RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1964 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/qz20zx09r 167 SIDBURY, H. SIKORA, F. SIMPSON, R. F. SINFIELD, G. H. C. SKELSON, Mrs. M. C. SKELSON, R. E. SLEVIN, B. SMALL, C. J. SMALL, Dr. D. H. SMITH, L. SMITH, L. A. SMITH, S. H. SMITH, Miss M. H. SOONG, N. SPERRY, H. M. STANLEY, Major H. F. STANTON, W. T. STARBIRD, L. R. STENTON, Prof. H. STOKES, J. STONEY, Mrs. G. S. STONEY, G. S. STOCK, Prof. F. E. T Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd., H.K. 29 Southbay Road, H.K. Dept. of Education, The University, H.K. H.K. Telephone Co., Ltd., Lane Crawford House, H.K. c/o The Hong Kong Club, H.K. As above. c/o 1st floor, Police Headquarters, Arsenal Street, H.K. 34, Arundel Avenue, Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Dental Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon. 23-A Robinson Road, H.K. 2741, SW 22nd Ave. Coconut Grove, Miami 33, Florida, U.S.A. c/o Messrs. Scott & English Ltd., P.O. Box 1555, H.K. 610, King's Park House, Kowloon. Asia Magazine, 31 Queen's Road, Central, H.K. 2, Queen's Road, Central, H.K. H.K. Tourist Assn., Caroline Mansion, H.K. Dina House, Duddell Street, H.K. c/o American Consulate-General, Garden Road, H.K. Dept. of Botany, The University, H.K. c/o Education Department, Battery Path, H.K. 301, Grand View Mansion, 1 Wang Fung Terr., H.K. As above. University of Liverpool, Dept. of Surgery, Liverpool, England. STRICKLAND, Mrs. P. G. c/o Caldbeck Macgregor & Co., Ltd. SWAN, Miss D. L. SWIRE, A. C. Union House, H.K. Chatham Galleries, 103 Chatham Road, Kowloon. Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, Union House, H.K. • Life Member Please notify the Hon. Secretary of any inaccuracy ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1969 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/9g553n20d HON. TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1968 On the retirement and return to Britain of Mr. O. P. Edwards of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank the accounts have been kindly audited by Mr. N. N. Chan of Butterfield & Swire (H.K.) Ltd. Members will note that there is an excess of Income over Expenditure amounting to $6,970, compared with a deficit amounting to $738 in the previous year. This has largely been brought about by the increase in sale of publications, which this year amounted to $6,118 (against $1,708 last year). Such a high figure for the sale of publications cannot be expected for the future since this year's figures include the sales of 2 Journals (1967 and 1968) and the full effects of the sales of the brochure on the 1966 Symposium and Sir Lindsay Ride's booklet "The Old Protestant Cemetery in Macao". There is therefore no room for complacency, and it will be noticed that once again annual subscriptions do not cover our total expenditure, the shortfall being covered by bank interest, income from investments and the sale of publications. In December 1968 the 125 shares in the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (London Register) were sold at a profit of $9,981 and are responsible for the large current account balance ($23,736). The proceeds of this sale have since been re-invested in buying 400 Hong Kong Electric and 400 Lane Crawford, the latter now showing a gratifying increase in market value together with a rights issue of 50 shares. There has also been a recent bonus issue of 133 shares in the China Light & Power. The cost over market value of 6% Commonwealth of Australia 1977/80 can be attributed not only to the low market value of this stock but also to the effects of devaluation. The Society is expected to meet heavy expenditure in the forthcoming year. The 1969 Journal with offprints will call for an amount of $8,000 to 9,000, and it is expected that Volume I of the Journal will be reprinted in the near future, calling for another $3,000. Members are strongly urged to assist in increasing the membership of the Society not only to help towards the cost of this high anticipated expenditure but also to obtain a more satisfactory income over expenditure for the future. D. A. GILKES, Hon. Treasurer. 28 April, 1969. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1970 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/ww72j0241 HON. TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1969 This year's accounts now before you have been kindly audited by Messrs. Wong, Tan & Co. The Income and Expenditure Account shows a surplus of $5,691 compared with $6,970 in the previous year. However, this seemingly satisfactory position should be treated with reserve. Firstly, as in previous years, the annual membership fees ($10,559) do not cover the total expenditure on Journal expenses, purchase of library books, and sundry expenses, the shortfall being covered by bank interest, income from investments, and the sale of publications. Secondly, there is a drop in the annual membership fees for the first time for many years. Thirdly, the surplus would have been considerably less if the Society had to meet the expenses of re-printing Volume I of the Journal as forecasted last year. The drop in the Sale of Publications from $6,118 to $3,728 was forecasted in my report last year since the 1968 figure reflected the sales of two Journals (1967 and 1968). At the beginning of the year, the Society re-invested the proceeds of sale of the 125 shares in the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (London Register) in 400 Hong Kong Electric and 400 Lane Crawford; these continue to show a gratifying increase in market value, with the former recently issuing a one for one and the latter a rights issue of 50 shares in April 1969. Unless there is an increase in numbers, thereby producing more annual membership fees, the Society is very unlikely to continue to show a surplus in the current year. Besides the cost of re-printing Volume I ($4,000), now expected by the end of June, the Society will need to meet expenditure on printing this year's Journal and off-prints ($9,000), and the proceedings of the week-end symposium "The Changing Face of Hong Kong" ($3,800); in addition, the Society has recently sponsored a lecture and performance of Peking Opera costing $2,400. It is anticipated, therefore, the Society will show a deficit for the current year, and members are urged to encourage their friends to become members in order to increase annual fees and help to offset the deficit. 13 May 1970. D. A. GILKES ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1970 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/ww72j0241 1968 ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1969 EXPENDITURE HK$10,518 Journal Expenses 1,020 Symposium Expenses 1,971 Purchase of Library Books 3,438 Sundry Expenses (printing, stationery, postage, Lecture expenses) 6,970 HK$24,368 Balance being surplus of income over expenditure transferred to accumulated Funds 1968 INCOME HK$ 1,100 Life Memberships 1969 11,380 Annual Memberships 1969 210 Annual Memberships 1970 paid in 1969 6,118 Sale of Publications 1,382 Symposium Receipts 2,041 Bank Interest Received 1,916 Dividends Received 221 Sundry Receipts HK$20,020 HK$24,368 HK$ 410 10,559 90 3,728 1,082 1,075 2,865 211 HK$20,020 QUOTED INVESTMENTS HELD AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1969 £700 Stock 6% Commonwealth of Australia 1977/80 333 Shares China Light & Power Co. Ltd. 400 Shares Hong Kong Electric Co. Ltd. 450 Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. Cost Market Value HK$11,488 HK$ 7,473 4,030 9,124 12,487 16,100 15,549 20,138 HK$43,554 HK$52,835 12 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1971 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/z029vt43g 1969 ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1970 EXPENDITURE HK$10,743 Journal Expenses 1,020 Symposium Expenses Peking Opera - - - 175 Purchase of Books 2,391 Sundry Expenses 5,691 HK$20,020 J (printing, stationery, postage, lecture expenses) Balance being surplus of income over expenditure transferred to accumulated funds HK$20,350 2,637 2,576 219 2,933 1969 90 INCOME HK$ 410 Life Memberships 1970 10,559 Annual Memberships 1970 Annual Memberships 1971 paid in 1970 3,728 Sale of Publications 1,082 Symposium Receipts 1,075 Bank Interest Received 2,865 Dividends Received 211 Sundry Receipts Balance being deficit of expenditure over income transferred to accumulated funds HK$ 500 10,853 240 3,509 2,699 685 3,350 350 6,529 HK$28,715 HK$28,715 HK$20,020 QUOTED INVESTMENTS HELD at 31ST DECEMBER, 1970 £700 Stock 6% Commonwealth of Australia 1977/80 333 Shares China Light and Power Co. Ltd. 800 Shares Hong Kong Electric Co. Ltd. 900 Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. Cost HK$11,488 Market Value HK$ 7,661 4,030 12,487 11,738 19,600 15,549 25,110 HK$43,554 HK$64,109 11 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1972 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/gm80qf99h 1970 LIABILITIES Accumulated Funds ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1971 1970 ASSETS HK$43,554 Quoted Investments (see below)... HK$43,516 HK$64,321 (6,529) Balance as at 1st January 1971 HK$57,792 Sundry Debtors 38 Deduct: Deficit of Expenditure over Income in 1971 13,415 Balance at Banks 15,520 Fixed Deposit 2,303 Deposit at Call 12,479 Current Account 4,430 31,046 57,792 31st December 1971 ... 57,000 Sundry Creditors - Printing Charges 17,000 17,600 HK$74,792 HK$74,600 HK$74,792 HK$74,600 Note: QUOTED INVESTMENTS HELD AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1971 £700 Stock Commonwealth of Australia 1977/80 465 Shares China Light and Power Co., Ltd. (including 33 unpaid Rights) 800 Shares Hong Kong Electric Co., Ltd. 900 Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. Market Value HK$9,166 Cost HK$11,488 3,992 12,487 17,205 33,200 15,549 28,575 HK$43,516 HK$88,146 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1973 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8910rj06r ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 1972 1971 LIABILITIES Accumulated Funds H.K. Currency $43,516 Quoted Investments (see below) H.K. Currency $60,541 1972 $57,792 Balance as at 1st January 38 Sundry Debtors $57,000 Balance at Banks 792 Deduct: Deficit of Expenditure over Income in 1972 14,137 Fixed Deposit 1,550 12,479 4,430 Deposit at Call Current Account $14,737 13,322 28,059 $57,000 Balance of Accumulated Funds at 31st December 1972 Sundry Creditors $55,450 17,600 Printing Charges $22,000 Hon. Treasurer. Thailand Trip Deposits 11,150 33,150 $74,600 $88,600 $74,600 $88,600 Note: QUOTED INVESTMENTS held at 31ST DECEMBER 1972 £700 Stock 6% Commonwealth of Australia 1977/80 465 Shares China Light and Power Co., Ltd. 800 Shares Hong Kong Electric Co., Ltd. 900 'A' Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. 6,300 'B' Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. Market Value HK$ 7,587.65 Cost HK$11,488.38 4,816.82 25,342.50 12,486.80 46,000.00 15,549.40 35,100.00 16,200.00 21,420.00 HK$60,541.40 HK$135,450.15 Page 15 Page 16 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1974 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/x633mp077 ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH BALANCE SHEET as at 31ST DECEMBER 1973 LIABILITIES Accumulated Funds $57,000 $55,450.36 Balance as at 1st January, 1973... Add: Surplus on Sale of 400 Lane Crawford "A" Shares $38,762.34 $55,450.36 38,762.34 Excess of Income over Expenditure in 1973. $5,513.40 HK$ $ 53,630.74 Balance at Banks $55,450 Balance of Accumulated Funds at 31st December 1973 Sundry Creditors Printing Charges $ 99,726.10 22,000 18,000.00 Thailand Trip .. 14,737 13,322 1972 1972 HK$ $60,541 HK$ $ 60,541,40 6,910.66 (1,550) ++ $ 53,630.74 5,513.40 J ASSETS Quoted Investments (see below) Cost at 1st January, 1973 Deduct: Cost of 400 “A” Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. Sold ... HK$ Fixed Deposit $56,743.58 6,000.00 Deposit at Call 1,351.78 Current Account 64,095.36 11,150 TTL $88,600 $117,726.10 $88,600 $117,726.10 D. A. GILKES, Hon. Treasurer. Note: QUOTED INVESTMENTS HELD AT 31ST DECEMBER 1973 £700 Stocks 6% Commonwealth of Australia 1977/80 Cost HK$11,488.38 Market Value HK$ 5,493.65 674 Shares China Light and Power Co. Ltd. 4,816.82 13,143.00 6,000 Shares Hong Kong Electric Co. Ltd. 12,486.80 23,400.00 500 "A" Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. 8,638.74 9,100.00 6,300 "B" Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. 16,200.00 15,120.00 HK$53,630.74 HK$66,256.65 8 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1975 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/j0995146d 1973 HK$ $ 55,450 Balance as at 1st January 1974 ... $ 99,726.10 Add: Surplus on Sale of 400 Lane Crawford Ltd. 'A' Shares 38,763 Excess of Income over Expenditure in 1974 5,513 LIABILITIES Accumulated Funds ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 1974 ASSETS Quoted Investments (see below) Cost at 1st January 1974 Deduct: Cost of 400 Lane Crawford Ltd. 'A' Shares Add: Purchase of 23 rights shares China Light & Power Co. Ltd. 1973 $ 60,541 HK$ $ 53,630.74 6,910 457.15 7,640.07 $ 53,631 $ 54,087.89 Balance of Accumulated Funds at 31st December 1974 $107,366.17 Balance at Banks $99,726 56,743 Fixed Deposit $69,973.75 6,000 Deposit at Call 6,000.00 3,804.53 79,778.28 18,000 Printing Charges 26,500.00 $117,726 $133,866.17 $117,726 $133,866.17 Note: QUOTED INVESTMENTS HELD AT 31st December 1974 £700 Stock 6% Commonwealth of Australia 1977/80 697 Shares China Light & Power Co. Ltd. 6,000 Shares Hong Kong Electric Co. Ltd. 500 'A' Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. 6,300 'B' Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. Cost HK$11,488.38 Market Value HKS 5,283.43 5,273.97 7,388.20 12,486.80 13,800.00 8,638.74 3,700.00 16,200.00 5,670.00 HK$54,087.89 HK$35,841.63 11 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1976 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/hq382988q LIABILITIES Accumulated Funds ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 1975 1974 HK$ 1974 $ 99,726 Balance at 1st January 1975 $107,366.17 $ 53,631 7,640 Less: Excess of Expenditure over Income in 1975 6,862.67 457 ASSETS HH Quoted Investments (see below) Cost at 1st January 1975 Add: Purchase of Rights Shares China Light & Power Co. Ltd. $ 687.20 H.K. Electric Co. Ltd. $ 54,087.89 1,200.00 Balance of Accumulated Funds $107,366 at 31st December 1975 Sundry Creditors $100,503.50 40,000.00 $ 54,088 1,887.20 $ 55,975.09 Balance at Banks 69,974 6,000 3,804 Fixed Deposits $80,559.92 Deposit at Call Current Account 3,968.49 84,528.41 $133,866 $140,503.50 $133,866 $140,503.50 NOTE: Quoted Investments held at 31st December 1975. £700 Stock 6% Commonwealth of Australia 1977/80 766 Shares China Light & Power Co. Ltd. 7,200 Shares Hong Kong Electric Co. Ltd. 500 'A' Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. 6,300 'B' Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. D. A. GILKES, Hon. Treasurer. Cost Market Value HK$11,488.38 HK$ 5,161.10 5,961.17 12,639.00 13,686.80 27,000.00 8,638.74 7,900.00 16,200.00 9,450.00 HK$55,975.09 HK$62,150.10 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1977 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/np198x23n 1974 LIABILITIES Accumulated Funds ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH BALANCE SHEET as at 31ST DECEMBER 1975 HK$ 1974 ASSETS HK$ Quoted Investments (see below) $ 99,726 7,640 Balance at 1st January 1975 Less: Excess of Expenditure over Income in 1975 $107,366.17 $ 53,631 Cost at 1st January 1975 $ 54,087.89 Add: Purchase of Rights Shares China Light & 6,862.67 457 Power Co. Ltd. $ 687.20 H.K. Electric Co. Ltd. 1,200.00 $107,366 Balance of Accumulated Funds at 31st December 1975 $100,503.50 $ 54,088 1,887.20 $ 55,975.09 Balance at Banks 26,500 Sundry Creditors 40,000.00 + + 69,974 Fixed Deposits $80,559.92 6,000 3,804 Deposit at Call Current Account + ++1 3,968.49 84,528.41 $133,866 $140,503.50 $133,866 $140,503.50 NOTE: Quoted Investments held at 31st December 1975. ++ £700 Stock 6% Commonwealth of Australia 1977/80 766 Shares China Light & Power Co. Ltd. 7,200 Shares Hong Kong Electric Co. Ltd. 500 'A' Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. 6,300 'B' Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. Cost Market Value ++ HK$11,488.38 HK$ 5,161.10 4 5,961.17 12,639.00 13,686.80 27,000.00 8,638.74 7,900.00 16,200.00 HK$55,975.09 HK$62,150.10 9,450.00 00 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1978 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8g84t8593 1976 LIABILITIES Accumulated Funds THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST DECEMBER 1977 HK$ 1976 ASSETS $100,503 Balance at 1st January 1977 $55,975 $97,541.53 2,962 Less: Excess of Expenditure over Income in 1977 2,808.12 1,440 Quoted Investments (see note 2 below) Cost at 1st January 1977 ... Add: Purchase of Rights Shares Hong Kong Electric Co., Ltd. HK$ $57,415.09 $57,415 $57,415.09 $97,541 24,000 Sundry Creditors-Printing charges Balance of Accumulated Funds at 31st December 1977 $94,733.41 Balance at Banks 25,000.00 62,086 2,040 Fixed Deposits Current Account $57,409.60 $121,541 $119,733.41 $121,541 4,908.72 62,318.32 $119,733.41 NOTE: 1. Incomes from Subscription are accounted for on cash basis. 2. Quoted Investments held at 31st December 1977. £700 Stock 6% Commonwealth of Australia 1977/78 1,114 Shares China Light & Power Co., Ltd. 10,080 Shares Hong Kong Electric Co., Ltd. 2,750 'A' Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. 34,650 'B' Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. Cost Market Value HK$11,488.38 HK$5,667.20 5,961.17 22,168.60 15,126.80 50,400.00 8,638.74 12,925.00 16,200.00 18,018.00 HK$57,415.09 HK$109,178.80 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1979 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/2801w5938 xiv 1977 $ 97,542 LIABILITIES Accumulated Funds THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1978 Balance at 1st January, 1978 Less: Excess of Expenditure over HK$ 1977 ASSETS HK$ $ 94,733.41 $ 57,415 Quoted Investments (see note 2 below) Cost at 1st January, 1978... Balance at Banks $ 57,415.09 2,808 Income in 1978 6,366.19 -11 + 57,410 Fixed Deposits $ 40,000.00 4,909 Current Account 14,952.13 54,952.13 +++ $ 94,734 Balance of Accumulated Funds at 31st December, 1978 25,000 Sundry Creditors-Printing Charges $ 88,367.22 24,000.00 $119,734 $112,367.22 $119,734 $112,367.22 NOTE: Cost Market Value + HK$11,488.38 HK$ 6,167.70 5,961.17 22,614.20 15,126.80 77,616.00 8,638.74 14,025.00 16,200.00 17,325.00 HK$57,415.09 HK$137,747.90 1. Incomes from subscription are accounted for on cash basis. 2. Quoted Investments held at 31st December, 1978. £700 stock 6% Commonwealth of Australia 1977/80 1,114 Shares China Light & Power Co. Ltd. 14,112 Shares Hong Kong Electric Co. Ltd. 2,750 'A' Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. 34,650 'B' Shares Lane Crawford Ltd. ++ + ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1979 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/2801w5938 236 LOCAL LIFE MEMBERS ALLEYNE, Mrs. E. L. The Registry, University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG. ASOME, Mrs. Josephine Kingly Court, Flat B-G, 5-11 South Bay Close. Repulse Bay, HONG KONG BELL, Mr Gordon, c/o The Royal Observatory, Nathan Road, KOWLOON, BOARD, Mr. D. B. M., c/o The Education Department, Lee Gardens, Hysan Avenue, HONG KONG. BONSALL, Mr. Geoffrey W. Hong Kong University Press, University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG, BUTT, Dr. Nancy S. G. The Grantham Hospital, Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen, HONG KONG CALCINA, Mr. P. G., Commercial Investment Co. Ltd., Lane Crawford House, HONG KONG CARLSON, Miss R E., c/o Education Dept., Lee Gardens, Hysan Avenue, HONG KONG. CATER, Sir Jack, Victoria House, Barker Road, HONG KONG. CHAMBERS, Mr. J. W., c/o Colonial Secretariat, Lower Albert Road, HONG KONG. CHAN, Mr. Alfred T., Coronet Court, 14th Floor H, North Point, HONG KONG. CHENG, Mr. T, C., Flat B4, Camelot Height, 66 Kennedy Road, HONG KONG, CHIU, Dr. Ling Yeong, c/o Dept. of Chinese, University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG, CHOA, Dr. Gerald H., c/o Chinese University of H.K., Shatin, NEW TERRITORIES. CHUN, Miss Oy-Ling, St. Paul's Convent School, Causeway Bay, HONG KONG. COMBER, Mr. Leon, K.P.O. Box 96086, KOWLOON. COSBY, Mr. Ivan P. S. G., c/o Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp., 1 Queen's Road Central, HONG KONG. CRAMER, Mr. B. L. C., 1A Verbena Road, G/Fl., Yau Yat Chuen, KOWLOON. CRONE, Dr. D. L., The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, 2 Sports Road, HONG KONG. DJOU, Mr. G. G., c/o American International Assurance Co. Ltd., American International Building, 1 Stubbs Road, HONG KONG. EMERSON, Mr. Geoffrey C., 1 Lower Albert Road, HONG KONG, EVANS, Mr. Paul J., Ray-O-Vac International Corp. 405 Hang Chong Building, Queen's Road Central, HONG KONG. EVANS, Mrs. P. J., 33 Tung Tau Wan Road, Stanley, HONG KONG. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1980 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/kh04md207 # THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH ## BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1979 ### ASSETS QUOTED INVESTMENTS (see note 2 below) Cost at 1st January, 1979 $57,415.00 Add: Purchase of Rights Shares: China Light & Power Co., Ltd. $3,330.00 Purchase of Reg. Warrants: Hong Kong Electric Co., Ltd. $8,465.00 $69,210.00 Deduct: Cost of shares sold: 3,025 shares of Lane Crawford "A" $(6,366) $62,844.00 ### QUOTED INVESTMENTS AT COST Lane Crawford "A" $8,638.74 38,115 shares of Lane Crawford "B" $2,453.55 $16,200.00 $24,838.74 $88,367.00 ### BALANCE AT BANKS Fixed Deposits $88,906.32 Deposit at Call $5,545.63 Current Account $1,359.28 $95,811.23 ### LIABILITIES SUNDRY CREDITORS $24,000 Printing Charges for Journal $27,000.00 $14,952 $112,367 $40,000 ### ACCUMULATED FUNDS Balance as at 1st January, 1979 $88,367.22 Add Surplus on Sales of Shares: 1978 $94,733 Lane Crawford "A" $12,494.96 38,115 shares of Lane Crawford "B" $9,866.85 $22,361.81 Excess of Income over Expenditure in 1979 $24,838.74 $113,182.58 Balance of Accumulated Funds at 31st December, 1979 $44,371.35 $140,182.58 $112,387 $140,182.58 D. A. GILKES, Hon. Treasurer ## NOTE: 1. Incomes from subscription are accounted for on cash basis. 2. Quoted Investments held at 31st December, 1979. £700 Stocks 6% Commonwealth of Australia_1977/80 Cost HK$11,488.38 Market Value HK$7,063.35 1,781 Shares China Light & Power Co. Ltd. $9,291.17 $38,647.70 16,934 Shares Hong Kong Electric Co. Ltd. $15,126.80 $104,144.10 1,693 Shares Hong Kong Electric Co. Ltd. Reg Warrants HK$10 1988/92 $8,465.00 $8,465.00 $44,371.35 $158,320.15 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1987 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/rx919b522 Plate 5. Discarded cannon, c. 1924. The building to the left, formerly a military office, is now used as an old people's centre, the only surviving building from the Imperial days. (Courtesy of Lane Crawford Ltd.) Plate 6. Two mounted cannon, with the paper-burning pavilion in the background. c. late 1930s. (Courtesy of the Hong Kong Museum of History) ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1989 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8336pm92h 220 R: In the advertisement it was stated that tickets could be obtained from Messrs Lane, Crawford & Co, G.A. Bretts' Auction Room and Astor House Hotel. Lane, Crawford was a general store that had been established in Kiangsi Road (ex Church Street) since June 1862. The Astor House Hotel was situated in Hongkew (see also Survey). 17.6.1864 (Fri) Performance by Messrs J.R. Black and Marquis Chisholm (piano) TH: N.N. (H) N: Benefit for Mr. Chisholm R: John Reddie BLACK (1827-1880) was born in Scotland, but went to Australia to earn a living as a singer in the goldfields. After arriving in Japan, 1861, he became the editor of some English newspapers and from 1876-1880 he edited several papers in Shanghai. In 1864 he still managed to combine his two vocations. His entertainment was "composed of songs interspersed with anecdotes and conversation of the most lively description which he varied every evening. He has a splendid voice and sings with great taste and feeling" (NCH 4.6.1864). His accompanist on the piano was Mr. L.C. PHILIPPS (cf. 1.4.1864), but the latter died of cholera and his place was taken by Mr. Marquis CHISHOLM who was no newcomer to the Shanghai public. On June 17 he played a fantasia on Japanese airs, composed by himself. As a matter of coincidence there was "an absence of ladies, many of whom are at present rusticating in Japan", but for the other evenings "the audience has always comprised the majority of the ladies resident in the Settlement". Evidently this had come to be considered as most desirable, perhaps to lend an air of respectability to the performance. (NCH 11, 18.6.1864). 22.6.1864 (Wedn) H.J. BYRON: "Il Treated Il Trovatore" (1863) T: Burlesque extravaganza (1 act) C: Shanghai Amateur Burlesque Company F: Music by the Rhenish Band Th: Olympic Theatre (H) + R: The first night of a new company, the "*Shanghai Amateur Burlesque Company" and, if we may believe the Herald, the Shanghai world "was completely taken by surprise. So minute an acquaintance with stage proprieties was shown that many of the audience were disposed to believe that they were witnessing a display of professional talent”. (NCH 25.6.1864). 29.6.1864 (Wedn) H.J. BYRON: "Ill Treated 11 Trovators" (1863) T: Burlesque extravaganza (1 act) T.H. LACY: "A Silent Woman" (1835) T: Farce (1 act) C: Shanghai Amateur Burlesque Company F: "New burlesque music" by the Rhenish Band Th: Olympic Theatre (H) R: This is one of those increasing occasions in which only a short summary was published in the Herald, while the full report had appeared in the North China Daily News, no longer extant for this year. In any case the hope was expressed that more would be seen of the company "as soon as the cool weather sets in" (NCH 2.7.1864). According to the advertisement, tickets were obtainable from Lane, Crawford & Co (see 13.6.1864), Hall & Holtz (Ship chandler, general store and bakers; at the corner of Foochow Road (ex Mission Road) and Kiangsi Road (ex Bridge Street); MacKenzie & Co (shipchandlers, general store and general agents on the Yangkingpang in the French Concession); the Astor House Hotel; and Phillips Restaurant (Phillips, Moore & Co, Nanking Road-ex...) ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1990 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/d79206299 238 Company joined Dairy Farm and became known as the Dairy Farm, Ice and Cold Storage Company Limited, following the merging of the food sections of Lane Crawford and Dairy Farm. Because records were lost little is known of the company's history between 1920 and 1942. The directors who were not killed fighting the Japanese in 1941, however, did manage to hold a minuted board meeting, on June 1st, 1942, in Stanley prison camp. They later held a joint meeting with the directors of Lane Crawford's when it was suggested the two firms should co-operate after hostilities ceased. This idea materialised in 1960 with limited success. In 1972, Hong Kong Land acquired Dairy Farm in the first contested takeover bid in Hong Kong. The old building on Lower Albert Road, used by the Dairy Farm Ice and Cold Storage Company Limited until 1978, now houses the Foreign Correspondents' Club and the Fringe Club. In the late 20th century milk is tankered into Hong Kong mainly from China. Watson's Another of the few firms that is as old as Hong Kong itself is A.S. Watson's. It is connected with the Canton Dispensary which operated from 1828 to 1858. The Hong Kong Dispensary was opened in a matshed at Possession Point by Doctors (Peter) F.H. Young, a naval surgeon, and Alexander Anderson. The latter became the first Colonial Surgeon of Hong Kong. Doctor John Morrison, son of Doctor Robert Morrison who founded the Canton Dispensary with Doctor Livingstone, was also involved. In July 1841, a bad typhoon destroyed the Dispensary's matshed at Possession Point as well as other structures in Hong Kong. The main purpose of Di Yeuk Fong (†) (big medicine shop as it was then called) was as a dispensary for soldiers and sailors. On 1st January 1843 it moved to Captain Morgan's Bazaar, and the same year a Doctor Samuel Marjoribanks, a surgeon, joined as a partner. In 1845 the dispensary moved to permanent premises, in Queen's Road, and Doctor James Hume Young (a relative of F.H. Young) became manager. The first member of the Watson family to go East was Thomas ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1990 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/d79206299 240 overland across Egypt, by ship to Trieste, and overland across Europe), in February 1859, a sick man. He died in 1860 only 44 years old. The dispensary in Hong Kong was not known as A.S. Watson's until 1870, although Alexander Skirving Watson had taken over in 1858 after changes in management. + The 1897 Watson's Calendar explains that, 'Experienced English Assistants only are employed in the preparation and dispensing of Medicines. The Calendar also advertises: 'Chairs (sedan chairs), Licensed Bearers Hill District, half hour, two bearers, at $0.15.* Products available at Watsons in those days included, 'Prickly Heat Lotion, A Sovereign Remedy', and Scotch Whisky was advertised at $10.80 per doz. Case'. The firm also sold aerated waters after a Mr Humphreys branched out in 1876, and the old Chinese term for the product, Ho Laan Shui (Holland water), is still occasionally heard today and indicates the Dutch were the first in the field. Later, the firm also started to sell wines and spirits. A.S. Watson is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Hutchison Whampoa Group, and the company is well known for its 'variety chain stores' and for its Park N Shop supermarkets. In addition to Watson Estate there is also a Watson Road to commemorate the firm. With the Hong Kong penchant, as the saying has it, 'Greed for the new forget the old', (#Taam sun mong gau) and with most business houses ensconced in new, multi-storey concrete structures, there are few old articles to remind visitors of the past. That is why it is a pleasure, on entering Watson's offices at Fo Tan, Shatin, to see today two antique medicine jars, each about 90 centimetres high, and a large prescription book with entries in longhand, the first of which is dated April 5th, 1937. Lane Crawford's In 1850, Thomas Ash Lane and Ninian Crawford set up a sea-biscuit emporium in a matshed (rush mats covering a bamboo frame). Lane started life as a government clerk, although his family was ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1990 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/d79206299 241 engaged in business in Canton, Macau and Hong Kong well before the middle of the nineteenth century. Crawford, who joined T.A. Lane in partnership, was a humble stores clerk. After the attempt to poison the expatriate population by putting arsenic in the bread, in 1857, Lane and Crawford established a bakery in the 1860s. They also conducted auctions. Later the two men built a wharf, started a towing service with a 35 horsepower launch, and initiated the port's first fresh-water supply. In the early 1880s these water-boats were placed at the service of the Government when there was a serious drought. This branch of the business was later merged with the Union Waterboat Company which continued to operate until after World War II. Lane Crawford's bakery and coal yard went on trading until the early 1960s. The company opened its six-storey Des Voeux Road department store, opposite Alexandra House and designed by architects Leigh and Orange, in 1905. (This was demolished and a new building erected in 1926). Departments included ship's chandlery, grocery, outfitting, hardware, furnishing, upholstery, tailoring, millinery and musical instruments. Anything was said to be available from a pin to an anchor. Business prospered and branches were later opened in Shanghai, Yokohama and Kobe. Eventually, these were taken over by independent managements. In the last decade of the twentieth century Lane Crawfords in Hong Kong caters for the affluent local community, and the emphasis is still on quality products. The staff are mainly Chinese. This contrasts with a Lane Crawford staff group photograph taken in 1904, of European shop assistants and floor walkers, on a beach. The 33 members mostly wore long, one-piece swimming costumes, and several sported walrus moustaches. They were said to have been accommodated in splendid quarters. (Another European firm of drapers and outfitters that operated in Hong Kong until the 1960s was Whiteaway Laidlaw). Today, Lane Crawford is a part of the Wheelock Marden Hong Kong Realty, Marco Polo Group. It is a comparatively recent acquisition of Y.K. Pao's Wharf Company although it has a longer history than the parent company and other associates. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1990 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/d79206299 256 The Swire Group Swire News (various) Union Corner, (booklet of Union Insurance Society of Canton Ltd.) Watson's Calendar 1897 REPORTS, PAPERS AND FACT SHEETS Bard, S.M., Foreign Trade and Traders in Early British Hong Kong (1988) Hong Kong: The Facts (various Government fact sheets) Leeds, P.F., The Development of Public Transport in Hong Kong Review (November 1974) NEWSPAPERS, SUPPLEMENTS AND PERIODICALS An Historical Art catalogue, excerpts mentioning the Watson family (undated, details unknown) The Asia Magazine Asian Finance Building Journal Hong Kong, Ire (no. 2 Feb. 1990) Hong Kong Standard (various) *A New Era for Swire Travel, Hong Kong Standard Special Publication (31 October 1974) 'New Lane Crawford House', Souvenir Magazine to Commemorate the Opening of New Lane Crawford House, Hong Kong Standard/Sing Tao Jih Pao (June 1977) Newspaper clippings, Hong Kong Public Records (various) South China Morning Post (various) South China Morning Post 75 Years (1978) '139 Years of Temptation', South China Morning Post Supplement (15 March 1989) LETTERS TO THE AUTHOR From: Mr Rupert S.C. Li (Swindon Book Company) The Royal Society, London Standard Chartered Bank ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1990 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/d79206299 327 Russian empires came into conflict culminating in the Crimean War of 1854. This focused Hong Kong's attention on matters of defence. This concern was already heightened by pirates and elements in the local population which led the administration to review the consequences should the navy and military leave the young Colony unprotected. A pirate attack near Macao in May of 1854 prompted the then Lieutenant-Governor, William Caine, to address the issue of the unsavoury locals, "The danger to be apprehended is that during an attack by an enemy or a gang of pirates, these vagabonds might form themselves into bands for the purpose of plunder, to be joined perhaps by others from this vicinity, and then immense loss of property and life might ensue through their progress; nor must it be forgotten with what facility the Chinese houses in some parts of the town may be fired by incendiaries to increase the confusion, and consequent facility to plunder. The existence of a reserve such as would be formed by a Colonial Volunteer Corps might stop such proceedings at the outset or prevent them altogether" (p. 10). This concern for internal security against the backdrop of patriotism led to the formation of the corps Caine advocated. The ability of the author to place the reader in the overall context of the times adequately is something often found lacking in history books. That Mr. Bruce has this talent is shown by the book's portrayal of the fears and aspirations surrounding each stage in the evolution of the Corps. His profile of certain of the original 99 volunteers is particularly intriguing with such asides as 'Dent was the great rival to Jardine and that is probably the reason that none of the 99 were connected with the latter firm' (p. 15). In this first chapter we meet many of the characters who were the first Volunteers. These individuals reflect the frontier town atmosphere of the embryo port-city. There was Thomas Lane, clerk and shopkeeper who is remembered today in the name of one of Hong Kong's leading retail stores 'Lane Crawford' (p. 15). There was George Cameron who ran the El Dorado Tavern and, when he died in 1859 left it jointly to a friend and to the Chinese woman with whom he had lived for the previous seven years' and schoolmaster Joseph Thornton who must have known his way around the town's pubs as he eventually had to be dismissed for what were described as 'irregular habits' (p. 17), or when Alexandre Grandpre caused a stir when his wish to marry in ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1994 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/zk522640g 10 It was not until 1931 that the Club was revived in rented premises on the fourth floor of No. 2 Connaught Road. The club's concert hall was a popular venue for musicals. A singing group, the Liedertafel, was organised in 1873. A pianist, Franz Jachimeck made an eastern tour in 1867. He gave a private recital at the German Club and a public one at the hall of Club Lusitano. The concert included three German songs rendered by an amateur group. In the same year a lighter programme of entertainment was offered to the public in the following advertisement, "Ein Cultur-Historisch und Social Humoristische Vertrag aber Californian mit einem Seitenblick nach Yokohama. Donnerstage abends 9 Uhr in dem kleinen Saale des Oriental Hotel vor Dr. B.B. Schwarzbach, gehalten werden. Billet a $2 sind bei den Herr Lane, Crawford and Co., Hochstetter, Gaup, Cremer". The English speaking community were not deprived of Dr. Schwarzbach's lecture of culture, history and humour, for he repeated it in English a few nights later. One of the highlights in the history of the old Club Germania was the visit of Prince Henry and Princess Irene of the Prussian royal family. Prince Henry was a grandson of Queen Victoria of England. Consequently the event was not confined to the German community. As a finale to the entertainment of the evening, a naval group from the British war ship "Powerful" presented three "real life Tableaux": Ready For Action, Battle Scene, and the Death of Nelson, all representative of British patriotism. Included was a patter song linking the guest of honour with his grandmother: One word before I end my song To welcome in far Hongkong The grandson of our Gracious Queen The Sailor Prince, of course, I mean; To welcome him, may he always be Found playing on the side of the Royal Navy. The warm feelings between Britain and Germany prevailing during the visit of His Royal Highness, were dissipated when war clouds increasingly piled up before August 1914. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1994 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/zk522640g 19 Reichmann's application for the Grand Hotel was not granted as he was a German national. He applied again in 1915 but to no avail. Though he was unsuccessful, the application suggests he was not interned with his fellow countrymen. After peace returned, he again sought a decision on his application for naturalisation (CO129/455, p37, 11 July 1919). I have presented this material in what some might consider excessive detail because it relates a connected history of accommodation for travelling and resident Germans from 1859, when Petersen's German Tavern was opened, to 1931, when his daughter retired from the management of the Station Hotel in Kowloon and closed its doors. Cafe Weissmann The Cafe Weissmann opened in 1904. In 1914/15 the name was changed to Wiseman, a less Germanic spelling. Lane, Crawford and Co. had acquired a controlling interest in Weissmann Ltd, so its Cafe was not considered to be alien enemy property. The licence for spirits was transferred from Rembold Ekhardt, who had held it from 1909, to Ellen H.K. King, According to Jarrett, the author of the column "Old Hong Kong" in the South China Morning Post (23 Sept. 1933), Hans Weissmann was a ship's baker who began business near the Bowrington Canal. If this is accurate, he must have begun his Hong Kong career at the Hong Kong and China Bakery Co. It was a limited company with the controlling interest being held by Lane, Crawford and Co. Mr. Weissmann opened a restaurant in a small room in the Beaconsfield Arcade in 1904, but he soon moved to the south-east corner of Queen's Road and Wyndham Street. Here, in addition to his "Refreshment Room", he had a "Tiffin Room" at No. 1 Wyndham Street. At the same time, the business became a limited company (DP20, 27 Apr 1905). The management of the restaurant was taken over by Carl Fiedler in 1908. A year later, the business was moved to No. 14 Des Voeux Road Central. Mr. Fiedler was not long after replaced by Rembold Ekhardt, who conducted the business under various names until 1914. Cafe Weissman became Cafe Wiseman in 1914. No. 14 Queen's Road was redeveloped in 1926 as the Exchange Building. Lane, Crawford and Co. had its store there and for several years Cafe Wiseman became the ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1994 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/zk522640g 20 Lane, Crawford Restaurant and for several years in the 1930s it was known as the Exchange Restaurant, but in 1935 the name reverted again to Cafe Wisseman (details of management, location and name are from notices of the Spirit Licensing Board published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette). An incident took place at the Cafe in September 1914, just after war was declared, which placed three German nationals under suspicion. They were observed throwing down a copy of the China Mail and stamping on it because it contained a report that the British had compulsorily bought two battleships then being built for the Turkish Government (CO129/413, Information from Provost Marshall regarding Germans on list, 8 Oct. 1914). Firms I have tried to reconstruct the history of these firms from the records available in Hong Kong. The average reader may not be interested in the detailed account of change of partnership, location and other minutia, but as most of this material has not been published previously, I presume to do so now in the hope that there may be some who have an interest in the firms may learn more about them. The information and references may provide a starting place for those who might wish to write a fuller history of particular firms. Though Germany was not a colonial power in Asia, its merchants carried on an active trade there. Throughout the nineteenth century German firms became increasingly competitive with those of other western countries. In the opening decades of the century Canton was the centre for trade, but it declined in importance when the ports at Hong Kong and Shanghai developed. When war was declared between Britain and Germany in August 1914 citizens of enemy countries were placed under parole but in October new laws were enacted enabling the Hong Kong Government to place German nationals who held reserve status in the military to be interned. Representatives of German businesses in Hong Kong sent a letter dated 30 October to the American Consul General there asking him to submit it to the British authorities. The merchants appealed for a reversal of the orders on the grounds that they had contributed through the years to the ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1994 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/zk522640g 50 Kuhlmann usually known as Henry Kuhlmann. He soon took into partnership Richard Schonberger. His interest ceased in 1887 (DP 27 Jan. 1888). John Max Heinrich Meier, a former clerk of Radecker and Co., became a partner in Kruse and Co. in 1890 (DP 1 Jan. 1890). Mr. Kuhlmann died at Hamburg in September 1893. He was unmarried and aged about forty-five (CM 29 Sept. 1893). In 1905 the company moved into new premises in the recently built Hotel Mansions Building at the corner of Chater Road and Pedder Street (DP 9 Aug. 1905). Carl Wilhelm Longuet had been a partner of the firm until his death in November 1910 at Blaneness, near Hamburg. He was a native of Lubeck and was aged forty-seven at the time of his death (HKT Supplement 19 Nov. 1910). The partners at the time of liquidation were John Meier and P. Hall. The business was sold by the liquidators as enemy alien property in 1915 to a British firm, The Hong Kong Cigar Store (HKT 3 Feb. 1915). Storekeepers Jurgens Claussen and Muller Henry Joachim Jurgens operated a haberdashery shop on Queen's Road in 1858. His wife and Mrs. Adonia Rickomartz ran a millinery department in connection with the shop (FC 14 May 1858). Mrs. Jurgens gave up her business interests in September 1859 (FC 15 Sept. 1859). Mr. Jurgens left Hong Kong in 1866 with the intention of settling in Hamburg, but he returned to Hong Kong in 1870 and re-established himself in premises lately occupied by Thomas Hunt and Co. at Pedder's Wharf (DP 7 Sept. 1870). Within a year he had moved to a store recently vacated by Lane, Crawford and Co. on Queen's Road (DP 23 July 1871), but soon he had relocated in Yokohama, Japan (DP 3 Apr. 1872). Again he was on the move and finally settled in Shanghai, where he died in 1897, aged seventy-two. His obituary states he arrived in China in 1856 and within the brief period of seven years he had made a fortune of $160,000, but out of boredom or financial reverses he came back to China seven years after he left (DP 20 July 1897). Charles Henry Claussen was an assistant in Mr. Jurgens's haberdashery from 1862 to 1865. He then entered a partnership with August Muller ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1999 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/s178b887x 261 A TORN SCRAP OF PAPER: RELATING TO A MONEY LOAN ASSOCIATION, SMALL LOANS, OR WHAT? JAMES HAYES The torn scrap of paper shown at Plate 1 was found between the leaves of a Chinese book bought some time ago from a second-hand dealer in Hong Kong. Measuring only 3" by 2", it was probably incomplete, yet someone had kept it as a record. It contained seven names and seven amounts, but one of the names had been scored out. Reading from the right, a translation of the characters and amounts, as given in the Cantonese rendering which I believe to be appropriate, runs as follows: Yip Tung 10 cents; Yeung Tai 7 cents; Ah Yee 8 cents; Seng Ho 13 cents; Seng Chan 16 cents; Name crossed out 7 cents. The currency being used, singly or in combination, for the accounts was the sin, a one-cent coin, and the ho, a ten-cent coin. The first can be found in Rev. W. Lobscheid's An English and Chinese Dictionary, revised and enlarged Japanese edition, Tokio, J. Fujimoto, 16th year of Meiji [1884], p. 220. The second appears on p. 162 of Ernest John Eitel's A Chinese Dictionary in the Cantonese Dialect (London, Trubner & Co. and Hongkong, Lane, Crawford & Co., 1877) p. 162. Lobscheid's dictionary was originally published in Hong Kong in 1868, but to date, this author has never seen a copy of the original edition. For the sake of clarity, the renderings made in translation are given uniformly in cents, instead of variously in the two different units used in the original. I believe these coins were Hong Kong currency, but the date of their introduction is not known to me. However, it could not have ================================================================================