[ { "id": 228572, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-028 - Bonham - 1849 [1-3]", "page_number": 300, "title": "CO129-028 - Bonham - 1849 [1-3]", "content_text": "294\n\nHONG KONG.\n\n8\n\nREPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT\n\nroad surface having cost in February the sum of £65., and the stone arch also was commenced in January; therefore the average rate between the two years should be taken as the general probable amount for repairs in the year, or say 2d. per yard. The road being nearly 15 feet wide throughout is the cause of the difference of rate between it and the other roads. It is now in a very good state of repair, and sustained little or no damage during the typhoon.\n\nRoad from Aberdeen to Stanley, 7 miles.--This road estimated for, Rep. and Est. amount, £4965. 14s. 1d. (No. 1, of 1847) was intended to have been 15 feet wide throughout, with stone arches and parapet-walls in places where they were most required. Sir J. F. Davis, however, reduced the width to 10 feet and curtailed other works, and only authorized the sum of £2705. 14s. 4d. to be expended; of this sum £312. 16s. 4d. was expended during the year on this line are some of the heaviest stone bridges in the island, which considering the Chinese are not in the habit of building such, have been very tolerably executed, and particularly so, as the hot weather and frequent sickness of the overseers prevented their constant attendance thereon. The greater portion of the road was in the hands of the contractors at the time of the typhoon and previous rains, and therefore the expense of repairs fell upon them, but in general the damage was not excessive considering the unconsolidated state of the filling, unfinished drains, &c. Near the south end of the town of Aberdeen for a distance of 100 yards, and in Deep Water Bay for about the same distance, the wash of the sea carried away a considerable portion of the road; the former had been taken off the contractor's hands, and has not yet been repaired; the latter the contractor was obliged to rectify. In sheltered bays on the coast I formed the roads originally 4 feet above the high-water spring tides and 6 feet in other parts, but I now find that not less than 10 feet should be fixed upon for the level of a coast road, and even more than that if it is much exposed. If this road is to be maintained and properly protected, as indeed most of the roads require, there are several works which I would recommend to be executed, viz., a bridge and causeway at the waterfall in Staunton Valley, a parapet-wall on the hill above Deep-water Bay, and a bridge leading to the Sands, parapet-walls in two other places near Repulse Bay, and a bridge there also; these places are either exceedingly dangerous or inconvenient, as the road has either been cut out of the side of the cliff, or a rough retaining wall built, which leaves the drop from the road nearly perpendicular, and in one place the fall is 100 feet. The additional bridges are required, for at high water pedestrians must make a detour to pass the stream, and equestrians must wade or swim their horses over the ford. The details of expenditure during the year being given in full in the usual return, I shall merely remark that the disbursements on the new works in the formation of roads, bridges, and drains have amounted to £3221. 11s. 7d., and repairs, exclusive of convict labour, to the sum of £215. 2s. 6d. for roads and £186. 10s. 1d. for bridges.\n\n2. Buildings. The police station at Aberdeen, although nearly finished at the termination of the year 1847, was not completed until May; the contractor, having far exceeded his time, was fined by his Excellency the Governor in Council in the sum of $100, which was deducted from the balance due on the contract; the work has been satisfactorily executed, and is now occupied by police; the payment on account for the year amounted to £1088. 6s. 9d., making the total expenditure £2598. 2s. 5d., exclusive of some stores supplied by Ordnance Department.\n\nFor cutting the site of the church and Government offices, Report and Estimate, No. 5, of 1846, the sum of £1361. 12s. 0d. has been paid; the balance on the Estimate £341. 0s. 10d. will be expended in cutting rock and sloping the ground east of the church, previous to the opening of the same.\n\nGaols. On account of Rep. and Est. 5, of 1845, the sum of £1107. 8s. 4d. was paid, making the total expenditure £4045. 14s. 0d., leaving a balance of £423. 12s. 1d. for the construction of some works which it is intended not to carry out; the service may therefore be said to be completed. The final payment, £62. 10s. 0d., was made during the year on account of the boundary walls to gaol, Rep. and Est. No. 9, of 1846, which have been completed in a satisfactory manner. In consequence of the recommendations of a Board, which was appointed by Sir J. F. Davis, to make certain inquiries and suggestions regarding the gaols, for increasing the accommodation, improving the ventilation, supply of water, &c., a Report and Estimate, No. 4, of 1847, was prepared by me, embodying the whole of the propositions, and showing their cost of the same, would amount to £1634. 3s. 4d. At this period the gaol was very crowded, and an expenditure of £637. 15s. 0d. was sanctioned for the purpose of increasing the ventilation at once; and the report was transmitted for the consideration of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State, who, upon the report of Lieutenant-Colonel Jebb, directed further inquiries and examination of the gaol, and it appearing that all the services proposed were not then necessary. His Excellency S. G. Bonham, Esq., in Council, sanctioned the expenditure of £2081. 11s. 7d. for an additional washing-room, and the formation of a covered way to connect the gaols A and B, &c.; at the termination of the year £1157. had been expended upon the service. The gaol buildings sustained very little damage during the typhoon, the estimate of the same being £15. 17s. 5d.\n\nIt having been thought advisable, by his Excellency the Governor in Council, that Coolies for hire should be confined to particular districts in the town, and that suitable covered stands or buildings for that purpose should be erected, a Report and Estimate, No. 7, of 1847, was accordingly prepared for the same, and the work commenced upon in March last and completed in June, the cost of the service being £1237. 5s. 2d.\n\nColonial Church. This building has not progressed so rapidly as was anticipated, much inconvenience and delay having been caused by the tardiness of the manufacturers of the windows, which have not even yet been received. It is much to be regretted that the funds for building have been found insufficient, the prices in the estimate having been originally framed too low by the late Surveyor-General, and it has therefore been found impossible to proceed with the tower above the ridge of the nave until more money is placed at the disposal of the trustees; from estimates I have lately made, the sum now required amounts to £8761. 17s. 4d. The church, however, has been so far completed that service may be performed therein if necessary, but the trustees think it better to defer the opening until the beginning of spring. The expenditure thereon during the year amounts to £3816. 17s. 4d.\n\nThe Miscellaneous work to Buildings comprises removal of stores and protection of buildings transferred to my charge, erection of flag-staff at Governor's residence, and pulling down the old Treasury for the preparation of the site for Government House; these services were authorized under Req. No. 47, of 1847, and 14, 16, 17, of 1848, and amount to £477. 14s. 8d.; of this amount, during the year, £247. 7s. 11d. was paid. The final balance for the repair of police stations and guard-houses, repairs of 1847, Report and Estimate, No. 3, was paid, during this year, amount to £271. 1s. 8d. Additional room being required for the Governor's servants, a small bungalow, abandoned by the proprietor on lot No. 141, was repaired for that purpose, which cost £17. 15s. 1d.\n\nSome depredations were committed at the cemetery; the entrance gates and doors of the chapel were injured, the hinges stolen, &c.; these were repaired and replaced for the sum of £64. 0s. 6d., Reg. No. 36. Ordinary repairs were effected to the bungalow on Hospital Hill upon its occupation by a new tenant, Reg. No. 48, £58. 6s. 8d.; the tenant expended about £120., and abandoned the building after the typhoon of the 1st September, which stripped off a considerable portion of the roof-tiles, caused the failure of a portion of the stable wall, and other damages unnecessary to mention, which were estimated at £115. 2s. 10d.\n\nTo the debtors' prison, magistracy, Sukunpu Police Station, Court-house, ordinary repairs were carried out for the sum of £267. 13s. 4d. The repairs to the residence of his Excellency the Governor during the year amounted to £14. 15s. 7d. The police stations at Sookewan and Stanley were improved and repaired to render the accommodation of the inmates more comfortable and healthy, roofs re-tiled, and floors ventilated, &c., estimated at £301. 15s. 11d.; expended £147. 15s. 10d., Req. No. 12, of 1848.\n\nStorm Repairs.--The island was visited by a storm or typhoon, as it is here called, which raged for five or six hours during the night of the 31st August and following morning. During the summer months heavy gales and storms always occur; but since the year 1841 nothing like the severity of the present one has been experienced, and, as might be expected, considerable damage was done to most of the houses in the town; some were entirely stripped of their tiles, walls injured, windows and venetians or jalousies blown in, and altogether the appearance of the town exhibited the terrible effects of the storm. The residence of his Excellency the Governor suffered as much as any in the town, but these repairs necessarily fell upon the landlord, as the house is not Government property. In the Report and Estimate relative to these damages the following are the amounts estimated for each colonial civil building-\n\nItems\n\n \n 1. Governor's residence\n £15\n 6\n 6\n \n \n 2. Magistracy\n £14\n 18\n \n \n \n 3. Debtors' gaol\n £1\n 8\n 19\n \n \n 4. Gaols\n £6\n 17\n 6\n \n \n 5. Guard-house ditto\n £6\n 19\n 1\n \n \n 6. Supreme Court\n £9\n 7\n 11\n \n \n 7. Post Office\n £25\n 16\n 6\n \n \n 8. No. 1 Police Station\n £22\n 1\n 10\n \n \n 9. No. 2 ditto\n £39\n 12\n 11\n \n \n 10. Station Onch Bazaar\n £0\n 16\n 6\n \n \n 11. Station at the Gap\n £264\n 2\n 1\n \n \n 12. Bungalow on Hospital Hill\n £115\n 2\n 10\n \n \n 13. Cemetery Chapel\n £36\n 1\n 2\n \n \n 14. Harbour Master's\n £44\n 4\n 4\n \n \n 15. Harbour Master's boat-house\n £3\n 12\n 9\n \n \n 16. Government Offices (old), to sustain for a short period\n £3\n 2\n 10\n \n \n 17. Bungalow rear of ditto\n £3\n 2\n 4\n \n \n 18. Chinese Secretary's Office, estimate to pull down\n £4\n 17\n 2\n \n \n 19. Barrack at Aberdeen\n £12\n 6\n 11\n \n\nOf these several items his Excellency the Governor decided no repairs should be executed on account of Nos. 1, 11, 14, 17, 18. The police station at the Gap was exceedingly damaged, the upper part of the east wall blown down, the north wall nearly destroyed, the whole of the tiles completely stripped off the roof, all the windows and venetians on the north and east sides broken to pieces, and, in fact, the whole a complete wreck; the inmates were obliged to abandon it during the storm, and as the site has generally been considered inconvenient for a police station for the present requirements of the town, the repairs were disallowed, and arrangements made for locating the police elsewhere for the future; most of the doors, windows, and venetians, were removed and placed in store.\n\nItem 14. Part of this disallowed, viz., for new topmast and repairs to flag-staff,\n\nPage 300\n\nPage 301", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-028 - Bonham - 1849 [1-3].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 228591, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-028 - Bonham - 1849 [1-3]", "page_number": 319, "title": "CO129-028 - Bonham - 1849 [1-3]", "content_text": "120.\n\nweather and frequent sickness of \n\nthe overseers prevented their \n\nconstant attendance thereon. The \n\ngreater portion of the Road was in the hands of the contractors at the time of \n\nthe Typhoon and previous Pains, and therefore the \n\nexpense of repairs fell upon them, but in general the damage \n\nwas not excessive considering the unconsolidated state of the filling, unfinished drains, etc. Near the Southern end of the Town of Aberdeen for a distance of 100 yards and in Deep Water \n\nBay for about the same distance \n\nthe wash of the \n\nsea carried away \n\na considerable portion of the seawall; \n\nthe former had been taken \n\noff the contractor's hands, and has not \n\nyet been repaired, the latter the \n\nContractor was obliged to rectify.\n\n543\n\nthe coast. It \n\nIn sheltered bays formed the Roads originally 4 feet above the high water Spring tides and 6 feet in other parts, but I \n\nfind that not less than 10 \n\nfeet should be fixed upon for the level of a \n\ncoast Road, and even more than that if it is \n\nexposed. If this Road is to be \n\nmaintained and properly protected, \n\nindeed there \n\nare several works which I would recommend to be executed; viz: a Bridge and Conduit at the Waterfall in Staunton Valley, \n\na parapet Wall on the slope above \n\nDeep Water Bay, \n\nand a Bridge leading to the Sands, parapet \n\nwalls in two other places \n\nRepulse Bay, and a Bridge there also; these places \n\nare either...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-028 - Bonham - 1849 [1-3].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 247423, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-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": 94, "title": "CO129-074 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Robinson - 1859 [6-12]", "content_text": "GREEN ISLAND\n\nC\n\nZULU PORT\n\nCHANNEL\n\nSANDY BAY\n\nMOUNT DAVIS\n\nBELCHERS\n\n BAY\n\nTAIWAN\n\n \nDAY\n\n \nSTONE\n\n \nWATERFALL BAY\n\n \nCUTTERS ISLAND\n\n \nWEST POINT\n\n \n2033 ROADWAY\n\nVICTORIA\n\n \nVICTORIA\n\n \nHOWRAX PENINSULA\n\n \nOLD FORTS\n\n \nKOWLOON\n\n \nHARBOUR\n\n \nMELVILLE ISLAND\n\n \nNEATH 2-227-\n\n \nQUARRY\n\n \nEAST FAIRY\n\n \nCAUSEWAY BAY\n\n \nISLAND\n\n \nOF HONG\n\n \nSINGLETON BAY\n\n \nABERDEEN BAY\n\nYando gost\n\n \nMile\n\n \nYarda\n\n \n1510\n\n \n1920\n\n \n4%\n\n \n1\n\n \nANF\n\n \nQUARRY POINT\n\n \n93\n\n \nALDRICH\n\n \n BAY\n\n \nKONG\n\nLYMOON PASS\n\n \nDEVIL PEAK\n\n \n1 Nautical Mile\n\n \nf Statute Mile\n\n \nSYWAN BAY\n\n \nLITTLE SAIKUNG BAY\n\n \nPUTTINGER POINT\n\nFAITHFUL ISLAND\n\n \nCAPE COLLINSON", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-074 - Lieut. 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Tows\n\nQ\n\nWyoming, 10th March 1864\n\n330\n\nWhite Room\n\nRocky Hill\n\nKelletts 25 Joland\n\n9 East Point\n\nR\n\nCauseway\n\nBay\n\nNorth Point\n\nQuarry Bay\n\nQuarry Point\n\nAldrich Bay\n\nDeait\n\nPeak\n\nLymoon Pass.\n\nWongneishung\n\nR\n\nA\n\nJayowan Bay\n\nHON C\n\nWaterfall B\n\n-\n\nKON C\n\nScale of Mile\n\n320\n\nBrent Mile\n\n1760 yards\n\nSywan\n\nBay\n\nLittle Sywan,\n\nBay\n\nUpon reviewing the original text and the output, it appears that the task involves correcting OCR output for a historical map or document related to Hong Kong. The original text seems to be a jumbled collection of geographical names and terms, likely from a map or an index related to Hong Kong. The corrections made include fixing spelling errors (e.g., \"Sufphur\" to \"Sulphur\", \"plout\" to \"Pokfulam\"), adjusting spacing, and reordering some text for better readability.\n\nHowever, the original instruction to output in HTML using `` for paragraphs has been followed. The response correctly maintains the original content's integrity by not inventing new content or translating text. The geographical names and terms are preserved as they were, with corrections made only where the OCR output was clearly erroneous.\n\nTo improve, one could consider reorganizing the text into a more coherent structure if the original document's layout or context suggests a particular ordering or grouping of the geographical terms. Nonetheless, the task as specified has been accomplished.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-097 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1864 [1-2] & Sir Robinson - 1864 [1-3].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 281766, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-144 - Sir MacDonnell & Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [3-5]", "page_number": 328, "title": "CO129-144 - Sir MacDonnell & Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [3-5]", "content_text": "# \nISAAC J. YATES, Master U. S. Navy, states --I don't know the ordinance store room, but I think it was. Whether the screw was injured or not by the collision; the flow of water into the Captain's cabin would have impeded a person going down there after the collision. The engines did stop before the vessel sank, the fires having been extinguished by the water which filled the ship. There were five watch officers on board the Oneida. I was No. 3 in rank. Had I stopped the engines during the three minutes before the collision, and the Bombay had kept on her course, she would have struck me about the starboard fore-rigging, and at right angles. Never having seen the Oneida's screw drag while she was under sail, I cannot judge what effect on her speed stopping the engines would have had. It would not have avoided the collision in my opinion, had I three minutes before the collision, when I first saw all the Bombay's three lights, ported my helm. I don't think I could have avoided the collision. I was about five years in the U. S. N. academy at Newport and Annapolis. I had experience there in manoeuvring ships. I had experience as a regular officer of the deck in all manoeuvres. I had this experience during about nine months of these five years, as I was on leave some of the time. I was actually on board a practice ship about nine months of the five years. I graduated in June 1886, I have been at sea ever since with the exception of a month. I came in the U. S. S. Idaho to the Asiatic station. I did stand a watch on board that vessel during the whole passage. We were two hundred days from New York to Nagasaki; out of that time we were something less than a month in port. I don't think I could have avoided the collision by porting my helm as the \"Bombay\" was so far on my starboard bow, and she might have been a little less than a mile off. I could see her hull distinctly. I think at that time it was hard to estimate the distance; in fact, I have only estimated it by the time which I thought must have elapsed from the time of my seeing her three lights until the time of the collision; under similar circumstances I should again act exactly as I did on this occasion. I have no idea how long it would have taken the \"Oneida\" to turn a complete circle. I can't say how long it would have taken to bring her four or five points up had I ported my helm, but I think it would have taken a long time. I know the water came in through the aperture in the Captain's cabin and through all the place which was cut off.\n\n(Signed) \n**ISAAC J. YATES**, \nMaster U. S. Navy.\n\nAdjourned till 1 P.M.\n\n## Proceedings resumed at 1 P.M.\n\n**JAMES THOMPSON HILTZ**, sworn, states --On the evening of the 24th of January, at about a quarter before 11 o'clock, I went into the International Hotel; whilst there, I heard something about the Oneida having come into collision with another vessel. I heard two men talking about it. I afterwards learned that one of them was the steward, and the other the third officer of the Bombay. I think I should know the third officer if I saw him. I should think that that gentleman (pointing to Mr. Hamerton) was the man. Shortly after taking a seat, I heard these two men speaking of the collision their ship had had with the U. S. S. Oneida. When they spoke of this collision, knowing most of the officers, and being interested, I asked them where they had struck the Oneida, and what damage had been done to her? The answer was that they did not know, that they kept on to Yokohama.\n\nDid you not stop? I said: what was the reason? I cannot tell, said the 3rd officer, there was the mistake. He afterwards said that the Oneida was a soft wood or pine ship. My answer was that he must be mistaken, as our ships of war were built of oak. He then said that they had some of the pine upon their deck; that the Bombay's cutwater went into the cabin of the Oneida, where they were sitting at dinner, and that they saw some of the officers removing some one who had been hurt by the collision. I said: \"then did you not stop when you saw that you had injured the ship so much\" \"His answer was,-\"no\" and said again:\"there was the mistake;\" and added, that their own ship was making water. I remarked that it was very cold: yes, said the third officer; we were kept on the hatoba two and a half hours before they sent for the mails. I am commander of the S. S. City of Yedo.\n\nTo Mr. BARNARD. I am an American. When this conversation took place, Mr. Wells and Mr. Curtis were present besides myself. Mr. Curtis was leaning over the bar. I should think that Mr. Wells and Mr. Curtis could have heard this conversation. Mr. Wells was sitting close to me. If Mr. Wells and Mr. Curtis were to come here and state that not a word was said as to the name of the Oneida, my opinion of what was said would not be altered in the slightest. I think I have said something to the U. S. Consul about what I heard. I don't recollect when this was, but it wasn't for two or three days after as I was busy. I have spoken to Mr. De Long about this matter, but I don't recollect when. I don't think it was the day after the collision. I cannot swear that it was not the day after the collision, that I saw both the U. S. Consul and Mr. De Long.\n\nThey did not come to me, nor did I go to them to speak on this subject. It was the common topic of the day, and I spoke of it in the course of conversation. I do not think I did go either to Mr. De Long or to the Consul and tell them what I heard. I did not communicate this conversation before. I heard it all. I did not go to either the Consul or to Mr. De Long particularly about this matter. I decline answering what business I went about. I did not go to Mr. De Long upon this subject especially or any special business. I often call upon Mr. De Long. I did not call at his house when I informed him of what I had heard. I have been about 4 months in Japan. I had never seen either Mr. De Long or Mr. Lyon before I came to Japan. I don't recollect what was said between us--we talked on various subjects. I don't remember if I then informed them of this conversation. I don't recollect when I first saw them after this conversation. I have not been subpoenaed to attend this court of inquiry. I have not been promised payment if I gave my evidence fairly. Nothing has been mentioned to me about payment for loss of time. I swear the Oneida's name was mentioned that was what particularly took my attention. I don't recollect exactly what was said between Mr. De Long, Mr. Lyon and myself, I think I spoke to Mr. Lyon yesterday evening about it. I don't recollect if I spoke to the Minister or Consul about it before last Sunday. I won't swear I did not. I don't recollect if any one was there beside Mr. Wells and Mr. Curtis. I think perhaps Mr. Quinn came in afterwards. I remember seeing him after the conversation at the Hotel. I could not recollect what he said.\n\nTo THE COURT. The 3rd officer was in the Hotel. I should say 15 to 20 minutes, indeed, I cannot say when he did go out. I did not see either the 3rd officer or the steward come in, they were there when I came in. I entered the Hotel at about a quarter before 11 as near as I could judge. I don't recollect if they left together or not. I don't remember if they were drinking or not. I should think both of them were sober; they were standing near the front end of the bar, next to the stove, about 8 or 10 feet off me, when the conversation took place. When I spoke, the 3rd officer addressed himself to me he was the principal spokesman. I did not ask them how they knew it was the Oneida they had collided with. I don't recollect to whom I first repeated this conversation. I don't recollect if either the steward or the 3rd officer said the Oneida would come back to repair. I don't know if a Mr. Watson was there on the occasion of this conversation. I don't recollect any one saying we will go on board to-morrow and see what damage has been done to her. I think I should have heard anything that was said to or by Mr. Wells. I imagined from the 3rd officer saying there was the mistake, that the Oneida had been badly injured. I did not think at that time that the Oneida would sink; had I thought so, I should have got up steam immediately in my own boat and gone down to her assistance. I did not think that there was danger to the lives of any on board the Oneida, because the Bombay had come away without rendering or offering her any assistance.\n\nTo Mr. DE LONG.-As an American citizen, I feel privileged to call on my Minister and Consul whenever I please. I remember meeting you at a barber's shop one morning before the Court was convened for that day. I recollect you asking me what I knew regarding a conversation that had taken place relative to the collision. I then made a statement to you of what I had heard. Before that time I don't think you had seen me or spoken to me upon this subject. I did then at your request consent to ask my employers to give me leave to attend, and give evidence when called upon to do so. With the consent of my owners and at your request, I have to-day remained off duty in order to attend this inquiry. I have no interest in the matter other than the feeling of every American relative to this catastrophe.\n\n(Signed) \n**J. T. HILTZ**\n\n## \n**JAMES SUDDARD**, sworn, states. I held the rank of Surgeon on board the U. S. S. Oneida. I was on board of her on the night of the 24th of January last, when she collided with the steamer Bombay. At the time of the collision, the wardroom mess were at dinner. The wardroom of the Oneida was situated on the main deck between the Captain's cabin and the steerage. The dinner hour was usually at 6 o'clock, but on this occasion we were a, little delayed. We set down about ten minutes past 6. When we had almost finished dinner, a messenger boy came down to the wardroom and told Mr. Moldaur, the navigator, that the officer of the deck wished to see him. Mr. Moldaur went on deck and returned in about five minutes. He remarked that he had seen a light, and supposed it was a steamer bound in. A few minutes afterwards, I heard the officer of the forecastle cry out \"hard a port.\" I heard another voice a moment or two afterwards cry out \"hard a starboard.\" Immediately after this, the collision took place. Everybody rushed on deck; as I stepped over the combing of the hatch, I saw a large steamer alongside of us, slowly clearing herself. As I went aft on the quarter deck, I heard Mr. Stewart, the executive officer, hail the steamer, he said, \"steamer ahoy, stay by us, you have cut us down.\" There was no answer. He repeated it a second time, and still there was no answer; the strange vessel had by this time got clear of us. I walked aft and saw that the wheel, the cabin skylight, the poop cabin, the spanker boom and gaff and the gig, were all carried away. I also went further aft and looked over the quarter, as well as I could see in the darkness, the whole starboard quarter seemed crushed off. I believed that the ship would sink in two or three minutes. I then looked up and saw the wardroom boat hanging to the poop quarter with ten or twelve men in it. I jumped up on the hammock rail, and asked the men in the boat if there was an officer in the boat. They said, no. Upon which I got in and took charge of the boat. I gave orders to cut away the gripes, and for the men to stand at each fall ready for lowering. We remained in that position until the ship began to settle, when we lowered away; at that moment a junk was passing within 20 or 30 yards of the ship. I made chase to bring her alongside, but after pulling 20 or 30 strokes, I saw that she would leave us. I turned back and the ship had disappeared. We then pulled for where we supposed the ship had been, but hearing and seeing nothing. We made for the western shore where we landed about 8 or a little after 8 o'clock. I secured three guides, and walked over the mountains to Yokohama where I arrived, about 4 A.M. on the 25th. I called at Mr. Carroll's and borrowed his boat, in which I proceeded on board the `Idaho`. After reporting the loss to the commander, I went on board the `Ocean`. I there saw the commander of the ship, who gave orders that the `Sylvia` should be directed to get up steam immediately.\n\nTo MR. DE LONG. It might have been a minute before the collision that I heard the officer of the forecastle give the order hard a port. I thought the order hard a starboard was given by a strange voice. I could not tell where it came from at the time, but immediately afterwards I thought it came from the Bombay. The order hard a starboard was given almost immediately after hard a port. Instantly after hearing hard a starboard, I heard the crash of the collision. I heard Commander Stewart hail the Bombay twice. Almost immediately after the vessels were cleared, the steam whistle was turned on, and continued blowing as long as there was any steam, which might have been five minutes. Shortly afterwards a gun was fired, and just before the steamer went down, three more guns were fired; in all four guns were fired. One gun was fired, and then after the lapse of some time, three more were fired rapidly, one after another. When the first gun was fired, I was in the vessel; when the last gun was fired, I was not. When I came on deck and looked over the quarter, and I saw water pouring into the vessel. Through almost the whole of the quarter it appeared to be pouring in like a waterfall. The poop seemed to be cut clean off, but part of it appeared to be hanging astern in the water. I cannot tell if the stern post was in its place. I did not observe whether either of the binnacles were carried away. I think the propeller was not injured, because the ship had considerable headway for some time after the collision. As soon as the vessel got clear, the Oneida shot up into the wind, and headed directly for the Eastern shore. I did not see Captain Williams at all. I did not see into his cabin. I did not notice the condition of stairway, in fact I saw nothing below at all. After the collision, I could hear no orders given, nothing but a confused noise, but I saw what was being done. The impression on my mind from the shock was, that the whole of the side of the ship was coming in. The officers left the table immediately and got on deck as soon as possible. I don't think the effect of the shock would have staggered or knocked me down, had I been standing up and unaware of what was going to happen. It felt as if we had been crushed more than anything else. I think I could have heard a hail from the Bombay, had there been one, but I did not hear any hail. Under the circumstances of a collision, it is the duty of every officer in the U. S. Navy to do his best for the assistance of the ship and those in her, irrespective of his own particular standing or duties. I escaped in the 3rd cutter. In pulling for the junk, my object was to try and get her alongside to endeavour to save life; the boat in which I was, had sustained very serious damage. I believe she knocked against the side of the ship; there were seven knees broken, and a plank started, so as to leave a hole an inch wide, and five feet long. I think she might have carried two or three more than she did, perhaps 20 in all.\n\nTo Mr. BARNARD.-There were seventeen in the boat altogether. Our boat was on the port side of the ship when I got into it. The boat was on the port quarter. I suppose I got into the boat probably four or five minutes after the collision. The Bombay was in sight after I got into the boat, i.e. I could see the light. I could not possibly say how far she was off, but I should say she was as far as she could have got in five minutes. I did not see anyone at all on board the Bombay. I looked at her very closely, but it was dark, and I was confused. I could not see any lights on board the Bombay when she was alongside. I noticed her particularly when alongside, but from the darkness and the rigging, and the confusion, I could not distinguish individuals. I said there was a confused noise--that was after the vessels were cleared; and the Bombay was close by, say about two or three minutes after the collision. Our steam whistle was blowing, it made a great noise; it commenced to blow almost immediately after the collision; and was blown for the purpose of attracting the attention of the other vessel. It was not blown previous to the collision; the proper complement of the 3rd cutter was ten men and a coxswain, and could have carried 25 men. It was about 8 or 10 minutes after cutting the lashings that I had the boat lowered. It took about 3 or 4 seconds to lower the boat, perhaps half a minute after getting the boat into the water, I stopped alongside about half a minute. I did not see the junk till just as we were ready to cut the fall. The junk was crossing our stern, coming almost before the wind. I know where Saratoga point is; the junk was making down the bay. It was a large junk with a large sail. I did not see her light, I am sure. She was a junk. She had a large sail set, and was perhaps about 40 yards from us, quite close. We had ten men in our boat. I thought I'd try and catch her. I followed her about two minutes, I soon turned round again. I saw neither the Bombay nor the Oneida then. The Bombay had disappeared some time before. We pulled away during the two minutes. A man called Jordan was the coxswain, I think we might have got perhaps between 30 to 40 yards towards the junk. The junk was sailing very rapidly. I did not see Mr. Yates's boat. I could not remember whether Mr. Moldaur said on which bow the light was visible. Mr. Moldaur did sit down to his dinner again after he came down; it was perhaps five minutes after he came down that I heard the order given \"hard a port.\" I recognized the voice to be that of one of our midshipmen. I am morally certain that it was the voice of the midshipman of the watch. I don't know if Mr. Moldaur was on deck or below at the time of the collision. The order I heard given immediately after the other was \"hard a starboard.\" I believe that order was given from the Bombay. When I got on deck, the Bombay's bows were just clear of our quarter, at an acute angle.\n\nTo THE COURT. The Boatswain was saved in my boat. He did not get into the boat till she was being lowered. I did not consider him in charge of the boat, as he was an acting Boatswain. I did not hear any one say whose fault the collision was. There was no light issuing from the stern when I looked over it. I cannot tell whether there was any breach into the wardroom by the collision, but I think not. There was no one dining with the Captain on that evening. The Captain's lamp was a swinging lamp. I should think that the bulkhead between the wardroom and the Captain's cabin was broken, as the wardroom was filled with water. We sat down to dinner about 10 minutes after 6. I should think we had been sitting at table from 30 to 35 minutes, when the collision occurred. Captain Williams had been sick for some time. I don't think it was more than five minutes after Mr. Moldaur came down to dinner that the collision occurred. Had the Bombay replied to our hail, I think I could have heard the answer distinctly as there was no noise on board at that time. I should think 5 minutes must have elapsed before firing the second gun after the first. After the collision the endeavour was to get the vessel on the Saratoga spit. First they reduced sail and afterwards they made sail with that object. No signals were made except the guns. I suppose it took a little over an hour to pull from the scene of the wreck to where we landed. When I returned from the junk, I could see nothing whatever of the ship, no spars nor timber not even the other boat. It would have been impossible to have seen us sitting at dinner in the ward room from the outside of the ship unless there had been a breach through her side. During the ten minutes that I was in the boat before she was lowered, no notice was taken of me. And no order was given to me. No one made enquiries for the boat, that I heard: one or two men came and got into her but I received no orders at all; the Boatswain got in just as we were lowering the boat into the water. The Boatswain got into the boat to save his life, he wasn't sent on service in the boat. When I was at the stern, I did not look to see whether there was any light coming from the cabin. I was looking sideways down into the water. I saw no light issuing from the fracture. There were no ports opening into the ward room, there were ports opening into the state rooms, which were on either side of the ward room. The ports were circular in shape and about 6 inches in diameter I should think.\n\n**JAMES SUDDARD, M. D.**, (Signed) \nSurgeon U. S. Navy.\n\nAdjourned till 9 A.M. Friday morning.\n\n## EX | col | col |\n| --- | --- | --- |\nPage 326 | ... | ... |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-144 - Sir MacDonnell & Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [3-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 292620, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-166 - Public Offices & Others - 1873", "page_number": 50, "title": "CO129-166 - Public Offices & Others - 1873", "content_text": "48\n\n- \nat a much lower level than that from Pok Fu Lam - and an additional conduct pipe from it to the City would be necessary.\n\nShown\n\nI think I have now conclusively shown that we must look elsewhere than to the Pok Fu Lam Valley for the additional supply of 376,000,000 gallons per annum wanted, and it remains therefore for me to show where this quantity can be obtained.\n\nBy a reference to the plan, it will be seen that there are only two valleys which have anything like the extent of gathering ground required, and these are those having their outfalls at Aberdeen and Tai Tam, and colored on the plan red and green respectively.\n\nWe will take these in order and examine first the Aberdeen stream.\n\nIt has its outfall a little to the eastward of the village of Aberdeen, and is known to visitors to Little Hong Kong as that forming the waterfall at the Causeway between these two villages.\n\nThe only position for a dam in this valley would be at a little below the 300 feet contour level, which is therefore the highest level at which water could be drawn off.\n\nThat contour level here shows an area of 216 acres, whilst the 400 ft contour gives 351 acres. A reservoir, therefore, having a depth of water of 50 feet above the 300 feet level would impound at least 285,000,000 gallons. The embankment would have to be 60 feet or 70 ft high, or about the same height as that at Pok Fu Lam.\n\nThe gathering ground would have an area of 567 acres and the minimum fall of rain, assumed before to be 19 inches available, would yield 244,000,000 gallons for storage.\n\nThe difficulty then arises of getting this water to the City. There would be two ways of effecting this - either", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-166 - Public Offices & Others - 1873.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 300459, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-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": 201, "title": "CO129-178 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [6-8]", "content_text": "; \n\n22\n\nentered in the clearance as the.\n\nMaster states that he did not\n\nwish it to be known that he had opium on board.\n\nChing\n\nThe boat was then taken to\n\nShui Po, where a man is\n\nstated to have engaged the vessel\n\nto\n\nto Aberdeen and\n\nto\n\nbring\n\nsome\n\nC\n\nKam Kan Bi\n\nSandy B.\n\nHell\n\nHong\n\nKong\n\nsalt fish to Hongkong. The boat\n\nleft Leking Shui Po on\n\nthe 3rd for\n\ncalling at Victoria at\n\nA\n\nabout 8PM to pick up passenger. At about 10 P.M. when the Shunkat was between Tai-howan and Waterfall Bays (see sketch) and less than 100 yards from the Hougtong shore, the\n\nTuinowan B\n\nLama\n\nAlleged place of Seizure\n\nWaterfall B\n\nScale: one mile\n\nX. Very short hand\n\n198\n\n7", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-178 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 362955, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-275 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [1-5]", "page_number": 471, "title": "CO129-275 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [1-5]", "content_text": "467\n\n7\n\n(2)\n\n(b.) The construction of a carriage road from the Village of Little Hongkong traversing comparatively level ground in a South Easterly direction to the Western shore of Deep Water Bay and from thence along the shore, connecting with the existing road at the North Western corner of the Bay.\n\n(c.) The improvement of the existing road from Taitam Tuk to Taitam Gap and\n\n(d) The improvement of the existing road from Chai Wan Gap to Shaukiwan.\n\nMr. GERSTON STEWART attended the meeting of the Sub-Committee on the 7th instant and explained that he considered that, if this project was carried out in the first instance, say to Deep Water Bay, he was of opinion that it would meet a much felt want by affording an opportunity to all persons of enjoying the Southwest monsoon in summer, and he anticipated that if the road was constructed it would be much used both by Europeans and Asiatics.\n\nHe advocated the completion of the project but, in view of the cost involved, he considered that the Government would have to do the bulk of the work. Looking, however, to the revenue derived by the municipality in Shanghai from a wheel tax, he thought it probable that the revenue derived from a similar tax in this Colony would be sufficient to pay the interest on any loan that it might be necessary to raise to meet the expenditure on this project.\n\nMr. STEWART mentioned, as instancing the popularity of his scheme, that in 2 or 3 days, with but little trouble to himself, he obtained nearly 200 signatures to his letter, which number he could easily have doubled since he forwarded his letter, as he has had further applications to sign from all classes of the community. The road Mr. STEWART proposed should be 20 feet in width, but, if found practicable, he advocated an increased width of 30 feet.\n\nMr. STEWART wished Mr. DENISON's letter of the 30th March and Report on the Proposed Road from Belcher's Bay to Taitam Tuk by Messrs. DENISON and KAM, which he handed into the Committee, to be considered in connection with this project and asked that any further details required as to route and cost of the road should be obtained from Mr. DENISON.\n\nMr. Denison's letter dated 30th March, 1897.\n\nIn this letter Mr. DENISON divides the road along the southern side of the island, connecting Kennedy Town with the existing road along the northern side of the island, into seven sections as follows:\n\nSec. 1. B-C from Kennedy Town to the Waterfall, Aberdeen Road.\n\nSec. 2. C-D from the Waterfall to Little Hongkong.\n\nSec. 3. D-E from Little Hongkong to Deep Water Bay.\n\nSec. 4. E-F from Deep Water Bay to Taitam Tuk.\n\nSec. 5. F-G from Taitam Tuk to Taitam Gap.\n\nSec. 6. G-H from Taitam Gap to Chai Wan Gap.\n\nSec. 7. H-A from Chai Wan Gap to Shaukiwan.\n\nIn their report, Messrs. DENISON and KAM advise an alteration in the route over a portion of Sec. 4, viz., from Repulse Bay to Stanley by leaving the present road on the eastern shore of Repulse Bay and contouring the southern and eastern slopes of the hills between Repulse and Stanley Bays.\n\n(3)\n\nMr. DENISON gives the following estimate of the cost of the several sections, the road being 20 feet in width and constructed at a level of from 15 to 20 feet above ordinary high water:\n\nSection 1, $60,000\n\nSection 3, $10,000\n\nSection 4, $5,000\n\nSections 5 and 6, $25,000\n\nSection 4 (amended route), $30,000\n\nTotal......... $130,000\n\nMr. DENISON attended the meeting of the Committee on the 9th instant and explained that he was of opinion that a fairly level road suitable for the passage of wheeled vehicles could be obtained from Kennedy Town to Shaukiwan, excepting from Taitam Tuk to Taitam Gap, round the southern shore of the Island, using such portions of the existing roads as are suitable, for the sum of $130,000.\n\nOver the section from Taitam Tuk to Taitam Gap Mr. DENISON considered the construction of a road suitable for wheeled vehicles to be impracticable.\n\nMr. DENISON had made no detailed survey and estimate and wished it to be understood that without such a detailed survey he did not consider it practicable to make a reliable estimate within 20 per cent.\n\nMr. DENISON concurred in the view expressed by Mr. STEWART that a road 30 feet wide would be better suited for carriage traffic than one 20 feet in width and that the construction of the road would open out building sites and render land in the vicinity of Stanley suitable for the erection of buildings for manufacturing purposes.\n\nMr. DENISON estimated that increasing the width of the road to 30 feet would involve an additional expenditure of $50,000.\n\nOn the 12th instant Mr. DANBY attended the meeting of the Committee and informed Members that he had considered the construction of a road as proposed by Mr. STEWART.\n\nMr. DANBY had, when in the Government Survey Department, been engaged on a similar project for the construction of a 20 foot road from Belcher's Bay to a point about one mile west of Aberdeen, but the project was abandoned as the cost was considered prohibitive.\n\nAs regards the present project Mr. DANBY considered that, speaking generally, the road should be at an elevation of from 75 to 100 feet above sea level so as to be well out of the reach of the sea during heavy south-westerly gales, and that in order that it should be suitable for carriage traffic the steepest gradient should not exceed 1 in 40.\n\nIt was difficult to see how, without the construction of a tunnel at a cost of $400,000, a road suitable for carriage traffic could be constructed from Taitam Tuk to Taitam Gap.\n\nMr. DANBY had considered the construction of this portion of the road on the slopes to the north of the present road and the best gradient obtainable would not be less than 1 in 15, so that carriages could not use it.\n\nMr. DANBY estimated the cost of the road from Kennedy Town to Shaukiwan including the portion from Taitam Tuk to Taitam Gap at a gradient of 1 in 15 at $225,050.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-275 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [1-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 362956, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-275 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [1-5]", "page_number": 472, "title": "CO129-275 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [1-5]", "content_text": "468\n\nI\n\n(4)\n\nMr. COOPER asked Mr. DANBY if he had considered the construction of a road from Taitam Tuk to Taitam Gap along the slopes of the hills to the south of the present road, as it appeared to him such a route was the more favourable one. Mr. DANBY replied that he had not.\n\nMr. DANBY did not consider that the construction of the road proposed by Mr. STEWART would open out any sites for the erection of buildings for manufacturing purposes.\n\nMr. LEIGH also attended the Meeting of the Committee on the 12th instant, and stated that he considered the road from Kennedy Town to Deep Water Bay at a level of from 20 to 25 feet above sea level would be protected from the action of the sea during typhoons.\n\nMr. LEIGH estimated the cost of the portion of the road from Kennedy Town to the Waterfall at $20,000 a mile, pointing out that some difficulty would be experienced owing to the steepness of the slopes below the Sanitarium at Pokfulam. The remainder of the road to Deep Water Bay and on to Stanley he estimated at about $15,000 a mile. He had not specially considered the further extension of it, but roughly estimated the total cost from Kennedy Town to Shaukiwan at $220,000.\n\nMr. LEIGH did not think that building sites would be opened out by the construction of such a road and pointed out how, in the absence of shade, the first section of the road would be exposed to the rays of the setting sun.\n\nCollege of Medicine for Chinese.\n\nDr. THOMSON was questioned by the Committee with regard to this scheme and the opinions of Dr. JORDAN and Dr. ATKINSON were also ascertained.\n\nDr. THOMSON explained that the object of the College was to train students in Western Medical Science so as to fit them for helping to improve the sanitary conditions of the Chinese in Hongkong and also to spread a knowledge of Western Medicine in China. He stated that all the students who had been trained in the College had left the Colony as greater inducements had been offered to them to go elsewhere, but that there are at the present time engaged in study at various stages of the curriculum 14 students. In reply to questions asked by the Committee, he and Drs. ATKINSON and JORDAN further stated that want of a knowledge of English on the part of the students had been found to be a difficulty, but Dr. THOMSON was of opinion that there was now an improvement in the preliminary training of students.\n\nDr. JORDAN declared himself to be in favour of the training of Chinese in Western Medical Science as they would be especially useful in connection with the registration work of the Registrar General's Office.\n\nDr. ATKINSON stated that he was of opinion that the best plan would be to train a few students here for two years and then send them to England to complete their education. He pointed out that even Chinese partially trained in Western Medicine would be useful in the case of an outbreak of an epidemic.\n\nThe cost of placing the College of Medicine on a sound basis is estimated as follows: -\n\nCost of site and building $40,000 to $50,000. Annual Expenditure $5,000 to $6,000.\n\n(5)\n\nDrs. THOMSON, JORDAN, and ATKINSON were all of opinion that students had not sufficient opportunity of qualifying for the general practice of Medicine and Surgery in the Colony and that the certificate granted could not be placed on the same footing as those granted by similar institutions in England.\n\nDr. THOMSON stated that, if the College of Medicine were self-supporting, he was of opinion that the majority of students would have to seek employment elsewhere than in the Colony.\n\nDr. THOMSON further stated that, in order that the students should have the best opportunities the Colony could offer for teaching them locally, it seemed desirable that the College of Medicine should be attached to the Government Civil Hospital, but he thought to effect that a change in the present constitution of the College would be needed.\n\nHospital for Women and Children.\n\nThe following gentlemen were asked to express their views with regard to the scheme proposed by Mr. MAY, viz. Mr. MAY himself, Drs. JORDAN and ATKINSON; and also Mrs. BELL-IRVING.\n\nThey are of opinion that a hospital for women and children is much needed in this Colony; that, if one is to be built, the construction of this Hospital would render available for the treatment of Asiatic males the accommodation now reserved for women and children in the Civil Hospital; it should not contain fewer than 44 beds, as recommended by Mr. MAY in his letter to the Committee of the 29th March last, and that it should be connected with the Civil Hospital and should be under the control of the Colonial Surgeon.\n\nFrom the opinions obtained by the Sub-Committee, it appears that the accommodation at the Civil Hospital is at present insufficient for the requirements of the Colony as regards women and children. For them, there is at present only one general ward with accommodation for 14 patients and 2 private wards; into the former are admitted women of every nationality and children. The undesirability of children being treated in a general ward with adults was pointed out, and it was stated that this fact was found to prevent parents and guardians availing themselves of Hospital treatment for children.\n\nThe Sub-Committee were also furnished with the following figures showing the increase in the number of females admitted into the Civil Hospital: -\n\n1894, ... ... 254.\n\n1895, ... ... 326.\n\n1896, ... ... 397.\n\nAs to the site of the proposed Hospital for Women and Children, two sites were mentioned - one above the Bonham Road; the other in the immediate neighbourhood of the Sisters' Quarters at the Civil Hospital.\n\nThe medical gentlemen questioned were in favour of the latter site on the ground of convenience of administration and also because they regard the Bonham Road site as malarious.\n\nAll those questioned were in favour of the proposed hospital being under the control of the Government in order to guarantee that it would be permanently maintained.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-275 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [1-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 371045, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-290 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [1-4]", "page_number": 646, "title": "CO129-290 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [1-4]", "content_text": "ida \n\nK's Name. \n\nSHABIS. \n\n633 \n\nTHE EASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY, LIMITED\n\nLONDON STATIONS:\n\nCHIEF STATION: 11 OLD BROAD STREET E.C.\n\nBRANCH STATIONS:\n\n8, LEADENHALL STREET, E.C.\n\n3, GREAT TOWER STREET, E.C.\n\n37, HOLBORN VIADUCT, E.C.\n\nNo. 2068, WINCHESTER\n\n41 & 42, PARLIAMENT ST., S.W.\n\nForeign Auction Hall, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.\n\nAnd 449, STRAND W.C.\n\nThe following TELEGRAM Received at\n\nA From\n\nB dated\n\nTo\n\nD\n\n4\n\nP\n\n189\n\n“Easte:\n\nHongkong\n\nThe Time The Retries or don\n\nAddress\n\nferraz lizous Pet of\n\nPathos\n\nthrough the\n\nSawpit\n\n18 akrie\n\nCanton\n\nCouncil, at\n\natter\n\nCombina\n\nne\n\npittänees\n\nnecessary orders\n\nsight in tibernates\n\nremoval from\n\nKowloon\n\narms\n\nFOR COLONIAL\n\nthe troops\n\ncity alf Selectors\n\nammunitio\n\narchitects.\n\n24\n\nby\n\narbitress police\n\nSIGNS UPON WHICH THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED.-The Telegraph Companies and Administrations through whom\n\nNo inquiry respecting this Telegram can be attended to without the production of this Paper.\n\nMISTAKES OR DELAYS in the transmission or delivery of, nor for the NON-TRANSMISSION, MIS-DELIVERY or NON-DELIVERY, as passed, will not be responsible in any case for anything done, or omitted to be done, beyond the limits of their Stations or whatever cause arising. 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January 10, 1900.\n\n# HONG KONG.\n\n## Proposed Coast Road.\n\n### Memorandum by the Colonial Defence Committee.\n\nC.O. No.29823\n\nTHE Colonial Office have referred to the Colonial Defence Committee a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong, dated the 27th September, 1899, forwarding correspondence on the subject of a road round the island on which it has been proposed to expend part of the funds subscribed for a Memorial of Her Majesty's Jubilee in 1897.\n\nThe Governor's despatch and three of the inclosures, viz.: a letter from Major-General Black, dated the 2nd December, 1898, and Minutes by Major-General Gascoigne, dated the 17th January and 22nd September, 1899, are printed as an Appendix to this Memorandum.\n\n2. The question referred to the Committee is whether that part of an 18-foot road round the island, which the Jubilee Committee desire to make and for which they claim that subscriptions were given, is objectionable from a military point of view. The part of the road in question follows the coast line from Kennedy Town near Belcher's round Mount Davis and round the head of Sandy, Taihowan, and Waterfall Bays to the Head of Kellet Bay.\n\n3. Major-General Black considered that whereas at present, owing to the steep and rugged nature of the slopes of Mount Davis between Sandy Bay and Kennedy Town, no formed body of men could move along the coast between these places at night, the construction of the proposed road would make such movement possible and give an enemy an easier method of access to the town of Victoria. Major-General Gascoigne supported this view, but said in his second Minute on the subject that if the road would satisfy a great and pressing need for the Colony generally, he would not consider the military objections to be so imperative as to necessitate his urgent protest against it.\n\nOther arguments have been advanced in favour of the road round the island being commenced by the construction of its eastern section, but these need not be considered as they are not based on military considerations, and as the Governor reports that, apart from military considerations, he sees no reason why the road should not be first made in accordance with the Resolution of the Jubilee Committee, especially as the Government is bound to continue the road (though not within any specified time) until its completion round the island.\n\n4. The proposed western part of the new road lies mainly in No. II Section of the Defence. For the mobile defence of this section the Defence Scheme provides 120 infantry and 40 artillery, manning 2--7-pr. R.M.L, and 3--3-pc. Q.F. guns, whose duties are to oppose in the first instance an attempted landing of troops in\n\n[1048]", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-293 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [8-9].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 390483, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-320 - Governor Sir Blake Acting Governor May - 1903 [11-12]", "page_number": 36, "title": "CO129-320 - Governor Sir Blake Acting Governor May - 1903 [11-12]", "content_text": "## SCALE OF FEES FOR SURVEYS AND CERTIFICATES\n\n(16.) Approving and certifying Position of Load-line. \n$10.00.\n\n(17.)—Overtime Fees for Service of Government Marine Surveyors.\n\nWeek days, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., \n$6 per hour. \nBefore 6 a.m. and after 8 p.m., and on Sundays and Public holidays, \n$10 per hour.\n\nA service occupying less than one hour will be charged as one hour. For service exceeding one hour a quarter of the fee will be charged for each quarter of an hour and any expenses incurred will be charged in addition.\n\nN.B.--When an incomplete declaration is given one half of the Survey Fee in Table C will be charged.\n\n## TABLE A \n### SCALE OF MEASUREMENT FOR PASSENGERS FOR RIVER STEAMERS. SECTION 38 OF ORDINANCE 36 OF 1899.\n\n1. On lower deck, one passenger for each six superficial feet.\n2. On upper deck and in cabins, one passenger for each nine superficial feet.\n3. The above scale to be further regulated by the Surveyor's judgment as to whether or not the vessel possesses sufficient stability for that number of passengers.\n4. A sufficient number of life-boats, rafts and life-buoys, approved by the Government Marine Surveyor, to be supplied.\n5. Passengers are not to be carried on more than two decks.\n6. On the lower deck, one passenger to be deducted for each six square feet occupied by cattle or cargo, and on the upper deck, one passenger to be deducted for each nine feet occupied by cattle or cargo.\n\n## TABLE M \n### FOREIGN MAN-OF-WAR ANCHORAGE\n\n(1.) The Foreign Man-of-war Anchorage is in Kowloon Bay to the Eastward of the Hunghom Peninsula and within the following limits: \n- On the West-The Eastern limit of the Telegraph Cable ground.\n- On the South-A line drawn N 83° E from Blackhead's Hill Signal Mast.\n- On the North and East-The 5-fathom line of soundings.\n\n(2.) There are 14 berths within the above limits, and the following table gives the cross bearings for each. The berth to be taken up will be indicated by number to the arriving vessel. All vessels are to moor.\n\n| No. of Berth | Observatory Building Anemometer | Eastern Light of Telegraph Cable Ground, Hongkong | Lycium Beacon |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| No. 1 | N 85° W | S 3° W | S 78 E |\n| No. 2 | N 87° W | S 16° W | S 76 E |\n| No. 3 | N 87°40' W | S 27°4' W | S 75 E |\n| No. 4 | N 89° W | S 40° W | S 71 E |\n| No. 5 | S 86°4' W | S 7° W | S 73 E |\n| No. 6 | S 87° W | S 20° W | S 72 E |\n| No. 7 | S 88° W | S 30°1' W | S 70 E |\n| No. 8 | S 87° W | S 35° W | S 67 E |\n| No. 9 | S 85° W | S 38° W | S 63 E |\n| No. 10 | S 80° W | S 54° W | S 70 E |\n| No. 11 | S 82° W | S 13° W | S 71 E |\n| No. 12 | N 83° W | S 21°3' W | S 68 E |\n| No. 13 | S 83°3' W | S 28° W | S 66 E |\n| No. 14 | N 82° W | S 32° W | S 62°4' E |\n\n## REGULATIONS AS TO DISCHARGE OF CANNON, FIRE-ARMS, OR FIREWORKS, IN THE WATERS OF THE COLONY. (SUB-SECTION 3 OF SECTION 26)\n\nThe portions of the waters of the Colony within which it is prohibited to discharge cannon, fire-arms, or fireworks, as provided by sub-section (3) of section 26 of this Ordinance, are as follows: \n- (a.) That portion having for its eastern boundary, a line drawn across the centre of the Li-u-mun Pass and for its western boundary, a line drawn from the west end of Hongkong to the west end of Green Island, thence in a straight line to the west end of Stonecutters' Island, continued to the mainland.\n- (b) That portion lying within a line drawn from the west end of Hongkong to Waterfall Bay, thence to south end of Taitam Peninsula, continued to Cape d'Aguilar and Cape Collinson, terminating at south-east corner of the Li-u-mun Pass.\n\nN.B.-Mail Steamers may fire a gun if arriving within the above limits between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.\n\n## TABLE N\n\n1. The following are specified as \"wharves\" in respect of which the provisions of paragraph C of sub-section (1) (7) of section 26 of The Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1899, shall apply, viz.:\n\nIn Victoria:\n- Whitty Street Steps\n- French Street Wharf\n- Wilmer Street Steps\n- Wing Lok Street Steps\n- Cleverly Street Steps\n- Pottinger Street Wharf\n- Blake Pier\n- Temporary Pier, Telegraph Office Lane\n- Murray Pier\n- Arsenal Street Steps\n- Jardine Steps\n- Ship Street Steps\n\nAt Kowloon:\n- Yaumati Police Station Wharf\n- Tsim Sha Tsui Wharf\n\n2. The following is declared to be a part of the Colony\" in respect of which the provisions of sub-section (2) (b) of section 26 of The Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1899, shall apply, viz.:\n\nThe shore on the north side of the City of Victoria, from opposite the Gas Works at Shek tong-tsui to opposite the canal at Bowrington and the shore at Kowloon from Kowloon Point to Yaumati Police Station.\n\n## TABLE A \n### SCALE OF CHARGES FOR THE STORAGE OF GUNPOWDER AND SAFETY CARTRIDGES IN THE GOVERNMENT DEPÓTS. (Section 36)\n\n| Package Contents | Charge per month or fraction of a month |\n| --- | --- |\n| 25 lbs. and less of loose gunpowder | 7 cents |\n| 25 lbs. and less of gunpowder in tins | 10 cents |\n| More than 25 lbs. and less than 50 lbs. of loose gunpowder | 14 cents |\n| More than 25 lbs. and less than 50 lbs. of gunpowder in tins | 17 cents |\n| 50 lbs. and less than 75 lbs. of loose gunpowder | 20 cents |\n| 50 lbs. and less than 75 lbs. of gunpowder in tins | 22 cents |\n| 75 lbs. and less than 100 lbs. of loose gunpowder | 26 cents |\n| 75 lbs. and less than 100 lbs. of gunpowder in tins | 28 cents |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-320 - Governor Sir Blake Acting Governor May - 1903 [11-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 469712, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-445 - Public Offices - 1917", "page_number": 586, "title": "CO129-445 - Public Offices - 1917", "content_text": "4\n\n116\n\nBear\n\nLights.\n\nRestriction\n\non beating\n\nof drums or gongs and\n\non discharge of fireworks.\n\nRestriction\n\non Naked and Portable Lights\n\nSpecification\n\nof wharves.\n\nNo. 10 of 1899.\n\nMERCHANT SHIPPING.\n\n23. Any vessel approaching a defended port in the Colony of Hong-kong when searchlights are being worked, and finding that they interfere with her safe navigation, may make use of the following signals, either singly or combined:\n\n(a) By flashing lamp, four short flashes followed by one long flash.\n\n(b) By whistle siren, or fog-horn, four short blasts followed by one long blast.\n\nWhenever possible, both flashing lamp signals and sound signals should be used.\n\nOn these signals being made, the searchlights will be worked so as to cause the least inconvenience, being either doused, raised, or their direction altered.\n\nThe signal should not be used without real necessity, as unless the vessel is actually in the rays of the searchlight it is impossible to know which searchlight is affected.\n\nThe signals are designed to assist mariners and do not render the Government liable in any way.\n\nVII. DRUMS, GONGS AND FIREWORKS.\n\n24. No person shall, on board any junk or other Chinese vessel or boat without a permit from the Registrar General, beat any drum, or gong, discharge, kindle, or let off any firework, or attempt to do so in the waters of the Colony, between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M., under a penalty not exceeding 50 dollars, or imprisonment for any term not exceeding 6 weeks.\n\nVIII. NAKED AND PORTABLE LIGHTS.\n\n25. No naked or portable light shall be used by any person on board any ship or other vessel in the waters of the Colony for any purpose, on deck or below, except the electric light, or candles, or oil lamps burning animal, vegetable, or such other oil as will not give off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than 120 degrees Fahrenheit when tested in the manner set forth in the Schedule to the Case Oil, and Bulk Oil, Rules, made under Section 6 of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873, (No. 1 of 1873). And any person who is responsible for or is a party to a breach of this regulation shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.\n\nTable N.\n\nSPECIFICATION OF WHARVES, &C.\n\n[a. 26 (1).]\n\n1. The following are specified as \"Wharves\" in respect of which the provisions of section 23 (1) (†) shall apply, viz.:—\n\nIn Victoria.\n\nWhitty Street Steps.\n\nFrench Street Wharf.\n\n* As Amended by G.N. 180 of 1908.\n\nMERCHANT SHIPPING.\n\nWilmer Street Steps. Wing Lok Street Steps. Cleverly Street Steps. Pottinger Street Steps.\n\nBlake Pier.\n\nNo. 10 of 1899.\n\n117\n\nTemporary Pier, Telegraph Office Lane.\n\nMurray Pier.\n\nArsenal Street Wharf.\n\nArsenal Street Steps.\n\nShip Street Steps.\n\nObservation Street Wharf.\n\nJardine Steps.\n\nAt Kowloon.\n\nYaumati Police Station Wharf.\n\nTsim Sha Tsui Wharf.\n\n2. The following is declared to be a part of the Colony in respect of which the provisions of section 26 (2) (‡) shall apply, viz.—\n\nThe shore on the north side of the City of Victoria, from opposite the Gas Works at Shek-tong-tsui to opposite the canal at Bowrington, and the shore at Kowloon from Chin-sal-taui Point to the saw-mills at Mong-kok-tsui.\n\nTable O.\n\n[B. 28 (3).] REGULATIONS AS TO DISCHARGE OF CANNON, FIREARMS, or FIREWORKS, IN THE WATERS OF THE COLONY.\n\nThe portions of the waters of the Colony within which it is prohibited Areas within to discharge cannon, firearms, or fireworks, as provided by section 26 which (3), are as follows:-\n\ndischarge of firearms prohibited.\n\n(a) that portion having for its eastern boundary, a line drawn across the centre of the Li-u-mun Pass; and for its western boundary, a line drawn from the west end of Hongkong to the west end of Green Island, thence in a straight line to the west end of Stonecutters Island, continued to the mainland.\n\n(b) that portion lying within a line drawn from the west end of Hong-kong to Waterfall Bay, thence to the south end of Taitam Peninsula, continued to Cape D'Aguilar and Cape Collinson, terminating at the south-east corner of the Li-u-mun Pass.\n\nProvided however that mail steamers may fire a gun if arriving Proviso as within the above limits between 9 P.M. and 6 A.M.\n\nTable ✪ (a). PRIVATE BUOYS AND MOORINGS.\n\nALMERS.\n\n[ss. 28 (2) & 48 (8).]\n\n1. A monthly rental of $5 shall be payable half-yearly in advance for Rental. each buoy and the moorings thereof sanctioned by the Harbour Master.\n\nNo fees shall be chargeable on buoys and moorings used solely for\n\n* As amended by G.N. 189 of 1908, No. 15 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912.\n\n† As sanctioned by G.N.168 of 1908 and No. 0 of 1911.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-445 - Public Offices - 1917.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 474957, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-445 - Public Offices - 1917", "page_number": 651, "title": "CO129-445 - Public Offices - 1917", "content_text": "98.\n\ncheap and good coal, lie at the root of Japan's industrial success, and deserve special mention. The exports in 1914 were divided as follows:-\n\nOres, metals, minerals and manufactures thereof—\n\n \n Antimony and manufactures\n £\n 178,900\n \n \n Bronze manufactures\n \n 29,200\n \n \n Coal\n \n 2,441,300\n \n \n Copper\n \n 2,906,100\n \n \n Iron tubes\n \n 4,900\n \n \n and steel manufactures\n \n 119,300\n \n \n Manganese\n \n 18,000\n \n \n Zinc ore\n \n 389,700\n \n \n Other ores, metals and minerals\n \n 6,117,400\n \n \n Total\n \n \n \n\nThe mining of coal and copper surpass in importance all other branches of the industry.\n\nCoal-Coal is principally mined in the northern island of Hokkaido and in the southern island of Kyushu. The output has increased steadily of recent years by reason not only of the sinking of new shafts, but of the application of mechanical motive powers to the industry. The industry is in the hands of large companies, the celebrated Miike mine in Mitsui Bussan Kaisha being largely interested.\n\n\"Miike nuts\" and \"Miike slack,\" Fukuoka is the best known, and gives the name to which are celebrated throughout the Far East, particularly in shipping circles. The output of this mine in 1914 exceeded 2,000,000 metric tons.\n\nThe industrial consumption of coal in Japan during 1914 was as follows:- The figures are in metric tons.\n\n \n For Japanese ships\n \n 3,942,464\n \n \n Foreign\n \n 1,191,857\n \n \n Railways\n \n 1,915,310\n \n \n \n \n 8,359,027\n \n \n *\n \n 810,879\n \n \n Salt manufacture\n \n 16,219,537\n \n \n Total production\n \n 22,293,419\n \n \n Exports\n \n 3,586,806\n \n \n Imports\n \n 957,709\n \n \n Total\n \n \n \n\n99\n\nfor this purpose. Practically the only competition is that of the Kailan Mining Administration, an Anglo-Chinese concern with rich mines near Tientsin in North China. It is understood, however, that a price agreement has been arranged between the Kailan and the Fushun mines, so that Japanese coal may be said to entirely dominate the market. The danger of this state of affairs to British shipping interests in the event of hostilities with Japan is apparent. The remedy would appear to lie in the encouragement of the development of coal mining in China under British auspices. Coal is produced in Labuan, and Australian coal until recently competed throughout the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines. During the past few years, however, Japan has displaced Australia from the Philippines trade, largely on account of the low rates of freight charged on Japanese steamers.\n\nThe industrial demand for coal in Japan has grown so enormously of late that it is thought in well-informed circles that prices are likely to remain high until years such time as power is available at cheap rates from the various hydro-electric companies.\n\nThe\n\nCopper.-Copper is the most important metal mined in Japan. There are two kinds of deposits in the country, one of which is found in crystalline schists or Palæozoic sedimentary rocks, the other in tuffs and other volcanic rocks. percentage of mineral is generally low in the former, never exceeding 8 or 9 per cent., while the latter sometimes contains as much as 30 per cent. The mines of Besshi, Hibira, Makimine, Itsuki, Kune, and Ina are of the first kind, and that of Ashio and nearly all the mines in Sanindo and the northern section of Honshu are of the second.\n\nThe statistics for 1917 are as follows:-\n\n \n Total production\n Tons.\n 67,909\n \n \n Approximate home consumption\n \n 22,478\n \n \n Exports\n \n 45,562\n \n\nThe exports of the metal in ingots and slabs during 1914 were shipped to the following countries :-\n\n \n United Kingdom\n £\n 403,600\n \n \n Hong Kong\n \n 166,200\n \n \n British India\n \n 168,300\n \n \n United States\n \n 306,500\n \n \n France\n \n 227,000\n \n \n Germany\n \n 125,100\n \n \n China\n \n 942,000\n \n \n Other countries\n \n 567,100\n \n \n \n \n 2,906,100\n \n\nThe total number of mining employees in that year was 182,637. The average price of coal per 10,000 horse-power in the cotton industry in December 1915 was 21. 9s.\n\nIn addition to the mines in Japan Proper, attention should be called to the important Fushun mines in South Manchuria, which are owned and worked by the South Manchurian Railway Co., and the export from which is an important factor in the coal market of China and other Far Eastern countries.\n\nThe exports of coal in 1914 were shipped to the following countries:-\n\n \n China\n £\n 761,400\n \n \n Kwantung Province\n \n 1,800\n \n \n Hong Kong\n \n 691,700\n \n \n Straits Settlements\n \n 372,500\n \n \n British India\n \n 52,200\n \n \n Philippines\n \n 221,700\n \n \n United States\n \n 64,600\n \n \n United Kingdom\n \n 11,900\n \n \n Other countries\n \n 263,500\n \n \n Total\n \n 2,441,300\n \n\nThe Japanese have secured a virtual monopoly of the bunker coal of the Far East, the shipments to China, Hong Kong, Straits, and the Philippines being largely\n\nTotal\n\nCopper would appear destined to become one of the principal industrial assets of Japan in the future, and there are already signs of the beginning of a valuable metal manufacturing industry. It is noteworthy that the General Electric Company of Schenectady have recently opened a works in Japan for the manufacture of lamps and other electrical fittings in the manufacture of which copper is largely used.\n\nThe Japanese have been quick to realise the advantages of electric power. Nature has been kind in supplying excellent water facilities in the mountains, and the current is carried for miles across the plains on transmission wires to the industrial centres. One of the most notable impressions obtained in Japan is the mountain valley with its waterfall and power house.\n\nThe electrical enterprises in 1914 were as follows:-\n\n \n Number of companies\n \n 437\n \n \n Authorised capital\n \n 55,000,000\n \n \n Paid-up capital\n \n 44,000,000\n \n \n No. of electric lights supplied\n \n 7,706,962\n \n \n Electric lights\n \n \n \n \n No. of electric lights calculated with 10 candle power as unit\n \n 7,140,182\n \n \n Electric power supplied K.W.\n \n 177,940\n \n \n No. of supplies\n \n 35,309\n \n \n Electric motors\n \n \n \n \n Electric power supplied K.W.\n \n 116,617\n \n \n Horse power\n \n 148,702\n \n\nN 3\n\n646", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-445 - Public Offices - 1917.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 487991, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-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": 344, "title": "CO129-468 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1921 [6-8]", "content_text": "## \n4. Sacred Rocks on the way to Kowloon City.\n\n5. New Chinese Garden City on Reclamation at Kowloon City.\n\n6. The Museum,\n\n7. Public Gardens.\n\n8. Statue Square.\n\n9. Sandlewood Mills at Tsin Wan.\n\n10. Pineapple Plantations near Tsin Wan.\n\n11. Walk from Taipo market to Waterfall at Plover Cove Potteries.\n\n12. Golf Course and other attractions at Sheung Shiu.\n\n13. Ride in narrow gauge railway from Fanling to Sha Tau Kok.\n\n14. Walk through gorge from Tsin Wan to Licheekok.\n\n15. Happy Valley.\n\n16. Big Wave Bay Bathing Beach.\n\n17. The Peak Tramway.\n\n18. D'Aguilar Lighthouse and Wireless.\n\n19. The Bowen Road.\n\n20. The Native Departmental Stores.\n\n21. Chinese Hotels.\n\nWe suggest that much in this direction might be accomplished by giving some official in the P.W.D., with initiative and imagination, a free hand to carry out a definite scheme along these lines. The same official (if such paragons are to be found) might also be responsible for the organization of some scheme similar to that of the Welcome Society in Japan, and thus further encourage matters in the direction indicated. This official could further look after the advertising of the Colony. As an alternative to the above, a special Publicity and Tourist Government Department might be established to work the above and various schemes akin to those suggested.\n\nPrivate enterprise should be encouraged, and in connection with the development of many of the places, the natives should be encouraged and instructed how to keep places clean (a hard task) and in repair, and how there is money to be had by tips, sale of souvenirs, refreshments &c.\n\n## A WEST END PARK\n\nThe present park between Bonham Road, Lyttleton Road and Robinson Road could be developed into a fine park in Chinese style, mainly for use of Chinese. Grottoes, Pagodas, Pavilions, all with plenty of seats, should be provided, and various exhibits might be shown here in an artistic Chinese setting, such as sundry war trophies, guns, &c.\n\n## PUBLIC BATHING BEACHES\n\nThe present facilities should be extended and permanent pavilions might be erected. At North Point, the service and general arrangements should be such as to attract visitors. A more substantial public bath should be made with proper diving boards and various accessories of this nature. The beaches should be more effectively cleared of sharp stones, &c.\n\n## FACILITIES FOR PICNICS\n\nThe picnic habit should be encouraged. Public pavilions and shelters should be built near the roadside at suitable spots, or convenient places having scenic views. In at least a few of these shelters, there should be made available a supply of reliable drinking water.\n\n## IMPROVED FERRY SERVICE & COMMUNICATIONS\n\nThe existing Ferry Service needs improving without delay. What is required are Ferries on the lines of the San Francisco-Oakland Service, big boats which can carry wheeled traffic as well as passengers. The Committee know all the difficulties which have been put forward in the past as reasons why larger boats cannot be employed, but are of opinion that the time has come when these will have to be surmounted, as otherwise the development of the mainland will be seriously hindered. Develop the means of access and transport, and the development of places made accessible in this way follows within a few years as a matter of course.\n\nSome years ago, a tunnel scheme through the Peak to the south side of the Island was mooted. This scheme might be revived, and also any other schemes to relieve the present congestion.\n\n## STREET SCAVENGING & REFUSE COLLECTION\n\nThe whole of this work should be done between midnight and, say, 5 a.m. Also, there should be a destructor in some place a little off the beaten track. The present methods of collection of refuse on the Praya are offensive. The Praya from end to end should be kept as free from objectionable sights, trades, etc., as possible.\n\n## QUEEN'S STATUE WHARF\n\nThis has been an admitted eyesore for countless years. The present matshed should be removed and a proper structure erected without further delay.\n\n## RICKSHAW SERVICE\n\nThis is capable of great improvement. All first-class rickshaws should have pneumatic tyres and be more attractive in appearance than the present style. A higher legal scale of fares would be involved, but no objection would be made to this. The existing type of rickshaws could constitute a second-class service.\n\n## HOTELS\n\nThe time is obviously ripe for the establishment of one or more first-class hotels here, similar in style and equipment to the Vancouver Hotel owned and run by the C.P.R. This question is also bound up with the difficulty of securing suitable sites in the Central district, but we wish to emphasize that the matter of providing good hotels is the first essential towards attracting business men and tourists of the right kind. At the moment, all hotels are so crowded that the Manager of Messrs. Thos. Cook and Son reports he frequently has to pack visitors off to Canton the day they arrive, it being impossible to get them sleeping accommodation in Hongkong. As a 1,000 room hotel would probably take 2 to 3 years to build, this matter requires looking into at once, otherwise development will be very seriously retarded. As a result of our enquiries, we have also to point out the very pressing need for at least one large middle-class hotel, and serious attention should be given to this matter at once. The shortage of hotel accommodation is very real indeed, and nothing should be left undone to rectify the present condition of affairs.\n\nIn the above connection, the most suitable site for a new hotel is obviously the old Post Office site. No difficulty would be encountered in getting capital, providing Government is willing to sell the site at a reasonable price, and at the same time relax the building restrictions, so that, say, a 10-storied building could be erected. With Government assistance, local enterprise is capable of accomplishing wonders. Active American interests, backed by practically unlimited capital, are already prospecting with a view to opening a series of hotels in the principal centres of the Orient, and Hongkong should not have to rely on American enterprise to build its necessary hotels. The Colony is quite capable of building and running its own, provided...\n\n341", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-468 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1921 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 491330, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-473 - Individuals - 1921", "page_number": 323, "title": "CO129-473 - Individuals - 1921", "content_text": "PANORAMIC VIEW OF MAINS OF POKFULUM.\n\n4\n\nDEEP POOL & WATERFALL ON THE FARM\n\nILLUSTRATIONS.\n\nPAGE\n\nPAGE\n\nAccounts Office Accounts Office Aerial Rope Railway Ayrshires and Holsteins Ayrshire Bull \"Errant'\n\n32\n\nInoculation\n\n80\n\nInterior of Grain Store\n\n34\n\nInterior of Pokfulum Dairy\n\n64\n\nInterior of Octagonal Cow Shed Interior of Cow Shed-Holstein\n\n58\n\nAyrshire Heifer\n\n58\n\nCattle\n\n40\n\nBeef in process of freezing\n\n49\n\nInterior of Cow Shed-Ayrshire\n\nBoard of Directors\n\n18\n\nCattle\n\n++\n\nBoard Room\n\n76\n\nInterior of Kowloon Branch Depôt\n\n40\n\n84\n\nBoiler House at Lai-chi-kok\n\n46\n\nKailunwan Farm\n\n8\n\nButter in Cold Storage\n\n50\n\nKailunwan\n\n54\n\nCalves in Paddock\n\n60\n\n--\n\nKowloon Branch\n\n26\n\nCanton and Hong Kong Ice Factory\n\n53\n\nLoading Ice\n\n48\n\nCheese\n\n38\n\nLoading a Lighter\n\n42\n\nCoolie Quarters, Exterior\n\nCoolie Quarters, Interior\n\nCoolie Quarters, Near View\n\nCowboys\n\n**Cybil \"\n\nDairy Utensils Sterilizing Chamber\n\n***888\n\n30\n\nMain Shop and Central Depôt\n\n10\n\n30\n\nManager's Office\n\n26\n\n30\n\nManager's Residence\n\n52\n\n36\n\nMid-York Pigs in Paddock\n\n74\n\n56\n\nMilk Collectors\n\n28\n\n52\n\nMilk-bottling Machine\n\n52\n\nDeep Pool and Waterfall on the\n\nMotor Vans\n\n6\n\nFarm\n\n4\n\nMr. James Walker\n\n14\n\nDistributors\n\n28\n\nMr. A. Stevenson\n\n14\n\nDr. J. W. Noble\n\n16\n\nMr. M. Manuk\n\n16\n\nEntrance to Mains of Pokfulum\n\n66\n\nEntrance to Town Depôt and Shop 76\n\nPanoramic view of Mains of Pokfulum 4 Pig Sty\n\nExterior view of Cow Shed and\n\nAttendants' Quarters\n\n235\n\nPoultry Pens\n\n74\n\n50\n\n40\n\nExterior view of Lai-chi-kok Ice Works\n\nRefrigerating Plant at Lai-chi-kok 80 Refrigerating Machinery at East\n\nand Cold Stores ..\n\n+ ·\n\n46\n\nPoint\n\nExterior of Ice Works and Cold\n\nSassoon's Farm\n\n+\n\nStores at East Point Another View of Ice Works and\n\nCold Stores at East Point Exterior of Dairy at Mains of Pok-\n\nfulum\n\n44\n\n++\n\nSausage and Lard Machinery\n\nScullery in Town Depôt\n\n48\n\nSir Patrick Manson, G.C.M.G.\n\nSlab of Ice weighing 1,600 lbs\n\n54\n\nFrozen Beef and Mutton Store Game in Cold Storage\n\nSteam Launch\n\nDairy Farm **\n\n42\n\n49\n\nThe Laboratory\n\nHeifers in Paddock Holstein Cows\n\n•\n\n58\n\nTown Dairy\n\n60\n\nTown Depôt\n\n--\n\nHolstein Bull William \" Holstein Cow Yetske Holstein Heifers in Paddock Hospital Sheds\n\n62\n\nTransport of Fodder\n\n1\n\n62\n\nView of Kailunwan\n\n64\n\nWaterfall at Pokfulum\n\n11\n\n+\n\n66\n\nYoung Mid-York Sows\n\n*********SEN\n\n84\n\n8\n\n88\n\n38\n\n12\n\n44\n\n6\n\n38\n\n88\n\n10\n\n32\n\n34\n\n74\n\n319", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-473 - Individuals - 1921.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 497460, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-484 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1924 [1-7]", "page_number": 146, "title": "CO129-484 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1924 [1-7]", "content_text": "# SITE FOR PROPOSED CEMETERY\n\n## REFERENCES\n\n| | |\n| --- | --- |\n| Villages | |\n| Government Roads | |\n| Chinese Paths | |\n| Limits of Cultivation | |\n| Green | |\n| Sulphur Channel | |\n\nChau Hung Sau Man Fong Bass & Chau \n\n## EXISTING CEMENT FACTORY\n\nScale 2 Inches to 1 Mile\n\nDIRECTION OF PREVAILING WINDS\n\nTsun Wan Bay \nShek Shing Stone \nStonecutters Island \nNow Au \nThe Brothers \nWaterfall Bay \nFurlong \nAdmiralty Dock \nFire Island \nMa On Shan Back \nMemory Rock \nHandlown Rock \nChannel Rock \nLye Mun Eng \nSau Han Bay \n\ndated 6.3.34 \n11435.00 \nPage 143", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-484 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1924 [1-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 498991, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924", "page_number": 99, "title": "CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924", "content_text": "## Proviso as to mail steamers.\n\n## Harbour Master may remove obstruction, &c.\n\n## Government moorings.\n\n## Private moorings.\n\n## Use of moorings, Table () ().\n\n## Hongkong Port Regulations, &c.\n\n(b) That portion lying within a line drawn from the west end of Hongkong to Waterfall Bay, thence to the South end of Taitam Peninsula, continued to Cape d'Aguilar and Cape Collinson, terminating at south-east corner of the Li-u-mun Pass,\n\nthe \n\nProvided however that small steamers may fire a gun if arriving within the above limits between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.\n\n## Removal of Obstructions.\n\n27. The Harbour Master may, by written notice, require any person to remove within a reasonable time to be specified in such notice, any obstruction, whether floating, submerged or sunk, in the waters of the Colony, caused by such person or belonging to him or in his charge or keeping and if such person fails to remove the obstruction within the specified time, the Harbour Master shall cause the obstruction to be removed, and may recover the expenses of removal from the person named in the notice; or, if no such person can be found, the obstruction, when removed by the Harbour Master, may be sold to defray the expense of such removal.\n\n## Moorings and Buoys.\n\n28. (1) It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to place in the waters of the Colony such Government moorings and buoys as may be approved by the Governor, and to allow the use thereof on such terms and conditions and for such fees as the Governor-in-Council may direct.\n\n(2) No person shall keep or place moorings or buoys in the waters of the Colony except with the sanction of the Harbour Master, and except on the conditions prescribed by the Governor-in-Council under sub-section (5) of this section. Such moorings and buoys shall be of such nature and construction as the Harbour Master may approve.\n\n(4) Moorings and buoys sanctioned by the Harbour Master under sub-section (2) of this section shall not be made use of by any ship other than the ships of the person to whom such sanction has been granted, except with the consent of such person, or by the direction of the Harbour Master and the master of any ship using any such moorings and buoys without such consent or direction shall be liable to a penalty of 20 dollars for every day or part of a day during which he so uses such moorings and buoys, after he has been requested to remove therefrom.\n\n## Powers of Police.\n\n30.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Captain Superintendent or any officer of Police not below the rank of Inspector, and for the Harbour Master or Assistant Harbour Master, to enter at all times, with such constables as he may think necessary, as well by night as by day, into and upon every ship, boat, junk, or other vessel (not being a ship of war, or a vessel having the status of a ship of war) in the waters of the Colony, and into every part thereof for the purpose of inspection and of directing the conduct of any officer of police who may be stationed on board, and of inspecting and observing the conduct of all other persons who may be employed on board in or about lading or unlading, as the case may be, and for the purpose of taking all such measures as may be necessary for providing against fire or other accidents and preserving peace and good order on board, and for the effectual prevention or detection of any felonies or misdemeanors.\n\n(2) It shall be lawful for the Captain Superintendent, or other officer of police, not below the rank of sergeant, having just cause to suspect that any felony or misdemeanor has been or is about to be committed in the waters of the Colony, to enter at all times, as well by night as by day, into and upon any ship, boat, junk or other vessel (not being or having the status of a ship of war), and to take into custody all persons suspected of being concerned in such felony or misdemeanor, and to take charge of any property suspected...\n\nPage 53\n\n## Arrest on board of offender.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 503173, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]", "page_number": 248, "title": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]", "content_text": "247\n\n22\n\nOVERLAND CHINA MAIL\n\nRECORD HONGKONG DELUGE.\n\nJuly 19.\n\nIf not the greatest in mere figures, then the most destructive deluge of Hongkong's history has wrought indescribable damage and confusion in all parts of the Colony.\n\nIn the short space of time, it is impossible to give a rough estimate of the loss in money. The havoc will take time, men and cash to repair. But worse still, lives have been lost as a result of the furious rainstorm which started last night and has not ended this afternoon. Details given below tell of the wide scope of the damage.\n\nOn older residents, the point which had caused the highest impression was the period during which thunder, lightning, and rain came by the bucketful without a moment's break.\n\nIt must be an unusual phenomenon for Hongkong to be practically alight for more than half an hour before 4 a.m. The peals of thunder which chased each other across the heavens portended ill for the Colony this morning, the effects being described below.\n\nMuch time will elapse before order is restored throughout the Colony.\n\nFrom the earliest hours, the Police, Fire Brigade, Public Works Department, Sanitary Department, and other authorities were out in rescue and rehabilitation parties, but the comparatively small number available made but little headway against the storm.\n\nThe previous best, for an hour of rainfall in Hongkong, was 3.480 inches which fell in one hour on July 15, 1886. Between 3:30 and 4:30 this morning, the rain-gauge at the Royal Observatory, Kowloon, recorded 3.965 inches.\n\nCherra Punji in the Khasi Hills, Assam (India) has 464 inches a year (this average extending over 33 years). In July there, the wettest month, they have 30 inches a day for five successive days, and a mean of 115 inches (equal to our total for a year) for this month.\n\nThe Storm.\n\nThe storm itself, as regards its duration and the force of the claps (there was barely a second between the flash and report), is generally recognised as the worst Hongkong has ever experienced.\n\nCAUSE OF DELUGE.\n\nAlthough the week-end typhoon—the first of the current season—did not actually visit Hongkong, it is the direct cause of this morning's complete deluge.\n\nThat typhoon went inland about 80 miles to the East of Hongkong, near Swatow. Then it stopped and started to \"fill-up.\"\n\nLATEST FIGURES.\n\nBetween midnight last night and 1 p.m. today, 20.79 inches of rain were recorded at the Observatory.\n\nFrom 10 a.m. yesterday to 10 a.m. today, the figures are 21.44 inches.\n\nWeather forecast till noon to-morrow: South-west winds, fresh; overcast, rain.\n\nBy doing so, it became a little area of intense depression, with considerable effect on atmospheric circulation. The result is all this weather upheaval, thunderstorms, and abnormal rains.\n\nNEW RECORDS.\n\nNearly 4 Inches An Hour.\n\nWhen the thunder was continuous, the Observatory recorded a new record for any 24 hours (or, strictly speaking, a civil day).\n\nA civil day is from midnight to 12 midnight. The highest in the books for any day in the month of July is 13.480 inches, for the 15th of that month, in the year 1886. From midnight last night till 9 this morning, the Observatory had already registered 19.155 inches of rain.\n\nImpressive Figures.\n\nStill, the old brigade hold a few records which the majority of residents will be well content to leave to them. There are a good many hours to go before midnight to-night, when 24 hours will have been completed. By then, the experts expect that we shall have left everything behind and set up a new best.\n\nFor a civil day (midnight to midnight) Hongkong's best is 20.496 inches on May 30, 1889.\n\nFor any period of 24 consecutive hours, the best is 27.44 inches, being from 6 a.m. on May 29, 1889, to 6 a.m. on May 30, 1889.\n\nHongkong Well-off!\n\nFOUR BODIES.\n\nThe Fire Brigade were out early to assist in rescue work at the No. 3 pumping station, near the University.\n\nA portion of the building collapsed and several men went under. Two bodies were dug out from the debris. Four others were rescued and sent to hospital.\n\nNo. 3 pumping station is on Pokfulam Road, just beyond the medical buildings of the University.\n\nLater. A large boulder was unloosened from the hillside and crashed on the station. Four bodies have been found.\n\nMORNING \"TREK.\"\n\nUnprecedented scenes were witnessed in the city and all parts of the Colony this morning when, in their morning \"trek\" to the office, business people tried by-ways and devious routes to find that, in practically every instance, the only solution was to wade several feet deep in water.\n\nThe rivers of water pouring over roads and tracks put a stop to the Peak tram service, lower level trams, buses, taxis, etc.\n\nFording the Streams.\n\nThe \"trek\" which set in down the old Peak road and all routes from the outskirts to the city must have been, on a miniature scale, something like the condition of affairs at Home during the general strike.\n\nKowloonites came off comparatively well considering. Many of the older buses were \"stuck\" in Yaumati and other places, and the service was very limited, rendering necessary something like a twenty minutes' wait at the stopping places for would-be travellers.\n\nThe \"Star\" ferry service continued as usual, but Yaumati suffered very badly from inundation, and the ferry service there was temporarily suspended.\n\nSlimy, Yellow Rivers.\n\nArrived at the \"Star\" ferry wharf (Hongkong side), the troubles began in real earnest. The sandy waterfall over the Praya wall was sufficient indication of what they had to face, and the streams of water traversing Pavement and road in every direction confirmed their apprehensions.\n\nDes Voeux Road, Queen's Road, Ice House Street, Chater Road, and Pedder Street were feet deep in water. Many shops were flooded out.\n\nWATER RATIONS.\n\nOwing to the damage to the No. 3 pumping station, which completely cut off all supplies for the time being to Robinson Road, Conduit Road, and the Peak districts, it is essential that even for cooking purposes, only the minimum quantity of water should be used.\n\nAs far as possible, residents in those districts must temporarily cease using water for bathrooms, &c. Every endeavour should be made to use spring or rain water for washing and general purposes. All water should be boiled.\n\nWyndham Street Rapids.\n\nDue, apparently, to a water main burst, masses of road surface had been torn up in Pedder Street, near the Hongkong Hotel entrance, and parts of the hoarding used in connection with the re-construction were lying helplessly in the water.\n\nSeveral landslides are reported from different localities, and a part of the old Peak Road below Barker Road has been washed away.\n\nA subsidence also occurred further down Lower Albert Road.\n\nSTREET BURSTS UP.\n\nThe queer experience of a street bursting up is reported from the Wanchai district.\n\nWyndham Street presented a remarkable spectacle, water descending the road and pavements early this morning with the force of rapids.\n\nSpring Garden Lane became a canal, connecting Queen's Road with Praya East.\n\nCaine Road and Bonham Road were impassable to motor traffic during the early part of the morning.\n\nPEAK TRAM DAMAGE.\n\nWhen will the Peak trams be running again, inquired a \"China Mail\" reporter of Mr. Henry Humphreys, chairman of the company, who replied \"Not for 24 hours at least, possibly more.\"\n\nThe worst damage is at Kennedy Road, where tons and tons of earth have fallen over the track.\n\nMr. Humphreys is informed by his technical experts that it will take a full day to remove the debris and repair the damage.\n\nQUEEN'S ROAD SCENES.\n\nOnce again Queen's Road Central has suffered untold damage, especially the shops on the south side which are so much lower than the road level.\n\nHitherto so-called \"water gates\" had proved effective, but the invading elements beat everything. Muddy water swarmed up show-cases and stands.\n\nPedestrians who wore storm boots found it almost impossible to walk through as their feet became entangled in inches of slush.\n\nSTRUCK BY LIGHTNING.\n\nThe house in which is the P. & O. Mess at Mountain View was struck by lightning, the coping of the south-west corner being carried away and the telephone and electric lighting system being put out of order.\n\nA resident in another district of the Peak also had a scare, being surrounded by smoke and fumes thought to be due to lightning striking something.\n\nNear Naval Hospital.\n\nA landslide occurred at the junction of Stubbs Road and Magazine Gap Road, closing it to motor traffic.\n\nCRACKER FACTORY BLAZE.\n\nPeople living in the Ma Tau Kok district, Kowloon City Road, were started early this morning by an explosion even louder than the terrific thunder claps.\n\nThis was caused by the striking by lightning of a large godown in which the products of the Kwang Man Loong Cracker factory are stored.\n\nSWIM TO ASSISTANCE.\n\nBluejackets armed with shovels, picks, axes, and other tools were busy at the Naval Yard trying to clear the choked drains which blocked water from the direction of Seven and Six Penny Hill and flooded the yard and the residential quarters.\n\nIn the early morning, several had to swim across in order to render assistance.\n\nTOMMIES TURN OUT.\n\nThe garden at Murray Barracks was almost swept away and destroyed. Half of the railings on that portion of Queen's Road was taken away with the cement pillars and placed across the road.\n\nMen of the Surrey Regiment were busy clearing the earth here.\n\nNews came through at about 11:30 that there had been a house collapse at Cross Street, near the No. 2 Police Station.\n\nFire Engine Stuck.\n\nThe engine got stuck in the mud opposite the Murray Barracks, and the Surreys men had to surrender their implements to the fire party to get the engine out.\n\nIn the morning, another fire was observed in Queen's Road East, near the Grand Theatre.\n\nCrowds were busy collecting what they could get from the Kowloon Fire Brigade.\n\nPage 23\n\n[No. 2998. July 22, 1926.]\n\nOVERLAND CHINA MAIL", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 503174, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]", "page_number": 249, "title": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]", "content_text": "248\n\n24\n\nLAKE, NOT VALLEY.\n\nResidents' Anxious Night.\n\nResidents at Happy Valley and the neighbourhood spent an anxious night with the flood which commenced to rise shortly after midnight.\n\nThe race course this morning was transformed into a lake and a raging torrent of water brought down from the hills flowed between the Police and Craigengower Clubs.\n\nA miniature Niagara Falls was created near the old scene of damage below the Yeung Woo Nursing Home last year. The deep drain measuring 14 feet across, which was built to deal with the water from the hills, was completely covered with mud and sand. Two waterfalls were seen later in the morning when the water flowed across the road into the drain and again from there to the race track.\n\nMore Confusion.\n\nBehind the Jockey Club stand, the Protestant Cemetery wall gave way for a considerable distance and the earth brought down with the torrent filled the premises to a depth of several feet. Cement boulders which lined the side of the course behind the small ticket office were bodily removed and placed on the course. Slabs of granite brought from the road were seen everywhere on the race track and inside the football grounds. What was left of a tea booth was seen against a portion of the race track railing. Flower pots which adorned the track edge were taken away by the flood together with the bank on which they stood.\n\nBridge Threatened.\n\nIt will take several weeks of toil to remove the mountain of sand and mud on the premises and race track. At the Craigengower Club, the water just reached the door and furniture left in the verandah was carried away and a part of it was recovered this morning. Garden furniture at the top of the granite boulders being washed away down the nullah, could be heard and a retaining wall threatening from above sounded like ominous explosions.\n\nSTORM VICTIMS.\n\n(No. 2998. July 22, 1926.\n\nin the direction of Hongkong, although it is thought that it may curve northwards in the direction of Swatow before it arrives here.\n\nThe rescue tug was to be observed with steam up and ready for emergency this morning and the funneless H.M.S. \"Ambrose,\" undergoing its annual overhaul was moved to the buoy for greater security.\n\nPolice Quarters Struck.\n\nThe chimney of Acting Chief Inspector Aris's quarters at the Police quarters in Caine Road was struck in the early hours of this morning and considerable debris fell inside the house. As the remaining portion of the chimney is considered to be in a dangerous condition, the quarters in question have had to be vacated.\n\nOLD MEMORIES.\n\nThat memorable flood of May, 1889, exceeded to-day's violence. Mr. Yee Cheong, the portrait painter whose studio is next door to the \"China Mail\" was an eyewitness.\n\nHe maintains that the torrents of water, which swept down Wyndham Street were even greater 37 years ago.\n\nAs to-day, clubs were reduced to useless wood. He said, the rain \"scraped out all the loose mud of the higher levels and deposited them in the flat streets. It took months to clear the mess,\"\n\nCraigengower collapsed and the masonry portion of the bridge started at this spot was swept away by the torrent flowing into the Bowrington Canal, a portion of the road at the end of the bridge near the Tramway offices opposite the Roman Catholic Cathedral was washed away.\n\nMr. Yee Cheong also says that the storm flood started at almost the same hour as that of the previous storm flood.\n\nThe railway track of the Sang Lee contractors on the other side of the canal also suffered considerable damage by the foundations being washed away.\n\nFACTORY IN DANGER\n\nThe paper mill at Aberdeen (Tai Shing Paper Mill Co.) is reported to be in danger owing to the private reservoir at the top of the building having been carried away.\n\nJuly 19. Two well-known members of the South China Athletic Association, Messrs. Ho Ka-lau and Yew Man-kit, who went out for a row on Saturday afternoon had a narrow escape from death as a result of the squall which sprang up towards six o'clock.\n\nThe boat was near Cust Rocks when caught in the squall and rowing became very difficult. The two occupants eventually determined to conserve their energy and let the boat drift and fortunately the set of the current was towards Kowloon Bay instead of the numerous rocks in the neighbourhood. They were able to reach the shore and after sheltering for a time in a farmer's house they arrived at Kowloon City.\n\nBy Courtesy of Wah Tsz Yat Po\n\nChinese cruiser \"Hai Yung\" which was to have left for Pratas yesterday at 1 p.m. with Hongkong officials aboard is still in harbour, wireless messages having been exchanged between the vessel and Pratas as a result of which it was decided that it would be dangerous to attempt to make the shoal for the present.\n\nThe typhoon had not, at the time of the message, reached Pratas but seas were very high and wind force 5 and increasing.\n\nPreliminary arrangements are that the party which is to witness the inauguration of the wireless station on the shoal will leave on Tuesday next.\n\nA village at Kowloon city, entirely inundated, with the top of a desolate matshed showing.\n\nreats both here and at the other er 37 years ago.\n\nTHE TYPHOON.\n\nJuly 17,\n\nIf the typhoon does not diverge from its present path it is expected here on Sunday.\n\nThe American Consulate received the following from Manila last night:-\n\n6.55 p.m.. July 16.-Cyclone in Lat. 19deg. N., Long. 119deg. E.. moving N.W.\n\na.m.\n\nLater.\n\n8.30\n\n17th, typhoon in about 116deg. Long. E.. 20deg. lat. N., moving W.N.W.\n\nThis morning in the harbour there were indications of anticipations of the arrival of the typhoon which is slowly moving towards the Colony from the East.\n\nNo. 1 signal gave place to No. 4 signal which means that the gale is likely to come towards the Colony from the East.\n\nNo. 2998. July 22, 1926.]\n\nTHE AFTERMATH.\n\nOVERLAND CHINA\n\nJuly 20\n\nWith the Peak isolated and the only means of access to Repulse Bay via the Aberdeen Road (even this has to be negotiated very carefully); with mud inches deep everywhere in the main thoroughfares and in banks where it has been removed for transit purposes, Hongkong has still much besides the memory of its severity to remind it of the terrific storm which raged on Sunday night and Monday morning,\n\nMuch, however, has been accomplished as a result of gangs of men working under supervision until a late hour last night and early this morning. A tram service to the King Edward Hotel was possible first thing this morning and later in the day a restricted service to all districts was run. The Roads Department is concentrating on the clearance of the main highways and is able to promise provisional clearances very shortly.\n\nStubbs Road.\n\nStubbs Road and Magazine Gap Road have suffered more than any others, Stubbs Road more particularly between Bowen Road and Morrison Hill Road. Here, there are numerous landslides the worst slip being where the sand shooting goes across. This will require the clearing of enormous quantities of earth and rock but it is hoped by Friday to get a passage sufficient to enable cars or \"buses to negotiate Stubbs Road.\n\nMagazine Gap Road.\n\nIn the case of most of the other roads it is expected that provisional arrangements will be made which will enable the passage of traffic within a few days. Magazine Gap Road at one part is breached to its full width and it will be necessary to erect temporarily a bridge. The Peak Road is also partly breached in one place. The only means of access to the Peak, in fact, is by negotiating on foot the old Peak Road and Wanchai Gap Road, in the case of the latter some nasty gaps having to be negotiated.\n\nBefore the Aberdeen portion of the road was cleared sufficiently to allow of traffic the footpath from the Peak to Pokfulam was used by some residents who took car as far as Pokfulam and walked up via the reservoir.\n\nRepulse Bay Road.\n\nGood progress has already been made in clearing the new road to Repulse Bay from Bowen Road onwards. This is very largely clear. There are numerous slips in the neighbourhood of Shaukiwan but it is anticipated that the whole of the round-the-island road will be open by the end of the week.\n\n('aime Road.\n\nThe lower portion of Caine Road is closed to traffic by the subsidence of the bank near the Roman Catholic Cathedral and the opening out of the road through the Cathedral grounds, which accounted for the flooding of Wyndham Street through Glenealy. It is now possible to go through Glenealy as far as Caine Road, by chair or on foot.\n\nA large gang were at work this morning clearing the obstruction at Caine Road. A stream of water which still flowed from the hill has now been diverted into the side channel of Arbuthnot Road.\n\nThe easiest way to reach Caine Road at present is for motorists to proceed up Garden Road as far as the Peak tram station. Then Tower\n\nPhoto by Yong Ming.\n\nMAIL\n\nREPULSE BAY CONDITIONS.\n\nthis morning.\n\n25\n\nAbout 85 bags of mail coming from foreign countries were damaged in the cellars of the Post Office. Most of the mail came from Singapore, Seattle, and the Straits.\n\nParticulars as to the plight of Repulse Bay residents not available yesterday on account of their being virtually marooned have since been received. At 3 a.m. on the night, or rather the morning, of the storm, the water rushed down the hills with terrific force and swept through the big dining room of the Hotel, carrying all before it. The upper level districts were deprived of their daily mail due to lack of transportation.\n\nResidents in the Peak and the staff were early on the scene but until practically powerless to save the carpets and furniture from being damaged. At eight o'clock yesterday morning the lower floors and passages were flooded to within five inches of water, and with the kitchens under water breakfast was part of the dining room floor has sunk badly and it looks as though it will be some time before the former polished surface will be regained.\n\nThe \"President Madison\" and the \"Empress of Russia,\" tried all roads at an early hour, were scheduled to arrive in Hongkong last Sunday, The Shaukiwan Road was obstructed yesterday afternoon.\n\nLooking along Des Voeux Road Central, on July 19, eastwards, along the Hongkong Hotel front and the new Realty building, with Alexandra Building on the left. The mud and height of the flood left visible marks on the surroundings.\n\nAlbert Road, along Wyndham Street past the Dairy Farm to the Central Police Station, and up Arbuthnot Road. The junction at Caine Road has now been sufficiently cleared for both up and down traffic through Arbuthnot Road.\n\nKowloon Roads.\n\nWith regard to Kowloon, both the coastal and Taipo Roads are closed, the worst slips being the other side of Tsin Wan. Two bridges have been carried away. Temporary bridges will be erected and it is expected to make provisional arrangements for passage of traffic by the end of the week.\n\ned by landslides which made passage impossible, and the new road to Hongkong was found to have a gaping hole halfway across the road just at the top of the hill leading to Repulse Bay.\n\nTHE POST OFFICE.\n\nThe General Post-Office was arrived only\n\nThe delay was due to the typhoon which the liners encountered.\n\nby\n\nPRINTERS LOSS.\n\nDamage of $10,000 was suffered by the Ye Olde Printerie Ltd.\n\nwhose establishment is located at the basement of the China Building.\n\nThe damaged goods consisted mostly of cover papers, art papers, and coloured papers and machinery, approximately valued at $10,000.\n\nThe damaged goods are only insured against fire but not against water. The Fire Brigade was called to the scene to pump the water and which was over 4 ft. deep.\n\nat the time of going to press, the Brigade was still at work.\n\nMED-\n\nIt will probably take the management over a week to clear the place from water and debris, and to completely resume business.\n\nWANCHAI DISTRICT.\n\nIn the long list of damage in the Wanchai district no one is reported to have been killed or injured as a direct result of the flood.\n\nA Chinese electrician was taken to hospital yesterday with injuries received in a fall from the first floor verandah of a house at Stone Nullah lane. He was repairing an electric light wire by leaning over the verandah and fell to the ground on receiving a shock.\n\nBAY VIEW DISTRICT.\n\nA feature of the damage in the Bay View district was the disappearance of the market at Tai Hang village. The structure, about 100 feet long and standing on stone pillars, is stated to have been carried away by the flood.\n\nThe assistance of the Fire Brigade was obtained to pump out the water. They worked from 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. but owing to the numerous calls on the services of the Brigade they had to abandon the work and resume it after the water had subsided there.\n\nWhen", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 514371, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-509-15 Water supply- development scheme 30-1-1928 - 17-1-1929", "page_number": 100, "title": "CO129-509-15 Water supply- development scheme 30-1-1928 - 17-1-1929", "content_text": "9:\n\n6\n\nHong Kong Supply.\n\nKowloon Supply.\n\nColony's Supply.\n\nHong Kong Filtering.\n\nKowloon Filtering.\n\nColony's Filtering.\n\nHong Kong.\n\nCOMPARISON OF EXISTING CAPACITIES & ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS.\n\nIt will be seen on comparing figures that in 1928 Hong Kong's estimated production falls short of its estimated requirements by 2.75 mill. gallons per day, and that by 1932 without further works this shortage will have increased to 4.35 mill. gallons per day: figures which speak for themselves.\n\nIn Kowloon the estimated production this year exceeds the estimated consumption by 1.2 mill. gallons, but this surplus will have practically disappeared by 1932.\n\nTaking the Colony as a whole the total shortage during the current year is estimated at 1.55 mill. gallons per day, a figure which will increase to 4.25 mill. gallons per day in 1932.\n\nThe approximate working capacity of the Hong Kong Filter Beds is 9.3 mill. gallons per day, which is 0.7 mill. gallons less than the current year's estimated average daily consumption. An annual daily average consumption of 10 mill. gallons means a daily average during the four hottest months of the year of at least 11 mill. gallons, so that the deficiency in filtering capacity on the Island is really 1.7 mill. gallons per day, and will rise to about 3.7 mill. gallons per day in 1932.\n\nThe approximate working capacity of the Kowloon Filter Beds is 7.9 mill. gallons per day (on completion of Shing Mun Filters) while the highest average daily consumption during 1927 over a period of one week was 4.16 mill. gallons, or, say, 4.5 mill. gallons per day in 1928.\n\nThere is therefore a surplus filtering capacity of 3.40 mill. gallons per day. but this surplus figure will dwindle to about 2.3 mill. gallons in 1932.\n\nTaking the Colony as a whole there is a surplus filtering capacity of 1.70 mill. gallons per day, but by 1932 this surplus will have disappeared and there will be a deficiency of filtering capacity of 1.00 mill. gallons per day.\n\nPOSSIBLE WATERWORKS EXTENSIONS.\n\nThe following is a list of possible reservoirs and catchwaters on the Island, and below are explanatory notes :-\n\nRESERVOIRS.\n\n(a) Tytam Valleycapacity 70 mill. gallons.\n(b)40\n(c) Tytam Bay700\n(e) Little Hong Kong Basin2,500\n(f) Taikoo Areas (Private)178\n(g) Aberdeen Valley (Private)..72\n+\n92\n\nCATCHWATERS.\n\n(a) Mt. Parkerarea 380 acres.\n(b) Mt. Pottinger (Three)379\n(c) Tytam Tuk East33\n(d) Dragons Back (West)620\n(f) D'Aguilar (East)99\n(e)240\nJJ\n21\n+\n525\n\nRESERVOIRS.\n\nSites (a) & (b).\n\nReservoir Sites (a) and (b), estimated capacities 70 and 40 million gallons respectively, are situated in the upper Tytam Valley within the catchment area of the present Tytam (Upper) Reservoir.\n\nThese dams being at a level of 750 above O. D. approximately would be very difficult and costly to develop, would foul Tytam, The Byewash and Tytam Tuk Reservoirs during construction, while Tytam being already under-catchmented, they would not be economical from a water point of view.\n\nReservoir Site (c) of 700 million gallons estimated capacity is situated in Tytam Harbour below the existing Tytam Tuk Dam and is easily recognizable by the caissons protruding above the sand, like round bridge piers.\n\nIt was investigated about 1904, but a rock foundation for the dam was not found until a depth of 65 feet below O. D. had been reached. It was again later considered by the late Mr. Jaffé, who ultimately abandoned it for the site of the present Tytam Tuk Dam which has now cut off a large portion of the original basin of the reservoir. As the site is below sea level, most difficult and costly coffer dams above and below the site would be necessary during construction. The cost of the Dam would be in my opinion out of all proportion to the supply gained, particularly when it is remembered that all the water from this Reservoir would require to be pumped nearly 400 feet.\n\nReservoir Site (d) is situated directly below the existing Pokfulam Reservoir, the dam site being at the road bridge over the stream taking the overflow from the Pokfulam Valley and outfalling at Waterfall Bay.\n\nThe reservoir is small, having an estimated capacity of 78 million gallons while its construction would mean the resumption of Pokfulam Village. The Dairy Farm and other buildings and the realignment and reconstruction of about half a mile of the main Pokfulam Island Road. These resumptions which would greatly increase the cost of the reservoir are considered undesirable for other reasons.\n\nReservoir Site (e) is the basin on the South side of the Island containing the village of Little Hong Kong and bounded on the North by Bennets Hill and Mt. Cameron and on the South by Brick Hill, two dams being necessary, one across Stanton Creek near Aberdeen and the other at the Brickworks close to Deep Water Bay.\n\nThis reservoir which is large has very little catchment area for its size, but the overflows from the Aberdeen and Wongneichong Reservoirs could be diverted into it, considerably increasing its productive capacity.\n\nThis is the only site left on the Island for a reservoir of any considerable size, but in the past it has been considered inadvisable in the public interests to alienate this valuable flat piece of country from the use of the public. For this reason the site has never been investigated, but in view of the great lengths of the Dams, the considerable resumptions and the heavy contingent works necessary, the reservoir would be costly while all the water would require to be pumped, adding further heavy recurrent charges.\n\nPRIVATE SUPPLIES.\n\nReservoir Site (6). Taikoo Catchment Area is situated immediately South of the Taikoo Sugar Refinery and Dockyard on the slopes of Mt. Butler and consists of 692 acres, on which stand three Reservoirs of 137 million gallons, 11 million gallons and 30 million gallons capacity respectively. The water rights, which are held by Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, are capable of some further development, but it is considered by the lease-holders that all water procurable is necessary for their business.\n\n96\n\nPage 100\n\nPage 101", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-509-15 Water supply- development scheme 30-1-1928 - 17-1-1929.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 536743, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-543-10 Water supply- Shing Mun Valley water works 21-4-1933 - 8-2-1934", "page_number": 25, "title": "CO129-543-10 Water supply- Shing Mun Valley water works 21-4-1933 - 8-2-1934", "content_text": "## -2- \n\n25 \n\nsufficiently advanced for an examination by our senior partner Mr. Binnie early in November.\n\nGenerally, the design - skeleton drawings of which have been sent by Air Mail to Mr. Hull - embodies a watertight concrete cut-off wall carried into the solid rock which will be grouted as may be required. Above ground, the waterface will consist of a reinforced concrete slab wall inclined at 1 horizontal to 3.4 vertical, resting against a concrete retaining wall, which, in itself, will be supported by a rock embankment on the downstream side formed of large \"plums\" and crushed stone to give a pervious but adequate support to the concrete retaining wall.\n\nThe foundations of the retaining wall and rock embankment will not require to be founded on sound rock as is the case with the cut-off wall, and the design is so arranged that the concrete retaining wall and rock-fill embankment are free to settle independently of the reinforced concrete slab wall.\n\nThe site for the dam is some 200 feet downstream of the large waterfall, and some 400 to 500 feet downstream of the various possible sites considered above the waterfall. The selected site involves an additional height of 50 feet as compared with a site above the waterfall or some 275 feet above stream bed, but it is definitely the most suitable having regard to foundation conditions.\n\nWe have taken out an estimate of the cost, and have no reason to anticipate that it will exceed our", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-543-10 Water supply- Shing Mun Valley water works 21-4-1933 - 8-2-1934.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": 583990, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-598-2 Tai Lam Chung Reservoir Project 24-6-1948 - 3-3-1949", "page_number": 33, "title": "CO129-598-2 Tai Lam Chung Reservoir Project 24-6-1948 - 3-3-1949", "content_text": "## Proposed Reservoir at Little Hong Kong\n\n### References\n\n| | Existing Reservoir | Proposed Reservoir |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Catchwater | | |\n| Direct Catchment Area | ** | 37 |\n| Indirect \" | \" | \" |\n\n### Map\n\nBELCHER BAY \nSANDY BAY \nTAI HO WAN \nYOS. 1000 METRES 1000 \nWATERFALL BAY \nSTORIA PEAK \n000/00 \nMOUNT ABERDEEN \nABERDEEN BAY \n\n1 A \nPROPOSED DAI \nREFERENCES \nWAN CHAI GAP \nRVOIR \nLITTLE HONG \n\nMOUNT NICHOLSON \nPROPOSED DAM \nDEEP WATER BAY \nJARDINES \nNEICHONG \nSERVOIR \nREPULSE BAY \nWEST BAY \nQUARRY BAY \nSTANLEY BAY \nALDRICH BAY \nTYTAM BAY \nLYEMUN \nTYTAM HARBOUR \nPASS \nSAI WAN \nBIG WAVE BAY \n320 \nSHEK O WAN \nISLAND \nDAGUILAR PEAK \n\n### Metadata\n\n[DATE] \nREFERENCE \nSURVEYED BY: \nSCALE 1:20,000 \nHONG KONG WATER WORKS \nW.W.o. $71 \nDRAWN BY: \n1 \n1000 2000 YDS. \n1000 2000 VES. \nPROPOSED RESERVOIR AT LITTLE HONG KONG \nTRACED BY: SK Chan \nJapp/48 \nCHECKED BY: \n& Jorda \nActg. Waterworks Engineer \n19/8/68 \nWATER WORKS OFFICE \nP. W. O. \nHONG KONG \nDRAWING NO. W 775", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-598-2 Tai Lam Chung Reservoir Project 24-6-1948 - 3-3-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592937, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "page_number": 68, "title": "CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949", "content_text": "## 12. The New Territories\n\nThe New Territories are a subject for a Report in themselves and there was insufficient time to do more than pay a visit to this priceless piece of open country and coastline with its own complete economy of the life of old China. A growing and flourishing life is indicated by the report of the New Territories Committee upon the 10 year plan of Development which appears to be an admirable programme of progress and conservation. The internal economy is based upon:\n\n1. Farming\n2. Fishing\n3. Fishpond cultivation\n4. Forestry\n5. Mining and Quarrying\n\nAs already mentioned, these territories afford to the urban population:\n1. Rural scenery\n2. Village life\n3. Rambling & Mountain Climbing\n4. Week-end visits\n5. Playing fields, Golf Courses\n6. Sailing\n7. Archeology\n8. Water supply\n\nThere are also parts that can be set aside as Nature reserves. There is a most interesting area, at present almost inaccessible, north of Plovers Cove, containing woodlands, streams and waterfalls. This should be kept in its present virgin state: but it is worth considering whether the whole catchment area of 9 or 10 square miles, of the Jubilee Reservoir on the southern slopes of Tai Mo Shan should not be earmarked as a Nature Reserve. Certain parts are being planted by the Forestry Department and at present there are no villages or people permitted to dwell in the area. The relation of this proposal to 'Tourist' development would require careful study.\n\nIt is not felt that anything can be added to the excellent report of the New Territories sub-committee of the Colonial Development and Welfare Committee.\n\nThe possibility of a considerable increase in 'suburban development' in the New Territories, especially if the railway is electrified, must be faced. Suburban scattering and sprawl has been one of the worst features of urban growth in European countries. On the one hand great...\n\n## \n8. Tree-planting: this is here considered not as commercial afforestation (see Section on New Territories) but as amenity planting. The whole Colony has enormously suffered from the wartime cutting down of pine woods. It is much more difficult to restore amenity planting than to preserve it when grown but efforts should be made (and there are excellent examples on certain roads) to restore this characteristic landscape feature of the Colony which no doubt had, in addition, a real value in water conservation and prevention of soil erosion, quite distinct from economic timber growing. There are evident signs that natural regeneration is at work: this can be protected and even stimulated.\n\nThere is an Interim Development Scheme for 5 years of urgent matters requiring prior consideration.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-3 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 4-1-1948 - 10-1-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 592979, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "page_number": 37, "title": "CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950", "content_text": "## 18\n\nPresent and in the proposed building developments in Kowloon, ground for the purpose can be found. A part of the Whitfield Barracks site when released might be levelled for this purpose, but in spite of taking advantage of every site within the urban area of Hong Kong and Kowloon, there will still be a great shortage owing to the small amount of level ground. The most attractive suggestion, which depends upon the Tunnel and electrified railway, is to provide a large playing field area by the reclamation of Sha Tin Bay. Cheap return fares, including 'bus fares on Hong Kong Island, would make this area accessible: this practice of obtaining level ground for organised large-scale games at a considerable distance away has been adopted in many European cities.\n\n### 3. Rest Parks\n\nThese are much appreciated by old and young, as can be seen in the gardens above Government House. They can be, and indeed are, more attractive for occupying irregular sites, some of them within the built-up area (e.g., military land like Belcher's Fort). In other cases, adjacent land on the hill slopes could be obtained from the Government without expropriation of leases. Such sites should be earmarked for open spaces before more land is leased for suburban or quasi-suburban building. There is much land in Kowloon which could be used for this purpose, particularly rocky ground which lends itself to the Chinese type of romantic garden design. After allowing for the widening of Canton Road, and providing level ground for games, there will be space left at Whitfield Barracks. King's Park, already used for playgrounds, can similarly be laid out as a beautiful central park for Kowloon.\n\n### 4. Wider Open Spaces\n\nThe familiar concept of a Green Belt cannot be exactly applied to Hong Kong or Kowloon, but the principle underlying it certainly can. The mountain slopes and catchment areas of Hong Kong Island can be much further opened up by footpaths (and rendered safe for pedestrians): the many special look-out spots can be properly treated for enjoyment of the glorious views. The use already made of the Peak by means of the Peak Tramway and the attraction of Harlech Road (without being thought of as an access to buildings) are indications of increased possibilities. On the Kowloon side, the mountain slopes are, if anything, more spectacular: the military roads and fire-protection paths might be much more used if there were improved cheap means of access. There are not only the superb views and the remote quality of the mountain scenery, but the sudden change in atmosphere would be pleasant at certain seasons. In addition to the highlands, there are the beaches which are already in organised use.\n\n### 5. New Territories\n\nThe value of these for recreational purposes has already been mentioned in connection with possible playing fields at Sha Tin: there are also the Country Club and Golf course: but in addition to these more intensive uses, there is the use of this lovely cultivated land as a countryside, as well as its wilder mountain area. With changes and more frequent means of access, this should increase and would doubtless call for resthouses and tea gardens: nor need there be any interference with agriculture. There are also the coasts for weekend rest, bathing, and boating. The damage done to the matsheds and more permanent beach houses will, it is hoped, soon be repaired.\n\n## 44\n\n## G.\n\n## T\n\n## 19\n\n― \n\n### Stonecutters Island\n\nThe possible use of this Island for general recreation is more fully described under Tourism.\n\n### 7. Parkway Connections\n\nFootpaths and tracks over the mountainous areas have already been mentioned, but the possibility of parkway connection, both pedestrian, bicycling, motoring, for pleasure as distinct from traffic needs, should not be lost sight of. In the new developments in Kowloon, in the placing and planning of neighbourhood groups, there should be opportunities for leaving narrow strips of open space, intervening between the units. These may be planted and used for walks and park strips. This may sound far-fetched at this stage, but the idea can be developed and worked into a pleasant feature of urban lay-out.\n\n### 8. Tree-planting\n\nThis is here considered not as commercial afforestation (see Section on New Territories) but as amenity planting. The whole Colony has enormously suffered from wartime cutting down of pine woods. It is much more difficult to restore amenity planting than to preserve it when grown: but efforts should be made (and there are excellent examples on certain roads) to restore this characteristic landscape feature of the Colony, which no doubt had, in addition, a real value in water conservation and prevention of soil erosion, quite distinct from economic timber growing. There are evident signs that natural regeneration is at work: this can be protected and even stimulated.\n\n## 12. THE NEW TERRITORIES\n\n85. The New Territories are a subject for a Report in themselves, and there was insufficient time to do more than pay a visit to this priceless piece of open country and coastline with its own complete economy of the life of old China. A growing and flourishing life is indicated in the report on the 10-year plan of development of the New Territories sub-committee of the Colonial Development & Welfare Committee, which appears to be an admirable programme of progress and conservation. The internal economy is based upon:\n\n86. As population:\n\n1. Farming\n2. Fishing\n3. Fishpond cultivation\n4. Forestry\n5. Mining and Quarrying\n\nAlready mentioned, these territories afford to the urban population:\n| i. | Rural scenery |\n| ii. | Village life |\n| iii. | Rambling and Mountain climbing |\n| iv. | Week-end visits |\n| v. | Playing fields, Golf courses |\n| vi. | Sailing |\n| vii. | Archaeology |\n| viii. | Water supply |\n\nThere are also parts that can be set aside as nature reserves. There is a most interesting area, at present almost inaccessible, north of Plover Cove, containing woodlands, streams, and waterfalls. This should be kept in its present virgin state: but it is worth considering whether the...\n\n(1) There is an Interim Development Scheme for 5 years dealing with urgent matters requiring prior consideration.\n\n## 45", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-614-4 Visit of Sir Patrick Abercrombie to advise on town planning 18-1-1949 - 19-5-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 600520, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-629-5 Purchase of the Law and Sayer picture collection by the Government of Hong Kong 1-6-1951 - 31-12-1951", "page_number": 30, "title": "CO129-629-5 Purchase of the Law and Sayer picture collection by the Government of Hong Kong 1-6-1951 - 31-12-1951", "content_text": "18 Hillside\n\nWimbledon S.W.19.\n\n3 Oct. 1951.\n\n29\n\nMy Dear Grantham,\n\nWith reference to your letter No. 1/3371/51 of 28 September I accept your offer of £1000 for the prints etc quoted in the list which I gave to Sloss. I expect Sloss excluded from the list item 1 of the 'Drawings and Watercolours' (The waterfall Hong Kong); and item 43 of the 'Photographs' (Second cricket Club pavilion) which incidentally I have sent to Owen Hughes for the cricket club centenary. I explained at the time that these were not available.\n\nI notice also on looking through the list that items 14 and 27 of the 'Prints of HONG KONG etc' are duplicated; and of course item 19 is a 'blank'.\n\nI am so pleased that these prints have found a permanent home at Hong Kong and particularly that they will be in the hands of those who appreciate the need of protecting them from the rigours of the local climate.\n\nI shall now await a direct communication from the Crown Agents.\n\nWith kind regards I am\n\nYours sincerely\n\nSgd. G. R. Sayer.\n\nSir Alexander Grantham G.C.M.G.\n\nGovernment House\n\nHong Kong.\n\nPage 30\n\nPage 31", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-629-5 Purchase of the Law and Sayer picture collection by the Government of Hong Kong 1-6-1951 - 31-12-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 600566, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-629-5 Purchase of the Law and Sayer picture collection by the Government of Hong Kong 1-6-1951 - 31-12-1951", "page_number": 76, "title": "CO129-629-5 Purchase of the Law and Sayer picture collection by the Government of Hong Kong 1-6-1951 - 31-12-1951", "content_text": "Serial No.\n\n \n Serial No.\n Title and description\n \n \n 1.\n The waterfall Hong Kong; coloured aquatint engraved by T. FIELDING Oct. 1817.\n \n \n 2.\n The same uncoloured.\n \n \n 3.\n The opium ships at Lintin in China, 1824 coloured aquatint by E. DUNCAN: painted by W.J. HUGGINS; published by W. J. HUGGINS 1838.\n \n \n 4.\n H.M. Ships IMOGENE and ANDROMACHE forcing the passage of the BOCCA TIGRIS; drawn by W. MUGGINS; lithographed by L. HAGUE. n.d.\n \n \n 5.\n Forcing the passage of the BOCCA TIGRIS in China on 7th and 9th Sept. 1834 by H.M.S. IMOGENE and ANDROMACHE; drawn by WILLIAM SKINNER; lithograph n.d.\n \n \n 6.\n Companion lithograph to No.5 from the opposite point of view.\n \n \n 7.\n Hon. E. I. Co. Iron Steamship NEMESIS destroying the Chinese war junks in Anson's Bay Jan. 7th 1841; painted and engraved by E. DUNCAN May 30th 1843.\n \n \n 8.\n VICTORIA: steel engraving representing British naval ships with forts in the background: (perhaps spurious).\n \n \n 9.\n HONG KONG: drawn by J. OCHTERLONY; engraved on wood by E.T. WIGAN; frontispiece to J. Ochterlony's CHINA WAR published 1844.\n \n \n 10.\n North East view of the city of Victoria capital of Hong Kong. aquatint in colours painted by J. PRENDERGAST engraved by E. DUNCAN· May 31st 1844.\n \n \n 11.\n North view of the city of Victoria etc. companion to No. 10.\n \n \n 12.\n Hong Kong from a painting by a Chinese artist lithograph. painted by I.C. BOURNE lithographed by STANDINDGE and Co. London 1846.\n \n \n 13.\n The same in colour.\n \n \n 14.\n View of the harbour of Hong Kong from East Point. litho, by KIDD n.d.\n \n \n 15.\n Hong Kong from Kowloon. Sketched on the spot by Capt. STODDART, R.N. Drawn by T. ALLOM: engraved by FISHER.\n \n \n 16.\n Harbour of Hong Kong engraved by S. BRADSHAW n.d.\n \n \n 17.\n The same uncoloured.\n \n \n 18.\n Bamboo aqueduct at Hong Kong: engraved by H. ADLARD n.d.\n \n \n 19.\n View of Victoria Hong Kong from the opposite mainland; litho. by KIDD n.d.\n \n \n 20.\n Hong Kong: drawn by C. GRAHAM engraved by A.H. PAYNE.\n \n \n 21.\n View of Hong Kong from East Point: drawn from nature by HEINE; figures by BROWN: litho'd by SARONY and Co. New York. 1847.\n \n \n 22.\n Chinese temple Hong Kong: companion to No. 22. (A view of Stanley)\n \n \n 23.\n A street in Hong Kong n.d.: (apparently Queen's Road East).\n \n \n 24.\n West Point Hong Kong; drawn by 'P.M'; engraved by H. and N. HAHART,\n \n \n 25.\n Hong Kong (view from North Point); R.E. del. et lith; HULLMANDEL and WALTON n.d.\n \n \n 26.\n View of Hong Kong from East point; litho. by KIDD.\n \n \n 27.\n Hong Kong harbour in 1845; (perhaps spurious).\n \n \n 28.\n Victoria from a point about two miles to the westward, Coloured litho drawn by G. R. WEST: litho'd by A. MACLURE.\n \n \n 29.\n German litho. German mission house in Hong Kong China. 1847.\n \n \n 30.\n Set of twelve coloured lithographs drawn by M. BRUCE; engraved by MACLURE: 1846:\n \n \n 31.\n i. View of Hong Kong and the harbour looking west from Murray's battery.\n \n\nPRINTS OF HONG KONG AND NEIGHBOURHOOD\n\ni. View of Hong Kong and the harbour looking west from Murray's battery.\n\nii. Aberdeen Street looking north.\n\niii. South side of Chuk-pye-an bay looking east.\n\niv. View of Jardine Matheson's looking north west from Causeway Bay\n\nv. Lyndhurst Terrace, Wellington Street and Cochrane Street looking west from the Roman Catholic Chapel.\n\nvi. The officers quarters looking towards Victoria.\n\nvii. View of the Queen's Road looking east from the Canton bazaar.\n\nviii. The residance of Lieut. Governor the Hon. Major General D'Aguilar.\n\nix. Sai Wan looking east.\n\nx. Spring Gardens.\n\nP.T.O.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-629-5 Purchase of the Law and Sayer picture collection by the Government of Hong Kong 1-6-1951 - 31-12-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 600568, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-629-5 Purchase of the Law and Sayer picture collection by the Government of Hong Kong 1-6-1951 - 31-12-1951", "page_number": 78, "title": "CO129-629-5 Purchase of the Law and Sayer picture collection by the Government of Hong Kong 1-6-1951 - 31-12-1951", "content_text": "77\n\n45.\n\n46.\n\n47.\n\n48.\n\n48(A)\n\n4.9.\n\nix,\n\nX.\n\nxi. xii. xiii.\n\nxiv.\n\nXV.\n\nxvi.\n\nxvii.\n\nxviii\n\nxix.\n\nXX.\n\nxxi.\n\n- 3-\n\nVictoria peak Hong Kong. (1857)\n\nKowloon fort opposite Hong Kong. (1857)\n\nMilitary memorial erected at Hong Kong: (1857) Cemetery and race course; (1866)\n\nGeneral view of Victoria Hong Kong; (1866)\n\nThe race course Happy Valley.\n\nThe Chesapeake practising in Hong Kong harbour (1857) The parade at Hong Kong (1857)\n\nInterior of matshed Hong Kong: (1857)\n\nGilman's Bazaar, Victoria Hong Kong (1858) Victoria harbour Hong Kong: (1858)\n\n+\n\n(from Kowloon)\n\nUnder the KELLENHORN Mountain (1858) (view of K'i Ling Ha and Ma On Shan New Territories)\n\nThe road (1858). (with Happy Valley: the Monument and East Point House.\n\nA view of the island and bay of Hong Kong panorama Leicester Square Robert BURFORD from drawings by Lieut. F.J. WHITE R.N. in 1843:1844.\n\nThe islands of Lema: printed on India paper; (circa 1790): being Plate No. xxxix in Anson's Voyages.\n\nThe attack upon the heights of Chusan, Oct. 1st 1841; coloured aquatint drawn by R.B. CRAWFORD; engraved by T. PAPPRILL.\n\nPublished\n\nThe signing and sealing of the Treaty of Nankin; engraved by JOHN BURNET after a painting by JOHN PLATT, Bengal Volunteers. by F.G. MOON April 1848.\n\nKey to the above.\n\nPanorama of Hong Kong in colours; by Ching Hing Printing Press of Shanghai: (circa 1930)\n\n1(b)\n\n2.\"\n\n3.\"\n\n4.\"\n\n5. \" 6.\"\n\n7.\"\n\n8.\n\n9. \"\n\nDRAWINGS and WATERCOLOURS\n\nThe Waterfall HONG KONG. (1816): being the original watercolour drawing from which No.1 and No.2 in the list of Prints of Hong Kong and neighbourhood was taken; perhaps by W. HAVELL.\n\nTOON KU island China; (circa 1820). 'Toon Ku' is T'ong Ku by Castle Peak. Watercolour by a Chinese artist.\n\nTOON KU Bay Castle Peak Companion to the above.\n\nMacao Hotel from Scandal Point 17 Nov. 1838. Pencil drawing by GEORGE CHINNERY, R.A. (with figure sketches on the back)\n\nPencil drawing of Hong Kong dated 1846.\n\nPencil drawing 'from Dane's Island 1st August 1846*: companion to No. 5.\n\nHong Kong from the North west: (circa 1850). Watercolour perhaps by a Chinese artist.\n\nDane's Island Thampoa. Hong Kong about 1853\n\nCompanion to No. 7. Perhaps by M.A. BAPTISTA.\n\n1 (c)\n\n2.\n\ntt 3.\n\nin नं\n\n11\n\nMiscellaneous Prints mainly North China and Cochin China\n\nAppendix to Macartney's Embassy, by Sir G. Staunton. Imperial folio · volume containing 26 plates and eleven maps and charts steel engravings mainly from drawings by \" ALEXANDER.\n\nSix coloured lithos of the T'ai P'ing rebellion.\n\nColoured litho (No. 4 of a set) entitled 'At the stakes: mouth of the Pei Ho River. 1860.\n\nEngagement with the T'ai P'ing rebels at Nankin; chromolithograph in colours drawn by BEDWELL engraved by T.G. DUTTON. pub. by Day and Son.\n\nP.T.0.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-629-5 Purchase of the Law and Sayer picture collection by the Government of Hong Kong 1-6-1951 - 31-12-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 } ]