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Berniz.\n\nb four hurt obedient humble servant,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-060 - Public Offices - 1856.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 241083, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3]", "page_number": 108, "title": "CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3]", "content_text": "have been \n\nhappily averted. \n\nWe have had and still have \n\nrumors & attack \n\nA \n\nby \n\nwater on \n\nthe City, but there have now become fewer and fainter. \n\nAt the same time it is \n\nto be regretted that the vital \n\nnecessity of securing the Canton River prevents Admiral Seymour from lending \n\nus \n\nnaval Assistance \n\nin the destruction of the Chinese flotillas said to be in course of preparation in some of the Bays of the neighbouring \n\nProvince \n\nthe Creeks \n\nYesterday Commodore Armstrong in the United States \n\n106 \n\n\"Steamer \"San Jacinto\", at my \n\nrequest conveyed through the \n\nUnited States Consul went in \n\nsearch of a Pirate Fleet under \n\nthe Island of Lingling, but he has not yet returned. \n\nSir Michael Seymour stated that he had not the means \n\nof undertaking such an expedition He arrived here on the night of the 22nd Instant, and has since been in constant conference with the Executive Council which has met daily. He will return after the arrival of the mail of \n\n10th December now overdue. \n\nI expect by the mail Steamer", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 245164, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-069 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12]", "page_number": 243, "title": "CO129-069 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12]", "content_text": "## The Hongkong Government Gazette.\n\n### No. 39.\n\n**GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.**\n\nHis Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., has directed the publication, for general information, of the following Copy of a Despatch from His Excellency Rear-Admiral SIR MICHAEL SEYMOUR, K.C.B., &c., &c., enclosing a Report from Lieutenant WILDMAN, Commanding Her Majesty's Gun-boat Staunch, of an action fought with three Piratical Junks off the Island of Taou-pung.\n\nSEPTEMBER 11, 1858.\n\nI have great pleasure in bringing to Your Excellency's notice the admirable and gallant conduct of Mr Morio, Second Master, the other Officers, and Ship's Company of the Staunch, in this action, under the double disadvantage of a very reduced complement and armament, with these three Junks, each carrying a long 24-Pounder Gun amidships, and six Broadside Guns of smaller Calibre, besides several mounted Gingalls.\n\nCharles Ansell, Quarter Master, I also wish particularly to bring to your notice, for his assistance in pointing the Howitzers, and his gallant conduct throughout the engagement.\n\nI enclose my List of Casualties and Defects.\n\nI have, &c.,\n\nRear-Admiral SIR MICHAEL SEYMOUR, K.C.B.,\nCommander-in-Chief.\n\n(Signed,)\nLEVESON WILDMAN, Lieutenant and Commander.\n\nP.S.—I should have mentioned, that from the quantity of European Minies, Revolvers, Cartridges, and Rifles, and the desperate resistance they made in keeping up a heavy fire, that Europeans must have been on board; the engagement having lasted 5 hours.\n\n### True Copies,\nH. F. HANCE.\n\n### GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\n(Signed,) L. W.\n\nHis Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., has directed the publication, for general information, of the following Copy of a Despatch from His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief, with Extracts from enclosures reporting the most successful results of an Expedition under the Command of Captain VANSITTART, of H.M.'s Steam-frigate Magicienne, against a large Piratical Fleet which has long interrupted the trade on the West Coast of China.\n\nBy Order,\nG. W. CAINE.\n\n### Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th September, 1858.\n\nCalcutta, AT HONGKONG, 6th September, 1858.\n\nSIR,-In my despatch No. 14, of the 25th ultimo, I informed your Excellency of my intention to send out a Squadron to attempt the destruction of the hordes of Pirates which have for some time past paralyzed the Chinese Coasting Trade to the Westward. The accompanying Despatch from Captain N. Vansittart of Her Majesty's Ship Magicienne, will show your Excellency how eminently successful the expedition has been, having destroyed no less than 100 Junks and Fast-Boats, besides burning Coulan, the headquarters of the Pirates, owing in a great measure to the presence and energy of Mr Caldwell, the Registrar General, whose services have on this occasion, as heretofore, been most valuable.\n\nThe Squadron has now gone to the Eastward, to clear the Coast in that direction.\n\nI have, &c.,\n\nG. W. CAINE.\n\nHis Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, LL.D.,\n&c., &c.,\nHongkong.\n\n### No. 6.\n\n(Signed)\nM. SEYMOUR,\nRear Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.\n\nCalcutta, AT HONGKONG, 28th August, 1858.\n\nSIR, I have the honor to forward to Your Excellency a copy of a Letter from Lieutenant Wildman of the Staunch Gun-boat, dated the 4th instant, describing a very gallant action he fought with a superior piratical force, in which two Vessels were captured and destroyed.\n\nI have, &c.,\n\nHis Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, LL.D.,\n&c., &c., &c.,\nHongkong.\n\n(Signed,)\nM. SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.\n\n### H.M.'S GUN-BOAT Staunch, OFF PE-SHAN ISLAND, 4th August, 1858.\n\nSIR, I have the honor to report for Your Excellency's information the particulars of an engagement which took place this morning off the Island Taou-Pung, about 50 miles to the north of the Port of Wanchow, between H. M. Gun-boat under my command and three Piratical Junks.\n\nAt 8 A.M, whilst at anchor off that Island, two San-pans came alongside, with information that some Piratical Junks had attacked and plundered a village, and were then rounding a neighbouring point.\n\nI immediately weighed, cleared for action, and stood (under steam) towards four Junks which had just then cleared the Point,-one flying an English Ensign, a second a Portuguese, the other two Chinese Flags. When we had closed within 200 yards, the three largest Junks opened a smart and effective fire on us, doing much damage aloft; and to prevent injuring my Boats, as I determined to take them by boarding, I deemed it prudent to lower and tow them astern. I then returned their fire with the Staunch's two Howitzers-still closing with them; but as our Gun had been sent on board H. M. S. Fury by Your Excellency's orders, to ease the Gun-boat coming down the China Sea during the typhoon season, our fire was comparatively feeble.\n\nI went ahead at full speed on to the largest Junk, giving orders to lash her alongside us; but the instant we touched, such a shower of stink-pots and other combustible matter was thrown on board us, it was impossible for any person to remain forward, or to see through the dense smoke they occasioned.\n\nIt was at this moment, I deeply regret to state, that Edward George, A. B., who was actually engaged in lashing the Junk alongside, having gallantly jumped on board her for that purpose, was cut to pieces, and his remains thrown overboard. The strong breeze favouring the Junk, and a heavy swell making it difficult to lash her, she sheered off; and the Chinese having in the meantime cut our boats adrift, and being close to the rocks, I backed astern, and having picked them up, I remounted the Howitzers, which had been dismounted from the rapidity of my fire, and renewed the engagement, running alongside one and boarding, killing a great number of her crew, many of whom endeavoured to escape by jumping overboard, but only a small number reached the shore.\n\nLeaving this vessel in charge of Mr Morice, the second Master, and a party of men, I gave chase to a second in my Gig; and having come up with her, I boarded and took possession, making prisoners of the only two living men on board, many having been killed, and a few escaping by jumping overboard. The third Junk in the meantime having got some distance away, and not having more than 6 effective men left after the engagement, I deemed it prudent not to follow her amongst the numerous rocks and intricate passage she had taken; and being unable to spare any officers or men for the captured Junks, I gave directions for them to be burnt, which was done.\n\nI should observe, that during the time Mr Morice and the men whom I had left with him to burn the first Junk were performing this duty, a number of San-pans pulled alongside and endeavoured to recapture her, firing her long Gun below where our people were lighting a fire. Fortunately it did no harm to them, but caused an explosion which killed from 20 to 30 of the Chinese.\n\nThe fourth Vessel having been a capture made by the Pirates, I released, having previously obtained a written statement to that effect.\n\n### LETTER OF PROCEEDINGS.\n\nH.M.'s SHIP Magicienne, OFF LISTING ISLAND, 4th September, 1858.\n\nSIR, I have the honour to inform you, that in obedience to your orders for me to take under my directions H.M.'s Ships Inferible, Plover, Algerine, and proceed with them to destroy and capture the many Pirates represented as being in this neighbourhood, that I left the anchorage of Hongkong with the said vessels and H.M.'s Ship under my Command on the morning of the 20th ultimo, as soon as Mr Caldwell, the Registrar General, and three Chinese informers had come on board.\n\nFrom Hongkong we proceeded and examined carefully the whole Coast as far Westward as Mamee, having up to the present date taken and destroyed-1 fortified Stockade mounting 14 Guns, 26 piratical fighting Junks, 74 fast Row-boats, 236 Guns, about 372 Pirates killed, 36 pirates taken alive, 6 Cargo Vessels recaptured from pirates, 54 Men and 6 Women retaken from pirates; with only a few wounded on our side.\n\nI enclose herewith a detailed account of each day's proceedings, with list of captures, people rescued, casualties, officers employed in boats, &c. I cannot say too much for the valuable assistance I have received from Mr Caldwell, the Registrar General, who was most indefatigable in his exertions, gaining much valuable information from the Prisoners rescued, and by other means, thereby being in a great measure the cause of our success, and showed much judgment in discriminating the innocent from the guilty of those captured on board the Junks, besides being a valuable acquisition from his intimate knowledge of the Chinese language.\n\nI have despatched the Algerine into Hongkong with Mr Caldwell, the three Chinese informers, and the remainder of the persons rescued from the Pirates not yet disposed of. Upon the Algerine's return with Mr Caldwell, I propose searching well the Bays in the vicinity of Hongkong to the Eastward, as we have every reason to believe that there is still one fleet of Junks undiscovered.\n\nThe energy of Mr Caldwell in finding out and gaining information as to where the Pirates are, does him the very greatest credit. Trusting you will approve of my proceedings since leaving Hongkong on the 26th ultimo,\n\nI have, &c.,\n\nRear-Admiral SIR M. SEYMOUR, K.C.B.,\nCommander-in-Chief.\n\n(Signed,)\nNICHOLAS VANSITTART,\nCaptain.\n\n### Detailed Account of the Proceedings of H. M. Ships Magicienne, Inflexible, Plover, and Algerine, when upon a Cruise for the Suppression of Piracy.\n\n1858, 26th August.-Leaving the anchorage at Hongkong at 6.30 A.M., we proceeded, and carefully examined Pootoy, the Lema Islands, Sammoon, Lingting and Chungchow; sending the Inflexible and Algerine to the Westward of Lingting, the Magicienne with the Plover going to the Eastward, we came upon two piratical fighting junks and one fast-boat. One of the junks having her anchor up, made for the shore, the Crew taking to their boats. I immediately despatched the Plover, directing Lieutenant Wynniatt to bring her out, which he did, and was fortunate in recapturing Chas. Deacon, an Englishman (belonging to the American ship Antelope,) who had been taken by the Pirates three weeks before, in company with the Mate and eight Chinese; the former and four of the latter he saw cut down and thrown overboard at the time of being captured. The second junk was at anchor, which the Pirates had abandoned and laid a train to, but she fortunately blew up before the Plover's boat reached her. Being informed that there were about 120 pirates on the island, who had taken to the hills and rocks, I despatched Lieutenant Soady, 1st Lieutenant of this ship, and Lieutenant Tuson, R.M.A., with a strong party ashore, to cut off any Pirates; but found here as elsewhere that it was useless following them, so shot at the different parties as they showed themselves. The junk blown up being nearly awash, I directed Lieutenant Soady to recover as many of the guns on board her as he possibly could, and to bring them out into deep water; which by nine the next morning he completed, bringing out with those on board the first captured junk, 50 guns of from 6, 9, 12, and 18-pors, all of which were taken into deep water and junks destroyed. Ashore, much shot and ammunition was found, all of which was destroyed.\n\n### No. 40.\n\n招人承接事限以英本年九月二十日即戊午年八月十四日止截是日以前其願承接者赴英香港量地官示\n\n本署領辨兹將所招三事列後\n\n一在必達馬頭海旁添設兩小馬頭分左右建造\n二在必達馬頭建立船屋一間船政廳住宅一所\n一千八百五十八年八月初九日示\n\n[SEPTEMBER 11, 1858.]", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-069 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 245165, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-069 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12]", "page_number": 244, "title": "CO129-069 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12]", "content_text": "# The Hongkong Government Gazette.\n\n## SEPTEMBER 11, 1858.\n\n27th August. In the morning before leaving Lingting, a Chinese who had been taken by the pirates some days before, came on board in one of our boats; his description of the atrocities committed by the Pirates was dreadful to hear. Mr. Caldwell, the Registrar General, on board of us, having gained information at Lingting that two Pirate Junks, with a cargo Junk of Cocoa-nuts, had only left on the 25th for Coulan Bay, a stronghold and favorite resort of the Pirates, we proceeded by the Ladrone Islands to Tylon, and anchored the `Magicienne` and `Inflexible` at 5 P.M. on the south side in 4 fathoms water. I immediately proceeded in the `Plover` with all the Boats of the `Magicienne` armed, under Lieutenant Soady, and the boats of the `Inflexible` in tow of the `Algerine`, under Commander Brooker; landing the Marines under Lieutenant Tuson, R.M.A., with pinnace in charge of Lieutenant Hill, on the south side. Upon our opening Coulan Bay, we discovered a squadron of five piratical fighting Junks, with two captured cargo vessels. Upon our hearing them, they fired one gun, and ran their vessels aground, the crews jumping overboard and swimming ashore. The fire of the `Plover`, `Algerine`, and rocket-boats was admirable. Anchoring the Gun-boats in position at sunset, we took possession of the Pirate Junks mounting in all 62 Guns, the two cargo Junks being one laden with cocoa-nuts and the other with rice. We had to destroy the Cocoa-nut vessel (being on the rocks), but liberated the Rice Junk, putting on board of her the people found in the former, the united crews amounting to 24 men. At 10 P.M. I started with `Magicienne's` and `Inflexible's` first gigs, accompanied by Commander Brooker, Lieutenants Soady and Wynniatt, on a reconnoitering expedition. Up the Creek, we discovered and set fire to four Piratical fighting Junks, one of 12 guns, the others having had their guns removed; whilst destroying the Junks and some smaller vessels, occasional musket-shots were fired at us, which we returned. As we were burning the third Junk, great guns opened on us, at about 1,700 yards from inland, many of the shot reaching alongside the gigs at that distance. Favored by the moon (occasionally obscured), I determined to land; so with Commander Brooker, Lieutenants Soady and Wynniatt, and ten men, we pushed on as well as we could find our way guided by the spirited fire of the guns at the stockade, which continued until we got within pistol-shot, up to which time we had reserved our fire. Giving a volley, we pushed on; the enemy ran, ourselves being brought up for a minute or so by the entrance of the stockade being staked; clambering through mud, water, and over embankment, we got possession of the 14-Gun stockade, spiked the guns, destroyed the ammunition, fired volleys where at times we heard the enemy, and returned on board by 2 A.M., with no loss on our side. Although the shot came over our heads, the Pirates appeared to be firing at where the vessels were burning in the Creek, and not to be aware of our movements ashore, nor the smallness of our force, until we were close upon them. For, having to advance in single file, in a narrow pathway, several of the guns being placed so as to completely sweep away everything approaching, we would have required a considerable force to have attacked it in the day time, and I have little doubt that we should have sustained some loss. The guns were similar to those in the Piratical fighting Junks.\n\n28th August.-Lieutenants Sharpe and Bevan were employed getting the guns out of the Junks captured in Coulan Bay into deep water, and then setting the vessels on fire. Landing a large party under Commander Brooker, Lieutenant Soady, and Acting Mate Brabazon, I had 30 piratical fast-boats destroyed, and marched up to the stockade to destroy the guns more effectually and burn the houses in the vicinity; the same having been effected, all hands re-embarked and proceeded down to the ships, weighed and steamed down on the South side, to Sandy Bay, St John's Island. Mr. Caldwell going down on the North side, with `Plover` and `Algerine`, where all re-anchored by dark.\n\n29th August.-At daylight, having despatched the `Plover` and `Algerine` to search Samtong Bay, I proceeded with Mr. Caldwell and Commander Brooker, in `Magicienne's` and `Inflexible's` 1st gigs, to search the small rocks and coves in Sandy Bay, St John's Island; extreme end of one of the bays we came suddenly upon a piratical Junk of 10 guns, all on one broadside, and 38 men all at their guns, pointed for the entrance between the rocks. As he evidently intended disputing our entrance, and it would be impossible to board him on account of his being high and dry on the mud, I had the gig's crews landed on the rocks with their rifles. Upon our opening fire, the Pirates immediately fled, many being killed; on board we found two women, who had been prisoners for upwards of two months, whom we liberated. In the forenoon, seeing some junks to the Westward, I despatched Commander Brooker in the `Inflexible` with the Boats of the `Magicienne` under Lieutenant Soady to examine them, remaining at anchor in `Magicienne` to superintend getting the Pirate Junk out to where we were at anchor off Hawchuru Bluff. The `Plover` and `Algerine` came upon six Piratical Junks, upon which they made a spirited attack, doing much credit to Lieutenants Wynniatt and Arthur; after an exchange of shot for several minutes, the Pirates jumped overboard, upwards of 190 being killed or drowned, 36 taken alive, 22 people rescued, and 80 guns destroyed; the `Inflexible` with `Magicienne's` boats coming in very opportunely to prevent any escape, and to give a finishing stroke to an affair so ably executed by Lieutenant Wynniatt. For the particulars, I must refer you to the letter written by Lieutenant Wynniatt, enclosed herewith.\n\n30th August --At 4 P.M. hearing a gun fired from the Northward, I had the `Plover` ready with the `Magicienne's` Cutter under Lieutenant Soady, and `Inflexible's` Cutter under Lieutenant Bevan, and started at daybreak, with Mr. Caldwell and Commander Brooker after four vessels for the land.\n\nUpon our getting within gunshot, the crews of the two larger junks took to their boats and made for the shore, ourselves opening fire with musketry and great guns, destroying the greater part of them.\n\nThe vessels turned out to be one Pirate Junk mounting 5 guns, on board of which we found a Chinese woman, who had been made a prisoner with 7 men, some days before, near Macao; her vessel, the second large one, having been kept by the Pirates to form one of their squadron. The remaining two were fishing vessels, one with five men, the other with four on board, whom we liberated. The other two vessels I had taken into deep water, set fire to, and guns thrown overboard. The woman I had sent to the `Magicienne`.\n\nWeighing with the ships at 8 A.M., we proceeded to Wong Chow, where leaving the `Magicienne` and `Inflexible` at anchor, I proceeded at P.M., with Mr. Caldwell in the `Plover`, taking in tow all the `Magicienne's` Boats under Lieut. Soady, Commander Brooker going in `Algerine` with `Inflexible's` Boats. Proceeding up for Tywoo shan, at 3 P.M., we discovered two Junks; and on giving chase, one lowered her sails and anchored, turning out to be our old friend the Rice junk, who had been again captured by another Pirate (the vessel ahead), who was sailing away with a good breeze, and pulling with all her oars to escape up to the Fort of Tywoo-shan. As soon as we came up within range, we opened fire, the Chinese villagers on shore following her up, so as to slaughter anyone attempting to escape by swimming from her. At 4.10 P.M., the Pirate opened fire upon us, and continued so doing until she was taken. The `Plover` having got within canister distance, did great execution, as did the `Algerine` and all the boats. Pushing off in the boats at 4.40, the Pirate still sailing and pulling, gave us a hard chase: my gig being light, consequently got within pistol-shot distance before the other boats could come up. I cannot speak too highly of Mr. Brabazon, Acting Mate, and Mr. S.G. Anstruther, Midshipman, who came with me, or of the whole Boat's Crew, as, out of nine men, eight were wounded by the Pirates; Mr. Brabazon with the two Marines keeping up a most effective fire with their rifles; Mr. Anstruther most gallantly jumped overboard after T. Mills, Ordinary, one of the gig's crew, who in consequence of a stinkpot having exploded upon him, had to jump overboard to save himself, but being unable to swim, was fast sinking, when Mr. Anstruther rescued him; Mr. Anstruther's strength was also exhausted when assistance came to him. At 5.30 P.M., the boats having come within canister distance, as well as the `Plover` and `Algerine`, the Pirate grounded in a sinking state; those on board of her not killed jumped overboard, the few escaping us being immediately slaughtered by the villagers ashore.\n\nOne Chinese, who had been taken prisoner by the Pirates and rescued by us, informed us that this junk was commanded by the Pirate Chief Cheeppoo, who was killed shortly before the vessel grounded; also that she mounted 9 guns, having a crew of upwards of 65 men, not one of whom escaped. The coolness displayed throughout the expedition since leaving Hongkong by all on board, the accuracy of the fire from the `Plover` and `Algerine`, also from the boats of `Magicienne` and `Inflexible`, do great credit to all on board; and I take this opportunity of recommending to your favorable notice, as I have done in my covering letter, particularly Commander Brooker, Lieut. J.C. Soady, Lieut. Wynniatt, Lieut. Arthur, Lieut. Bevan, Acting Mate Brabazon, Midshipman Anstruther. The conducting of the `Plover` and `Algerine` through such intricate channels reflects the greatest credit to Mr. John Phillips, Acting second Master, and Mr. H. Swainson, second Master.\n\nI enclose herewith a list of casualties, in which I am happy to say are none killed.\n\n31st August. Marching the various creeks, we found two junks with no guns on board, but as they answered the description given to Mr. Caldwell, I had them destroyed, meeting with no resistance with the exception of one gingall shot. Before high water, I had the `Plover` and `Algerine` placed in position before the battery of Tywoo-shan, in which were two heavy long guns besides smaller ones; sending a boat in under Lieut. Soady, to set fire to a large junk, which had been used as a Pirate, but whose guns had been removed, our firing of the previous day giving them timely warning. We remained opposed to the battery until the vessel was burnt to the water's edge; however, as no shot was fired, I did not feel myself authorized in acting in any way against it, although it is well understood that the Hakka tribe, living there always, give protection openly to the Pirates, the Mandarins never yet having been able to take the place, although they have tried with a large force; the Hakka tribe being in open rebellion against them. There being nothing more to complete the destruction of, I returned with the vessels and boats to where the `Magicienne` and `Inflexible` were at anchor.\n\n1st September. Proceeded with Gun-Boats in tow to Mamee, when sending for the Mandarin, I handed over to him 22 Pirates for his disposal.\n\n2d September-Proceeded to St John's Island, searching the nooks and corners, finding nothing.\n\n3d September.-Proceeded at 4 A.M. for Tylon Island, where, at 11 A.M. anchoring the `Magicienne` and `Inflexible` on the south side, I started with Commander Brooker and Mr. Caldwell in `Plover` and `Algerine` with ships' boats to Coulan Bay. Finding I had been too lenient on the former occasion of visiting this place, in sparing the houses and many boats, as the accounts given by prisoners taken from Pirates, and from all parties enquired of, agreed that every person and article thereat were piratical, and had been for some years, also from Mr. Caldwell's previous knowledge; and as the Mandarin authorities had long since denounced it as such, I desired Commander Brooker to land with his division of boats and with those under Lieut. Soady, to search well the different lots of houses about the creek, to burn and destroy everything that he could find; which he most ably executed, having which only a few gingall shot fired at his party, which was returned, without any loss on our side, the Pirates having 4 or 5 killed. The houses were nothing more than magazines of powder and ammunition, explosions after explosions taking place. Seven more guns were discovered and destroyed, cargoes of Betel-nut and other pirated stores set fire to, as were also two piratical Fighting Junks with guns removed, 1 Cargo Junk, and about 40 Boats nearly all Fast-boats. With the `Plover` I started in chase of a Fast-boat pulling sixteen Oars, which we did not get possession of until after the crew had got ashore. She was well armed and provisioned, mounted a 6 pounder in the stern. Two other Piratical Fast-boats were likewise discovered and set fire to. The destruction of their favorite stronghold with loss of powder and Ammunition will I trust prevent the Pirates fitting out any vessels of consequence for Piratical purposes for some time.\n\n4th September-Proceeded by Kypong Islands, Sammoon and Ling-ting, where we now are.\n\n## H.M.S. “Magicienne,” off Lingting Island, 4th September, 1858.\n\n**NICHOLAS VANSITTART, Captain.**\n\n## Return of Piratical War Junks, &c., captured by H.M.'s Ships \"Magicienne,” “Inflexible,” “Plover,” and \"Algerine,\" on the undermentioned dates, with the number of Cargo Junks and Prisoners retaken from the Pirates, and Casualties in the crews of H.M's Ships.\n\n| DATE | PLACE | Piratical War Junks damaged and burnt | CAPTURED OR DESTROYED | Pirates killed or drowned | Prisoners taken alive | Recaptured from Pirates | Remarks |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1858 | | | Piratical War Junks | Guns spiked or sunk into deep water | Cargo Junks rescued | | |\n| Aug. 26 | Lingting Islands, | 2 | | | | | |\n| | Culan Bay,..... | 9 | 30 | 74 | | 27 | Under the Pirate Chief Momema. Upwards of 120 Pirates on this Island. An armed stockade of 14 guns was captured and destroyed by a night attack. |\n| 28 | | | | | | 25 | |\n| 29 | St John's Island, | 1 | 10 | | | | Under the Pirate Chief Kowkung-hung. The crews of the Piratical War Junks escaped to shore; many killed. |\n| | Off Hawcheun Bluff, | 6 | 80 | 36 | 190 | 22 | Under the Pirate Chief Lowcumfat. |\n| 30 | St John's, | 1 | 9 | | | 3 | |\n| | Teywoo-shan....... | 1 | 12 | 65 | | | Under the Pirate Chief Yaongkong-poo, |\n| 31 | | | | | | | Under the Pirate Chief Tunghai. |\n| | | | | | | | Under the Pirate Chief Cheepoo, who was killed in the affair. This vessel offered resistance for upwards of an hour, wounding with stinkpots, gingalls, &c., 8 of the 9 men in `Magicienne's` Captain's Gig. |\n| Sept. 4 | Coulan, | 2 | 7 | | | | Recaptured-the same liberated at Coulan. Guns removed-Pirates warned by the fight of the previous evening. |\n| Totals, | | 22 | 148 | 74 | 255 | 78 | |\n\n**NICHOLAS VANSITTART, Captain.**\n\n## H.M.'S GUN-BOAT Plover, SANDY BAY, 29th August, 1858.\n\nTo have the honour to acquaint you, that in obedience to your orders, I proceeded with the `Plover` and `Algerine` to Samtong Bay where nothing was met with beyond a few fishing and trading boats, but from whom I gained information of pirates having been there on the previous evening, but had left during the night in the direction of Gunjavar Channel; upon which I considered I should not be departing from my instructions in following them up, which I did, searching the whole of the western shore of Hawchen Island, without seeing anything suspicious until we arrived at Hawcheun Bluff, when we suddenly opened fire on six piratical Junks standing in line towards the shore, which from their appearance as to tonnage and cut of sails, quite agreed with the information we had received at Samtong. As we approached within gun shot, fire was opened immediately on both sides, Lieutenant Arthur in the `Algerine` taking the right extreme of the line, while the `Plover` took the left, to prevent their reaching the shore, firing continually on both sides for many minutes, when the men jumped overboard from the Junks and made for the shore, a few escaping in their small boats, leaving us in possession of the Junks, which were as speedily as possible anchored, guns thrown overboard, and set fire to, in which we were very much assisted by the joining of the `Inflexible` and `Magicienne's` boats under Lieutenant Soady, as every assistance was given by Commander Brooker in destroying the Junks, which being completed in obedience to instructions from Commander Brooker I proceeded with the `Algerine`, to examine Namoa Harbour and the channel leading between the Islands of Hawcheun, Wasp, Cricket, and Dipachou, when I rejoined the `Magicienne`. I am happy to say that the captures were effected without a single man being wounded on our side, though the fire at times was heavy. As far as I am able to learn, upwards of eighty guns were destroyed.\n\nIn conclusion, I beg to bring to your notice, the very cordial co-operation I received from Lieutenant Arthur in the `Algerine`, and the brisk and accurate fire kept up by the Gun-boats reflects the highest credit on both men and officers.\n\nI further think it my duty to bring to your notice Mr. John Phillips, Second Master of the `Plover`, who conducted the vessels through most intricate channels in a manner which showed great judgment and ability. The Interpreter sent by Mr. Caldwell, Registrar General, proved of great value in obtaining information and making himself generally useful.\n\nHoping that our proceedings will meet with your approval,\n\nI have, &c., &c.,\n\nTo Captain N. VANSITTART, C.B.,\n\nH.M.'s Ship `Magicienne`.\n\n**True Copies,**\n\nH. F. HANCE.\n\n**ROBERT WYNNIATT, Lieutenant Commanding.**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-069 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 247546, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-074 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Robinson - 1859 [6-12]", "page_number": 220, "title": "CO129-074 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Robinson - 1859 [6-12]", "content_text": "of Her Majesty's \n\ndominions to which the Govt possesses the power of transporting them. Soldiers indeed might be received as Convicts in Western Australia, but it has been found impossible to provide Conveyance at Hingting for such prisoners to Western Australia \n\nexcept at prices which \n\nprohibited the measure \n\nSo far then as \n\nregards Convicts sentenced \n\nfor terms \n\nof years, it \n\nmust be for the Courts \n\nof \n\n217 \n\nof justice to weigh in \n\nthe length of sentences \n\nThey award, as far as to them appears just and proper, the greatest severity of confinement \n\nin such a climate as \n\nthat of Hong Kong Enclosed is a scale shewing the reduced periods at which Convicts who conduct themselves well in the English \n\nPrisons are considered \n\nto become eligible for release. It is time that these Convicts have an opportunity which \n\nCannot", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-074 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Robinson - 1859 [6-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 258341, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-096 - Others - 1863", "page_number": 342, "title": "CO129-096 - Others - 1863", "content_text": "insty \n\nand \n\nability; and \n\nalthough the Adinance is \n\nlingthing, it affean to \n\nEstablish \n\na \n\nlysten at \n\nonce that, simple, and \n\ninexpensive - \n\nI have to argunt that the Agent General may be instructed to forward to H[is] Brit[annic] Maj[esty's] Gov[ernment] \n\nmy fee of \n\nthe hundred \n\nguineas agreed upon. \n\nI assume the \n\ndispatch of the Acting Governor and the other \n\npapers which accompanied \n\nmy letter of \n\nThe 18th \n\nJune last. \n\nJune I3 \n\nI am \n\nYour \n\nmost Obedient Servant\n\nPage 336", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-096 - Others - 1863.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 265324, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-112 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1866 [3-4]", "page_number": 244, "title": "CO129-112 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1866 [3-4]", "content_text": "# Siv \nCopy No.2 \n\nThe Bank \nHingting, \n241 \n36th December, 1815.\n\nCopy received by the copy of the Hongkong Government Gazette sent by this mail that the Mint here is to open for business on or about the 1st March next.\n\nI have not received dies or matrices and beg to state that they should be sent off prior to the receipt of this letter that they may be forwarded by the next mail.\n\nProfessor Graham P.R.S. \nMaster of the Mint, London.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-112 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1866 [3-4].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 269606, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-121 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [3-4]", "page_number": 228, "title": "CO129-121 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [3-4]", "content_text": "223\n\nislands and rocks outside\n\nHongheng - excepting Reef\n\nisland, which is further south.\n\nIt can be\n\napproached and\n\npassed close to with safety,\n\nthese are advantages which\n\nshould be carefully borne in\n\nmind when selecting for lights, for the seaman having to form a judgment\n\nas to the ship's distance from a light when passing\n\ninvolves an element\n\nof uncertainty\n\nand consequent\n\ndanger, and I think it of the first importance to choose,\n\nwhen possible, a locality where the\n\nlight may be steered for and\n\npassed close to.\n\n3rd Staple Rock being\n\nin an isolated\n\nposition, at some distance\n\nfrom\n\nany large islands, is not nearly so likely to be obscured by fogs or mists as\n\nlocalities on or near\n\n4th\n\nthe\n\nlarge\n\nlight would afford\n\nperfectly safe leading\n\nmark\n\nto guide vessels up to abreast of Lingting - by the ordinary\n\nroute adopted by steamers in both Monsoons and\n\nsailing vessels\n\nby\n\nin the south-\n\nwest Monsoon when the\n\nlight", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-121 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [3-4].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 290857, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-163 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [4-6]", "page_number": 24, "title": "CO129-163 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [4-6]", "content_text": "enter upon the undertaking\n\nwith the lead\n\npossible delay I have the honor to be\n\nhave\n\nMy Lord), Your Lordship's most obedient\n\nhumble servant,\n\nRoberts\n\nGouverneur\n\nChington\n\nChuck tu ward\n\nMAP SHEWING POSITION OF HONG KONG\n\nAND\n\nTHE SITES\n\nON WHICH\n\nIT\n\nIS PROPOSED TO PLACE\n\nLIGHT-HOUSES\n\nChulercock\n\nchangingye\n\nLantao\n\ngift\n\nLatama\n\nChannel\n\nChickow\n\nPatung\n\n2-2112,72434\n\nChant\n\nLE M\n\nME White Kes\n\nth\n\n*Gauze\n\nFungshui\n\noddam (#Tongho\n\n- Babish\n\nPakizak\n\nShap\n\nKADRONE\n\nGreat Zadrona\n\nISLANDS\n\n75%\n\nAichan\n\n13 Group\n\nGap R\n\nRugged R\n\nNut I\n\n118 ch\n\nLAMMA\n\nLamma Chart\n\nCHANNEL\n\n\"Lingting\n\nChuner\n\nTathmig Canticl\n\nBayong\n\notoy\n\nKy\n\n40\n\n& Niospin\n\nNEMS\n\nNEHead\n\nCom-brides\n\nGoylule\n\nKTPONG IS\n\nBehow\n\n\"Pakisim\n\nLEMA\n\nRennä\n\nTankun aligh\n\nPatina Gart\n\nYeshoa\n\nJedan Chunne? Faunkin sevent\n\nTitani *\n\nTitars Chaunch\n\nEdwurk\n\nTaimiman\n\nYIL\n\nBOARD OF\n\nTRADE\n\nRECP JUN 5 1873\n\nHARBOUR-DEPARTMENT\n\n15\n\n22\"\n\n22", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-163 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [4-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 292392, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-165 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [10-12]", "page_number": 401, "title": "CO129-165 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [10-12]", "content_text": "# TRACING\n\n2 mm 0.1.0. N 3222\n\nAung/Tong, 1 November 1873\n\n-Imaiya General \"Price \n(Jon Rive Corg)\n\nLight house in Cape \nd'Aguilar\n\nReput upon...\n\nU \n#113°30'\n\nGravemer \nCondome No! in Garamon Endure Sri Archim Kannedy's Dupatek No 258 of 12 November\n\n~ U.\n\nAichau \nSamoan \nGROUP \nKYPONG I \nGaphs \nyoft \nMit 7 \nGReef I \n\nTsoniyan \nLingling \nNorth.Ak \n- Mingine \nHONO \nKONO \nEmma Chant \nTantoo \nTathong Chaphy' \n'Agra \n0 Waylan 190f \nPoctoy \nVsimpie \nCHANNEL \nLEMA ISLANDS \nNEHiat \nTaitowa \nTaitani Charzut \n114° 30' \nThont, angl \n2.3\n\n22.30 \n399", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-165 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [10-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 298800, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-175 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [9-12]", "page_number": 151, "title": "CO129-175 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [9-12]", "content_text": "Os No 9235\n\nDingting, 6th October 1876\n\nUnited States Consul).\n\nS. A. Bailey Esq Colonial Secretary\n\nJ. G. Antin, Curt.\n\nAlm.\n\n200. Whitmore\n\nAmerican Barque\n\nRequests arrest of Captain and Master af for alleged murder on board).\n\nGovernor\n\nEnderme No! in dia A Kennedy's Derpatch W. 190 of 23rd October 1876\n\n14706\n\n76\n\n148\n\nUnited State Consulate at Wongting,\n\nOctober 6th 1876.\n\nSir,\n\nReferring to my letter of this day's date regarding the arrest of the Captain and 1st and 2nd Mates, who are accused of murder of an American citizen on board the American Barque \"C. O. Whitmore\" in the high seas, I have the honor to request that your Excellency will give the necessary instructions.\n\nAm. J. Gardiner Curtin, esq., Colonial Secretary", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-175 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [9-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 300520, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-178 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [6-8]", "page_number": 262, "title": "CO129-178 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [6-8]", "content_text": "259\n\nI do not recollect in what year Liao bor. I saw him in Obingting at the hive. I saw his mother last year and from what she told me I knew that he is twenty. Chan Imin Ling has other relatives residing in Dingting. Whose Father is still alive and sometimes comes to dwell at Angstling. Dear him in the first-month of this year Sinnw when he was here. I do not ... ago, which can only be substantiated by reference to the mother in Nam Tan.\n\n(Signed) Paul Smith, Acting Registrar General, 6th June 18??\n\n877.\n\nMinute by His Excellency, the Governor.\n\nIn addition to the Registrar General's Notes of his enquiring, perhaps the above statements submitted for His Excellency's information. I regret being unable to get any further fact regarding the prisoner's ... by the Chinese Interpreter when Mr. Smith put the question to him some days ago on first seeing the prisoner in Gaol.\n\n(Signed) J. Fife, ... 2th June 1871", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-178 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 317447, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-201 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [6]", "page_number": 128, "title": "CO129-201 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [6]", "content_text": "## \nThe state of commercial affairs here is such that this land speculation has for the time being utterly demoralized the Chinese Bankers and Merchants of Hongkong, and has done more to shake confidence in their Commercial Morality than anything that has happened in the previous history of the Colony. An idea appeared to possess the Chinese that they were proposing to own Hongkong, and that their influence was to increase. Their object was to acquire property largely, all other considerations being overlooked.\n\nThis disreputable Movement originated with a few of the so-called \"leading Chinese\" who have recently dabble[d] a good deal in the politics of the place to the neglect of their ordinary calling. Unfortunately it did not stop with them, it extended to the hitherto respectable and upright Traders.\n\nThe Chinese have received a terrible lesson. They will not recover from it for many years.\n\nThing Hing is really too prosperous to let the recent Chinese troubles interfere with the Revenue. It is bound to go on increasing.\n\nHingting \n3rd June 1882", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-201 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 331255, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-227 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1886 [6]", "page_number": 338, "title": "CO129-227 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1886 [6]", "content_text": "People called out, they would strike them. One of the Ngan Wong-Bai assaulted one of my coolies. The matter was reported at the Saizingpoon Police Station. This was two months ago, on the 4th or the 5th March. I reported the matter at No. 7 Police Station. An Indian Sergeant told me that I would find Police on the Praya. Since the 6th of March, these quarrels have continued. Robberies of wood and other things are quite common on landing goods. Things are pushed overboard and then picked up. They threaten death to anyone interfering with them. Three of my coolies have referred to live at work only.\n\nI consented to their request to work for the To'cung Wing firm. The Ngan Wong-Bai refused to allow the cargo of the Sui F'eingting firm to be landed, saying that the Keong Cheung-t'ai firm had paid them money. My firm, the Kwong Ch'eung-tai, paid money. The boat people of the Sui Soring Hting then had a fight with the Wong Prai.\n\nBy Chairman - I went to No. 7 Station on the 28th of the 10th moon (4th March) between 2 and 3 p.m. I could recognise the Indian Constable. The Inspector and Sergeant were not there.\n\nMr. Kwok Kwai-shang:\n\nMr. Lockhart - I have been in Hongkong for 42 years. I was born in Hongkong. My father was a compradore. I was formerly an accountant in the To'ing Wa Chinese Club and an Excise Officer to the \"Man Wo Fung Opium Farmer\". I employed a man who was a member of the Triad Society. This was years ago.\n\nPage 336\n\n was removed as it appears to be a page number indicator and was formatted accordingly. The text was reorganized into paragraphs, and minor corrections were made to spelling, spacing, and punctuation to improve readability. Some words and phrases were clarified or reordered for better understanding, while maintaining the original tone and style. The output is in HTML format using for paragraphs.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-227 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1886 [6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 487983, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-468 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1921 [6-8]", "page_number": 336, "title": "CO129-468 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1921 [6-8]", "content_text": "## Publicity\n\nThe primary disability we labour under at present is that few shipping people at Home have any real idea of Hongkong's capacity for shipbuilding. This was particularly in evidence during the war when, with all the crying need for ships, it was with the greatest difficulty, and only in the latter part of the war, that sufficient shipbuilding material was obtainable to keep the yards fully employed. Since then, officials of shipbuilding firms at Home and in America have inspected the local yards and have been very favourably impressed.\n\nThe possibilities of getting ships built and repaired in Hongkong should be kept very prominently before shipping people in Great Britain, America, Canada, Australia, and the Colonial Office should be well advised of the work done here and the capabilities of the local yards. When the Colonial Office was informed, towards the end of the war, practical results accrued.\n\nThe capabilities of Hongkong as a shipbuilding centre were also brought strongly before the Home Authorities in 1917 when a Hongkong-built vessel was docked in Liverpool for inspection and a number of experts were asked to express their views, which were very favourable.\n\n## HARBOUR IMPROVEMENTS\n\nThis matter is one of the utmost importance to the Colony. The idea held by those most vitally concerned is that the harbour is our only asset and that we should not play with improvements suggested by amateurs. Local experience gained by masters of merchantmen using this port is quite sufficient to enable us to indicate the position in which new buoys and lights might be placed with advantage; also to indicate where fog signals, or diaphones, should be made use of and the nature of such signals. Granted that the harbour is our principal asset, it is maintained that we require expert advice and properly constituted Port Authorities. There is already a tendency at other places in China (Dalny, Tsingtau, and Shanghai) to lay out scientifically constructed harbours, and we are convinced that, in view of possible developments, it is necessary that the matter should be thoroughly investigated, in order that the Colony may prepare itself for all possible developments. This must be done if our harbour is to maintain its position of supremacy in China waters.\n\nThe following improvements are recommended:\n\n| No. | Improvement |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1 | An occulting red or green unwatched light, visible from 5 to 10 miles, should be placed on the Tathong Rocks in the East Entrance to facilitate navigation in and out of the harbour at night. If a light on Tathong Point is not sanctioned, the light on Cape Collinson should be increased in power. In any case, Cape Collinson should have a red sector showing into Junk Bay to guide ships into the anchorage. The red sector showing over Lye-mun Pass can be dispensed with and white shown instead, or if it is not advisable to alter the red sector over Lye-mun Pass, a green sector can be substituted for red showing into Junk Bay. |\n| 2 | The revolving light on Gap Rock should be converted into a group flash, thereby being visible in thick weather at greater distance than the present light. |\n| 3 | An unwatched light on an iron tripod on Hongkong Chow Island, North West of Tai Ta Ming channel, visible at 12-15 miles. |\n| 4 | The Bokhara Rocks should have a lighted buoy placed on them for navigation around Cape D'Aguilar in the Shung Shi Mum channel. If possible to combine the two, it is recommended that an automatic whistling buoy as a warning in foggy weather be provided. |\n| 5 | The Rambier Shoal and Belcher Ridge should be dredged deeper; vessels of deep draft cannot at present navigate over them, and both shoals are nearly in the Fairway; or remove Belcher Ridge. |\n| 6 | Unwatched light on the East end of Lighting Island. Steamers bound south, or from the south, alter course off Lingting Dap Rock or Green Island, as the case may be. |\n\n7. DIAPHONES should be erected. They have proved of inestimable value in Canadian waters, and the far more crowded waters of this Colony, equally subject to dense foggy weather, should be similarly supplied. Diaphones are held to be the best system of fog signal in existence, as they have been proved to neutralise, to a very great extent, the areas of silence so often encountered. They would consequently be of inestimable value on Gap Rock and Waglan. When in the vicinity of these stations, it is by no means unusual for the report of the fog gun to be inaudible at two miles when you have previously heard it at five miles.\n\nThe Sub-Committee are endeavouring to ascertain the cost of and expense in connection with Diaphones, also wireless position finders, which the Government have stated have been found impracticable, as apart from the expense, the necessary power is not at present available.\n\nIn this respect, the Secretary has addressed a letter of enquiry to Mr. Wallace, Manager C.P.O.S., who has promised to obtain as much information as possible from the Canadian Authorities through the good offices of the C.P.O.S. Official in Canada concerning these two instruments.\n\nFurther enquiries are being made with regard to fog signals, and a special report on this important question will be forwarded to Government in due course.\n\nDREDGING on a substantial scale is essential. All parts of the harbour which may be navigated by large steamers, and which have only a depth of 4½ fathoms, should be increased to the 35 feet mark. There should be more than one deep-drafted fairway in the harbour in preparation for larger ships, but it is futile for us to put forward anything but the most elementary suggestions as to dredging until we know what form the new defences of the Colony are to take and the alterations to tides and currents which they may entail.\n\nThe following are the suggestions as to dredging:\n\n| No. | Suggestion |\n| --- | --- |\n| 1 | Deepen the water off Kowloon Point. It is not necessary to dredge the West Lamma Channel as the East Lamma Channel could be used, the least water in the Channel being 11 fms., with the exception of the Lamma Patch (rock), which has 5 fathoms over it and could be buoyed or removed by blasting. If the East Lamma Channel is used, instead of dredging the West Lamma Channel, an unwatched light would be required on the East end of Lamma Island (Wong Chu Kok). |\n| 2 | Dredge the Western end of the Northern and Central Fairways to a suitable depth and lay down heavier moorings as the moorings are only suitable for coasting steamers. If the Western end of the fairways are deepened, a deep water channel would also require to be dredged to Sulphur Channel, in which there is plenty of water. |\n| 3 | To increase the harbour accommodation for ships drawing over 30 feet, the harbour should be dredged to a depth to be hereafter decided on: (a) from the Northern Fairway to a line drawn East and West from the Southern entrance of Mong Kok Tsui typhoon refuge until it meets a line drawn south through the Fairway Buoys, or (b) dredge that part of the harbour to a suitable depth between a line drawn South from the West end of Stone Cutters Island to the Fairway buoys and a line drawn South from White Pt. Stone Cutters Island to the Northern Fairway. |\n\nThe Man-of-War anchorage is a good position for deep draught ships, but it would probably be asking too much to suggest removing the men-of-war from their present anchorage to, say, Kowloon Bay.\n\nPiers or Jetties might with advantage add to the facilities for handling of cargo.\n\n**E. V. D. PARR,**\n**Chairman,**\n**Shipping & Shipbuilding Sub-Committee.**\n\n333", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-468 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1921 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513457, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 1, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "CLOSED UNTIL\n\n1928\n\ndong trong\n\n+\n\nNo.52745\n\n5250\n\nCO129/508/3\n\nSUBJECT\n\nPrevious\n\n30237/27\n\nSubsequent\n\n62923/29.\n\nSilver Dollars\n\nprinting of\n\nFILE C.\n\n(1588) Wt.34576/182 1,000–10/41 N.P.Co. 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The Hong Kong Bank import 4 dollars themselves, but they draw attention to somebody else doing it and apparently are scared to mess it out for their life.\n\nIt is reasonable for the firm to object to its being flooded with silver dollars, but if the Hong Kong Bank can do it, there seems no reason why anybody else should be stopped.\n\nApparently, at present, the firm scores by landing in silver dollars and getting premium in street notes (at a ... out rates?) but I doubt if there is fear of the Bank being unable to stand up to them.\n\nI am ... in dis herewith COB Scan't to pay. 23/3\n\n...ractly believe that the Hong Kong Bank is diligent about notes, instead of ... What happens in that case is preferable, and the Bank is able to change ... on the ... punom.\n\nIt is much humiliating that it is easy to get any offering on ... Hilling curung & barking fetten verpt frensely fun the H. 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To trov. 156\n\n11.\n\nF\n\nTo Treasury (M/e. 10) (Gay)\n\nJals\n\n3 MAY 1928\n\n8126.\n\n7 MAY 1999", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513463, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 7, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "O. D.\n\nO APR\n\n524/45/28 1\n\nWhite / Sang Kong.\n\nMr. soff\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nEmmens 30/4\n\nBeckett 20%\n\nMr. Bottomley.\n\nMr. E. J. Harding.\n\nSir J. Shuckburgh.\n\nSir G. Grindle.\n\nSir C. Davis.\n\nSir S. Wilson.\n\nMr. Ormsby-Gore.\n\nLord Lovat.\n\nMr. Amery.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nI have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your telegram of the 9th instant relative to your request that the London Bank, Bombay, Calcutta, and Caffery should be asked not in future to mint any British Trade dollars without reference to the H. Govt.\n\nIt is doubtful whether the Mint have authority to refuse the coinage of silver bullion into trade dollars, and that it is hardly therefore possible...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513464, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 8, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "to comply with Jem requests\n\nYe\n\nIf, however, the\n\nSituation referred to in the\n\nlast sentence of for teleguan\n\nshould arise, you\n\nArise, you should\n\nreport the matter fully free\n\naccepting any aug... \n\nthe\n\nlives suggested.\n\n(Signed) L. S. AMERY,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513465, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 9, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "Telephone No.: VICTORIA 1234\n\nAny reply to this letter should be addressed to—\n\nTHE SECRETARY,\n\nTREASURY,\n\nWHITEHALL, LONDON, S.W.1,\n\nand the following number quoted.\n\nF. 5043.\n\n5270.5\n\nTREASURY CHAMBERS.\n\n27 APR 1928\n\n¡COL.OFF.CE\n\n26 April, 1928.\n\nSir,\n\nI have laid before the Lords Commissioners of\n\nHis Majesty's Treasury Sir G. Grindle's letter of the\n\n31st ultimo (52745/28), and enclosures, further\n\nrelative to the request of the Hong Kong Government\n\nthat the Mints at London, Bombay and Calcutta should\n\nbe asked not in future to mint any British Trade dollars\n\nwithout reference to that Government.\n\nIn reply I am to request you to inform\n\nMr. Secretary Amery that My Lords concur in his proposal\n\nto inform the Governor that it appears doubtful whether\n\nthe Mints have power to refuse the coinage of silver\n\nbullion into trade dollars, and that it is not therefore\n\npossible to comply with his request; but that if the\n\nsituation referred to in the last sentence of his\n\ntelegram of the 9th of March should arise, he should\n\nreport the matter before accepting any arrangement\n\nThe Under Secretary of State,\n\nColonial Office.\n\nAusd. 11.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513466, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 10, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "10\n\nt\n\non the lines suggested.\n\nI am,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient Servant,\n\nR. V. Nind Stopkins\n\nPage 10\nPage 11\n\nMr. WB 23/3\n\n28. Ellis 24\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr. E. J. Harding.\n\nSir C. Strachey.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513467, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 11, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "52745\n\nFor her. Aubelts sig. 8.\n\n31 MAR 1928\n\nLin Newton Stall\n\nSir J. Shuckburgh.\n\nX\n\nSir G. Grindle. L\n\nDear Sir,\n\nSir C. Davis.\n\nSir S. Wilson.\n\nMr. Ormsby-Gore.\n\nEarl of Clarendon.\n\nMr. Amery.\n\n2 DRAFTS coms.\n\nnot sorry to have been more prompt in acknowledging your letter of 17th Jan about Hong Kong exchange,\n\nwhich, when it came in, was brought to my notice immediately.\n\nI write now to thank you for the information. Two further questions have arisen, so far, but if they do I shall avail myself of your kind offer to help.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(Signed) H. BECKETT,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513468, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 12, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "Mr. Ellis 24\n\nMr. E. J. Harding.\n\nSir C. Strachey.\n\nSir J. Shuckburgh.\n\nSir G. Grindle.\n\nSir C. Davis.\n\nSir S. Wilson.\n\nMr. Ormsby-Gore.\n\nEarl of Clarendon,\n\nMr. Amery.\n\n5-2745\n\n51 MAR 1928\n\n26\n\nIf your letter 7 5043 of the 5th instant.\n\n3. I am to inform you that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has telegraphed to the Governor of Hong Kong regarding the winding up of British dollars and to transmit to you for the information of the Treasury copies of the telegram.\n\nThe Secretary of State has also communicated semi-officially with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.\n\nIn all the circumstances it appears doubtful whether the mint has power to melt down silver bullion with Hong Kong dollars, and that it is not therefore certain that the Government of Hong Kong will be able to dispose of the British dollars.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513469, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 13, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "possible to comply with his request;\n\nbut Kat if the situation afered in the last sentence his Wil. should arise, of the gh of march he should export the matin before accepting any arrangement lines suggestedt.\n\nKun\n\n(Signed) G. GRINDLE\n\n \n\nPage 13", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513470, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 14, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nDated 9th March.\n\n(Received, Colonial Office, 12.10 p.m., 9th March, 1928).\n\n204 6\n\nConfidential.\n\nYour telegram of 19th January Confidential my reasons for requesting that Mint should notify me before coining British dollars is that such dollars are only of use at Hong Kong and would be used for payment of Government revenue. Government has to accept dollars in payment of taxes though recognised currency in Hong Kong is bank notes.\n\n30237/7\n\nThe Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank at present accepts Government payment in silver dollars and drew attention to importation referred to in my despatch 23rd September 1927 No.398. The Bank not being in a position to pay out silver dollars when the public demands notes might decline to continue the practice of accepting silver dollars from Government at full value and either insist on a separate dollar account or accept dollars at a discount though they have not suggested any such procedure.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513471, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 15, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "Mr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nHillony\n\n302344) 52745/28\n\nCoded reent\n\nConsider Bil\n\n15\n\nTibm in Coffe als Ma to your def No 395\n\nYours Hong\n\nMr/ Davis.\n\nMINUTE.\n\nSir G. Grindle.\n\nSir H. Read.\n\nWhi igin\n\nSir J. Masterton Smith.\n\nMr. Wood.\n\nMr. Churchill.\n\n19\n\nwhat is rearm\n\nML\n\nthat\n\nMind &c. not coin\n\nto\n\ndothers without refemer ke you - Dick Hong May Ringhie Beak haine djection_.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513472, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 16, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS. \n\nBONIFACE, STOCK, LONDON. \n\nALL LETTERS TO BE ADDRESSED \n\nAND \n\nREMITTANCES MADE PAYABLE TO THE \n\nHONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION \n\nNOT TO INDIVIDUALS. \n\n527+5/2 \n\nHongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation\n\n3. Gracechurch Street, London, E.C.3. \n\n16 \n\nPLEASE MARK REPLY IN TOP LEFT CORNER. \n\nDEPT \n\n202 \n\nMy dear Beckett, \n\n17th January, 1928. \n\nI am in receipt of your letter, 52745/1928, of yesterday's date. I attach hereto a memorandum of the questions and my answers to them which I think covers the ground.\n\nShould you consider they are not full enough and further information is required, please let me know and I will do my best to supply it.\n\nQuestion 4 puzzles me a little and I may not therefore have given the information required. The basis on which chop dollars are paid out is 717 Canton taels weight equivalent of 1,000 dollars which would be less than 1,000 full weight dollars by count, but I cannot remember at the moment what the exact difference is. It is about 4 taels less.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nH. Beckett Esq.,\n\nColonial Office,\n\nDowning Street, S.W.1.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513473, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 17, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "What is the cause of the premium on Hongkong exchange?\n\nAlthough the legal tender currency of the Colony of Hongkong is British dollars and/or Mexican dollars and chopped Mexican dollars, for many years past the silver dollar has ceased to circulate in South China and the Bank note has completely taken its place, all business transactions being conducted in the Bank note. Consequently, rates of exchange are based on payment in Bank notes and exchange is therefore, to a certain extent, divorced from silver. When export business exceeds import business the tendency is for the rate of exchange to advance and increase the premium on the Bank note compared with the silver dollar. The heavy remittances of Chinese abroad to South China are all financed through Hongkong and tend to keep the exchange firm. Chinese will not accept silver dollars, preferring the note as being more convenient. Under the circumstances, dollars cannot be imported by Banks to cover exchange transactions as that would only mean adding to already overflowing treasuries. There is no outlet for silver dollars unless exchange declines to export point and that could only happen if the import trade exceeded exports.\n\nThe premium on Bank notes is also partly accounted for by the expense connected with a note issue.\n\nIs there any scarcity of Mexican dollars, or any interruption of their supply?\n\nMexican dollars are gradually disappearing as the coinage...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513474, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 18, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "-2-\n\n18.\n\n3.\n\nThe coinage of the Mexican dollar that circulates in China has ceased for many years, but the British dollar can be coined to an unlimited extent. In Shanghai and North China, the British dollar does not circulate; the dollars in use being the Chinese coined dollars and the Mexican dollars.\n\nThe banks in Hongkong hold very large stocks of silver dollars as cover for the note issues.\n\nIs there any scarcity of Bank notes?\n\nAnswer: None whatever. When it is necessary to meet heavy and exceptional demands, which are usually only temporary, increases in note circulations are permitted against the deposit of gold and/or silver coin. Note issues are, therefore, sufficiently elastic to meet all requirements.\n\nIs there locally any difference in value (as compared with silver parity) between bank notes, British dollars, Mexican dollars, and silver bullion or sycee?\n\nAnswer: This question is not quite understood. Bank notes usually stand at a varying premium over silver dollars for the reasons already given. There is no direct quotation between British dollars, Mexican dollars, and silver bullion or sycee. The relation between them is the melting point one into the other. Sycee does not exist in Hongkong, and silver bullion is only bought for conversion into Chinese sub-coin in Canton.\n\nSilver bullion is imported in very large quantities into Shanghai for melting into Chinese dollars and", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513475, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 19, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "-3-\n\n19\n\nSycee, as in Central and North China, the circulating currency is silver and not the bank note like in South China.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513476, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 20, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "Mr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nM2 13/p\n\nMr. E. J. Harding.\n\nSir C. Strachey.\n\nSir J. Shuckburgh.\n\nSir G. Grindle.\n\nSir C. Davis.\n\nSir S. Wilson.\n\nMr. Ormsby-Gore.\n\nEarl of Clarendon.\n\nMr. Amery.\n\nDRAFT.\n\npwysig\n\n16:\n\n5-2745\n\n212.\n\nSi Lewton Stabb.\n\nDear Sir,\n\n Lewton Stabb,\n\nI am just setting out a series of conundrums and, as you are aware, the Treasury have been seeking information regarding Hongkong exchange. The information in their possession is not very full, and I should be greatly obliged if you could help us by answering them.\n\nThe questions I am putting to you are:\n\n(1) What is the cause of the premium on Hongkong exchange?\n\n(2) Is there any scarcity of Mexican dollars, or of the supply?\n\n(3) Is there any interruption in the issue of bank notes, or any scarcity of them?\n\n(4) Is there locally any difference in value (as compared with silver currency) between bank notes, British and local, and silver dollars?\n\n16 January 1918\n\nPage 20\n\nPage 21", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513477, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 21, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "21\n\ndollars, Mexican dollars, and silver syces.\n\nGullion\n\nthe\n\nAnswers\n\nLearn\n\n4 be\n\n(1). The greater convenience 8 Lun not. Dollars Leary auch, ci any bulle impossible to & cany. Further they have libe sorted out and examined, and This ... expensive.\n\nThere comom Durat based umforced by the convention Them that practically all originally by wh. it is expected transactions will later place in nolia.\n\nThe premines howwen normally disaffices when laure in a big ... in sehver, dollars ar then in Leary demand for export.\n\n(2) I believe Mexico ceased a coin dollars where they changed Kein currency.\n\nStill oast quantities of Mexican dollars in China which Can he Congen into Hong Kong if we say, but at Shanghai.\n\nThe special demand for them is only supply of new dollars is Brilish dollars.\n\nI do not Know ... The hines on The presentation f silver alb The mint Loos or whether they can accept on", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513478, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 22, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "Dear Sir,\n\nThey please. Probably\n\n22\n\nMr. E. J. Harding.\n\nSir C. Strachey.\n\nSir J. Shuckburgh.\n\nSir G. Grindle.\n\nSir C. Davis.\n\nSir S. Wilson.\n\nMr. Ormsby-Gore.\n\nEarl of Clarendon.\n\nMr. Amery.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nYou\n\nCan\n\n(3) Perhaps\n\nSixty.\n\nYou\n\ncan suffice\n\nI should have thought that generally spelling.\n\nThe issues at\n\nTime\n\nany\n\nsufficient.\n\n749\n\nat\n\nour\n\nrate clastic.\n\n(4) Silver bullion on cycee (if any) is\n\nat\n\nThe price of\n\nsilver, roughly, held\n\n? not necessarily exactly corresponding\n\nto the London price.\n\nChopped dollars\n\n? \n\nAs bullion\n\n15. They\n\nweighed and\n\nto\n\nLung\n\nweight\n\ncum bo\n\nh\n\nconvention\n\nequal to\n\ndollars. Clean\n\npremi\n\ndollars (British or Mexican) command\n\nover bullion on chopped dollars\n\n(19%). Bank notes usually at\n\nhigher premiums.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nSa H. Bewley", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513479, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 23, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "Telephone No.: VICTORIA 1234.\n\nNATIONAL\n\nAny reply to this letter should be addressed to-\n\nCHEME\n\n2 MEN:\n\nDISABLED\n\nTHE SECRETARY,\n\nTREASURY,\n\nWHITEHALL, LONDON, S.W.1,\n\nand the following number quoted.\n\nF.5043\n\nTREASURY CHAMBERS.\n\nthe 5 January 1928.\n\nSir,\n\n23\n\n30237/27\n\nI am directed by the Lords Commissioners of\n\nHis Majesty's Treasury to refer to the correspondence\n\nbetween your Department and the Royal Mint regarding the\n\nrequest of the Hong Kong Government, contained in their\n\ndespatch of the 23rd September last, that the Mints at\n\nLondon, Bombay and Calcutta should be asked not in future\n\nto mint any British \"Trade\" dollars without reference to\n\nthat Government.\n\nThe proposal of the Hong Kong Government would\n\nappear to be a departure from the policy adopted in 1895,\n\nand since followed, of a silver standard at Hong Kong\n\nsupported by unrestricted coinage at a seignorage of one\n\nper cent, and I am to request you to inform Mr. Secretary\n\nAmery that My Lords consider that this policy should be\n\nThe Under Secretary of State,\n\nColonial Office.\n\nmaintained", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 513480, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "page_number": 24, "title": "CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928", "content_text": "24 END\n\nmaintained unless there is some definite reason to the contrary.\n\nMy Lords would, however, be glad to be favoured with further information as to the exchange position at Hong Kong, and in particular to learn:-\n\n(1) What is the cause of the premium on Hong Kong exchange?\n\n(2) Is there any scarcity of Mexican dollars, or any interruption of their supply?\n\n(3) Is there any scarcity of bank notes?\n\n(4) Is there locally any difference in value (as compared with silver parity) between bank notes, British dollars, Mexican dollars, and silver bullion or sycee?\n\nI am,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient Servant,\n\nR.V. Windham Hopkins", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-508-3 Minting of silver dollars 5-1-1928 - 3-5-1928.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520869, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 1, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## CO129/519/7\n62922 GB HONG KONG\n\nCLOSED UNTIL MINTING OF SILVER DOLLARS.\n\nPrevious | 52745/28 |\n| --- | --- |\nSubsequent | 42496 |\n\n| Date | Reference |\n| --- | --- |\n2/11 | Mr Madin |\n17/12 | Y!! in monte |\n19/12 | R Edy |\n31/12 | PR |\n3/1 | Jout 13 |\n... | CR (pl. rain to me in a week's time) |\n10/2 | 20 |\n26/11 | rigent |\n... | or File 121 |\n15 | M Vernon |\n16 | Sie G.Grind |\n... | 87a |\n... | CR |\n... | Dis J Compleet CR. |\n... | Yu Elli, Si G. Guidle, R Vemen, M Eas, Art Clawson |\n13 | 2 |\n16 | Kr Vernon, Sin) Campheta |\n21/2 | 21 |\n112 | CR |\n12/12 | Mint Sun E Grindle. |\n27 | In |\n... | I'm Martin.. |\n12/2 | MElli |\n\n(67496)\n`Wt. 11474-13 10:0. 9/28 H. St. G. 101/33A.` \n17/17 +", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520870, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 2, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## Extract from the Times, 28-11-71\n\nTo Wickhart (CA) rang up about this, to ask if we had any further information. He offered to have thought there had been a new development through the usual channel of communication through CA (as in the Straits case - para 1 of `52116/28 Straits`). He had, however, ascertained from the Bank that it was being made to issue new coins were on the order of the Royal Mint (3). \n\nIt appears that the Royal Mint commissions dollar for anybody who presents the dies; but it is not clear how or by whom it can be decided that the British silver dollar is to circulate at parity with notes.\n\nI think we might ? Tel Subsec of 111 to Governor asking min to furnish report.\n\nSend copy to Royal Mint 'Treas. \nShit diff for Straits on (1) \nSan Copy this Celler & cucls to Treas. \nL.F. \n1.M. Martin 08/11/29", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520871, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 3, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## 2. Extract from the TIMES - THE NOV 1929\n\n(came on this after writing minute on \n\nhas made his decision\" agreement \n\nst \n\n1 \n\n`7.1.7.9/14/29/` \n\nhis superiors have \n\nis in fact between the 3 note-issuing Banks \n\nSave bishop following \n\nthe crop of silver prices below \n\nthe export point a compared with \n\nthe value of their Notes (which \n\nis the Hong Kong Exchange Basis) \n\nBy joint definition \n\nthings are not themselves in doubt \n\nable to protect against losses.\n\nI don't think it is worth consulting Hong Kong about it if necessary. We can early get the best information from the HK & Shanghai Bank in London.\n\nIn It Campbell 16th Nov. \n17-11", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520872, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 4, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## 4\n\nIt is clear from 6 in `52745/28` that the Government must accept silver dollars in payment of taxes.\n\n(Intd.) R.V.V.\n\nI do not profess to understand the Hong Kong currency question, and there does not appear to be any clear memorandum describing it. But the odd thing about it appears to be that while the notes issued by the three Banks are expressed as promises to pay silver dollars, in practice there has been what is described as a \"Commercial Convention\" under which debts have to be discharged in notes and not in silver dollars. For some reason which is not clear to me, the Banks, which have power to increase their note issues if they deposit an equivalent amount of silver, have kept their issues contracted somewhat below the requirements of trade, and, consequently the notes have risen to a premium. They have apparently now decided, and have been able, to get rid of the \"Commercial Convention\" described above, and to secure the acceptance of silver dollars in payment of debts. Following this they have taken silver to the Mint to be coined into Hong Kong dollars and shipped it out to Hong Kong, with the natural result that the premium on notes has disappeared. That premium, if notes and dollars are equally current in Hong Kong, ought never theoretically to exceed the cost of minting Hong Kong dollars and laying them down in Hong Kong. I do not see that any particular action is called for from here, but the situation ought to be watched, as I should imagine that with the present low price of silver everybody will pay their taxes and other debts to Government in Hong Kong dollars in preference to notes, and the Government may, before long, find itself landed with an unmanageable quantity of silver. I gather that this subject...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520873, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 5, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "The subject has been awaiting consideration by the Financial Adviser since September, 1927. Now that a new Financial Adviser has been appointed perhaps he will consider it.\n\n(Sgd.) R. V. Vernon \n15. 11. 29.\n\nThe Financial Adviser will not be available for two months. Get by mail a report from Hong Kong on the subject.\n\n(Intd.) G.G. \n16. 11. 29. \nat once. \n28/4 \n3. \nTo Gov. 312. \ncons. \n(W/c 1 and 2) \n25/11/29.\n\nSir Newton Stabb called and saw Mr. Gent and me yesterday. He told us that the \"decision\" to bring to an end the \"Commercial Convention\" which required the discharge of liabilities in notes and not in silver dollars was made by the banks on representations from the Colonial Government who considered that the maintenance of the convention would be harmful to the trade and prosperity of the Colony. He said that silver had been brought to the Mints in London and Bombay to be coined into silver dollars by foreign banks and not, he thought, by any British firms. He thought that there was a serious danger of Hong Kong being flooded with silver dollars for which there was no accommodation and no outlet. The peak period of arrivals would be in April and May. One method of dealing with the situation would be to control by licences", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520874, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 6, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "**licence, or some similar method, the import of** \ndollars, but he saw grave difficulty in carrying any \nsuch arrangement into effect. We suggested to him \nthat the ultimate solution might be a suspension of \nthe \"free-minting\" of Hong Kong dollars; retention \nof the Hong Kong dollar, or the substitution of some other coin, as a token currency, and the provision \nof a sterling exchange arrangement on the lines of \nthose in force in the Straits Settlements, East and \nWest Africa and Palestine. He seemed inclined to \nthink that such an arrangement would be quite \npracticable, but, of course, must not be taken to \nhave committed himself to approval of it. It would \nmean a Government Note issue and would need a great \ndeal of consideration locally with special reference \nto the peculiar characteristics of the China trade. \nHe promised to keep us informed of any developments \nwhich might come to the notice of the Bank. He said \nthat he understood that the Mint was full up with \norders to coin Hong Kong dollars until about next \nMarch. People who brought silver to be coined had, of course, made a profit so long as there was a difference between the banknote in Hong Kong and the \nsilver dollar, but now that the premium on notes had \nvirtually disappeared there was no money to be made \nout of it. We mentioned the alleged change over to \na gold basis in Saigon. He was of course aware of \nthat proposal.\n\nAs for China itself, he did not think that China \nwas likely to change to a gold basis within any \nmeasurable time.\n\n(Intd.) R.V.V. \n3/12/29", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520875, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 7, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## P. J. Janatha \n\nGiritle \n\nAs I mentioned \n\nPie C. estes come \n\nabout 6.30 on \n\nt. yo \n\nint. Ar for \n\ncoming \n\nwouch athed what about ding \n\nabout the matter \n\nconfirm \n\nSpelt that I was not \n\nlikely to call on her own \n\naccount at that hour unless \n\nme \n\nthe Holiday Bank was annoyed by the fear \n\nThis sums \n\nof relief dollars to be the un \n\nme, \n\n: pm #192/what me how messed me for helping matuto my name that. \n\nhair \n\neff \n\nalready what fearsheet \n\nhulberartin \n\nI be pulberartin mors \n\n4. Extract from Times \n\nHad been seen \n\nG.. 9.12.29 \n\nover \n\nof 29-11-29. \n\nBefore discussing win with. \n\nSui N. Stabb described above. \n\nPutty p... Martin 12.12.27 \n\nat once", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520876, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 8, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## discussion with on Prodon of J. A. Ahma\nFor the present ? Put by Surat.\n\n19 13.02.29, of Ch. Bank 1.7.11 art in 17.12.29 Might Vatn\n\n6. Extracts from Houghions Weekly Press 11-10-29, 25.10.29 Rivermon 11.28.\n\n7. I have had these extracts taken from It H.K. Press.\n\nThe note premium has been one of the effects of The embargo in 1922 on the export of silver dollars from Hk. supposed to us temporarily. Newton Stabb that an embargo on imports beriously that wd facilitate a return now perhaps needed; of the note premium. In his reply to No 3 the doubt deal question off but on for with the 1982 Expat embongo for as one Cam wood.\n\n## Currency\nPage 9 Plan don m3/1 H.K. it is seen that free minchat be best as a normal thing without import export restrictions. You can't stop the speculative element in a silver currency. the fewer Artificial restrictions, in the way of embargos the less fluctuations arising from speculation in the currency there are likely to be. The 1922 expat embargo diccion out.\n\nI will look out my papers we har regards embago. My 30 Ent. 41/50 Silve at 2170 (a ... Yesterday the Hay Kay dallas was quoted at Yo & slight wire from its lowest.) The \"Daily Press\" clearly regards an adoption by thine of gold standard as haville. Thanks-puty pra H 57.v.v. Y \n\nPage 9", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520877, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 9, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## Page 10\n\nMr. Vernon. \nMr. Ellis.\n\nIn view of the metal value of the Brit. dollars \nI have looked out the papers about the \nembargo on the export of silver dollar from Hong Kong. \n`40926/20`. The Governor stated that the \nexport of British dollar was prohibited in 1916 in \nconsequence of representations made by the Banks. \nAs far as I can trace this was the first \nintimation to the Colonial office that such action \nhad been taken.\n\nThe Banks' request was made on the ground \nthat the sudden and unprecedented advance in the \nprice of silver might otherwise result in such \na drain on their silver reserves as to cause a \nvery serious dislocation of the Colony's trade. \nThe issuing Banks had to maintain large silver coin \nreserves in order to support their note issues.\n\nThe Governor explained that the pros and \ncons for continuing this policy had in the interval \nbeen put forward, but as the effect of the embargo \nseemed to have been beneficial to the Colony's trade \nthe question of withdrawal had remained in abeyance.\n\nThe prohibition of export enabled the rate \nof exchange to be determined by the natural process \nof supply and demand of the export and import trade; \nthe violent exchange fluctuations resulting from the \nabnormal silver market was in the main avoided.\n\nThe embargo led to smuggling of dollars to \nthe Colony since it had the effect of depressing \nthe Hong Kong exchange to an average of 15% discount as compared with \nthe exchange in neighbouring ports.\n\n## Page 11", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520878, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 11, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "(Sne)\n(Gov.49831/22)\n\nThe smuggling was however satisfactorily suppressed and it did not become necessary to interfere with the convertibility of the note (which would cut off at the source the supply of silver dollars to potential smugglers).\n\nAn important reason for adopting the export embargo policy at the time was that the Banks' metallic reserves could not be replenished from the Indian Mints since they were closed to the coinage of British dollars, nor could Mexican dollars be obtained in sufficient quantities; any continued drain on their reserves could therefore only result in the Banks having to curtail their note issues which would have had serious results on trade in Hong Kong and South China. Although the currency in the neighbouring ports was the Chinese minted dollar (not legal tender in Hong Kong) the Banks' notes were the usual medium for the conduct of the trade of South China. British dollars when exported were melted into sycee or chopped and therefore rendered useless for Hong Kong currency purposes.\n\nThe question of rescinding the prohibition on the export of British dollars was apparently under consideration again locally in 1922 but we heard no more about it on that occasion nor have we since until the present crisis has again brought the question to the fore.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520879, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 12, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "fore. To me it seems quite extraordinary that this embargo was not mentioned in the information given to us in response to our enquiries in 1928 (`52745/28`). It must surely be a considerable factor in the question of the Note premium. Whatever may still be the reasons for maintaining the prohibition of export of British dollars (if indeed it is still being maintained) they are reasons which cannot be those responsible for introducing the prohibition. Silver is down to an even lower level now under 20d an ounce. The HK exchange went to under 1/7 =. \n\nThe For's report is in reply to 3.\n\n712 \n\nA prohibition of export of H.K. dollars with silver under ... is likely to be suggested before long. I agree that we should wait.\n\nZ.V. Varuos 10.2.3.\n\nWait - but if the Financial Committee is committed she might be looking at their paper.\n\nPage 12", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520880, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 13, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## \n\nKr. Vernon \n\nSir John Campbell will be arriving next week. I am not quite certain what exact problem is to be referred to him, but perhaps it should be whether the Hong Kong Govt can usefully take any step to alter its currency system, having regard to the facts that it is a purely silver standard, that the price of silver is now lower than it has ever been, and that there is reason to suppose that it will not recover appreciably for a long time, if ever.\n\nG.L.M. Clauson \n13/2/30 \n\nSir J. Campbell, \n\nI refer these papers to you for your consideration. I do not think that we are in a position to put a particular question to you as precisely as Mr. Clauson suggests. The general situation with regard to Hong Kong currency is roughly as follows. There is no Government note issue, but the notes are issued by the principal banks. The British dollar is legal tender, but until recently there has been what has been described as a \"Commercial Convention\" under which obligations could only be met in notes, and not in silver dollars. This so-called \"Convention\" appears to have been an agreement between the banks, but one of the bankers has told us that the applications issued by Government for payment of taxes and other debts due to Government contained a statement that payment must be made in notes.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520881, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 14, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## \n14\n\na rather remarkable repuntiation on the part of Government of its own legal tender currency. The natural result of this odd Hong Kong arrangement was that a premium of something like 15 was established in favour of notes. Recently, the banks and the Government seemed to have come together and made up their minds that the preference for notes over silver ought to come to an end, and consequently the \"Commercial Convention\" was cancelled, with the result that the premium on notes rapidly disappeared. For some little time there was apparently an opportunity to make money by buying silver, taking it to the mint, or one of the Indian mints, for coinage into silver dollars, and shipping the dollars to Hong Kong.\n\nBut I doubt whether there is much money in this now. We understand that large orders were placed for the minting of Hong Kong dollars, and will certainly go on being executed for a month or two. These orders are said to have been placed mainly by foreign firms. The Manager of the Chartered Bank of India told us that he had done some of this business himself. The other principal elements in the situation are the very low price of silver, which is now the lowest on record, but has probably not reached bottom, and the adoption of a gold basis currency in Saigon.\n\nChinese Maritime Customs have also recently started collecting customs duties on a gold basis. I am not sure about details of this, but my impression is that in the case of specific duties they are not accepting silver at its face value", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520882, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 15, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "15 \n\nvalue, but are imposing some kind of sur-tax \nwhich fluctuates with the market price of \nsilver.\n\nThere is no doubt that the idea of \na gold basis currency has been considered in \nChina, but the general opinion of people with \na knowledge of the China trade appears to be \nthat a revolution of this kind in the currency \narrangements of China is a very long way off.\n\nT.Z. Vernon \n18.2.30 \n\nMr. Vernon, \n\n(I should much appreciate an \nopportunity of talking this matter over with you, \nat your convenience.)\n\nI do not think that anything need be - or can be - \ndone at present, except possibly to get the exact \nfacts as to the Hong Kong currency arrangements \ncollated. They seem to be wrapped in mystery \nto a surprising extent. Even a quite well-informed \narticle in a local paper suggests that no one \nknows precisely what the position is.\n\nAny suggestion for a change in system would, I \nimagine, have to come from the local adminis-\ntration (which may possibly for this purpose be \nmuch the same as the three note-issuing Banks) \nand from the Banks primarily interested.\n\nA priori - I have no knowledge of local conditions - \none would think that Hong Kong would find its \nadvantage in remaining on a silver basis, so \nlong as China was on a silver basis, and it \nseems to me that it would be dangerous for us", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520883, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 16, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "here to take the initiative in suggesting any modification of the existing arrangements, in the absence of any definite local information pointing to the probable advisability of such a change.\n\nThe 21st February, 1930.\n\n16\n\nMu Elli \n21/3/30 \n2814 \nKN \n\nI think that we can only wait for the expected Hay Kory despatch.\n\nSu G Exandle \nDeen \nman pps. \n13.V. Verum \n21.2.20\n\nSun \nMr. \n28/2", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520884, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 17, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "TIMES 5 Feb 1930.\n\n17\n\n## New Low Price for Silver\n\nBar silver continues to fall in price, and it declined yesterday to a fresh low record—namely, 19 15/16d. per ounce. The fall coincided with the resumption of Chinese dealings on the termination of the Chinese New Year holidays, but it was not ascribed to this cause, for China both bought and sold, and India was a small buyer. The weakness was due to large selling on Continental account, mainly French. In all probability the French silver represents old silver coinage melted down and refined, the supply of which is now found to be in excess of the amount required for the new French silver coinage, which consists only of 5f. pieces. These, moreover, are much smaller in size than the old 5f. pieces, owing to the fall in the value of the franc. It is impossible to say how long the French sales on this market will continue, but they add another adverse factor to the many which oppress the silver market.\n\nA remarkable statistical effort has been made by one of the firms in the London bullion market. It shows the monthly fluctuations in the price of silver since 1833, together with the yearly average, imports of the metal and exports to the East, and other particulars. Marked steadiness was shown by the price in the first part of the period covered, the yearly average up to 1873 ranging from about 59d. to 62d. Wide fluctuations occurred as a result of the Great War, the average rising from 23 11/16d. in 1915 to 61 7/16d. in 1920.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520885, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 18, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "# THE DWINDLING DOLLAR.\n\n(Daily Press, October 8, 1929). FROM a reader in Manila comes a letter dated October 4 asking whether the Hong Kong dollar has slid down to what can be considered more or less normal for the next few years?\" Scarcely had this letter left the Philippines when the dollar commenced to \"slide again, and our correspondent, all unknowingly, has put a question which is being very widely asked in the Colony. Already we hear of several small Chinese firms being in serious difficulties, some having actually suspended business. On October 5 (Saturday) the dollar dropped from 1/10.3-16 to 1/9), and yesterday (Monday) was quoted at the same figures. Not since 1915 has the Hong Kong dollar been so low, though it touched 1/9 in 1926.\n\nA suggestion has been hastily put forward by Chinese merchants that the Government should compel the local banks to make payment in silver dollars instead of paper currency. The idea is that if this were done for a fixed period—a minimum of six months is proposed—the silver dollar would again become legal currency, and its value would be based directly upon the price of silver. At present the paper dollar stands at about 16 per cent. above silver parity, and the Chinese merchants urge that the Government obtain the advice of an independent currency expert with a view to finding the best method of keeping the note issue on a par with silver dollars, and the latter on a par with silver. Pending the discovery of such solution, the banks should pay out no more notes, passing over their counters nothing but silver.\n\nThere is a very considerable amount of mystery surrounding the whole subject of Hong Kong currency, and we have good ground for saying that most careful and diligent official inquiries have failed to find a satisfactory explanation of the peculiar circumstances which have come into existence in this Colony. Until the cause can be clearly traced, can a satisfactory remedy be found? The plain fact is that a small piece of printed paper, usually very tattered in appearance and filthy to handle, is regarded in this Colony with much more favour than the silver coin for which the note is a very convenient substitute.\n\nMr. W. F. SPALDING, a well-known authority on finance and banking, has given a brief outline of how this state of affairs came about. More than sixty years ago, over two million British silver dollars were minted in this Colony, moulded after the fashion of the popular Mexican dollar, but they failed to meet with the favour of the Chinese, and were accepted by them only at a discount of one per cent. or more. Since 1872 the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has been permitted to issue currency notes, and this paper—together with the notes similarly issued by the Chartered Bank and Mercantile Bank—has found much favour among the Chinese community. Simultaneously, the demand for silver dollars has steadily decreased, and as a result notes have come to command a premium as compared with the metallic currency they represent.\n\nThe fundamental basis of exchange between Hong Kong and gold standard countries is the gold value of the silver content of the dollar. If silver rises in value, then exchange also will tend to rise; if silver falls in price, then exchange will follow suit. On July 1 last, silver was quoted at 24.1-16, and the dollar stood at 1/11 3-16. About the middle of September silver went down to 23 11-16, and the dollar to 1/10 15-16. Last weekend silver was quoted at 23, and the dollar at 1/9). These figures seem to show very clearly the working of cause and effect; cheaper silver, cheaper dollar. Since 1919 the silver market has been going down, and dollar exchange has shown a similar trend. The following figures provide interesting evidence of this movement :-\n\n## SILVER IN LONDON.\n| Year | Highest | Lowest |\n|------|---------|---------|\n| 1900 | 27 | 22 |\n| 1914 | 30 | ... |\n| 1919 | 79 | 47.7-16 |\n| 1920 | 89 | 38 |\n| 1921 | 43.3/8 | 30g |\n| 1922 | 37.8 | 30% |\n| 1923 | 33.11-16| 30/ |\n| 1924 | 36.1-16 | 31.3 |\n| 1925 | 33.7-16 | ... |\n| 1926 | ... | ... |\n| 1927 | 31.1-16 | 24 |\n\n## HONG KONG EXCHANGE.\n| Year | Highest | Lowest |\n|------|---------|---------|\n| 1900 | 2/11 | 1/11 |\n| 1914 | 1/11 | 1/8 |\n| 1919 | 5/2 | 3/0 |\n| 1920 | 6/2 | ... |\n| 1921 | 3/12 | ... |\n| 1922 | 2/7 | 2/ |\n| 1923 | 2/4/ | ... |\n| 1924 | 2/5 | 2/ |\n| 1925 | 2/5 | ... |\n| 1926 | 2/4 | 2/0 |\n| 1927 | 2/0 | 1/9 |\n| ... | 1/11 | ... |\n\nThe price of silver is not the only factor to be considered, but it will be noticed that as the metal has become cheaper, so has the value of the dollar come down. The recent drop again coincides with a fall in the silver market, and if the metal is quoted still more cheaply, the dollar may be expected to fall proportionately. The gold price of silver is the fundamental basis for fixing Eastern exchanges, and although exchange may not react immediately, owing to other minor factors also influencing financial and trade conditions, it will eventually go up or down in sympathy with the silver market.\n\nThe other question—that of the disparity between notes and silver dollars—is much more puzzling. Communities suffering from a depreciated paper currency—inconvertible paper or notes issued far beyond the amount of metallic reserves are not uncommon. But Hong Kong \"suffers\" from the strange disease of having an appreciated paper currency, standing at about sixteen per cent. above par. Why should a torn and very greasy piece of paper be so much more acceptable than a bright and clean silver dollar? In the first place, the Chinese know there is ample security behind the notes; secondly, they have much more confidence in a British banknote than in an unchopped dollar (and even chopped dollars depreciate very rapidly as a result of this rough treatment); thirdly, paper currency is much more convenient to handle than heavy silver coins. There may be other reasons, but these appear to be the chief factors explaining why paper currency is popular in Hong Kong, where payment in notes is generally recognised as the basis for all exchange and business operations.\n\nIf, however, it is a fact—though it is not yet clearly established—that this premium on local notes has a very harmful effect upon local trade and industry, then it will not be long before this disability is removed. With silver at 26d. per ounce, the dollar would be worth about 1/10; at the present market price of silver, the dollar is worth approximately 1/9, so that with exchange trembling half a point above that figure it seems that parity between notes and coins is almost in sight. It is most improbable that paper currency will be withdrawn entirely (as suggested by Chinese merchants) and only silver accepted as legal tender. This would be practical so far as single dollars are concerned, but the larger notes would certainly have to remain, though the public might be given the choice of taking paper or coin when they go to the banks, and it will be interesting to see what happens after the novelty of handling pieces of silver has passed. Paper money is now in such general use throughout the world that we shall be surprised if it loses its popularity in this Colony. If, as is probable, Chinese prejudice in favour of banknotes reasserts itself, and the bright silver dollar is again regarded with unfriendly eyes, what is to prevent a repetition of what has happened during the last few years—a premium on paper money? We leave this problem to the expert who eventually may be summoned from England to look into the problem of Hong Kong currency and suggest a remedy for the difficulties created. Meanwhile, our answer to the question from a Manila reader is in the affirmative—the Hong Kong dollar appears to have settled at a figure more or less \"normal,\" and seems likely so to remain.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520886, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 19, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "# Hong Kong Weekly Press\n## 562\n### 21 ΤΗ\n\n## THE SILVER BASIS.\n## BANKERS' DECISION.\n### MEXICAN AND BRITISH DOLLARS ON PARITY WITH NOTES.\n\nA representative meeting of the bankers of the Colony — including leading Chinese members of the banks — was held in the Board Room of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation on October 22. The meeting was private, but on its conclusion Mr. A. H. Ferguson, Manager of the local branch of the Chartered Bank, announced that the following decision had been arrived at, and would be duly announced in all local European newspapers:—\n\nThe Banks of the Colony give notice that on and after Thursday, October 24, they will be prepared to receive and will pay out Mexican and British dollars on the same basis as the notes of the issuing banks.\n\n\"We have merely confirmed the decision to return to silver parity,\" said Mr. Ferguson. \"The Chinese banks are coming in with us, and to-day's meeting has been a matter of settling ways and means and smoothing out difficulties.\n\n\"We shall withdraw the $1 notes and pay out silver dollars in their place. This, however, is a temporary measure, and the $1 notes will be circulated again when the public has got used to the idea of taking either silver or notes.\n\n\"We have taken this decision because the Shanghai tael is out of hand, and we must get back to the silver basis. The thing had to come, and in the end it will be to the benefit of trade in the Colony.\"\n\n## 25-10-29\n19", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520887, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 20, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## BACK TO THE SILVER DOLLAR.\n\nTHE HONG KONG WEEKLY PRESS & nomination have been always very popular among the Chinese, and the dwindling demand for silver dollars for business purposes has been mainly responsible for notes commanding the premium they have. It is a curious fact that Hong Kong dollars have never been very popular among the Chinese in the Colony. A mint was established in 1866 for coining dollars, but although moulded closely on the pattern of the Mexican dollars, the British currency failed to find favour among the Chinese, and within two years the mint was dismantled and the entire plant sold to the Japanese Government for re-erection in Osaka. About thirty years later the mints in India started coining British dollars for Hong Kong, and these coins were accepted by the Chinese, although in weight and fineness they were identical with the previous local minted currency.\n\nThe bankers of the Colony have agreed to the re-establishment of currency on a silver basis, and on Tuesday next are meeting to discuss and to approve ways and means of carrying their decision into effect. This means—in theory, at least—an end to the anomaly of a paper dollar being regarded as of greater value than a silver one. It also means that the value of the Hong Kong dollar will continue to fluctuate with the price of silver. If the price of the metal falls, exchange will follow; if it rises in value, exchange will rise. With silver at 23d. per standard ounce—as last quoted—the T.T. rate of exchange is about 1/8d. Businessmen will be watching the silver market more closely now that the banks have decided to re-establish currency on a silver basis, and any serious fluctuations in the price of silver will keep the exchange-brokers busy booking forward contracts.\n\nFor a long time silver in the London market has been standing at 23d., but about ten days ago it dropped by 3/16d., though it has since returned to the former figure. In some quarters, however, it is believed that the market will decline again very soon, perhaps going below the 22d. level. The lowest quotation recorded is 22¼d. in 1904, but the steady decline in the demand for silver for minting purposes is expected by some authorities to result in a fall below the 1904 figure. Excessive production of the metal, coupled with decreased demand, seems to be the explanation of the falling market, further accentuated by the unsettled business conditions in China. It is stated that the stock of silver in Shanghai at the present time is over 160 million ounces—some 20 millions more than the world's annual production of silver. If this be the case, a brisk revival of trade in China is not likely to affect the silver market to any extent, for the stock of metal in Shanghai is so large, and the use of banknotes so general, that no additional demand for silver from abroad can be expected to follow trade revival. In India, too, the Government disposes of large quantities of silver from time to time, and no increased demand is to be looked for in that quarter.\n\nPayment in banknotes has been the basis of exchange and business operations in Hong Kong since 1922, when the Government prohibited the export of silver dollars. Prior to that, bullion had been largely shipped from the Colony to various parts of China, principally to the North, and as long as cover in the shape of T.T. on Hong Kong was obtainable against taels at a rate below that obtainable for imported dollars, it was possible to do business. When the export of Hong Kong dollars was prohibited, those dealing in exchange were forced to recognise banknotes as the basis for financial operations. Notes of small denominations have been always very popular among the Chinese.\n\nChina is a silver standard country, and likely so to remain for many years, and there is every reason why Hong Kong currency should be clearly and definitely established also on a silver basis. The dollar now quoted in exchange rates represents the equivalent in terms of gold of the notes issued by the three British banks in the Colony. In future the quotation of the Hong Kong dollar will represent the gold value of a silver coin—allowing in each case for the influence of other vital factors, such as the demand and supply of mercantile bills. It may be found of interest to reproduce some figures recently quoted in these columns, showing the trend of the silver market and of dollar exchange:\n\n### SILVER IN LONDON.\n\n| Year | Highest | Lowest |\n|------|---------|--------|\n| 1900 | 27 | |\n| 1914 | 27 | 22¾ |\n| 1919 | 79½ | 47.7-16|\n| 1920 | 89 | 38¾ |\n| 1921 | 43¾ | 30¾ |\n| 1922 | 37¾ | 30¾ |\n| 1923 | 33.11-16| 30 |\n| 1924 | 36.1-16 | 31 |\n| 1925 | 33.7-16 | 31.1-16|\n| 1926 | | |\n| 1927 | 31.13-16| 24/ |\n\n### HONG KONG EXCHANGE.\n\n| Year | Highest | Lowest |\n|------|---------|--------|\n| 1900 | 2/11 | 1/11 |\n| 1914 | 1/11 | 1/8¼ |\n| 1919 | 5/2 | 3/04 |\n| 1920 | 6/2 | 2/11 |\n| 1921 | 3/12 | 2/2¾ |\n| 1922 | 2/7¾ | 2/2¼ |\n| 1923 | 2/4¼ | 2/2 |\n| 1924 | 2/5¾ | 2/3¼ |\n| 1925 | 2/5/ | 2/2¾ |\n| 1926 | 2/4 | 1/9¾ |\n| 1927 | 2/02 | 1/11/ |\n\nTrade between gold standard countries is simple and straightforward, but commerce between a country on a gold basis and one on a silver basis is inevitably unstable and uncertain, because any variation in the price of silver must affect either the importer or exporter. But in view of Hong Kong's position as a clearing-house for China trade, a silver basis for its currency—in spite of the obvious drawbacks and difficulties—is the most satisfactory system to follow. The Colony draws on London for the cost of its export, and remits the value of its imports. According to a well-informed authority recently quoted in our columns, Hong Kong has been importing too much and exporting too little—living beyond its income. With the fall in the dollar less imports will come into the Colony, and—if all goes well—a balance of trade established. We trust events will prove the soundness of the theory, and that the financial situation will be improved as a result of the bankers' decision. Meanwhile, a word of warning—there is always a temptation to take risks with silver exchange, and lucky gamblers have made much money in this way, but unlucky ones have lost as heavily. Operations of this character are not to be encouraged; business is difficult enough in these keen competitive days without introducing a purely speculative element.\n\nPage 20\nPage 21\n\n## MORE EXCHANGE WORRIES.\n\n**(Daily Press, October 30, 1929)**\n\nJust as it has been decided that the Hong Kong dollar must come back to silver parity there are rumours of a coming change in China's currency policy. Nothing is likely to happen just yet, but it is interesting as it is most important to know what is going on in the direction of establishing a gold standard in place of silver. The idea is not new; it has been advocated time and again, but on this occasion the suggestion is expected to come from a quarter which may be listened to with more attention than was given to earlier advocates of a similar change of policy. According to the United Press correspondent in Peiping, it is the opinion there among well-informed bankers that the Chinese Government will be advised to place its finances upon a gold standard as soon as possible by Mr. EDWIN L. KEMMERER, Chief of the American Financial Commission which has been surveying China's finances for the past year.\n\nThe bankers believe that Mr. KEMMERER's studies have convinced him that China's finances will never be soundly based on the present silver standard, so long as the rest of the world prefers the gold standard. The KEMMERER Commission is the largest and most capable commission which has ever come to China to make a survey. Mr. KEMMERER was given a free hand to select the most able men in their various lines, and he and his assistants have been hard at work since early this year untangling the complicated facts of Chinese finance, going into taxation, budgeting, foreign and domestic loans and debts, and all similar questions. The Commission is completing its work by the end of `1929`, and will then make a report to the Central Government, which may or may not be published. Mr. KEMMERER himself is a reticent man, and his associates are well-skilled in keeping facts and opinions to themselves, but bankers in Peiping believe they have learned in a general way what the Commission is likely to recommend to the Chinese Government.\n\nHis principal recommendation, they believe, will be that China should go over to the gold standard. Silver is no longer regarded by financial experts as a suitable basis for any exchange. As one banker declared, \"silver has become the by-product of lead.\" The value of the Chinese silver dollar is now merely...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520888, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 21, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "The exchange value of the Chinese silver dollar has been slipping steadily downward since the beginning of this year, so that one gold dollar will buy two and a half silver dollars, whereas the previous average has been around two for one.\n\nBankers in Peking predict that the silver dollar has not yet reached its low level, and may go to three for one before many months have passed. This means, of course, that the Chinese must pay more of their dollars for foreign goods—and so long as manufacturing remains so poorly developed as at present, the Chinese must continue to buy large quantities of foreign goods.\n\nFrom the foreign point of view, the most interesting portion of Mr. Kemmerer's report will doubtless be that touching upon foreign loans, many of which are in default. Bankers in Peking believe that the Financial Commission has been working upon a scheme by which the Chinese Government may repay the defaulted portions of these loans as rapidly as possible, in order to restore credit abroad. At present, the bankers point out, the Chinese Government has no credit whatever abroad, and is rapidly reaching the point where it will be almost impossible to float domestic loans. This is perhaps the most serious problem facing the Government, and one upon which the Kemmerer Commission has doubtless spent much time.\n\nBankers and business-men, both Chinese and foreign, are anxiously awaiting disclosure of the Commission's recommendations on this subject, being naturally eager for the Chinese Government to restore its credit at home and abroad, as business does not thrive when the Government is crippled by being dangerously near bankruptcy.\n\nIt is known that Mr. Kemmerer has already advised the Chinese Government to do everything possible to restore its credit in the near future, and that the moves made in this direction during the past year have been based upon his suggestions.\n\nThe Chinese Finance Minister, Mr. T. V. Soong, has given the Commission every possible aid in their work, and has been eager to follow their recommendations as quickly as circumstances permitted. The financial reorganisation of the Government, however, has proceeded with discouraging slowness on account of the numerous civil wars. When it appeared that the Government at Nanking was ready to begin constructive work of some kind, having an accumulation of money, some faction or another would start trouble, and the money on hand was used time and again either to \"buy off\" some threatening War Lord, or to wage a \"punitive expedition\" against a rebellious General or group of Generals who menaced the very existence of the Government.\n\nHowever, when Mr. Kemmerer submits his report at the end of this year, the Chinese Government will have at its disposal a survey of conditions made by proved experts, together with recommendations of what they should do to rehabilitate the national finances. The Government may not be able to put the recommendations into effect for some time, but the report will serve as a guide to future changes.\n\nPage 21 \nHopkory Weekly Press. 1-11-29.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520889, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 22, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## CR \n\nMr. Gent.\n\nPl. attach to #Kong Exchan\n\nMr. Ezechiel, Mr. Davis, and I have had some talk with Mr. Preston, Chief Manager of the Chartered Bank of India, etc., on the subject of Hong Kong currency.\n\nMr. Preston objects to the statement that bank notes in Hong Kong have been at a \"premium\", but his objection is really only to the use of the word, as in conversation he quite clearly admitted the fact. He told us incidentally that his bank has placed orders for the minting of Hong Kong dollars.\n\nHe said that it had been the practice of the Hong Kong Government in presenting accounts to their debtors to print a note on them to the effect that payment would only be accepted by cheque or bank note. Later on it may be worth while enquiring about this. We gathered that his bank would be unlikely to object to a Government note issue on a sterling exchange basis, provided that the Government relieved the banks of their accumulation of silver dollars, which they would obviously have to do if such an arrangement were ever made. He doubted the possibility of the Government making such a note issue, and maintaining it at parity, but the reasons for his doubt did not appear to any of us to be very sound.\n\nThat the Government declined to accept payment in regal currency is extremely odd and hardly to be credited. Anything is forth with Ussert 19 \n\n15.12.29 \n\n2.2 Nites Rapers. A \n\nPage ...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520890, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 23, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## 23\n\nAman \nLike Me meser \nTreasurer. \nHatter Mis", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520891, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 24, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## TIMES - 29th Nov. 1929\n\nSILVER again declined, the cash price being 110d. lower at 221d. per oz., and the forward quotation declining 1d. to 223d. China was a heavy seller, though there were also a few purchases on Chinese account. In the afternoon American purchases were reported in spite of the holiday in New York. One of the causes of recent sales of silver from the East, it appears, has been the possibility of the Saigon exchange being placed on a gold basis,\n\n24", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520892, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 25, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "CA420m 62821\n\nLoopy to Go (3)\n\nExtract from the Times - 7 Nov. 1929.\n\n## Hong-kong Currency Development\n\nA sharp decline has recently occurred in the Hong-kong exchange. At the beginning of October the rate was quoted at about 1s. 11d., whereas the latest quotation is about 1s. 9d. The movement is due to the decision to revert to the free circulation of the British silver dollar in Hong-kong. For years past the silver dollar, though the monetary unit of the colony, has never circulated in Hong-kong, all transactions having been based on the notes of one or other of the three banks possessing the right to issue notes in the colony - namely, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, and the Mercantile Bank of India. As a result the exchange, though a silver one based on the monetary unit of the colony, remained until lately comparatively steady notwithstanding the fall in the price of silver, the consequence of which was that notes went to a premium of about 12 to 15 per cent. over the silver dollar, that is to say over the coin in which the notes are payable. The decision has caused the exchange to fall to a point approximating to the cost at which British dollars can be laid down in Hong-kong. Advantage, however, has been taken of the profit recently obtainable from coining dollars and sending them to Hong-kong against a purchase of exchange, and, as was mentioned in our columns, orders for the coinage of British dollars have been placed with the Royal Mint. In fact, it appears that so many dollars are being coined that there is a prospect of a redundancy of the coins in the colony.\n\n... \nC.R. Plura Register\n... \n\nPage 2 \n62921 \n25", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520893, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 26, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "Extract from Times. 12 Nov. 1929.\n\n## MINTING OF HONG-KONG DOLLARS\n\nIt has recently been decided that the British silver dollar should circulate in Hong-kong on a parity with notes, which have hitherto commanded a substantial premium. On the basis of present prices, state Messrs. Samuel Montagu and Co., in their weekly bullion letter, dollars coined and laid down in Hong-kong show a profit as against a purchase of exchange, and there has therefore been created a certain demand for the coins. Orders for coinage have been placed with the Royal Mint. As the Mint has been able to provide most of the silver required from demonetized British silver coin of the old standard, this demand for dollars has so far been without effect on silver prices. It is not considered that the demand for the coins will involve any large purchases of new silver.\n\n7 \n26 \nJ.L.Dept.\n\nHave you heard anything of this? \nwordengking \n\nWe have not in G.D.\n\nG.L.M. Canon \n1/20/29.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520894, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 27, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "## END 27\n\nWorking a backd banks)\n\n`30237/27`\n\nthe at the Papel Rink doubt of t \nhave any how to refours to comi \ndollar for any pores who present \n\nIt is not clear how it \ncould be decided on by whom \nBrit. \nthlock the Alcoba", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 520895, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "page_number": 28, "title": "CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930", "content_text": "#", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-519-7 Hong Kong currency- minting of silver dollars 1-11-1929 - 5-2-1930.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 552419, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-559-2 Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance 1936 5-2-1936 - 8-7-1936", "page_number": 22, "title": "CO129-559-2 Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance 1936 5-2-1936 - 8-7-1936", "content_text": "## Exemptions \n\n## Commencement\n\n(iii) any person authorised in writing under the hand of the said officer in charge of the batteries; or \n\n(iv) any police officer. \n\n10. This Ordinance shall not apply to-\n\n(a) any vessel entering or passing through the areas affected in the ordinary course of navigation from one port to another. \n\n(b) any vessel compelled to enter or unable to quit the areas affected by reason of the exigencies of navigation. \n\n(c) any vessel when racing, provided due notice of the racing fixture has been given not less than forty-eight hours previously to the Officer Commanding, Royal Artillery, at Military Headquarters, China Command, Hong Kong. \n\n(d) any vessel employed in tending, placing or replacing mark buoys or other aids to navigation within the areas affected. \n\n(e) His Majesty's Ships of War, His Majesty's Aircraft, or any vessel or aircraft employed under Admiralty, War Office, or Air Council Authority or under the Government of the Colony. \n\n(f) any aircraft compelled to alight on or unable to quit the areas affected. \n\n(g) any foreign vessel when outside territorial waters. \n\n11. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until such date as the Governor shall notify by Proclamation as the commencement of this Ordinance. \n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 30th day of January, 1936.\n\nH. R. BUTTERS, Deputy Clerk of Councils.\n\n## FIRST SCHEDULE\n\n[s. 3.]\n\n### Firing Areas\n\n| Area | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) Firing Area A | The sea area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- By a line starting from High Water Mark at light marking Harbour Boundary (latitude 22° 17′ 23′′-longitude 114° 14′ 03′′), thence following High Water Mark along western shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 24\"-longitude 114° 15′ 05\", thence across Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 44′′-longitude 114° 15′ 45\", thence following High Water Mark along eastern shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 16′ 46\"-longitude 114° 16′ 28′′, thence to Junk Island at latitude 22° 16′ 46′′-longitude 114° 16′ 18\", thence following High Water Mark along southern shore of Junk Island to latitude 22° 16′ 38′′ longitude 114° 15' 44\", thence across to Lao Shui Pai (latitude 22° 16' 36\"-longitude 114° 14′ 23′′), thence following High Water Mark northward to light marking Harbour Boundary (latitude 22° 17′ 10′′-longitude 114° 13' 57\"), thence across Lyemun to starting point. |\n| (b) Firing Area B | The area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- By a line starting from High Water Mark at Cape Collinson (latitude 22° 15′ 48′′-longitude 114° 15′ 48′′), thence across to Slope Island (latitude 22° 15′ 50′′-longitude 114° 16′ 21′′), thence following High Water Mark along southern shore of Slope Island and northern shore of Tai Miu to Fo Tau Point (latitude 22° 15′ 42′′-longitude 114° 17′ 53′′), thence on a bearing of 98° to latitude 22° 14′ 48′′-longitude 114° 25′ 15\", thence on a bearing of 218° to latitude 22° 08′ 42′′-longitude 114° 20' 00\", thence to the northern end of Waglan Island (latitude 22° 11′ 25\"-longitude 114° 18′ 14′′), thence to Tai Long Head (latitude 22° 12′ 33′′-longitude 114° 15′ 38′′), thence northward following High Water Mark to starting point. |\n| (c) Firing Area C | The area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- By a line starting from High Water Mark at Bluff Point (latitude 22° 11' 46\"-longitude 114° 12′ 42′′), thence following High Water Mark along the southern shore of Tai Tam Peninsula to latitude 22° 11' 50\"-longitude 114° 13′ 15\", thence to Beaufort Island at latitude 22° 11′ 22′′-longitude 114° 14′ 32\", thence following High Water Mark along the western and southern shores of Beaufort Island to latitude 22° 10′ 52\"-longitude 114° 14′ 48′′, thence across to Pu Toi Island at latitude 22° 10′ 00\"-longitude 114° 15′ 08′′. thence across to North East Head on Tamkan Island (latitude 22° 04' 00\"-longitude 114° 19′ 10′′), thence following High Water Mark along northern shore of Tamkan Island to latitude 22° 01' 32\"-longitude 114° 18' 02\", thence across to Lingting Island at latitude 22° 06′ 52′′-longitude 114° 02′ 30′′, thence across to Un Kok Point on Lamma Island (latitude 22° 11′ 00′′-longitude 114° 09′ 00′′), thence across East Lamma Channel to starting point. |\n| (d) Firing Area D | The area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- By a line starting from High Water Mark at Shiktongtsui (latitude 22° 16' 36\"-longitude 114° 07′ 00′′), thence following High Water Mark southward to Waterfall Bay (latitude 22° 15′ 02′′-longitude 114° 08′ 15′′), thence across East Lamma Channel to Boulder Point on Lamma Island (latitude 22° 14′ 35′′-longitude 114° 07′ 04′′), thence following High Water Mark along the western shore of Lamma Island to Tai Kok Point (latitude 22° 10′ 48′′-longitude 114° 08′ 16′′), thence on a bearing of 180° to latitude 22° 06′ 44′′-longitude 114° 08′ 17′′, thence on a bearing of 270° to latitude 22° 06′ 44′′-longitude 113° 56′ 28\" thence to Chang Chau Island (latitude 22° 11′ 54′′-longitude 114° 01′ 16′′), thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Chang Chau Island to latitude 22° 13′ 32\"-longitude 114° 02′ 03′′, thence across to Papai Island at latitude 22° 14′ 36\"-longitude 114° 02′ 40′′, thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Papai and Chau Kung Islands to latitude 22° 15′ 56′′-longitude 114° 03′ 09\", thence across to Kau I Chau Island at latitude 22° 17′ 00′′ longitude 114° 04′ 48′′, thence across to starting point. |\n| (e) Firing Area E | The area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- By a line starting from High Water Mark at western end of Stonecutters Island (latitude 22° 19′ 10′′-longitude 114° 07′ 48′′), thence across to Green Island (latitude 22° 17′ 14′′-longitude 114° 06' 36\"), thence across to eastern shore of Lantau at latitude 22° 17′ 40′′ longitude 114° 01' 32\", thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Lantau to latitude 22° 20′ 14′′-... |\n\nPage 5\nPage 24", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-559-2 Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance 1936 5-2-1936 - 8-7-1936.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 552426, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-559-2 Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance 1936 5-2-1936 - 8-7-1936", "page_number": 29, "title": "CO129-559-2 Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance 1936 5-2-1936 - 8-7-1936", "content_text": "## Exemptions\n## Commencement\n\n(iii) any person authorised in writing under the hand of the said officer in charge of the batteries; or \n(iv) any police officer.\n\n10. This Ordinance shall not apply to- \n(a) any vessel entering or passing through the areas affected in the ordinary course of navigation from one port to another. \n(b) any vessel compelled to enter or unable to quit the areas affected by reason of the exigencies of navigation. \n(c) any vessel when racing, provided due notice of the racing fixture has been given not less than forty-eight hours previously to the Officer Commanding, Royal Artillery, at Military Headquarters, China Command, Hong Kong. \n(d) any vessel employed in tending, placing or replacing mark buoys or other aids to navigation within the areas affected. \n(e) His Majesty's Ships of War, His Majesty's Aircraft, or any vessel or aircraft employed under Admiralty, War Office, or Air Council Authority or under the Government of the Colony. \n(f) any aircraft compelled to alight on or unable to quit the areas affected. \n(g) any foreign vessel when outside territorial waters.\n\n11. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until such date as the Governor shall notify by Proclamation as the commencement of this Ordinance.\n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 30th day of January, 1936.\n\n(a) Firing Area A:— \nThe sea area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- \nBy line starting from High Water Mark at light marking Harbour Boundary (latitude 22° 17′ 23′′-longitude 114° 14′ 03′′), thence following High Water Mark along western shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 24′′-longitude 114° 15′ 05′′, thence across Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 44′′-longitude 114° 15′ 45′′, thence following High Water Mark along eastern shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 16′ 46′′-longitude 114° 16′ 28′′, thence to Junk Island at latitude 22° 16′ 46′′-longitude 114° 16′ 18′′, thence following High Water Mark along southern shore of Junk Island to latitude 22° 18′ 38′′-longitude 114° 15′ 44′′, thence across to Lao Shui Pai (latitude 22° 16′ 38′′-longitude 114° 14′ 23′′), thence following High Water Mark northward to light marking Harbour Boundary (latitude 22° 17′ 10′′-longitude 114° 13′ 57′′), thence across Lyemun to starting point.\n\n(b) Firing Area B:- \nThe area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- \nBy a line starting from High Water Mark at Cape Collinson (latitude 22° 15′ 48′′-longitude 114° 15′ 48′′), thence across to Slope Island (latitude 22° 15′ 50′′-longitude 114° 16′ 21′′), thence following High Water Mark along southern shore of Slope Island and northern shore of Tai Miu to Fo Tau Point (latitude 22° 15′ 42′′—longitude 114° 17′ 58′′), thence on a bearing of 98° to latitude 22° 14′ 48′′ longitude 114° 25′ 15′′, thence on a bearing of 218° to latitude 22° 08′ 42′′-longitude 114° 20′ 00′′, thence to the northern end of Wagian Island (latitude 22° 11′ 25′′-longitude 114° 18′ 14′′), thence to Tai Long Head (latitude 22° 12′ 33′′-longitude 114° 15′ 38′′), thence northward following High Water Mark to starting point.\n\n(c) Firing Area C:- \nThe area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- \nBy a line starting from High Water Mark at Bluff Point (latitude 22° 11′ 46′′-longitude 114° 12′ 42′′), thence following High Water Mark along the southern shore of Tai Tam Peninsula to latitude 22° 11′ 50′′-longitude 114° 13′ 15′′, thence to Beaufort Island at latitude 22° 11′ 22′′-longitude 114° 14′ 32′′, thence following High Water Mark along the western and southern shores of Beaufort Island to latitude 22° 10′ 52′′-longitude 114° 14′ 48′′, thence across to Pu Toi Island at latitude 22° 10′ 00′′-longitude 114° 15′ 08′′, thence across to North East Head on Tamkan Island (latitude 22° 04′ 00′′-longitude 114° 19′ 10′′), thence following High Water Mark along northern shore of Tamkan Island to latitude 22° 01′ 32′′-longitude 114° 13′ 02′′, thence across to Lingting Island at latitude 22° 06′ 52′′—longitude 114° 02′ 30′′, thence across to Un Kok Point on Lamma Island (latitude 22° 11′ 00′′-longitude 114° 09′ 00′′), thence across East Lamma Channel to starting point.\n\n(d) Firing Area D:- \nThe area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- \nBy a line starting from High Water Mark at Shiktongtsui (latitude 22° 16′ 36′′-longitude 114° 07′ 00′′), thence following High Water Mark southward to Waterfall Bay (latitude 22° 15′ 02′′-longitude 114° 08′ 15′′), thence across East Lamma Channel to Boulder Point on Lamma Island (latitude 22° 14′ 35′′-longitude 114° 07′ 04′′), thence following High Water Mark along the western shore of Lamma Island to Tai Kok Point (latitude 22° 10′ 48′′-longitude 114° 08′ 16′′), thence on a bearing of 180° to latitude 22° 06′ 44′′-longitude 114° 08′ 17′′, thence on a bearing of 270° to latitude 22° 06′ 44′′-longitude 113° 56′ 28′′ thence to Chang Chau Island (latitude 22° 11′ 54′′-longitude 114° 01′ 16′′), thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Chang Chau Island to latitude 22° 13′ 32′′—longitude 114° 02′ 08′′, thence across Papai Island at latitude 22° 14′ 36′′-longitude 114° 02′ 40′′, thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Papai and Chau Kung Islands to latitude 22° 15′ 56′′-longitude 114° 03′ 09′′, thence across to Kau I Chau Island at latitude 22° 17′ 00′′-longitude 114° 04′ 48′′, thence across to starting point.\n\n(e) Firing Area E:- \nThe area included in this Firing Area is bounded as follows:- \nBy a line starting from High Water Mark at western end of Stonecutters Island (latitude 22° 19′ 10′′-longitude 114° 07′ 48′′), thence across to Green Island (latitude 22° 17′ 14′′-longitude 114° 06′ 36′′), thence across to eastern shore of Lantau at latitude 22° 17′ 40′′ longitude 114° 01′ 32′′, thence following High Water Mark along the eastern shore of Lantau to latitude 22° 20′ 14′′- \n\n## Page 32", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-559-2 Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance 1936 5-2-1936 - 8-7-1936.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554361, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 1, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "## HONG KONG \n### LIGHTING CONTROL ORDINANCE \n#### No 55 of 1936\n\n| Date | Reference | Put By |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 19/1 | ... | Mr Rogers |\n| 19/2 | 6214/5512 MR Liberatay? | ... |\n| 23/2 | Tu bent Ambray hegal | ... |\n| 2/1 | ... | Rogers |\n| 27/10 | 0129/322/16 | ... |\n| 31 | ... | Recuch |\n\n`FILE Á.` \n`(16072) 15436/17` 3,000 7/36 `M. & S., Ltd.` \n`Gp. 641` \n2217 Eas tum 2011. 22. \n77 298 2876 \nin Cowell 6 \n227 813. \n7 1218 13' \n18 2/10 \n883 Libry (Laged) 257. \nMt 43 \n1) R. 88 \n2) Rogers 9... \n... \nR&B \nSubsequent \n5.8 \n7.5 \nM Howard '666 n Lowell 16. \n77 \n213 PUT BY 27/10 \n83 PUT BY \nRogers 2/1 \nIn Howard / The Geat 31 \nRecuch PUT BY \n... \nIn Get \nRecuty \n... \nto Howard. \nin Arle \num Geat \n... \nin Cowell 6 \n... \nGe \n... \nกะ \n... \n그 \n✓ \nCLOSED UNTIL \nPrevious \n53803 \n- \n53803 \n1937", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554362, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 2, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "# Noted in Front of Register\n\nSPANEA 19 LIZNAKY,\n\n2\n\nI Gov 9\n\n5.1.37\n\nSubunits Ord and Attorney General's report thereon\n\nwhile there appears to be no barroca to Hack onto\n\nObjectivi\n\n13\n\nI feel that clause 3 of the ordinance, exonerating any liability resulting from compliance with the order, is quite satisfactory, although not necessary.\n\nIt might be all right, no doubt sound, but is such horsing around in order? Save such provisos.\n\nA careful perusal reveals there is no legal objection, G.D. can, however, come ...\n\nLebrany (Legal)\n\n? Sanction 6.3\n\nI believe P. Rogers 11.5.\n\nSurely an Ordinance in some of the Colonial ... Could you say which, please? - attached Copies!?\n\nH\n\nI cannot track any Sundry legislation Elsewhere L.H. 19/2\n\nJ. H. Respon 23.2.37\n\nI have ascertained from the Air Raid Precautions Dept, that there are no laws in this country at present to provide Statutory...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554363, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 3, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "for the total in partial causation. Lighting on occasions is not practiced.\n\nOf \n\nJ experiment \n\nwith `1/4/37` \n\nwe \n\nmight stay in Hong Kong that would mean the \n\nhas \n\nany \n\nlegislation \n\non this subject and are not \n\ndisposed \n\nto think that some qualification ought to be \n\nmade \n\nto \n### 5. 3 \nsage by adding providing that the Exoneration shall be subject to the person's having taken all reasonable steps as far as possible for performing the obligation e.g. by warning person of an existing hole in the road by some other means than lighting it.\n\n(see `6214/35/37` and Sever) \n\nWe had \n\na \n\nW.O. over \n\nfuss \n\nover dimming the \n\nSingapore lights during \n\nthe \n\nFleet etc. exercise there. \n\nwe \n\ndon't want \n\nHK \n\nwho have \n\ndiscouraged \n\nactually need the hours when \n\nthis Navy Lunny \n\na \n\nnant \n\nexercise by the Surplus left there.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554364, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 4, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "I think we \nshould consider certain breaches \nof authority \n\nand cooperation \nwith \nthe authorities by dimming lights \non \nparticular occasions, the whole \nquestion of \ndisability & statutory \nauthority was being considered \n\nIn this \nregard, \nshe was referred to \nBrend \nLo \nin the W.C. \n\nA copy of the Order \nwas \npublished temporarily \nin the HK Gazette of 5 March \n17 \n\nhaving \nregard to \nthe terms of \neither \nI acknowledge receipt of \nthings \nobtained. \n\n4 \n\nI \nacknowledge \nTelegram \nAlready \n\n16 \nMarch \n12/6 \n3/3/37", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554365, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 5, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "## DESTROYED UNDER STATUTE \n\n1.0. \nDESTROYED UNDER STATUTE \n\n(wamell, as aft.) 25/6/57 \nbons. \n4.H.O. \n3 aned. No obsons. \nDESTROYED UNDER STATUTE Ordinance or Regulations. \n\nWant to 6.0. letter \nP. Roger \n9.vil. 37 \nSelbank. \n10 ahe \n\n12 \n5.4.3% terms of / 2117 \nNo. obsons. that it would if other he Suggesti Convenient. Colonies adopted similar regulation. \nIn Ital case I think Sanction Ordinance abr(1) £6 teen que vise raised recive. for conson Nt \nLaura 2. of (9)? \nJ.h.D. Coched \n22,737", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554366, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 6, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "## last Intimés remains the point I'm thinking\n\nThat it be met by the regulations issued from time to time under the `IA`. See `6214/88/07`. The Order (e.g., para 5) suggests it to the O.A.G. Recourse to AD. I proposed Gray a 3.3 of the Ordinance Ment. 23.\n\n### Qualification of the provisions\n\nand it cannot therefore be provided for by Regulations. An amendment of the Order will be necessary.\n\nBut I do not suggest that non-disallowance be withheld. As the H.O. didn't take the point, sanction L.F. They will learn by experience if citizens fall into unwanted pits. Re: F.D.\n\nM Dale's minute of 7/5.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554367, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 7, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "## 62 Hory Kory-N: 331-1 Ausa. 9/3.\n\n11 AUG 1937\n\nNoted.\n\nA Gue.\n\nLibrary. `2570/37`.\n\nY.\n\nJazette Extract `3/19`:\n\nHas val\n\n? Putky\n\nhn Howard `425 Sheth` man\n\nLinth `31/1`\n\nP. Royo\n\ncar\n\n`25/1`\n\nto all\n\nWhaut.\n\n`31/1`\n\nM", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554368, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 8, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "# The Hong Kong Government Gazette\n## Published by Authority\n### FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1937.\n\nNo. 56.\n63803 \nVol. LXXXIII. \n8\n\n| Notification No. | Page | Notification No. | Page |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 879 | | 894 | |\n| 880 | | 899 | |\n| 881 | | 900 | |\n| 882 | | 901 | |\n| 883 | | 896 | 901 |\n| 884 | | 897 | 901 |\n| 885 | | | |\n\n## EXECUTIVE COUNCIL-\n### NOTICES, Continued.\n\n- **879** Lighting Control Ordinance, 1936-Temporary Regulations\n- **880** \n- **881** Errors of Time-signals-November\n- **882** Emigrants Statistic for Straits Settlements-November\n- **883** Re-entry by the Crown on I.L. No. 3028\n- **884** Re-entry by the Crown on I.L. No. 13 and all its sections and sub-sections\n- **885** Re-entry by the Crown on I.L. No. 364\n\n## APPOINTMENTS, &C.-\n- **873** Mr. S. F. Balfour to be District Officer in the Southern District of the N.T.\n- **874** Mr. S. F. Balfour to hold a Small Debts Court in the N.T.\n- **875** Mr. E. Cock nominated Member of the Court of the University of H.K.\n\n## NOTICES\n- **886** List of decorations conferred upon Hong Kong residents\n- **887** Public and General Holidays, 1938\n- **888** Next Criminal Sessions to be held on the 15th December\n- **889** Light Dues-Average opening selling rate for November\n- **890** Trade Marks-Renewal of registration of Trade Marks Nos. 179, 180 and 181 of 1909\n- **894** Register kept under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, 1916, Chemists and Druggists\n- **896** Trade Marks Nos. 266 to 294 of 1937 registered under the Trade Marks Ordinance\n- **897** Trade Marks Nos. 176 to 186 of 1924 to be removed from the Register\n- **898** Trade Marks-Renewal of registration ... removed from the Register\n- **899** Cancellation of the Memorial of Re-entry on N.K.I.L. No. 1678.\n\nThe following Notifications are published,\n\nBy command,\n**N. L. SMITH,**\nColonial Secretary.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554369, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 9, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "# THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 3, 1937\n\n## EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.\n\nNo. 872.\n\nHong Kong.\n\n**ORDINANCE No. 55 of 1936. (LIGHTING CONTROL).**\n\nIn exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Lighting Control Ordinance, 1936, the Governor in Council makes the following regulations, by way of practice for an occasion of emergency or public danger, by express command:\n\n### TEMPORARY REGULATIONS.\n\n1. These regulations shall be in force during the whole period between the hours of 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Thursday, the 9th day of December, 1937.\n\n2. All lights, whether public or private, which if unobscured, would be visible from the air, from the harbour or from the sea or from any navigable waters, must be extinguished, or, in the case of indoor lights, obscured so as to be invisible from outside and all other lights in the neighbourhood of any water front must be so masked as to prevent, as far as practicable, the reflection of their light upon the water:\n\n Provided that this regulation shall not apply to lights on vehicles or to indispensable navigation, railway or dock lights, or to any light which is approved by a competent naval or military authority.\n\n3. Save as elsewhere provided by these regulations, all external lamps, flares and fixed lights of all descriptions (including sky signs, illuminated fascias, illuminated lettering and outside lights of all descriptions used for advertising or for the illumination of shop fronts) and all aggregations of lights, whether public or private, must be extinguished, except such public lamps as in the opinion of the Inspector General of Police are necessary for safety and any other lights approved by him.\n\n All lights which are not extinguished must be reduced to the minimum intensity consistent with safety and shaded or obscured so as to render them invisible from above and to cut off direct light in all directions above the horizontal.\n\n4. In factories, shops, hotels, institutions, dwelling houses, buildings and premises of all descriptions inside lights must be so shaded or reduced or the windows, skylights and glass doors so screened by shutters or dark blinds or curtains, etc. that no more than a dull subdued light is visible from any direction outside the premises.\n\n## THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 3, 1937.\n\n5. The following restrictions on the use of lights on vehicles shall be observed:\n\n | Clause | Description |\n | --- | --- |\n | (a) | The use on motor vehicles of headlights of all descriptions is prohibited. |\n | (b) | Not more than two lamps showing a light to the front may be used on any vehicle. |\n | (c) | No light whatever shall be shown from any stationary vehicle. |\n\n6. All instructions given by any police officer for the purpose of enforcing these regulations must be observed.\n\n7. These regulations shall not apply to the New Territories other than New Kowloon.\n\n## COUNCIL CHAMBER,\n29th November, 1937.\n\nT. MEGARRY,\nClerk of Councils.\n\n## 臨時規則\n\n督憲按照一千九百三十六年管制燈火則例第二款所授之權會同議政局訂定下開規則明令執行以作非常時期或公共危險時之演習 香港則例 一千九百三十六年第五十五條(燈火管制)\n\n(一)本規則定於一千九百三十七年十二月九日星期四晚八時至十時之時間內施行\n\n(二)凡燈火無論是公眾或私人所有如無遮蔽而能為人在空間或海面或航行水道上所見者皆須熄滅或在室內者須遮蔽至自外不能見及所有在水邊附近之其他燈火務須掩蔽以盡量防止其光線反射於水面 本條不適用於車輛或航行所必用或鐵路或船塢之燈火或係海陸軍當局許可者\n\n(三)除照本規則別條規定外所有屋外之燈閃光之燈及所有各式固設之燈火(包括設在高處之字號及包括燈光招牌燈光字屋外各式燈火作告白或照耀店戶前面之用者)與所有聚集群人無論屬於公眾或私人者皆須熄滅惟警務處處長認為於安全為必要之公眾燈火及彼所核准之其他燈火則不在此限 所有未經熄滅之燈火務須減至與安全相符之最低亮度並須加以遮蔽或掩飾俾自上面不能見及並須遮斷其向上一切方向之直射光線\n\n(四)在工廠店鋪客棧機關及各等屋宇內室之燈火須加以遮蔽或減弱或將窗戶天窗及玻璃門戶用百葉窗或黑紗簾等遮蔽俾自外面任何方向所見者不逾黯淡之光度為度\n\n(五)車輛燈火之使用須遵守下列各項限制\n\n| 款 | 內容 |\n| --- | --- |\n| (甲) | 各等汽車一律不得使用前大燈 |\n| (乙) | 任何車輛向前行駛時只准用不多於兩個燈 |\n| (丙) | 凡停車時一律不得點燈 |\n\n(六)凡警務人員為執行本規則所發命令皆須遵從\n\n(七)本規則不適用於新界惟新九龍包括在內\n\nT. MEGARRY,\nClerk of Councils.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554370, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 10, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "# THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 3, 1937.\n\n## Rules and Regulations\n\n(丙)任何車輛停定者凡屬燈火皆須有所現出 \n(七)本規則不適用於新界惟新九龍除外 \n(六)凡警員所發之命令其目的係施行本規則者各人皆湏遵守 \n\n惟於新九龍施行本規則外，本局秘書一千九百三十七年十一月廿九日發於議政局 \n\n所造隔度廠斷叉商該湏火車不之極黑低店燈加不車輛得燈限色光旅火以遮蔽或减低光力或係所用火度布力店用所湏爲簾或會燈有火各不式之列多車各光過頭項使然現燈限制光於車前之燈火係社線務之住上使列宅散在者向高皆方該減外等方葉內線將門天窓玻璃門等用百葉窓(或蓋板)或黑色布簾等物遮蔽務使凡在屋外任何方向之人人或湏務之在此限察總監認爲安全上所需要及其他經警察總監許可之燈火所有燈火不在熄滅之列者皆湏減至最低光力以適合安全上之需要\n\n## APPOINTMENTS, &c.\n\nNo. 873.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. STEPHEN FRANCIS BALFOUR to be District Officer in the Southern District of the New Territories, with effect from 1st December, 1937.\n\n3rd December, 1937.\n\nNo. 874.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize Mr. STEPHEN FRANCIS BALFOUR, a Magistrate, under the provisions of section 58 of the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1910, Ordinance No. 34 of 1910, to hold a Small Debts Court, as mentioned in the said section, at the undermentioned places in the New Territories (exclusive of New Kowloon) in addition to the court-house at the office of the District Officer for the Southern District of the New Territories in the building known as \"Queen's Building\" and situate at the corner of Chater Road and Statue Square, Victoria, in this Colony, and so long as he shall hold the office of District Officer for the Southern District of the New Territories.\n\nPlaces before referred to :-\n| Place | Description |\n| -------------- | -------------------- |\n| Tsuen Wan | Police Station |\n| Tai O (Lantao) | Police Station |\n| Tung Chung | (Lantao) Police Station |\n| Cheung Chau | Police Station |\n| Yung Shu Wan | Lamma Island Police Station |\n\nwith effect from 1st December, 1937.\n\n3rd December, 1937.\n\nPage 10 \nPage 11", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554371, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 11, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "Tel. No.-Whitehall 9400.\n\nAny further communication on this subject should be addressed to:-\n\n**The Under-Secretary of State**,\nThe War Office,\nLondon, S.W.1,\n\nand the following number quoted.\n`083/6010`\n\n**(RECEIVED**\n**(2)**\n**22 JUL 1937**\n\n\n**SECRET**\n\n**THE WAR OFFICE,**\n**LONDON, S.W.1.**\n21st July, 1937.\n\nI am commanded by the Army Council to acknowledge receipt of Colonial Office letter No: `53803/37` dated 28th June, 1937, on the subject of the Hong Kong Ordinance No: `55` of 1936, and in reply to state, for the information of Mr. Secretary Ormsby Gore, that they have no observations to offer upon the terms of the Ordinance or the Regulations.\n\n2. The Council however put forward the suggestion, for the consideration of Mr. Secretary Ormsby Gore, that it would perhaps be convenient if other Colonies concerned adopted similar regulations for the contingency now envisaged by the Hong Kong Government.\n\nI am,\nSir,\nYour Obedient Servant,\n\nThe Under Secretary of State,\nColonial Office,\nS.W.1.\nIgheck", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554372, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 12, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "# GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONG KONG.\n\n5th January, 1937.\n\n## Enclosure No.1.\n\n**Sw.o.** `(HO.(3))`\n\nSir,\n\n**RECEIVED '8 FEB 1937 C.O. REGY**\n\nI have the honour to submit for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure the following Ordinance intituled:-\n\n## Enclosure No.2.\n\n`Tum. 614137.`\n\n\"An Ordinance to provide for the total or partial cessation of lighting in the Colony by Regulation of the Governor in Council on occasions of emergency or public danger or by way of experiment or practice for such occasions.\"\n\n2. The enclosed report by the Attorney General explains the objects and reasons of the Ordinance.\n\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour most obedient, humble servant,\n**Waldecor** \nGovernor, &c.\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE \nW.G.A. ORMSBY-GORE, P.C., M.P., \n&C., &C., &c.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554373, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 13, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "# Enclosure No.2\n\n14\n\n**ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,**\nHong Kong, 31st December, 1936\n\n**REPORT ON ORDINANCE No. 55 of 1936**\n\n1. I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled an Ordinance to provide for the total or partial cessation of lighting in the Colony by Regulation of the Governor in Council on occasions of emergency or public danger or by way of experiment or practice for such occasions.\n\n2. A print of the Memorandum of Objects and Reasons of the Bill for this Ordinance is attached.\n\n3. I am of opinion that this Ordinance is not contrary to the Governor's instructions and that it is one to which His Excellency may properly assent in the name of His Majesty and on his behalf.\n\nG. Alabat\nAttorney General.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554374, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 14, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "# Objects and Reasons\n\n1. The Emergency Regulations Ordinance, No. 5 of 1922, enables the Governor in Council to make Regulations in the public interest on occasions of emergency or public danger but contains no power to secure the total or partial cessation of lighting by command, or by request for co-operation, in normal times.\n\n2. It is necessary in normal times, however, for experimental or practice \"black-outs\" to be undertaken occasionally so that they can be successfully applied when emergencies occur.\n\n3. The object of this Bill is therefore to make provision for such \"black-outs\" whenever the Governor in Council considers them necessary.\n\n4. The object of clause 3 of the Bill is to exonerate persons from liability, contractual or otherwise, resulting from compliance with any command, or request for co-operation, in effecting the \"black-outs.\"\n\n**C. G. ALABASTER,**\n**Attorney General.**\n\nDecember, 1936.\n\n15", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554375, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 15, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "# HONG KONG\nNo. 55 of 1936.\n\nI assent.\n\nL.S.\n\n**A. CALDECOTT,**\nGovernor.\n\n31st December, 1936.\n\n## An Ordinance to provide for the total or partial cessation of lighting in the Colony by Regulation of the Governor in Council on occasions of emergency or public danger or by way of experiment or practice for such occasions.\n\n[31st December, 1936.]\n\nBE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:\n\n1. This Ordinance may be cited as the **Lighting Control Ordinance, 1936**.\n\n## Short title.\n\n2. On any occasion which the Governor in Council may consider to be an occasion of emergency or public danger, and also whenever he may consider it necessary by way of experiment or practice for any such occasion, the Governor in Council may make such regulations as he may consider desirable providing, either by express command or by request for co-operation, for the total or partial cessation of lighting in the Colony.\n\n## Power to make regulations.\n\n3. Compliance with any such express command or with any such request for co-operation shall exonerate any person from any liability, contractual or otherwise, resulting from complying with such compliance.\n\n## Exoneration from liability of persons.\n\n4. Any person who refuses or fails to comply with any such express command shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.\n\n## Penalty for refusal or failure to comply with mandatory regulations.\n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 30th day of December, 1936.\n\n**T. MEGARRY,**\nDeputy Clerk of Councils.\n\n16\nEND", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 554376, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "page_number": 16, "title": "CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937", "content_text": "# No text to proofread\n\nIt appears you haven't provided the OCR output text that needs proofreading. Please provide the text, and I'll be happy to assist you in proofreading it according to the guidelines.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-562-16 Lighting Control Ordinance 1936 31-12-1936 - 5-1-1937.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 560541, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-570-3 Sino-Japanese War- proposed refugee camp in demilitarised area of South China 1-6-1938 - 11-1-1939", "page_number": 114, "title": "CO129-570-3 Sino-Japanese War- proposed refugee camp in demilitarised area of South China 1-6-1938 - 11-1-1939", "content_text": "C. O.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nAugust 24\n\nGrant 9/6.\n\nCowell 9.6\n\nSir H. Moore.\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\n114\n\n53838/2/13/11/1928\n\n12\n\nfor C. Parkinson: draft.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nThe Rear Admiral D.D.\n\nCan you\n\nletter\n\nLambeth Palace\n\nof second day\n\nabout\n\nSE.1.\n\nthe\n\nproposal of the\n\nto be\n\nrefugee camps\n\norganised in\n\nKwangtung\n\n& administered by\n\nChristian bodies\n\nprotected\n\nJapanese\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\nCopy correct\n\n14 May 1928\n\nfor slip.\n\non the copy!\n\nRe-read before\n\nthat\n\nthe\n\nwill say to\n\nof suitable\n\nLingning\n\nCat\n\nThe demilitarisation\n\nThe purpose.\n\nthe notes of\n\nwhat you may\n\nThe Archbishop to report to\n\n(*2132-150) Wt. 42270-82 15,000 4/38 T.S. 695", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-570-3 Sino-Japanese War- proposed refugee camp in demilitarised area of South China 1-6-1938 - 11-1-1939.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 560767, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-570-9 Sino-Japanese War- attack on Chinese junks in Hong Kong territorial waters; claim for compensation 12-2-1938 - 18-6-1938", "page_number": 47, "title": "CO129-570-9 Sino-Japanese War- attack on Chinese junks in Hong Kong territorial waters; claim for compensation 12-2-1938 - 18-6-1938", "content_text": "2\n\n47\n\n2.\n\nBut, according to the report of the Imperial Naval Commanding officer on the spot, after the closure of the Canton River by the Canton Authorities on the 4th February, the passage of merchant vessels ceased but junks became very active in their movements to and fro and therefore a strict watch in that area was maintained. On the 11th February, a patrol vessel temporarily anchored to the west of Lingting Island sighted a number of junks to the east of the island and inspected them. This inspection took place at a point 22 degrees, 25 minutes 48 seconds north latitude and 113 degrees, 51 minutes east longitude and thus clearly outside British territorial waters. Each of the four junks was armed and put up vigorous resistance to the patrol vessel. The crews of the junks were transferred to a fishing vessel and the petrol with which they were loaded was burned. As Your Excellency will appreciate from the above facts, the Imperial Navy did not, as stated in your Note, enter British territorial waters in pursuit of these junks.\n\nI avail, etc.,\n\n(sgd) Koki Hirota (L.S.)\n\nH.I.J.M's. Minister for Foreign Affairs.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-570-9 Sino-Japanese War- attack on Chinese junks in Hong Kong territorial waters; claim for compensation 12-2-1938 - 18-6-1938.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 560779, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-570-9 Sino-Japanese War- attack on Chinese junks in Hong Kong territorial waters; claim for compensation 12-2-1938 - 18-6-1938", "page_number": 59, "title": "CO129-570-9 Sino-Japanese War- attack on Chinese junks in Hong Kong territorial waters; claim for compensation 12-2-1938 - 18-6-1938", "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]\n\nFrom: JAPAN.\n\nDecode and Decypher.\n\nSir R. Craigie. (Tokyo).\n\nMarch 10th, 1938.\n\nD.\n\n8.25 p.m. March 10th, 1938.\n\nR.\n\n1.30 p.m. March 10th, 1938.\n\nNo. 312.\n\n\"R\" begins:\n\nYour telegram No. 159.\n\nIn reply to my official note the Japanese Government have replied according to report of local Japanese naval authorities passage of merchant vessels ceased after closure of Canton river on February 4th but junks became very active and strict watch was therefore maintained. On February 11th patrol vessel temporarily anchored west of Lingting island sighted four junks east of island and inspected at 22 degrees 25 minutes 48 seconds north 113 degrees 51 minutes east and thus clearly outside British territorial waters. Junks were armed and resisted. The crews were transferred to fishing vessels and petrol with which they were loaded was burnt. Japanese Navy did not enter British territorial waters in pursuit of these junks.\n\nI have now received detailed report from Hongkong and my comments and suggestions will follow.\n\nAddressed to Foreign Office No. 312; repeated to Hongkong.\n\nEnd of \"R\".", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-570-9 Sino-Japanese War- attack on Chinese junks in Hong Kong territorial waters; claim for compensation 12-2-1938 - 18-6-1938.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 565700, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-578-12 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 10-1-1939 - 17-11-1939", "page_number": 104, "title": "CO129-578-12 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 10-1-1939 - 17-11-1939", "content_text": "104\n\nto the west of Lingting Island, sighted a number of junks to the east of the island and inspected them. The inspection took place at a point 22° 25' 48\" north latitude and 115° 51' east longitude \"and thus clearly outside British territorial waters\". Each of the four junks was said by the Japanese Government to have been armed and to have put up a vigorous resistance to the patrol vessel. The crews of the junks were transferred to a fishing vessel and the petrol with which the junks were loaded was burnt. The Japanese naval vessel did not enter British territorial waters in pursuit of the junks in question.\n\nCareful research was made by the British authorities into the question in the light of the apparent discrepancy between the two accounts, and the conclusions were summed up in a note addressed to the Japanese Government on the 27th April. The principal conclusion arrived at was that the four junks described in the Japanese Government's note were not the same as the four junks fired on and seized in British territorial waters on the same day. Briefly, the reason for this conclusion was as follows. The officer in the British launch which eventually extinguished the fire on three of the junks mentioned in the British note, noticed a burning junk inside Chinese waters beyond Lingting Island, i.e., where he would expect to see flames from a junk which had been set on fire in the circumstances stated in the Japanese note. (The British police officer had incidentally received reports of further junks being seized by a Japanese trawler at the time and place stated in the Japanese note).\n\nMoreover, the junks referred to in the British note were not loaded with petrol and kerosene as were the junks described in the Japanese note. The British evidence accordingly corroborated the Japanese evidence to the effect that some junks...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-578-12 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 10-1-1939 - 17-11-1939.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 565701, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-578-12 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 10-1-1939 - 17-11-1939", "page_number": 105, "title": "CO129-578-12 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 10-1-1939 - 17-11-1939", "content_text": "8 \n\n105 \n\nJunks were in fact set on fire in the position 22° 25′ 48′′ north latitude and 115° 51' east longitude. But the wind and tide during the afternoon in question could not have carried those junks from the position north of Lingting Island in a south-easterly direction towards British territorial waters, i.e., towards the position where the junks described in the British note were found.\n\nThere is thus no conflicting evidence, but it is clear that the junks found by the British police officer were not those referred to in the Japanese note, as there was incontrovertible evidence of these junks having also been set on fire by Japanese. And as they could only have drifted to the point eventually reached from a point inside British territorial waters, it is evident that an incident not referred to by the Japanese Government had occurred inside British territorial waters.\n\nHis Majesty's Ambassador, in his note of the 27th April, set out these conclusions in detail and requested reconsideration of the whole matter. In another note of the same date, His Majesty's Ambassador presented a claim for compensation which, in view of the expense involved by the necessity for taking special measures to protect British territorial waters, was assessed at Hongkong $13,000.\n\nNo reply has been received to either of these notes.\n\n## AS IV.\n\nPiracy, Murder, etc., committed by Japanese sailors on a Junk from Hongkong in the vicinity of the Ladrones on the 3rd May, 1938.\n\nOn the morning of the 3rd May, 1938, junk No.291 HW, carrying forty persons, the majority of whom were Hongkong-born Chinese, including women and children, was stated to have been boarded by armed Japanese in motor boats which had been lowered from a Japanese warship; the hands of the people on board...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-578-12 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 10-1-1939 - 17-11-1939.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 565703, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-578-12 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 10-1-1939 - 17-11-1939", "page_number": 107, "title": "CO129-578-12 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 10-1-1939 - 17-11-1939", "content_text": "# \n\n107 \n\nJunk `2012 HD` was detained by a Japanese motor trawler flying the Japanese flag and with Japanese in uniform on board, at a position approximately 29° 21′ 58″ latitude North and 119° 51′ 48″ longitude East in **British** (Hongkong) territorial waters. The three men on the sampan were removed and taken to the Island of Lingting where one was decapitated by the Japanese, one so severely wounded that he died an hour later, while the third suffered a bad wound inflicted, according to the medical officer's report, by a heavy chopping instrument.\n\nIn bringing the matter to the attention of the Japanese Government in a note dated the 15th August, His Majesty's Ambassador pointed out that, quite apart from the brutal nature of the proceedings, His Majesty's Government were much concerned by the action of the Japanese vessel in carrying out the forcible detention of the crew of the sampan at a point within Hongkong territorial waters. Moreover, the two murdered men were themselves **British**-born, so that in fact those in command of the trawler had forcibly removed British-born persons in British territorial waters and subsequently put them to death.\n\nIn a reply dated the 19th September, the Minister for Foreign Affairs informed His Majesty's Ambassador that, according to information received from the Navy, the latter had explored every channel in carrying out strict investigations, but that there was absolutely no vessel of the Japanese Navy which had anything to do with the case such as that referred to in Sir Robert Craigie's note.\n\nHis Majesty's Government have taken note of this reply. They cannot but observe, however, that the evidence submitted by the survivors is circumstantial and reliable. They, therefore, trust that further investigations will be made. In the meantime, His Majesty's Government are presenting a claim for compensation amounting to Hongkong $41,080.00.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-578-12 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 10-1-1939 - 17-11-1939.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 575994, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-590-25 Accounts of events leading up to surrender and subsequent treatment of prisoners- etc 23-4-1942 - 28-9-1943", "page_number": 147, "title": "CO129-590-25 Accounts of events leading up to surrender and subsequent treatment of prisoners- etc 23-4-1942 - 28-9-1943", "content_text": "Page 175\n\n-6-\n\nFor this and for his very efficient general engineering supervision of the boats under difficulties I consider Tempy. Lieut. (E) Herbert George Thompson R.N.R. should receive suitable recognition.\n\nThis night 07 and 09 were on patrol off Putoi being ordered on one investigating cruise to the Ninepins; 11 (just off slip) and 12 did patrol off Hamiwan where they observed THRACIAN also on patrol, THRACIAN later ran ashore on Un Kok and crushed her bow in but got off and continued on her mission to fire at 2 Japanese ammunition ships in Hongkong Harbour, one of which blew up. A 6\" shell fell off MTB workshops at Aberdeen Industrial School at about 2230, broke windows but did little real damage.\n\n2\n\nDecember 15th. On Monday, 15th December, the sky was clear and weather exceptionally fine and conducive to accurate bombing which took place during the forenoon in Aberdeen harbour. APV INDIRA was hit and sunk alongside Aberdeen Dock. HMS ROBIN having been withdrawn from her station in Salwan Bay near Tathong Boom was now moored off T head pier in Aberdeen harbour with telephone line to ROBIN from Headquarters. MTB 10 now lay alongside her for convenience in communicating with the Extended Defence Officer, the line to Aberdeen Dock being inconvenient and unreliable. Thorneycroft MTB 26 and 27 also lay alongside her (except when bombing became too close) in order to get sleeping and messing accommodation in ROBIN.\n\nAt 1300 a signal was received from Commodore to V2 ordering APV INDIRA's pom-pom barrel to be salved and despatched to Hongkong. Using the crew of MTB 08 (08 on slip) and with the assistance of the Flotilla Engineer officer and some of his maintenance staff, this was done; pom-pom being just out of water; and lorry with it despatched to Hongkong at 1630; fortunately no bombs dropped very near INDIRA after she had been sunk.\n\nAt 1800 THRACIAN dry docked at Aberdeen. Some shells fell on Aberdeen bund near Industrial School. These were thought to have been fired from ships. So about 1830, I received orders from the Extended Defence officer to use MTB's to search for enemy ships and to proceed sweeping S.W. of Lantau, then as far north as Tai-O, attack anything seen bar junks and if nothing seen sweep back, search, attack, return. The night was clear and starry and attack organised by sub-divisions 10 and 27 together and 11 and 12 together, proceeding from Aberdeen to approximately 1010 and 1850 respectively with orders to rendezvous at South West Point of Lantau at 2100 then by sub-divisions to Tai-O then towards Chung Chau Si, thence via Linating to rendezvous Hamiwan.\n\nThe rendezvous at 2100 was made and MTB 10 and 27 proceeded to Tai-O lying off there and observing, MTB 11 and 12 did not wait off Tai-O but turned south earlier. When MTB 10 and 27 had turned to a S. course towards Chung Chau Si, 11 and 12 making off southerly towards west of Lafsami Island, were observed on my port bow, illuminated by searchlight and engaged by gunfire. 12 had fired a torpedo but depth was inadequate for initial dive and 11 quite rightly had not fired. MTB 10 steering S.W. was just to the west side of searchlight beam and continued to approach bow on to searchlight reducing speed to 12 knots to avoid being seen, but owing to beam it was impossible to make out course or type of enemy which appeared on same, bearing as Chung Chau Si Island. 27, as arranged, proceeded independently to attack wide to the west of 10, then seeing two enemy craft steering east, 27 came well to the east of MTB 10 and prepared to attack. MTB 10 was then suddenly well illuminated by searchlight which was very blinding and possibly quite close but owing to shallow water and unknown type and course of enemy, an attack by 10 then would have been guesswork. MTB 10 accordingly turned southerly zig-zagging at full speed, making for east side of Lafsami Island, shots falling quite well for line but short or over. MTB 27 had unseen fired...\n\n-1-\n\n+\n\n:\n\n?", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-590-25 Accounts of events leading up to surrender and subsequent treatment of prisoners- etc 23-4-1942 - 28-9-1943.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 576000, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-590-25 Accounts of events leading up to surrender and subsequent treatment of prisoners- etc 23-4-1942 - 28-9-1943", "page_number": 153, "title": "CO129-590-25 Accounts of events leading up to surrender and subsequent treatment of prisoners- etc 23-4-1942 - 28-9-1943", "content_text": "181\n\n-12-\n\n1\n\nOn MTB 10's return, more patrols were ordered by XDO. MTB 11 being detailed to search for ship reported showing searchlight off Lingting, but if found I gave orders that being alone she was not to attack unless in a definitely favourable position. An MTB was also detailed by XDO to patrol Tathong and MTB 09 detailed but the weather being hard for such an MTB patrol to be effective, I ordered 09 to report state of sea and this patrol was later withdrawn. This was a very hard '24 hours' for ATB's but personnel ashore were also being driven. The following general signal was received this night:-\n\n\"H. E. the Governor has sent the following message\n\nDecember 20th\n\nto all H. M. Forces in H.K.\n\nThe time has come to advance against the enemy. The eyes of the Empire are upon us. Be strong. Be resolute and do\n\nyour duty.\n\nMark Young Governor\n\n2031/19\".\n\nOn Saturday, December 20th, the Chinese naval ratings working MTB motor cutter and motor boat did not appear for duty having left to look after their families in Hongkong, and I find it difficult to blame them, as after the scuttling the position to them must have appeared hopeless, and these crews had been hard worked, had slept each night in their boats and received rather meagre rations ever since December 8th. They had stayed longer than any other Chinese. MTB personnel now worked boats themselves as requisite.\n\nNaval ratings and European Dockyard Defence Corps were now being used to reinforce the military. At 1300 I was ordered to see the Extended Defence Officer and Commodore and proceeded to Headquarters and Dockyard on a motorcycle in heavy rain. There was a good deal of shelling on the Hongkong side but Aberdeen was quiet. I was given instructions by the Commodore to torpedo the S.S. APOEY at No. 13 buoy after dark as this ship was suspected of having a Japanese force on board, a small Jap motor boat having previously been fired upon before taking refuge at S.S. APOEY. I was not however to expend more than 2 torpedoes. I proposed with his approval to go in at 2300 top of high water with MTB 10 and 11 and fire one torpedo from 10 and another from 11, if 10's failed, but fire no more, the difficulty being to obtain sufficient margin in the harbour at night to fire a torpedo in water over 40 feet depth; it being difficult to take aim at rest. I was then given confidential instructions to carry a European guerilla leader, Mr. F.W.K. and his two assistants in the boats of the Flotilla and to land with him north of Hongkong after scuttling, and to endeavour to pass through the Japanese lines with flotilla personnel.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-590-25 Accounts of events leading up to surrender and subsequent treatment of prisoners- etc 23-4-1942 - 28-9-1943.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 } ]