[ { "id": 204551, "series_id": 26, "series_slug": "histsyn-rashkb-journal-engine", "series_title": "RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "RAS-1963", "page_number": 32, "title": "RAS-1963", "content_text": "PROTESTANT CEMETERY IN MACAO\n\nL\n\nUPPER TERRACE – Cont'd.\n\n27\n\nNo. Name\n\nSex Row\n\nAge\n\nDate of Death\n\nNationality\n\n \n 32.\n GAILLARD,\n Helen Baptista\n F\n Eastern\n 111/12\n 2 Sept. 1857\n Amer.\n \n \n 33.\n ENDICOTT,\n Fidelia Bridges\n F\n Eastern\n 6\n 15 Sept. 1859\n Amer.\n \n \n 34.\n ENDICOTT,\n Rosalie\n F\n Eastern\n 15/12\n 15 March 1856\n Amer.\n \n \n 35.\n MEDHURST\n \n F\n Eastern\n 1 day\n 9 Nov. 1854\n Br.\n \n \n 36.\n VROOMAN,\n Elizabeth C.\n F\n Eastern\n 28\n 17 June 1854\n Amer.\n \n \n 37.\n URMSON,\n Arthur William\n M\n Eastern\n 3/12\n 1 March 1854\n Br.\n \n \n 38.\n ADAMS,\n Joseph Harod\n M\n Eastern\n 36\n 4 Oct. 1853\n Amer.\n \n \n 39.\n DRINKER,\n Sandwith (B)\n M\n Central Avenue\n \n 18 Jan. 1858\n Amer.\n \n \n 40.\n CHINNERY,\n George\n M\n Central Avenue\n 79\n 30 May 1852\n Br.\n \n\nLOWER TERRACE\n\n \n 41.\n LIVINGSTONE,\n Charlotte M.\n F\n Bamboo Row\n 5/12\n 5 Jan. 1818\n Br.\n \n \n 42.\n PATTLE,\n Thomas Charles\n M\n Bamboo\n 44\n 26 Nov. 1815\n Br.\n \n \n 43.\n RABINEL,\n John Henry\n M\n Bamboo\n 56\n 24 March 1816\n Dut.\n \n \n 44.\n STEWART,\n Patrick\n M\n Bamboo\n 50+\n 20 April 1857\n Br.\n \n \n 44.\n STEWART,\n Louisa\n F\n Bamboo\n 55\n 19 April 1857\n Br.", "txt_file_path": "txt/dfo323lmgvd/RAS-1963.txt", "external_url": "https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/4m90m091v", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 205031, "series_id": 26, "series_slug": "histsyn-rashkb-journal-engine", "series_title": "RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "RAS-1965", "page_number": 139, "title": "RAS-1965", "content_text": "130\n\nCHEUNG, Oswald\nCHING, Henry\nCHING, Joseph\n\nCHIU. Miss B. T.\n\nCHOA, Dr. Gerald H.\nCHOW, Edward T.\n\nCLARK, Mrs. A. T.\nCLARK, Mrs. E. E.\nCLARK, Mrs. N. E.\n\nCOBBAN, K. M.\n\nCOHN, Dr. A. J.\n\nCOOKE, Miss M. B.\n\nCOOPER, Miss M. -\n\nCORBALLY, E. -\nCOSTANTINI, G*\n\nCUMINE, E,\nCUMMING, M. S.\n\nDAIKO, P.\n\nDANSEY-BROWNING,\nLt. Col. G. C.\n\nDANSEY-BROWNING,\nMrs. S. M..\n\nDAVIS, Dr. S. G.\n\nDEANS PEGGS, Dr. A.\n\nDJOU, G. G.\n\n-\n\n1002, Alexandra House, H.K.\n\n9 Village Road, 1st floor, H.K.\n\nc/o American Consulate-General, Garden Road, H.K.\n\n3, Kidderpore Gdns, London, N.W.3., England.\n\nQueen Mary Hospital, Pokfulum, H.K.\n3. Village Terrace, Happy Valley, H.K.\n13, The Albany, Albany Road, H.K.\n\nTytam Villa, 30 Tai Tam Road, H.K.\n\nc/o The H.K. & Shanghai Banking Corpn., H.K.\n\nFlat 33, Mount Austin Mansions, & Mt. Austin Road, H.K.\n\n116, Leighton Road, Lei Shun Court, 6th floor, \"F\", H.K.\n\nH.K. Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Kwun Tong L254, Kwun Tong, Kowloon,\n\nSisters' Quarters, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon,\n\nc/o Central Magistracy, Albert Road, H.K.\nc/o Italian Consulate General, Room 705 Chartered Bank Building, H.K.\n\n14, Embassy Court, H.K.\n\nc/o Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, Union House, H.K.\n\nP. O. Box 201, H.K.\n\nGovernment Ophthalmic Centre, Arran St., Mongkok, Kowloon,\n\nc/o The European Y.M.C.A., Salisbury Rd., Kowloon.\n\nDept. of Geography & Geology, The University, H.K,\n\nc/o Education Department, Battery Path, H.K.\n\nc/o American International Assnce. Co., Ltd., 12-14 Queen's Road, Central, H.K\nAmerican Consulate-General, Hong Kong.\n31, George St., Mablethorpe, Lines., England.\n\nDOWBIGGIN, Col. H. B. L.\nc/o Stewart Bros., Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building, H.K.\n\nDONEGAN, Miss P. L.\n\nDONOHUE, P. - -\n\nDRAKE, Prof. F. S. -\n\n+\n\nLincot, Stoke Road, North Curry, Taunton, Somerset, England.\n\n*\n\nLife Member\n\nPlease notify the Hon. Secretary of any inaccuracy", "txt_file_path": "txt/dfo323lmgvd/RAS-1965.txt", "external_url": "https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/s752cj653", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 205729, "series_id": 26, "series_slug": "histsyn-rashkb-journal-engine", "series_title": "RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "RAS-1969", "page_number": 35, "title": "RAS-1969", "content_text": "CHINESE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF COUNCILS\n\nJI13 G. B. Endacott, A History of Hong Kong, p. 205.\n\n29\n\n12 Now known as the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital. Its subsequent history is described in a brochure privately published by the Hospital in 1957, enlarged and re-issued for the eightieth anniversary in 1967.\n\n13 區德,又名區仰德,列字澤民,\n\n14 The Government took over the project in 1927 and turned it into the Kai Tak airfield which came into being in 1928.\n\n15 G. B. Endacott, A History of Hong Kong, p. 200.\n\n16 Ho Kai's sister was married to Wu Ting-fang, i.e. Ng Choy.\n\n17 韋寶珊\n\n18 G. B. Endacott, Government and People in Hong Kong, pp. 120-124.\n\n19 Chinese members of the Legislative Council were ex-officio members; the other members were elected by the Chinese Justices of the Peace,\n\n20 Li Shu-fan, Hong Kong Surgeon, p. 39. Wei Yuk is, however, wrongly described as a member also of the Executive Council.\n\n21 The Hong Kong Government later built the Kowloon Canton Railway which was started in 1906 and completed in 1910. It may be of interest here to mention that the Beacon Hill Tunnel was designed and constructed by Mr. F. Southey, a former student of Diocesan Boys School who won a Hong Kong Government Scholarship in 1890 to study in England.\n\n22 Named after the first and outstanding headmaster of the Central School, Dr. Frederick Stewart who later became Colonial Secretary in the years 1887 and 1888, under the Governor Sir George William Des Voeux.\n\n23 G. Stokes, Queen's College, 1862-1962, Hong Kong, p. 221.\n\n24 Among his grandchildren whom I know personally are the following distinguished officers in the Hong Kong Government Service: Dr. Ho Hung-chiu, O.B.E., Senior Specialist in Radiology, Mr. Eric Ho, Staff-grade Administrative Officer, Miss Daphne Ho, M.B.E., Principal Social Welfare Officer and Miss Helen He, O.B.E., Senior Medical Social Worker, Mr. Stanley Ho, a prominent businessman in Hong Kong and Macao, is also his grandson,\n\n25 The ages of the boys ranged from 10 to 16. It is said that because of their pig-tails, they were often mistaken to be girls and had often times to fight very hard to repel the advances made to them by the American boys!\n\n26 On p. 294 of Endacott's A History of Hong Kong, it is stated that \"a Chinese member was added to the Executive Council in 1921\". This is presumably a typographic error,\n\n27 Sir Robert Kotewall left eight daughters and one son. His son, Cyril, is now practising as a solicitor in Hong Kong and one daughter, Bobbie, is the principal of the well-known St. Paul's Co-educational College.\n\n28 Sir Alexander Grantham, Via Ports, p. 110.\n\n29 Li Shu-fan, Hong Kong Surgeon, London, Victor Gollancz, 1964.\n\n30 At one time, a director of the Bank of East Asia. Educated at Queen's College, Mr. Chan was a generous benefactor of education. In 1917 he donated HK$50,000 to the University of Hong Kong for the erection and equipment of the School of Pathology. He also endowed prizes in all the faculties of the University.\n\n31 Father of Sir Tsun-nin Chau,\n\n32 Father of Mr. Li Fook-wo, O.B.E., Deputy Chief Manager of The Bank of East Asia, and Mr. F. K. Li, Staff-grade Administrative Officer in the Hong Kong Government.", "txt_file_path": "txt/dfo323lmgvd/RAS-1969.txt", "external_url": "https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/9g553n20d", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 206157, "series_id": 26, "series_slug": "histsyn-rashkb-journal-engine", "series_title": "RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "RAS-1970", "page_number": 237, "title": "RAS-1970", "content_text": "230\n\nSERSALE, Miss S. M.\n\nSHANNON, Capt. J. M.\n\nSHEPHARD, A. J.\n\nSHING, David -\n\nSHOEMAKER, J. F.\n\nSHU, Dr. H. T.\n\n+\n\nSIEGEL, H. W. -\n\nSINFIELD, G. H. C. -\n\nSKELSON, Mrs. R. E.\n\nSLEVIN, B. F.\n\nSMALL, Dr. D. H.\n\nSMITH, L.*\n\nSMYTH, Miss L.\n\nSO, Dr. Chak-lam\n\nSPANKIE, D. R. A.\n\nSPERRY, H. M.*\n\nSPOONER, M. G.\n\n+\n\nSTANLEY, Major H. F. -\n\nSTANTON, W. T.*\n\nSTEVENS, Major K. G.*\n\nSTEWART, Miss E. M.\n\nSTOKES, J.\n\nSTONE, G. S.\n\nL\n\n11-A, Cameron House, 40 Magazine Gap Road, H.K.\n\nc/o M.O.D. Chinese Language School, Lyemun Barracks, B.F.P.O.1, H.K.\n\nc/o Colonial Secretariat, H.K.\n\nFlorida Mansion, Block C, 11th Floor, Paterson Street, H.K.\n\n73 Kadoorie Avenue, Kowloon.\n\n70 Mt. Davis Road, Ground floor, H.K.\n\nc/o Bayer China Co., Ltd., Room 1916 Union House, H.K.\n\nApt. No. 406, 1061 Don Mills Road, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada.\n\nA3 Magazine Heights, 17 Magazine Gap Road, H.K.\n\nc/o Police Headquarters, Arsenal Street, H.K.\n\nc/o Messrs. Glyn Mills & Co., Kirkland House, Whitehall, London, S.W.1, England.\n\nFlat 10-B, Dragon View, 39-41 MacDonnell Road, H.K.\n\nc/o Physiotherapy Dept., Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon.\n\nc/o Dept. of Geography & Geology, University of Hong Kong, H.K.\n\nc/o Economic Survey Section, British Trade Commission, Room 704 Shell House, H.K.\n\nAllied Bank International, St. George's Building, 10th Floor, H.K.\n\nc/o The Registry, University of Hong Kong, H.K.\n\nc/o H.K. Tourist Association, Realty Building, H.K.\n\nDina House, Duddell Street, H.K.\n\nG. Sy Hq. FARELF, Singapore.\n\nP\n\nFlat 4, 180 Argyle Street, Kowloon.\n\nc/o Queen's College, Causeway Bay, H.K.\n\nFlat 1, \"Ravencourt\", 24 Mount Austin Rd., H.K.\n\n*Life Member\n\nPlease notify the Hon. Secretary of any inaccuracy", "txt_file_path": "txt/dfo323lmgvd/RAS-1970.txt", "external_url": "https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/ww72j0241", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 206533, "series_id": 26, "series_slug": "histsyn-rashkb-journal-engine", "series_title": "RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "RAS-1972", "page_number": 81, "title": "RAS-1972", "content_text": "SIR JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART\n\n75\n\nout the nineteenth century, a fashionable pursuit for the dilettante and the serious amateur scholar; even Elizabeth I, Queen of Rumania, acquired a European reputation, under the pen-name of Carmen Sylva, for her writings on the legends and fairy tales of her country of adoption. Lockhart, like N.B. Dennys and R.F. Johnston, became an addict of the new cult and study of folklore.\n\nThe term 'folklore' was coined as late as 1846 by the antiquarian W.J. Thoms; but the foundations of the study can be traced back to the influence of Bishop Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, published in 1765, and above all to the German brothers Grimm, whose Kinder und Hausmärchen appeared in 1812 and Deutsche Mythologie in 1835. They, in particular, laid the foundations for a study of folktales and popular superstitions upon a more scientific, comparative basis and examined problems from a wider point of view than that of the local antiquarian or literary romantic. The first folklore society in Britain was founded in 1878 and in that year appeared the first journal dedicated entirely to the study. This was the Folk-lore Record, the name of which was changed to the Folk-lore Journal and finally to plain Folk-lore.\n\nIn 1885 Lockhart was appointed to act as local Secretary of the Folk-lore Society of Great Britain and soon after he published an advertisement in the China Review asking readers to submit specimens of Chinese customs, superstitions and beliefs. He appealed to both European and Chinese readers and stated he would be pleased to translate communications in Chinese. He urged Europeans and Americans resident in China to co-operate for 'there can be little doubt that, either by their position or influence, they could materially contribute towards a thorough investigation of a subject which is daily becoming of great interest, and which is gradually assuming a place of no small importance among other branches of science.' It is not clear what sort of response Lockhart got from the readers of the China Review: but he did publish an article in 1890 in the British Folk-lore Journal, which was mainly a translation of material that had appeared originally in the Hong Kong Chinese newspaper, the Chung Ngoi San Po (Chung-wai Hsin-pao)† †† #報1\n\nLockhart's private papers are now lodged with his old school, George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and contain much material on Chinese folklore.62 What Lockhart intended to do with his treasure", "txt_file_path": "txt/dfo323lmgvd/RAS-1972.txt", "external_url": "https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/gm80qf99h", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 209323, "series_id": 26, "series_slug": "histsyn-rashkb-journal-engine", "series_title": "RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "RAS-1981", "page_number": 226, "title": "RAS-1981", "content_text": "212\n\nLOÈS, Dr. Sabine de\n\nWONG, Mr Kwok Fong\n\nLOSEBY, Miss Patricia\n\nLUK, Mr. George Ping-chuen\n\nWONG, Mr Peng-cheong YEUNG, Mr Walter W.T.\n\nLUM, Miss Ada\n\nMACKENZIE, Mr. John\n\nMACKEOWN, Dr. P.K.\n\nMARDEN, Mrs. J.L.\n\nMCCRARY, Mr. Michael\n\nMCINTYRE, Mr. W.M.\n\nMCKEIRNAN, Rev. Michael\n\nNORONHA, Mr. J.E.\n\nOGDEN, Mr. B.J.N. OU, Miss G.\n\nPAIN, Mr. John H. PICCUS, Mr. R.P. RAE, Mr. John Allan RAWLINSON, Mr. M.C. RAYNER, Dr. Mary RIDE, Lady May RUST, Mr. H.A.\n\nRYDINGS, Mr. H.A., MBE SEED, Mr. Brian SELLETT, Mr. George SERSALE, Miss Shelia M. SHAW, Dr Brian C.\n\nSHAW, Mrs Felicity\n\nSMITH, Rev. Carl. T. SMITH, Mr Leslie C. SPOONER, Mr Michael G. SU, Dr Chung Jen TAN, Mr Khek-seng TANG, Sir Shiu-kin, CBE TANG, Mrs Madeleine THOMAS, Mr Louis F. THOMPSON, Mr. P.J. THROWER, Prof. L.B. THROWER, Dr Stella TON CHEN, Mrs Chp-ching TORRIBLE, Mr Graham R. URE, Mr Gavin M.N, WATSON, Mr K.A.\n\nWAUNG, Mr William Sikying WEINREBE, Mr Harry M. WERLE, Ms Helga WESLEY-SMITH, Dr Peter WILLIAMS, Mr Roger WILLIAMS, Mr Bernard V. WILLIAMS, Mr & Mrs W.D.F. WINKLER, Mrs E.\n\nYOUNG, Miss Pauline\n\nINSTITUTIONAL MEMBER\n\nAGRICULTURE & FISHERIES DEPT. The Director\n\nLOCAL ORDINARY MEMBERS\n\nABBOTT, Mrs Elizabeth Lee\n\nADDIS, Mr Stewart\n\nADDIS, Mrs Diana\n\nAIKEN, Mrs Lorna\n\nAKERS-JONES, Mr D.\n\nALLCOCK, Mr R.C.\n\nARCHER, The Hon. Mrs S.\n\nASHCROFT, Miss Jacqueline P. AUM, Mr K.N.\n\nBARD, Dr S.M.\n\nBARRETTO, Mr Ruy 0.\n\nBATSON, Lt. Col. J.F.S. BEHRENS, Mr Ernst H. BERTRAM, Mr James BIRCH, Dr Alan BLAIKLEY, Mr P.E. BONAVIA, Mrs Judith E. BOWMAN, Mr S.A.W. BOWMAN, Mrs Dorothy BOYLAN, Mrs. Catherine BRAGA, Mr Paul BRAMWELL, Mr Hartley BRANDON, Miss Jacqueline N. BRAUN, Mr Francis BRAY, Miss Jennifer M. BROMFIELD, Mr A.C. BROMFIELD, Mrs Jeanne BROOM, Mr Michael B. BROUWER, Mrs R.P. BROWN, Mr Edward de R. BROWN, Mr Gerald H. BROWN, Dr H.O. BURNS, Dr John P. CAMERON, Mr Nigel\n\nCAMERON, Mrs Susan\n\nCAMPBELL, Mr Mark C.\n\nCANTERS, Mr Rene\n\nCAREY-HUGHES, Dr John\n\nCENTRE OF ASIAN STUDIES", "txt_file_path": "txt/dfo323lmgvd/RAS-1981.txt", "external_url": "https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/ff36bt18m", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 211073, "series_id": 26, "series_slug": "histsyn-rashkb-journal-engine", "series_title": "RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "RAS-1987", "page_number": 134, "title": "RAS-1987", "content_text": "109\n\nMCKENZIE, Herbert\n\n29.1.1876\n\nMCMULLEN, Jacob\n\n28.7.1937\n\nGeorge Houghton\n\nMCPHERSON, Alex\n\n28.7.1905\n\nMCPHERSON, Buddy\n\n19.9.1938\n\nAeneas Cameron\n\nMCPHERSON, Peter\n\n13.11.1935\n\nMADISON, Geoffrey\n\n22.11.1936\n\nMAHONEY, Cyril\n\n9.2.1845\n\nMALCOLM, Alexander\n\n24.5.1932\n\nJames Cook\n\nMANIHAN, Alfred\n\n17.7.1938\n\nMANN, Ludwig\n\n28.3.1892\n\nMANRIQUE, Alonso\n\n17.3.1908\n\nMARCUSSON, Paul\n\nNot known Lallace\n\nMARTIN, J (infant child of)\n\nMASON, John Robert\n\nMATHEWS, Abraham\n\nPeter Everhard\n\nMESKE, Karl\n\n1.5.1903\n\nMARTIN, Paul Curt\n\n19.7.1904\n\nNot known\n\nMASON, John Jr\n\n11.11.1924\n\n29.8.1903\n\nMENHORN, Max\n\n30.12.1906\n\n5.3.1915\n\nMEYER, Ernesto\n\n5.1903\n\nMEYERBREI, Jean\n\n17.8.1915\n\nMILAS, Leonides\n\n30.6.1962\n\nMITCHELL, James\n\n29.1.1922\n\nMITCHELL, Mary\n\n2.3.1921\n\nMOREHOUSE, Harry W\n\n19.1.1886\n\nMORRIS, Heten\n\n27.5.1944\n\nMOREHOUSE, Oscar F\n\n9.11.1885\n\nMORRISON, Raymond\n\n5.6.1958\n\nMargaret Arthur\n\nMUELLER, Heinrich\n\n18.10.1913\n\nMULLEN, G H\n\n27.11.1936\n\nMUNRO, John\n\n1.2.1941\n\nMURRAY, Samuel\n\n12.10.1924\n\nNELLE, John Edw.\n\n29.7.1914\n\nNEUMARK, Walter\n\n2.9.1922\n\nFritz\n\nNEWCOMBE, Mahalla\n\n19.7.1919\n\nNEWTON, A Cochrance\n\n28.4.1942\n\nNICHOLSON, Charles\n\n24.2.1912\n\nNORDMANN, Maria\n\n24.5.1875\n\nStewart Schwab de\n\nNUSSBAUM, Gottlieb\n\n17.1.1900\n\nNYSSENS, George\n\n12.4.1893\n\nOAKEY, Francis\n\n17.11.1880\n\nOGILVIE, John\n\n2.11.1882\n\nOLSEN + Not known\n\nOPPEL, Gustav\n\n11.11.1875\n\nOSWALD, James\n\n27.11.1865\n\nOTT, Theodor\n\n26.3.1886\n\nPACKSCHICK, Otto\n\n13.2.1915\n\nPALOMO, Emilio\n\n6.8.1964\n\nPANTELL, H\n\n17.6.1916\n\nPATRICK, David Jean\n\n24.3.1896\n\nPAUKERT, Karl\n\n20.6.1914\n\nPEACOCK, Charles\n\n31.1.1945\n\nSamuel\n\nPERRY, Robert\n\n8.1898\n\nPETERSEN, Johnny\n\n30.10.1915\n\nPETTY OFFICER from USS \"Richmond”\n\n24.12.1879\n\nPEACET, Emile\n\n8.10.1877\n\nPIDERIT, Karl\n\n16.6.1922\n\nPIERCE, Joseph\n\n19.2.1879\n\nPINFORD, Frederick S\n\n6.1951\n\nPITCHER, Samuel C\n\n31.1.1895\n\nPLAZA, Dominga\n\n30.6.1963\n\nPLITTS, W\n\n3.9.1882\n\nPLUMB, William W\n\n21.7.1902\n\nPOLLARD, Reginald Lucas\n\n25.7.1889\n\nPOLLARD, Thomas\n\n9.8.1889\n\nPOLLITZ, Fernando Sydney\n\n7.1902\n\nPOND, Oriana\n\n11.7.1869\n\nPORTE, J Marius\n\n14.1.1866\n\nPRALL, Joseph Apsley\n\n10.4.1905\n\nPREHN, Heinrich Otto Friedr. Ludwig\n\n24.12.1878\n\nPRESTON, SC\n\n14.3.1932\n\nPRESTONJEE, J\n\n25.11.1959\n\nPRING, Reginald D\n\n15.11.1938\n\nPURKISS, Garnett Gladstone\n\n8.12.1966\n\nRAE, Alexander\n\n16.9.1884\n\nRALPH, John\n\n18.9.1908\n\nRALSTONE, Robert\n\n10.2.1945\n\nRASCH, Mrs Herta\n\n9.2.1945", "txt_file_path": "txt/dfo323lmgvd/RAS-1987.txt", "external_url": "https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/rx919b522", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 211494, "series_id": 26, "series_slug": "histsyn-rashkb-journal-engine", "series_title": "RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "RAS-1988", "page_number": 210, "title": "RAS-1988", "content_text": "186\n\ncollection of books, and also a repository of natural and scientific productions. In the Library, every valuable book extant in Chinese, and every foreign publication regarding China and its inhabitants, should have its appropriate place...3\n\nMeetings followed at monthly intervals at which addresses were given on various aspects of Chinese history and culture by members of the local foreign community. Membership increased gradually and soon included many individuals whose names are remembered today as important figures in nineteenth century Chinese affairs, including Sir Robert Hart, Dr. S. Wells Williams, W. H. Medhurst, and Alexander Wylie. On July 20, 1858, the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland approved their request for affiliation. That same year the Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society began its ninety-year publication span.4\n\nHowever, Rev. Bridgman's health soon failed and he passed away in Shanghai in 1861. The society lost its momentum and passed through what one writer described later as a \"period of suspended animation\". It regrouped in 1864 under the presidency of Sir Harry Parkes who was followed two years later by George F. Stewart, U. S. Consul General in Shanghai.\n\nFrom the beginning the society accepted donations of books and journals, which were dutifully listed in the annual reports, but the lack of permanent facilities prevented the establishment of a formal library. At first, the society used the meeting rooms of the Shanghai Library which was housed in the Masonic Hall on Ningpo Road. From there it moved to the new Masonic Building (1869) and then the Commercial Bank Building on Nanking Road (1870), before finding a permanent home on Museum Road the next year.5\n\nAlexander Wylie, the noted sinologist and supervisor of the London Missionary Society's printing office in Shanghai, amassed a personal collection of both Chinese language books and books in Western languages concerning China which he urged the Royal Asiatic Society to purchase, as he was returning to England for home leave. After much deliberation, a public appeal, and a generous donation from the Shanghai\n\n17\n\nPage 210\n\nPage 211", "txt_file_path": "txt/dfo323lmgvd/RAS-1988.txt", "external_url": "https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/ft84gb83q", "rank": 0 } ]