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 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-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 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 ================================================================================