and what was known as the Hongkong Dairy. Other stables are seen marked on this plan, to the south of the older block of Government offices, on a site which now accommodates the Building Ordinance Office.
To the north-east, the City Hall and fountain remind us of their recent demolition; and moving westward along Queen's Road we have the old Murray Battery (see 30-6-33), the Ice House (see 6-9-33) where imported blocks of ice were stored, the Clock Tower in Pedder Street (see 22-7-33), erected in 1862 and demolished in 1912; and the old Court house, Post Office and Hongkong Club (see 23-10-33).
On Wellington Street we have the former Roman Catholic Cathedral (see 11-10-33) which was commenced in 1842, and restored after being burned down in 1859. It gave place to the present Cathedral in Caine Road, opened in 1888.
A number of other old buildings, it is interesting to note, still stand to-day as they did then, being in continuous use throughout the years; and one of these, worthy of more extended reference in a future article, is St. Paul's College.
It is intended to revert to-day to the old map of the central city area published on 31-10-33. This district was the first established, as the Colony centre, when Hongkong came under British jurisdiction, and there are some names retained in the region that deserve extensive examination. If we take the Chinese names shown on this sixty-year-old plan, there is considerable interest in their translation.
We speak to-day merely of "town" or "the city," and perhaps remember that it is called Victoria, but the old Chinese appellation for the central part of Victoria district, Choong Wan, is largely forgotten, and never used by foreigners. Translated it means Central Bay, a most appropriate name. Then there are several streets shown on the old waterfront, near Bonham Strand, which we may note. -Sei Kai (West Street) Chong Kai (East Street), and Wing Lok (Happy For Ever) Street. Here is retained some of that flowery description which we used to associate with the vernacular modes of address. The first two are now officially named Sai Street and Tung Street.
Going inland a little we have Bonham Strand, Mercer Street and Hillier Street, then come roadways commemorating such names as Gough, Staunton, Aberdeen, Staveley, Shelley and Seymour. It is proposed to deal with these to-day, and continue the list of commemorations in a further article.
The name Bonham recalls Sir Samuel George Bonham, who was Governor of the Colony from 1848 to 1854. There are also a Bonham Road and Bonham Street in that vicinity commemorating him. Sir George Bonham, as he chose to be called, had had a long connexion with the East India Company, with whom he had served a good many years in a variety of capacities, and had attained high rank among its officials. In those early days the Company's officials were considered competent, after their "apprenticeship" of service, to undertake the administration of outposts of Empire, and this was not the only case of the choice falling on a Company's servant. Something of the same kind was noticeable in the Straits Settlements when those Colonies first came into being, and no doubt the system was continued as a matter of course when the newer Colony of Hongkong came to be developed.
Sir George had, indeed, served as Governor before that, having been for about ten years under the Colonial Office in administrative posts at Malacca and Singapore, among other places.
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and what was known as the Hongkong Dairy. Other stables are seen marked on this plan, to the south of the older block of Government offices, on a site which now accommodates the Building Ordinance Office.
To the north-east, the City Hall and fountain remind us of their recent demolition; and moving westward along Queen's Road we have the old Murray Battery (see 30-6-33), the Ice House (see 6-9-33) where imported blocks of ice were stored, the Clock Tower in Pedder Street (see 22-7-33), erected in 1862 and demolished in 1912; and the old Court house, Post Office and Hongkong Club (see 23-10-33).
On Wellington Street we have the former Roman Catholic Cathedral (see 11-10-33) which was commenced in 1842, and restored after being burned down in 1859. It gave place to the present Cathedral in Caine Road, opened in 1888.
A number of other old buildings, it is interesting to te, still stand to-day as they did then, being in continuous use throughout the years; and one of these, worthy of more extended reference in a future article, is St. Paul's College.
It is intended to revert to-day to the old map of the ntral city area published on 31-10-33. This district was e first established, as the Colony centre, when Hongkong. Jame under British jurisdiction, and there are some names retained in the region that deserve extensive examim tion. If we take the Chinese names shown on this sixty-year-old plan, there is considerable interest in their translation.
speak to-day merely of "town" or "the city," and perhaps emember that it is called Victoria, but the old Chinese ppellation for the central part of Victoria district, Choong wan, is largely forgotten, and never used by foreigners. Translated it means Central Bay, a most appropriate name. Then there are several streets shown on the old waterfront,
ar Bonham Strand, which we may note. -Sei Kai (West Street) cong Kai (East Street), and Wing Lok (Happy For Ever) Street. Here is retained some of that flowery description which we used to associate with the vernacular modes of address. The first two are now officially named Sai Street and Tung Street.
Going inland a little we have Bonham Strand, Mercer Street and Hillier Street, then come roadways commemorating such names as Gough, Staunton, Aberdeen, Staveley, Shelley
nd Seymour. It is proposed to deal with these to-day, and ontinue the list of commemorations in a further article.
The name Bonham recalls Sir Samuel George Bonham, who ivas Governor of the Colony from 1848 to 1854. There are also a Bonham Road and Bonham Street in that vicinity commemorating him. Sir George Bonham, as he chose to be called, had had a long connexion with the East India Compafry, with whom he had served a good many years in a variety of capacities, and had attained high rank among its officials. in those early days the Company's officials were considered competent, after their "apprenticeship" of service, to undertake the administration of outposts of Empire, and this was not, the only case of the choice falling on a Company's servant. Something of the same kind was noticeable in the Straits Settlements when those Colonies first came into being, and no doubt the system was continued as a matter of course when the newer Colony of Hongkong came to be developed.
Sir George had, indeed, served as Governor before that, having been for about ten years under the Colonial Office in administrative posts at Malacca and Singapore, among other places.
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