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112 Rth. Sec J. H. S. Lockhart, "Report on the New Territory", Sessional Papers, 1899.
113 Hayes, op. cit., p. 83, quotes Lockhart, but does not give any new evidence, though he mentions other similar informal bodies.
114 八鄉
[115] I am not sure that this was the original purpose of the alliance.
116 Ancestral halls are generally sited outside walled villages for reasons of feng shui.
117 Ho Sheung Heung, Ping Kong, and Kam Tsin. The cannon of this last village was not handed in when British administration began in 1899, and still lies hidden in the corner of one of their ancestral halls.
118 南鄉.
119 That is, in Canton.
120 See J. W. Hayes, "Cheung Chau”, in JHKBRAS, Vol. 3, 1963, note 12; and the same author's "Peng Chau", in JHKBRAS, Vol. 4, 1964, p. 79 and note 27.
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112 R†h. Sec J. H. S. Lockhart, "Report on the New Territory", Sessional Papers, 1899.
113 Hayes, op. cit., p. 83, quotes Lockhart, but does not give any new evidence, though he mentions other similar informal bodies.
14 八鄉
[15] am not sure that this was the original purpose of the alliance. 116 Ancestral halls are generally sited cutside walled villages for reasons of feng shui.
117 Ho Sheung Heung, Ping Kong, and Kam Tsin. The cannon of this last village was not handed in when British administration began in 1899, and still lies hidden in the corner of one of their ancestral halls.
118 南跷.
119 That is, in Canton.
120 See J. W. Hayes, "Cheung Chau”, in JHKBRAS, Vol. 3, 1963, note 12; and the same author's "Peng Chau", in JHKBRAS, Vol. 4, 1964, p. 79 and note 27.
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