66.
October 30, 1844, Three thousand Chinese left Hongkong on one day because of the sickness then prevalent on the island.
+75
447
November 1, 1843, Severe typhoon in China Sea.
November 3, 1839, Battle of Chuenpi.
November 10, 1835, Sir A. Ljungzetedt died at Macao.
November 11, 1818, Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca opened.
November 15, 1843, Eldred Pottinger, the Cabul hero died in Hongkong.
November 17, 1843, Port of Shanghai opened.
November 20, 1845, Imperial Commissioner Ke Ying and suite visited Sir John Davis in Hongkong.
November 27, 1844, His Excellency M. Lagrene and suite visit Hongkong.
December 3, 1838, Big seizure of opium made at Canton.
December 7, 1845, Union Chapel in Hollywood Road opened.
December 12, 1838, Serious riots in Canton.
December 15, 1821, Boat's crew of steamer Topaz attacked near Lintin.
December 20, 1845, Imperial Commissioner Ke Ying declares toleration of Protestantism.
December 22, 1843, The Rev. Mr. V.J. Stanton, first Colonial Chaplain arrives in Hongkong.
December 26, 1845, Her Majesty's assent to the Police Assessment Tax in Hongkong notified.
A series of books on China, containing references to Hongkong, was issued in the period 1845-1860, or thereabouts, and I have had the opportunity of consulting practically all of these. The Rev. George Smith's report on his visit to the Chinese treaty ports, published in 1847, contains valuable material, extracts from which were reproduced recently (see 4-10-34). I propose to give extracts from two or three other old works, not yet quoted from, in the course of the next few days; commence here with the record of Lord Elgin's mission China and Japan in the years 1857-58-59 (see 17-8-33).
and
There is an excellent description of the Colony in the late Fifties in this narrative, from which I extract the following:
糟 ....The interval of inaction at Hongkong, which this determination (to await the Canton expeditionary force) rendered inevitable, involved an existence under circumstances of a somewhat trying character. (September and October, 1857).
A steamer of the Peninsula and Oriental Company, however
66.
October 30, 1844, Three thousand Chinese left Hongkong on one day because of the sickness then prevalent on the island.
+75
447
November 1, 1843, Severe typhoon in China Sea.
November 3, 1839, Battle of Chuenpi.
November 10, 1835, Sir. A. Ljungzetedt died at Macao.
November 11, 1818, Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca opened.
November 15, 1843, Eldred Pottinger, the Cabul hero died in
Hongkong.
November 17, 1843, Port of Shanghai opened.
November 20, 1845, Imperial Commissioner Ke Ying and suite visited Sir John Davis in Hongkong.
November 27, 1844, His Excellency M. Lagrene and suite visit
Hongkong.
December 3, 1838, Big seizure of opium made at Canton.
December 7, 1845, Union Chapel in Hollywood Road opened.
December 12, 1838, Serious riots in Canton.
December 15, 1821, Boat's crew of steamer Topaz attacked near Lintin.
December 20, 1845, Imperial Commissioner Ke Ying declares toleration of Protestantism.
December 22, 1843, The Rev. Mr. V.J.Stanton, first Colonial Chaplain arrives in Hongkong.
December 26, 1845, Her Majesty's assent to the Police Assessment Tax in Hongkong notified.
A series of books on Chine, containing references to Hongkong, was issued in the period 1845-1860, or thereabouts, and I have had the opportunity of consulting practically all of these. The Rev. George Smith's report on his visit to the Chinese treaty ports, published in 1847, contains valuable material, extracts from which were reproduced recently (see 4-10-34). I propose to give extracts from two or three other old works, not yet quoted from, in the course of the next few days; commence here with the record of Lord Elgin's mission China and Japan in the years 1857-58-59 (see 17-8-33).
and
There is an excellent description of the Colony in the late
Fifties in this narrative, from which I extract the following:
糟 ....The interval of inaction at Hongkong, which this
determination (to await the Canton expeditionary force)
rendered inevitable, involved an existence under circumstances
of a somewhat trying character. (September and October,1857).
A steamer of the Peninsula and Oriental Company, however
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