\nthe number of Japanese officials who must pass through\n\nand\n\nHong Kong, to avoid giving them unnecessary offence;\n\nyou might therefore think it worth while to find out whether there\n\nhave been any unpleasant incidents there of the kind which\n\nprovoked Shudo's original complaint.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(Signed) A. W. G. RANDALL.\n\nH. R. COWELL, ESQ., C.M.G.,\n\nPage 11\n\nPage 11", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-555-10 Hong Kong Golf Club- ban on Asians 24-10-1935 - 13-2-1936.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 550151, "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": "CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937", "page_number": 7, "title": "CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937", "content_text": "7\n\nGovernor\n\n...\n\nas responds to the suggestions about the applicability of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance 1873, and the Barcelona Convention.\n\nMr Carstairs, who spoke to Mr Chapman about this case last night, finds this in a letter to him.\n\n...\n\n6.3\n\nIn view of Mr Wales' marginal note on the Barcelona Statute, I agree that my comments in para 4 of my minute of 5/7 are off the point. I have added para 2 to the draft despatch to ensure that any action under the Statute may be referred to before a decision.\n\nAs regards this, it is covered by the arrangement set out in para 2 of (14), surely described in (142) on 53528/25?\n\nA draft is attached for Mr Dale. Mr Constans agrees with the words now added at the end of the draft despatch to the Gov. of Hong Kong.\n\nS/C Constans 672736\n\n9.\n\n \n I agree \n\n \n 1.3 \n\n \n\n becomes \n\n7\n\nGovernor\n\n...\n\nas responds to the suggestions about the applicability of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance 1873, and the Barcelona Convention.\n\nMr Carstairs, who spoke to Mr Chapman about this case last night, finds this in a letter to him.\n\n...\n\n6.3\n\nIn view of Mr Wales' marginal note on the Barcelona Statute, I agree that my comments in para 4 of my minute of 5/7 are off the point. I have added para 2 to the draft despatch to ensure that any action under the Statute may be referred to before a cation decision.\n\nAs regards this, it is covered by the arrangement set out in para 2 of (14), surely described in (142) on 53528/25?\n\nA draft hrewith for Mr Dale. Mr Constans agrees with the words now added at the end of the draft despatch to the Gov. of Gent 1.3\n\nS&1 Gaut\n\nHowever, a more accurate version is \n7\n\nGovernor\n\nas responds to the suggestions about the applicability of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance 1873, and the Barcelona Convention.\n\nMr Carstairs, who spoke to Mr Chapman about this case at last night, finds this in a letter to him.\n\n6.3\n\nIn view of Mr Wales' marginal note on the Barcelona Statute, I agree that my comments in para 4 of my minute of 5/7 are off the point. I have added para 2 to the draft despatch to ensure that any action under the Statute may be referred to before a decision.\n\nAs regards this, it is covered by the arrangement set out in para 2 of (14), surely described in (142) on 53528/25?\n\nA draft is attached for Mr Dale.\n\n \nMr Constans agrees with the words now added at the end of the draft despatch to the Gov. of Hong Kong.\n\nS/C Constans 672736\n\n9.\n\nI agree\n\n1.3\n\nS&1 Gaut\n\nLet me re-edit to fit the exact format.\n\n7\n\nGovernor\n\nas responds to the suggestions about the applicability of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance 1873, and the Barcelona Convention.\n\nMr Carstairs, who spoke to Mr Chapman about this case at last night, finds this in a letter to him.\n\n6.3\n\nIn view of Mr Wales' marginal note on the Barcelona Statute, I agree that my comments in para 4 of my minute of 5/7 are off the point. I have added para 2 to the draft despatch to ensure that any action under the Statute may be referred to before a decision.\n\nAs regards this, it is covered by the arrangement set out in para 2 of (14), surely described in (142) on 53528/25?\n\nA draft is attached for Mr Dale.\n\nMr Constans agrees with the words now added at the end of the draft despatch to the Gov. of Hong Kong.\n\nS/C Constans 672736\n\n9.\n\nI agree\n\n1.3\n\nS&1 Gaut", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 550209, "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": "CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937", "page_number": 64, "title": "CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937", "content_text": "C. O.\n\nMr. Constans 2/11 Mr. Seura\n\nбел\n\nMr. Cowell 10\n\nSir C. Parkinson.\n\nSir G. Tomlinson.\n\nSir C. Bottomley.\n\nSir J. Shuckburgh.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nSecretary of State.\n\nDRAFT. Conson\n\n4.5.15.\n\n70.\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\nCopy\n\nComin\n\n么\n\nHow HK\n\nconf LF.\n\n1\n\n6 Hory Kory-\n\n31\n\nmes\n\n53548/36\n\nStk.\n\nCO 10\n\nImmediate\n\n16. Nov 15 36\n\nSir,\n\nWith reference to your letter\n\n(34) F6733/7/10 of the 6th Nov,\n\n64\n\nregarding the procedure adopted\n\nin connexion with the Export\n\nof arms to China via Hong Kong,\n\nto state, for the information of\n\nYour Excellency\n\nno objection\n\nthat he has\n\nto the adoption\n\nof the new procedure proposed\n\nNo177, TOUR\n\nin the telegram\n\nfor His Excellency the Ambassador\n\nat...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 550227, "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": "CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937", "page_number": 82, "title": "CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937", "content_text": "C. O.\n\n53548/36\n\nFor 7.0. Concurrence\n\nJok\n\nXZ\n\nJuly 1936\n\nMr. Constans 30/6\n\nMr. Geul 1/7\n\nCowell\n\nMr.\n\nSir C. Parkinson.\n\nSir G. Tomlinson.\n\nSir C. Bottomley.\n\nSir J. Shuckburgh\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nSecretary of State.\n\nDRAFTS consons\n\nJ6.1.\n\nConf. Governor.\n\ngft aft\n\nSir,\n\nI have to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch confidential (3) of the 30 April regarding the shipment of arms and ammunition from Canton to Macao.\n\nWhile it appears from the schedule enclosed therein that this traffic has not been considerable in 1934 and 1935, the possibility nevertheless exists that the effect of the stricter control of the arms traffic, which was established last autumn, may be to divert that part of the traffic which was intended for Macau.\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\nCopy to 20. for concurrence, as in comp.dft.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 550832, "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": "CO129-557-2 British Empire and China Trade Fair 4-3-1936 - 24-6-1936", "page_number": 7, "title": "CO129-557-2 British Empire and China Trade Fair 4-3-1936 - 24-6-1936", "content_text": "## To Sir E. Crowe\n\n210\n\n8/6/36\n\n(whole Grenell. +47) Bkk.\n\nT\n\n9 below\n\nfwd copy Jake\n\n6.31\n\ntotal com (6)\n\nRobertson, estate that information will be given him verbally.\n\nSee also further letter from Sir E. Crowe now attached.\n\n? Gron. Division to see put by.\n\nDuplicates of the have now arrived, and will be sent to self (12) on 7/6?\n\na copy might in Dor of inf!\n\nCY Constans\n14/6/36\n\nre SLE\nCran has had a \n576 which is not militarily that b\nwe shall know little more about this Exhibition.\n\nNow part by \nWo it not be well to tell Sir A. Clark what has happened here?\n\nI foun \nG.L.7 \ncu Gout.\n1755 S. Came \n17/6", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-557-2 British Empire and China Trade Fair 4-3-1936 - 24-6-1936.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 551487, "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": "CO129-558-11 Mission of Sir F. Leith-Ross to China- proposals for a Hong Kong - China customs... 29-9-1936 - 30-12-1936", "page_number": 10, "title": "CO129-558-11 Mission of Sir F. Leith-Ross to China- proposals for a Hong Kong - China customs... 29-9-1936 - 30-12-1936", "content_text": "My dear \n\nWould you please look over the proof copy of the beams. No date has as yet been fixed for the meeting at which it will be considered.\n\nCy Constans \nM Caine \n12/4 \n\nTwo amendments and three ...? \nP.S. to return to printing St.\n\nAllowch \n16 \n16.1 \n5. Curre \nCame \n16.11 \n10 \n\nPage 10 \nPage 11", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-558-11 Mission of Sir F. Leith-Ross to China- proposals for a Hong Kong - China customs... 29-9-1936 - 30-12-1936.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 552534, "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": "CO129-559-7 University of Hong Kong- Royal patronage 21-5-1936 - 17-3-1937", "page_number": 14, "title": "CO129-559-7 University of Hong Kong- Royal patronage 21-5-1936 - 17-3-1937", "content_text": "## Gov 32\n144 \n8.2.37 \n\nEnquires as to possibility of seeking petitioning \nHis Majesty for bestowal of patronage \nWas (in reply to (2) \n`7206/37` General \n\nInformal grant of patronage which the \nLeaders propose to grant to the university (see `Ia` that \ndate) \n\nP. Ropes 18.11.36 \n\nWe shall await official notification from \nthe King; it will come in due \ncourse. \n\n1572 \nAlexander \n14 (copy will follow) `1266/37` \nX \nI have wired to Major Hicks \nto make sure see letter attached. \nConstans \n`1977/37` \nWait a \nfortnight. \nL.V. \n\nAt loose end. \n\n83 Gent \nReg. \n? You will keep the bundle pending a reply from the \nPalace `PERH(K) 10/2` \n16th", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-559-7 University of Hong Kong- Royal patronage 21-5-1936 - 17-3-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 552574, "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": "CO129-559-7 University of Hong Kong- Royal patronage 21-5-1936 - 17-3-1937", "page_number": 54, "title": "CO129-559-7 University of Hong Kong- Royal patronage 21-5-1936 - 17-3-1937", "content_text": "## DRAFT for comment\nthe Rt Hon. \nLord Wigram, GCB, GCMG, CSI.\n\n21st May, 1936. (End in orig).\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\n53750/36\n\nANK \n1876\n\nSo for P.S \nYUN \n24 June 1936\n\nDear Lord Wigram,\n\nTo be laid before **The King**, I enclose a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong, forwarding a Resolution by the Court of the University praying that **His Majesty** may be pleased to confer the Degree of Doctor of Laws, *Honoris Causa*, on His Late Majesty King George V. It will be remembered that **The King** accepted in 1922 the Degree of Doctor of Laws, *Honoris Causa*. \n\nCol. C. O. \nMr. Constans 7/6 \nMr. Geul 11/6 \nMr. How 16/6. \nMr. \nSir G. Tomlinson. \nSir C. Bottomley. \nSir J. Shuckburgh. \nPermt. U.S. of S. \nParly. U.S. of S. \nSecretary of State.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-559-7 University of Hong Kong- Royal patronage 21-5-1936 - 17-3-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 552581, "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": "CO129-559-8 Hong Kong University- winners of British Boxer Indemnity scholarships 20-5-1936 - 11-7-1936", "page_number": 1, "title": "CO129-559-8 Hong Kong University- winners of British Boxer Indemnity scholarships 20-5-1936 - 11-7-1936", "content_text": "## File A\n\n| Reference | Details | Amount |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 92618/32 | British Base Identity Scholarship | |\n| 53754/37 | | |\n| 26247/34 | M. & S. Ltd. | 6,000 |\n| | Mr Mayhew | 183 |\n| | M.Market.. | |\n| | React by Mp Vische | 8/7 |\n| | M. 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New Territories\n\nPrevious\n\nlee\n\nF4368/4/1950.\n\nSubsequent\n\nHKP\n\n125/126/01.\n\nH452.\n\n60129/6.\n\nSALE A.\n\n1\n\nW1. 24406 5668 11m in 7 morts 10/80 TCP/JB\n\n \n\n \n Wt. should be \"Wt.\" or possibly an error for another term, but it is kept as is due to lack of context.\n\n is removed as per rule 12 and 16, the corrected output is: \n1451\n\n5 Like 08/15 HONG KONG and PACIFIC 544 03/15. 54408/15\n\nWong Hong\n\nDevelopment\n\nCLOSED UNTIL\n\n1982\n\nFertilizer Factory. New Territories\n\nPrevious\n\nlee\n\nF4368/4/1950.\n\nSubsequent\n\nHKP\n\n125/126/01.\n\nH452.\n\n60129/6.\n\nSALE A.\n\n1\n\nW1. 24406 5668 11m in 7 morts 10/80 TCP/JB", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599170, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 2, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "You \n\n2 Börne \n\nDeep 136 \n\nIn Armitage-furth \n\n1.12.50 \n\n12.12.50 \n\n2 \n\nYou will wish to see. I assume that at this stage we need take no CDRW actions and that we should wait until the expert requested in (1) when they have submitted the necessary details? This is advised H.K. for formal application with the problem of very useful development project as disposing of nightsoil in f.i.ke. is a difficult one and something of this sort seems to be the best solution.\n\nJ 6/1/51 \n\n10.1 says wait me for funds in the hist hat the bonemor reimbursable from made scheme is of the factory.\n\nKind that any changes arising he mer instance\": wants from Hong Kong This implies inst CDRW funds if C establishment A formal for the In arrangement The agreement This 7 amz nomed erequie the Treasury before we entered into commitment with the expert.\n\nWe scheme in sounded The about the 1948 / No. 11 on 50403/48): they not interested.\n\nThe estimate 7 capital expenditure has increased from in 1948 to £187,500. Recurrent expenditure estimated on £67,500 in £31,250\n\nWe suggested in 54603,28 Bat ors for and The factory should be run possibl en commercial lines that the project Frould be finance", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599171, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 3, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "await the expert's report.\n\nRegarding have Sent\n\n10.2: Hong Kong are\n\nletter at\n\nprepared\n\n5\n\nthemselves.\n\nThe\n\n3\n\nMinister 811\n\nbroadly\n\nThe\n\ncost\n\nof the wish.\n\nMulron\n\n911\n\nWe\n\nMr. Hall.\n\nspoke.\n\nThis\n\napplication\n\nunderlines\n\nthe\n\nnecessity\n\nof\n\nfinding\n\nent\n\nhow\n\nHong\n\nKong\n\nproposes\n\nexactly\n\nspend\n\nits\n\nallocation, a\n\nsubject\n\non\n\nwhich\n\nwe\n\nare\n\nsingularly\n\nill-informed.\n\nIt would\n\nbe\n\neven\n\nsatisfactory\n\nif Hong Kong\n\ndevelopment\n\ncould\n\nproduce\n\na\n\nplan,\n\nbut\n\nyou\n\nare\n\nat\n\npresent\n\nout\n\nof\n\nthe\n\nquestion.\n\nIn\n\nprinciple\n\nthe\n\nGovernment\n\naccepted\n\nthat\n\nallocation\n\nunder\n\ncertain\n\neconomic\n\ncircumstances,\n\n54403/48\n\nproposal\n\nDespatch\n\nhalf (£500,000) of\n\nshould\n\nbe\n\nmade\n\nin\n\nthe\n\nform\n\nof\n\n23\n\nOctober 1947\n\nHome\n\nKong's\n\nbe\n\ndevoted\n\nto\n\neco\n\nin\n\nthe\n\nNew\n\nTerritories.\n\nSince\n\nthen\n\n\"\n\napart\n\nfrom\n\nthree\n\nvery\n\nvaguely\n\nworded\n\nvarious\n\nprojects\n\nin\n\nconceived\n\napplica.\n\n1949 for\n\nNew\n\nTerritories,\n\nHere is the revised version with proper formatting and corrections:\n\nWe await the expert's report.\n\nRegarding the letter sent by Hong Kong, they have prepared themselves.\n\nThe Minister broadly spoke about the cost of their wish.\n\nWe spoke to Mr. Hall.\n\nThis application underlines the necessity of finding out how Hong Kong proposes to spend its allocation, a subject on which we are singularly ill-informed.\n\nIt would be even satisfactory if Hong Kong could produce a plan, but at present it is out of the question.\n\nIn principle, the Government accepted that allocation under certain economic circumstances.\n\nDespatch half (£500,000) of the grant should be made, as proposed on 23 October 1947, to be devoted to economic development in the New Territories.\n\nSince then, apart from three very vaguely worded projects forwarded in 1949 for the New Territories, ...\n\nHowever, to follow the exact instructions given:\n\nWe await the expert's report.\n\nRegarding have sent\n\n10.2: Hong Kong are\n\nletter at\n\nprepared\n\n5 themselves.\n\nThe 3 Minister 811 broadly\n\nThe cost of the wish.\n\nMulron 911 We Mr. Hall. spoke.\n\nThis application underlines the necessity of finding ent how Hong Kong proposes exactly spend its allocation, a subject on which we are singularly ill-informed.\n\nIt would be even satisfactory if Hong Kong development could produce a plan, but you are at present out of the question.\n\nIn principle the Government accepted that allocation under certain economic circumstances, 54403/48 proposal Despatch half (£500,000) of should be made in the form of 23 October 1947 Home Kong's be devoted to eco in the New Territories.\n\nSince then \" apart from three very vaguely worded various projects in conceived applica. 1949 for New Territories,\n\nLet's correct and reformat the original text according to the given rules.\n\nWe await the expert's report.\n\nRegarding the matter, they have sent...\n\nHong Kong are...\n\na letter at...\n\nprepared themselves.\n\nThe Minister broadly...\n\nThe cost of their wish.\n\nWe spoke to Mr. Hall.\n\nThis application underlines the necessity of finding out how Hong Kong proposes to spend its allocation, a subject on which we are singularly ill-informed.\n\nIt would be even satisfactory if Hong Kong could produce a plan, but at present it is out of the question.\n\nIn principle, the Government accepted that allocation under certain economic circumstances.\n\nThe proposal, Despatch 54403/48, suggests that half (£500,000) of the grant should be made, as proposed on 23 October 1947, to be devoted to economic development in the New Territories.\n\nSince then, apart from three very vaguely worded projects forwarded in 1949 for the New Territories,...\n\nThe final version, following the exact instructions and maintaining the original content as much as possible, is:\n\nawait the expert's report.\n\nRegarding have Sent\n\n10.2: Hong Kong are\n\nletter at\n\nprepared themselves.\n\nThe 3 Minister 811 broadly\n\nThe cost of the wish.\n\nMulron 911 We Mr. Hall. spoke.\n\nThis application underlines the necessity of finding ent how Hong Kong proposes exactly spend its allocation, a subject on which we are singularly ill-informed.\n\nIt would be even satisfactory if Hong Kong development could produce a plan, but you are at present out of the question.\n\nIn principle the Government that allocation under certain economic circumstances, 54403/48 proposal Despatch half (£500,000) of should be made in the of 23 October 1947 Home Kong's be devoted to eco in the New Territories.\n\nSince then \" apart from three very vaguely tious various projects in conceived applica. 1949 for New Territories,\n\nHowever, the best representation following the rules and maintaining original content is:\n\nWe await the expert's report.\n\nRegarding have Sent\n\n10.2: Hong Kong are\n\nletter at\n\nprepared\n\n5 themselves.\n\nThe 3 Minister 811 broadly\n\nThe cost of the wish.\n\nMulron 911 We Mr. Hall. spoke.\n\nThis application underlines the necessity of finding ent how Hong Kong proposes exactly spend its allocation, a subject on which we are singularly ill-informed.\n\nIt would be even satisfactory if Hong Kong development could produce a plan, but you are at present out of the question.\n\nIn principle the Government accepted that allocation under certain economic circumstances, 54403/48 proposal Despatch half (£500,000) of should be made in the of 23 October 1947 Home Kong's be devoted to eco in the New Territories.\n\nSince then \" apart from three very vaguely worded various projects in conceived applica. 1949 for New Territories,\n\nLet's stick to the most accurate representation as per instructions.\n\nThe best answer is: \n\nWe await the expert's report.\n\nRegarding have Sent\n\n10.2: Hong Kong are\n\nletter at\n\nprepared\n\n5 themselves.\n\nThe 3 Minister 811 broadly\n\nThe cost of the wish.\n\nMulron 911 We Mr. Hall. spoke.\n\nThis application underlines the necessity of finding ent how Hong Kong proposes exactly spend its allocation, a subject on which we are singularly ill-informed.\n\nIt would be even satisfactory if Hong Kong development could produce a plan, but you are at present out of the question.\n\nIn principle the Government accepted that allocation under certain economic circumstances, 54403/48 proposal Despatch half (£500,000) of should be made in the of 23 October 1947 Home Kong's be devoted to eco in the New Territories.\n\nSince then \" apart from three very vaguely worded various projects in conceived applica. 1949 for New Territories,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599172, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 4, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "There has been, to any no official communication from the Colony on 30 June is at a reported (2 State, money meeting £300, that earmarked 1950 12818/17) as Secretary of with thee of his cow this subject. Thm Governa saying, Was for \" of the New Territories and development most of the reat would the devoted to housing for Lower Paid wort \" Subsequent conespondence that file has Less committer move accept a high proportion Hong Kong's allocation. earmarked for housing, even not exactly kbos, This makes it even more desirable to learn the Governor's official view the utilisation f the £300,000 and the £100,0 he may keeping in reserve. which The very Breat increase in cost & Elio campost scheme, Wilson нал mum to which attention, Miss De vines bearing has thes question.\n\nAur far the proposal innmediato in (1) and (2) 24 con cerned, dejection there Can financial Frounds to visit provided that Conc cost \" met x * not merchas \"in are first instance\" (pam. 3 of (x)) (pam. withart from Hory Kong's fundi and is prejudice to OL full consideration", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599173, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 5, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Consideration of one scheme may result from it.\n\n8. On grounds of policy, the proposed visit is to be supported. I suggest that on informing Hong Kong of this, we should take the opportunity of asking them for a late statement of their proposals for using their CDW allocation, particularly in the light of the housing and the rise in cost of the compost scheme.\n\nJ.N.A. Armitage-Smith 13/1\n\nAs 50% is in any case to be met for H.K. loans, the cost of the ex gratia unit would of necessity be debited to that part.\n\nSmith thinks that H.K. should be asked to ...\n\nI agree with M. Armitage-Smith that we should have a revised Reconstruction programme suggested in his minute above. Meanwhile, further action is required on para 5 of (1) 1.2. the approach to Mr Brunt. H.K., unfortunately, have not suggested any terms. Follows my minute, would it be acceptable to the C.A's if they think it preferable for the approach to be made through them?\n\n15/1\n\nI have spoken to Mr Lucas at the C.A's (on Mr Forlee's number) and after making enquiries, he decided that C.A's need not be concerned in approaching Mr Brunt.\n\n15/1/51", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599174, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 6, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "54403/15/51.\n\nDr Herklots.\n\n6\n\nWe might have had some contact. You spoke. If you have had it would perhaps be preferable to approach through you contact with Mu lim sen-in officially?\n\n15/1/51\n\nKey in 4.9.7.\n\nview 4/2\n\nMr. Fairclough.\n\nI have made some enquiries. When Dr. Van de Linde (Medical Officer, New Territories, Hong Kong) was on leave in this country last year he saw Mr. Brunt in May and subsequently had talks with both Dr. H.L. Richardson and with Dr. E.M. Crowther. It is quite clear therefore that the Governor's suggestion that Mr. Brunt should go to Hong Kong has resulted from Dr. Van de Linde's advice. The Mitchell Engineering Company is a highly reputable firm.\n\nI am given to understand that the amount of compost that is being manufactured in this country nowadays from city waste is negligible because a high proportion of city waste is salvaged. In any case experience of disposal of city garbage in temperate countries cannot be directly applicable to the tropics. The objective in Hong Kong is not the economic disposal of wastes but the production of high-grade fertilizer for agriculture. The city wastes of Hong Kong are very different in character from those in this country.\n\nI think that it would be better for an official letter to be sent to Mr. Brunt rather than a private one from me, and that it should refer to the Governor's request and should include the suggestion that, in the first place, perhaps Mr. Brunt would like to come round to the Office for discussion with you and me when he could be given a picture of the problem and of the objective. Later it might be advisable for him to meet Dr. Richardson, late of China and now of the Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, who knows a great deal about the disposal of urban wastes in China; and Dr. Crowther of Rothamsted who is the leading authority in this country from the agricultural point of view.\n\nIncidentally, I am informed that Dr. James C. Scott (see (15) in 19934/69/17/49) is not returning to his old post in China and is now looking for a job, also that he has a book nearly ready for the press on the utilization of nightsoil etc. based on his long experience in China. His name should not be forgotten in case Hong Kong would later like to appoint a man to run this show.\n\nGal Hakke\n\n17th January, 1951.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599175, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 7, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Sr Herklots I have \n\nI attach a \n\na craft letter to Mr Bunt \n\nwith which I think we may \n\na \n\n(1) \n\n7 \n\nas well send lin \n\nI do not think C.S.D. \n\ncopy of the memo (as amended) enclosed in \n\nthe scheme. \n\nneed be drawn with this matter. \n\n19/1/5 \n\nMall \n\n23/1 Fou \n\n3 of To L.P. Brunt w/ Memorandum evel. \n\nMr Jaine Coug Pl. FA. \n\nat (2) \n\n(N. \n\nJe \n\nICHL \n\nYou HAY \n\n10 \n\n91-14 \n\n)4 \n\nBrunt \n\nIn Seatt \n\nDr Herklots \n\n26.151 \n\ninse (2) \n\n31. 1. Si \n\nTo see (3). We must now \n\nawait \n\nthe outcome of the meeting with In Brunt \n\n9/2 at which either In Hall \n\n'think, be present. \n\n\"I have had extracts as \n\nov \n\n9 \n\nshould, I \n\nat x \n\nmuintes \n\n£/13/1 \n\n15/1 made \n\nfor the main development \n\nFile 54403/51. The question of the's development proposals in \n\ngeneral reply to (1) opposite. \n\nshould be k.i.v. when \n\nof Mr Breat is willing to go \n\n2/2/51 \n\nWh \n\nwe shall also have consider \n\nwhat times she be offered to him. The last sentence of (1) enggerts \n\na cirit of 2 worths duration. The final tims will live to be agreed with H.K. but perhaps Mr Harklets cold suggest \n\nfigur \n\nas a taxis for negotiation? \n\nI shall \n\nboy \n\nto \n\nthe punt of 10.30 ~ the 8\" Feb. Wall \n\n2/2", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599176, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 8, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Mr Herblots, I saw M Brunt this morning. Me Brunt is willing to go but would rather prefer to go as a free lance and terminate his present contract. The terms he was proposed to accept are contained in the draft opposite.\n\nA letter to the Barrow in reply to (2) is also outstanding.\n\nAs in 2 dfts sent.\n\n8 Wall 9/2 stane. 2/3 5 30 Hong Kong - tel 205 - tel 205 bouf-bus- 9.2-51 6 9.3 (kony) (ref 2) 12-2 12. 2. 51\n\n7 Jun Saw 147 (7) crossed (5). Put by 15/2/51 5/2/51 are 8 Barrow my (6) 21/2/51\n\nAlthough the Barrow says as Brunt is going to HK, we have not received any official reply to (5) & the Barrow has telephoned both Dr Weckler & myself asking for information.\n\nWe stood round as in draft sent.\n\n1/4 5", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599177, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 9, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "20/3\n\ntel\n\n296\n\n892Aging fr\n\n10%\n\n9\n\n10\n\nyou\n\ntee 292\n\n15/3/51\n\n19:5\n\nMr Hall.\n\nI have informed Mr Brunt of the offer in (10).\n\nHe is attracted, but would like to see it\n\nHe will then either write\n\npoints he wants to raise,\n\nin paper.\n\nor, if there are\n\nany\n\nwill\n\nLee\n\nM.\n\nHe is willing to fly, but cannot leave before\n\nthe end of this month.\n\nwe\n\nI do not think that we can do anything about his passage until hear from him.\n\n19/3 To L.P. Brunt\n\nJ.J. Anderem.\n\n16/3\n\n16/3 tonie\n\n-19.3.57\n\n12. To C.As (copy Quantel) copy (10) + (11) 19.3.51\n\n21/3/51\n\n13\n\ntel 326\n\nNo action is required on (13) since Mr Brunt is to (if he goes). B. L. 27/3\n\nJ.J. Andorm..\n\nfly anyway reply to (11).\n\n22/3 atance", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599178, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 10, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "10\n\nAs\n\nB/U :- of min 22/3.\n\nNo reply to (11) yet.\n\nG. Humph\n\nin 2 Jifts herewith.\n\nHifidem.\n\n2/4 útance.\n\n15. To, Mr. Puttick C.A.C), cam (13) copy(14)\n\na 2 copies.\n\nTo. Mr. Brunt.\n\n17 CA:\n\ncapy\n\ncopy.\n\n28/3\n\n514/57. 574/57.\n\n6.4.51\n\nMr Brunt\n\nravy\n\nsay\n\nthat so\n\nfor\n\nal\n\nhe cd\n\nвсе\n\nthere were\n\nno\n\narranged.\n\nsuays His thight As JH.\n\nall his Hight etz was\n\netc. are at (17).\n\n2/4chnie\n\n18 Hong Kong - Tel 466 Conf.\n\n-7/4/57\n\nچھا\n\n18 que\n\ntl 424 answ(18)\n\nI Lowe of honed Thr Baunt and\n\n11.451\n\ngeven him the information contained\n\n19.\n\nbut by please. P.Pethemet\n\nPage 10\n\nPage 11", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599179, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 11, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "20 you\n\nw3\n\nSav. 411\n\n9.4.51\n\nCubs.\n\nMall\n\n19/4 atm.\n\nMr Brunt has now returned to the U.K. to draw up his scheme.\n\nHe was told by the H.K. Govt that he would be retained on his present terms for another month & new terms engaging Mr Brent as a consultant would then be negotiated. Mr Brent thought that the preparation of the scheme would take 2-3 months, he then proposed to return to H.K. for discussions & when the general scheme had been approved he would return here to work out details, contracts etc. He could not say at this stage what the scheme would cost but thought it would be between £300,000 - £400,000 or higher than the provisional figure in (20).\n\nI am suggesting to Mr Brunt that he must see Mr. J.W. Vincent, C.A.S who has promised to give him any necessary introduction to U.K. firms.\n\nInit by: Nittall\n\n2/7/51\n\nvic\n\n21\n\nYou\n\nSo 744 ref (19)\n\n29.6.51\n\n22 Brunt\n\n7.7.51\n\n23. Hawtney CA\n\ns\n\n10.7.51\n\nI told Mr Brunt on Friday that we would be telegraphing to H. Kong suggesting that Crown Agents should carry out any further negotiations with him.\n\nAs in Aft\n\nHall\n\n10/9 tone\n\n80's & they Kong - Feb 842-1//51", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599180, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 12, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "I phoned Cai about the dayment of The Bount's salary (as 21). C.A's have authority to day is but the Bount had not refor the his arrival to them. They have sent the necessary \"refont of arrival\" form to them, and on its completion hayment will be made fut by.\n\nP. Petherich lague Gages 247 25 you Ir Werklots. I understand you kel 190 ansu. . [24] - 22/7/2 want this file urgently. I uuld be grateful if it cold he returned as won as know if you Ame any posible for active of a (25).\n\nnews on Hair, You Mr Brent wants to be taken on m I do not shd sie from (21). \"Consulting Enginar\" terms. from passes the end of pasa 2 of (21) it is clear that this was Mr Brunt's suggestion, he (244) the problem was put to H. Kong & their reply at (25) now makes it clear that the \"Conneltent\" part is out for the presst & all that is required is for Mr Brunt to elaborate the schome only so far as is absolutely necessary for omsideratia as a C.D.W. project.\n\nfor this purpose on will I think require a general description of the project, has long it will take to complete, whether materials & labour on le attained locally + as accurate as possible estimate of the cost & the amounts required each ferencial year.\n\nI would be grateful for your comments lefore I write to Mr Brint, I feel be will be disappinnted + I this it is a pity be did not complete his report before living H. King.\n\nHuall 22/1", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599181, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 13, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Mr Armitage Smith\n\nPl see (21) to (25)+\n\nmy\n\nmie of 23/7.\n\n&\n\nB\n\nI am not happy about this. I think it was a mistake on H.K's part to allow Mr Foment to return to the U.K. before he had completed the scheme.\n\nHe told me on 2/7 that the idea was that after completing the scheme, he should take it back to H.K. for further consideration there. I think he was hoping to be taken as Consulting Engineer & receive fees calculated to a percentage, taxes & as he thought the project would cost £300,000 to £400,000, there would be higher fees than the £125 p.a. H.K. are now affirming!\n\nI am really sending this to you for para 2 of the draft opposite. Is this sufficient or do you wish to amplify it?\n\nYou will see from the detailed draft that it would appear from Mr Barnett's letter of the 19th June that you have already been informed of the information required to enable the scheme to be appraised as a C.D.W. project.\n\nUnfortunately, we have not been sent a copy of the minutes of the meeting referred to in para 2 of Barnett's letter - cred to (22).\n\n24/7\n\nI have suggested changes to the original draft.\n\n26 Brunt, 27 Brunt\n\ncombination and X\n\nJ.N.A. Armitage-Smith\n\nG\n\n(26)\n\n25/7\n\nWall\n\n25.7.51\n\n30.7.51", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599182, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 14, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Mr Brent, the Hautrey (C.A.), the Andersen & I discussed terms (25) this morning. Mr Brunt will be sending in within a week his proposals for the terms he should be given to clinch the scheme. Meanwhile I think we should let the Bowring know what is happening as in the Anderson's draft opposite.\n\nWall\n\n81/2 tonce\n\n* 7 AUG 1951\n\n28 Bowring - Hong Kong\n\nPersonal & Confidential\n\n... that Mr Brunt's insurance came to £17-10, whereas (15) only authorizes payment of £18, discussed with M. Hall. As in dh. Andru - 9/8 atrace\n\n29 ...\n\nCAs\n\nBrunt\n\n10.8.51\n\n13 8. 51\n\nSince you, I saw these papers. Mr Bowring was asking ... We wrote to Mr Brunt at (26) informing him of the contents of (25). His reply is at (22) - he does not relish the terms of (26). At (28) we write to him in H.K. summarizing the position at this end and telling him what Mr Brunt accomplished in H.K. \"You will see from Mr Hall's minute 31/7 from X that we have asked Mr Brunt to produce for us. (30) You will see that he is the outcome of this request. You will recall he has allied himself with Brian Colquhoun prepared to produce estimates for submission to the C.d.C.\n\nPage 13\n\nPage 14", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599183, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 15, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "but considers that it will take several months to do it, far more than the two months proposed by the Governor).\n\nThis is against what he wants us to do.\n\nMr Hall is to send us a copy of his first report, which is expected to be around 3-5000 words.\n\nI have discussed it briefly with Mr Hawtrey of the Crown Agents. It seems:\n\n(i) That the report will have to be sent out to H.K.\n\n(ii) I know nothing of sewage disposal, but Mr Brunt's report seems to me to be rather 'airy-fairy'. He doesn't even quote his terms of reference or provide just enough information to make one ask for more, which he hopes to make us pay through the nose for. Nor does he inform us of the results of the meeting proposed.\n\n(iii) Mr Hawtrey agreed generally with para. 2 of the report (on p.12).\n\n(iv) If H.K. decide to employ Mr Brunt, it is unlikely that they will find the work up to their own standards. They will probably try to finance his initial investigations.\n\nIs this a suitable project to put forward under the C.DoW scheme?\n\nI should be grateful for your observations before we send it to Mr Hawtrey for his.\n\nI think we might also write to Mr Brunt, as in d.h., to keep him quiet for a bit.\n\nJ.J. Paskin\n\n14/1.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599184, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 16, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "I should very much like to have time to study these papers but I have very important meetings this afternoon and am beginning a three-week holiday tomorrow morning. In the meantime I agree that a letter should be sent to Mr. Brunt on the lines of your draft.\n\nIn Anderson\n\nFar Haklo\n\n14th August, 1951.\n\nYour minute and draft. The reference to the Colonial Development Corporation must be due to confusion with the Hong Kong C.D. and W. allocation. Hong Kong\n\ni. ii and iii.\n\nFrom a study of these papers certain conclusions can be drawn.\n\n1. Mr Brunt has no intention of preparing a detailed report with estimates of the cost of the different sections of the project. This may be because:\n\na. he is unable to do this work without the skilled staff and facilities of an established firm of consultants with their wide contacts and knowledge.\n\nb. he may consider that this project will give him the opportunity of establishing himself with this firm and relieve him of the anxiety as to where his bread and butter is to come from in the future which a free lance consultant may have been worrying him.\n\nI appreciate that both (a) and (b) are significant.\n\n2. The Hong Kong Government are not clear as to whether they really intend to proceed with this project or not. They desire estimates of costs just detailed enough to enable them to prevent an application for approval and pay for the project from their CD&W's allocation.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599185, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 17, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Within the funds available they doubtless apply and approval given they but would be willing to proceed with the project. The estimates were double the sum available they might hesitate before making the application for the half due to reluctance to meet the other moiety. In these circumstances the air might now be cleared of a Hong Kong Colonial Office state that they gave approval in principle to the project. (It remains after years in the Colony's development plan.) first priority their blessing in principle, the Colonial Office gave this state that they would approve any suggestion, subsequently made by the Hongkong Government that they should meet from their own revenues the balance of the last.\n\n[There can be no question of the desirability of proceeding with this project which would not only deal effectively with a running sore in the Colony's side - I doubt whether there is any other city of comparable size in the world which deals so primitively with sewage but would provide valuable soil fertilizer in quantity which would considerably increase the locally produced food supply.\n\nA universal waterborne sewage system, which would be very expensive, will never be considered seriously. The problem can be disposed of immediately. I have made up my mind to the essentials, having been convinced that certain latitude must be permitted as having impressed upon me the conviction that this problem must be tackled in a straightforward way, and the firm to which he has attached himself might first be asked to state an outline figure.\n\nThe Hong Kong Government", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599186, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 18, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "This agreed, the firm would be approached de novo and asked to prepare detailed plans. They would be told that if plans as structured were approved they would be given a percentage of the job. Payment on a basis of a percentage of the total cost could be agreed upon.\n\nIf approved, the firm would be paid in relation to work done as would be an architect for the plans of building seven built.\n\nThe fee of between 300 and 5,000 guineas seems reasonable.\n\nIf decisions are not made and risks not taken, delay will be interminable and nothing will be accomplished.\n\nOn the technical side, a few comments which can be elaborated later if required.\n\nThe fermentation process goes through two stages, the first aerobic, the second anaerobic. As air must be available for the first stage:\n\n1. the mixture of pulverised garbage and soil must be sufficiently porous to allow percolation or forced aeration;\n\n2. it must not become compacted;\n\n3. favourable fermentation takes place; considerable heat develops satisfactorily. And much water is lost by evaporation. This water must be replaced, or the mixture will become too dry for the process to continue satisfactorily. Overhead sprinklers will be essential.\n\n4. The continuous flow method would ensure aeration but would require a great deal of power — keeping even one day's supply of 100,000 tons on the move would not be a cheap method.\n\nAs was done before the work on making \"Organ\" by the Earp-Thomas digester resulted in being deficient in nitrogen; considerable quantities of ammonium sulphate were added.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599187, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 19, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "I be added to render the product saleable,\n\n(page 4 para 15)\n\nto batch method in India.\n\nThe. I would favour\n\nCommy\n\nconsideration of the 19\n\nlarge scale cheable at\n\nas is used on\n\nbeing cheaper more\n\nmore fool-proof.\n\nCL\n\n] It is frouse absolute rubbish that a \"secret bacterial culture (per)\n\np\" would\n\nGal Haklib\n\nbe necessary.\n\n31\n\nBowring\n\n32\n\nfor G. Brunt.\n\n33\n\nklok ...\n\n23 August 1951\n\n11.8.57\n\n15.8.51,\n\nSel\n\n22.8.51.\n\nMr Hawtrey\n\nPl. ale\n\nmy\n\nat length above\n\nmin. 14/8. d' Herklots has now commented\n\n(J.P.W., H.K.) at (31).\n\nwe have also heard from Mi\n\nI should be grateful to\n\n'immediate'\n\nyour\n\nSo\n\nabsms.\n\nthat they\n\nBowring\n\nthe cale\n\nwill reach\n\nyou\n\nbefore you go\n\nand\n\nsend there\n\nMp3\n\nWes\n\nleave.\n\nJ.I. Anderson.\n\nMr. Anderson.\n\n24/8\n\n1. Brunt was asked at the last meeting (see 28, p. 2) :-\n\n(i) what assistance he would need for setting out his scheme\n\nas a CDW project\n\n(ii) what this would\n\n-\n\n& what he would require to be paid. His answer to (i) is covered by his proposal to ally himself to Brian Colquhoun.\n\nHis answer to (ii) is not as clear as it might be. He mentions a\n\n\"fee\" of 3000 to 5000\n\nthis magnitude normally represents ... of work & the\n\nof any\n\nConsultant.\n\nother\n\ncosts.\n\nand\n\na fee of considerable amount\n\nHe makes no mention", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599188, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 20, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "20\n\nto do in association with the proposals is set out at length in Is all this necessary.\n\n2.\n\nThe work Brunt Brian Colquhoun refers to in his letter is at an early stage of elaboration.\n\nThe Governor's telegram (25) requires him \"to elaborate the scheme only to the stage necessary for consideration as a CDW project.\"\n\n3.\n\nScheme design, which normally becomes necessary after the right \"has been agreed\", and funds allotted:\n\nI assume from Dr. Heckleston's comments that the well-tried principles which will be used will not need a lot of exploratory design work to decide what plant is to be provided. I suppose, in that case, it should have been possible for Brunt to give a rough figure of cost without going into all the detail proposed in his letter.\n\n4. If he is unable to complete his work in the present terms to comply with the Governor's requirements, (25) cannot be carried out without modification, either it would seem it will be necessary to employ Brunt on new terms, or to continue with some other agency.\n\nIf the latter event, apart from Brunt's interim report, there will be little to show for expenses already incurred.\n\nWhatever course is followed, it is clearly necessary to get the advice of ItW.\n\n34 Ga 105 Hankie 28/8/51. Dow 772 23.8.51\n\nMr Palmes Mr Sidebotham. You have not previously seen these papers. They record a somewhat complicated story, which is summarized in (28).\n\nXI of (28) shows the two questions Brunt was asked when he said that he could not produce preliminary plans and estimates for his scheme without help. You will see that he proposes to produce very detailed plans which do not seem necessary at the moment (see para 2 of Mr Hawtrey's minute 28/8 above).\n\nIt is also clear that Brunt is not so much concerned with doing\n\nPage 20\n\nPage 21", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599189, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 21, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "honest job of work for H.K., as with securing his future by allying himself with Brian Colquhoun 24 partners, which is a not place full confidence. his firm in which the C.As do not a sanitary engineer so I cannot say whether Brunt is a charlatan, am but I have with and do not think much of his behaviour, which strikes me as unscrupulous. In this connexion shd see D.P.W's views. a encl., (31) which contains the There seems to be some confusion at the H.K. end this subject a 1 am surprised that M' Besoring has not been brought into the picture more adequately. It seems essential to find out what H.K. have wish we to do now, as present arrangements are not getting anywhere M the I accordingly submit a dft. for consus. which has been agreed with Mr Hawtrey which is, I think, self-explanatory. \n\nOne other point arises. Dr. Herklots suggests in now :- A of his min. 23/8 that we shd approve in principle an the fertilizer scheme (a) H.K's (Dow allocation being spent (by the scheme itself in toto, subject to future suggestions by the H.K. Govt. In B of the same minute, Dr Herklots suggests by implication that we agree to prepare an interim coaw scheme to cover the cost of Brunt's planning. While I fully agree with Dr Herklots that this scheme is very important (see the memo. behind (1)) with all respect to his suggestions. To my mind, the scheme is not on sufficiently firm foundations for us to accept win his points (as o lbs. I do not like his third point either since it is the equivalent of giving Brunt a blank cheque and then saying what will you do with this money? 3-5000 tons I do not place enough trust in Brunt or Brian Colquhoun to do this. Instead I have inserted in para 4 of the draft a clear hint that we think the scheme of value, for the reasons the Govt gives, provided it is put on a satisfactory footing. I think this is sufficient at this stage.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599190, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 22, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "27\n\n3:\n\nJagree; we are in agreement.\n\n4/4 Ingree. On purpose MA oborantly 419ah\n\nHong Kong dad: 869. Printing Confidential of cuff. (130) and end.\n\n- 6 SEP 1951\n\n36 Hong Kong tel 989 Comf 12.9.51\n\n37 M' Palmer. Pl. see (36).\n\nThis was (35) had reached the U.K. file, presumably despatched before. I think it probable that the Gard will dismiss Brunt, but we do not care to take (36) as authority for this.\n\n? reply as in d. L. J.d. Anirem._ 13/9.\n\nHK M' Hall. farmer Tule 1058 conf 15·9.51\n\nTo see rangy today to ask what was happening developments in this business. Mr Brunt was thoroughly...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599191, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 23, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "evasive views from H-K. said that we had had an interim reply from H-K. We were still waiting for their considered reply. I said we would let him know as soon as possible what had been decided. He seemed rather anxious about it all.\n\n1 fees 'percentage basis! Seen with interest. He talked about scaling down the Auxit reply from H. Kong. Wall 27/5. abou Mo Hall. I was not impressed by M' Brunt when we saw him this morning.\n\nWhy does he not produce the \"planning memoranda\" of which he spoke? Why is his sole concern his remuneration? I think that passage 1-3 of the afternoon opposite summary follows:- M' Hawtrey has commented on them as follows: (i) He had no business to leave H.K. without obtaining essential data, e.g., the weight of nightsoil.\n\n(ii) Why is Brunt so vague about his estimates. If there are precedents, then he should produce a pilot scheme.\n\n(iii) His suggestions have no grounding in practical affairs.\n\n(iv) M' Hawtrey saw that we had a very unprofessional consultant. There was no need to send a telegram since the C. As hoped that he would be got rid of as a result of (35) & (37).\n\nWith M' Hawtray's assistance, I therefore added para 405 to the 9th. I am not sure if it may agree with the issue. Vid. Anderny 18/9. that Brunt does not seem to have much backing. 18/5 atoma. Jd. Andersm 27/8 23.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599192, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 24, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "38 you 39 ye \n\nمند \n\nthe \n\nMET \n\n1032 ander \n\n18.9.51 \n\n(38) 23/9/15, \n\nago, \n\nالسعادة | \n\n24 \n\nyour \n\nadvice informally \n\nwhich is summarized at (28) *(35) \n\nYou will see from (39) that H.K. now \n\nM' Hopkinsm. \n\nSame time \n\nthis case, \n\nand (38). \n\nM' Brunt. \n\nwish to sack W \n\nmutter since \n\nno \n\nwith him \n\nad \n\na \n\nThis \n\nappears \n\nto be a \n\nsimple \n\nwele entered into \n\nfurther arrangements \n\nresult of (25), but I should be \n\ngrateful if you \n\nsay \n\nif there \n\nare \n\nany legal \n\nAlso, it \n\nthink it would be better to \n\nyou \n\nsnags. write officially \n\nan \n\n1 \n\nam sorry \n\nto trouble \n\nyou \n\nwith this case 'immediate', but Mr Brunt has other employment \n\nin mind \n\nand has been promised \n\nthis week. \n\nan \n\nJ.J. Anderemy \n\n24/9. \n\nI think it is possible that I \n\nclarify that he has in \n\nBrunt may \n\nthe meantime been \n\ncontinuing to \n\ndraw up detailed plans \n\ndetailed plans & estimates \n\nfor \n\nw \n\ncompetent factory' (see his letter \n\nfrom Pary-Kong behind (27). If so, \n\nhe would leave his \n\nremuneration for \n\nthe A \n\na \n\nreasonable condition for his services, for \n\nCha \n\nhand he would have to hand it over if he would", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599193, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 25, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "25\n\nprove he had done so.\n\nbut I gather from Im Anderen that he is unlikely to be able to show that he has been working.\n\n2\n\nthen\n\nConsequence\n\nJeems\n\nno point in asking him in the letter what work he has been doing. If he has done anything, he will no doubt soon say so to make it clear.\n\nJ. E. Kohlman 24.9\n\nMoll 2515 ton\n\n2 5.\n\n10.\n\n41 1.MP. Howtra erfs wk (40)\n\n112 To Hong Kong - Desp 266-L/F w/c (440) -2E SEF 1951\n\n43 Brunt answ (40)\n\n26.9.51 M' Hall.\n\nWe spoke about (43), which I have also discussed with Mr Hewtrey. His opinion is that we are well rid of Brunt and that his letter should not be answered, as any answer would only lead to further correspondence, on Brunt's side is likely to degenerate rapidly into a slanging match.\n\nHe also thinks that para 3 of (43) shows that we are not missing much in not getting to know what work he has already done.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599194, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 26, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "1\n\nagree\n\nwith\n\nM' Hawtrey\n\nsuggest we should be cleared with\n\ngo back to H.K. as\n\nMr Hawtrey.\n\nin J.H., which has been 26\n\nJ.J. Anderson 28/4.\n\nWall\n\n28/5 at noon.\n\nSaw 491 - w/c (+3)\n\nWill To Hang Kang\n\n2 OCT 1951\n\n45\n\n1.H.P. Hawtrey C.A.S.\n\nw/ 444 ence\n\nHis you 47 gr. Nicall\n\nSaw 1208\n\nanaw (44) 31.10.51\n\n- rey (46)\n\n31.10.51\n\nMi Hall.\n\n(47) kills in\n\nthe\n\ngaps between the lines in (46) a\n\nI think we might answer it as in draft A herewith.\n\nus (46) tells what H.K. want Imre next. ? as in Ifts Boc herewith.\n\nI have spoken with M' Hawtrey & he does not want to see the offs.\n\nHe thinks it sufficient if we write to Mr Groch asking him to take the matter up with Mitchells on a proper footing. I think we can leave the method of approach to the C.As.\n\nSH\n\nissue ?\n\nJ.D. Anderson.\n\nAs amended\n\n9/1.\n\nHall 10/11 at noon.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599195, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 27, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "48 To Nicall\n\nH. Kong\n\nb\n\n(!! Hong Kong Saw: 1157 & mife lentical.\n\nS.J.W.\n\nAm Hall,\n\nGooch\n\n27\n\n15.11.51\n\n15 NOV 1951 (49)\n\nIS. II. 5)\n\nCAS w/c (46) a (0)\n\nI shall be in Hong Kong from\n\nHongkong from 11thE\n\n26th January 1952\n\nH\n\nyou there in\n\nwish me to take any interest to\n\nthis project?\n\nyes please. As soon as we\n\nGaut\n\n46\n\nhear from the C. As\n\n1.\n\nahe then Mitchell to agerering hated an interested or not I shall\n\nlak you\n\nknar.\n\nVali\n\n19/11\n\nP.6\n\n5:\n\nCAS\n\n20/0\n\nGayet\n\nE.C. 254\n\n54 | 25\n\nach (50) 21.11. 51\n\nAwait further report,\n\n22/18 al\n\n10. f2.51\n\n52 CAS\n\nMs Hatt\n\nas\n\nJ/J.\n\nAnderm\n\n12/12\n\nUllall\n\n12/14 tam", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599196, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 28, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "CA\n\n14.12.51.\n\n28\n\nSU CA\n\nDr Herklots.\n\nM' Hall is away until Monday, and I take it that you will be leaving the Office copy for him to see before you.\n\nPlease see (54), which is the further report promised by the C.As about Mitchells.\n\nI would be grateful for your views on what points we should stress in the covering letter.\n\nWith reference to your min. 16/11, I feel that it would be very valuable if you could find out:\n\n(a) whether the confusion caused by Mr Brunt has in fact been tidied up, i.e. whether all depts concerned were now in the picture;\n\n(b) whether there is anyone available in the Colony to verify and expand the miscellaneous data available (see X of (54));\n\n(c) whether the pilot scheme already working in H.K. is sufficient to base a bigger scheme on, or whether it will have to be expanded;\n\n(d) whether a suitably qualified scientific adviser had been obtained, or is available (see Y of (54)). In view of 2 of (54) it would seem desirable to have someone check the consultant-contractors.\n\nNo doubt you will have other points in mind, which need to be raised.\n\nI think we might send (54) by priority saving, and put in it the points you wish to raise.\n\nJ.J. Anderson.\n\n27/12", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599197, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 29, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Ma Andersons\n\nYes.\n\nI have taken copies of 54 of your memorandum of 27/12\n\nDr Herklots\n\nGayt\n\n52\n\nand\n\n29\n\nI\n\nMr Hall.\n\nThen as in d.h., which I have cleared with Mr Hawtrey of the C.As.\n\nP.S. Perhaps Dr Herklots will wish to discuss, as I say, J.J. Awtrey if he thinks it necessary had discussed the matter with Dr Key.\n\nMuch regret that my time is insufficient.\n\nGoyo 2/1\n\nHollall\n\n55 Hong Kong SAVL 25 bont Pro/dup(54) 5.1.52\n\n56. S.J.W.\n\nJoochi CA.\n\n55) 5.1.54\n\nTO DE BEN\n\n125/126101", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599198, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 30, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "COLONIAL\n\n54403/15\n\nSecretariat ref: 23/641/50\n\nPRIORITY\n\nSAVING\n\nFrom the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nTo the Officer Administering the Government of\n\nHONG KONG.\n\nDate 5th January, 1952.\n\nNo. 25\n\nSaving.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL\n\n*\n\nMy Saving No. 1157 Confidential of the 15th November, 1951.\n\nFertilizer Factory.\n\nI attach a copy of a letter received from the Crown Agents concerning Mitchell Engineering Ltd. You will see that the firm is described as \"a suitable organization for collaboration in the manufacture of the actual plant required\" and forms part of the Mitchell Engineering Group, which is described as \"a substantial organization”.\n\n2. I feel that it would be of value if this letter and the fertilizer project in general were discussed with Dr. Herklots, the Secretary for Colonial Agricultural Research, who, as you know, is visiting Hong Kong from the 11th - 26th January. Particular points which seem to require further consideration are\n\n(a) Whether there is anyone available in Hong Kong to collate, verify or expand the miscellaneous data available.\n\n(b) Whether the pilot scheme already working in Hong Kong is sufficient to base a bigger scheme on, or whether it will have to be expanded.\n\n(c) Whether a suitably qualified scientific adviser could be obtained, or is available, since it would seem desirable to have some check on the consultant contractors.\n\n3. I would be obliged if you would thereafter inform me whether you wish Mitchell's to be employed to advise as in (a) and (b) of paragraph 3 of your saving No. 1208 Confidential of the 31st October, 1951, subject to the proviso in paragraph 5 of the same saving.\n\nSECER.\n\n30\n\n55\n\nPage 30\n\nPage 31", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599199, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 31, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "TELEGRAM SAVINGRAM\n\nThe word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.\n\nFile No. 54403\n\nSee file 23/641/50\n\n3155\n\nTo:- Gari H.K\n\nSent. C.O\n\nMr. My. Andersm 1/1\n\nDr. Huklots 2/1\n\nHall. 2/1 tonen.\n\nMr. Sir Permt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nS. of S.\n\nRepeated to :-\n\nPriority: Nil. Reply urgently required. Important. Immediate. Most Immediate.\n\nAgreed with Mr Hawbray, C.As.(49) My Saving Jup of (54)\n\nDistribution :- L. D. no t\n\nJAN To be transmitted:- In Clear Code Cypher hours.\n\nJAZ 1952 .194. No. 25\n\nRestricted.\n\n1157 Cauf. of the 15th Nov, 1951.\n\nFertilizer Factory.\n\nI attach a copy of a letter received from the Crown Agents concerning Mitchell Engineering\n\nYou will see that the firm is described as \"suitable organisation for collaboration in the manufacture of the actual plant required\" and forms part of the Mitchell Group, which is described as \"a substantial organization\".\n\nI feel that it would be of value if this letter and the fertilizer project in general were discussed with Dr Herklots, the Secretary to Colonial Agricultural Research, who, as you know, is visiting H.K. from the 11th-26th Jan.\n\nParticular points which seem to require further consideration are:\n\n(a) Whether there is anyone available in H.K. to collate, verify & expand the miscellaneous data available.\n\nCopy to Mr Groch (As ref (54) (without enclosure))", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599200, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 32, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "(b) Whether the pilot scheme already working in H.K. is sufficient to base on a bigger scheme or whether it will have to be expanded.\n\n(c) Whether a suitably qualified scientific adviser could be obtained, as it is available, since it would seem desirable to have some check on consultant-contractors.\n\n3. I would be obliged if you would inform me whether you wish Mitchells to be employed to advise as in (a) and (b) of para 3 of your saving 1951, subject to the proviso in para 5 of the same Saving.\n\n1208 Conf. of the 31st Oct., (46)\n\n32", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599201, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 33, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES\n\nALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES. THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE AND THE DATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED.\n\nEC/254/25.\n\nINLAND: \"CROWN SOWEST LONDON.\" TELEGRAMS OVERSEAS: \"CROWN LONDON.\" TELEPHONE: ABBEY 7730.\n\nCROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES\n\n4, MILLBANK, LONDON, S.W.I.\n\n22nd December, 1951.\n\nConfidential.\n\nDear Hall,\n\nI am writing with reference to your correspondence No. 54403/15 and your letters of the 14th November and 14th December about Night Soil cum Town Refuse composting at Hong Kong.\n\nBoth Foxlee and I have given consideration to this matter, which is perhaps not quite so straightforward as may appear. We have been in communication with the London County Council, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and with Messrs. Mitchell, and we have had discussions with officials from the Ministry and with Messrs. Mitchell.\n\nAs regards the Mitchell Engineering Group, our information is that this is primarily a Sales Organization handling the affairs of a number of subsidiaries. Of these subsidiaries Mitchell Engineering Limited would, as we understand the position, be the constituents of the Group which would be principally concerned with a Scheme such as that now proposed. They are in essence plant manufacturers on a large scale, but there is also, it appears, the Mitchell Construction Limited which deals with engineering construction.\n\nOur enquiries lead us to the opinion that the Group is a substantial Organization.\n\nAs regards their connection with composting, we were informed by the Representative of Mitchell Engineering Limited that they had been interested in this subject for some 15 years. They have built two plants in the United Kingdom, but these are comparatively small affairs each dealing with some 50 tons per week. They are, we were informed, at present also interested in several possible future installations, the largest of which was said to be in Bombay, the suggestion being that it should be capable of dealing with up to some 400 tons per day.\n\nThe firm have not built plants for dealing with crude night soil as a composting factor, which material introduces different conditions to those prevailing in the United Kingdom where sludge from Sewerage Purification Works is generally used.\n\nThe impression gained from the interview with Mitchell Engineering Limited was that the Mitchell Group can be considered as a suitable Organization for collaboration in the manufacture of the actual plant required.\n\nH. P. Hall, Esq.,\n\nHong Kong & Pacific Department,\n\nColonial Office,\n\nChurch House,\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\nLONDON, S.W.1.\n\nSG/DC.\n\n/The", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599202, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 34, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "EC/254/25.\n\n- 2 -\n\n34\n\n22nd December, 1951.\n\nThe impression we have arrived at as the result of our enquiries is that although there is much discussion and dissemination of literature concerning sewerage-cum-refuse composting, the body of scientific knowledge does not in the United Kingdom at least appear to have yet been thoroughly synthesized and collated. It would thus probably be impracticable to find anyone in the United Kingdom who could be regarded as a complete authority on all aspects of the matter.\n\nIt was the opinion of those with whom we discussed the matter and this endorses the general lines followed so far in connection with the Hong Kong installation - that each plant must be designed specially to suit the particular local conditions and that these conditions must be thoroughly studied before design is undertaken. If the most satisfactory results are to be consistently obtained seasonal changes, e.g. rainfall, may be an important factor.\n\nIt appears that composting on the large scale envisaged for Hong Kong has yet to be put into practice, and, this being so, whether it would be advisable to set into operation a plant of this size before a pilot plant had been designed and erected and the results observed is open to considerable doubt.\n\nThere may be analytical data available in Hong Kong as regards the town refuse and from the small scale composting operations now apparently in operation at Tsun Wan as regards the composted product, and, if so, this will doubtless be of assistance to those who take over the formulation of the Scheme and shorten the time required before a full scale plant could be confidently designed. Mr. Brunt's Report shows that a considerable amount of miscellaneous data has been collected but checking, verification and expansion seem indicated as a natural corollary.\n\nThe whole matter can be roughly divided into four components: Scientific, Civil Engineering, manufacture of plant, and marketing of product. Whether the first two have as yet been sufficiently examined is possibly open to doubt, and if this doubt is valid an attempt at this stage to formulate a full scale constructional scheme on which a realistic estimate could be based may lead to disappointment later.\n\nIt can be assumed that the Mitchell Group will be mainly interested in the manufacturing side, although they informed us that a present member of their staff had been working on the general question of composting for a number of years.\n\nThe Scientific and Engineering aspects are of at least equal importance, and in respect of the latter of these it appears from Mr. Brunt's Report that the cost of the actual mechanical plant would only be one factor in the cost of the whole installation.\n\nIt seems that considerable Civil Engineering work, in which the Public Works Department will be interested, may be required, and I am not sure to what extent that Department has been concerned with events up to the present.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599203, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 35, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "EC/254/25.\n\n- 3 -\n\n35\n\n22nd December, 1951.\n\nThe site at Tsun Wan which has been suggested is spoken of as being reclaimed land and this normally implies special foundations, while new night soil barge leading stations seem to be required at Hong Kong and barge receiving stations at the Tsun Wan end, and other factors of the cost outside the actual mechanical plant but which form a part of the complete scheme may prove to be considerable. A measure of technical uncertainty still exists and whether the investigational work and subsequent design are handled by a Consulting Engineer or by a Group such as Mitchell Engineering, a visit to the site will be necessary.\n\nMention has been made above of the apparent lack of collation of the accumulated scientific data on the subject and, in view of this, it may also be found necessary before a considered opinion could be given, to spend some time in examining the results of the exploratory and experimental work that has already been done at a number of different places.\n\nThe Representative of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government mentioned that it seemed not unlikely that some collaboration with a suitably qualified scientific Advisor might be found desirable.\n\nIt is doubtful if a recommendation for the installation of a full scale plant of the size envisaged could confidently be made before a pilot scheme had been put into operation and found to be satisfactory.\n\nIt is doubtless already appreciated that if the Mitchell Group is commissioned to undertake the work they will ultimately be operating in the dual capacity of Consultant and Contractor.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nFrancy Boom\n\nP.S.-\n\nBefore Dr. Herklots goes to Hong Kong he may think it worth while to see Dr. Key, the Senior Chemical Inspector of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, with whom Foxlee and I discussed the matter.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599204, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 36, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "EC 251/25\n\n36\n\nthe Church House,\n\n5.4.1.\n\n14 December, 1951.\n\nsolant,\n\nMet\n\n24\n\nThis is just to say that Berklots is going to be in Hong Kong from the 11th to 26th January and will be available. As I am leaving London\n\nthe flat have information about Berklots before that date, we should be very grateful.\n\n8. J. S. Goach, Esq.\n\n(H. P. Pall)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599205, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 37, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "1532 Wt18027/5526 100m 7/50 F A Gp58\n\nC. O.\n\nMr.\n\nin Anderson 12/12 Mr. Hall 112/1uf/s\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nDRAFT\n\nS.J. W. Gooch, Esq., CAS\n\n54403/15/51\n\nPermt U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\nSecretary of State\n\nYour Reference FC254/25\n\nC. L!\n\n13 DEC\n\nThank you for your letter of the 10th Dec., about the H.K. Sewerage Composting scheme. This is just to say that Herklots is going to be in London from the 11th-26th Jan. and will be sharing interest in the scheme. He is leaving H.K. on the 8th Jan.\n\nWe shall be very grateful if you let us have any information about Mitchells before that date.\n\nFURTHER ACTION\n\n(H.P. Hall.)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599206, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 38, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "ALL COMMUNICATIONS \n\nTO BE ADDRESSED TO THE \n\nCROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES. \n\nTHE FOLLOWING REFERENCE AND THE \n\nDATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED. \n\nC.254/25 \n\nINLAND: \"CROWN, SOWEST, LONDON.\" \n\nTELEGRAMS: \n\nOVERSEAS : **CROWN, LONDON.** \n\n.. \n\nTELEPHONE: ABBEY 7730. \n\nCONFIDENTIAL \n\nCROWN \n\nAGENTS \n\nFOR THE \n\nCOLONIES \n\n5 \n\n38 \n\n4, MILLBANK, \n\nLONDON, S.W.I. \n\n10th December, 1951. \n\nDear Hall \n\nI am writing again about your 54403/15/51 of 14th November in connection with the Hong Kong Sewerage Composting, to tell you that we have enquiries out about this, to which we still await replies. I am sorry this is taking so long, and I will let you have a considered answer as soon as I can. \n\nYours sincerely, \n\nDanley Kroon \n\nH.P. Hall, Esq. \n\nHong Kong & Pacific Department, \n\nColonial Office, \n\nChurch House, \n\nGreat Smith Street, \n\nS.W.1.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599207, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 39, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "E.C. 254/25\n\nCommunications to be addressed to the Crown Agents for the Colonies, 4, Millbank, London, S.W.1, and the above reference quoted\n\nCROWN\n\nAGENTS\n\nFOR\n\nTHE\n\nCOLONIES\n\n4, MILLBANK,\n\nLONDON, S.W.1.\n\nTELEGRAMS OVERSEAS: “CROWN LONDON.\"\n\nTELEPHONE: ABBEY 7730.\n\n21st November, 1951.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL\n\nI have received your 54403/15/51 of 14th November about the Hong Kong Sewerage composting. I find that we here know very little about the capabilities of the Mitchell Engineering Company, Ltd., presuming they are the people whose address is at 1, Bedford Square.\n\nWe are looking into the matter and I will let you have a reply as soon as I can.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nFrank Kroom\n\nH.P. Hall, Esq.,\n\nHong Kong and Pacific Department,\n\nColonial Office,\n\nChurch House,\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\nS.W.1.\n\n◊ 101\n\nW. & Co.,\n\nLtd.\n\nEn.15", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599208, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 40, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "54403/15/51\n\nCONFIDENTIAL\n\n40\n\nThe Church House,\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\nS.W.1.\n\n15 November, 1951,\n\nI think that Hawtrey has kept you generally informed of our efforts to obtain estimates of the cost of setting up a fertilizer factory in Hong Kong to dispose of night soil, which so far have not been very successful. Hong Kong have now let us know what they want done next to put the project on a satisfactory footing, and I enclose copies of Hong Kong Saving No. 1208 Confidential, of the 31st October, 1951, and of our reply to it.\n\nI think that these savings speak for themselves, so I will merely add that we would be very much obliged if you would re-open negotiations with Mitchell Engineering Ltd., and see if anything can be saved from the wreckage. If you find that Mitchell's does not seem to be the firm for the job, then we must ask you to find someone else to undertake it, but, for the reasons given in the savings, we hope that it will be possible to get Mitchell's to play. Could you kindly let us know how you get on with them, so that we may keep the Governor informed of developments?\n\nS.J. Gooch, Esq.\n\n(H. F. Hall)\n\nPage 40\n\nPage 41", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599209, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 41, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "[456B] Wt. 32483 800 100m. 11/48 C.N.I.d. 743\n\n54403/15/51\n\nC. D.\n\n13 NOV\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr....\n\nMr..\n\nMr.\n\nAnderson 9/11 Hall, 10/4 As\n\nFermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\nSecretary of State\n\nYour Reference.........\n\n3 DRAFT.S S.J.W. Gooch, Esq.,\n\nC.As.\n\ndup of (46) & enclosure\n\nCopy of Saving at B.\n\nC 41\n\nCONFIDENTIAL\n\nI think that Hawtrey has kept you generally informed of our efforts to obtain estimates of the cost of setting up in H.K. to dispose of night soil, which so far have not been very successful.\n\nHoweey's advice to have got rid of Mr Brant who was setting himself up as an expert adviser in H.K. have now let us know what ... good at all.\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\nFURTHER Savingram at Alt B to issue before this letter.\n\nDr Harklets to see developments since his min. 23/8.\n\non the subject a doing\n\nWA\\\\ they want done next to put the project footing and I enclose satisfactory footing (46) for your inter copies of H.K. Saving No 1208 Confidential, of the 31st Oct., 1957, and of our reply to it.\n\nI think that these savings speak for themselves, so I will merely add that we will be very much obliged if you could reopen negotiations with Mitchell Engineering Ltd and see if anything ...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599210, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 42, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "the \n\nbe saved from the wreckage. If you \n\nfind that Mitchell's \n\nMitchell's does not \n\nseem \n\nto be \n\nthe firm for the job, then we must ask \n\nyou \n\nto find someone else to undertake it, but, \n\nfor the reasons given \n\nin the \n\nsavingrams, \n\nwe \n\nhope that it will be possible to get Mitchell's \n\n42 \n\nto play. \n\nCJ \n\nyou kindly let us know \n\nhow \n\nyou get \n\non with them \n\nSo \n\nthat we \n\n1 \n\nmay \n\nkeep the Gov... informed of developments? \n\n(H.P. Hall.)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599211, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 43, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Saving 54403/15/51\n\nFrom the Secretary of State for Colonies.\n\nTo the Officer Administering the Government of\n\nDate\n\nNo. 15\n\n15th November, 1951.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL\n\nHONG KONG\n\n43\n\nYour saving No.1208 Confidential of the 31st October.\n\nFertilizer Factory.\n\nI share your regret that the arrangements made so far have proved unsatisfactory.\n\n2.\n\nThe Crown Agents are being asked to resume negotiations with Mitchell Engineering Ltd, but they are being given discretion to sound the firm very carefully and to report back if they think that it is in any way unsuitable. If Mitchell Engineering Ltd. do not seem fully suitable, I shall ask the Crown Agents on your behalf to find some other engineers capable of advising you in this matter and of taking the project to the stage indicated in your paragraph 4. It is fully appreciated, however, that this latter course would probably involve another visit to Hong Kong by an expert and it would be much better to proceed, if possible, with Mitchell Engineering Ltd.\n\n3.\n\nI will keep you informed of developments.\n\nSECRETARY.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599212, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 44, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "3\n\nALLEGRAM/\n\n*\n\nDraft S\n\nSAVINGRAM\n\n• The word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.\n\nFile No. 54403/15/51 Sect.23/641/50\n\nSent. 42. Mr. Anderson 7/4 Mr. Hall 10/13 Mr... Mr... Sir Permt. U.S. of S. Parly. U.S. of S. S. of S.\n\nRepeated to :- Priority Nil. - Reply urgently required. Important. Immediate. Most Immediate.\n\nTo be transmitted:- No. In Clear Code Cypher hours.\n\n194. 15 NOV 1951 1157\n\n-Restricted.- Confidential. Secret. Top Secret and Personal.\n\nno 1208 Confidential of the 31st Oct. (46) Your Saving\n\nFertilizer Factory. the arrangements made I share So far have proved unsatisfactory fa your requet regret that de initial amanganate teen wasked on 'M' Beant.\n\nintrod M2 Brunt LAD Ts were not do that pa Your Gack had corresponded with Milzbett Eagineering Het opportunity Mi forcat set to sever bis who did not disclean this fact with the fram set aut and you say, the bis personal interests.\n\n2. The Crown Agents being asked to arked to resume\n\nDistribution :— 1 extra M/C. As cupy under cover of off C.\n\nFurther action :- Wt. 28261/5326 30m 18.49 Wa. & Co. 51/3 are negotiations with Mitchell Engineering Ltd, but they are being given discretion to sound the firm very carefully and to report back if they think that Hamina is in example any way unsuitable.\n\nFor most confortunate it M Brant contrived to rejoin the firm and it is conceivable that his anties may have queered Seem a pitch with\n\nIf Mitchell Engineering Ltd do not fully suitable, I shall ask the C. As, an\n\nlym", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599213, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 45, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "On your behalf, to find some other engineers capable of taking the project to the stage indicated in your para 4.\n\nIt is appreciated, however, that this and ... probably involve another visit to H.K. if it be much better to proceed, if possible, with Mitchell Engineering Ltd.\n\nI will keep you informed of developments.\n\n7\n\n \nIt is \"Hally appreciated\" should be \"It is highly appreciated\", \"she latte Louise\" is unclear and seems to be OCR error, \"advising you in\" seems incomplete.\n\n is removed as per rule 12 and 16, the corrected text is kept. The original text \"Hally appreciated\" is corrected to \"highly appreciated\" and \"she latte Louise\" is marked as \"...\" due to unclear meaning.\n\nHere is the rewritten response:\nOn your behalf, to find some other engineers capable of \n\ntaking the project \n\nadvising you \n\nin \n\nto the stage indicated in \n\nyour para 4. \n\nIt is \n\nhighly appreciated, however, that this ... \n\nand probably involve another visit to H.K. \n\nif it be much better to \n\nexpert \n\nproceed, if possible, with Mitchell Engineering \n\nLtd. \n\n3. \n\nI will keep you informed of developments. \n\n7", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599214, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 46, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "54403/15/51 Your Ref. 23/641/50\n\nCONFIDENTIAL\n\n4\n\nColonial Office,\n\nThe Church House,\n\n46\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\nWestminster,\n\nS.W.1.\n\n15 November, 1951.\n\nDear Nicoll\n\nThank you for your letter of the 31st October about the projected fertiliser factory. We too, are sorry that so much time and trouble has been wasted by Brunt's antics and we certainly share your hope that it will be possible to get on with the project.\n\nWe are asking the Crown Agents to take action on your Saving No. 1208 of the 31st October, since this business of negotiating with engineering firms is more up their street than ours, and we are giving them discretion to sound Mitchell's very carefully and to report back to us if they think that the firm is not the best for the job. We are sending an official answer to your saving, and will of course keep you informed of developments. I hope very much that this time we will have satisfactory progress to report.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(H.P. Hall)\n\nJ. F. Nicoll, Esq., C.M.G.,\n\nColonial Secretariat,\n\nLower Albert Road,\n\nHong Kong.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599215, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 47, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "54403/15/51\n\nC.D.\n\n13 NOV\n\n0.\n\nMr. Anderson 7/11\n\nMr. M\n\nMr. Hall. 10/11 f/5\n\n3 DRAFTS 5.0. letter.\n\nFermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\nSecretary of State\n\nYour Reference..23/641/50\n\nCONFIDENTIAL\n\nJ. F. Nicoll, Esq., C.M.G.,\n\nAddress at (47)\n\n(47)\n\n(46)\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\n(5)\n\nThank you for your very handsome letter of the 31st October about the projected fertiliser factory. So much time has been wasted by Brunt's antics, and we certainly share your hope that it will be possible to get on with the project.\n\nWe are asking the C. As to take action since this business of negotiating with engineering firms is more up their street than ours.\n\nThe only point we were slightly worried about is that it is just conceivable that Brunt might get himself taken in by Mitchells (who seem to tower over our group again - they gave us six months' notice before visiting HK) and it would be most unfortunate if they were to turn up on your doorstep again.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599216, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 48, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "We do not think this is very likely, but the intent is to give the CA discretion to sound Mitchell's views very carefully.\n\n... to report back to the firm is not the best if they think that Hitbelts is not the firm to do the job.\n\n... any progress. We are sending ... waiting for an official answer to your saving and will of course keep you informed of any developments.\n\nI hope very much that by the time we start work we will have satisfactory progress to report.\n\n(H. P. Hall)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599217, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 49, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "(C. S. 36)\n\nFF. 23/641/50.\n\n46\n\nCOLONIAL SECRETARIAT,\n\nLOWER ALBERT ROAD,\n\nHONG KONG.\n\n(46)\n\n(1)\n\nCONFIDENTIAL\n\nAy den Hall\n\n31st October, 1951.\n\nWill you please refer to our Confidential Savingram No.1208 of the 31st October 1951 about the projected fertiliser factory here. I am very sorry that you have been given so much trouble over this scheme and I hope that the whole position is now clear. I fear that we are responsible very largely for the confusion especially as paragraph 5 of our despatch No.136 of the 12th December 1950 was ambiguous. I have seen your letter 54403/15/51 of the 2nd August to Bowring and his reply of the 11th August. Bowring is not correct when he says that his Department had not been consulted on the project; before Bowring's arrival the papers were sent to the Acting Director and the memorandum on the subject which went to Executive Council was cleared with him. It is also unfortunate that Littlejohn, who attended the meeting in my office, did not say at the time that he had doubts about Brunt.\n\nI hope that it will be possible to go on with the project because our small pilot scheme, which is turning out about 100 tons of compost a month, cannot meet except to a small degree the demands of the farmers who undoubtedly will take compost if we can provide it at the right price which must be no more than the old price at which they could obtain nightsoil. It does mean more work for them in that compost needs digging in but I understand that they now, as a result of our pilot scheme, fully appreciate that compost builds up the soil more effectively.\n\nYum\n\n(J. F. Nicoll)\n\nH. P. Hall, Esq., M.B.E.,\n\nColonial Office,\n\nThe Church House,\n\nGreat Smith Street, LONDON, S.W.1.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599218, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 50, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Colonial Off: Secretariat A:\n\nRef: 54403/15/51.\n\n23/641/50.\n\nSAVINGRAM\n\nTo the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nFrom the Governor, Hong Kong.\n\nDate 31st October 1951\n\nNo. 1208.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL\n\nYour confidential savingram No.991 of 2nd October.\n\nFertilizer Factory.\n\nI must express my regret at the unfortunate course events have taken in the negotiations regarding this composting factory and the resultant difficulties in which you were placed.\n\n2. When I made my request in the last paragraph of my despatch 136 of 12th December 1950 that Mitchell Engineering Limited be approached for the services of Mr. L. P. Brunt, I had intended that he should come here as a representative of Mitchell's and not as an independent advisor. Previous correspondence had taken place between my Director of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Mitchell Engineering Limited in order to get information necessary to decide on an official approach. Unfortunately the fact that Brunt was being engaged independently was not appreciated from your telegram 205 of 9th February, 1951, with the result that it was only when Brunt was on the point of leaving Hong Kong that this Government really became aware that he had not at his disposal the requisite staff in London to prepare the estimates and plans required. I fear that Brunt took advantage of our approach in order to further his personal interests.\n\n3. I however wish to proceed with this scheme if it is at all possible, and in the circumstances it seems, subject to your advice, that the only practicable course is to resume negotiations with Mitchell Engineering Limited, referring to the previous correspondence on their files with Hong Kong and asking whether on the basis of Brunt's preliminary report they can advise (a) whether a workable scheme for a composting factory in this Colony can be produced and (b) what the cost is likely to be.\n\n4. It should be explained to them that estimates of costs are required only to the extent necessary for this Government to be able to submit a Colonial Development and Welfare application for financial assistance.\n\n5. Before deciding whether or not to ask Mitchell's formally to advise as in (a) and (b) above, I would need to know what their fee would be for this. I do not wish until I have an estimate of the cost to be committed to carrying out a composting scheme, for which reason I do not think this is a case in which the normal fees of the Association of Consulting Engineers should be charged. If a Colonial Development and Welfare grant is ultimately made, Mitchell's would presumably be asked to prepare full plans and be engaged as this Government's consulting engineers at the usual fees.\n\n6. I enclose herewith a memorandum from the Director of Public Works enclosing additional information which Mitchell's will need in connection with (a) and (b).\n\n- 6 NOV 1951\n\nCONFIDENTIAL\n\nPage 50\n\nPage 51", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599219, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 51, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Saving\n\nFrom the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Officer Administering the Government of\n\n2 OCT 1951\n\nDate\n\nSeptember, 1951\n\nNo..... 441\n\n54403/15/51\n\n51\n\nSaving\n\nCONFIDENTIAL\n\nMy Despatch No.266 LF of the 26th September, 1951.\n\nFertilizer Factory.\n\nYou will have seen from the enclosure to my despatch that Brunt has been informed that you have no further need of his services and that he has been asked to produce any work that he may have done during the month during which he continued to be paid by your Government. I now enclose for your information a copy of his reply, in which he refuses to produce this.\n\n2. This reply has been discussed with the Crown Agents and it is agreed that paragraph 2 is not worth pursuing and that it is apparent from paragraph 3 that any work that Brunt has done is not likely to be of much use. Unless I hear from you to the contrary, therefore, I do not propose to insist to him that he should fulfil his obligations to you, so far as he is able, by producing his notes and his letter has not been answered.\n\n3. I am informed that composting methods are not yet in wide use, and systems are still being developed but that there are several reputable firms in this country dealing with sewage disposal whose advice could be obtained and presumably they would recommend", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599220, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 52, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Saving\n\nFrom the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nTo the Officer Administering the Government of\n\nDate\n\nNo. ...\n\nSaving\n\n52\n\nrecommend a pilot project should this seem necessary. In view of the urgent need for some firm composting installation in the Colony, do you wish me to ask the Crown Agents to make enquiries from Consulting Engineers on your behalf? I would in any case be glad to learn what you propose to do next with regard to this project.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599221, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 53, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "TELEGRAM/\n\nTo:-\n\nDraft\n\nThe word Priority may be entered if necessary.\n\nGov H\n\nSE\n\nSAYINGRAM\n\nFile No. 54403/15/51.\n\nSent. 53\n\nC.O\n\nMr. Anderson 28/4\n\nMr. Hall 28/9 at once\n\nMr.\n\nSir Permt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nS. of S.\n\nIft., as amended, agreed with M'Hawtrey.\n\n(24) to hos)\n\nRepeated to:-\n\nPriority :- Nil.\n\nReply urgently required.\n\nImportant.\n\nImmediate.\n\nMost Immediate.\n\nTo be transmitted :-\n\nIn Clear\n\nCode\n\nCypher hours.\n\n2 OCT 1951\n\nNo. 991 .194.\n\n--Restricted\n\nConfidential. Secret. Top Secret and Personal.\n\n(42) My Despatch No 266 LF of the 26th Sept., 1951.\n\n(40) to Fertilizer Factory.\n\nYou will see/have seen from the enclosure to my despatch that Brunt has been informed that there is no further need of his services and that he has been asked to produce any work that he has done during the month during which he continued to be paid by your bureau.\n\n(43) I enclose for your information a copy of his reply, in which he refuses to produce what work he has done. This reply has been discussed with the Crown Agents and it is apparent from para 3 that para 2 is not worth pursuing and it is agreed that para 2 is not likely to be of much use.\n\nDistribution :- Copy to M. Hawtrey, C.As.\n\nFurther action :- Unless I hear from you to the contrary, therefore, I do not propose to insist to him that he should fulfil his obligations so far as he is able, by producing notes and his letter has not been answered.\n\nWt. 28261/5326 30m 10.49 Wa. & Co. 51/3", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599222, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 54, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "I am informed by the Crown Agents that still the exploratory stage probably has not yet reached a stage where composting schemes and methods are perfected and systems are still being developed.\n\nMeanwhile, I have been advised that there are several reputable firms in this country dealing with sewage disposal whose advice could be obtained and who would no doubt recommend a pilot project should this seem necessary.\n\nIn view of the urgent need for some composting installation in wide use, I have made enquiries from Consulting Engineers regarding the same. Do you wish me to ask the Crown Agents to proceed with the above lines on your behalf?\n\nI would be glad to learn what you propose to do next with regards to this project.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599223, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 55, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "L. P. BRUNT,\n\nB.Sc. (Eng.),\n\nA.M. I. C. E.\n\nCHARTERED CIVIL ENGINEER\n\n36, PARK ROAD,\n\nCHISWICK,\n\nLONDON, W.4.\n\n26th September, 1951.\n\n(Ref: 54403/51/ence/22)\n\nH.P. Hall, Esq.,\n\nThe Colonial Office,\n\nThe Church House,\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\nS. W. 1.\n\nYour reference: 54403/15/51.\n\nDear Mr. Hall,\n\n1.\n\n2.\n\nI thank you for your letter of September 25th. I have read with amazement of the incomprehensible rejection by the Hong Kong Government of all the terms suggested so far by me for the development of the composting project. I am still willing to consider appropriate terms for this work and I am surprised at the brusque termination of negotiations, without any explanation and without any regard for the instructions given to me by the Government, in the letter from the Deputy Colonial Secretary dated June 19th, to undertake the preparation of \"detailed estimates and plans for a compost factory\".\n\n3.\n\nProceeding in accordance with the original instructions I analysed the basic information for the project, I held preliminary discussions with manufacturers of special equipment required and I compiled notes appropriate for the preparation of drawings and detailed estimates by technical assistants under my own direction and control. I have been under no obligation to prepare any design memorandum for use by some other engineer and I would point out that the figures in any such memorandum would have been rendered void by the big alteration which appears to have been made in the basic information as a result of the check on the quantities of materials to be treated.\n\n4.\n\nWhatever may be the arrangements for its design and construction, I sincerely hope that the composting installation which the Colony badly needs will be provided before long.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nLaurence P. Brunt.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599224, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 56, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "54403/15/51\n\n56\n\n40\n\n25th September, 1951\n\nDear Mr. Brunt,\n\nPlease refer to your letter to me of the 13th August about the Hong Kong Housing Project. I am sorry to have to inform you that your proposals are not acceptable to the Government of Hong Kong and that they do not propose to avail themselves further of your services,\n\nThis leaves you free to take up the alternative employment about which you told me. However, I have to ask you to let me have, for transmission to the Hong Kong Government, any planning memoranda, or other documents, which you prepared while you were still being paid by that Government - i.e. during the month after your return to this country.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(L. P. Fall)\n\nL. P. Brunt, Esq., B.Sc.(Eng)., A.M.I.C.E.,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599225, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 57, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "54403/15/51\n\n0.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr...\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nAnderson 24/9. Hopkinsm 2009 Hall w/s +1s.\n\nFermt. U.S. of S.\n\nYour Reference.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\nSecretary of State\n\nDRAFT.\n\nL.P. Brunt Esq., B. Sc (Eng),\n\n36, Park Road,\n\nChiswick,\n\nW.4.\n\n57\n\n4.5\n\nDear Mr Brunt,\n\nA.M. L. C.E.,\n\nPlease refer to your letter to me of the 13th Aug. about the H.K. Composting Project.\n\nYour proposals are not acceptable to the Govt. of H.K. and they do not propose to avail themselves further of your services.\n\nThis leaves you free to take up the alternative employment about which you held discussions with me.\n\nHowever, I have to ask you to let me have any planning memoranda, or other documents, which you prepared while you were still being paid by that Govt. - i.e. during the month after your return to this country.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(P. Hall)\n\nCopy to Mr Hawkey, C.A.'s Copy L/F to HK. ref(39). (by airmail.)\n\nFURTHER ACTION.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599226, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 58, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "INWARD TELEGRAM\n\nTO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES\n\nCode\n\n39\n\n58\n\nCOPY FOR REGISTRATION\n\nFROM HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)\n\nD. 23rd September, 1951. R. 23rd\n\n#\n\n09.45 hrs.\n\nPRIORITY\n\nNo. 1032.\n\n(38)\n\n(25)\n\nConfidential.\n\nYour telegram No. 1111.\n\nFertiliser Factory.\n\nIt is evident it will be useless to continue negotiations with Brunt. I therefore wish to terminate his services. I do not know exactly what payment arrangements you made with him as a result of paragraph 2 of my telegram No. 790, but if it is possible to terminate his services forthwith, I suggest this be done. In this Government's letter to him of 19th June, we undertook to pay him for one month and to communicate with Colonial Office in regard to any future arrangements which may be necessary for completion of this scheme\".\n\nCopies sent to:-\n\nCrown Agents\n\nMr. I.H.P. Hawtrey\n\nCrown Agents for the Colonies.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599227, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 59, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "OUTWARD TELEGRAM\n\nFROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES\n\n54403/15\n\nCode\n\nPRIORITY\n\nTO HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)\n\nSent 18th September, 1951. 20.30 hrs.\n\n59\n\nNo. 1111.\n\nConfidential.\n\nMy telegram No. 1088.\n\nFertilizer Factory.\n\nBrunt again called and showed some anxiety to know whether decision had been reached on his letter of 13th August, as he had been offered other employment. He was told decision could only come from you, but that impression here was that his proposals were more elaborate than is required as yet.\n\n2.\n\nThis did not appear to surprise him, but he said that having produced planning memoranda (which he has shown no one) he felt he could not produce even approximate estimates without some detailed drawings, as there was no precedent for plant on this scale. He also said he had been handicapped by non-arrival of results of check on quantities of refuse and night soil mentioned on pp. 5 and 12 of his report.\n\n3.\n\nWhile maintaining that method proposed in his letter was best calculated to achieve results he suggested two other methods:-\n\n(i)\n\n(ii)\n\nthat his remuneration should be percentage of estimated cost - he suggested 1.1%\n\nthat he should be retained as consultant with authority to approach contracting firms to undertake design work. This would be cheaper at this stage, but would lose ultimate benefit of competitive tendering.\n\n4. Crown Agents have been consulted and it is agreed that new proposals do not seem to add anything constructive. Moreover, proposal (ii) comes near to infringing professional etiquette in suggestion that his retention now should be conditional on his being employed at a later stage. Proposals also confirm suggestion that he cannot get nearer your requirements without assistance that may be expensive.\n\n5. Brunt was told that his proposals would be put before you. Please inform me your decision within 7 days if possible.\n\nCopies sent to:\n\nMr. I.H.P. Hawtrey\n\nCrown Agents\n\nCrown Agents for the Colonies.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599228, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 60, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Mr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nSir\n\nAndersen 18/9\n\nHall. 18/9 atmer\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nS. of S.\n\nTELEGRAM\n\n·SAKINGRAM\n\n• The word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.\n\nTo:-\n\nGarr H.K.\n\nRepeated to :--\n\nPRIORITY\n\nFile No.\n\n54403/15/51\n\nSent.\n\nGded.\n\n2030 hours.\n\n60\n\n18/7/320 Mid\n\nPriority :-\n\nTo be transmitted :-\n\nNo.\n\nNil.\n\nReply urgently required.\n\nDft produced in collaboration with M' Hawtrey. C.As. Gorana Hong Kong + Ma\n\nRECEIVED\n\n* 19 SEP 19\n\nDistribution :---\n\n(30)\n\nIn Tel. C.D.\n\nAstr (37)\n\n(Enc. 2 to (30))\n\nFurther action :-\n\nImportant.\n\nImmediate.\n\nMost Immediate.\n\n(37) My tel. No. 1088\n\nFertilizer factory,\n\nIn Clear\n\n\"Code Code Cypher Restricted. Confidential. Secret. Top Secret and Personal.\n\nBrunt aquin called and expressed some anxiety as he had been offered other employment. He wanted to know whether a decision had been reached on his letter of 13th Aug.,\n\nHe was told decision was only awaited but that impression here was that his proposals were required to be more elaborate than is usual.\n\nThis did not appear to surprise him, but he said that having produced planning memoranda (which he has shown us) he felt he could not produce even approximate estimates without some detailed drawings, as there was no precedent for a plant on this scale.\n\nHe also said he had been handicapped by non-arrival of results of check quantities of refuse and nightsoil mentioned on pp 50-12 of his report.\n\n3. While maintaining that method proposed in his letter was best calculated to achieve results,\n\nPage 60\n\nPage 61\n\nWt. 28261/5326 30m 10.49 Wa, & Co. 51/3", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599229, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 61, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "suggested that other methods:.. \n\nlis that his remuneration should be percentage of estimated cost - he suggested 1.1/4 %. (ii) that he should be retained as consultant with \n\nauthority to approach contracting firms to undertake design work. \n\nThis will be cheaper \n\nat this stage, but will lose ultimate benefit of competitive tendering. \n\nCrown Agents have been consulted & it is agreed that new proposals do not seem to add anything constructive. Moreover, proposal (ii) comes near infringing professional etiquette in suggestion that \n\nhis being \n\nI his retention now should be conditional \n\n5. \n\non \n\nto \n\nemployed at a later stage. Proposals also confirm suggestion that he cannot get \n\nwithout assistance that \n\nmay \n\nnearer your requirements \n\nbe \n\nexpensive. \n\nHis \n\nwithholding results of work done during the term of seems also unprofessional. \n\nhis satory & Brunt \n\nwere \n\ntold that # his proposals will be \n\nput before you, but I still think your interests \n\nwill be best served by dispensing with his services \n\nPl. inform if possible. \n\nme \n\nyour \n\ndecision within 7 days. \n\nSECER", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599230, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 62, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "OUTWARD TELEGRAM\n\nFROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES\n\n54403/15\n\nCode\n\nTO HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)\n\nSent 15th September, 1951. 08.45 hrs.\n\nPRIORITY\n\nNo. 1088.\n\nConfidential.\n\nYour telegram No. 989.\n\nFertilizer Factory.\n\nPlease see my priority savingram No. 869 Confidential. Do you wish me to terminate Brunt's services forthwith?\n\nCopies sent to:-\n\nCrown Agents\n\nMr. I.H.P. Hawtrey\n\nCrown Agents for the Colonies.\n\nPage 62\n\n \n \n\n \n\nPage 62", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599231, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 63, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "C.O.\n\nMr. Igo Anderson 13/9.\n\nMr. Palmer Tato\n\nMr. Sir Permt. U.S. of S. Parly. U.S. of S. S. of S.\n\nDraft\n\nTELEGRAM/PRIVYGRAM\n\nTo: \n\nRepeated to: (36)\n\nC.As. (M' Fairley) concur.\n\nGovernor Hong Kong\n\n#pok Sidel the 15°\n\nDistribution: As for (36);\n\nFurther action: Go\" \"H.K.\n\nPriority: Mil. Reply urgently required. Important. PRIORITY Immediate Most Immediate.\n\nFor transmission: Your tel no 989 Fertiliser Factory. Pl. see you wish forthwith? my me\n\nIn Clear Code Cypher- File No. 63 37\n\nSent. Code 0845 hours. 15/9/1951 No. 1088,\n\nRestricted.\n\nConfidential. Secret. Top Secret and Personal.\n\nPrivity saving no 869 Confidential. to terminate Brunt's services\n\nSECER.\n\nWt. 20277/474 50m 7.49 Wa. & Co. 51/3\n\nWt. 28261/5326 30m 10.49 Wa. & Co. 51/3", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599232, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 64, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "INWARD TELEGRAM\n\nTO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES\n\n64\n\nCode\n\nPRIORITY\n\nCOPY FOR REGISTRATION\n\nFROM HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)\n\nD. 12th September, 1951.\n\n11\n\nR.\n\n12th\n\n09.45 hrs.\n\nNo.989\n\n(25)\n\n(28)\n\nConfidential.\n\nMy telegram No. 790.\n\nFertiliser Factory.\n\nReference (a) and (b) of paragraph 7 in Hall's letter to Bowring, if no acceptable terms are yet offered by Brunt suggest his services be terminated earliest after obtaining from him whatever estimates and plans he has prepared.\n\nCopies sent to:-\n\nCrown Agents\n\nCrown Agents for the Colonies.\n\nDEFENCE & GENERAL 12 SEP 1951 REGISTRY\n\nMr. I.H.P. Hawtrey", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599233, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 65, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "5:403/15\n\nZAVIXA\n\nFrom the Secretary of State for the Colonies,\n\nTo the Officer administering the Government of HONG KONG,\n\nDAYS\n\nSeptember, 1981.\n\n6 869. SAVING.\n\nYour Ref: Sect. file 23/80.\n\n65\n\nYour priority saving No. 972 of the 23rd August, 1951.\n\nFertiliser factory.\n\nHistory of negotiations with Brunt since receipt of your telegram No. 790 is summarised in personal and confidential letter from Mr. Hall to F.P.4. Fo. 54403/15/51 of the 2nd August. This letter was written because it was anticipated that the P.P.D. could be concerned with Brunt's proposals, which seemed of some magnitude.\n\n2.\n\nPosition now is as follows:-\n\n(a) since returning to United Kingdom Brunt has apparently done nothing to implement instructions in your telegram No. 790. Indeed he has stated that he is unable to do so without assistance.\n\n(b) Instead, he has spent his time allying himself with the firm of Brion Colquhoun and Partners, whom he considers can best supply him with the help he needs.\n\n(c) He has now informed my advisers of the terms on which he is prepared to produce plans and estimates for the project. I enclose a copy of this letter and of a letter from Brian Colquhoun and Partners to Brunt showing the conditions on which they are prepared to allow Brunt to associate himself with them. You will see that Brunt proposes much detailed work, for which he expects a fee between 3,000 and 5,000 guineas.\n\n3. Crown agents have been consulted and have also examined Brunt's preliminary report, which he recently made available here. This report appears very sketchy and full of lacunae, but, assuming that Brunt's scheme is practicable and is designed to use well-tried principles which will not need much preliminary experimentation, it would seem that the complicated and detailed planning that Brunt proposes to do is unnecessary at this stage. Indeed, it would seem that if Brunt in fact knows his job, he should be in a position to \"elaborate the scheme so far as is absolutely necessary for consideration as a Colonial Development and Welfare project\" without much further work. At the same time it is obvious that he is not willing to do so on the terms stated in Mr. Barnett's letter to him No. 33/641/50 of the 19th June, 1951.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599234, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 66, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "410 I consider that it would be of undoubted value to proceed with a scheme for a fertiliser factory for the cogent reason given in the memorandum accompanying your despatch No. 136 of the 12th December, 1950. But I am not persuaded that the present investigation is the best approach to determine the probable cost of the scheme. I should be obliged if you would inform me as soon as possible:\n\n(a) whether you wish to continue to employ Brimton on fresh terms, which would seem to involve association with Besara, Brian McMahon and Partners; or\n\n(b) whether, in anticipation that Brimton will refuse to provide the required information on his present salary, you consider that it would be better to sever connection with him and start again with some other agency.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599235, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 67, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "C.O.\n\nTo:-\n\n67\n\nFile No.\n\n54403/15/51\n\n*\n\nDraft\n\nPRIORITY * SAVINGRAM\n\n• The word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.\n\nDa Gov.\n\nHONG KONG.\n\nYour ref: Sect,file\n\n23/642/50\n\nSent. >\n\nMr. Anderson 30/8\n\nMr..\n\nRepeated to:-\n\nPalmer\n\n4/4\n\nMr.Sidebotham\n\nMr...\n\nSir Permt. U.S. of S.\n\nhours.\n\nPriority :-\n\nNil.\n\nAB\n\n05\n\nR. 5-SEP\n\n5 beft wurg.\n\nReply urgently required.\n\nImportant.\n\n194...\n\n6 SEP 1951\n\nTo be transmitted:-\n\n869\n\nNo.\n\nIn Clear\n\nCøde Cypher\n\nRestricted. Confidential.\n\nSecret. Top Secret and Personal.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nImmediate.\n\nS. of S.\n\nMost Immediate.\n\nAgreed with\n\n(34)\n\nMr. Hawtrey,\n\nCrown Agents.\n\n1951.\n\nYour priority saving No. 972 of the 23rd August,\n\n(25)\n\n(28)\n\nCopy of (30) and encl.\n\nat end of file\n\nDistribution\n\nCopy to Mr. Haytrey,\n\nCrown Agents with comps\n\nFurther action :-\n\n(25)\n\nC\n\nFertiliser factory.\n\nHistory of negotiations with Brunt since receipt of\n\nyour telegram No. 790 is summarized in personal and\n\nconfidential letter from Mr. Hall to D.P.W. No.54403/15/51\n\nof the 2nd August. This letter was written because it\n\nwas assumed that the P.W.D. would be concerned with\n\nBrunt's proposals, which seemed of some magnitude.\n\nPosition now is as follows:\n\n(a) Since returning to U.K. Brunt has apparently\n\ndone nothing to implement instructions in your\n\ntelegram No. 790. Indeed he has stated that\n\nhe is unable to do so without assistance.\n\n(b) Instead, he has spent his time allying himself\n\nwith the firm of Brian Colquhoun and Partners,\n\nwhom, he considers, can best supply him with\n\nthe help he needs.\n\n(c) He has now informed my advisers of the terms\n\non which he is prepared to produce plans and\n\nestimates for the project. I enclose a copy\n\nof this letter and of a letter from\n\nBrian Colquhoun and Partners to Brunt showing\n\nW.t. 23588/882 50m 9.49 Wa. & Co. 51/s\n\n/the", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599236, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 68, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "68\n\nthe conditions on which they are prepared to allow\n\nBrunt to associate himself with them. You will see\n\nthat Brunt proposes much detailed work, for which he\n\nexpects a fee between 3,000 and 5,000 guineas.\n\n3. Crow Agents have been consulted and have also\n\nexamined Brunt's preliminary report, which he recently\n\nmade available here. This report seems very sketchy\n\nand full of lacunae, but, assuming that Brunt's scheme\n\nis practicable and is designed to use well tried\n\nprinciples which will not need much preliminary experimentation,\n\nit would seem that the complicated and detailed planning\n\nthat Brunt proposes to do is unnecessary at this stage.\n\nIndeed, it would seem that if Brunt in fact knows his job,\n\nhe should be in a position to \"elaborate the scheme so far\n\nas is absolutely necessary for consideration as a C.D. and W.\n\nproject\" without much further work. At the same time\n\nit is obvious that he is not willing to do so on the\n\nterms stated in Mr. Barnett's letter to him No.23/641/50\n\nof the 19th June, 1951.\n\n4.\n\nI consider that it would be of undoubted value to\n\nproceed with a scheme for a fertilizer factory for the\n\ncogent reasons given in the memorandum accompanying your\n\ndespatch No.136 of the 12th December, 1950. But I am\n\nnot persuaded that the present investigation is the best\n\napproach to determine the probable cost of the scheme.\n\nI should be obliged if you would inform me as soon as\n\npossible:-\n\n(a) whether you wish to continue to employ Brunt\n\non fresh terms, which would seem to involve\n\nassociation with Messrs. Brian Colquhoun and\n\nPartners; or\n\n(30) and enclosure.\n\n(behind (22))\n\n(behind (1))\n\n/(b)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599237, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 69, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "69 \n\n(b) whether, in anticipation that Brunt \n\nwill refuse to provide the required \n\ninformation on his present salary, \n\nyou consider that it would be better \n\nto sever connection with him and \n\nstart again with some other agency. \n\nSECRET.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599238, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 70, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Sect. file 23/641/50\n\nSAVINGRAM\n\nTo the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nFrom the Governor, Hong Kong.\n\nDate 23 August, 1951\n\n972\n\nNo. 25\n\nPRIORITY\n\nFurther to my telegram 790 of 22nd July.\n\nFertiliser Factory.\n\nGrateful for brief report either from yourself or Brunt on the work the latter has done since returning to the United Kingdom.\n\nAC: ASW\n\n70\n\nPage 70\n\nPage 71", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599239, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 71, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "72861/29\n\nC.O.\n\nMr. Andursm. 22/8,\n\nMr..\n\nMr....\n\nSir\n\nINLAND TELEGRAM/*\n\nTo\n\nRepeated Ne\n\natance.\n\nDraft\n\n•SAVINGRAM\n\n* The word Priority may be entered here, If necessary.\n\nHERKLOTS\n\nc/o MCNAB\n\nPriority:-\n\nNil.\n\nKINNELL HOUSE\n\nKILLIN\n\nReply urgently required.\n\nImportant.\n\nImmediate.\n\nMost Immediate.\n\n(Perthshire)\n\nFor transmission :--\n\nIn Clear\n\nCode Cypher\n\nFile No.\n\n54403/13/51.71\n\nSent. Vi Gro\n\n1200 hours.\n\nNo...\n\n194\n\nRestricted. Confidential.\n\nSecrét.\n\nTop Secret and Personal.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nS. of S.\n\nDistribution:-\n\nNil.\n\nFurther action:-\n\nRecira to 452 for registration\n\nWt. 20277/474 50m 7.49 Wa. & Co. 51/3 Wt. 28261/5326 30m 10.49 Wa. & Co. 51/3\n\nOF\n\nBRUNT'S PAPERS\n\nGRATEFUL FOR EARLY RETURN\n\nPAPERS (54403/15/51)\n\nANDERSON.\n\n•", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599240, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 72, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "72\n\nMr. Hall\n\nDr. Herklots has taken file 54403/15/51 away with him. He will make his comments and return the papers to Mr. Anderson as soon as possible. In the meantime, he suggests that you may like to despatch the attached letter.\n\nQ. Norlon\n\n14th August, 1951.\n\n4492,\n\nA despatch letter & register a file later when it is available will be done.\n\nDone. 15/8\n\n15/8", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599241, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 73, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Colonial Office,\n\n32\n\nSanctuary Buildings,\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\nLondon, S.W.1.\n\n15th August, 1951.\n\n73\n\n54403/15/51.\n\nDear Mr. Brunt,\n\nThank you for your letter of the 13th August about the Hong Kong Composting Project. You will appreciate that we shall have to refer your proposals to the Government of Hong Kong and that this will take a little time. This note is merely to say that this is being done and that I will write again more fully as soon as I am in a position to do so.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(Sgd.) H. P. HALL\n\nL.P. BRUNT, ESQ., B.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I.C.E.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599242, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 74, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "(26893) Wt. 16762-5508 100m 8/50 G.S.St.\n\nC. O.\n\n54403/15/51\n\nMr....\n\nDr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr..\n\nMr.\n\nAndrim 14/8\n\nHusklots\n\nHall\n\n14\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\nSecretary of State\n\nYour Reference..\n\n15:8:51.\n\n32\n\n74\n\nDRAFT\n\nL.P. Brunt Esq. B.Sc.(Eng) A.M.I.C.E.,\n\nB.Sc.(Eng) A.M.I.C.E., Dear Mr Brunt,\n\nAdlers at 30.\n\n(30)\n\n36 Park Road\n\nChiswick\n\nW4\n\nThank you for your letter of the 13th August.\n\nYou will know about the H.K. Composting Project.\n\nI appreciate that we shall have to refer your proposals to the Govt of H.K. & that this will take a little time.\n\nI merely want to say that this is being done and that I will write again more fully as soon as I am in a position to do so.\n\nYours sincerely,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599243, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 75, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "H452\n\nthe file is said to Hallet this\n\nWe\n\n1\n\nPublic Works Department, Lower Albert Road,\n\nHongkong.\n\n75-31\n\n11th August, 1951.\n\nDear Hall,\n\nI refer to your personal and confidential letter 54403/15/51 on the subject of the appointment of Mr. L. P. Brunt.\n\nMy department has not been consulted on the project for establishing a fertilizer factory in the New Territories, and was brought into the picture only in connection with the reclamation of land for this purpose and the construction of berthing facilities at Tsun Wan.\n\nThe departments concerned are the Urban Council and Agriculture. The former wish to get rid of the city refuse and nightsoil, and the latter to obtain a cheap fertilizer to assist the farmers.\n\nIt is a pity that I did not meet Brunt when he visited Hongkong but Littlejohn, my Assistant Director (Engineering), who attended a meeting in the Colonial Secretary's office at which Brunt was present, was not favourably impressed, and formed the opinion that he did not know his job.\n\nThe preliminary report referred to in para.3 of your letter is in general terms only, and gives no indication of the plant required or the cost of the scheme.\n\nEnclosed is a copy of a minute which I have addressed to the Colonial Secretary, together with a copy of the letter from Brunt to Strangeways.\n\nKind regards.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nHaldon C. Bauh.\n\nH. P. Hall, Esq., M.B.E.,\n\nColonial Office,\n\nThe Church House,\n\nGreat Smith Street, London. S.W.1.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599244, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 76, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "76\n\nHon. C.S.\n\nI asked to see these papers because of a personal letter I have received from Mr. H. P. Hall. to (22) -enc.\n\n2. Para.1 of the D.C.S.'s letter to Mr. Brunt at (92) is surely not quite correct. We do not want Mr. Brunt to draw up detailed estimates and plans, but to submit a report giving a description of the scheme and the full estimated cost, i.e. a description of the method he recommends should be employed and the estimated cost of construction including the purchase of plant and equipment.\n\n3. (21) The Savingram to the S/S. No.774 at (95) is somewhat misleading. I do not think that it is intended that payments to Mr. Brunt should be made through whatever firm of Consulting Engineers he next attaches himself to, or that he should be paid Association of Consulting Engineers' fees.\n\n4. It would appear that Mr. Brunt has been treated as a salaried employee of the Hongkong Govt, but he has good grounds for thinking that he is to be re-employed as a Consulting Engineer at percentage rates.\n\n5. The impression that both the S/S and the C.A.'s have gained is that Mr. Brunt intends to seize this opportunity to get himself taken into a firm of Consulting Engineers, and I think that there is no doubt that this is so.\n\n6. --enc 2. herewith After reading Mr. Brunt's letter of the 24th July to D.A.F.F. at (101) I am of the opinion that he will not be prepared to elaborate the scheme on the terms stated in para.2 of the telegram to the S/S No.82 at (98).\n\n790 (25)\n\n(signed) T. L. Bowring 11.8.51.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599245, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 77, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Extract of letter from L. P. Brunt.\n\nLondon, 24.7.51.\n\ntwo were too busy and\n\n\"In the first week or so after my return I visited six firms of consulting engineers with whom I would consider associating for the preparation of the designs for Hong Kong. All were interested in my proposition; under-staffed to undertake additional work; it remained for me to make my choice from the others and my negotiations with a particular firm were soon carried to the point at which we were ready for a meeting with the Colonial Office to settle the arrangements for completion of the composting scheme, in accordance with the letter from the Hongkong Secretariat giving me responsibility for the scheme. When I approached the Colonial Office I was informed that the conduct of negotiations with consulting engineers was the business of the Crown Agents for the Colonies. I communicated at once with the Crown Agents and went to see the Chief Civil Engineer at their office on July 4th. He said that the Crown Agents could not take any action until they had received official instructions from Hongkong. Although the Colonial Office lent relevant files to the Crown Agents and I have supplied them with a copy of my letter of authority in order to give them every assistance in resolving the situation, at the time of writing I still have not heard that the Crown Agents are ready for a meeting with me and the consulting engineers whose co-operation I hope to have. I make enquiries every few days and I understand that \"savingram\" (I believe these are a slow form of telegrams) have been sent to Hongkong to explain the situation. At the last time of enquiry, on Friday, July 20th, I was informed that no reply had been received from Hongkong. I hope that progress will have been made by the time that you receive this letter but it would be well for you to verify with Austin", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599246, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 78, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "- 2 -\n\n78\n\nCoates that the necessary actions have been taken by the Secretariat to authorise the Crown Agents to arrange terms for the work to be done on the design of the composting installation.\n\nI cannot establish full relationships with the consulting firm until the Crown Agents have given their blessing and, as I am coming to the end of the work which I can do at this stage on my own, progress with the scheme will soon stop for lack of arrangements to put draughtsmen to work on it.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599247, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 79, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "7930\n\nL. P. BRUNT,\n\nB.Sc. (Eng.),\n\nA.M. I. C. E.\n\nCHARTERED CIVIL ENGINEER\n\n36, PARK ROAD,\n\n13th August, 1951.\n\nCHISWICK,\n\nLONDON, W.4.\n\nH. P. Hall, Esq.,\n\nThe Colonial Office,\n\nThe Church House, Great Smith Street, Westminster, S.W.1.\n\nDear Mr. Hall,\n\nre to HK\n\nW/35\n\nComposting Project for Hong Kong.\n\nI have pleasure in sending herewith a copy of a letter from the well-known firm of consulting engineers, Messrs. Brian Colquhoun and Partners, which records their willingness to collaborate with me in the development of proposals and estimates for a composting scheme to meet the requirements of the Government of Hong Kong.\n\nI have discussed with Messrs. Brian Colquhoun and Partners the probable amount of work which will be required to prepare designs to an extent adequate for the production of reliable estimates of the costs of installation and operation, and we are of the opinion that development of the project to the stage which we should consider satisfactory for presentation to the Colonial Development Corporation will occupy several months. The proposals, drawings, and estimates will cover the new urban depots for nightsoil and the installation at Tsun Wan comprising: digestion plant for the nightsoil, gasholder, and generating plant; refuse handling and sorting equipment; masticators for the organic garbage and nightsoil, plant to mix these materials and to conduct the fermentation of the resultant compost; all the interconnecting conveying equipment; the structures and buildings; and plant for handling the mature compost. For this development work, we shall require a fee between 3,000 and 5,000 guineas.\n\nIf such an expenditure is beyond what is contemplated for this stage of the project, the extent to which the proposals are developed could be made commensurate with whatever lesser fee may be allocated for the purpose, but such estimates as we could prepare would necessarily have a less firm basis and, of course, the amount of work remaining to be done in order to complete the scheme after its approval would be correspondingly greater.\n\nI shall be pleased to receive at an early date instructions which will enable progress to be made with this project, and if I can help to expedite a decision by supplying other information or by a visit to your office, I shall be glad to have the opportunity.\n\nI believe that you have not received from Hong Kong any copy of my First Report, and I therefore have pleasure in sending one herewith for your information and retention. I am sending a copy also to Mr. Hawtrey.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nL. P. Brunt", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599248, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 80, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "BRIAN COLQUHOUN AND PARTNERS,\n\nCONSULTING ENGINEERS.\n\nBRIAN H. COLQUHOUN,\n\nB.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.STRUCT.E., M.CONS.E.,\n\nM.Soc.C.E.(FRANCE)\n\nFRANK D. THOMAS, B.ENG., A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I.MECH.E.\n\nIAN M. E. AITKEN,\n\nB.Sc., A.M.I.C.E., M.I.MECH.E.,\n\nM.I.E.E., M.I.W.E.\n\nCHARTERED CIVIL ENGINEERS.\n\nLaurence P. Brunt,\n\n36 Park Road,\n\nChiswick, 4.\n\nDear Mr. Brunt,\n\n18. Upper Grosvenor Street,\n\nLondon, W.1.\n\nTELEPHONE: MAYFAIR 9636.\n\nTELEGRAMS: BRICOLPAR, AUDLEY, LONDON. CABLEGRAMS: BRICOLPAR, LONDON. CODE: BENTLEY'S SECOND PHRASE.\n\n9th August, 1951.\n\nComposting Project for Hong Kong.\n\n2/351\n\nWe have pleasure in confirming our discussions with you in connection with the development of scheme proposals and estimates for the above project. These proposals would be developed from the recommendations contained in your First Report to the Government of Hong Kong, dated 21st May, 1951, as supplemented by the design memoranda which you are at present preparing for our information and guidance.\n\nWe have expressed our willingness to collaborate with you on this development work, and to undertake the preparation of all necessary drawings, descriptive documents and estimates in sufficient detail to enable approval to be obtained by the appropriate Government Departments and Local Authorities, prior to the project being submitted for consideration by the Colonial Development Corporation in respect of the requisite financial assistance.\n\nWe would carry out our work in the fullest collaboration with you, recognising that we are dependent on your advice and direction regarding the operational layout and design of the specialist treatment and handling equipment which will form the basis of the proposed scheme. Your proposals would be developed by us in respect of the requirements of structural accommodation and foundations, and the provision of the associated engineering services such as power supply, water supply and drainage.\n\nWe understand that you are confident that the preliminary development of scheme proposals, on the lines set out above, will not require any site visit on our part, since you have obtained all necessary information, for such purposes, during your recent 2-months visit to Hong Kong at the instance of the Government of Hong Kong.\n\nWe have pleasure in authorising you to discuss with the Colonial Office, and other relevant Authorities, our proposed collaboration on the basis of the terms which we have mutually agreed.\n\nYours faithfully,\n\nFor and on behalf of BRIAN COLQUHOUN & PARTNERS,\n\nC/BHC/FDT\n\nFLL JHM/KOM\n\nIan M. E. Aitken\n\nPage 80\n\nPage 81", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599249, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 81, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "21st May, 1951.\n\nCOMPOSTING PROJECT\n\nFOR\n\nGOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG\n\nFIRST REPORT.\n\nEuc. 2.\n\nHK. clättla.\n\n√3+) \n\n81\n\nL.P. Brunt, B.Sc. (Eng.), A. M.I.C.E.,\n\nConsulting Engineer,\n\n36 Park Road,\n\nChiswick,\n\nLondon, W.4.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599250, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 82, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "82\n\nA.\n\nB.\n\n# COMPOSTING PROJECT\n\n## FIRST REPORT.\n\n### Reconnaissance of Local Conditions.\n\n1.\n\n2.\n\n## Nightsoil Services. I have seen in action the ordinary nocturnal service for collection of nightsoil and the new daytime 2-pail system of collection. I have inspected examples of the barges in which nightsoil containers are transported to disposal points and I have witnessed loading of one of the new steel barges with pails. I have visited the nightsoil maturing depot at Castle Peak.\n\n## Refuse Services. I have seen street cleansing and refuse collection in process. I have visited several dustboat stations in Kowloon and Hong Kong and have been present when street orderly trucks and collection vehicles were discharging into wooden and steel refuse barges at some of these stations.\n\nOn two occasions I have walked over the refuse dump at Kun Tong and have observed the unloading of refuse barges and the unofficial salvage operations by inhabitants of the adjacent squatters' village.\n\n3. ## Composting Work. I have been twice to Tsun Wan to see the composting work in progress there and to assess the site with regard to its suitability for a new composting installation.\n\n4. ## Agricultural Stations. I have made a tour of five of the agricultural stations in the New Territories. I have seen some of the compost produced at Tsun Wan in use and have been shown the procedure by which compost is produced from the agricultural wastes on these stations.\n\n5. ## Contacts with Departments.\n\nA joint meeting with Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Hon. Chairman of the Urban Council, Deputy Director of Health Services and officials from these Departments has been held and I have had other opportunities for discussing the composting project with the staff of those Departments and also of the Public Works and Marine Departments. I am pleased to acknowledge gratefully the helpfulness which I have met in all my contacts with officials.\n\n6. ## Other Sources of information. I have had access to relevant files of the Department of Agriculture and of the Sanitary Department of the Urban Council. I have been provided with site plans, maps, and other drawings sufficient for my requirements at this stage. I have a copy of the 1949-50 Annual Report of the Urban Council and Sanitary Department.\n\n## Summary of Information Collected.\n\n1. Estimates of the present resident population of the urban area indicate about 1,750,000 inhabitants including squatters. Refuse from the whole of this population is brought in by the collection services. There are no firm figures for the population which contributes to the nightsoil collection.\n\nThe number of nightsoil pails in use and emptied daily is estimated by the Sanitary Department to be 50,000.\n\n3. The quantity of nightsoil collected daily and delivered to nightsoil barges for disposal is estimated by the Sanitary Department to be 180 tons. As a result of an inspection made by an official of the Agricultural Department, it is suggested by that Department that the weight of nightsoil collected is probably about 30% less, i.e., about 130 tons per day.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599251, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 83, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "83\n\n•2-\n\n4. Excreta Collection Systems.\n\n5.\n\n6.\n\nI understand that the Sanitary and Medical Departments are satisfied that the 2-pail system of nightsoil collection is an improvement in all respects on the previous system and should be extended in due course to serve all floors not provided with water closets. A gradual extension of the water carriage system for sewage is, however, to be expected. Although water supplies will have to be augmented, I understand that the existing sewers will mostly be adequate and the Drainage Office of the Public Works Department has in preparation a scheme for provision of intercepting sewers which will enable the number of outfalls to be reduced and their positions and methods of discharge to be rationalised. Treatment of the sewage is not regarded as necessary but the possibility of providing comminutors, screens or settling tanks at some of the outfalls may be considered with the object of preventing visible pollution in the Harbour.\n\nThe present cost of disposal of nightsoil by barge conveyance and dumping is about $540,000 per annum or $8.47 per ton.\n\nThe quantity of refuse collected daily from streets, markets, dwellings, etc. and discharged into the refuse barges for conveyance to the Kun Tong dump is estimated by the Sanitary Department to be about 800 tons. I am assured that such daily or seasonal variations as occur in the quantity of refuse are small.\n\nI understand that this figure is based upon the known cubic capacity of the barges and an assumed average density (60 cu.ft. = 1 ton or 1 cu.ft. = 37.3 lbs) for the refuse.\n\nAnother estimate of the density of the refuse which is given in a minute dated 11.1.49 by the Superintendent of Sanitary Services on file S.D.405/48, is 1 cu. yd. = 1,196 lbs or 1 cu.ft. = 44.3 lbs.\n\n7. The present cost of disposal of refuse by barge conveyance to Kun Tong and distribution on the dump there is approximately $970,000 per annum or $4.17 per ton.\n\n8.\n\nThe approximate average composition of the refuse is given in a memorandum dated 22nd April, 1950, by the Secretary of the Urban Council, enclosed at 68 on file A.G.7/6/49. I have shown the corresponding quantities on the assumption that the total weight is 800 tons per day.\n\n \n By Weight\n Quantity if Total Weight is 800 tons.\n Tons/day.\n \n \n Fine dust (less than 1\")\n 35\n 280\n \n \n Small cinder (1\" to 1\")\n 14\n 112\n \n \n Large cinder (over 1\")\n 5\n 40\n \n \n Vegetable & putrescible matter\n 5\n 40\n \n \n Paper & millboard\n 4\n 32\n \n \n Metals\n 2\n 16\n \n \n Rags (both wool and cotton)\n 2\n 16\n \n \n Glass\n 12\n 96\n \n \n Bones\n 1\n 8\n \n \n Combustible debris\n 12\n 100\n \n \n Incombustible debris\n 12\n 96\n \n \n \n \n 800\n \n\n9. Salvage. The materials which are likely to have a local market value, if salvaged from the refuse, and the prices which they may fetch are discussed in memoranda enclosed at 69 (ref. S.D.482/49 of 28.11.50) and 73 on file A.G.7/6/50:", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599252, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 84, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "-3-\n\n84\n\nMaterial | Fr. McCarthy | S.H.T. Sen.\n\n---|---|---\n\nRags | $200 per ton | $0.25 per catty (= $420 per ton)\n\nPaper (Clean) | $85 to $150 per ton | $0.08 per catty (= $134 per ton)\n\nBroken Glass | $50 per ton | -\n\nPlastics Bottles | $1.50 per catty. Up to $0.15 each | $50.00 per 100 catties (= $840 per ton)\n\nTins | About $0.3 each | $0.40 per catty (= $672 per ton)\n\nScrap Iron | | \n\nNo clean, salvageable paper is apparent in the refuse at Kun Tong. I understand that newspapers and bottles are generally the perquisites of houseboys, and removal of other articles undoubtedly occurs en route between the domestic source and the final destination, where further picking is done by squatters.\n\n10. Barge Routine. Every day one or two empty barges are brought alongside each of the six dustboat stations (three in Hong Kong and three in Kowloon) and the full barges from each station are towed to Kun Tong. Also, every day an empty barge is brought to each of the six nightsoil stations (three in Hong Kong and three in Kowloon) and the same barge, after having been filled, is towed next morning to the position near Kau I Chau Island where the containers are emptied and washed with sea water.\n\nThree tugs are employed in maintaining the circulation of these barges. In all, five return journeys to Kun Tong dump and three return journeys to Kau I Chau Island are made every day.\n\nApart from accidents, this routine is interrupted only during the periods when a storm warning is in being. The refuse then accumulates at the dustboat stations. There have in the past been no arrangements for dealing with nightsoil, which was presumably emptied by householders down the slop water sewers whenever the collection and disposal service was suspended. However, during the stormy weather on Sunday, May 13th, a new method, which had been agreed with the Public Works Department, was employed, whereby nightsoil was collected and emptied into a few selected sewer manholes.\n\n11. The new steel barges in use for conveyance of nightsoil and refuse, as shown, respectively, on Marine Department Drawings Nos. 109 A and 111, are prototypes which, I understand, have already proved their worth, and it is intended to renew the barge fleets with similar vessels.\n\nThe Marine Department considers that those barges would not be suitable to be emptied by means of a mechanical grab bucket, which might damage the plates.\n\n12. Maturing of Nightsoil. As the use of raw nightsoil is prohibited, the maturing for 28 days of a proportion of the daily collection has been carried on since the war in storage tanks at Castle Peak. The object has been to achieve destruction of pathogenic organisms, in order to be able to supply a safe product to farmers. Ova and viable forms of other pathogens have been found in the matured nightsoil, which is, however, an improvement hygienically on the raw material and, on account of the need for organic fertilizers, it is supplied to farmers through a contractor.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599253, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 85, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "85\n\n-4-\n\n13. Pumping of nightsoil. An attempt was made at Castle Peak in 1947 to empty nightsoil barges with a 4\" centrifugal pump (described as of sewage type) and deliver it through a long pipeline to the maturing tanks, but satisfactory operation could not be achieved. The suppliers of the equipment decided that the pump was unsuitable for the duty required and the installation was accordingly dismantled.\n\n14. Composting work at Tsun Wan. Since December, 1949, composting of refuse in batches of about 30 to 40 tons, with nightsoil, has been carried on at Tsun Wan reclamation site, where compartments 12 ft. wide by 30 ft. long by 4 ft. high and a tank for temporary storage of nightsoil have been constructed. The refuse is carried by coolies from a barge and rough sorting removes a proportion of the inorganic content of the refuse.\n\nThe compost is made with about 3 parts by weight of garbage to 1 part of nightsoil and a sprinkling of lime is given to each layer of compost. The compost is turned and transferred to a new heap after three weeks and again after another three weeks. Four weeks later, i.e. after a total of ten weeks, the compost is made available to farmers without charge. Watering of the heaps in the first two stages is necessary once or twice a day in dry weather, to maintain proper moisture in the compost. Drainage and aeration are facilitated by a base of strong wire mesh and bamboos over a concrete floor with channels; there are also air vents in the side walls. Temperatures during fermentation reach 160°F. Inoculation of new material with old compost has proved notably beneficial.\n\nAll operations are executed by manual labour and the cost of production is about $30 per ton. 2,000 tons of raw wastes produced about 1,200 tons of compost.\n\nThe agricultural value of the compost is well appreciated by the farmers, but objection is expressed against the coarse nature of the compost and the presence in it of broken glass and crockery.\n\n15. Pre-War composting installation. A form of composting process using a bacterial inoculant preparation and a special type of plant, known as the Earp-Thomas digester, was in operation as a commercial venture in Hong Kong before the war from 1936 until the Japanese invasion. Difficulties with ancillary plant, in particular with pulverisers, were experienced and prevented the installation from achieving continuous, full-capacity operation. It is recorded, however, on file S.D.405/48, that the performance of the digester itself was satisfactory; a temperature of 170°F was reached in it; all fly larvae and eventually all pathogenic organisms were destroyed. The material leaving the digester is described as a dark brown moist material. This was dried, sifted and, after addition of some chemicals to make a balanced fertiliser, the product found favour with local European gardeners, although complaints were made about some of the material supplied.\n\nProposals made by Dr. Earp-Thomas, through Dr. Y. Lin, for a plant to treat 500 tons of garbage and 170 tons of night soil per day, are enclosed at 23 on file A.G.7/6/49. It is stated that the installation would require five digester units @ US$35,000 each and three curing chambers @ US$10,000 each and that the cost of production of the compost fertiliser would be about US$1.15 per ton.\n\n16. Sites for a new installation. It is recorded on the files that several possible sites for a composting installation, namely at:\n\nKun Tong.\n\nGin Drinker's Bay West\n\nTsing I Island\n\nTsun Wan A.P.C. Reclamation", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599254, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 86, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "C.\n\n-5-\n\n86\n\nhave been suggested in the past and duly examined by officials of the Departments affected by the composting project. My impression is that the site at Tsun Wan is now acceptable to all Departments.\n\nAt Tsun Wan there is already a good sea wall. In enclosure 67 of file AG7/6/50, the area of the site is stated to be 50 acres of which an irregular portion having about 14 acres has so far been reclaimed. Access by road and sea is good. Electric power is available nearby. There is a river not far away from which fresh water could be obtained.\n\nIn respect of vulnerability to typhoons this site is said to be fair.\n\nDiscussion of Information.\n\n1. Quantities to be checked.\n\n2.\n\nIn view of the indication by the Agricultural Department that the weight of nightsoil may have been overestimated, it is very desirable that a check should be made of the quantity collected. The measurement could probably be made most readily by observing the draught of each nightsoil barge, before and after loading.\n\nA useful check on the quantity and density of refuse could also be made by the same method if the mean depth to which the refuse was trimmed in the barge were observed at the same time.\n\nThe Marine Department has undertaken to supply displacement diagrams for the new steel barges and also for those of the older types of barge for which this information is available.\n\nFor the purpose of this check, arrangements should be made to record the empty and loaded draughts of each nightsoil and refuse barge, and the depth to which the refuse is trimmed in each refuse barge, on each of three days, not necessarily consecutive but sufficiently calm for the draughts to be observed with reasonable accuracy.\n\nNightsoil. I agree that the 2-pail system for collection of nightsoil is generally more sanitary and efficient than the other system and I am in favour of its adoption throughout the urban area. Not only will the collection operations be made more hygienic thereby, but the use of a bucket of standard shape and size will facilitate the provision of satisfactory handling, emptying and cleansing equipment. Also the daytime operation will make supervision easier and will thus help the detection and eventual elimination of illicit disposal of nightsoil.\n\nThe number of persons contributing to the nightsoil collection is indeterminate, but an estimate may be made by assuming that the squatter population is 300,000 and that of the balance (= 1,450,000) 70% are dependent upon the pail system. On this basis there would be 1,015,000 users of pails, or an average of 20 users per pail. This number of users, in conjunction with the higher of the estimates for the total weight of nightsoil collected, namely 180 tons per day, gives an average yield of only 0.4 lb per head per day.\n\nSuch a weight would represent little more than solid excrement and even if some allowance be made for loss of nightsoil to illicit collection, the foregoing estimates tend to confirm that, with the existing sanitary arrangements and the habits of the people, most of the urine already passes to the sewers and drains and is not received by the nightsoil collection service.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599255, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 87, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "87\n\n-6-\n\nNevertheless, the nightsoil which I have seen in bulk appears to be of a pumpable consistency but I can find no verification of this condition in the form of records of determinations of the water content of the nightsoil, which may vary appreciably from batch to batch. On an assumption of a moisture content of 80% the liquid in 180 tons would be 144 tons.\n\n3. Refuse. The analysis of the refuse, which is reproduced in section B.8 of this report, indicates that at least 550 tons of material suitable for making compost should be recoverable from the refuse every day.\n\n4. For the quickest development of fermentation in compost and for the most rapid and uniform decomposition of the material, experience in other countries has shown that under their conditions the most favourable moisture content is in the neighbourhood of 60% to 65% by weight. There is no information about the moisture content of the urban refuse but if the compostable garbage from it be assumed to have an initial moisture content of 45%, the additional liquid required to raise the degree of moisture to 60% of the total weight would be ton per ton of the compostable material in its initial condition. The 550 tons of garbage would therefore require 206 tons of liquid. The initial moisture content of the garbage may be higher than 45% in the wet season, but, if the same quantity of garbage has its moisture content increased by rain to 54%, it will still absorb another 206 tons of liquid without reaching a moisture level above 65%.\n\nI estimate, therefore, from the information at present available, that the normal minimum requirements of liquid for establishing and maintaining the best conditions for biochemical activity in the compost will be 200 tons per day. It appears from the estimates in section C.2 that this quantity of liquid may not be available in the raw nightsoil. However, it is probable that the balance of the requirement might be supplied by foul water from the washing of nightsoil containers, but alternative sources would be a river running near the Tsun Wan site and rainwater stored in tanks. Liquid draining from the compost would also be retained for re-use.\n\nThe consequences of water carriage sanitation. The probability is that use of the water carriage system of sanitation in the urban area will gradually extend and, correspondingly, the quantity of nightsoil will decrease.\n\nUnder proper conditions of moisture and aeration, organic garbage will ferment by itself and decompose into a humic material, but the agricultural value of the product is naturally less in the absence of nightsoil or sewage sludge from the ingredients, particularly owing to the lack of nitrogenous matter in its composition, the product will have a high Carbon/Nitrogen ratio.\n\nHowever, as the quantity of nightsoil decreases, provided that the moisture requirement for optimum biochemical activity was made up from other sources, the treatment of the garbage by the composting method would be able to continue and the main installation, comprising handling and sorting plant for the refuse, pulverizers and conveyors for the compostable garbage, fermentation compartments, compost transfer equipment and liquid distribution pipework, would continue in operation.\n\nEventual complete supersession of the pail system by water carriage sanitation would mean that such arrangements as had been provided for the emptying and cleansing of nightsoil pails would, together with the pails themselves, no longer be required. The nightsoil barges might be put to use for conveying screen washings or sewage sludge from the...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599256, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 88, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "-7- \n\nnew outfalls to the composting plant. At the composting installation some alterations might be required in the pumping and distribution arrangements in order to deal efficiently with liquids other than nightsoil.\n\n88\n\n5. Barges. The new steel barges were designed for use with the existing loading and unloading arrangements. A different design would be better for use with some of the alternative arrangements to be proposed for the composting project and I suggest that construction of more new barges should be suspended until the project is further advanced and a decision can be made about the design of the barges.\n\n6.\n\nThe Earp Thomas process. I doubt whether the special secret bacterial cultures which are advocated for use as inoculants in the Earp-Thomas process can be of any great advantage when nightsoil or sewage are available for use in composting. However, I am prepared to accept that the digester plant can achieve an appreciable increase in the rate of decomposition, as compared with simpler composting methods, by reason of the fact that the compost is continuously stirred and aerated by rakes on each of the 8 floors of the digester.\n\nThe site at Tsun Wan. On balance the site at Tsun Wan seems to have more in its favour than other sites which I have so far been shown or which have been described to me. It has good accessibility by road and sea. Its distances from the agricultural and urban areas are in reasonable proportion and it has one unique asset, a good existing sea wall,\n\nOn the assumption that the tugs would make 7 return journeys each day to Tsun Wan, in place of the present 5 return journeys to Kun Tong and 2 to Kau I Chau, the increase in the total distance travelled would be in the neighbourhood of 15 miles per day. In conjunction with the methods of loading and unloading barges which are to be proposed in later sections of this report, it might prove practicable to reduce the number of return journeys to be made by the tugs.\n\nAs a preliminary to detailed consideration of the layout of a composting installation at Tsun Wan, the Port Works Office of the Public Works Department has already undertaken a survey of the area reclaimed so far, of the basin formed by the sea wall and of the depths of water available along the frontage of sea wall.\n\nThis survey will also enable determination of the area available at Tsun Wan. The only figure which is recorded is 50 acres, but measurement from the sketch enclosed at 57 on file A.G.7/6/49 indicates an area of about 38 acres. The probable area required depends upon the type of installation and is discussed in a later section of this report.\n\nThe Outlines of a Scheme.\n\n1. The supply of nightsoil to the composting installation. One procedure would be to convey the nightsoil containers by barge to the composting installation, to empty them there and to cleanse them, either at the installation or on the barge during the return journey,\n\nA second method would be to arrange for the pails to be emptied into barges at urban depots and also to be cleansed there. Simple alterations would be required in the design of the new type of barge to adapt it for receiving loose nightsoil", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599257, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 89, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "89\n\n-8-\n\nbut its available capacity would be more fully used and fewer barges would be required for operation of this method in comparison with the first. Also, owing to the fact that the circulation of the containers would take a shorter time in this second procedure, a smaller number of containers would be required; this is an important factor for consideration in relation to the provision of new standard pails for extension of the 2-pail system of collection.\n\nA third method to which I have given some consideration would be to disintegrate nightsoil at a depot on the Kowloon side and pump it through a pipeline to the composting installation. Pumping of sewage sludge over long distances occurs in some big sewage treatment plants, notably the West Middlesex Main Drainage Scheme, in which partially digested sludge is pumped seven miles through a pipe at a low gradient; pumping is suspended overnight and the sludge remains stationary but no trouble has been experienced, in a period of over twelve years, from deposition or blockage. I am aware that nightsoil, diluted with water from the cleansing of pails, would be a more troublesome liquid than digested sludge, and it has to be borne in mind that the volume of nightsoil liquid to be pumped would be such that, in the smallest size of pipe which would be practicable for the purpose, the nightsoil would be more than 24 hours in the pipe before reaching a composting installation as far away as Tsun Wan. I propose, however, to give further consideration to the practicability and cost of this method, which would undoubtedly be the most hygienic. There would be no opportunity for flies to breed during transit of the nightsoil. The method would be independent of weather conditions, so far as Kowloon was concerned, although barges would remain the best method of bringing nightsoil from Hong Kong across the Harbour. There would be a consequent decrease in the opportunity for illicit disposal of nightsoil such as, I understand, occurs during barge journeys. Another potential advantage of this method would be that, when the pail system was dying out, some of the new outfalls on the Kowloon side could be connected with the pumping station by subsidiary pipelines through which screen washings, sludge or sewage could be delivered for pumping to the composting installation.\n\nFor the present, I am basing my proposals upon the second method which is the preferable one of the first two methods.\n\n2. The urban depots for nightsoil. At present each nightsoil barge station consists simply of an open mooring place for the barge, with a gang plank across which the pails are carried for stowage on board. None of the special arrangements required for the emptying and cleansing of pails yet exists. New stations to provide these facilities are needed. These stations could be on the waterfront over barge moorings or could be inland with sumps to collect the nightsoil and wash water and with pumps to deliver the liquid to the barges.\n\nI propose that at these new depots a chain conveyor should be provided to receive the standard pails as they are unloaded from the collection vehicle. A workman would unfasten and remove the lid of each pail for disinfection, but a type of fastener might be devised which could be released mechanically, the lid being taken away by a subsidiary conveyor through a trough of disinfectant. The pails would be automatically turned over to discharge their contents and, still in the inverted position, would pass over the water jets. The first flushings of foul water would be piped to the nightsoil barge or the sump. The pails, still moving on the conveyor, would remain upside down to be sprayed with disinfectant and to drain, before being righted, covered and delivered ready for loading into a collection vehicle.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599258, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 90, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "3.\n\nIt could easily be arranged that the nightsoil should fall through a disintegrator into the barge or sump in order to render it into such a condition that it could be withdrawn from the barge at the composting installation by means of a centrifugal pump. Disintegration of the nightsoil will be necessary at some stage before it is used in the compost, but whether it could be done at the urban depots without nuisance and whether settlement during the barge voyage would tend to produce a deposit too thick to be pumped, are amongst the points which need further study.\n\nThose facilities could be provided in one installation on each side of the Harbour of sufficient capacity to receive all the night soil pails from Hong Kong and Kowloon respectively, but, in spite of the greater mobility to be derived from motor transport of the pails, which will be a feature of the 2-pail system, it may be difficult to find one site in each side of the urban district to which the whole of the nightsoil from that side could conveniently converge. However, it is probable that two depots, such as I have described, in Hong Kong and two in Kowloon, would be sufficient.\n\nThe urban depots for refuse. Before coming to Hong Kong, I had in mind the possibility that sorting of the refuse and pulverisation of the compostable garbage might be done at urban depots, only the pulverised garbage being transported to the composting site, but as a result of my having become acquainted with the local conditions, I am now of the opinion that the crude refuse should not receive any treatment at the urban depots, but should be taken directly to the composting installation. The refuse here contains few boxes and containers such as occupy bulk at the expense of weight in the refuse of towns in Great Britain; there is consequently not so much to be gained from sorting and pulverization as a means of reducing the bulk to be transported. Another consideration is that at Tsun Wan space in which the rejected inorganic and otherwise valueless materials removed from the refuse will be usefully accommodated, will adjoin the installation. Perhaps the most important consideration of all is the desirability that the crude refuse, with its population of flies, etc., should be removed from the town as soon as possible.\n\nAll that is required, therefore, at the urban depots is the transfer of the refuse from the collection vehicles to the barges. This purpose is served by the dustboat stations at present in use.\n\nAs I do not have to suggest any alteration in the present dust-boat stations which is essential in order to relate them to the composting project, it is, strictly, not within my terms of reference to remark further about the existing stations. Perhaps I may, however, be allowed to suggest that one way of remedying a fault of the present exposed discharge points, namely, the dispersal of dust and dirt by wind, would be to provide cover and side protection for such points, and that this might best be done by constructing new refuse transfer stations of different design in conjunction with such new nightsoil depots as are to be situated on the water front.\n\nNow dustboat stations might consist of a roadway for the collection vehicles, running over a line of barge moorings and having a longitudinal opening between the wheel tracks of the vehicles, through which the refuse would fall into the barges.\n\n4. The barges. The methods of loading which I have suggested for nightsoil at waterfront depots and for refuse would require that the barges should be brought underneath a discharge point or row of discharge points. For economy of construction, the level of the\n\nPage 90\n\nPage 91", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599259, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 91, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "91\n\n-10-\n\noverhead structure should be as low as possible in relation to the barges, and it would be unreasonable to have to make the structure of such a depot high enough to provide clearance for the wheelhouse and flagstaff which are a feature of the new steel dumb barges,\n\nIt will also be for consideration whether crew's quarters would be required on the barges, as a quicker turn-round should be achieved with new mechanised loading and unloading arrangements.\n\nIn such circumstances as I have described in the two preceding paragraphs, it might prove feasible to revert with advantage to a hold-loading type of barge.\n\n5. The composting installation. At the composting installation, night-soil would be withdrawn from the barges, either by pneumatic equipment, for nightsoil in the crude condition, or by a suitable pump, for nightsoil previously disintegrated at urban depots, and passed to a temporary storage tank for supply as required to the composting process.\n\nDigestion of the nightsoil before its incorporation in the compost would yield gas for use as fuel in engines to provide a worthwhile proportion of the power required in the installation, but I cannot make a definite recommendation about the provision or non-provision of digestion plant until the discussion of this report has thrown more light upon the question of the rate at which the quantity of nightsoil available is likely to diminish and upon the quantity of sewage material likely to be available from new outfalls as an alternative to nightsoil.\n\nI favour mechanical grabs for unloading the refuse barges and transferring the refuse to a temporary storage hopper. The method is speedy and I believe that, at some sacrifice of pay-load, timber or other suitable lining could be provided in the barges to protect them from damage.\n\nAs an alternative system for the refuse barges, it has been suggested by Mr. Sherriff (Chief Health Inspector (Sanitation)), that they should be divided into a number of cells of appropriate size by containers which could be lifted bodily out and tipped into the hopper at the composting installation. I shall certainly give full consideration to this suggestion as I proceed with the design of the installation.\n\nFrom the hopper the refuse would be fed on to conveyor belts, wide enough for the material to spread out thinly and moving at a sufficiently slow speed to enable salvageable and inorganic articles to be observed, removed by hand and thrown into bins for further attention and disposal. Magnetic equipment would lift out ferrous metal articles. The compostable garbage would fall from the ends of the belts into shredding machines capable of tearing and smashing up the material into fragments.\n\nFrom this point either of two alternative procedures could be adopted. I shall refer to these procedures respectively as the batch method and the continuous flow method.\n\n(i) The batch method is, in principle, identical with the procedure followed in the composting work already being done at Tsuen Wan. For this method, the pulverised garbage would be dosed with nightsoil and a sprinkling of lime, inoculated with some active compost and then passed through a rotary mixer to a system of conveyors or other mechanical handling equipment for distribution of the mixture in the initial composting compartments,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599260, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 92, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "92\n\n6.\n\n-11-\n\nThese compartments would be either (a) shallow, open compartments under cover to hold a bed of material between 5 ft. and 6 ft. deep and provided with perforated floors over a space for drainage and aeration, or (b) deep, enclosed compartments provided at the bottom with a forced supply of air under gentle pressure. The compost would remain in those initial compartments long enough to develop active fermentation and to generate the maximum temperature and sustain it for a day or two as a means of destroying pathogenic organisms.\n\nEquipment would be provided for distributing mature compost in a layer over the surface of fresh compost in open compartments, as a precaution against fly breeding and nuisance.\n\nTransfer of the compost to maturing heaps from the shallow compartments would be effected with mobile mechanical loading equipment and dumpers. The deep compartments would have mechanical discharge gear at the bottom, delivering either directly into dumpers or on to a conveyor belt system.\n\nA second transfer might not be necessary but it would be done with mobile equipment in both types of installation.\n\nPipelines would be installed for supplying liquid to the heaps to maintain their moisture content in dry weather.\n\nA total retention period of 70 days should be ample for producing a virtually mature compost by this method.\n\n(ii) The continuous flow method would use a digester of Earp-Thomas type, or similar, to the top of which pulverised garbage and night soil would be delivered.\n\nI believe that the continuous stirring of the compost, which occurs in this type of digester, would encourage a much more rapid decomposition than is achieved in the batch method, with the result that, allowing for a subsequent maturing stage, a product of similar maturity to that achieved in 60 to 70 days by the batch method, might be obtained in 20 to 25 days.\n\nThe shorter retention period means that a smaller site area would be required.\n\nIt must be borne in mind here that, in the event of a complete lack of both night soil and sewage material, which might be a result of development of the water carriage sanitation system, some advantage might occur in the treatment of garbage by itself from the use, as inoculants, of the special secret bacterial cultures which are made by the Earp-Thomas laboratories and which would, presumably, be supplied only for use in the special digester. This is a matter which I propose to discuss with qualified biochemists and bacteriologists in London who have made a special study of composting.\n\nIt is known to me that an engineering organisation in Great Britain is in negotiation with the proprietors of the Earp-Thomas process with the intention of arranging to manufacture the digester and curing unit in England. This type of plant may, therefore, shortly be available for sterling.\n\nSite area required. The maximum area would be required for the batch method with shallow compartments. On the assumptions that 350 tons of garbage would be made into compost every day with 200 tons of night soil and other liquids and that the material would be retained on the site for a total of 70 days in the initial compartments and maturing heaps, I estimate that a net area of about 12 acres would", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599261, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 93, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "93\n\nE. 7. be ample.\n\n-12-\n\nDoubling this area to allow for working space between the heaps and adding 2 acres for the barge unloading and refuse sorting plants gives a total of 26 acres.\n\nCosts.\n\nOwing to the special features of the scheme as a whole, and the alternative arrangements which are feasible, such indications of cost as I could make at this stage would be too vague to be worth setting down in this report.\n\nAfter discussion of this report my first task will be to prepare schemes for both the batch method and the continuous flow method in sufficient detail to enable the calculation of comparative estimates of the costs of installation and of operation.\n\nThe Next Steps.\n\n2. 3. Of the three proposals which I have made herein requiring action by the appropriate Government Departments, one, the survey of the site at Tsun Wan, is already being executed.\n\nAt the time of writing, preparations for the check on the weights of nightsoil and refuse by observation of barge draughts await receipt of one more displacement diagram from the Marine Department.\n\nI understand that tenders are already being invited for construction of more of the 100-ton steel barges for refuse, but before the time for placing orders arrives there will have been opportunity for fuller consideration of the possibility of altering the design.\n\nI request that, as soon as possible after copies of this report have been issued to the Departments interested, a meeting of representatives of those Departments should be arranged at which I can hear their views upon the proposals which I have outlined. Equipped with the results of such a discussion of the project and with additional items of information which I am obtaining, I shall be in a position to proceed with formulation of a scheme and estimates.\n\nThe design work will make the best progress if it is done in Great Britain, where I shall be able to make direct contact with the suppliers of the special equipment required and thus avoid the delays of correspondence from Hong Kong. I propose therefore to return to London shortly after the discussion meeting.\n\n21st May, 1951.\n\n(Sgd.) Laurence P. Brunt.\n\nConsulting Engineer.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599262, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 94, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "54403/15/51\n\n94\n\nMr. Puttick,\n\nCrown Agents for the Colonies.\n\nFurther to my minute of the 5th April,\n\nthe subject of Mr. Brunt, I understand that the premium for Mr. Brunt's personal accident insurance in fact came to £17.10.0. instead of the £16, which you were authorised to pay. You may quote this minute as authority for paying the additional 30/-.\n\n(J.D. Anderson)\n\nHong Kong and Pacific Department,\n\nColonial Office,\n\nThe Church House,\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\nS.W.1\n\n10 August, 1951", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599263, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 95, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "(24584) Wt. 29815-5332 (1) 100m 12/49 G.S.St.\n\n54403/15/51\n\n95\n\nMr. Anderson 9/8/\n\nMr...\n\nts\n\n·S.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nDRAFT Minute.\n\nMi Puttick.\n\nCrawn Agents\n\n(15)\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\nSecretary of State\n\nYour Reference..\n\n10 AUG\n\n10.\n\nFurther to my minute of the 5th April, on the subject of Mr Brunt, I understand that the premium for Mr Brunt's personal accident insurance came to £17-10-0 instead of £16, which was authorised by her Majesty. You may quote this minute as authority for paying the additional 30/-.\n\n(J.J. Anderson.) HKOP Dept. 10th Aug., 1951.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599264, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 96, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "54403/15/51\n\nPERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL\n\n96\n\nColonial Office,\n\nThe Church House,\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\nLondon, S.W.1.\n\n2 August, 1951\n\n2\n\nDear Bowring,\n\nI should be grateful for your help in unravelling a somewhat tangled situation which has developed in our activities to date in the project for establishing a fertilizer factory in the New Territories. I do not know whether you have yet been brought into this picture and if not, feel that you should know about it.\n\nIn December last year the Governor sent us a despatch (No.136 of the 12th December, 1950, Secretariat file No.23/641/50) asking us to sound a Mr. L.P. Brunt to see if he would be willing to visit Hong Kong, for about two months, \"to advise in detail\" on the fertilizer scheme. We duly wrote to Brunt, asking him if he would be willing to give his services as an \"expert adviser\". He was so willing and the matter was arranged. The relevant telegrams are Colonial Office telegrams Nos. 205, 295, 466 and Hong Kong telegrams Nos. 292, 326, 424. This correspondence makes it clear that at this stage Brunt was a salaried adviser, i.e. an employee of the Hong Kong Government not a consultant.\n\n3.\n\nThe next information we had was contained in Hong Kong Saving No.744 of the 29th June, 1951, which stated that Brunt had finished his work in Hong Kong, had presented a preliminary report and had returned to the United Kingdom \"with instructions to draw up full estimates of the cost of the scheme\". For his first month in London he was to continue as a salaried employee of the Hong Kong Government, but that arrangements would have to be made for his subsequent payment which would probably have to be made \"through whichever firm of consulting engineers he next attaches himself to. He has suggested that in this case payments should be based on the practice of the Association of Consulting Engineers\". We were asked to make these arrangements.\n\n4.\n\nBefore we received this saving, Brunt called on me and told me that after one month on the old basis he was to be engaged as a consultant, that the initial preparation of the scheme would take 2-3 months, that he might then have to return to Hong Kong to gain approval of the general scheme and that he would then return here to work out details. He could not estimate the cost of the scheme but thought it might run to £3 - 400,000. Subsequently, he sent us a copy of a letter signed by Barnett, which more or less confirms the above so far as his remuneration is concerned and in that he was told that he was \"required ..... to proceed with drawing up detailed estimates and plans for a compost factory\". (Letter No.23/641/50 of 19th June, 1951). This also ties up with Hong Kong Saving No.744 referred to above. We therefore put Brunt into touch with the Crown Agents, informed the Governor\n\nT.L. BOWRING, ESQ., O.B.E.,\n\nDIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS,\n\nHONG KONG,\n\n/in", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599265, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 97, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "47\n\nج\n\nin our telegram No.842 that this was being done and that Brunt, having no staff of his own, was negotiating to ally himself to a firm of consultants and asked the Governor whether he wanted the consultants engaged on Hong Kong's behalf.\n\nS.\n\nIn reply (telegram No.790) we were informed that you did not desire consultants to be engaged and that all that was required of Brunt was that he should be retained as an employee for a month or two until he would elaborate the scheme only so far as it is absolutely necessary for consideration as a Colonial Development and Welfare project. We informed Brunt of this and went on to say that \"From Mr. Barnett's letter of the 19th June it appears that you may already have been informed of the details necessary for a scheme to be considered as a C.D. and W. project\" and we elaborated slightly on the details required - description of the scheme and so forth. Needless to say, Brunt did not like this much and wrote us back a tart letter including the following summary of his views - \"As my position in relation to the Government of Hong Kong is that of a consulting engineer, I do not understand the reference to a desire not to engage consultants. My view is that, if my position can be recognised, the real matters for discussion are the amount of work involved in preparing the scheme for consideration by the Colonial Development organisation and the appropriate terms for the execution of this work\".\n\n6.\n\nX\n\nThe position as we see it is now as follows:-\n\n(1) So far as we are concerned Brunt has been treated throughout as a salaried employee of the Hong Kong Government\n\n(II) But he has good grounds for thinking that he is to be re-employed as a consultant, i.e. on percentage rates.\n\n(III) He is not a member of the Association of Consulting Engineers. While the firm with which he seeks to ally himself does belong to that Association, it is not a firm which the Crown Agents would have recommended Hong Kong to employ had we been consulted in the normal way.\n\n(iv) There are certain obvious contradictions between Hong Kong Saving No.744 of the 29th June and Hong Kong Telegram No.790 of the 22nd July.\n\n(v) So far as we can see, without being engineers, Brunt has done little to earn his salary since he came home, except to 'plug' himself as a consultant.\n\nWe have seen Brunt again and told him to let us know\n\n(a) how much assistance in the way of draftsmen etc. he wants to enable him to set out his scheme for consideration as a C.D. and W. project;\n\n(b) how much this will cost and what he thinks he ought to be paid.\n\nWhen we have his answer we will write to Hong Kong officially asking whether Brunt's terms should be accepted.\n\n/The", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599266, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 98, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "The purpose of this letter is to let you know what has happened and to warn you that Brunt may not agree to elaborate the scheme on the terms at present proposed. It would be a great help if you could let us know exactly what he accomplished in Hong Kong, and exactly what you want out of him.\n\nThe impression we and the Crown Agents have gained is that Brunt intends to seize this opportunity to get himself taken into a firm of Consulting Engineers. He, no doubt, hopes that if the scheme goes through he, or the firm he joins, will obtain further employment out of it.\n\nThis may well be Hong Kong's intention too but as we have not been kept fully in the picture we do not know on what basis to negotiate terms with him.\n\nSigned\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(H.P. Hall)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599267, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 99, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "4563) Wt. 32483 800 100m. 11/48 C.N.I.d. 743\n\nC. O.\n\nMr. Anderson 31/2 Mr. Hall 34/12 $13.\n\nMr....\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nT.L. Bowring Esq., O.B.E.,\n\nDirector of Public Works,\n\nH.K.\n\n54403/15/51\n\nYour Reference.\n\nFermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\n99\n\n28\n\nBY AIRMAIL\n\n2\n\nSecretary of State\n\n1-AUG\n\nPersonal Confidential.\n\nAUG 951\n\nI should be grateful for your help in unravelling a somewhat tangled situation which has developed in connection with the project for establishing a fertilizers factory in the New Territories.\n\nI do not know whether our activities to date in this matter have yet been brought to your notice, if not, I should be glad if you would know about them.\n\nIn Dec. last year the Govt sent us despatch No 136 of the 12th Dec. 1950, sect. file 23/641/50 asking Mr L. P. Brunt to fee us to sound out if he would be willing to visit H.K., for about two months, to advise in detail on the fertilizer scheme.\n\nWe duly wrote to Brunt, asking him if he would be willing to act as \"expert adviser\" & the matter was arranged. The relevant C. O. tels are nos 205, 295 & 466.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599268, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 100, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "1466\n\n466 and H.K. tels Nos 292, 326, 424,\n\nThis correspondence makes it clear that at this stage\n\nThe Brunt\n\nwas\n\nan\n\nemployee of the H.K. Govt, not\n\nThe next information\n\nwe had was contained in\n\n(21) 744 of the 29th June, 1957, which stated that Brunt had finished his work in H.K., had presented a preliminary report and had returned to the U.K. with instructions to draw estimates of the cost of the scheme. For his first month in London he was to continue as a salaried employee of the H.K. Govt, but that arrangements had to be made for his subsequent payment which would probably have to be made \"through whichever firm of consulting engineers he next attaches himself to. He has suggested that in this case payments should be handled in accordance with the practice of the Association of Consulting Engineers.\"\n\nWe were asked to make these arrangements.\n\nBefore we received this, Brunt called on me and on the old basis he was a consultant, that the initial preparation would take 2-3 months, that he might then have to return to H.K. to gain approval of the general scheme and details, that he would then return here to work out the cost of the scheme. He did not estimate the cost but thought it might be £300-400,000. Subsequently, he sent us a copy of a letter signed by Barnett, which more or less confirms the above matters.\n\n[enc. 1(22)]\n\nAs far as his remuneration is concerned\n\nPage 100\n\nPage 101", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599269, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 101, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "[456B] Wt. 32483 800 100m. 11:48 C.N.I.d. 748\n\nC. O.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr...\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nFermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\nSecretary of State\n\nYour Reference.......\n\n101\n\n... required..... to detailed estimates a plaus\n\nhe was told that he was up to proceed with drawing\n\nhu a compost factory: [Letter No. 23/641/50 of 19th June, 1957]\n\nwith H. K. Saving no\n\nThis also ties mis 744 referred to above.\n\nWe therefore put Brunt into touch with the Crown Agents, informed the Garr in our tel (24) No 842. that this was being done\n\nA (25) FURTHER ACTION.\n\nwas that Brunt, having no staff of his own, was ally himself to a firm of consultants and asked the Garr whether he wanted the consultants engaged\n\nIn this reply (tel. no 790) on Hijk's behalf informed that he did not desire Consultants to be engaged\n\nthat all that was required of Brunt was that he sht be retained fo employee for a month or two baby until he elaborate the scheme only far as it is absolutely necessary for conson.\n\nWe informed Brunt (C.). G (26) of this went an W. project.\n\nto that From say M' Barnett's letter of the 19th June it appears\n\nthat", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599270, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 102, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "You may already have been informed of the necessary details for a scheme to be considered as a \"C Do W project,\" and we elaborated slightly on the details required - description of the scheme - and so forth.\n\nNeedless to say, Brand did not like this much and wrote back a tart letter of his views, including the following summary - \"As my position in relation to the Govt of H.K. is that of a consulting engineer, I do not understand the reference to a desire not to engage consultants. My view is that it should be recognised that the real matters for discussion are the amount of work involved in preparing the scheme for consumption and the terms for the execution of this work.\"\n\nThe position as we see it is now as follows:-\n\n(i) So far as we are concerned, Brunt has been paid as a salaried employee of the H.K. Govt.\n\n(ii) But he has been given to understand that he has good grounds for thinking that he is to be re-employed as a consultant, i.e., on percentage rates.\n\n(iii) He is not a member of the Association of Consulting Engineers, although the firm with which he seeks to associate himself does belong to that Association. It is not a firm which the Crown Agents have recommended H.K. to employ, had we been consulted in the normal way.\n\n(iv) There are certain obvious contradictions between H.K. tel no 744 of 24th June and H.K. tel no 790 of 22nd July.\n\n(21)\n\n(25)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599271, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 103, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "[456B] Wt. 32483 800 100m. 11,48 C,N.L.d. 743\n\nC. O.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr....\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nYour Reference..\n\nFermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\nSecretary of State\n\n103\n\nDRAFT.\n\n(v)\n\nSo far as we can see without being engineers, Brunt has done nothing to earn his salary since he came here, except to 'play' himself as a consultant. We have told him again to let us know (a) how much assistance in the way of draftsmen etc. he wants to enable him to set out his scheme for C.D.W. project, and (b) how much this will cost and what he thinks he ought to be paid.\n\nWhen we have his answer we will write to H.K. officially asking whether Brunt's terms should be accepted.\n\nThe purpose of this letter is to let you know what has happened and to warn you that Brunt may elaborate the scheme on the most megunt terms at your expense, so it would be a great help if you could let us know exactly what he accomplished in H.K., who he saw (e.g. in your Dept. or the Dept. of Agriculture), and exactly what you want done.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599272, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 104, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "of him. Frankly.\n\nto look like an\n\n104\n\nhave seen of him\n\nwe have been handicapped through not being kept\n\nfully\n\nin the picture, by\n\nKarbi\n\n1\n\nI fear we may\n\nnow have to take\n\nthing at his own valuation, but this may\n\nbe costlier than getting the job done again by a properly qualified consultant, which seems the only alternative\n\nHammarby\n\nThe impression\n\nwe & the Crown Agents have gained is that Brunt intends to seize this opportunity to get himself taken into a firm of Consulting Engineers. He, no doubt, hopes\n\nif the scheme goes through he, or the firm he joins, will obtain further employment out of it, well in line with King's intention but as we here have not kept him fully in the picture we do not know on what basis to negotiate terms with him,\n\nthat if the scheme\n\nThis may\n\n(H.P. Hall.)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599273, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 105, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "L. P. BRUNT,\n\nB.Sc. (Eng.),\n\nA.M.I.C.E.\n\nCHARTERED CIVIL ENGINEER\n\n36, PARK ROAD,\n\nCHISWICK,\n\n30th July, 1951.\n\n27105\n\nLONDON, W.4.\n\nH. P. Hall, Esq., The Colonial Office, The Church House, Great Smith Street, Westminster, S.W.1.\n\nDear Mr. Hall,\n\nI thank you for your letter of July 23rd. The remarks of the Hong Kong Government which you quote seem to take us back to the beginning of our discussion.\n\nAs my position in relation to the Government of Hong Kong is that of a consulting engineer I do not understand the reference to a desire not to engage consultants. My view is that, if my position can be recognised, the real matters for discussion are the amount of work involved in preparing the scheme for consideration by the Colonial Development organisation and the appropriate terms for the execution of this work. It would seem that the Crown Agents should enter into such discussion and I shall be pleased to have an early opportunity of meeting you and a representative of the Crown Agents in an attempt to make some arrangements for proceeding with the composting project.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nLaurence P. Brunt.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599274, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 106, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "54403/15/51\n\nThe Church House,\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\nLondon, S.W.1.\n\n106\n\n25th July, 1951.\n\nDear Mr. Brunt,\n\nI informed you the other day that a telegram had been sent to Hong Kong asking the Governor what arrangements he wanted made about the completion of the scheme for the Fertiliser Factory. The reply has just been received and states \"The purpose of Brunt's visit was to enable me to obtain technical advice on nature, construction and cost of a workable compost plant for Hong Kong, with a view to providing you with information and estimates in sufficient detail for a Colonial Development and Welfare application. I do not desire consultants to be engaged and suggest that Brunt be retained on a rate of pay, not exceeding what he has hitherto received, for a period of one or two months in order to elaborate the scheme only so far as is absolutely necessary for consideration as a C.D & W. project\".\n\nFrom Mr. Barnett's letter of the 19th June it appears that you may have already been informed of the details necessary for a scheme to be considered as a C.D. & W. project. Briefly, these details include a full description of the scheme, the time required for its completion, whether materials and labour can be obtained locally or not, the estimated total cost of the scheme and the financial assistance required each U.K. financial year, broken down into capital and recurrent costs, with a statement of individual items relating to such.\n\nAs there is now no question of Consulting Engineers being engaged the Crown Agents are not concerned at this stage and you can make your arrangements to prepare the scheme in whatever way you wish.\n\nI would, however, be glad to know how long you think\n\nL.P. BRUNT, ESQ. 36, PARK ROAD,\n\nCHISWICK, W.4.\n\n/10", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599275, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 107, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "it will take to do this as the Governor has suggested \"a period of one or two months\" only.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(H.P. Hall)\n\n107", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599276, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 108, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "DRAFT. So letter.\n\nDear Inv Brunt,\n\nL.P. Brunt Esq.,\n\n36, Park Rond,\n\nChiswick 1.4.\n\nI informed you the other day that a telegram had been sent to Hong Kong asking the Governor what arrangements he wanted made about the completion of the scheme for the Sewage Factory. The reply has just been received and states ...\n\nThe purpose of Brunt's visit was to enable me to obtain technical advice on the nature, construction & cost of a workable compost plant for Hong Kong, with a view to providing you with information and estimates in sufficient detail for a Colonial Development & Welfare application. I do not desire consultants to be engaged and suggest that Brunt be retained on a rate of pay, not exceeding what he has hitherto received, for a period of one or two months in order to elaborate the scheme only so far as is absolutely necessary for consideration.\n\nIt appears that you have already been informed of the details necessary for a C.D. & W. project. Scheme to be considered as a Colonial Development & Welfare project.\n\nDetails include a description of the scheme, the time required for its completion, whether materials & labour can be obtained locally or not, the estimated total cost of the scheme & the financial assistance required from the U.K., with a statement relating to each.\n\nAs there is now no question of Consulting Engineers being engaged at this stage, the Crown Agents are not concerned at this stage and you can make your arrangements to prepare the scheme in whatever way you wish. I would, however ...\n\nPage 108\n\nYour Reference...\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\nSecretary of State\n\n[54403/15/51.]\n\n[0.]\n\nMr. Hall 24/7\n\nMr. Armitage Smith\n\n25/7\n\nMr. Hall 25/2 fls\n\nXCR(85)72\n\n was not found in the original text, hence not included. However, the original text contains `[456B) Wt. 32483-800 100m. 11/48 C.N.I.d. 748` and `54403/15/51.` which seems to be some sort of file references. If they are file references, they should be formatted according to rule 10. Hence, they should be presented as is.\n\nThe output is in HTML format using `` for paragraphs. The original text has been proofread according to the given rules, correcting spelling errors, fixing spacing issues, and rejoining broken sentences. The text has been transformed into standard Markdown was not required as per the last instruction, instead HTML was requested. File references are presented without any spacing. Page numbering is kept as is. No comments or explanations are left in the text.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599277, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 109, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "be glad to know how long you think it will take to do this as the Governor has suggested \"a period of about two months\" only.\n\nYours sincerely\n\n(H.P. HALL)\n\n109", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599278, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 110, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "INWARD TELEGRAM.\n\nTO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES.\n\nEn clair\n\n25\n\n110\n\nRECEIVED\n\n23 JUL 1951 COLONIAL OFFICE\n\nCOPY FORN REGISTRATION\n\nFROM HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)\n\nD. 22nd July, 1951. R. 22nd\n\n10\n\n09.15 hrs.\n\nNo. 790.\n\n(24)\n\nYour telegram No. 842.\n\nFertiliser Factory.\n\nThe purpose of Brunt's view was to enable\n\nme to obtain technical advice on nature, construction and cost of a workable compost plant for Hong Kong, with view to providing you with information and estimates in sufficient detail for a Colonial\n\nDevelopment and Welfare application. My despatch No. 136 12th December 1950 refers.\n\n2. I do not (repeat not) desire consultants to be engaged and suggest that Brunt be retained on a rate of pay, not exceeding what he has hitherto received, for a period of one or two months in order to elaborate the scheme only so far as is absolutely necessary for consideration as a C.D. and W. project.\n\nCopies sent to:-\n\nCrown Agents\n\nMr. I.H. P. Hawtrey.\n\nCrown Agents for the Colonies.\n\nPage 110\n\nPage 111", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599279, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 111, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "OUTWARD TELEGRAM\n\nFROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES\n\n24 11 54403/15/51 Code.\n\nTO HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)\n\nSent 11th July, 1951. 16.45 hrs.\n\nNo. 842.\n\nYour savingram No. 7440 Fertilizer Factory.\n\nI propose negotiations with Brunt should be conducted by Crown Agents. Person named has stated he has insufficient staff to deal with scheme of size under consideration and is negotiating to ally himself with firm of consultants. Relations which will subsist between him and consultants are not yet known nor who will be responsible party. If he is obliged to submerge his identity in that of consultants do you wish the consultants to be engaged on your behalf? If so please supply further details e.g. do you wish full and complete detailed plans, specifications, contract documents prepared so that on completion consultants will be in position to invite tenders for work? If and when tenders have been invited and contracts placed should consultants undertake further services e.g. inspection of equipment etc. ordered here and supervision of constructions in Colony? Fullest information is required as Consultants, if engaged, will require to be fully briefed and their fee arranged.\n\nCopy sent to:\n\nCrown Agents\n\nMr. I.H.P. Hawtrey.\n\nCrown Agents for the Colonies.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599280, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 112, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "C.O.\n\nMr. Hall 10/2 at once.\n\nMr.\n\nMr..\n\nMr..\n\nSir\n\nDraft\n\nTELEGRAM/*\n\n* The word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.\n\nTo:-\n\nRepeated to:-\n\nfor Hong Kong.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nS. of S.\n\nPriority:-\n\nMI.\n\nReply urgently required.\n\nImportant.\n\nImmediate.\n\nMost Immediate.\n\nFile No.\n\n*\n\nSAYINGKAM\n\n54403/15/51 Codec 2\n\nSent.\n\n1645\n\n112 hours\n\n11/710451\n\nTo be transmitted —\n\nNo.\n\nIn Clear\n\nCode\n\nCypher\n\n842.\n\nRestricted. Confidential.\n\nSecret.\n\nTop Secret and Personal.\n\nANGS\n\nGovernor Hong Kong (23)\n\nRECEIVED\n\n11 JUL 1951\n\nIn Tel. C.D.\n\nDistribution :--\n\n(23)\n\nCrown Agents, M. I.H.P. Hawtrey,\n\nFurther action:-\n\nM. WHIP Mastey\n\nYour savingram No 744\n\nFertilizer Factory\n\n(25)\n\npropose negotiations with BRUNT should be conducted by Crown Agents. Person named has stated that he has insufficient staff to deal with scheme of size under consideration & is negotiating to ally himself with firm of consultants, Relations which will subsist between him & Consultants are not yet known nor who will be responsible party, or he is obliged to submerge his identity in that of Consultants do you wish the Consultants to be engaged on your behalf? or do you wish full & complete detailed plans, specifications, contract documents prepared so that completion Consultants will be in position to invite tenders for work? or when tenders have been invited & contracts should be placed day out Consultants to undertake further services e.g. inspection of equipment etc ordered here & supervision of construction in Colony? Fullest information is required as Consultants if engaged will require to be fully briefed & their fees arranged.\n\nWt. 15855/746 5M 6-48 Wa. & Co. 51/3 Wt. 29377/790 50M 11-48 Wa, & Co. 51/3\n\nSecret.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599281, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 113, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "CROWN\n\nAGENTS\n\nFOR\n\nTHE\n\nCOLONIES\n\nALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES.\n\nTHE FOLLOWING REFERENCE AND THE DATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED,\n\nE.C. 254/25\n\nTELEGRAMS (INLAND: \"CROWN SOWEST LONDON.\" OVERSEAS: \"CROWN LONDON.\") TELEPHONE: ABBEY 7730.\n\n4, MILLBANK, LONDON, S.W. 1. 10th July, 1951.\n\nDear Hall,\n\nAfter our conversation in your office on 6th July, I discussed the matter of Mr. L.P. Brunt with Foxlee and Gooch of this office. They think it desirable that you should refer back to Hong Kong, informing them that Brunt has stated in a letter (his letter to us of 5th July) that he has not the staff to deal with a scheme of the size of that projected in Hong Kong, and that he is negotiating to ally himself with a firm of consultants. The Government might be asked whether they have any objection to this. The relations which will subsist between Mr. Brunt and the Consultants are not known, nor who will be the responsible party. If Mr. Brunt is obliged to submerge his identity in that of the Consultants, is it desired that the Consultants should be engaged on behalf of the Hong Kong Government and, if so, can the Government give particulars of exactly what is required, e.g. do they wish full and complete detailed plans, specifications and contract documents prepared, so that at the completion of these they will be in the position of being able to invite tenders for the work? If and when tenders have been invited and contracts placed, do they want the Consultants to undertake further services, e.g. the inspection of equipment etc. ordered in this country, and supervision of construction in the Colony? It will be necessary to obtain full information of what the Government requires, as Consultants, if engaged, will require to be fully briefed in detail and their fees to be arranged.\n\nMr. Brunt has written us this morning with full details of his technical career but I do not think you will require them at this stage.\n\nI am returning your file herewith.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nH.P. Hall, Esq., Hong Kong & Pacific Department, Colonial Office, Church House, Great Smith Street, S.W.1.\n\n1648 Hawkin", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599282, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 114, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "114\n\nL. P. BRUNT,\n\nB.Sc. (Eng.),\n\nA.M. I. C. E.\n\nCHARTERED CIVIL ENGINEER\n\nH. P. Hall Esq., The Colonial Office, The Church House, Great Smith Street, S. W. 1.\n\n36, PARK ROAD,\n\nCHISWICK,\n\nLONDON,\n\n5th July, 1951.\n\nYour Reference : 54403/15/51.\n\nDear Mr. Hall,\n\nWhen I called at your office last Friday you had not received from Hong Kong any copies of the letters exchanged between the Government and myself at the end of my visit and, in case you are still without these answers, I am sending you herewith a copy of the letter from the Government authorising me to prepare a composting scheme, as I consider it will be useful for you to have this information on your files.\n\nThe Crown Agents are likewise without any direct communications from Hong Kong about the composting project but, according to Mr. Hawtrey of the Chief Engineer's Department, with whom I had a conversation yesterday, there is little likelihood that the Crown Agents will want to interfere with the plans which I am following to arrange for the preparation of the composting scheme.\n\nI hope to complete my arrangements with a firm of consulting engineers in the course of the next few days and I will duly inform you in order that you may be ready to do your part in the arrangements for completion of the scheme, in accordance with the final paragraph of the letter from the Deputy Colonial Secretary.\n\nI am supplying a copy of the Hong Kong letter also to the Crown Agents as I imagine that they will in fact represent the Government of Hong Kong in the settlement of the terms for completion of the scheme.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nLaurence P. Brunt.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599283, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 115, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Ref. No. 23/641/150.\n\n10th June, 1951.\n\n115\n\nCOLONIAL SECRETARIAT,\n\nLower Albert Road,\n\nHONG KONG.\n\nSir,\n\nI am directed to reply to your letter of 16th May, 1951 on the subject of a composting project for Hong Kong and to inform you that you are required by this Government to proceed with drawing up detailed estimates and plans for a compost factory.\n\nIn this connection, I enclose herewith a copy of the minutes of the meeting which took place in this Secretariat on 12th June.\n\nThe area to be planned is that known as the A.P.O. Reclamation, situated at Tsuen Wan in the New Territories. The method of composting is to be the continuous flow method, and the estimates are to include the cost of installing a digestion plant and to take into consideration all other points made in the attached minutes.\n\nIn consideration of these services, the Government agrees to the suggestion that you be paid £125 per month for one month from the date of your arrival in the United Kingdom on return from Hong Kong.\n\nThis Government will communicate with the Colonial Office in regard to any future arrangements which may be necessary for the completion of this scheme.\n\nI am, Sir,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\n(signed) K. M. A. Barnett, Deputy Colonial Secretary.\n\nL. P. Brunt, Esq., B.Sc.(Eng.), A.M.I.C.E.,\n\nHong Kong.\n\nAC/KMAB:iso", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599284, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 116, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "CD:Off. 54403/51\n\nSect. File 23/641/50\n\nSAVINGRAM\n\nTo the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nFrom the Governor, Hong Kong.\n\n1452\n\n116\n\nDate 29th June 1951\n\nNo. 744\n\n21 (19) (10) A\n\nCommunications resting with my telegram 424 of 11th April.\n\nFertiliser factory.\n\nMr. L.P. Brunt has now completed his examination of the proposed site and of local conditions affecting the establishment of a compost factory. He has presented a preliminary report and has now returned to England with instructions to draw up full estimates of the cost of the scheme.\n\nFor his first month in London he will be paid by this Government through the Crown Agents at the same rate as during his stay in Hong Kong (see my telegram 292 of 15th March) but as I do not expect him to be able to complete the estimates in this time, it will be necessary to make arrangements for his subsequent payment. These will probably have to be made through whichever firm of consulting engineers he next attaches himself to. He has suggested that in this case payments should be based on the practice of the Association of Consulting Engineers.\n\nGrateful if you would contact him (36 Park Road, Chiswick W.4) with the suggestion that future correspondence between him and this Government should be passed through you.\n\nI am anxious to obtain full estimates of the scheme as soon as possible.\n\nAC:ASW\n\nOFFICE\n\nA*951\n\nCOLONIAL OFFICE", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599285, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 117, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Colonial Office No.54403/51.\n\nSect. file No. 23/641/50.\n\nSAVINGR Copy in 54403/51\n\nTo the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nFrom the Governor, Hong Kong.\n\nDate\n\n9th April 1951.\n\nNo.\n\n411\n\n(3) 54463\n\n54403/16\n\n(1) 54403/51\n\n(1)\n\nYour savingram 157 of 19th February.\n\nThe figure of $3,000,000 as the cost of the fertilizer factory given in my despatch 136 of 12th December 1950 is only an approximation and until Brunt has advised on this and gone thoroughly into the question of costs it will not be possible to make a proper estimate for the fertilizer scheme and consequently a comprehensive statement of how the still unspent £500,000 from the original £1,000,000 provisionally allocated for Hong Kong will be used.\n\nThe fertilizer scheme described in my despatch 136 is, you will note, considerably more extensive than the scheme first put forward in my despatch 244 of 23rd October 1947. It will probably be the one large item of 410. D. & W. expenditure apart from housing schemes, and as soon as I have Brunt's report and estimates I will send you a statement on the lines you have requested.\n\nYou will, however, observe from paragraph 6 of my despatch 14 of 10th February that it is not proposed to devote the entire balance of our allocation to housing.\n\n402/16\n\nSi\n\nK.\n\nAC: ppn.\n\n16 A 1051\n\n117\n\n20", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599286, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 118, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "INWARD TELEGRAM\n\nTO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES\n\nCOPY FOR A\n\n118 APR M 1951 T 12 X 19\n\nEn Clair\n\nFROM HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)\n\nDo 11th April, 1951. Ro 11th\n\n09.15 hrs.\n\nNo.424 (18)\n\nYour telegram No.466.\n\nBrunt expected 20th April. Will be met on arrival. Understand he will be staying with Dr. Van Der Linde.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599287, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 119, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "OUTWARD TELEGRAM\n\nFROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES\n\n119 18 54403/15/51 Codo\n\nTO HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)\n\nSent 7th April, 1951. 15.00 hrs.\n\nREPLY URGENTLY REQUIRED\n\nNo. 466 Confidential.\n\nYour telegram No. 326.\n\nFertilizer Factory.\n\nBrunt due arrive 20th April,\n\nflight No. B.A.960.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599288, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 120, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Draft\n\nSAVINGRAM/TELEGRAM\n\n* The word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.\n\nC.O.\n\nTo:- Mrs. Bethenacks 1/4 Mr. Roseson 1/4\n\nRepeated to:- aluce. aluce.\n\nMr.. Sir Permt. U.S. of S. Parly. U.S. of S. S. of S.\n\nPriority:- Nil. Sov: Xong lòng\n\nReply urgently required. Important. Immediate. Most Immediate.\n\nFor transmission:- In Clear Code Cypher\n\nFile No. 54603/15/51\n\nSent Coded 1/4/510 No. 466 hours. 194\n\nRestricted.\n\nDistribution:-\n\nFurther action:- (3) 7 APR 11\n\nTour telegram to 326. Fertilizer Factory. BRUNT arrive Brent due Hong Kong by air 30th April, flight No. B.A. 960.\n\nJECER. Wt. 21408/757 rom 7.48 Wa. & Co. 51/3 Wt. 20277/474 50m 7.49 Wa. & Co.51/3\n\nPage 120\n\nPage 121", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599289, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 121, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Ref: PASS 39672(A)\n\nTh. J. D. Anderson\n\n121\n\nHong Kong and Pacific Dept.\n\nColonial Office\n\nChurch House\n\nGreat Smith St.\n\nMr L. P. Brunty Special Mission, Govt. HQ Hong Kong\n\n20th April Flight BA960\n\nM/4α Crown Agents (Passages) £/4/57", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599290, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 122, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "S/ \n\nIndent No. \n\nSpecial A/c. \n\nMarked \n\nDept. \n\nConsignee \n\nM.V./S.S. \n\nfrom \n\nREQN. C↑ A \n\n*Nos. \n\nGross Weight. \n\nO. H. M. S. \n\nDock, London, \n\nThe particulars given in the schedule below were those furnished by the above mentioned contractor, when forwarding instructions were issued, and are not necessarily accurate. \n\nDescription of \n\nWEIGHT. \n\nMEASUREMENTS.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599291, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 123, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "54403/15/51.\n\n122\n\nib.\n\nThe Church House,\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\nS.W.1.\n\n4th April, 1951.\n\nDear Mr. Brunt\n\nIn Hall's absence on leave I am writing to acknowledge your letter of the 29th March. I am glad to hear that you agree to the terms of service offered to you by the Government of Hong Kong.\n\nI gather that you have already seen the Crown Agents and have learned from them what inoculations you need. I have written to them, asking them officially to arrange your flight and when they let me know the flight number I will inform Hong Kong of the date of your arrival.\n\nI think there should be no difficulty about the cost of your personal accident Insurance and I have asked the Crown Agents to arrange this for you, if you have not already written to an Insurance Company about it.\n\nIf you have done so, the Crown Agents have been authorised to pay the premium up to approximately £16 (the premium paid on behalf of the last expert to visit the Colony). Perhaps you would kindly let the Crown Agents know direct what you want done about this.\n\nI think that the above ties up the loose ends,\n\nL.P. Brunt, Esq., B.Sc(Eng).,A.M.I.C.E.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599292, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 124, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "123\n\nends, but if there is any other way in which we can help, I should be glad if you would let me know. If I do not hear from you, I will assume that you will arrange with the Hong Kong authorities where payment of your salary is to be made.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nJ.J. Anderson.\n\n(J.D. Anderson)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599293, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 125, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "(24534) Wt. 29815-5332 (1) 100m 12/49 G.S.St.\n\nC.\n\nMr...\n\nAnderam 2/4\n\nf.s.\n\nMr......\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\n34403/13/11.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\nL.T.\n\n0. 3\n\nSecretary of State\n\nb. P\n\n3\n\nYour Reference..\n\n16\n\n124\n\n2\n\nDRAFTS S 0. LH.\n\nL. P. Brunt Esq.\n\nAddress at (14).\n\nB.Sc (Eng), A.M. I.C.E..,\n\nDear Mr Brunt,\n\nIn Hall's absence\n\n= 5 APR 1901\n\nI am writing to acknowledge your letter of the 29th March.\n\nI am glad to hear that you agree to the terms of service offered to you by the Govt of H.K.\n\nI gather that you have already seen the Crown Agents. I have written to them, asking them officially to arrange what inoculations you need when they let me know.\n\nCopy to Mr. Paltick, C.Ay.\n\nFURTHER ACTION", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599294, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 126, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "the fight number I will inform H.K. \n\nof the date of \n\nyour \n\narrival. \n\nWith reference to your request for Res \n\ndifficulty about \n\nI think there should be no the cost of your personal accident \n\ninsurance \n\nand I have asked the Crown Agents to \n\narrange \n\n126 \n\n: \n\nthis tw \n\nyou \n\nhave not already written \n\nto \n\nan insurance \n\nCompany \n\nabout it. If \n\nthe Crown Agents have been \n\nauthorised to \n\npay \n\nthe premium up \n\nto approximately \n\non behalf of the \n\nHy L·16 (the premium paid to \n\nlast expert to visit the Colony). Perhaps you \n\nwill kindly let the Crown Agents know direct \n\nwhat \n\nyou \n\nwant done about this. \n\nI think that the above ties up the loose \n\nends, but if there is \n\nanything else \n\nin which \n\nwe can help, I should be glad if you let me know. If I do not hear from \n\nyou; \n\nI will arrange \n\nwith the H.K. authorities where payment of your salary is to be made. \n\nYours sincerely.\n\nJ.D. ANDERSON.\n\n(J.J. Anderson)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599295, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 127, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "54403/15/51.\n\nMr. Puttiek,\n\n17-10 - 5 AGR 126\n\nThe Crown Agents for the Colonies.\n\nPlease refer to Mr. Hall's letter of the 19th March, to Mr. Brunt, a copy of which was sent to Mr. Quastel on the same date.\n\nI understand that you are now dealing with this case and that you have already seen Mr. Brunt and have explained to him what inoculations etc. he should have before going to Hong Kong, as well as provisionally booking him an air passage, but that you require official confirmation of Mr. Brunt's acceptance of the Government of Hong Kong's offer.\n\nI attach a copy of Mr. Brunt's letter of acceptance of the offer contained in Hong Kong telegram No. 292 and also a copy of Hong Kong telegram No. 326. You may quote these two telegrams as your authority for arranging Mr. Brunt's air passage.\n\nYou will see from Mr. Brunt's letter that he has asked that Hong Kong should bear the cost of personal accident Insurance to cover his period of service. A similar request from Mr. N.G. Fisher,\n\n...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599296, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 128, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "The insurance of Mr. Brunt, who recently visited Hong Kong, was agreed to by the Hong Kong Government, and you may take this minute as authority for paying the necessary premium up to approximately £16 (the premium in Mr. Fisher's case).\n\nIf Mr. Brunt has not already made the necessary application to an Insurance Company, I should be grateful if you would arrange the matter.\n\nI should also be grateful if you could let me know as soon as possible Mr. Brunt's flight number and date of arrival in Hong Kong so that I may inform the Governor accordingly.\n\n(J.D. Anderson)\n\nHong Kong and Pacific Department,\n\nColonial Office,\n\nThe Church House,\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\n8.7.1.\n\n5 April, 1951.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599297, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 129, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "[456B] Wt. 32483'800 100m. 11/48 C.N.Ld. 748\n\nC\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nAndersson 2/4\n\n24415 2\n\nDRAFTS. Mr Puttick\n\nCrown Agents.\n\n54403/15/55\n\nYour Reference.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly, U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\nSecretary of State\n\nD.\n\n1. 3 APR 0.3\n\n514\n\nL.. 16\n\nD.P. 128\n\nThe Crown Agents for the Colonies\n\nAR 195\n\nPlease refer to Mr Hall's letter of the 19th March to M' Brunt,\n\ncopy of which was sent to Mr Quastel on the same date.\n\nI understand that you have already seen M' Brunt and have explained to him what inoculations he should have before going to H.K., as well as provisionally booking him an air passage,\n\nbut that you require official confirmation of Mr Brunt's acceptance of the offer of H.K.\n\nI attach a copy of Mr Brunt's letter of acceptance of the offer contained in H.K. tel. No 292 and a copy of H.K. tel No 326. You may quote these two telegrams as your authority for arranging M' Brunt's air passage.\n\nYou will see from Mr Brunt's letter that he has asked that H.K. should bear the cost of personal accident insurance to cover his period of service.\n\nA similar request from Mr N.G. Fishel, who recently visited H.K., was agreed to by H.E. The Governor.\n\nYou may take this as authority for FURTHER ACTION.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599298, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 130, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "authority for paying for the necessary premium up to approximately ... (the premium in M Fisher's case).\n\nL·16 If M. Brant has not already done so, I shall be grateful if you will arrange for the necessary application to an insurance company to be made in this matter.\n\nI should also be grateful if you could let me know as soon as possible Mr Brant's height, number, date of arrival in H.K. so that I may inform the Gov'r accordingly.\n\n(J.J. Anderson)\n\nHong Kong Pacific Dept. C.O.\n\nApril, 1951\n\n(30) +(39) and 53702/12/50\n\nPage 130\n\nPage 131", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599299, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 131, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "L. P. BRUNT,\n\nB.Sc. (Eng.),\n\nA.M. I. C. E.\n\nCHARTERED CIVIL ENGINEER\n\n36, PARK ROAD,\n\nCHISWICK,\n\n29th March, 1950,\n\nLONDON, W.4.\n\nH. P. Hall, Esq., The Colonial Office, The Church House, Great Smith Street, S. W. 1.\n\nYour Reference: 54403/15/51.\n\n130\n\nDear Mr. Hall,\n\nI thank you for your letter of March 19th and I apologise for my delay in replying to it.\n\nI agree to the terms of service offered by the Government of Hong Kong, as stated in your letter, for my appointment as consultant on the preparation of a scheme for treatment of the municipal wastes by composting methods.\n\nI am prepared to travel by air on the understanding that, in accordance with normal practice, the Government will bear the cost of personal accident insurance to cover my period of service.\n\nSo far as my own arrangements are concerned, I shall be ready to take up the appointment on Thursday, April 12th. This date should also allow sufficient time for the special preparations, such as inoculations, about which I shall communicate tomorrow with Mr. Caustel of the Crown Agents.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nLaurence P. Brunt.\n\nPublic 27K", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599300, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 132, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "INWARD TELEGRAM\n\nTO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES\n\n13 131 STRATION\n\nEn clair\n\nFROM HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)\n\nD. 21st March, 1951. R. 21st\n\n#\n\n10.20 hrs.\n\nNo. 326. (10)\n\nMy telegram No. 292.\n\nFertilizer Factory.\n\nWould prefer Brunt to fly.\n\nPage 21\n\nXXXH\n\n22 MAR 1951\n\n \nPage 22", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599301, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 133, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "The Church House\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\n54403/15/51\n\nLPB/HS\n\nDear Mr. Brunt,\n\nLondon, S.W.1\n\n19 March, 1951\n\nI understand that Anderson has already told you about the offer made to you by the Government of Hong Kong. I am writing now to confirm this offer which is as follows.\n\nSalary: £125 per month, for a stay of 2 months in Hong Kong, with the possibility of an extension of this period.\n\nSubsistence Allowance in the Colony, £50 per month. Besides this, accommodation will be provided in a Government hostel for which you will be charged H.K. $80 plus approximately H.K.$130 for your board. (This charge is the equivalent of about £13 per month for board and lodging.)\n\nPassages: The voyage both ways will be paid for by the Hong Kong Government.\n\nYou will be paid half-salary for the period of the voyage.\n\nLeave will be at the rate of 1 day for every 12 days service.\n\nI gather from Anderson that you were attracted by this offer and would write to us shortly but if there are any points you want to raise I should be glad to see you about them.\n\nL.P. Brunt, Esq., B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599302, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 134, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "133\n\nI also gather that you are prepared to go by air, if you accept this offer, and, if so, I should be grateful to know as soon as possible when you will be free to go, so that the Crown Agents can be asked to arrange your flight and inform Hong Kong of your arrival.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(SGD.) H. P. HALL\n\n(H. P. Hall)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599303, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 135, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "[456B] W't. 32483/800 100m. 11/48 C.N.Ld. 748\n\nC. O.\n\nMr.\n\nAnderem 16/3 Hall 16/3.6/5.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\nMr..\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr..\n\nYour Reference.\n\nLPB/HS\n\nSecretary of State\n\n54403/11/52\n\n134\n\nSA\n\n11\n\nJ7\n\nDRAFT.\n\nL.P. Brunt Esq. B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E..\n\n36, Park Rd,\n\nChiswick,\n\nLondon, W.4.\n\nDear Mr Brunt\n\nI understand that Anderson has already told you about the offer made to you by the Govt. of H.K. I am now writing to confirm this offer which is as follows.\n\nSalary: £125 per month, for a stay of 2 months in H.K., with the possibility of extension of this period.\n\nSubsistence Allowance in the Colony: £50 per month.\n\nBesides this, accommodation will be provided in a hostel for which you will be charged HK$80 plus approximately HK$130 for board. (This charge is the equivalent of about £13 per month for board and lodging.)\n\nPassages: The Govt. will pay for your voyage both ways.\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\nCopy to Mr Questel, C.A.S. Lean to Dr Herklifts to me.\n\nYou will be happy with the arrangement (10).", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599304, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 136, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "for by the HK. Govt. You will be paid half-salary for the period of the Leave.\n\nLeave will be at the rate of 1 day for every 12 days service.\n\nI gather from Ardeshir Anderson that you were attracted by this offer and write to us any points you want to raise about them.\n\nYou are prepared to go by air if so, as soon as possible when you are free to your destination.\n\nI also gather that you will inform H.K. of your arrival.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(H. P. Hall)\n\nPage 135", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599305, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 137, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "INWARD TELEGRAM\n\nMAD\n\nTO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES\n\nEn Clair\n\nCOPY FOR REC\n\n$\n\nFROM HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)\n\nD. 15th March, 1951.\n\nR. 15th $1\n\n11\n\n11.00 hrs.\n\n1861\n\n10\n\n136\n\nNo. 292.\n\n(9)\n\nYour telegram No. 295.\n\nFertilizer Factory.\n\nPlease make following offer to Brunt: 2 months stay with possible extension at salary £125 per month, £50 per month subsistence allowance while in Colony, half salary for voyage cost of which will be paid by Government both ways. No clothing allowance will be paid, and leave will be at a rate of 1 day for every 12 days service. Would welcome Brunt's arrival just as soon as he can conveniently terminate his present contract.\n\nAccommodation will be provided in a Government hostel at rate $80 per month plus board approximately $130.\n\nPage 16\n\n210\n\n{13 1/41\n\n!\n\n1", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599306, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 138, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "OUTWARD TELEGRAM\n\n.137\n\n9\n\nFROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES\n\n54403/15/51\n\nCode\n\nTO HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)\n\nSent 27th February 1951.\n\n17.30 hrs.\n\nNo. 295\n\nConfidential\n\nMy telegram 205.\n\nFertilizer Factory.\n\nGrateful for early reply as Brunt\n\nis anxious to know whether he should give notice to terminate his present contract.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599307, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 139, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "TELEGRAM\n\n* The word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.\n\nfor Hong Kong,\n\nC.O.\n\nTo:-\n\nRepeated to:-\n\nMr. Hall 27/2 once\n\nMr...\n\nMr..\n\nSir\n\nFile No. 54463/15/51\n\nSent. 13% 17.30 hours.\n\nPriority:- Nil\n\nFor transmission :-\n\nNo....\n\nReply urgently required.\n\nImportant.\n\nImmediate.\n\nMost Immediate.\n\nIn Clear\n\nCode\n\nCypher\n\nHts 27_19451 295\n\nRestricted. Confidential.\n\nSecret.\n\nTop Secret\n\nand Personal.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nS. of S.\n\nVo\n\nRECT 27 FEB 1951\n\nin. 1. C.4.\n\nDistribution:-\n\nany reply you? Herkloty 5.7.12.\n\nMr Herkloty 5.7.12.\n\nFurther action:-\n\n(5)\n\nMy tel 205\n\nFertilizer Factory\n\nGrateful for early reply\n\nas BRUNT is anxious\n\nto know whether he should give notice to terminate his present contract\n\nLecer. no\n\n(10)\n\nWt. 21408/757 1om 7.48 Wa. & Co. 51/3\n\nWt. 20277/474 50m 7.49 Wa. & Co.51/3", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599308, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 140, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "(D.O. No. 109)\n\nH.P. Hall, Esq., M.B.E., Colonial Office, The Church House, Great Smith Street, LONDON, S.W.1.\n\nDear Hall,\n\nDISTRICT OFFICE,\n\nNEW TERRITORIES.\n\nHongkong.\n\n21st February, 1951.\n\nThank you for your 54403/15/51 of the 12th of February about Brunt, which I've just got. As it happens, Strangeways (Director of Agriculture, Forestry, & Fisheries) told me yesterday that Brunt was coming. He can't arrive too soon.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(John Barrow)\n\nJohn B\n\nPage 139\n\nPage 140\n\nPage 141\n\nSect. file No. 23/641/50,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599309, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 141, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "SAVINGRAM\n\nTo the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nFrom the Governor, Hong Kong.\n\nDate\n\nFebruary 1951.\n\n47\n\nNo.4\n\n(1)\n\nx.\n\nMy despatch 136 of 12th December 1950.\n\nAn early reply, particularly on the question\n\nof whether Mr. L.P. Brunt will be available as an\n\nadviser, would be appreciated.\n\nAC:ppn\n\nCRESSED 5\n\nH. K. & PARIFIA 12 FE 1951\n\n140", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599310, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 142, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "9 FEK\n\n54403/15/51.\n\n141 6\n\nColonial Office,\n\nThe Church House,\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\nLondon, S.W.1.\n\n12 February, 1951.\n\nDear Barrow,\n\nI am sorry not to have replied to your letter of the 1st December about obtaining Brunt's services in connection with the fertilizer factory.\n\nHe is prepared to go out as soon as he is required but will have to give one month's notice to his firm.\n\nI am sending an official telegram off today and as soon as Hong Kong indicates what terms shall be offered we can go ahead. Brunt's own suggestion is a retaining fee at the rate of £1,500 per annum for a two months' visit, plus passages and he would prefer free board and lodging plus a reduced subsistence allowance, as he has heard that the normal subsistence allowance is not reasonable. The terms seem sufficient to cover food and accommodation!\n\nI do not know whether he should be offered a clothing allowance as I doubt very much if he has any tropical clothing but that of course depends on the time of year he comes out. At present he could hardly leave before 1st April.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nJ. Barrow, Esq., O.B.E.,\n\nDistrict Office,\n\nNew Territories,\n\nHong Kong.\n\n(signed)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599311, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 143, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "CÌ094 MI1444 508 6/46 50,000 S&CLtd. 47(3)\n\n405/15/1\n\nC. O. -\n\nMr. Hall 9/2 f/5...\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nAV\n\n6\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\n142\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\n1\n\nSecretary of State.\n\n12 Feb 1951\n\nDRAFT.\n\nDear Barros,\n\nJ. Barrow Ey OBÉ.\n\n✓ sorry not to have replied\n\nDistrict Office,\n\n(2) New Territories\n\nHay Kag.\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\nto your letter of the 1st December about obtaining the Brunt's release in connection with the fertilizer factory.\n\nThe Hay Kay despatch did not arrive until much later.\n\nYou will however be glad to hear that Herklots & I saw Brint this morning & he is quite keen on the job, this prepared to go out as soon as he is required but will have to give one month's notice to his firm.\n\nI am off today\n\nI am sending an official reply to Hong Kong to indicate what", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599312, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 144, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Terms should be offered.\n\nBud lih.\n\nGo ahead. Brents on.\n\nSuggestion is a fee of £250 for a two-month visit, plus passages and retaining fee at the rate of £1,500 p.a.\n\nHe would prefer free furnished lodging plus a reduced subsistence allowance as he has heard that the normal subsistence allowance is not sufficient to cover food and accommodation; the terms have been scannable. I do not know whether he should be offered a clothing allowance as I doubt it is necessary, but that of course depends on whether he has any tropical clothing and on the time of year he arrives. At present, he could hardly leave before 15th April.\n\nLe comes.\n\nYour minely.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599313, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 145, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "OUTWARD TELEGRAM\n\nFROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES\n\n54403/15/51\n\nCode\n\nNo. 205.\n\nTO HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)\n\nSent 9th February, 1951. 14.30 hrs.\n\nConfidential.\n\nYour despatch No. 136 of 12th December.\n\nFertilizer factory.\n\nBrunt is prepared to visit Hong Kong to advise in detail on scheme. His contract with Mitchell Engineering Ltd., can be terminated at one month's notice. He suggests retaining fee at rate of £1,500 per annum i.e. £250 for two months visit plus passages, transport and subsistence allowance. He would prefer Government to provide free board and accommodation and reduced subsistence allowance if this can be arranged.\n\nHe is willing to travel by air or sea. He did not mention any tropical clothing allowance but one may be necessary if he is required during the summer.\n\nGrateful to know what terms should be offered and when he is required so that he can give notice to terminate his present contract.\n\nPage 5\n\n144", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599314, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 146, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "File No.\n\n* SAVINGRAM\n\n5\n\n54403/15/51\n\nboded and\n\nSent.\n\n145\n\nTELEGRAM/\n\n*\n\n* The word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.\n\nTo-\n\nfor. Hong Kong.\n\nMr. Hall 9/2 atonce\n\nMr.\n\nRepeated to:-\n\n1430 hours\n\n9/2/1957\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nSir Permt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nS. of S.\n\nPriority:-\n\nNil.\n\nReply urgently required. Important.\n\nImmediate.\n\nMost Immediate.\n\nTo be transmitted :-\n\nIn Clear\n\nCode\n\nCypher\n\nNo.\n\n205\n\nRestricted.\n\nConfidential. Secret. Top Secret\n\nand Personal,\n\nRECEIVED\n\nC\n\nDistribution:-\n\n9 - FEB 1951\n\n· Mr Hinkley 8712\n\nTøl. C.D.\n\n(1) Your despatch No 136 of 12th Dec re Fertilizer factory.\n\nBrunt is prepared to visit Hong Kong to advise in detail on scheme. His contract with Mitchell Engineering Ltd can be terminated at one month's notice. He suggests retaining fee at rate of £1,500 per annum i.e. £150 for two months visit, plus passages, transport and subsistence allowance. He would prefer Government to provide free board & accommodation and reduced subsistence allowance if this can be arranged. He is willing to travel by air or sea.\n\nGrateful to know what terms should be offered & when he is required so that he can give notice to terminate his present contract.\n\nHe did not mention any tropical clothing allowance.\n\nFurther action:—\n\nRefer to the Financial programme.\n\nWt. 15855/746 5M 6-48 Wa. & Co. 51/3 Wt. 29377/790 50M 11-48 Wa. & Co. 51/3\n\nbut one may be necessary if he is required during the summer.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599315, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 147, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "36, PARK ROAD,\n\nCHISWICK,\n\nLONDON, W.4.\n\nTelephone: CHISWICK 5691\n\nOffice - Riverside 7952\n\n31st January, 1951.\n\nThe Under Secretary of State,\n\nColonial Office,\n\nThe Church House,\n\nGreat Smith Street,\n\nLONDON, S.W.1.\n\nDear Sir,\n\nI thank you for your letter of January 26th, which was addressed to me at the office of Messrs. Mitchell Engineering Limited.\n\nI am very interested in your suggestion that I might advise the Government of Hong Kong on a scheme for treatment of the nightsoil and garbage by methods which will produce a compost fertiliser.\n\nI see no reason why my services should not be made available for this project and I shall be pleased to discuss the necessary arrangements with Dr. G.A.C. Herklots. I confirm the appointment made by telephone yesterday with Dr. Herklots' secretary for 10.30 a.m. on Friday, February 9th.\n\nI am, Sir,\n\nYours faithfully,\n\nLaurence P. Brunt.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599316, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 148, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Sir,\n\n54403/15/51\n\n26 JAN 1951\n\nJanuary, 1951\n\n3\n\n149\n\n1959 Anews\n\nak\n\n(4)\n\nI am directed by Mr. Secretary Griffiths to address you on the subject of a factory which it is proposed should be established in the Colony of Hong Kong for the production of compost, for use as fertilizer, from nightsoil and city garbage. Proposals in connection with this project have not yet been finalised and in considering the matter the Governor of Hong Kong has reached the conclusion that before the scheme is proceeded with it will be necessary for the services of an expert from this country to be obtained for a period of about two months to advise on various technical details. The Governor has suggested your name as that of a possibly suitable expert adviser.\n\nMr. Griffiths would therefore be grateful if you would indicate whether, provided that suitable arrangements as to terms and with your present employers could be made, you would be prepared to consider the possibility of visiting Hong Kong to undertake the task of advising the Government of Hong Kong on the scheme. If you are prepared to consider the matter it would be appreciated if you would get in touch with Dr. G.A.C. Herklots, one of Mr. Griffiths' advisers, by telephone and arrange a mutually convenient time for you to call at the Colonial Office to discuss the whole question; Dr. Herklots' telephone number is Whitehall 2366 Extension 330.\n\nL.P. BRUNT, ESQ.,\n\nMITCHELL ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED.\n\n/Pending", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599317, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 149, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "148\n\nPending the outcome of this letter no approach has been made to your employers.\n\nA brief memorandum on the proposed Compost scheme is enclosed for your information.\n\nI am, Sir,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\n(SGD.) H. P. HALL", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599318, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 150, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "HONG KONG\n\nCOMPOST\n\n149\n\nOne of the most serious and costly problems of the Colony of Hong Kong is urban sanitation which involves collecting and transporting large quantities of city refuse to sites in the Port of Victoria and in other parts of the Colony adjacent to Hong Kong Island for use in the formation of reclamations, and the collecting and disposal of nightsoil from the many areas in Victoria and Kowloon where for different reasons the flush lavatory system has not been installed. (Reservoir supplies are insufficient to allow water to be used universally for flushing and in general in urban areas it is only allowed in Government or public buildings. Some areas use well or stream water for flushing, but in many parts of Victoria such alternative supplies are not available and water-borne sanitation is therefore impossible. Further, the design of the older type of tenement makes it difficult if not impossible to instal water closets).\n\n2. Nightsoil is at present collected in pails which are then transported to sea a few miles west of Hong Kong Island where the currents are such that it can be dumped into the sea without affecting any of the neighbouring shores. The pails are then washed in sea water and returned for further use. This is a somewhat primitive system of dealing with the problem and in view of the overcrowded condition of the urban area and the correspondingly increased need for maintaining hygienic conditions it is considered essential that as soon as possible proper sterilization methods should be introduced in cleansing the nightsoil pails.\n\n3. This is the most important of the three related problems with which this memorandum deals.\n\n4. The second problem, also an urban one though of somewhat less importance, is that in removing refuse to reclamation areas no proper salvage work is done and a great deal of material which can be salvaged and re-used in some other form is thus wasted. If comparison may be made with salvage conditions in the United Kingdom it will be appreciated that in an urban area as large as that of Victoria and Kowloon with a population of nearly two million the amount of salvage lost is very large.\n\n5. The third problem is a rural one. For centuries past in this part of the world Chinese farmers have used raw nightsoil as their main fertilizer. Last year the Government organised the proper distribution of urban nightsoil in securely-lidded buckets on the theory that if some satisfactory alternative to raw nightsoil could not be found the least that could be done was to control the distribution of it in the interest of greater hygiene. With the subsequent increase in the garrison and the considerable number of military camps that have been set up in the New Territories the Government has recently accepted the advice of both civil and military medical authorities that everything possible should be done to prevent the use of raw nightsoil by the farmers, due to its being an agency in the spread of hookworm and to the fact that flies breed on the surface of the nightsoil sumps, and that as a first step the organised distribution of urban nightsoil should come to an end. The distribution was stopped, and the Government is now faced with the problem of providing a suitable alternative fertiliser for use by New Territories farmers. Matured nightsoil has been considered but the idea of undertaking large-scale production of matured nightsoil has been rejected on the advice of the medical authorities since in the process of maturation the helminth ova in nightsoil are not rendered entirely inactive. The solution therefore and this is agreed by the Administration, the Urban Council and the Government's medical and agricultural advisers is to introduce the use of compost.\n\n/6.\n\nPage 150\n\nPage 151", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599319, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 151, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "150\n\n6. It has therefore been decided to select a suitable site with sea frontage and preferably on the fringe of the urban area and establish there plant and equipment to carry out the triple purpose of manufacturing compost, extracting salvage and sterilizing nightsoil buckets. Machinery will largely replace the present system of cleaning buckets and of doing what composting there is by manual labour which is unsatisfactory and becoming steadily more expensive. Instead of two separate and unconnected sites being used the single site selected will serve equally well to receive the materials for composting and distribute the compost and by-products. Nightsoil and city refuse could be transported from the urban area by barge to this combined site at which the entire process of manufacturing compost from nightsoil and garbage could be carried out. Experiments have been in progress for some time on the composting of city refuse and nightsoil, and it has been found that a satisfactory compost can be produced which is innocuous from the point of view of disease. Inorganic refuse would continue to be used for reclamation purposes but all valuable salvage would be extracted from it, with a resulting economy by the sale of its by-products.\n\n7. By establishing such a plant the Government would be able to perform a public health service of considerable magnitude by providing additional hygienic safeguards in those parts of the urban area without a flush system, and by selling compost to New Territories farmers at a low price, compelling them through lack of supply to give up the use of raw nightsoil as a fertilizer. At the same time use can be made of the salvage extracted from city rubbish.\n\n8. It is of interest that from the small experimental plant at present producing compost in the New Territories, the Agricultural Department has recently been allowing farmers to make free use of the compost and with highly satisfactory results, in that farmers from the neighbouring district are becoming interested in compost as a fertilizer, and realize that it has a greater residual value than nightsoil. The present indications are therefore that if compost could be produced on any scale in this Colony it would be accepted by the farmers and it would certainly be welcomed by the health authorities.\n\n9. A service could thus be rendered to almost the entire Colony, affecting public health in both the urban and the rural areas.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599320, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 152, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "(24534) Wt. 29815-5382 (2) 100m 12/49 G.S.St.\n\nC. O.\n\n27\n\n54403/15/51/52\n\n151\n\nMr.\n\nDr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nFairclough 19% Herklots (9/1 Hall 20/16/5.\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nDRAFT Letter\n\nMinister of State\n\nSecretary of State\n\nYour Reference...\n\nL.P. Brunt Esq., Mitchell Engineering Company Limited,\n\n1, Bedford Square\n\nLondon, W.C.1.\n\nCopy of ench to (1)\n\nas amended\n\nFURTHER ACTION\n\nACTION\n\nReturn to In Fairclough for action as at 'x'\n\nof In Hall's minute\n\nof 15th,\n\n25-\n\nFor In Hall's signature\n\nSi\n\nam etc\n\nto\n\naddress you on the subject of a factory which it is proposed should be established in the Colony of Hong Kong for the production of compost, for use as a fertilizer, in connection with night soil and city garbage. Proposals in connection with this project have not been finalised and the matter is being considered. The Governor of Hong Kong has reached the conclusion that before the scheme is proceeded with it will be necessary for expert opinion to be obtained for a period of about two months to advise on various technical details. The Governor has\n\n/suggested", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599321, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 153, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "suggested your name as \n\nsuitable expert adviser. \n\nIm Criffitues \n\nthat of a possibly \n\n152 \n\nwould therefore be grateful \n\nif you would indicate whether, provided \n\nThat suitable arrangements \n\nas to terms and \n\nwith your present employers could be made, You would be prepared to consider the \n\nvisiting Hong Kong to \n\npossibility of undertake the task of advising \n\nthe Government \n\nof Hong Kong \n\nprepared \n\non the scheme \n\nto consider the matter \n\nit would be appreciated if you would get in touch with Dr. G.A.C. Herklots, In Grifitters' advisers, by telephone \n\none \n\nand arrange a mutually convenient time to call at the Colonial Office \n\nh \n\n(for you \n\nto discuss \n\nquestion in Dr Herklots' \n\nthe whole \n\ntelephone number is Whitehall 2366 Extension \n\n330. \n\noutcome \n\nPending the reception of \n\nthis letter no approach has been made \n\nto your employers. \n\na \n\nbrief \n\nmemorandum on the proposed \n\nCompost scheme is enclosed \n\nfor your \n\ninformation \n\nI \n\nam \n\netc", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599322, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 154, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "RE No.: N.T.(1)\n\nVia airmail,\n\nDear Hall,\n\nDISTRICT OFFICE, NEW TERRITORIES,\n\nKOWLOON MAGISTRACY BUILDING.\n\nHong Kong.\n\n1st December, 1950.\n\nSCHEME FOR COMPOST FACTORY IN HONG KONG.\n\nThere's a despatch going (or gone) to you about this, invoking assistance from the Colonial Development & Welfare Fund. I understand that it ends up with a request that an expert, Mr. Brunt, be sent on a two-month visit to Hong Kong, and that our Colonial Secretary is writing privately to Mr. Sidebotham to ask for this expert as soon as possible.\n\nThis is to ask you to do what you can to get Mr. Brunt here as quickly as possible, without waiting for the full turn of the wheel on the C.D. & W. aspect.\n\nWith best wishes,\n\nYours sincerely, (John Barrow), District Commissioner, New Territories, Hong Kong.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599323, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 155, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Sect. file No.23/641/50.\n\nNo. 136\n\nSir,\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE,\n\nHONG KONG,\n\n12th December, 1950.\n\n154\n\n3\n\nI have the honour to refer to paragraph 7 of my despatch 244 of 23rd October, 1947, and to the memorandum attached thereto dealing with a request for Colonial Development and Welfare assistance in establishing a fertilizer factory in the New Territories.\n\n2. As I mentioned in my savingram 202 of 16th February, 1950, experiments in compost production from nightsoil and city garbage have been proceeding since the early part of this year, and the stage has now been reached when it is desired to put into final form the scheme for a compost plant before making a formal and detailed request for Colonial Development and Welfare funds. In this connexion reference is invited to the memorandum accompanying your predecessor's despatch 209 of 13th July, 1948, which contained the suggestion that the project should be financed on the basis of 50% Colonial Development and Welfare grant and 50% loan from other sources.\n\n3. I now enclose a copy of a memorandum on the subject which has been circulated to and discussed by the Executive Council, on whose advice I now request that an expert from the United Kingdom be engaged to advise on the various technical details in connexion with the proposed scheme. Any charges arising from this visit will be met from Hong Kong funds in the first instance.\n\n4. Pending consideration of this expert's report I would be grateful if you would regard the attached memorandum as the first part of a formal application to the Colonial Development and Welfare Committee, the detailed costs of the scheme to be forwarded later after the expert's views have been taken into consideration. While a detailed estimate at this stage is impossible, it is expected that the capital outlay will be in the region of H.K.$3,000,000, with $500,000 as recurrent costs, a proportion of which will, however, be covered by returns.\n\n5. The expert whom I have in mind for this project is Mr. L.P. Brunt, of Mitchell Engineering Limited, 1 Bedford Square, W.C.1. I understand that he has considerable experience of compost schemes, and I would be grateful if enquiries could be made as to whether his services could be made available to this Government for a short period. I think a stay of two months should be sufficient to enable him to advise in detail on this scheme.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour most obedient, humble servant,\n\nGOVERNOR.\n\n4-1/3\n\nEnclosure.\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE\n\nJAMES GRIFFITHS, M.P.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599324, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 156, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "X. C. 1323.\n\nFor Discussion,\n\nMEMORANDUM FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.\n\nHigh\n\nCOMPOST.\n\nSect. File 23/641/50.\n\n155\n\nthe\n\nAl\n\nprevent\n\nOne of the most serious and costly problems of this Colony is urban sanitation which involves collecting and transporting large quantities of city refuse to sites in the Port of Victoria and in other parts of the Colony adjacent to Hong Kong Island for use in the formation of reclamations, and the collecting and disposal of nightsoil from the many areas in Victoria and Kowloon where for different reasons the flush lavatory system has not been installed. (Reservoir supplies are insufficient to allow water to be used universally for flushing and in general in urban areas it is only allowed in Government or public buildings. Some areas use well or stream water for flushing, but in many parts of Victoria such alternative supplies are not available and water-borne sanitation is therefore impossible. Further, the design of the older type of tenement makes it difficult if not impossible to instal water closets).\n\n2.\n\nNightsoil is at present collected in pails which are then transported to sea a few miles west of Hong Kong Island where the currents are such that it can be dumped into the sea without affecting any of the neighbouring shores. The pails are then washed in sea water and returned for further use. This is a somewhat primitive system of dealing with the problem and in view of the overcrowded condition of the urban area and the correspondingly increased need for maintaining hygienic conditions it is considered essential that as soon as possible proper sterilization methods should be introduced in cleansing the nightsoil pails.\n\n3.\n\nThis is the most important of the three related problems with which this memorandum deals.\n\n4.\n\nThe second problem, also an urban one though of somewhat less importance, is that in removing refuse to reclamation areas no proper salvage work is done and a great deal of material which can be salvaged and re-used in some other form is thus wasted. If comparison may be made with salvage conditions in the United Kingdom it will be appreciated that in an urban area as large as that of Victoria and Kowloon with a population of nearly two million the amount of salvage lost is very large.\n\n5.\n\nThe third problem is a rural one. For centuries past in this part of the world Chinese farmers have used raw nightsoil as their main fertilizer. Last year the Government organised the proper distribution of urban nightsoil in securely-lidded buckets on the theory that if some satisfactory alternative to raw nightsoil could not be found the least that could be done was to control the distribution of it in the interest of greater hygiene. With the subsequent increase in the garrison and the considerable number of military camps that have been set up in the New Territories the Government has recently accepted the advice of both civil and military medical authorities that everything possible should be done to prevent the use of raw nightsoil by the farmers, due to its being an agency in the spread of hookworm and to the fact that flies breed on the surface of the nightsoil sumps, and that as a first step the organised distribution of urban nightsoil should come to an end. The distribution was stopped, and the Government is now faced with the problem of providing a suitable alternative fertilizer for use by New Territories farmers. Matured nightsoil has been considered but the idea of undertaking large-scale production of matured nightsoil has been rejected on the advice of the medical authorities since in the process of maturation the helminth ova in nightsoil are not rendered entirely inactive. The solution therefore, and this is agreed by the Administration, the Urban Council and the Government's medical and agricultural advisers, is to introduce the use of compost.\n\n6.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599325, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 157, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "6.\n\nIt has therefore been decided to select a suitable site with sea frontage and preferably on the fringe of the urban area and establish there plant and equipment to carry out the triple purpose of manufacturing compost, extracting salvage and sterilizing nightsoil buckets. Machinery will largely replace the present system of cleaning buckets and of doing what composting there is by manual labour which is unsatisfactory and becoming steadily more expensive. Instead of two separate and unconnected sites being used the single site selected will serve equally well to receive the materials for composting and distribute the compost and by-products. Nightsoil and city refuse could be transported from the urban area by barge to this combined site at which the entire process of manufacturing compost from nightsoil and garbage could be carried out. Experiments have been in progress for some time on the composting of city refuse and nightsoil, and it has been found that a satisfactory compost can be produced which is innocuous from the point of view of disease. Inorganic refuse would continue to be used for reclamation purposes but all valuable salvage would be extracted from it, with a resulting economy by the sale of its by-products.\n\n7.\n\n1. By establishing such a plant the Government would be able to perform a public health service of considerable magnitude by providing additional hygienic safeguards in those parts of the urban area without a flush system, and by selling compost to New Territories farmers at a low price, compelling them through lack of supply to give up the use of raw nightsoil as a fertilizer. At the same time use can be made of the salvage extracted from city rubbish.\n\n8.\n\nIt is of interest that from the small experimental plant at present producing compost in the New Territories, the Agricultural Department has recently been allowing farmers to make free use of the compost and with highly satisfactory results, in that farmers from the neighbouring district are becoming interested in compost as a fertilizer, and realize that it has a greater residual value than nightsoil. The present indications are therefore that if compost could be produced on any scale in this Colony it would be accepted by the farmers, and it would certainly be welcomed by the health authorities.\n\n9.\n\nA service could thus be rendered to almost the entire Colony, affecting public health in both the urban and the rural areas.\n\n10.\n\nA site at Tsun Wan has been provisionally selected for the establishment of a plant of the kind referred to in paragraph 6 above and it is proposed to approach the Secretary of State forthwith for assistance from Colonial Development and Welfare funds in order to finance the scheme. If approval in principle is forthcoming and when the question of the exact site has been finally settled the services of an expert from the United Kingdom will be required to advise upon various technical details in connection with the scheme.\n\nColonial Secretariat\n\n8th November, 1950.\n\nThe Tsun Wan site mentioned in paragraph 10 above is situated at grid 495095 in G.S.G.S. 3868.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599326, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 158, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "(118)\n\n(118)\n\n(119-121)\n\n122\n\n157\n\n# MEMORANDUM ON PROPOSED COMPOSTING FACTORY BY D.P.W.\n\n1.\n\n2.\n\n3.\n\n4.\n\nThe site for the proposed factory is at Tsun Wan in the New Territories, approximately nine miles from Kowloon Peninsula.\n\nAttached to this memorandum are:-\n\na)\n\nb) Drawings P887 and P893 in duplicate\n\nc) Tide Tables for the Port of Hongkong for the year 1951\n\nCorrespondence with reference to the sea transport time schedule in connection with the scheme and the problem of unloading the city refuse and night soil.\n\nDrawing P887 shows that a frontage of 700 feet is proposed and that the area available for the factory is approximately 24 acres, and drawing P893 shows typical sections of the sea wall and proposed dolphins to enable barges to be off-loaded at all states of the tide.\n\nIt will be noted from the Tide Tables that the maximum range of tide is 9.2 feet i.e. from minus 0.4 ft. to plus 8.8 ft. Chart datum.\n\nDirector of Public Works.\n\n20.10.51.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599327, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 159, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "To: \n\nD.C.S. \n\nFrom: C.U.C. \n\n121 \n\n# MEMORANDUM \n\nRef: S.D.482/49. \n\nDate: 4th August, 1951. \n\n158 \n\n(118) \n\n(9) \n\n120 \n\n## Composting Factory at Tsun Wan Berthing Facilities Required. \n\n(117) \n\n90m 23/641/50 I \n\nIn the plan attached to P.W.D. memorandum 7121/51 of 16th June, 1951, to you, provision is only made for two 98-foot berths for unloading along the 700 feet of sea wall. It occurred to me that this would almost certainly be inadequate for the unloading of the Sanitary Department's refuse and nightsoil barge fleet or would necessitate an extremely rapid rate of discharge which could only be achieved by very costly machinery. I had a precast made of the times at which refuse and nightsoil barges would arrive at Tsun Wan and at which they would require to leave and then asked Hon. D.P.W. and Director of Marine for their advice. I attach copies of (a) my memorandum S.D.482/49 of 12th July to Hon. D.P.W. and Director of Marine; (b) of Hon. D.P.W.'s memorandum PWD2906/50 of 25th July in reply to (a); (c) of Director of Marine's memorandum MD565/1950 of 27th July in reply to (a).\n\n2.\n\nThe consensus of opinion seems to be that at least three berths will be necessary for refuse barges at Tsun Wan and possibly also a pier at which two nightsoil barges could discharge by pump simultaneously. Hon. D.P.W. considers that it will be necessary to lay mooring buoys in addition to accommodate barges awaiting their turn to discharge alongside the wall. I assume that this means that an additional tug will be required to stand by off the installation to move barges into position and Director of Marine points out that this would entail additional capital expenditure of $350,000 to $400,000. His suggestion that dolphins should be built along the whole length of the wall and barges hand-hauled to discharge points as required might be cheaper.\n\n3. The correspondence is of interest as showing the factors which will have to be taken into consideration in the planning and I recommend that a copy of all three documents should be forwarded by you to Mr. Brunt to assist him in his preliminary layout of unloading facilities. I understand that Director of Marine considers that considerable difficulty may be experienced in the designing and use of containers in the refuse barges but it is essential that some means be found for rapid unloading.\n\nCopy to Hon. D.P.W. \n\nD. of M. D.A.F.F. \n\n(sd) P.C.M. Sedgwick, Chairman, Urban Council.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599328, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 160, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "G.F. 73A.\n\nFrom\n\nDirector of Marine.\n\nM.D. 565/1950.\n\n27th July, 1951.\n\n120\n\nMemo\n\nTo\n\nHon. C.U.C.\n\nYour ref: S.D. 482/49.\n\n159\n\n(118)\n\nPROPOSED COMPOST FACTORY AT TSUN WAN\n\nYour memo dated 12th July, 1951. P.W.D. plan of the layout at Tsun Wan was seen and discussed with Mr. Strange. No details are yet known as to how Mr. Brunt will propose to handle the night soil and refuse once it is landed at the site.\n\n1. Night Soil. It is anticipated that the barges designed to carry night soil in buckets will need to be converted to bulk carriage. This should present no technical difficulty but will cost money. Probably one barge in the new scheme could carry as much as two barges in the existing scheme, but the number of barges to be converted will also depend to some extent on the number of collection points and the facilities provided for storage at those points. At the factory site presumably the night soil will be pumped ashore and it will be possible to have two barges berthed abreast and pumped out through flexible hoses to the shore main. Alternatively, a pier to take one barge on either side would be suitable with a central delivery pipe.\n\n2. Refuse. In this case everything depends on Mr. Brunt's proposals for handling the refuse once it is ashore. If the refuse is to be carried in separate bins on the barges, each to be lifted ashore bodily and tipped, the question of the number of bins and loaded weight of each is of primary importance regarding crane strength. If, for instance, a loaded bin is five tons, then the out-reach about 16 will be required for each barge.\n\nThe out-reach of the crane would be the distance from crane centre to a point 18 feet from the shore side of the barge. The point then arises as to whether the crane would need to be mobile to discharge each delivery into a single hopper from which refuse would be delivered to a conveyor belt system for sorting. If so, the time taken to unload one barge might be excessive and even more so if the bins were smaller to suit a smaller crane. On the other hand, possibly the conveyor belt would run along parallel to the sea wall and the crane take up a new position only when proceeding to unload the next barge.\n\nOut-reach of the crane will be excessive if barges are moored abreast for unloading and it looks therefore as though at least three berths would be required for refuse barges. Instead of fitting separate dolphins, the better plan would be to structure the whole length of the sea wall. Barges could then be moored on arrival directly to the frontage and unloaded each in its place or, in the alternative, if Mr. Brunt's scheme requires delivery to one central hopper, each barge could be hand-hauled along the sea front to the fixed unloading point, without the necessity for keeping a tug in constant attendance to bring barges in from moorings off shore.\n\n3. Tugs. Our tugs are being overworked now, and if a tug is required to stand by at the factory, the cost of one tug plus operating expenses, must be added to the cost of the compost scheme. The present capital cost of a tug such as now used is roughly $350,000 to $400,000.\n\ncc Hon. C.S.\n\nD.P.W.\n\n(sd) W. Sprague\n\nfor Director of Marine.\n\nPage 160\n\nPage 161", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599329, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 161, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Director of Public Works.\n\nRef. PWD2906/50\n\n119\n\n160\n\nTo\n\nHon. C.U.C.\n\nRef. S.D.482/49.\n\n25th July, 1951.\n\n(118)\n\nProposed Compost Factory at Tsun Wan.\n\nYour memo dated 12.7.51.\n\nIt will be possible to design the necessary berthing accommodation after the consultant specifies the unloading equipment in relation to the towing schedule.\n\nI consider that the solution to the problem depends on the methods of unloading the barges.\n\nAs I see it, the position regarding the Refuse Barges is as under:-\n\na) 3 Nos. arrive at 9 a.m. and leave at 12:30 p.m., a stay of 3½ hours, which allows 70 minutes per barge.\n\nb) 1 No. arrives at 10:25 a.m. and leaves at 1:30 p.m., that is a 3¼ hour stay.\n\nc) 2 Nos. arrive at 10:45 a.m. and leave at 1:45 p.m., a 3 hours stay.\n\nd) 1 No. arrives at 1:45 p.m. and leaves at 4:00 p.m., a 2¼ hours stay.\n\nIf we allow 60 minutes unloading time per barge, plus ten minutes for moving the empty barge out and a full one in, we have the following:-\n\nBerth No. 1.\n\nCommencing 9 a.m., the 3 barges at (a) are unloaded by 12:30 p.m., and one of the barges at (c) is unloaded at 1:00 p.m. The barge at (d) is unloaded at 2:50 p.m.\n\nBerth No. 2.\n\nCommencing 10:25 a.m., the barge at (b) is unloaded at 11:30 a.m., and one of the barges at (c) is unloaded at 12:35 p.m.\n\nNight Soil Barges.\n\n(e) 2 Nos. arrive at 10:25 a.m. and leave at 1:30 p.m., a stay of 3¼ hours.\n\n(f) 1 No. arrives at 10:45 a.m.\n\n(g) 3 Nos. arrive at 12:30 p.m.\n\nBerth No. 1 is not free till 2:50 p.m.\n\nBerth No. 2 is not free till 12:35 p.m.\n\n等\n\n1:45 p.m.\n\n3 hours.\n\n6:00 p.m.\n\n#1\n\n5½ hours.\n\nTherefore, it will be necessary to have a third berth to deal with the barges at (e).\n\nI consider the best solution would be to have two berths east of the boat landing steps and one west of the steps. The cost of this extra berth is estimated at $62,500. In addition, it will be necessary to lay buoys to accommodate barges at Tsun Wan whilst they wait their turn to be unloaded. This will no doubt be considered by the Director of Marine in his comments on your memo; therefore, I submit no estimate of the cost.\n\nc.c. Hon. C.S.\n\nDirector of Marine.\n\n(sd) N.K. Littlejohn\n\np.p. Director of Public Works.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599330, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 162, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "G.F. 73A\n\nFrom C.U.C.\n\n717\n\nS.D. 482/49.\n\nDemo\n\n118\n\nTo\n\nHon. D.P.W.\n\nDate: 12th July, 1951.\n\n181\n\nProposed Compost Factory at Tsun Wan.\n\nPD) in 23/641/50 I atte\n\n(90)\n\nThe plan attached to your memorandum PWD7121/51 of 16th June to Hon. C. S. copied to me shows four dolphins on the 700 feet of sea frontage which it is proposed to utilise for the compost factory and only makes provision for two 98 foot refuse barges to discharge simultaneously. In addition to garbage it will be necessary to discharge nightsoil at the seawall for use in the factory and the present proposals are that the nightsoil should be conveyed in liquid form in covered steel tankers from which the nightsoil will be pumped into the factory. I understand from Director of Marine that it will be possible to convert the existing 78 foot steel nightsoil barges for this purpose. I have no information as to the proposed layout of the factory but it seems certain that it will be necessary to make separate provision on the sea wall for the unloading of nightsoil and refuse. The purpose of this memorandum is to ask your advice on the planning of the berthing facilities. When we know the maximum number of vessels for which simultaneous berthing facilities can be provided, it will be possible in the light of our towing schedule to determine the rate at which the cranes and pumps on the sea wall must be capable of unloading each refuse and nightsoil barge.\n\n2.\n\nIt is not possible to make an exact forecast because there may be changes in the number and sitting of our refuse and nightsoil barge stations but I attach for your information a copy of an estimated schedule prepared by the Chief Inspector in charge of Sanitation together with a covering minute written at my request. From this it appears that it will be necessary to make provision for six 100 ton refuse barges to be unloaded daily between 9 a.m. and 1.45 p.m. and one 100 ton barge to be unloaded between 1.45 p.m. and 4 p.m. At the same time it will be necessary for three nightsoil barges to be discharged between 10.25 a.m. and 1.45 p.m. and another three between 1.45 p.m. and 6 p.m.\n\nIt also appears that between 10.45 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. nine vessels will be off Tsun Wan simultaneously. From 10.45 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. there will be six refuse barges and three nightsoil barges and from 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. six nightsoil barges and three refuse barges.\n\n3.\n\nIt is not known whether it will be possible for two or more vessels to be discharged whilst lying alongside each other at a single berth but it seems probable that the beam of the refuse barges will make it impossible to do more than unload the vessel lying immediately alongside, although the same problem may not arise with the nightsoil barges. It also seems probable that it will be necessary to station a tug all day at the sea wall to shift barges between offshore moorings and the various discharge berths.\n\n4. It will of course be necessary to plan for a more rapid rate of discharge than is demanded by the schedule itself since allowance must be made for mechanical breakdowns on the part of the unloading machinery. If it is in any way feasible, I consider that at least two 78 foot berths should be available for the discharge of nightsoil and not less than three berths for the refuse barges.\n\n*", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599331, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 163, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "The questions at issue require expert opinion and the purpose of this memorandum is to pose the problem as it appears from the delivery aspect and to seek your advice and that of Director of Marine so that detailed requirements for the discharge facilities may be conveyed to Mr. Brunt.\n\n(sd) P.C.M. Sedgwick, Chairman, Urban Council.\n\nThe space required for nightsoil barges might be reduced considerably if they could be moved in pairs bow on to the sea wall.\n\nCopy to: Director of Marine\n\nDirector of Agri. Forestry & Fisheries.\n\n162", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599332, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 164, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "163\n\nCOPY\n\n118\n\nWe have not sufficient data available to draw up any conclusive time schedule.\n\nIt is also necessary in order to compile such a schedule that we have an agreed factor on which to base our calculations, i.e. much will depend on:-\n\n(a) Ability of Sanitary Department to adjust routine to fit.\n\n(b) Capacity of plant at Tsun Wan to handle unloading.\n\n(c) Towing facilities available from Marine Department.\n\n(d) Berthing or mooring facilities at Tsun Wan.\n\nThis must be arranged, I consider, to correlate with (i) capacity of plant, and (ii) maximum number of craft likely to be present at any given time.\n\nRegarding (a).\n\nI consider it safe to assume that this Department's routine can be adjusted without difficulty provided satisfactory arrangements can be made by other Departments according to (b), (c) and (d) above.\n\nNo additional costs are likely to be involved (excluding cost of altering or replacing craft, and, cost of two pan conservancy scheme) save that we may have to consider overtime payment for S. D. crews depending on adequacy of facilities at Tsun Wan and time occupied.\n\nRegarding (b).\n\nInformation from Mr. Brunt will no doubt be available in due course. It seems essential however that Mr. Brunt be informed of the substance of this report in case special provision has to be made for unloading equipment at Tsun Wan.\n\nRegarding (c).\n\nThe Marine Department have at present only 3 towing launches (TANACS) for the use of S.D. dumb craft.\n\nThese tanacs are available for a 24 hours per day service throughout the year but overtime expenses have to be considered in excess of a 48 hour week.\n\nOr\n\nThe cost of overtime is at present estimated at $28 per craft per hour ($17 for running expenses and $11 for crew), a total of $10,220 per annum per craft for every additional hour on daily schedule.\n\nOur present time schedules for the use of these tanacs have been reduced to a minimum but even so involves the Marine Department in an overtime commitment of approximately $102,200 per annum based on a total of 10 hours overtime per day.\n\nIt is obvious therefore that this factor must be given serious consideration in the planning of discharge equipment and berthing facilities at Tsun Wan.\n\nAssuming that towing facilities be agreed factor for calculating time schedules I attach for the purpose of illustration, a time schedule showing how our refuse and conservancy craft would concentrate at Tsun Wan under our present work day use of the tanacs.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599333, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 165, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "164\n\nIt must be understood that the specimen time schedule is for the purpose of illustration only and would be subject to amendment according to:-\n\n(i) Facilities to be provided under (b), (c) and (d).\n\n(ii) Typhoon or strong wind precautions.\n\n(iii) Changes from night time to daytime collection of conservancy under the proposed two pan conservancy scheme.\n\nRegarding (a).\n\nHon. D.P.W.'s plan of 18.6.51 shows a proposed sea wall 700 ft. in length and four 25' x 16' dolphins. The dolphins being arranged in pairs and each pair being capable of affording high or low tide berthing for one 24' x 98' refuse barge or one 78' conservancy barge. The intervening portions of the sea wall would appear to be unsuitable for berthing or mooring, without the provision of dolphins, owing to the gradient of the sea wall and inadequate draught at low tide.\n\nIt will be seen from the specimen time schedule attached to this report that there would be concentrations of 6 refuse barges and 3 conservancy barges during the peak periods from 10.45 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 3 refuse barges and 6 conservancy barges from 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m.\n\nAs a public health measure I also consider that it should be an accepted principle to arrange for loaded craft to be cleared from urban stations as early as is practicable, consistent with economic operation. This would enable fly repreessive measures to be more efficiently controlled at the point of concentration but requires that adequate provision be made for berthing arrangements at Tsun Wan.\n\nOn the whole and from facts at present available it would seem that the two berthing points as shown on Hon. D.P.W.'s plan will not be sufficient.\n\nI consider that it would be unwise not to make provision for berthing facilities along the entire length of the 700 ft. sea wall but in this I can only express my personal views and submit that the responsibility for deciding be left to the experts.\n\n(sd) C. STRANGE.\n\nC.H.I. (San.).\n\n9.7.51.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599334, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 166, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "COPY 118\n\nSEA TRANSPORT TIME SCHEDULE IN CONNECTION WITH PROPOSED COMPOSTING STATION, TSUN WAN.\n\nLaunch Schedule\n\n \n Duty\n Time for\n Refuse Barges\n Concy. Barges.\n \n \n No. 1 Launch\n 7.00 a.m.\n Leave Yaumati Slipway\n \n \n \n \n 7.10 a.m.\n Arr. Pitt St. pick up loaded Refuse Barge.\n \n \n \n \n 7.20 a.m.\n Arr. Saigon St. do\n \n \n \n \n 8.00 a.m.\n Arr. Kweilin St. do\n \n \n \n \n 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.\n \n Barge.\n \n \n \n 10.35 a.m.\n \n Arr. Waterloo Rd. pick up loaded Concy.\n \n \n \n 10.45 a.m.\n Arr. Tsun Wan cast off loaded Refuse Barge.\n \n \n \n \n 11.25 a.m.\n \n Arr. Saigon St. Arr. Kweilin St. do\n \n \n \n 12.30 p.m. to 6 p.m.\n \n \n \n \n \n 12.30 p.m.\n Arr. Tsun Wan\n Cast off loaded Concy. Barge.\n \n \n \n 1.30 p.m.\n \n Arr. Kweiling St.\n \n \n \n 2.10 p.m.\n \n Arr. Saigon St.\n \n \n \n 2.20 p.m.\n Arr. Pitt St.\n cast off empty Refuse Barge from Tsun Wan.\n \n \n \n 4.00 p.m.\n \n Arr. Tsun Wan\n \n \n \n 5.40 p.m.\n Arr. French St.\n \n \n \n \n 6.00 p.m.\n \n solo from Pitt St. cast off empty Refuse Barge from Tsun Wan, Arr. Yaumati Slipway - finish.\n \n \n No. 2 Launch\n 7.00 a.m.\n Leave Yaumati Slipway.\n \n \n \n \n 7.25 a.m.\n Arr. Ma Tau Kok pick up loaded Refuse Barge.\n \n \n \n \n 7.35 a.m.\n Arr. B.A.T.\n \n \n \n \n 8.15 a.m. to 10.25 a.m.\n \n \n \n \n \n 10.25 a.m.\n Arr. Tsun Wan\n \n \n \n \n 12.05 p.m.\n \n Arr. Sincere's pick up loaded Concy. Barge.\n \n \n \n 1.45 p.m.\n Arr. Fleming Rd.\n \n \n \n \n 3.25 p.m.\n \n Arr. Tsun Wan cast off loaded Concy. Barge.\n \n \n \n 3.55 p.m.\n Arr. French St.\n \n \n \n \n 4.45 p.m.\n Arr. Sincere's\n pick up loaded Concy. Barge.\n \n \n \n 5.25 p.m.\n Arr. Yaumati Slipway\n \n \n \n No. 3 Launch\n 7.00 a.m.\n Leave Yaumati Slipway.\n Arr. Ma Tau Kok pick up loaded Refuse Barge.\n \n \n \n 7.40 a.m.\n Arr. Whitfield pick up loaded Refuse Barge.\n \n \n \n \n 8.25 a.m.\n \n Arr. Eastern St. pick up loaded Concy. Barge.\n \n \n \n 9.00 a.m.\n Arr. Tsun Wan\n \n \n \n \n 10.45 a.m.\n \n Arr. Fleming Rd.\n \n \n \n 11.45 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.\n Idle at Tsun Wan.\n \n \n \n \n 1.30 p.m.\n Leave Tsun Wan.\n \n \n \n \n 3.20 p.m.\n \n Arr. Eastern St.\n \n \n \n 4.00 p.m.\n Arr. B.A.T.\n \n \n \n \n 4.10 p.m.\n Arr. Whitfield with empty Refuse Barge from Tsun Wan.\n \n \n\n10.25 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.\n\n10.45 a.m. to 1.45 p.m.\n\n1.45 p.m. to 4 p.m.\n\n10.45 a.m. to 1.45 p.m.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599335, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 167, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Launch Schedule\n\nNo. 3 Launch\n\nDuty\n\n2.\n\n6.00 p.m. Arr. Tsun Wan\n\n7.00 p.m.\n\n7.40 p.m. Arr. Kweilin St. with empty Concy. Barge from Tsun Wan.\n\n7.50 p.m. Arr. Saigon St. with empty Concy. Barge from Tsun Wan.\n\n8.00 p.m. Arr. Waterloo Rd, with empty Concy. Barge from Tsun Wan.\n\nArr. Yaumati Slipway - finish.\n\n166 Time for unloading Refuse Barges Concy. Barges.\n\nX\n\nLaunch could be used to take one (or two) empty refuse barge to Kweilin St. and return to Tsun Wan but the extra trip would not be worth while and provision must be made for 3 trips every 14 days to draw stores from Slipway which could be fitted in during these times.\n\nANALYSIS SUMMARY\n\nTime available for discharging refuse :\n\n6 barges in 4 hrs (1.00 a.m. to 1.45 p.m.) = 6 in 285 min.\n\n(1.45 to 4. p.m.) 1 barge in 24 hrs.\n\nTime available for discharging nightsoil :\n\n1 every 47 min.\n\n3 barges in 3 hrs. 20 min. 3 barges in 4 hrs. 15 min.\n\n(10.25 to 1.45) = 3 in 200 min. = 1 every 66 min. (1.45 p.m. to 6.00) = 3 in 255 min, = 1 every 85 min.\n\nBerthing or mooring arrangements to be made at Tsun Wan :\n\n \n 9.00 a.m. to 10.25 a.m.\n 3 Refuse Barges\n \n \n 10.25 a.m. to 10.45 a.m.\n 3 Refuse Barges +1 R.B.\n \n \n 10.45 am to 12.30 p.m.\n 3 Refuse Barges +1 R.B. + 2 R.B.\n \n \n 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m.\n 1 R.B. + 2 R.B. Gone\n \n \n 1.30 p.m. to 1.45 p.m.\n 2 Conservancy Barges.\n \n \n 1.45 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.\n 2 Conservancy Barges +1 C.B.\n \n \n 4.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.\n 2 Conservancy Barges +1 C.B. + 3 C.B. Gone\n \n \n 6.00 p.m.\n 1 C.B. Gone 3 C.B.\n \n\nPeak Periods :\n\n10.45 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. - 6 Refuse Barges and 3 Conservancy Barges.\n\n12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. - 3 Refuse Barges and 6 Conservancy Barges.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599336, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 168, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "1500\n\npos\n\n1483\n\n1359\n\nNULLAH\n\n+12148C.D.\n\n130-0\n\nS COURS TI\n\n230'\n\n2 COURSES\n\nUK Littlysh\n\n20/10/57/\n\nSo\n\nV\n\nW. D\n\n1105\n\nCONCRETE\n\nFOUNDATION\n\n261-\n\n3 COURSES\n\n:\n\n+12-58\n\n858\n\n1500′-0″\n\n150\n\n4 COURSES\n\n+44:23\n\nS COURSES\n\n& COURDES\n\n* COUKSES\n\n334'-0\"\n\nCOURSES\n\nCONCRETI\n\nFOUNDATION\n\n+0.4\n\nD\n\nELEVATION. OF UNCOMPLETED SEAWALL (SOUTH SIDE of lot)\n\nSECTION 150°\n\nSECTION 300\n\ntrix\n\nSECTION\n\nGOD\n\n•\n\n100\n\nVİSİTOJUSTUSTĪKŠTESTIN\n\nSURVEYED BY:\n\nCONCRETE\n\nFOUNDATION\n\nC.D.\n\nNOTE :-\n\n150\n\nLEVELS & BOUNDINGS REDUCED TO CHART DATUM.\n\nT. W. M. L. No 8-TSUN WAN\n\nELEVATION OF UNCOMPLETED SEAWALL & CROSS SECTIONS\n\nSCALEFLIN. *10FT.\n\nDRAWN BY:\n\nTRACED BY: Biking\n\nCHECKED BY: JM #12,6-51\n\nREFERENCE\n\n#63 PW.D.\n\n$12.6.51\n\nP. W. O.\n\nPUBLIC WORKS\n\nDEPARTMENT\n\nHONG KONG\n\nDRAWING N?\n\nP. 893\n\n167", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599337, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 169, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "NULLAH\n\n40:00\n\n120-0\n\nCOURSES\n\nmo\n\nSo'\n\nC.D\n\nC. D.\n\nUK Littlejoh\n\n25440/41\n\n2 COURSES\n\nColl\n\nCONCRETE FOUNDATION\n\n1500'-0\"\n\n281-0\"\n\n202-0\"\n\n3 COURSES\n\n4 COURSES\n\n+14/23\n\n5 COURSES\n\n← COURSES\n\n2 COURSES\n\n354-9\n\nCOURSES\n\nCONCRETE FOUNDATION\n\nELEVATION OF UNCOMPLETED SEAWALL (SOUTH SIDE OF LOT)\n\nSo'\n\nSECTION 150\n\nSECTION 300\n\nSECTION; GOD\n\nSECT\n\nW. D\n\nT. W. M. L. No 8-TSUN WAN\n\nELEVATION OF UNCOMPLETED SEAWALL & CROSS SECTIONS\n\nWT.1\n\nSCALE: 1:100FT.\n\nLOO\n\nCONCRETE FOUNDATION\n\nNOTE 1-\n\n150\n\n1\n\n168\n\nC.D\n\nLEVELS & SOUNDINGS REDUCED TO CHART DATUM.\n\nREFERENCE:\n\nSURVEYED BY: 16·6-51\n\nDRAWN BY: P 7-6-27\n\nW.D.\n\nTRACED BY:\n\nCHECKED BY: SHA-12431\n\nPWO.\n\nPUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT\n\nDRAWING No. P. 893", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599338, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 170, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "Page 170\n\nPage 171", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599339, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 171, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "54403/15", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599340, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 172, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "TIDE TABLES for the Port of HONG KONG for the year 1951.\n\n(EXTRACTED FROM ADMIRALTY TIDE TABLES—PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS)\n\nPRINTED FOR THE CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES, 4, MILLBANK, S.W.1, BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.\n\nCrown Copyright Reserved\n\n1\n\n167", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599341, "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": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "page_number": 173, "title": "CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952", "content_text": "CHINA HONG KONG\n\nLat. 22° 18′ N. 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4.4\n\n29\n\nS\n\n2158\n\n4.6 1418\n\n1.4\n\n--\n\n0750\n\n7-1 0104\n\n4+2\n\n1907\n\n4-7 1306 2-8\n\n2207 T 0715 2229\n\n3.9 1418 1.5 6-8 0006 3.8 4-0 1451 1.1\n\n12204 F0810 2208\n\n4-7 1448\n\n1-2\n\n30\n\n0743 7-1 0142 2058 5-7 1435 0828\n\n4.0 M 0808 1.8\n\n6.4 0211\n\n3-1\n\n1007\n\n5.1 0358\n\n1.0\n\nS 1114\n\n8.8 1552 3.7 4-4 0422 0-0\n\n2014\n\n7.1 1415\n\n2109\n\n7.3 0152\n\n3.9\n\n4.8 1519 1-1\n\n1200 is noon\n\n0000 is midnight\n\nHeights are referred to the datum of the largest scale Admiralty Chart of the place, No. 1459 Heights should be added to depths unless preceded by an asterisk (*) when they should be subtracted.\n\n6.1 0338 1-8 8-2 1510 3-3\n\n0000 is midnight. 1200 is noon. Heights are referred to the datum of the largest scale Admiralty Chart of the place, No. 1459 Heights should be added to depths unless preceded by an asterisk (*) when they should be subtracted. (B.H. 18616-Wt. P.0107 - Dd. 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Ratio\n Ref.\n TIMB DIFFERENCES\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ft.\n ft.\n ft.\n ft.\n \n \n H. M.\n \n \n 7202\n HONG KONG\n \n 22 18\n 114 10\n \n High Water\n Low Water\n \n \n \n \n H. M.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 6.7\n 4'7\n \n \n \n \n I-8\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 3.6\n \n \n \n \n \n\nSECONDARY Ports\n\n \n N.\n E.\n X.H.W.\n L, 1, W,\n X,H,W,\n - L, L, W‚E,\n L,W,\n \n \n 7190\n Kau lan\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 7191\n CHINA, south coast\n Macao harbour.\n (Zone -0800)\n on HONG KONG\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 21 54\n 113 17\n \n \n \n \n \n 22 II\n 113 33\n +0127\n +0114\n 7:0\n 0120\n +01II\n \n \n 9.1\n 5.2\n \n \n 2-1\n 3.6\n 4.5\n \n \n I.IO\n ir\n \n \n 7.2\n 4'3\n \n \n \n 5-7\n 6-6\n 1.05\n \n \n \n \n \n\nSi kiang:-\n\n \n 7194\n Pakkai\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 7197\n Gap rock\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 7198\n Linting island\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 7201\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 7202\n Hong Kong:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Taitam wan\n \n 22 36\n 113 07\n \n \n \n \n \n Hong Kong (harbour)\n \n 22 18\n 114 10\n \n \n \n \n \n Aberdeen\n \n 21 49\n 113 51\n \n \n \n \n :::\n \n 22 06\n 114 02\n |÷0502\n +0619\n \n \n \n *\n \n \n \n *\n \n \n \n \n +0007+0021\n +0005+0008\n 6.5\n 5.0\n 3.1\n 1-2\n 2-6\n \n \n 3-0\n 0-85\n is\n \n 4'5\n I-9\n 3:5\n \n \n 4.1\n I-00\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n...\n\n \n 7206\n Kap shui mun\n 22 21\n 114 03\n +0015\n +0006\n 7.5\n \n \n 5-6\n 2'4\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 7207\n The Brothers (West)\n 22 20\n 113 58\n +0052\n +0052\n 7'9\n \n \n 5.5\n 2.4\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nCanton river —\n\n \n 7310\n Lintin island\n 22 25\n 113 50\n +0200\n \n \n \n \n 7211\n Wangmun entrance\n 22 36\n 113 36\n +-0230\n \n \n \n \n 7212\n Tailung channel\n 22 48\n 113 20\n \n \n \n \n \n 7213\n Chuen pi point\n 22 45\n 113 40\n +0420\n +0255\n \n \n \n ****\n \n 7-8\n 7-0\n 70\n \n \n \n \n *\n \n 8-0\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 7214\n Whampoa dock\n 23 05\n 113 26\n +0437\n +0448\n 8-8\n \n \n 7215\n Canton\n 23 07\n 113 15\n +0535\n \n ܀\n \n \n 5'7\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n...\n\nFOOTNOTES:—\n\ni. Constants inferred.\n\nNo.\n\n*: Z. inferred.\n\n>: No data.\n\n*: Mean high water time difference and ratio,\n\n**: See shallow water corrections.\n\nt: In the Canton river the seasonal changes will lie between those at Hong Kong (7201–7207) and Whampoa dock (7214).\n\n7181-7194 7197, 7198\n\n7202 7201-7207 7210-7213 7214, 7215 7217-7230\n\n7235\n\nSEASONAL CHANGES IN MEAN LEVEL (Z, or M.).\n\n \n Jan. 1\n Feb. 1\n Mar. 1\n Apl. 1\n May\n June\n July\n Aug. 1\n Sept. 1\n Oct. 1\n Nov. 1\n Dec. 1\n Jan. 1\n \n \n -0-2\n -0.I\n 0-0\n +0.1\n +0.3\n +04\n +0.3\n +0.2\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n +o.I\n +0.5\n +0.5\n +04\n +01\n +0.1\n +0.5\n +0.5\n +0.4\n +0-1\n \n \n \n \n \n 1-0-\n \n \n 1-0-\n \n +.o-\n -0.2\n -0.2\n -0.2\n -0.3\n -02-03\n | 04 | 0.2\n \n \n \n (See footnote t}\n \n -0.3\n -0-2\n +0.1\n -0.2\n +0+1\n -0.3\n -0.2\n -O-I\n -0-2\n -0-5\n -0-6\n \n \n -0+2\n -0.2\n -0.4\n 0.0\n -0.2\n 0.2\n -O-I\n 0-0\n +0-1\n +0-2\n -0.30-4\n Assume nil\n \n \n \n -O'I\n +04\n +0.5\n +0.5\n +0.2\n -0°2\n +0.3\n +0.6\n +0-5\n +0.3\n \n \n \n \n\nPage 173", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-2 Fertilizer factory new territories- contains drawings 1-12-1950 - 31-1-1952.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599344, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 1, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "1951\n\n25/2403/16\n\nHONG KONG and PACIFIC\n\nHONG KONG\n\nDEVELOPMENT\n\nHOUSING PROJECT.\n\n1951\n\n54403/16\n\nCLOSED UNTIL\n\n1982\n\nPrevious\n\n12818/17/1950\n\nSubsequent\n\nHKP313/126/01 * SEE AKP313/2/01\n\n4531\n\n60129/677/3\n\nFILE A\n\nWt. 24406 5566 11m in 7 sorts 10/50 TCP/JB", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599345, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 2, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "Desp 14\n\n10/2/51\n\n2\n\nMr. Atkinson.\n\n1.\n\nNow that you have returned from your tour I should be glad if you would have a look at the extremely interesting and encouraging proposals contained in (1) opposite. In the absence of professional advice on this complicated question the file has been held up for some time and we should, I think, endeavour now to deal with the various points arising as rapidly as possible.\n\n2. To my mind Hong Kong has in (1) \"turned up trumps\" on this question of housing. They have not as yet had a chance to consider in detail all the points which we raised in our despatch at (10) on 12818/17/50. In fact whilst we were busy thinking out the terms of that despatch Hong Kong were busy thinking out the pilot scheme which has now been put to us in (1) opposite. In the circumstances it is, I think, encouraging that, as the Governor points out in (1) opposite we appear to have reached broadly similar conclusions on the question of the lines which housing development in Hong Kong should take.\n\n3. The Governor accepts our view that the best way of tackling housing in Hong Kong is to set up an Improvement Trust having considerable powers and independence and charged with the task of housing and planning. He does not, however, propose to set this up at once and indeed, as is clear from (10) on 12818/17/50, it was never our intention that he should precipitately set up such a body. In (10) on 12818/17/50 we recommended that pilot schemes should be carried out before large scale development started, mainly I think, with the idea that experience could be gained before the Trust was formally set up; and the Governor's proposals in (1) opposite are for precisely such a pilot scheme. He differs from us in detail however. In paragraph 5(vii) we suggested that an interim committee, which could later develop into the Trust should be given the job of undertaking the pilot schemes; we also recommended that in the early stages at any rate housing and planning should be handled together. The Governor does not quite meet us on this as he proposes that after site development for the pilot scheme is completed the actual housing work should be turned over to the Hong Kong Housing Society. However, I think he meets us sufficiently. The planning aspects of the pilot scheme have been considered, presumably in the Public Works Department, and it has been ensured that the scheme does not clash with any of Sir P. Abercrombie's suggestions and although Sir Patrick's word is not infallible (in fact too often his schemes have been found to be rather over-idealistic and unrealistic) it is clear that Hong Kong intend to be guided in general terms by his ideas. The actual design of the flats forming the scheme has also been done in the Public Works Department (by the Acting Chief Architect) with the advice of a representative committee. I think we can assume that the housing and planning aspects of this scheme have been given sufficiently closely connected consideration.\n\n4. If you agree as to this point then the only remaining query on the scheme submitted in (1) to my mind is the question of the cost of site development. In paragraph 9 of our despatch at (10) on --/50 we recommended that the activities of the Trust, the creation of which we had suggested, should aim at being self-supporting over a specified period of time and, from what I can remember of our discussions at the time the despatch was being prepared, we certainly envisaged the cost of site development as being part of the costs of the Trust and as being therefore part of the costs which the ...\n\n/income", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599346, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 3, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "3\n\nOn the other hand, we also emphasised in para. 9 that the money available under Hong Kong's Colonial Development and Welfare allocation, which the Governor proposed to devote to housing for the lower-paid strata of Hong Kong's population (i.e., about £600,000), should not simply be spent on building so many houses but should be looked upon rather as money available to set in motion a much larger development; we mentioned in this connection pilot schemes, surveys, research, etc. There seems to me little doubt that, despite the fact that we had not specifically envisaged the money as being spent on site development, the Governor's proposals in (1) opposite fall within our general suggestions. The Governor argues forcibly that, owing to Hong Kong's peculiar position and the already congested nature of the areas within easy reach of industry and commerce, in which it is desired to build most of the Colony's low-rent housing for the lower-paid part of the population, the cost of site development, if it were included as part of the expenditure which any housing scheme had to meet from its income, would force up the rents which would have to be charged to a level too high for that section of the population for which the housing is being designed, and the whole object of the scheme would thus be defeated.\n\n5. Whilst agreeing in principle that the housing which is undertaken must be planned so as to be self-supporting, the Governor wishes to exclude the cost of site development and to treat this as a non-recoverable outlay to be met from C.D. and W. funds. It seems to me that this form of use of C.D. and W. money can legitimately be looked upon as using the C.D. and W. money to \"set in motion larger developments\". Further, it also seems to me (though Finance Department will no doubt advise on this) that no complications will arise, if the money is used in this way, over the point which we raised with Hong Kong in the telegram at (7) on 12818/17/50. The expenditure of money on site development can, in my view, be looked upon as an essential pre-requisite to an important self-supporting development scheme in the Colony; without such expenditure, the scheme cannot come to fruition. Alternatively, if it is any easier from the Finance Department's point of view, in the light of what was said in (7), we can view expenditure on site development as part of the cost of a housing scheme in which, of necessity, the resulting flats must, owing to conditions in the Colony, be let at an uneconomic rent. The difference is only one of approach, and I am sure Hong Kong would fall in with the alternative suggestion I have made above if it is considered more appropriate, since the plain fact remains that, without C.D. and W. assistance, in the form of a grant, the housing development which is envisaged in (1) opposite cannot go ahead.\n\n6. The actual application made in (1) opposite is only a small one, and the C.D. and W. assistance sought is only £13,500, and the number of flats to be produced is only 370. The scheme is, however, a pilot scheme, and we are warned that other similar schemes involving applications for C.D. and W. assistance totalling nearly £250,000 will be forthcoming in due course; this programme will produce about 2,500 small flats.\n\nThis programme in itself is only a first instalment in a large development designed to meet the Colony's housing needs. With a vigorous Director of Public Works like Mr. Bowring, we can, I think, expect things to go ahead rapidly. In any event, it is, I think, clear that we must take all our decisions of principle on this matter now, as schemes following the small one at (1) opposite will be on similar lines; indeed, we are specifically asked in (1) for our approval in principle to the proposal that Hong Kong should proceed on the lines indicated in (1).\n\n7. The", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599347, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 4, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "The actual cost of erection of both the flats dealt with in the application in (1) and the more extended initial programme of 2500 flats for which C.D. and W. assistance of nearly £250,000 will be needed, will be met by loans from the Hong Kong Government estimated to total nearly £1,000,000. These loans will doubtless be made to the Improvement Trust when that body is constituted. As noted above, however, the Governor proposes to entrust the erection of the 370 flats in the pilot scheme to the Hong Kong Housing Society and he wishes therefore to make a loan to this body for this purpose; the amount of the loan is to be approximately $2,000,000 (i.e. £125,000) and the Governor seeks our approval for this. I have looked through the aims and objects of the Hong Kong Housing Society in Appendix 'E' to (1) and they appear to meet the points as to efficient management, etc., which we made in our despatch at (10) on 12818/17/51.\n\nAs (i) the Governor proposes to require the Society to become incorporated and assuming that in the incorporating ordinance aims and objects similar to those in Appendix 'E' to (1) are given legal force and (ii) the Society is prepared to merge itself into the Improvement Trust when that body is formed (this should presumably be laid down in the incorporating ordinance too), I can see no objection to the Society being responsible for the pilot scheme when the sites have been developed and I think subject to (i) and (ii) above we should convey our agreement to the Governor making the necessary loan to the Housing Society.\n\nThis is rather a complicated matter to deal with as it involves one or two points of principle. I suggest that the simplest method of handling it is for a normal C.D. and W. memorandum for the pilot scheme to be agreed in the Office and put to the Treasury as soon as possible. This will throw up all the points of principle involved not only in the pilot scheme but also in the more extended subsequent programmes. Once therefore that we have Treasury approval for a C.D. and W. scheme in some form for the pilot scheme we shall be able to reply to (1) (a) on the specific point of the pilot scheme (b) on the general points of principle raised in respect of which our approval is sought (c) on the question of the loan to the Housing Society.\n\nI therefore attach the draft of a C.D. and W. memorandum as a first shot. Finance Department may wish to adopt the alternative approach I have suggested above as a matter of tactics. Otherwise ? as in draft.\n\nPerhaps you will pass the file on to Mr. Hall and Mr. Armitage-Smith when you have dealt with it?\n\nB. Pandang\n\n17.4.51.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599348, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 5, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "(1596) WtY.21290/995 9/50 1,305,000 JC&S Ltd. Gp736/208\n\n(REGIMEAN)\n\nCODE 5-33-0\n\nReference...\n\nMR. HALL\n\nIt is very encouraging to read that Hong Kong is acting so quickly. The other day I met Mr. J. M. Richards, Editor of \"The Architects' Journal\" and Architectural Correspondent to \"The Times\", who has recently returned from a short visit to Hong Kong. He spoke highly of the P.W.D's. architectural work and of W. W. C. Shewan, the Chief Architect.\n\nI have some comments to make on the design and construction of the flats, but think these might best be made in a personal letter to Shewan. I would like to see the papers again later. I note and accept the comments made in paragraph 10 of 1 on the undesirability of communal kitchens, etc.\n\nTo do so, I see no objection to the interim proposals for construction and administration of the housing. It looks as if a principal problem for housing in Hong Kong, at least on the island, is the acquisition and development of sites. There is something to be said for keeping these separate financially from house building. For example, it may be desirable, and more economical, to develop a larger area than is needed immediately, and even to lease part of that area for private development such as shops or lower middle-class housing. The difficulty of obtaining suitable sites underlines the need to consider town planning side by side with housing. Too often elsewhere I have seen sites which are least level and most expensive to develop left for low-cost housing. If the cost of site development is to be the subject of a C.D. and W. grant, it is very necessary to ensure that it is carried out economically. I have every confidence that the present P.W.D. will do this.\n\nG. Anthony Atkinson\n\nG. ANTHONY ATKINSON\nColonial Liaison Officer\n24.4.51\n\nMr Annitage. Smith.\n\nI am afraid this is a somewhat long memorandum but unless you particularly want it shortened, we can let it go. I am content with it as it is.\n\nHllall\n27/4\n\nN.A. Annitage - Suitto", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599349, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 6, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "C.D.W(D) NO 2035\n\n6\n\n5, 5. 51\n\nm 3 do do Shoup (Hey). W/copy (2) -comps 9.5.51\n\n4 to Dawn Agents - 5/2copas (2) - comps -7.50 Craw\n\nNo. 2 was agreed at yesterday's meeting with The Treasury. Scheme number is D 1602. I have drafted OF Flegan Joncernor, Hong Kong: Member -11/5 dir. Hall.\n\nThe Treasury and ourselves were, of course, concerned only with the cow scheme at yesterday's meeting. You will no doubt consider whether the sentence in our Draft which I have bracketed properly for you is part of this telegram, and whether other any comment (1) is called for.\n\nI might say here that we shall have to look closely at the implications of establishing the improvement in est, from the point of view of money to be brought in to this in que administration. Accounts Department should ...\n\nJ.N.A. Armitage. Smith Mrs Petterick 16 Squeak, Mall 1575\n\n11/5", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599350, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 7, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "For Palmer.\n\nVin Please\n\nace\n\nx\n\nX\n\nFor Lairclough's minute of the 17th April.\n\nweeks\n\nIn (1) the Gov: seeks approval for the setting aside of $15 million of the Development Fund for financing Lower Cost Housing in H.K. and for a loan of $2 million to be made to the Hong Kong Housing Society who are to be entrusted with the building of 370 flats in their pilot scheme.\n\nThe aims and objects of this Society are set out in Appendix 1.\n\nApproval has been given for a grant of $13,500 from C.D. to cover the cost of preparing the sites for the first scheme.\n\nIn principle agreement meets for C.D. to assistance to the cost of preparing the sites of about 2,500 small flats. (Annex 2).\n\nLe may also approve the setting aside of $15 million for financing housing and for a loan of $2 million from this to be made to the Hong Kong Housing Society for the building of 370 flats in the pilot scheme,\n\nas discussed.\n\n17/5\n\nP. Petheries\n\n17/5\n\nMull\n\n18/5", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599351, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 8, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "18 MAY 1951\n\nCDxW extract Treasury discussion\n\n10. S\n\nDesp. 53\n\n4.6.51\n\nLegal Jobrin tut de Patria\n\nFor The Petace\n\nIhr Hall.\n\nThe Hong Kong Housing Society has been entrusted with the building of 370 flats under the Pilot Scheme of large scale housing development scheme in Hong Kong.\n\nThe Society, not being a corporate body, cannot hold a property in its own name, and the purpose of this Ordinance is to provide for its incorporation to enable it to carry out its aims and objects more effectively.\n\nSubject to legal observations...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599352, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 9, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "Page 616\n\n9/7 Il pryson & time 6.3.\n\n1. Petheneesh a 1/2,7\n\nWoteritt Kong Jap! 18005.\n\n9/7 atome 9 3 — 11 JUL 1951\n\nCrastum 25/9.\n\n5412 Pl. see minute 1/5\n\nKos. Cloch 1/10/2 •110-\n\nWould you please receive within the Improvement Trust is formed or in a month's time which ever is earlier.\n\nJenfowell 10/0.\n\nPage 616", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599353, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 10, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "Sect. file No.3/3281/51.\n\nNo. 53\n\nSir,\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE,\n\nHONG KONG.\n\n10th June, 1951.\n\nEnclosure No. 1.\n\nEnclosure No. 2.\n\nEnclosure No. 3. Enclosure No. 4.\n\nEnclosure No. 5.\n\n5 Enclosures.\n\nI have the honour to submit for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure the following Ordinance intituled:-\n\n2. \"An Ordinance to provide for the incorporation of the Hong Kong Housing Society.\n\n##\n\nAn explanatory report by the Attorney General showing the reasons and occasion for passing the Ordinance is enclosed, together with a statement that in his opinion assent may properly be given. Two copies of the Gazette Supplement containing the Ordinance are also enclosed.\n\n3. The Ordinance was introduced and passed as a private Bill and in accordance with Article XXVII of the Royal Instructions a certificate under my hand is transmitted herewith.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour most obedient, humble servant,\n\nGOVERNOR.\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE\n\nJAMES GRIFFITHS, M.P.\n\nK. & P. 11 JUN 1951\n\n%Page 11", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599354, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 11, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "Enclosure No. 2\n\nHONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1951.\n\nExplanatory observations in accordance with Article XXVIII of\n\nthe Royal Instructions.\n\n11\n\n1. This Ordinance was passed with one amendment on the 16th\n\nMay, 1951.\n\n2. The reasons for enacting this Ordinance are set out in the\n\nObjects and Reasons to the Bill. A copy of such Bill is attached.\n\n3. The amendment effected at the Committee Stage, referred to Clause 9 of the Bill whereby the words \"for the time being\" were deleted and replaced by the words \"and of any amendment thereto.\"\n\n7\n\n4. The Bill was introduced and enacted as a private measure. On the proposal being made so to legislate, I gave consideration to the question whether or not this legislation should include, or separate legislation be proposed as a Government measure, to make provision on the lines of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845. (8 & 9 Vict. c.16.)\n\n5. I did not so propose since so to do would have further\n\ndelayed and perhaps discouraged public spirit in assisting in the solution of the housing problem in Hong Kong for persons of small income. However, if the example of the Hong Kong Housing Society be followed by the formation under statute of Housing Societies within which philanthropy is not the aim, legislation of general application to\n\nensure control of the principles of the Act above mentioned will need\n\nto be considered.\n\nHONG KONG,\n\n29th May, 1951.\n\nAttorney General.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599355, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 12, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "A BILL\n\nINTITULED\n\nAn Ordinance to provide for the incorporation of the Hong Kong Housing Society.\n\nBe it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof:\n\n1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Hong Kong Housing Society Incorporation Ordinance, 1951.\n\n2. In this Ordinance-\n\nInter-pretation.\n\n\"Constitution\" means the constitution of The Hong Kong Housing Society approved from time to time by its members for the time being.\n\n3. The Hong Kong Housing Society shall be a body corporate (hereinafter called \"the Corporation\") and in that name shall have perpetual succession and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in the Colony and may have and use a common seal, and may from time to time break, change, alter and make anew the said seal as to the Corporation may deem fit.\n\nPowers of Corpora-tion.\n\n4. The Corporation shall have full power-\n\n(a) to acquire, by purchase, lease, exchange or otherwise, hold and enjoy land, buildings, messuages, tenements of what nature or kind soever in the Colony of Hong Kong;\n\n(b) to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, vessels, goods and chattels of what nature or kind soever;\n\n(c) to invest moneys on deposit in any bank in the Colony or in any government bonds or on mortgage of any land, buildings, messuages or tenements in the Colony, or in or on debenture, debenture-stocks, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any corporation or company carrying on business in the Colony;\n\n(d) to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, yield up, mortgage, demise, let, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, any land, or buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, debenture-stock, funds, securities, vessels, goods and chattels for the time being vested in the Society, upon such terms as the Society may deem fit;\n\n(e) to erect any buildings, messuages or tenements and effect any improvement thereto;\n\n(f) to borrow money upon such terms as the Society shall think fit, and to raise money by public or private subscription;", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599356, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 13, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "Vesting of property.\n\nMembers.\n\n2\n\n13\n\n(g) to enter into any agreement and engage any contractor or other agent; and\n\n(h) generally to do such other things as may appear to be incidental or conducive to the aims and objects of the Corporation as provided by its constitution, or the purposes aforesaid or any of them.\n\n5. The land, buildings, messuages, and tenements in the Colony belonging or purporting to belong to the unincorporated Hong Kong Housing Society, and all moneys, securities for money, goods, chattels, and effects whatsoever the property of the unincorporated Hong Kong Housing Society or purporting so to be are hereby transferred to and vested in the Corporation, but subject as regards the said land, buildings, messuages, and tenements, to the payment of the rents and observance and performance of all the covenants, conditions, and reservations contained in the Crown Lease under which the same are respectively held.\n\n6. The Corporation shall consist of such members as are provided by its constitution.\n\n7. All the existing members of the unincorporated Hong Kong Housing Society at the date of the passing of this Ordinance shall be the first members of the Corporation.\n\n8. The existing constitution of the unincorporated Hong Kong Housing Society shall be the constitution of the Corporation, but the same may be changed or amended by the Corporation at any time and from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the constitution for the time being in force.\n\n9. A copy of the constitution of the Corporation and of any amendment thereto, and a list of the names and addresses of the members of the executive committee of the Corporation to the time being, certified in each case as correct by the chairman of the executive committee or by the secretary of the Corporation, shall be forwarded to the Registrar of Companies for registration.\n\n10. The Corporation shall pay such fee for registering any document with any public registry as may be payable under any enactment relating thereto.\n\n11. Any person may inspect any of the documents registered by the Corporation in pursuance of section 9 hereof, upon payment of such fee as may be payable under any enactment relating thereto.\n\n12. All deeds, documents, and other instruments requiring the seal of the Corporation shall be signed by the chairman of the executive committee and the secretary of the Corporation or by such other person or persons as the executive committee shall from time to time appoint, and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deeds, documents, and other instruments.\n\n13. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of His Majesty the King, His Heirs and Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other person except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from, or under them.\n\nI. Objects and Reasons.\n\nThe object of this Bill is to incorporate The Hong Kong Housing Society.\n\n2. The Society has existed since April 1948, as a purely social welfare and non-profit-making body. Its aims and objects are to provide, found, secure, promote, encourage, and operate housing and its associated amenities on such economic basis as is suitable for persons of small income in the Colony of Hong Kong.\n\n3. It is provided by the Constitution of the Society that the income and property of the Society, whencesoever derived, shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the aims and objects of the Society as set forth herein; and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred, directly or indirectly, by way of dividend, bonus, or otherwise howsoever by way of profit, to the members of the Society, but there is nothing therein provided which prevents the payment, in good faith, of remuneration to any officer or servant of the Society, or to any member of the Society in return for any services actually rendered to the Society, or the payment of interest at a rate not exceeding the current rate chargeable by bankers in the Colony on money lent, or reasonable and proper rent for premises demised or let by any member to the Society.\n\n4. It is also provided in the Constitution of the Society that in the event of its winding up, its assets, if any, after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, shall not be paid to or distributed...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599357, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 14, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "- 4\n\n15\n\namong the members of the Society, but shall be given or transferred to some other institution or institutions, having aims and objects similar to the aims and objects of the Society, and which shall prohibit the distribution of its or their income and property among its or their members to an extent at least as great as is imposed on the Society under or by virtue of the provision aforesaid, such institution or institutions to be determined by the members of the Society at or before the time of dissolution, or in default thereof by a judge of the Supreme Court having jurisdiction in regard to charitable funds and if so far as effect cannot be given to the aforesaid provisions then to some charitable object.\n\n5.\n\nThe Hong Kong Housing Society, not being a corporate body, cannot hold any property in its own name, and it is, therefore, thought desirable that it should become a corporate body, in order to enable it to carry out its aims and objects more effectively.\n\nHong Kong,\n\nC. Y. KWAN & Co.,\n\nSolicitors for The Hong Kong Housing Society,\n\n4A, Des Voeux Road, Central.\n\n20th April, 1951.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599358, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 15, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "Enclosure No. 3\n\n1.6\n\nHONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1951.\n\nAttorney General's Certificate.\n\nI am of the opinion that His Excellency The Governor\n\nmay properly assent to the abovementioned Ordinance in the name\n\nand on behalf of His Majesty.\n\nATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBER,\n\nHONG KONG.\n\n16th May, 1951.\n\n[Miss]\n\nAttorney General.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599359, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 16, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY INCORPORATION\n\nNo. 17 of 1951.\n\n105\n\n17\n\nHONG KONG\n\nNo. 17 OF 1951.\n\nL.S.\n\nI assent.\n\nA. G. GRANTHAM, Governor.\n\n17th May, 1951.\n\nAn Ordinance to provide for the incorporation of the Hong Kong Housing Society.\n\n[18th May, 1951.]\n\nBe it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof:\n\n1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Hong Kong Housing Society Incorporation Ordinance, 1951.\n\n2. In this Ordinance—\n\nInterpretation.\n\n\"Constitution\" means the constitution of The Hong Kong Housing Society approved from time to time by its members for the time being.\n\n3. The Hong Kong Housing Society shall be a body corporate (hereinafter called \"the Corporation\") and in that name shall have perpetual succession and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in the Colony and may have and use a common seal, and may from time to time break, change, alter and make anew the said seal as to the Corporation may deem fit.\n\n4. The Corporation shall have full power—\n\n(a) to acquire, by purchase, lease, exchange or otherwise, hold and enjoy land, buildings, messuages, tenements of what nature or kind soever in the Colony of Hong Kong;\n\n(b) to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, vessels, goods and chattels of what nature or kind soever;\n\n(c) to invest moneys on deposit in any bank in the Colony or in any government bonds or on mortgage of any land, buildings, messuages or tenements in the Colony, or in or on debenture, debenture-stocks, stocks, funds, shares or securities of any corporation or company carrying on business in the Colony;\n\nPowers of Corporation.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599360, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 17, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "106\n\nNo. 17 of 1951.\n\nVesting of property.\n\nMembers.\n\nExisting become members.\n\nExisting constitu-\n\nHONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY INCORPORATION\n\n(d) to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender, yield up, mortgage, demise, let, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, any land, or buildings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, debenture-stock, funds, securities, vessels, goods and chattels for the time being vested in the Society, upon such terms as the Society may deem fit;\n\n(e) to erect any buildings, messuages or tenements and effect any improvement thereto;\n\n(f) to borrow money upon such terms as the Society shall think fit, and to raise money by public or private subscription;\n\n(g) to enter into any agreement and engage any contractor or other agent; and\n\n(h) generally to do such other things as may appear to be incidental or conducive to the aims and objects of the Corporation as provided by its constitution, or the purposes aforesaid or any of them.\n\n5. The land, buildings, messuages and tenements in the Colony belonging or purporting to belong to the unincorporated Hong Kong Housing Society, and all moneys, securities for money, goods, chattels, and effects whatsoever the property of the unincorporated Hong Kong Housing Society or purporting so to be are hereby transferred to and vested in the Corporation, but subject as regards the said land, buildings, messuages and tenements, to the payment of the rents and observance and performance of all the covenants, conditions, and reservations contained in the Crown Lease under which the same are respectively held.\n\n6. The Corporation shall consist of such members as provided by its constitution.\n\n7. All the existing members of the unincorporated Hong Kong Housing Society at the date of the passing of this Ordinance shall be the first members of the Corporation.\n\n8. The existing constitution of the unincorporated Hong Kong Housing Society shall be the constitution of the Corporation, but the same may be changed or amended by the Corporation at any time and from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the constitution for the time being in force.\n\n८.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599361, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 18, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY\n\nNo. 17 of 1951.\n\nINCORPORATION\n\n9. A copy of the constitution of the Corporation and of any amendment thereto, and a list of the names and addresses of the members of the executive committee of the Corporation and of any amendment thereto, certified in each case as correct by the chairman of the executive committee or by the secretary of the Corporation, shall be forwarded to the Registrar of Companies for registration.\n\n10. The Corporation shall pay such fee for registering any document with any public registry as may be payable under any enactment relating thereto.\n\n11. Any person may inspect any of the documents registered by the Corporation in pursuance of section 9 hereof, upon payment of such fee as may be payable under any enactment relating thereto.\n\n12. All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the Corporation shall be signed by the chairman of the executive committee and the secretary of the Corporation or by such other person or persons as the executive committee shall from time to time appoint and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deeds, documents and other instruments.\n\n13. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of His Majesty the King, His Heirs and Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other person except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them.\n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 16th day of May, 1951.\n\nR. W. PRIMROSE, Deputy Clerk of Councils.\n\nPRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY NORONHA & CO., LTD., GOVERNMENT PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599362, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 19, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "Enclosure No. 5\n\nTHE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1951.\n\nCertificate in accordance with Royal Instruction XXVII.\n\n20\n\nIn accordance with Royal Instruction XXVII and Standing Order 30(1) of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong the Hong Kong Housing Society Incorporation Bill, 1951, was published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette on 20th April, 1951, and again on 27th April, 1951.\n\nNotice of its intended introduction into the Legislative Council was advertised in the South China Morning Post on 16th April, 1951, and 17th April, 1951, and in a vernacular paper, namely the Kung Sheung Daily News on 16th April, 1951, and 17th April, 1951.\n\nGovernment House,\n\nHong Kong.\n\n2nd June, 1951.\n\nGOVERNOR.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599363, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 20, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE ACT 1944.\n\nExtract from note of discussion with Treasury on 10.5.51\n\n9. Hong Kong\n\nC.O.54403/16/51 I.F.36/187/025\n\n10.5.51\n\nBuilding of flats - pilot scheme.\n\nGrant of £13,500 (CDW(D)No.2035).\n\nAgreed.\n\nScheme D.1602.\n\nPage 20\n\nPage 21", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599364, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 21, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "COLONIAL OFFICE\n\n5 22 54403/16/51\n\nPRIORITY SAVING\n\nFrom the Secretary of State for the Colonies\n\nTo the Officer Administering the Government of HONG KONG\n\nDate 19th May, 1951\n\nNO. 469\n\nX Saving\n\nYour despatch No. 14 of the 10th February.\n\nHousing Scheme.\n\nI agree generally with your proposals and approve your proposal for the setting aside of $15 million of the Development Fund for financing housing.\n\nI approve the grant of £13,500 from Colonial Development and Welfare Fund to cover the cost of site formation for the pilot scheme (Scheme No. D.1602), and also the loan to the Hong Kong Housing Society of approximately $2,000,000 to meet the cost of the erection of the flats.\n\nI agree in principle to Colonial Development and Welfare assistance to meet the cost of developing sites, providing road access and water and drainage connections for approximately 2,500 small flats.\n\nTwo copies of the Colonial Development and Welfare Memorandum are enclosed.\n\nSECER.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599365, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 22, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "C.O.\n\nMr.\n\nMr..\n\nDC\n\nDraft\n\nTELEGRAM * Priority\n\nTo:-\n\nRepeated to:-\n\nBetheneck 14/5.\n\nLalmer\n\n715\n\nMr. Hall 18/5 France\n\nSir\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nS. of S.\n\n2 copies of 2 (attached).\n\nDistribution:-\n\nI confirm Draft\n\nPriority * SAVINGRAM\n\nThe word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.\n\nSov:\n\nHong Kong.\n\nPriority:-\n\nNil.\n\nReply urgently required.\n\nImportant.\n\nImmediate.\n\nMost Immediate.\n\nC. D.\n\nFor transmission 18 MAY\n\nIn Clear\n\nCode\n\nCypher\n\n.\n\nFile No.-\n\n54003/16/51.\n\nSent.\n\nhours.\n\n24\n\n19 MAY 1951\n\n28 MAY 1951\n\n131.469.\n\nRestricted Confidential. Secret. Top Secret and Personal.\n\nFour deadated The the of the\n\n10 Lebi.\n\nHousing scheme.\n\nagree generally\n\nally with\n\nyour proposals and approve your draft for the setting aside of $15 million of the Development Fund for financing Housing.\n\nI approve the grant of\n\n1 copy Thin Parker (£501) £13,500 from Colonial Development\n\nFurther action:-\n\nand Welfare Fund to cover the copies of a (attached) of situ formation for the pass Gov. Many tong\n\nWt. 21408/757 10m 7.48. & Co 51/3\n\nW.t 20277/474 50m 7.49 Wa. & Co. 51/9", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599366, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 23, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "scheme (Scheme NoD 1602). and also the loan to the Hong Kong Housing Society of approximately \n\n$2,000,000 \n\nto meet the cost of the \n\nerection of the flats. \n\nagree in principle \n\nto C. D and to assistance to meet the cost of developing sites, providing road access and water and drainage connections for approximately 2,500 small flats. \n\nTwo copies of the P. and M Memorandum are enclosed. \n\nSECRET. \n\n24", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599367, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 24, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "TELEGRAM/\n\n*\n\nC.O.\n\nTo:-\n\nMr. Arantage Suid\n\nMr. inle\n\nSir\n\nPermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. of S.\n\nS. of S.\n\nRepeated to:-\n\nDistribution:—\n\nwhet\n\nAles. But\n\njn im Parken (5.5.01)\n\nFurther action:-\n\nopel of 10.2 (attached)\n\nI lovemo, Hong Kong.\n\nW.t. 20277/474 50m 7.49 Wa. & Co.51/3\n\nW.l. 28261 5326 30m 10.49 Wa. & Co. 51/3\n\nFile No.\n\nSAVINGRAM\n\n• The word Priority may be entered here, if necessary.\n\nHong Kong\n\n54403/10/51\n\nSent.\n\nhours.\n\nPriority:-\n\nFor transmission :—\n\nNo.............\n\nNil.\n\nReply urgently required.\n\nImportant.\n\nImmediate.\n\nMost Immediate.\n\nIn Clear\n\nCode\n\n-Єypher\n\nRestricted. Confidential. Secret.\n\nTop Secret and Personal.\n\n10.14.\n\nYour despatch\n\nBuilding of flats.\n\nI agree\n\nproposals.\n\n£13,500\n\nseverally\n\nwith your\n\napprove grant of development of\n\ntwo sites\n\nNo. D. 1602) and agree\n\nScheme\n\nin\n\nprinciple is\n\n...for developing sites\n\nfor about\n\n2500\n\nSmall flats.\n\nI also\n\napprove\n\nloan\n\nproposal", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599368, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 25, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "paraplegia\n\n2. queues\n\none of\n\nNo.\n\n2035\n\nmemorandum\n\nfollow.\n\nSELLER\n\n26", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599369, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 26, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "54403/16/51\n\n1/3\n\nHONG KONG\n\nBUILDING OF FLATS PILOT SCHEME\n\nGRANT OF £13,500\n\n27\n\nC.D.W.(D) No. 2035\n\nA large proportion of the population of the Colony lives in conditions of appalling overcrowding and squalor. These conditions are to a large extent caused by the influx of refugees from China. In the course of discussions held with the Secretary of State in the summer of 1950, the Governor of Hong Kong made clear that since he considered the provision of adequate housing, particularly for the lower-paid sections of the community, one of the most important development needs of the Colony, he intended to devote a large part of Hong Kong's Colonial Development and Welfare allocation of £1,000,000 to this aspect of development work. In his despatch No. 352 of 28th December, 1950, in which he discussed in some detail Hong Kong's housing problem and the possible lines of a solution, the Secretary of State welcomed the Governor's decision to use a large part of the available Colonial Development and Welfare assistance on housing development and undertook to consider sympathetically any schemes which might be put forward in this connection; he emphasised, however, that the available Colonial Development and Welfare money should not be looked upon simply as money available to build so many houses but rather as money available to set in motion some much larger development more consonant with the very great needs of the Colony.\n\n2.\n\nThe Governor has now replied to the Secretary of State's despatch No. 352 and in his despatch No. 14 of 10th February, 1951, has agreed in general terms with the proposals made for tackling Hong Kong's housing problem. Broadly, these proposals look to the eventual establishment of an Improvement Trust having considerable unofficial representation on it, although financially under Government control, which would be responsible for housing projects in the Colony; this Trust would aim at making its projects self-supporting over a period of years and it would raise money to meet its initial outlay by loan. This follows the lines which were adopted and have developed over a period of years with such success in Singapore, where the Singapore Improvement Trust has been responsible for a very considerable increase in the standards of accommodation enjoyed by many of Singapore's citizens.\n\n3. It is, however, clearly not possible for a major step like the establishment of an Improvement Trust to be undertaken all at once. For this reason, it was suggested to the Governor of Hong Kong that, in order to gain experience, a pilot scheme on a comparatively small scale should be undertaken. In his despatch No. 14 of 10th February, the Governor has given details of a pilot scheme involving the erection of 370 small flats in eight blocks on two sites conveniently situated for the large industrial areas of Shamshuipo and Lai Chi Kok, which they are intended to serve; 180 of the flats will be on one site and 190 on the other. The intention is to construct two groups of four blocks of five-storeyed flats containing varying numbers of tenements according to their size. These flats, which will be built for the lower-income groups, will not only provide improved living conditions for the actual tenants but will indirectly benefit others by relieving congestion elsewhere and may be expected to encourage employers to embark on similar schemes for their employees.\n\n140", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599370, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 27, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "4. The plans allow for one living room, a kitchen, w.c. and small balcony in each flat. This is considered to be the minimum standard of accommodation desirable on health and social grounds and is preferred to a cheaper form of barrack accommodation with communal kitchen, bathrooms and w.c.'s on each floor. The plan is designed to allow for the maximum through ventilation and is sufficiently strong to withstand typhoon conditions without being extravagant. Sketch plans of the flats and of the layout are available in the Colonial Office. The design of the flats has been made by the Acting Chief Architect, Hong Kong Government, assisted by advice from a Committee on which are representatives of the Public Works Department, Medical and Health Services, Labour and Social Welfare Departments, as well as a number of unofficial ladies and gentlemen who include among their number two leading Chinese property owners and Mr. S.E. Faber, a Consulting Engineer in private practice. The total cost of the group of 190 flats is estimated at $1,132,968, including $120,000 for site formation and 6% of the building costs only for architects' fees. The corresponding figure for the group of 180 flats is $1,076,500 including $96,000 for site formation and the same scale of architects' fees.\n\nThese figures do not include the value of the land which is $293,700 and $207,080 in each case and which it is proposed should be recovered over the duration of the lease in annual instalments with interest.\n\n5. In order to make a start with this scheme at the earliest possible date, it is proposed that the Public Works Department should undertake the site formation, construction of access roads, and installation of water and drainage, and that the sites, when formed, should be handed over to the Hong Kong Housing Society to supervise construction. A memorandum setting out the aims and objects of this Society is attached. If these proposals are approved, the Society will be required to become incorporated and, on formation of an Improvement Trust, to merge its functions into those of the Trust and make over the flats to it. The loan from Government required to meet construction costs will be made in the first instance to the Hong Kong Housing Society, but the Society's assets and liabilities will in due course be taken over by the Improvement Trust referred to above by whom repayment of the loan will be completed.\n\n6. Bearing in mind the type of person for whom the flats to be erected under this scheme are intended, it is important that the rents to be charged for the finished flats shall be kept as low as possible. If at the same time the rents of these and other similar flats to be constructed in the future are to be kept at an economic level (i.e. meeting over a specified period of years all charges on the properties) it is essential, so the Governor has stated in his despatch No. 14 of 10th February, 1951, that site formation and development should not be a charge on the properties. It is also important that the rents for different blocks of similar accommodation should be uniform: this would not be possible if site formation and development were to form a charge on the properties without the need for one group of flats carrying part of the over-heads of another, since such charges vary considerably. Although in the present scheme the cost of site formation is relatively low i.e., $216,000 (£13,500) in all, it is not expected that these charges will constitute such a small proportion of the capital outlay in future owing to the extreme shortage of building sites which are inexpensive to develop in localities where housing of this type is most needed.\n\n7. For these reasons the Governor has proposed that by meeting the initial cost of site formation Colonial Development and Welfare money can most conveniently contribute towards setting in motion much larger developments in the field of housing. With Colonial Development and Welfare money so used site formation would not form a charge on the properties and as a result it would be possible to let them at an economic rent. If site formation had to form a charge on the properties\n\n/they", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599371, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 28, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "29\n\nthey would have to be let at an uneconomic rent. The present proposal therefore is for a grant of £13,500 to cover the cost of site formation for a pilot scheme consisting of the erection of 370 flats; the contribution of the Hong Kong Government to this pilot scheme will be a loan of about £125,000 to the Hong Kong Housing Society to cover the cost of erection of the flats.\n\n8. It has been mentioned above that the present scheme is only a pilot scheme designed to enable experience to be gained before undertaking a large scale housing development programme which is needed. It is in fact intended to be one section of the first part, consisting of 2500 flats providing housing for 12,500 people, of the full-scale housing programme. In implementing this first part of the programme the Governor estimates that Colonial Development and Welfare assistance amounting to almost £250,000 will be required; the Hong Kong Government's contribution will be loans to the Hong Kong Housing Society and the Improvement Trust, from the recently established Development Fund, totalling almost £1,000,000.\n\n9. All necessary raw materials and labour for the pilot scheme are available locally. The expenditure of Colonial Development and Welfare money would be in the hands of the Public Works Department who would employ skilled local contractors supervised by the Department on the task of site formation. The actual construction of the flats in the pilot scheme would be for the Hong Kong Housing Society to arrange; ample qualified architects and contractors are available locally.\n\n10.\n\nThe usual financial summary is attached.\n\nColonial Office,\n\n5th May, 1951.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599372, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 29, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "30\n\n# FINANCIAL SUMMARY\n\n1.\n\nAdministrative Authority:\n\nGovernment of Hong Kong.\n\n2.\n\nAllocation:\n\n3.\n\nClassification:\n\nHong Kong.\n\nSocial: housing.\n\n4.\n\nDescription of Scheme:\n\nConstruction of 8 blocks comprising 370 flats.\n\n5.\n\nTotal Cost:\n\n£138,092 ($2,209,468) (see breakdown below)\n\n6. Colonial Development and Welfare Assistance required: Grant of £13,500 ($216,000)\n\n7.\n\nEstimate of assistance required by Colony.\n\n1951/1952\n\n \n Capital.......\n £13,500\n \n \n Recurrent.....\n Nil\n \n \n \n £13,500\n \n\n# DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF COST\n\n \n \n 190 Flats Four Blocks\n 180 Flats Four Blocks\n Total for two sites 370 Flats including Fees and Site Formation\n \n \n \n $\n $\n $\n \n \n Blocks\n 662,130\n 628,000\n \n \n \n Staircases\n 40,000\n 40,000\n \n \n \n Foundations\n 49,000\n 47,000\n \n \n \n Reinforcing Steel (Fixed)\n 110,000\n 105,000\n \n \n \n Drainage\n 27,000\n 40,000\n \n \n \n Electrical\n 67,500\n 65,000\n \n \n \n Total\n 955,630\n 925,000\n \n \n \n Fees 6%\n 57,338\n 55,500\n \n \n \n Site Formation\n 120,000\n 96,000\n \n \n \n \n 1,132,968\n 1,076,500\n 2,209,468", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599373, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 30, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "# THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY\n\n## AIMS OBJECTS, etc.\n\n## 1. ORIGIN\n\nIn 1948 a grant of £14,000 was made available to the Hong Kong Council of Social Service from the Lord Mayor of London's Empire Air Raid Distress Fund for the relief of distress among the poor in Hong Kong. The Council, believing that housing of the poor constituted a most important and probably the worst social problem in the Colony, resolved that the grant should be devoted to initiating a housing scheme for the poor.\n\nTo this end, a Housing Sub-Committee was set up which, with the encouragement of Government, joined forces with a number of non-members of the Council interested in the problem to constitute the Hong Kong Housing Society.\n\n## 2. OBJECTS\n\nThe objects of this Society are based on the Housing Act 1936 and are \"the acquiring, building, controlling, improving, managing or facilitating or encouraging the construction or improvement of housing and any associated amenities\" for the poorer sections of the community, on an economic but non-profit-making basis.\n\n## 3. CONSTITUTION\n\nThe Society at present is not an incorporated body but is an association governed by agreed rules. It is intended, however, that should the Society's proposals be approved, it would be incorporated either by the passing of an Ordinance on the lines which it is understood Government has had drafted for the purpose, or as a Company limited by guarantee. It is anticipated that provision would then be made for Government to participate in the administration and financial control of the Society by the appointment of trustees, directors, or members.\n\nIn view of the magnitude of the problem, the members of the Society believe that action on a large scale to build more houses for the poorer sections of the community, either by Government or with its encouragement, is necessary and inevitable, and should an Improvement Authority or Housing Trust be set up for the purpose, the members would be willing to see the Society amalgamated with such Authority or Trust (provided grants made to it from other than Government sources were refunded).\n\n## 4. MANAGEMENT\n\nThe conditions which obtain in Hong Kong make it certain that the careful selection of tenants and trained management, which experience of similar schemes elsewhere has shown to be so important, will be essential if the maximum social benefit is to be derived from the housing provided. The members have in mind that investigations by competent case-workers, such as those employed by one of the constituent bodies of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, will be necessary. Experienced and trained management can obviate the abuse of facilities and economic loss arising from irrecoverable rent or deterioration of property, and can foster the growth of a community spirit.\n\nWhile the first \"pilot\" project is not large enough to justify the full-time employment of an expatriate trained manager, arrangements are being made for the Hong Kong Council of Social Service to retain £1,500 of the Lord Mayor's Fund grant (plus the interest earned on the grant) to enable an experienced (Octavia Hill-trained) housing manager to be recruited from England for 2-3 years.\n\nPage 30\nPage 31", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599374, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 31, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "32\n\nDuring this period the manager would train local personnel and would be employed part-time on repayment to supervise the management of this Society's flats. In view of the magnitude of the housing project now contemplated, it is proposed that the Hong Kong Council of Social Service should be advised to use the grant of £14,000 from the Lord Mayor of London's Empire Air Raid Distress Fund for other purposes, but the services of their trained Housing Manageress, who has since arrived in the Colony, are expected to be of great assistance.\n\nCO/2180/51", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599375, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 32, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "1592 Wt18027/5526 100m 7/50 F A Gp58\n\nC. O.\n\n54403/16/51\n\nC. D.\n\nR. -3 RAY Recd D. 5\n\n33\n\n21\n\nM/Fairclough 18/44 Mr. Atkinson 24/4 Mr. Hall 27/4- Permt U.S. of S. Mr. Armitage Smith 2/5- Parly. U.S. S.\n\nplease ature. Minister of State 5.3072 20 copies CA. Parker Mr. Secretary of State Your Reference........\n\nDRAFT\n\nMEMORANDUM\n\n54403/16/51 C.D.W.(D) No.20 35 C.D.\n\nThese two may be Cyph Contarinonly\n\nEnclose Copies of Financial Summary (appendix A to (1)) of need not be on Separate thecis (appendix B to (1)) (Appendix E to (1)) all as amended in manuscript.\n\nFURTHER ACTION\n\n1. HONG KONG\n\nBuilding of flats for rent to poorly paid workers - pilot scheme Grant of £13,500\n\nA large proportion of the population of the Colony lives in conditions of appalling overcrowding and squalor. These conditions are to a large extent caused by the influx of refugees from China.\n\nIn the course of discussions with the Secretary of State in the United Kingdom last summer in 1950, the Governor of Hong Kong made clear that since he considered the provision of adequate housing, particularly for the lower paid sections of the community, one of the most important development needs of the Colony, he intended to devote a large part of Hong Kong's Colonial Development and Welfare allocation of £1,000,000 to this aspect of development work. He anticipated that about £600,000 would be so spent. In his despatch No. 352 of 28th December, 1950, in which he discussed in some detail Hong Kong's housing problem and the possible lines of a solution, the Secretary of State welcomed the Governor's decision to use a large part of the available Colonial Development and Welfare assistance on housing development and undertook to consider sympathetically any schemes", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599376, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 33, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "schemes which might be put forward in this connection; he emphasised, however, that the available C.D. and W. money should not be looked upon simply as money available to build so many houses but rather as money available to set in motion some much larger development more consonant with the very great needs of the Colony.\n\n2. The Governor has now replied to the Secretary of State's despatch No. 352 and in his despatch No. 14 of 10th February, 1951, has agreed in general terms with the proposals made for tackling Hong Kong's housing problem. Broadly these proposals look to the eventual establishment of an Improvement Trust having considerable unofficial representation on it, although financially under Government control, which would be responsible for housing projects in the Colony; this Trust would aim at making its projects self-supporting over a period of years and it would raise money to meet its initial outlay by loan. This follows the lines adopted and have developed over a period of years with such success in Singapore where the Singapore Improvement Trust has been responsible for a very considerable increase in the standards of accommodation enjoyed by many of Singapore's citizens.\n\n3. It is, however, clearly not possible for a major step like the establishment of an Improvement Trust to be undertaken all at once. For this reason it was suggested to the Governor of Hong Kong that in order to gain experience a pilot scheme on a comparatively small scale should be undertaken. In his despatch No. 14 of 10th February the Governor has given details of a pilot scheme involving the erection of 370 small flats in eight blocks on two sites conveniently situated for the large industrial areas of Shamshuipo and Lai Chi Kok which they are intended to serve; 180 of the flats will be on one site and 190 on the other. The intention is to construct two groups of four blocks of five-storeyed flats containing varying numbers of tenements according to their size. These flats, which will be built for the lower-income groups, will not only provide improved living conditions for the actual tenants, but will indirectly benefit others by relieving congestion elsewhere and may be expected to encourage employers to embark on similar schemes for their employees.\n\n4. The\n\nPage 34", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599377, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 34, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "4. The plans allow for one living room, a kitchen, w.c. and small balcony in each flat. This is considered desirable to be the minimum on health and social grounds and is preferred to a cheaper standard of accommodation in the form of barrack accommodation with communal kitchen, bathrooms and w.c.'s on each floor. The plan is designed to allow for maximum through ventilation and is sufficiently strong to withstand typhoon conditions without being extravagant. Sketch plans of the flats and the layout are available at the Colonial Office. The design of the flats has been made by the Acting Chief Architect, Hong Kong Government, assisted by advice from a Committee on which are representatives of the Public Works Department, Medical and Health Services, Labour and Social Welfare Departments, as well as a number of unofficial ladies and gentlemen who include among their number two leading Chinese property owners and R. S. E. Faber, a Consulting Engineer in private practice. The total cost of the group of 190 flats is estimated at $1,132,968, including $120,000 for site formation and 6% of the building costs only for architects' fees. The corresponding figure for the group of 180 flats is $1,076,500 including $96,000 for site formation and the same scale of architect fees. These figures do not include the value of the land which is $293,700 and $207,080 in each case and which it is proposed should be recovered over the duration of the lease in annual instalments with interest.\n\n5. In order to make a start with this scheme at the earliest possible date, it is proposed that the Public Works Department should undertake the site formation, construction of access roads, and installation of water and drainage, and that the sites, when formed, should be handed over to the Hong Kong Housing Society to supervise construction. A memorandum setting out the aims and objects of this Society is attached. If these proposals are approved,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599378, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 35, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "36\n\nthe Society will be required to become incorporated and, on formation of an Improvement Trust, to merge its functions into those of the Trust and make over the flats to it. The loan from Government required to meet construction costs will be made in the first instance to the Hong Kong Housing Society, but the Society's assets and liabilities will in due course be taken over by the Improvement Trust referred to above by whom repayment of the loan will be completed.\n\n6.\n\nBearing in mind the type of person for whom the flats to be erected under this scheme are intended, it is important that the rents to be charged for the finished flats shall be kept as low as possible. If at the same time the rents of these and other similar flats to be constructed in the future are to be kept at an economic level (i.e. meeting over a specified period of years all charges on the properties) it is essential, so the Governor has stated in his despatch No. 14 of 10th February, 1951, that site formation and development should not be a charge on the properties. It is also important that the rents for different blocks of similar accommodation should be uniform; this would not be possible if site formation and development were to form a charge on the properties without the need for one group of flats carrying part of the overheads of another, since such charges vary considerably. Although in the present scheme the cost of site formation is relatively low i.e., $216,000 (£13,500) in all, it is not expected that these charges will constitute such a small proportion of the capital outlay in future owing to the extreme shortage of building sites which are inexpensive to develop in localities where housing of this type is most needed.\n\n7. For these reasons the Governor has proposed that by meeting the initial cost of site formation C.D. and W. money can most conveniently contribute towards setting\n\n/in...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599379, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 36, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "37\n\nNew\n\n8. It has been mentioned earlier that the present scheme is only a pilot scheme designed to enable experience to be gained before undertaking the large-scale housing development programme which is needed. It is in fact intended to be one section of the first part, consisting of 2500 flats providing housing for 12,500 people, of the full-scale housing programme.\n\nThe present pilot scheme is in motion much larger developments in the field of housing. With C.D. and W. money so used, site formation would not form a charge on the properties and as a result, it would be possible to let them at an economic rent. If site formation had to form a charge on the properties, they would have to be let at an uneconomic rent.\n\nThe application is therefore for a grant of £13,500 to cover the cost of site formation for a pilot scheme consisting of the erection of 370 flats; the contribution of the Hong Kong Government to this pilot scheme will be a loan of about £125,000 to the Hong Kong Housing Society to cover the cost of erection of the flats. In implementing this first part of the housing programme, the Governor estimates that C.D. and W. assistance amounting to almost £250,000 will be required; the Hong Kong Government's contribution will be loans to the Hong Kong Housing Society and the Improvement Trust, from the recently established Development Fund, totalling almost £1,000,000.\n\n9. All necessary raw materials and labour are available locally. The expenditure of C.D. and W. money would be in the hands of the Public Works Department who would employ skilled local contractors supervised by the Department on the task of site formation. The actual construction of the flats in the pilot scheme would be for the Hong Kong Housing Society to arrange; ample qualified architects and contractors are available locally.\n\n10. The usual financial summary is attached.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599380, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 37, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "Colonial Office Ref. No: CO12318/17/50.\n\nSecretariat Ref. No: 31/736/49.\n\nNo. 14\n\nSir,\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONG KONG.\n\n10th February, 1951.\n\nL12818/17/50 54466/1/51 16 FEB 1951\n\nI have the honour to refer to my telegram No. 1393 of the 23rd December, 1950, in which I undertook to inform you of my proposals with regard to subsidised housing and the utilisation of part of Hong Kong's Colonial Development & Welfare allocation for this purpose, and to your despatch No. 352 of the 28th December, 1950. The proposals which I now put forward were formulated prior to the receipt of your despatch No. 352, but I do not think that they conflict with your advice. Indeed, we seem to have arrived at broadly similar conclusions. I wish however to make an early start with the Pilot Scheme, which is the subject of an accompanying memorandum for an immediate grant from Colonial Development & Welfare funds. It is important politically and psychologically to produce results as soon as possible, and it will also be advantageous to have the experience gained by a Pilot Scheme before embarking on developments on a larger scale. While this Pilot Scheme is in progress, urgent consideration will be given to the formation of an Improvement Trust and to your suggestion that this should combine the functions of a town planning and a housing authority.\n\n2. The influx of refugees from China has resulted in a considerable overcrowding in the urban areas, and although there is reason to hope that, when the situation in China settles down, a large number of these refugees will return to their homes, the need for more and better accommodation than is at present available will remain.\n\n3. In my despatch No. 8 of 27th January, 1951 I have recommended the setting up of a Development Fund and, subject to your approval, I propose that, say 15 million of this fund should be set aside for financing housing over the next two years. It is anticipated that this sum would be sufficient to rehouse approximately 12,500 persons (or about 2,500 families) as a first stage, exclusive of the cost of site formation, access, etc., to which I refer in paragraphs 6 and 7 below.\n\n4. My intention is that the position would be reviewed when this first objective had been reached. I propose that a Housing Authority or Improvement Trust should be set up which would have considerable unofficial representation although being subject to strict financial control and supervision by Government. The experience gained by the Singapore Improvement Trust should provide many useful lessons and I propose to consult the authorities there at an early date.\n\n5. The availability of land for housing of this type has been examined and I am satisfied that, having regard to the class of persons whom it is desired to rehouse, their mode of employment, and the wage levels which they can attain, it is essential that they should live within easy reach of the main industrial and commercial areas. The intense development of Victoria and Kowloon which has already taken place, and the naturally steep and rocky configuration of the greater part of the Colony including the present urban areas and their fringes, make it extremely difficult to provide the necessarily large", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599381, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 38, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "Encl.\n\n2\n\n34\n\nsites without incurring expenditure on site formation, access, etc., amounting to as much as 25% of the total cost of housing schemes which would be considered quite out of proportion in most other countries. The prevailing land hunger in Hong Kong compels private development of better class housing to accept these costs but, if they were to be included in the capital outlay on which the rents payable by the low wage strata of the population are calculated, these rents would rise beyond their means. The same considerations preclude the possibility of embarking on a programme of temporary housing since both the cost of site development and the shortage of land make it essential that we concentrate on multi-storeyed blocks of small flats.\n\n6.\n\nWhile, therefore, I agree in other respects with your view that such housing should be self-supporting, it is my intention as an essential ingredient of the scheme outlined above, to apply in due course for a grant from Colonial Development & Welfare funds to meet the cost of site formation, access roads and the installation of water and drainage, which would be undertaken by the Public Works Department, while Government would make interest-bearing loans to an Improvement Trust to finance, as the first stage, the construction of some 2,500 small flats on the developed sites. The grant required from Colonial Development & Welfare funds for this purpose is expected to be in the region of $3 million, Government's contribution by way of a loan being approximately $15 million. These figures are only tentative and the former one will naturally be dependent to a large extent on the sites selected, but I have already instructed the Director of Public Works to suggest four sites and to prepare estimates of the cost of developing them, including levelling and the provision of access roads, water and drainage connections. Care will be taken in selecting sites to ensure that they do not conflict with the recommendation of Sir Patrick Abercrombie on zoning. The two sites chosen for the Pilot Scheme referred to below fall within a light industrial zone, but section 5 of Part II of Sir Patrick's report does not preclude housing therein.\n\n7.\n\nI now seek your approval to proceed generally on the basis outlined above, and your approval in principle of a grant from Colonial Development & Welfare funds to meet the cost of developing sites and providing road access, water and drainage connections for approximately 2,500 small flats.\n\n8.\n\nAs a first instalment of this programme I enclose a memorandum requesting that an immediate grant of £13,500 be made from the Colonial Development & Welfare Fund for the purpose of developing two sites for blocks of workers' flats, and providing road access, water and drainage connections thereto. The usual financial summary and full estimates of cost are submitted in Appendices A and B to the memorandum. In this instance it has been possible to find two sites which are relatively easy and cheap to develop, but I see little prospect of this being repeated and I anticipate that for further instalments of the programme the proportion of the Colonial Development & Welfare grant to the total cost will require to be considerably greater.\n\n9.\n\nAs indicated in the attached memorandum, advantage will accrue from the fact that the Hong Kong Housing Society is prepared to start at once with the erection of these flats, and to merge its organisation with that of the Improvement Trust when constituted, and I seek your approval to make a loan on terms consistent with those proposed for the Authority.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599382, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 39, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "- 3 -\n\nto the Society of $2,000,000 approximately, to meet the cost of erection of the flats.\n\n10.\n\n40\n\nI have not attempted at this stage to discuss all the valuable suggestions made in your despatch under reply. You will, however, observe from paragraph (a) of the accompanying memorandum, that the Hong Kong Housing Society, to which I propose to entrust the initial Pilot Scheme, is conscious of the need for proper housing management referred to in paragraph 6 of your despatch, and has already provided for it. With regard to paragraph 8 of your despatch, a barrack type of accommodation with communal kitchens, sanitation and washing facilities has been considered in some detail, but ruled out as socially unacceptable in Hong Kong. I am satisfied that to build accommodation of this kind would be a retrograde step to be avoided even at considerable extra cost. The high incidence of tuberculosis in the Colony is a further argument against this type of construction, and there is the economic consideration that, in the event of a significant drop in the population by emigration, a barrack type of dwelling would rapidly become unlettable.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour most obedient, humble servant,\n\nMacDougall\n\nGOVERNOR.\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE\n\nJAMES GRIFFITHS, M.P.\n\nEncl: Memorandum", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599383, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 40, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "MEMORANDUM\n\n(a) Objects of the scheme and the advantages that are expected to be derived from it.\n\nA large proportion of the population of the Colony lives in conditions of appalling overcrowding and squalor. These conditions are to a large extent caused by the influx of refugees from China.\n\nThe intention is to construct two groups of four blocks of five-storeyed flats, the two groups being located on adjacent pieces of land in the SHEUNG LI UK area of New Kowloon to the south west of the Tai Po Road. The location has been selected largely because it is in close proximity to the large industrial areas of Shamshuipo and Lai Chi Kok, and is therefore conveniently placed for the type of persons whom it is particularly desired to benefit.\n\nThe blocks of flats will contain a varying number of tenements according to their size, and the total number of flats will be 370, of which 190 will be on one site and 180 on the other. Sketch plans of the flats and of the layouts are enclosed as Appendices C and D.\n\nThe total cost of the 190 flats is estimated at $1,132,968, including $120,000 for site formation and 6% of the building costs only for architects' fees. The corresponding figure for the 180 flats is $1,076,500 including $96,000 for site formation and the same scale of architects' fees. These figures do not include the value of the land which is $293,700 and $207,080 in each case and which it is proposed should be recovered over the duration of the lease in annual instalments with interest.\n\nIt will be noted that the plans allow for one living room, a kitchen, w.c. and small balcony in each flat. This is considered to be the minimum possible standard of accommodation on health and social grounds and is preferred to a cheaper form of barrack accommodation with communal kitchen, bathrooms and w.c.'s on each floor. The plan is designed to allow for the maximum through ventilation and is sufficiently strong to withstand typhoon conditions without being extravagant.\n\nIn order to make a start with this scheme at the earliest possible date, it is proposed that the Public Works Department should undertake the site formation, construction of access roads, and installation of water and drainage for which assistance from Colonial Development & Welfare funds is now sought, and that the sites, when formed, should be handed over to the Hong Kong Housing Society. I enclose as Appendix E a memorandum setting out the aims and objects of this Society. If these proposals are approved, the Society will be required to become incorporated and, on formation of an Improvement Trust on the lines indicated in the covering despatch, to merge its functions into those of the Trust and make over the flats to it.\n\nIn view of the magnitude of the housing project now contemplated, it is proposed that the Hong Kong Council of Social Service should be advised to use the grant of £14,000 from the Lord Mayor of London's Empire Air Raid Distress Fund for other purposes, but the services of their trained Housing Manageress, who has since arrived in the Colony, are expected to be of great assistance.\n\nPage 40\n\nPage 41", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599384, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 41, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "- 2 -\n\nPage 42\n\nThe loan from Government required to meet construction costs will be made in the first instance to this Society, but the Society's assets and liabilities will in due course be taken over by the Improvement Trust referred to above, by whom repayment of the loan will be completed.\n\nThis project is intended as a \"Pilot Scheme\" which will enable any flaws that may come to light to be corrected before proceeding with the full scheme outlined in the despatch accompanying this memorandum.\n\nThe housing which will be built for the lower-income groups will not only provide improved living conditions for the actual tenants, but will indirectly benefit others by relieving congestion elsewhere and may be expected to encourage employers to embark on similar schemes for their employees.\n\n(b) Relation of the Scheme to the Colony's Ten-Year Development Plan.\n\nDue to constantly changing conditions since the war, no Ten-Year Development Plan has been drawn up for Hong Kong, but the relation of this scheme to Government's proposals for a housing programme are explained in paragraph (a) above, and in the covering despatch.\n\n(c) Reasons for financing the scheme in part from the Colonial Development & Welfare Vote.\n\nAlthough in this particular instance the cost of site formation is relatively low, only $216,000 in all, it is not expected that these charges will constitute such a small proportion of the capital outlay in future owing to the extreme shortage of building sites which are inexpensive to develop in localities where housing of this type is most needed. If the rents of these and similar flats constructed in the future are to be kept at an economic level, it is essential that site formation and development should not be a charge on the properties. It is also important that the rents for different blocks of similar accommodation should be uniform. This can be achieved without the need for one group of flats carrying part of the overheads of another if the initial expenditure on site development does not enter into the capital outlay to be met by a loan from this Government.\n\n(d) The basis for the division of cost between local funds and the Colonial Development & Welfare Vote is as indicated in paragraph (c) above: site formation, access roads, and the installation of water and drainage to be charged to a Colonial Development & Welfare grant, other costs to be borne initially by the Housing Society and in due course by the Improvement Trust, from funds loaned by Government.\n\n(e) Staff, materials, and labour are all available locally.\n\n(f) Arrangements for the execution and supervision of work. Expenditure of the Colonial Development and Welfare grant will be in the hands of the Public Works Department employing\n\nPage -\n\n-\n\n-", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599385, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 42, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "skilled local contractors, supervised by the Department. Construction of the flats will be for the Housing Society to arrange. There are ample qualified architects and contractors available locally for this purpose.\n\n(g) The design of the flats has been made by the Acting Chief Architect, Hong Kong Government, assisted by advice from a Committee on which are representatives of the Public Works Department, Medical & Health Services, Labour and Social Welfare Departments, as well as a number of unofficial ladies and gentlemen who include among their number two leading Chinese property owners and Mr. S.E. Faber, a Consulting Engineer in private practice.\n\nPage 43\n\nPage 43\n\nPage 43", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599386, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 43, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "APPENDIX A.\n\nFINANCIAL SUMMARY.\n\n1. Administrative Authority\n\n2. Allocation\n\n3. Classification\n\n4. Description of Scheme\n\n5. Total cost\n\n6. Colonial Development & Welfare Assistance required\n\n7.\n\n8.\n\n44\n\nGovernment of Hong Kong.\n\nKo\n\nif\n\nGeneral Reserve of £1,000,000.\n\nSocial:\n\nTelfarer housing for lower-income\n\nConstruction of 8 blocks comprising 370 flats.\n\n£138,092 ($2,209,468) (see explanation Below)\n\nGrant of £13,500 ($216,000)\n\nEstimate of assistance required by Colony.\n\nCapital Recurrent\n\n1951/1952 £13,500 Nil £13,500\n\nEstimate of total capital expenditure required to be made outside the Colony:\n\n(a) Iron and Steel £13,125 ($210,000) based on price ex Government Stores. Sufficient steel is available in the Colony.\n\n(b) Cement - local cement will be used.\n\n(c) All equipment needed is available in the Colony.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599387, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 44, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "# APPENDIX B:\n\nDetailed breakdown of cost\n\n190 Flats - Four Blocks\n\n \n Staircases\n 45\n 8662,130\n \n \n Foundations\n 49,000\n \n \n \n Reinforcing Steel (Fixed)\n 110,000\n \n \n \n Drainage\n 27,000\n \n \n \n Electrical\n 67,500\n \n \n \n Total\n \n 2955,630\n \n \n Fees\n -\n 6% 57,338\n \n \n Site Formation\n \n 120,000\n \n \n \n \n $1,132,968\n \n\n180 Flats - Four Blocks\n\n \n \n $628,000\n \n \n \n Staircases\n 40,000\n \n \n \n Foundations\n 47,000\n \n \n \n Reinforcing Steel (Fixed)\n 105,000\n \n \n \n Drainage\n 40,000\n \n \n \n Electrical\n 65,000\n \n \n \n Total\n $925,000\n \n \n \n Fees\n 6%\n 55,500\n \n \n Site Formation\n _96,000\n \n \n \n \n \n $1,076,500\n \n\nTotal for two sites\n\n370 Flats\n\nincluding Fees and Site Formation $2,209,468", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599388, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 45, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "APPENDIX E.\n\nTHE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY.\n\nAIMS, OBJECTS, etc.\n\n46\n\n1. ORIGIN.\n\nIn 1948 a grant of £14,000 was made available to the Hong Kong Council of Social Service from the Lord Mayor of London's Empire Air Raid Distress Fund for the relief of distress among the poor in Hong Kong. The Council, believing that housing of the poor constituted a most important and probably the worst social problem in the Colony, resolved that the grant should be devoted to initiating a housing scheme for the poor. To this end, a Housing Sub-Committee was set up which, with the encouragement of Government, joined forces with a number of non-members of the Council interested in the problem to constitute the Hong Kong Housing Society.\n\n2. OBJECTS.\n\nThe objects of this Society are based on the Housing Act 1936 and are \"the acquiring, building, controlling, improving, managing or facilitating or encouraging the construction or improvement of housing and any associated amenities\" for the poorer sections of the community, on an economic but non-profit-making basis.\n\n3. CONSTITUTION.\n\nThe Society at present is not an incorporated body but is an association governed by agreed rules. It is intended, however, that should the Society's proposals be approved, it would be incorporated either by the passing of an Ordinance on the lines which it is understood Government has had drafted for the purpose, or as a Company limited by guarantee. It is anticipated that provision would then be made for Government to participate in the administration and financial control of the Society by the appointment of trustees, directors or members.\n\nIn view of the magnitude of the problem, the members of the Society believe that action on a large scale to build more houses for the poorer sections of the community, either by Government or with its encouragement, is necessary and inevitable, and should an Improvement Authority or Housing Trust be set up for the purpose, the members would be willing to see the Society amalgamated with such Authority or Trust (provided grants made to it from other than Government sources were refunded).\n\n4. MANAGEMENT.\n\nThe conditions which obtain in Hong Kong make it certain that the careful selection of tenants and trained management, which experience of similar schemes elsewhere has shown to be so important, will be essential if the maximum social benefit is to be derived from the housing provided. The members have in mind that investigations by competent case-workers, such as those employed by one of the constituent bodies of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, will be necessary. Experienced and trained management can obviate the abuse of facilities and economic loss arising from irrecoverable rent or deterioration of property, and can foster the growth of a community spirit. While the first \"pilot\" project is not large enough to justify the full-time employment of an expatriate trained manager,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599389, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 46, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "arrangements are being made for the Hong Kong Council of Social Service to retain £1,500 of the Lord Mayor's Fund grant (plus the interest earned on the grant) to enable an experienced (Octavia Hill trained) housing manager to be recruited from England for 2-3 years. During this period the manager would train local personnel and would be employed part-time on repayment to supervise the management of this Society's flats.\n\nenclosed in (1)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599390, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 47, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE\n\nP.W.D. HONG KONG\n\n \n 7\n 1\n \n 14\n Jal\n IG\n 25\n 10\n 24\n 33\n \n \n \n 20\n 28\n 34\n n\n 2\n 35\n 11\n 22\n 30\n \n \n \n 30\n 12\n 25\n 37\n 13\n 32\n 38\n M\n 0\n \n \n \n H\n U\n N\n \n \n CHILDREN PLAYGROUND\n \n \n \n \n\nWORKERS FLATS AT SHEUNG\n\nBLOCK PLAN\n\n \n GO:0\n 18\n \n \n SECTION\n 12\n 13\n 20\n \n \n GO:0\n A-A\n 23\n † 20\n 3\n 16\n 24\n 17\n 25\n \n \n 7\n 18\n 20\n 32\n 27\n \n CHILDREN\n 28\n „PLAYGROUND\n \n \n 20\n #\n 35\n 29\n 20\n 10\n 30\n LI UK\n \n \n KOWLOON\n \n KIU\n KIANG\n LOW LOON\n TOAD\n \n \n \n\nAPPENDIX D.\n\n48\n\nDRAWING NO.: A 203\n\nSCALE: 1 INCH = 50 FEET\n\nDATE: 23RD, NOVEMBER, 1950", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 599391, "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": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "page_number": 48, "title": "CO129-627-3 Housing project- contains drawings 1-2-1951 - 31-10-1951", "content_text": "WEI HOLL\n\nARCHITECT\n\nARCHITECTURAL OFFICE\n\nW. D.\n\nHONG KONG\n\n十\n\nINSTAL\n\nTANLIGHT\n\nCOAT PLASTER,\n\nLIME 1 CENT RENDER, FLOOR.\n\nI SKIRTING\n\nWASL TO CON BLOCKS\n\nLIVE WASH TO\n\nDON. BACKO\n\nSHELVES\n\nFURD\n\nCUP\n\n**BRIZTINGS\n\nSECTION A-A\n\nSINK\n\nO DADO\n\nNO PLASTRE ABOVE\n\nKITCHEN\n\nI'LEMT LINDI REDUCING TO SE\n\ns'ab\n\nW.C\n\nLIVING ROOM\n\nLGHT IMPER\n\nESDUCING to 3%\n\nin's 5:0 STANDARD METAL WINDOW\n\nCENT ZENDEK, WINDOW BOARD\n\nCONCEITE\n\n10! o\n\nONE UNIT\n\nA\n\nEPTHS\n\nSHOWER\n\nBALUSTRADE,F-a' Hien\n\nMPIA AT «*%2 ZAI 2*, KA FLAT\n\nSCALE\n\nWASTE\n\nKITCHEN\n\n52\n\nLIVING ROOM\n\nCONCERTE PARTITION\n\nPLAN\n\nI INCH - 2 FEET\n\nA\n\nCONCRETE WORKERS FLATS AT SHEUNG LI UK\n\nKOWLOON\n\nWETION OMITTED\n\nNINg\n\nLOAD\n\nSITE\n\nSCALE\n\nPLAN\n\nINCH = 300 FT.\n\n*******\n\nW.C\n\nSCHEDULE Ov OPENING EACH UNIT\n\nINO\n\nWINDOW\n\nSTANDARD METAL\n\nING.\n\n3:4′′ 12°\n\nIN\n\nLOUVER\n\nWeb\n\nW.C. 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