RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1969 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/9g553n20d 1967 ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1968 EXPENDITURE Sundry Expenses (printing, stationery, postage, lecture expenses) --- HK$ 2,668 1,100 Symposium Expenses + 12,670 Journal Expenses +++ HK$ 3,438 1,471 10,518 1,971 Surplus Excess of Income over Expenditure 6,970 1,190 Purchase of Library Books INCOME ... 1967 HK$ 200 Sundry Receipts 1,192 Symposium Receipts 1,708 Sale of Publications 333 Bank Interest Received 1,916 Dividends Received 580 Life Memberships 1968 10,901 Annual Memberships 1968 Annual Memberships 1969 paid in 1968 Deficit - Excess of Expenditure over Income +++ + HK$ 221 1,382 - L L 6,118 2,041 TTT 1,916 +++ +++ 1,100 11,380 210 60 738 HK$17,628 HK$24,368 HK$17,628 HK$24,368 BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1968 LIABILITIES ASSETS HK$42,416 Surplus at 1st January, 1968 J HK$41,678 (738) Add: Income over Expenditure in 1968 Profit on Sale of Investments (Note 1) 6,970 HK$28,431 Investments at cost (Note 2) (For market value see below) Balance at Banks 15,518 7,333 Fixed Deposit $12,223 9,981 18,000 Deposit at Call ITT 526 Current Account +++ 7,152 23,736 43,111 41,678 Surplus at 31st December, 1968 12,612 Sundry Creditor-Printing Charges HK$54,290 58,629 HK$58,629 HK$54,290 HK$58,629 INVESTMENTS Note 1: 125 shares Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (London Register) Cost Proceeds of Sale (Dec., 1968) Profit on Sale + HK$12,913 22,894 HK$ 9,981 (Signed) D. A. GILKES, Hon. Treasurer. Note 2: Cost Market Value 200 shares China Light & Power HK$ 4,030 HK$ 5,800 700 shares 6% Commonwealth of Australia 1977/80 11,488 7,150 HK$15,518 HK$12,950 (Signed) N. N. CHAN, Hon. Auditor. ================================================================================ 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-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-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-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-1993 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/66833t302 CONTRIBUTORS Karina Lam Wai-Ling, M.A., is the Marketing Communications Manager SE Asia for Philips Semiconductors. The article is an edited version of her master's dissertation. Janet George, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer at the Department of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Sydney. She has researched deeply into various aspects of Hong Kong's early maternity services. Keith Stevens, B.A., served with the British Army and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office before his retirement in 1991. He has an abiding interest in Chinese deities and temples and has written numerous articles for the Journal. Gerald Choa, M.D., was a former Director of Medical & Health Services of the Hong Kong Government and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has written extensively about early Hong Kong medical figures and services. Patrick Hase, B.A., Ph.D., is a council member of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong Branch) and a former editor of the Journal. He has written extensively on early life in the New Territories. Mary Pang, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Business and Management at the City University of Hong Kong. Dan Waters, M.Phil., Ph.D., is a retired Assistant Director of Education of the Hong Kong Government and a council member of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong Branch). He has written extensively on the history and culture of Hong Kong. Geoffrey Roper, is a retired Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force. He chairs the Activities Committee of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong Branch). vi ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1997 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/wp98g7579 A. Trevor Clark, C.B.E., L.V.O., M.A., F.S.A.Scot., served in Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service in Nigeria, and then in Hong Kong from 1960 to 1977, being seconded to the Western Pacific for constitutional duties from 1972. Since retirement to Britain he has been an elected local government councillor, and a member of non-departmental public bodies and trusts, especially museums, and has contributed book reviews on Hong Kong affairs to various publications. Dan Waters, M.Phil., Ph.D is a retired Assistant Director of Education of the Hong Kong Government. He is a long-time Member of Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (HKSARBRAS) and became President in 1997, having acted since the year before. He has written prolifically on the history and culture of the HKSAR. Keith Stevens, B.A., served with the British Army and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office before his retirement in 1991. He is an authority on Chinese temples and deities, and Chinese history generally, and has written prolifically on these subjects. Jennifer W. Welch, M.A. now lives with her husband in Hong Kong having spent a number of years in Singapore, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Australia. Her interests are varied and include French culture and language, China and the Chinese, porcelain and history. Kwok-shing CHAN is a post-graduate student at the Department of Anthropology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Thomas Kvan, M.A., M.Arch., is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong. Justyna Karakiewicz, A.A. Dipl., F.R.S.A., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong and an urban designer who has designed towns and landscapes in Malta, France and England, amongst others. ix ================================================================================ 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 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-2000 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/nk328168n DESIGNATORY LETTERS AFTER AN RAS MEMBER'S NAME DAN WATERS 205 'As an RAS member, am I entitled to put letters after my name?' Occasionally, your Branch receives such enquiries. We are also sometimes asked if our Hong Kong members are Fellows Although RAS members of our London Headquarters are given the title of Fellow, that has never been the practice with the Hong Kong Branch since it was reconstituted in 1960. There are other Royal societies in Hong Kong, however, which do use the term 'Fellow.' The Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Commonwealth Society is one example. Indeed even when the Hong Kong Branch of the RAS was first established, from 1847 to 1859, the title 'Member' and not 'Fellow' was used. It would also appear from records that the title 'Member' was used in the North China RAS Branch in Shanghai. Regarding putting letters after one's name. That splendid reference book, Things Chinese or, Notes Connected with China, is of special interest. The author was the noted sinologist J Dyer Ball MRAS (Member of the Royal Asiatic Society) as he styled himself. One notes straightaway that he used the title Member and not Fellow. That is probably because he was a member of the North China Branch. Interestingly, Dr James Hayes points out that the famous missionary, sinologue-author, J Edkins DD, in his booklet on Opium (published by the Presbyterian Mission Press, in Shanghai, in 1898), styles himself, 'Honorary Member of the Asiatic Society (sic) London and of the Japanese Branch'. I have sought the views of RAS Head Office, London, on this subject. They say they cannot find any official statements sanctioning the placing of RAS after one's name. They suspect it has not been encouraged. Head Office also mentions that, in Professor Beckingham's History of the Royal Asiatic Society, he does not refer to Fellows being called anything else nor does he refer to the use of designatory letters. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-2001 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/zg651950g Imperial Ideals and Chinese Practical Common Sense in Chan Lau Kit-ching and Peter Cunich (eds.), An Impossible Dream: Hong Kong University from Foundation to Re-establishment, 1910-1950 (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 2002). Governor Frederick D. Lugard and the Hong Kong Chinese featured prominently in this article (ahylin@hkucc.hku.hk). Professor Norman Miners, was the former Head of the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong. He is probably best remembered for his seminal work The Government and Politics of Hong Kong, first published in 1975, which ran to five editions. Robert Nield, F.C.A., F.H.K.S.A., is a certified public accountant and was a former partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (Hong Kong). He is a Vice-President and the Treasurer of HKBRAS (hiflyer@netvigator.com) Kirsty Norman is an active member of HKBRAS. Keith Stevens, B.A., served with the British Army and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office until his retirement in 1991. He is an authority on Chinese temples and deities, and Chinese history, and has written prolifically on these subjects. His articles are noted for the splendour of the illustrations (keith.stevens@chgods.freeserve.co.uk). Dr Elizabeth Kenworthy Teather gained her B.A.(Hons) and Ph.D. in the Department of Geography at University College London. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Born in Britain, she spent some years overseas as a teenager (Iraq and Cyprus), emigrated to New Zealand in 1973 and moved to Australia in 1984. She joined the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of New England, NSW, Australia, in 1988. She has a second Honours degree in Theatre Studies completed in 1986, and is also a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (Singing - Performance). From 1995-1997, 1999-2000 and 2001-2002 she was Scholar in Residence, David C Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University Dan Waters, M.Phil., Ph.D., is a retired assistant director of education of the Hong Kong Government. He has written prolifically on the culture and history of Hong Kong. He is the immediate past-president of HKBRAS (benefit@netvigator.com). Jenny Welch, M.A., now lives with her husband in Hong Kong having spent a number of years in Singapore, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Australia. Her interests include French culture and language, China and the Chinese, porcelain and history. xiii ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-2002 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/mp4901278 HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY LIBRARY ADDITIONS LIST 2002/2003 Bate, Henry Maclear, 1908- Report from Formosa. New York: Dutton, 1952. Bickley, Gillian, 1943- The development of education in Hong Kong 1841-1897: as revealed by the early education reports of the Hong Kong government 1848-1896. Hong Kong: Proverse Hong Kong; Aberdeen: Aberdeen & NE Scotland Family History Society, 2002. Braidwood, W. G. Speech delivered by the Chairman, W.G. Braidwood, Esq. at a meeting of members held in Shanghai on 30th November, 1945. British Empire and Commonwealth Museum Voices and Echoes: a Catalogue of the Oral History Holdings of the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Bristol: British and Commonwealth Museum, 1999, 2nd ed. Bushell, Stephen W. Chinese art. London: H.M.S.O., 1924. (2 vols) Changing flags [sound cassette] Hong Kong: s.n., 1997) The China directory for 1874, new series. Hong Kong: China Mail. Annual. Clinton, David The Lion in the East: the Story of Kong George V School 1900-2002. Hong Kong: Parents-Teachers Association (PTA), the School (KGV) and the Former Pupils Association (FPA), 2002. Coates, Austin, 1922- Invitation to an Eastern Feast. London: Hutchinson, 1953. I removed the incomplete last line "liti" as it appears to be a fragment and not a complete entry. I corrected "H.M.$.O." to "H.M.S.O." to fix the spelling error. The rest of the text has been reformatted into HTML using tags for paragraphs. was removed as per rule 12 to keep the output clean without any extra explanation. The corrected output remains: HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY LIBRARY ADDITIONS LIST 2002/2003 Bate, Henry Maclear, 1908- Report from Formosa. New York: Dutton, 1952. Bickley, Gillian, 1943- The development of education in Hong Kong 1841-1897: as revealed by the early education reports of the Hong Kong government 1848-1896. Hong Kong: Proverse Hong Kong; Aberdeen: Aberdeen & NE Scotland Family History Society, 2002. Braidwood, W. G. Speech delivered by the Chairman, W.G. Braidwood, Esq. at a meeting of members held in Shanghai on 30th November, 1945. British Empire and Commonwealth Museum Voices and Echoes: a Catalogue of the Oral History Holdings of the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Bristol: British and Commonwealth Museum, 1999, 2nd ed. Bushell, Stephen W. Chinese art. London: H.M.S.O., 1924. (2 vols) Changing flags [sound cassette] Hong Kong: s.n., 1997) The China directory for 1874, new series. Hong Kong: China Mail. Annual. Clinton, David The Lion in the East: the Story of Kong George V School 1900-2002. Hong Kong: Parents-Teachers Association (PTA), the School (KGV) and the Former Pupils Association (FPA), 2002. Coates, Austin, 1922- Invitation to an Eastern Feast. London: Hutchinson, 1953. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-2002 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/mp4901278 26 Elias, TO, 1962, British Colonial Law, Stevens & Sons, London Elton, Lord, 1945, Imperial Commonwealth, Collins, London Emerson, Rupert, (1937) 1966 Malaysia, A Study of Direct and Indirect Rule. University of Kuala Lumpur Press, Kuala Lumpur Fox, Grace, 1940, British Admirals and Chinese Pirates 1832 - 1869, Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Co Ltd, London Freedman, Maurice, 1950, 'Colonial Law and Chinese Society' in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 80 Friedman, Lawrence M, 1964, 'Law and its Language', George Washington Law Review 33 Furnival, JS, 1956, Colonial Policy and Practice, New York University Press, New York Ginsburg, N, and Robers, C F, 1958, Malaya, University of Washington Press, Seattle Greenburg, Michael, 1951, British Trade and the Opening of China 1800 to 1842, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Gullick, JM, 1964, Malaya, (2nd edition), Ernest Benn Ltd, London Hall, D G E, 1975, A History of South East Asia, (3rd edition), Macmillan Press Ltd Hall, 1937, The Colonial Office, a History, London Hickling, R H, 1992, Essays in Singapore Law, Pelanduk Publications (M) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Hooker, MB, 1976, The Personal Laws of Malaysia. An Introduction. Oxford University Press Hooker, MB, 1969, "The Relationship between Chinese Law and Common Law in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong', Journal of Asian Studies 28 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-2003 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/2v242g390 2003 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY (UK) Although the number of Friends' activities during the past year cannot compete with those in Hong Kong, it is nevertheless pleasing to report that the quarterly meetings which have taken place have been of a very high standard. They started in May 2003 with a bold and forthright talk by Dr. Francis Wood, entitled 'Marco Polo and Me.' Dr. Wood is curator of Chinese Collections at the British Library and author of 'Did Marco Polo Go To China?' and 'No Dogs, Not Many Chinese: Treaty Port Life in China 1843-1943.' Her talk was very convincing and one was left in no doubt that there are still many unanswered questions about Marco Polo's trips to China. The second event took 35 Friends to Bath and Bristol for two days in early October, 2003. Bath has an excellent Museum of East Asian Art, originally set up by Mr. Brian McElney, who lived in Hong Kong for many years in the 1960s and 70s. He became a well-known collector of Chinese artefacts. The museum now houses a wide range of Far Eastern art, including items from South Korea and Japan. Our visit coincided with the very well presented exhibition 'Death and Burial: The Chinese and the Afterlife.' The Friends were particularly impressed by the emphasis on education and the museum's outreach to local schools. The day ended with a very authentic Chinese meal at the Cathay Rendezvous in Bristol. The following morning the Friends met at the Empire and Commonwealth Museum, which was opened in Bristol three years ago, with a great deal of local and overseas backing, including the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. It was particularly pleasing to see Dr. Dan Waters' name inscribed in the entrance hall. The exhibition portrayed in very enlightened and balanced ways a history of the Commonwealth countries, as seen by many of the local people who lived there. The items on display showed that the build-up of Empire and Commonwealth was a remarkable achievement, but there were clearly some aspects which did not come up to the high ideals many expected - this precipitated a lively topic for discussion during the lunch that followed after the visit and the subsequent river cruise through the old town of Bristol. xlvi ================================================================================