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4. Twenty metres south-east of No. 3 is a small stone on which only two characters could be deciphered:
山 本
? 2 ?
This may mark the boundary of a grave site, as do the stones on other hillsides marked 山界.
5. Grave inscription on the south ridge of the hill:
邑 香 梁氏孺
This commemorates a deceased wife, from the Leung family, of Heung Shan district, now Chung Shan. Her husband may have been an official.
6. An inscription of some length on a tile which stood in a cup-like hollow on the west slope of the hill commemorates the repair of a grave by the Ch'an family in the autumn of the 21st year of Kwang Hsu, 1895. The 'repair' can have been little more than nominal as there was no cement or building material such as is usual on graves.
7. At the foot of the path leading to the modern archway stands a T'o Tei altar bearing the following inscription which clearly refers to the historic associations of the hill;
宮王大 洪恩施福澤 聖德顯威靈
8 & 9. Two boulders on the south-east side of the hill-top each bear the same brief inscription:
記 王
10. Twenty metres north of Inscription No. 1 is a flat boulder bearing the characters:--- 號 I
11. A boulder on the south-east of the hill bears a single carved character:
英
These last four inscriptions evidently date back to a time prior to the passing of the Sung Wong T'oi Ordinance in 1899,* when
* Ordinance No. 3 of 1899. For the text see Hongkong Government Gazette, 18th February 1899.
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4. Twenty metres south-east of No. 3 is a small stone on which
only two characters could be deciphered:-
This may mark the boundary of a grave site.
山
本
?
2
?
as do the stones on other hillsides marked 山界.
5. Grave inscription on the south ridge of the hill:-
邑 香
梁氏孺
This commemorates a deceased wife, from
the Leung family, of Heung Shan district,
now Chung Shan. Her husband may have been an official.
6. An inscription of some length on a tile which stood in a cup- like hollow on the west slope of the hill commemorates the repair of a grave by the Ch'an family in the autumn of the 21st year of Kwang Hsu, 1895. The 'repair' can have been little more than nominal as there was no cement or building material such as is usual on graves.
7. At the foot of the path leading to the modern archway stands a T'o Tei altar bearing the following inscription which clearly
refers to the historic associations of the hill;
宮王大
洪恩施福澤
聖德顯威靈
8 & 9. Two boulders on the south-east side of the hill-top each
bear the same brief inscription:
記 王
10. Twenty metres north of Inscription No. 1 is a flat boulder
bearing the characters: ---
號 I
11. A boulder on the south-east of the hill bears a single carved character:
英
These last four inscriptions evidently date back to a time prior to the passing of the Sung Wong T'oi Ordinance in 1899,* when
* Ordinance No. 3 of 1899. For the text see Hongkong Government Gazette, 18th February 1899.
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