1841.
The Hongkong Gazette.
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The list is as follows, the names being written as they are pronoun-
ced on the spot.
No. 3.
Chek-chu,
#the
the capital, a large town.
Heongkong,
A large fishing village.
Population 2000
200
Kung-lam'
Shek-lup,
Wong-nei-chung, An agricultural village.
Stone-quarry-Poor village.
Soo-ke-wan, 掃箕灣
300
200
Do.
Do.
150
Do.
Large village.*
1200
Tai-shek-ha,
†
Stone quarry, a hamılet,
20
Kwun-tai-loo,
Fishing village.
50
Soo-koon-poo,
A hamlet.
10
Hung-heong-loo,
Hamlet.
50
Sai-wan,
Hamlet.
30
Tai long,
Fishing hamlet.
5
Too-te-wan,
Stone quarry, a hamlet.
Tai-tam,
Hamlet, near Tytam bay.
Shek-tong-chuy,
Soo-koo-wan,Hamlet.
Chun-hum, Deserted fishing hamlet.
60
20
30
Stone-quarry. Hamlet.
25
Tseeni-suy-wan, 淺水灣
Sum-suy-wan, 深水灣
Shek-pae, 石牌
In the Bazaar.
In the Boats,
Laborers from Kowlung.
Actual present population.
The Isthmus of Kowlung, or Tresemshatsuy,
g Tresemshatsuy,g
tains about 800 people.
̇ Kowlung九龍, Taipang 大鵬, and Lye moon 鯉魚門
are villages and places near the isthmus.
* The population of this place is migratory: the place is often completely deserted, and the present influx of inhabitants depends upon the great demand for stone.
Do.
Do.
Do.
00
4350
800
2000
300
7,450
con-
.00
3 2 3 4 3 3 8 8
00
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