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of one destroyed by the great typhoon of 1874; St. Anthony's Church on the Bonham Road, near West Point, is an ugly structure, erected in 1892 by the munificence of a late Portuguese resident; St. Francis' Church, at Wanchai, and the Church of the Sacred Heart, at West Point, are small and unattrac- tive structures. St. Margaret's Church, Happy Valley was erected a few years ago in order to meet the growing needs of the Catholic Community. It is a fine handsome building. A new Chinese Church, Church of Christ in China, was opened at the junction of Bonham Road and Caine Road in 1926. The Jewish Synagogue was erected in 1901, and is situated on the northern side of Robinson Road. It is a plain but roomy edifice with two squat towers surmounted by spirets. The entire cost of the Church was borne by Mr. (afterwards Sir) Jacob Sassoon. There are two Mahomedan Mosques, one in Shelley Street and the other at Kowloon, the latter being for the accommoda- tion of the men of the Indian Mahomedan regiments quartered on the penin- sula. A Sikh temple was, in 1902, erected near the Wanchai Road approach to the Happy Valley.. There are also several Protestant mission chapels. A Christian Science Church was built on Macdonnell Road in 1911. St. Joseph's College, a school for boys managed by the Christian Brothers (Roman Catho- lic), occupies a large and handsome building on a prominent site below Mac- donnel Road. La Salle College, the biggest educational institution in the Colony was built in 1932. The Italian Convent, in Caine Road, educates a large number of girls, and brings up many orphans gratuitously. Other denominations. likewise support charitable establishments, conspicuous among which are the Diocesan Home and Orphanage, the Baxter Vernacular School, the Victoria Female Home and Orphanage, &c. St. Paul's College, situated between Ped- der's Hill and Glenealy Ravine, was erected in 1850, and was originally found- ed for the purpose of giving a theological training to young Chinese and others intended for the ministry of the Anglican Church, but is now ordinary school. A small chapel is attached.

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The Protestant, Roman Catholic, Parsee, Jewish, and Mahomedan Ceme- teries occupy sites in Wong-nei Chung Valley and are kept in good order. The Protestant Cemetery is almost a rival to the Public Gardens, being char- mingly situated and admirably laid out with fountains, flower beds, and ornamental shrubs. The principal Chinese cemetery is on the slopes of Mount Davies, near the Pokfolum Road, and is injudiciously crowded and dismally bare, but it is a Confucian maxim that "places of burial should not be made to resemble pleasure-gardens."

The Hongkong Tramways, Limited, operate electric tramway services in the City of Victoria, the total route length being 10 miles and extends along practically the whole length of the Northern Waterfront of Hongkong, .l., from Kennedy Town to the village of Shaukiwan as well as Happy Valley.

The first car ran through the City in 1904 amidst great excitement among the Chinese. The fares are at the flat rate of 10 cents first class and 5 cents. second class,

There are also bus services both in the Colony and on the mainland, the former run by the South China Motor Bus Co. and the latter by the Kowloon Motor Bus. Co. In the Colony the fare is 10 cents but in Kowloon, it is somewhat different, it being based on different sections of the journey. For the first section from Star Ferry to Yaumati-the farc for first class is 10 cents and 5 cents for third class. For the subsequent section the fares for both classes are increased by 5 cents, and so A motor bus service to Repulse Bay is maintained by the Hong Kong.

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A cable tramway has since 1888 given access to the Peak and is worked with great success, both financially and otherwise. The City terminus of this interesting little line is at St. John's Place. Powers were obtained in 1908 for the making of another tramway to the Peak, starting from Battery Path and proceeding up the Glenealy Ravine to a point close to the terminus of the existing line, but owing to public opposition to two of the suggested routes the scheme was abandoned, the alternative routes, on which some tun-

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