RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1973 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8910rj06r NOTES AND QUERIES 153 For once Hotten had backed a loser with the publication of Under the Peak; certainly no further edition or impression was called for by a panting public. We do not know whether Mercer continued to write verses until his death at Reading on 23 May, 1879, but it seems likely for Mercer had all the enthusiasm of the bad poet.11 NOTES 1 One would like to cite P. G. Wodehouse, the son of H. E. Wodehouse, a Hong Kong Cadet Officer; but P. G. Wodehouse was born at Guildford, Surrey, and did not spend much time in Hong Kong. After leaving Dulwich College he worked for two years at the London branch of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. 2 London, 1930. 3 For biographical information on Mercer see particularly G. B. Endacott, A Biographical Sketch-Book of Early Hong Kong, Singapore, 1962, pp. 79-83. J. W. Norton-Kyshe, The History of the Laws and Courts of Hong Kong, 2 vols., Hong Kong, 1898, provides many details about Mercer's official career. 4 For information on Hotten see especially Ronald Pearsall, The Worm in the Bud, London, 1969, pp. 387-90; and Steven Marcus, The Other Victorians, New York, 1966, pp. 68-75. Hotten was born in Clerkenwell, London, and showed an early interest in books and bookshops and achieved the dubious distinction of having been struck in a bookshop by the irate historian Macaulay. In 1848 Hotten went to America and there acquired a good knowledge of American literature. On his return to London he published the works of a number of American authors, including Bret Harte's 'heathen Chinee' poems. 5 An account of Swinburne's dealings with Payne of Moxon's is given in Humphrey Hare's Swinburne, London, 1949, pp. 109-134. 6 Written by Richard Payne Knight in 1786 but reprinted by Hotten in 1865. 7 Written by John Davenport and published in 1873. In 1872 Hotten reprinted seven works on flagellation alone. * Copies of both Under the Peak and Addresses are in the British Museum. The Library of the Royal Commonwealth Society, London, has a copy of Under the Peak, now a very scarce book. 9 p. 4. 10 p. 6. 11 Several cadets maintained their interest in classical studies after reaching Hong Kong, notably (later Sir) Cecil Clementi (1875-1947). In 1911 Clementi published his translation, with apparatus criticus and explanatory notes, of the Pervigilium Veneris. In a preface to a later edition of this work, published by B. H. Blackwell of Oxford (3rd edition, 1936), Clementi tells us that he worked on his manuscript in Hong Kong and during periods of leave in England and Europe. Hong Kong, March, 1973. HENRY JAMES LETHBRIDGE ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1981 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/ff36bt18m 24 STEPHEN MORRIS to face the very real perils of their lives. Moreover, the facts of daily life, as they understood and used them, did not contradict the more important elements of that organised system of knowledge. It is a pity, they said, that so many people do die in spite of all that men can do to cure them of illness; but that, after all, is the way things are; and in the end all men do have to die. NOTES 1See Morris, H. S. "The Coastal Melanau” in Essays on Borneo Societies, ed. V. T. King (O.U.P. 1978). 2See Morris, H. S. "Shamanism among the Oya Melanau” in Social Organisation: Essays Presented to Raymond Firth, ed. Maurice Needham (London 1967). 3See Morris, H.S. "The Decline of an Aristocracy” in Politics in Leadership, eds. W. A. Shack and P. S. Cohen (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1979), Morris, H. S. “Slaves, Aristocrats and Export of Sago in Sarawak” in Asian and African Systems of Slavery, ed. J. L. Watson. (Blackwell, Oxford, 1980), ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1982 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/mk61z420p 64 1862 (April) -- 1863 (April) › (31.3.1862) Henry Turner (Chairman) x J. H. HAAN Agra & United Service Bank British James Cock (Treasurer) x Watson & Co. British Andrew Brand Smith, Kennedy & Co. British Henry Sturgis Grew Russell & Co. American Alexander Michie x Lindsay & Co. British Note: In April 1863 only those members marked "x" were still in office (A. Brand had died). 1863 (April)- 1864 (April) (4.4.1863) Henry William Dent (Chairman) James Cock (Treasurer) Robert Brand David Reid J. Kearney Rodgers August Wieters George Fairley Heard 1864 (April) — 1865 (April) (16.4.1864) Henry William Dent (Chairman) x Robert Crawfurd Antrobus x James Cock Frank Blackwell Forbes x Rudolph Heinssen x Julius Kahn G. W. Talbot Dent & Co. British Lindsay & Co. British Watson & Co. British Russell & Co. American Siemssen & Co. German Reid & Co. (per 1.1.1864) British ? German Aug. Heard & Co. American Harkort & Co. ? Dent & Co. British Reiss & Co. British ? ? Note: In April 1865 only those members marked "x" were still in office, 1865 (April) — 1866 (March) William Keswick (Chairman) J. C. Coutts Thomas Hanbury James Hogg Nichol Latimer Clement D. Nye W. Probst Jardine, Matheson & Co. British ? ? ? ? Bower, Hanbury & Co. British Hogg Brothers British N. Latimer & Co. British Bull, Nye & Co (?). ? German Note: N. Latimer died during his term of office. As from April 1865 a different mode of electing a Municipal Council was followed (cf. main text). Source: North China Herald 1850-1866. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1984 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/5h73wh572 202 Y.H. CHEUNG, K.Y. TAI, S.W. TSAO AND L.B. THROWER References Anon (1979). Hong Kong 1979—a review of 1978. (Hong Kong: Government Information Services). Bowen, S.H. (1980). Detrital non-protein amino acids are the key to rapid growth of tilapia in Lake Valencia, Venezuela. Science 207, 1216-1218. Fogg, G.E. (1980). Phytoplanktonic primary production. In Barnes, R.S.K. & Mann, K.H. (edit) Fundamentals of Aquatic Ecosystems. (Blackwell: Oxford). Hulscher, J.B. (1975). Het wad een overvloedodig of schaars gedekte tafel voor vogels? Symposium Waddenonderzoek Uitagave van Oecologisch Onderzoek, Arnhem. King, J.R. and Farmer, D.S. (1961). Energy metabolism, thermoregulation and body temperature. In Marshall, A.J. (edit.) 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Univ. of Hong Kong: M.Phil. Thesis. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1984 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/5h73wh572 213 FEARON, Charles Augustine 1854-1855 46 Arrived in China probably 1836; lived in Shanghai from 1846;44 at first partner in Fearon & Co.,* later in Aug. Heard & Co.; agent for Heard in London from August 1856. FORBES, Frank Blackwell 1864-1865 Born 1839, died 1908. Came to China as private secretary of the American envoy William Reed in 1857. 48 Partner in Russell & Co. from January 1, 1863. 49 Consul-General for Sweden and Norway from September 13, 1864.5 54 $1 Member of the Conseil Municipal of the French Concession 1868-1869, 1869-1870, 1870-1871, 1871-1872, 1872-1873. Trustee Recreation Fund;7 member of the NCBRAS 1864 until 1874 (as resident), until 1882 (as non-resident);53 Vice president NCBRAS 1872, president NCBRAS 1873 and 1874;5 member of a committee of the NCBRAS to study the "feasibility of establishing a Public Library", 1868;56 member of a committee of the NCBRAS “appointed for the consideration of the expediency of publishing a reprint of the Chinese Repository", 1868.7 Portraits.** Author of, among others, botanical works. GIBB, Hugh Bold 1857-1858, 1858-1859 $9 Authorized to sign for Gibb, Livingston & Co. from March 8, 1855;6 later he became a partner. 61 Trustee British Episcopal Church 1858.62 Unofficial member of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong 1860-1870, 1879.63 GRAY, George Griswold 1856-1857 64 Authorized to sign for Russell & Co. January 3, 1854, partner from January 1, 1855 till December 31, 1859.4 He took part in the Battle of Muddy Flat, April 4, 1854, and was reported wounded. 66 Portrait. 67 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1987 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/rx919b522 111 TYNDALL, Francis 8.5.1921 TYRE, Aaron Margaret 12.6.1944 Pickard TYRE, Alexander Bain 4.4.1932 TYRE, Eliza Ann 6.3.1952 USSHER, Fidela 16.1.1958 USSHER, George T 7.9.1937 VICK, Dorlores Ward 25.11.1919 VIEGELMANN, Edgar 14.11.1959 VIEGELMANN, Pauline 21.1.1942 VOIGHT, Julius G 17.4.1888 WAFFERT, MJ Not known WALFORD, Guy 14.1.1945 WALKER, Edward 2.8.1898 WATANABE, K Not known Henry Rawson WATT, Michael 21.9.1910 WEILL, Meyer 6.10.1915 WATT, Thomas Melville 11.3.1965 WEINICKE, Gottlieb 2.9.1905 WEISS, J G Not known WERDER, Wilhelm 20.5.1937 WHITE, John 18.4.1902 WILLEKE, Rudolf 13.5.1902 WILLIAMS, T Ellis 12.9.1942 WILKENS, Edward WILLIAMSON, John 20.12.1920 WILLIAMS, Margaret 13.11.1935 1.7.1939 WILLIAMSON, 26.11.1945 WILSON, Arthur 3.11.1900 Luyendyk Mary Blackwell Theodor WILSON, Hugh Mackay WOLFLISBERG, Heidi WOLLERMANN, WRANGLES, Jane WUSINOWSKI, Christine YOUNGS, Edward 13.8.1937 WINN, Emily 14.7.? 23.11.1936 WOLLANDER, William 10.5.1909 19.5.1898 WOODFINE, Robert Not known 21.1.1865 WRIGHT, Robert 3.2.1944 28.11.1891 YOUNGE, Rudolf 15.9.1914 3.9.1882 + ZIMMERMANN, Herman August 24.3.1968 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1993 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/66833t302 I may speak the English language because I learnt it early in life. 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Routledge, Parkin, David 1998 'Foreword' to Locality and Belonging, ed. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-2000 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/nk328168n 93 Waters, D. D: The Chinese labour Corps in the First World War : Labourers buried in France : Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society: Vol. 35 : 1995 The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7DX United Kingdom Tel: 44-1628 634221 Fax: 44-1628 771208 Imperial War Museum NOTES 1 3 Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ Tel. 020 7416 5000 Liang Shiyi (1869-1933). Chinese government official and financier. Under the Qing government, amongst his financial dealings, he helped found the Bank of Communications (1907). He was President of the Board of Communications (1912), Chief Secretary in the Presidential Office and General Manager of the Bank of Communications, acting Finance Minister (1913-1915); Director-General of the National Revenue Administration and Director-General of the Domestic Loans Office. He was linked with Yuan Shikai and in 1916 fled to Hong Kong. He formed the Wei Min Corporation for the recruitment of Chinese labourers to serve in France, as a proponent of China's entry into the war. Returning to Beijing in 1918, he was made Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Communications; Speaker of the National Assembly; Director of the Domestic Loan Bureau (1920); and Prime Minister (1921-1922). After exile (1922-1925) he again served in the Beijing Government under both Duan Jirui and Zhang Zuolin. He retired to Hong Kong in 1928 after the Northern Expedition reached Beijing. This was usually referred to by “real” soldiers as the Crosse and Blackwells, as this British provision company had a very similar crest. Lt Col. Bryan Charles Fairfax, a Yorkshireman, was born on 12th September 1873, the second son of Col. T.F. (or L?) Fairfax of the Grenadier Guards and passed through the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, being commissioned on 8th March 1893 into the Durham Light Infantry (DLI). He was posted to the 2nd Battalion, then serving in India. In 1898 he volunteered for service with the newly raised 1 Battalion, The Chinese Regiment of Infantry, stationed in Weihai ================================================================================