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“...Public Works have been furnished by the Director of that department. In the brief summary of Legislation the Ordinances in force at the end of 1901 have been given the numbers they bear in Sir John Garrington's edition. Under the heading Trade the figures dealing with ships cleared and entered exclude steam-launches and junks whether engaged in foreign or local trade. The excess in numbers of emigrants returned over emigrants left is accounted for by many that leave from various Treaty Ports of China returning via Hongkong. Under Finance the percentage of expenditure devoted to Non- effective Charges is based on the inclusion under that head of Pensions and Interest. General Administration covers the Governor's Office, the Colonial Secretary's, Registrar General's and Audit Departments, the Treasury, the Post Office, the Harbour Department, the Observatory, Charitable Allowances, Transport and Miscellaneous Services. Law and Order include the Supreme Court, Magistracy, Law Officers, Land Registry...”
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“...M rH P £ 2 ft g Ph o ;> rk o o u pH C-t1 -M V ttPl H bog J 7; aS^rS OQIH^ t/t ~ f-1 W IX! Sog 2 CO ^ o ^ooQ w 11 g ^ o O -h £ o co 3 i-l g o ^ xo 5 -d cS oo s £ o r 1 r/2 g tJ OS W CO o0 3 p3 ^ Ors o on cj 11 j j 5 CO 3 2 2 cc a) w a o S g 'S p s 3 £ .2 2 2 O d to P W r- C3 f-; sq Cj r o o ph ^ o o Pr. Ev.H.K. Is. taken over (26:1) and Govt, administered by Capt. Elliot as Chief Superintendent of the Trade of Br. subjects in China in accordance with proclamation issued by him on (29/1), which also declared that Chinese should be governed according to laws of China and others according to laws of Gr. Britain. 2nd proclamation (1/2) promised free exercise of religious rites, social customs and private rights. Br. and foreign merchants came from Macao to prospect (Feb.). Building commenced (March). Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co. erected first substantial house and god owns at East Point, Military and naval establishments first located near West Point and mercantile centre at Wong Nei Cheong...”
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“...established (June). P. W.5 wells sunk for City Water Supply. Road from Albany Godowns to Wong Nei Cheong (now called Wan Ohai Road) constructed and first Praya reclamation scheme partly carried out. £ 23,721 20,154 £ £ £ o o Ins. 1,520 31,463 32,983 1-035 143 154 297 179 29 115 30 747 406 m .2 5 } 1,082 J 377,084 34,115 51,896 .06 43.72 2.67 2.68 42.52 8.35 2,959 1,153 Ii 1 v> M7 A 43,875 31 i/* 89 1 'i 1 *>?§ Pr. Ev.Disturbances in S. China incident on Tai Ping rebellion sent many Chinese to H. K. 19 cases of piracy in H. K. waters. Tr. & Ind.Great increase in emigration to Straits Settlements and California. Emigration to Peru also benefited H. K. for a time till abuses connected with its trade necessitated abandonment. Coinage of Br. dollar first mooted on account of Mex. dollars, Ind. rupees and Br. coins being at a discount. P. & 0. S. N. Go. established regular monthly steamer between H. K. and Calcutta thereby giving Colony...”
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“...collision in or near harbour. Tr. & Ind.Chinese petition sent to Queen and memorial to S. of S. with regard to Blockade. Increased export of tea from China accompanied by complaints of adulteration. China Merchants S. N. Co. started with design of taking coasting trade from foreign ships. II. K. & Shanghai Bank lent §600,000 to Chinese Government at 8 /0 on security of maritime customs. P. W.Temporary Hosp. (54 beds) provided in Holywood Road ; it was destroyed by fire on 26/12,78. Harbour Office in Victoria re-constructed and new Harbour Office built at Aberdeen. Mint Dam and Blue Pool Dam re-constructed for City Waterworks. Roads and wells provided at Peak. Leg.Emigration Ord. passed to supersede legislation of previous year in connection with coolie trade from Macao. 1875 Pr. Ev.Tsai Tien became, under the style of Kwong Sai, Emperor of China with the two Empresses as regents (23,2). St. Saviour's (R. C.) School re-organized as St. Joseph's College (15'11). Tr. & Ind.Depression in trade...”
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“...provide safe anchorage of 100 acres for small craft. Observatory at Kowloon completed. Leg.Distress of Rents Ord. (No. 1). Pr. Ev.War broke out between France and China (5/8) and gave rise to some unrest in Colony. Piratical attack on S.S. "Greyhound" a few hours out of H. K. Strikes of butchers (10/6) and of cargo-boat people and coolies (3 10). Serious fires at Hung Horn in Br. Kowloon (11 and 1612). .Jockey Club formed (4/10). Hongkong-Macao cable opened for traffic (4/7). Tr. & Ind.Opium boiled at Govt. Factory and Dross Farm let. P. W.European Lunatic Asylum (8 cells, etc.) constructed near Govt. Civil Hosp. 23 acres reclaimed at Causeway Bay. Water Police Station & Time-bail Tower erected at Tsim Sha Tsui. Yau Ma Ti Market extended (30 stalls). Leg.Medical Registration Ord. Pr. Ev.Peace declared between France and China (6/4; allayed unrest. Agitation with regard to overcrowding of City of Victoria led to appointment of Land Commission. Tr. & Ind. Ropevvorks established at Kennedy...”
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“...and Girls Ord. (tfo. 4) amfVagrancy Ord. (No. 9). migor-ocnenii wn.- j Pr. Ev.Penny post established. By coil (90 sq. ill.) leased to Great Britain fo| 24'"i iK08 08 1' j Import trade of Colony improved j; __ (5,000 ft. long) and Chamberlain Ro;{| WJ : Pr. Ev New Territories taken over by h> connived, Sham Chun City beyond nc| Dyeing Co. started operations, (10)1 of streets at Mong Kok Tsui, N. of Exemption of Laws and Regulation Ord., afterwards superseded, for sanij mention between U. K. and China, signed at Peking on 9,0. area on the mainland S. of line joining Deep Bay with Mirs Bay (270 sq. m.) together with Lantao and other islands 99 years; this area designated-The New Territories. Tr. & Ind.West River opened for trade on 3 0 and regular communication established but interfered with by piracy. tieuiarly in rice and coat Opium Farm let for 3 years at §372,000 p.a. P. W.1893 loan fully expended. Tai Ping Shan improvement scheme completed. Barker Road I (2,340 ft, long) opened on Peak...”
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“...sugar. Pilots Ord. (No. 3) provided for exam, and licensing of Pilots. Hill Dist. Reservation Ord. (No. 4) reserved residential area at the Peak. 1905 1906 n -o i i SIS 1 ] ti 2 ^ % -1 1 % | o 2 Jj >o C5 iuzj 'I cm ^ ^ 1 § "M ! S Anglo-Chinese Govt. School opened at|Aberdeen. Tr. & Ind.Trade adversely affected by over-speculation in 1904, by fluctuations in exchange, by boycott of American goods as protest against U. S. A. exclusion law and by reduction of Br. fleet in China. Imports to and exports from China fell off. Sugar refineries, Cotton Spinning Co. and cement and rope factories did good business. There was falling off in repairing and docking ships. P. W.Preliminary Survey of Br. section of Canton-Kowloon Railway carried out, route selected and land partly resumed. 1st order light from Cape D'Aguilar transferred to new tower at, Green Is. Disinfecting Stn. at Kowloon, Mongkok Tsui Market (40 stalls) and Yau Ma Ti District School (for 200 scholars) completed. Resumption scheme...”
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“....1881 ...... 1891. Report on the,........................:........1891 ...... 373 1897. .................................1897 ...... 467 1901. .................................1901 ...... 715 1906. .................................1907 ...... 257 Chair and Jinricksha Coolies. Report of Commission on, 1901 ...... 803 ,, Despatch regarding, ......1902 ...... 97 Child adoption and domestic service. Correspondence respecting, ................................................L886-7 ... 187 China. Respecting opening of South-West Provinces to trade,..................................................1885-6 ... 89 Chinese College of Medicine. Report on, ..................1896 ...... 479 ( 315 91 ..J 403 ( 425 Consul. Respecting appointment of, ............1891 Infantile Mortality. Report of Committee of Enquiry on, .......................................1904 ...... 1 Revenue in Hongkong. Correspondence re- garding, .............................................1899 ...... 403 City of Bombay...”
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“....................1901 ...... 685 Observatory. Report on, ..............................1883-1907 annual. ,, ,, on Five-day Means of the prin- cipal Meteorological Elements,.........1885-6 ... 199 ( 275 Reports,..........................................1886-7 -{ 293 ( 401 Respecting additional clerk in, ............1885-6 ... 145 Weather Report for 1885, ..................1885-6 ...181 Opium and other Goods. Report of Commissioners respecting alleged smuggling ofinto China,... 1884 ...... Respecting smuggling ofinto China,............1884 ...... Personal Emoluments, Pensions, etc.Statement of total costs of, .............................................1895 ...... 545 Piers' Committee. Minutes of Meetings, ..................1898 ...... 163 Ordinance. Petition against 2nd reading of,......1899 ...... 407 Pinus Massoniana. Correspondence respecting felling and planting of,..........................................1905 ...... 709 Plague Bacillus. Respecting culture of, ....................”
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“...Correspondence respecting the,.....................1884 ...... Pension Rules and increased rate of pay. Memorandum on, .................................1884 ...... Reports and Returns, ........................1879-1907 annual. Rifle practice and supply of ammunition, ......1884-5 ... 227 Force. Respecting increase of, ..................1904 ...... 23 ,, Probationers. Respecting, ........................1904 ...... 501 Post Office. Report, ...................................1879-1907 annual. in China. Revenue and Expenditure of Postage. Respecting proposed reduction of rates, ..... Postal Service. Correspondence respecting,.............. Prayas. Respecting proposed junction of Eastern and Pray a, Extension. Memorandum by Governor re- specting, ............................................... ,, Reclamation. Report for 1897, .... ............ Scheme. Correspondence re- Prison Accommodation. 1901 .... .. 279 1896 .... .. 605 ,1899 .... 633 1902 .... .. 437 1890 .... .. 381 1884 .... .. 1884...”
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“...18 Subject. Volume. Page. School of Tropical Medicine. Respecting contribution to, 1899 ...... 339 Despatch respecting,........1903 ...... 353 for European Children and School for Upper Class Chinese. Respecting, ......................1902 ...... 5 Sewerage and Drainage of Hongkong. Report on,......1902 ...... 777 Simpson, Professor. Reference table to recommenda- tions of, ..................................................1902 ...... 661 Smuggling of Opium and other goods into China,.........1884 ...... South African War Fund. Respecting Colony's con- tribution to,..............................................1900 ...... 475 Special Jurors. Respecting fees of, ........................1889 ...... 265 Spirit Farm. Despatch respecting proposed,...............1885-6 ... 85 Stamp Duty. Minute on proposed increase by 50 ...1885-6 ... 157 Revenue Returns,.................................1882-1884 annual. Sterling payments 1890-1896. Return of, ...............1897 ...... 493 Salary Scheme...”
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“...explained. With an Appendix. By W. F. Mayers. 2rid Edition. With additions, by G. M. H. Play fair. Half calf. Royal 8vo. pps. LXIV, 158. Kelly & Walsh, Hongkong, &c. Trubner & Co., London. HongkongColonial Titles, p. 134. Who's Who in the Far East, Published annually. 1906-7 and 1907-8. Crown 8vo. pps. LX or LXX, 384, or 400 or more. China Mail," Publishers, Hongkong. Numerous biographical notes on the public men in Hongkong. Directory and Chronicle of China, Japan and Straits, with Treaties, etc. Large edition, with 12 plans. Cloth. Medium 8vo. (Issued annually and containing some 700 or 800 pages.) The Daily Press Office, Hongkong. Directory and Chronicle for China, Japan and Straits. Small edition, (Issued annually.) The Daily Press Office, Hongkong....”
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“...22 Directory of Protestant Missionaries. Published annually. The Daily Press Office, Hongkong. China Coaster's Tide Book and Nautical Pocket Manual 1908. (Complied by G. Gundry.) BIOGRAPHICAL. The life of Sir Harry Parkes, K.C.B., G.C.M.G. By Stanley Lane Poole and F. V. Dickens. 2 vols. Cloth. Medium 8vo. pps. XXVI, 512; XXI, 477. Macmillan & Co., London, 1894. Numerous references to Hongkong. o ~ A Life for China. Being a brief Memorial Sketch of the late Rev. John Chalmers, M.A., LL.D,, of Hongkong. Compiled by George Cousins. Paper. Cap. 8vo. pps. 52. Portrait. L.M.S., London, 1900. The Life and Letters of S. W. Williams, LL.D., Missionary, Diplomatist, Sinologue. By his son, Frederick Wells Williams. Cloth Medium 8vo. pps. VI, 490. Portrait. New York and London. G. P. Putnam's Sons. The Knickerbocker Press, 1889. Hongkong, pps. 123, 144, 163 and 169. BOTANICAL. Flora Hongkongensis : A Description of the flowering plants, and ferns of the Island of Hongkong by George Bentham, V.P.L...”
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“...23 Descriptions of some new Species and notes on other Chinese Plants. By W. J. Tutcher, F.L.S. Paper cover. Post Octavo, pps. 12. Extract from Linnean Society's Journal. Vol. XXXVII. Index of Chinese Plants mentioned in Journal of Botany up to end of 1880. Vols. I to XVIII. By C. Ford, F.L.S. Noronha & Co., Hongkong, 1883. Half cloth. Post Octavo, pps. 88. History of the European Botanical Discoveries in China. By E. Bretschneider, Ph. D. Paper, 2 parts. Crown Quarto, pp. XV, 1167. Samson Low, London, 1898. The Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. Under the Com- mand of Capt. H. Kellett, R.N., C.B., during the years 1845-51 by B. Seemann, Ph. D., F.L.S., Naturalist. Plates. Royal Quarto, pps. VI, 483. Lovell Reeve, London, 1852-1897. Island of Hongkong, List of Collectors, &c., pps. 225-919. Some account of the Botanical Collection brought from the Eastward by Dr. Cantor. By W. Griffith, F.L.S. Royal Quarto, pps. XXIII, 623. Journal Asiatic Society, Bengal. Hooker's Icones Plantarum...”
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“...the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts and History of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants. By S. Wells Williams, LL.D. Illustrated and Map. Revised Edition 2 vols. Medium 8vo. pps. XXV, 836 & XII, 775. Chas. Scribner & Sons, New York, 1900. Numerous references to Hongkong. Social Life of the Chinese. By Rev. J. Doolittle. Crown 8vo. 2 vols. 111. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1867. Illustrations and Descriptions of Hongkong Coins. Vol. 2, pps. 146-147. A Cycled of Cathay or China, South and North. With Personal Remi- niscences. By W. A. P. Martin, D.D., LL.D, &c., Cloth. Post 8vo. Illustrated. Map. pps. 464, Fleming H. Revell Co., New York, &c., 1897. Hongkong, Aspect & Growth, &c.. pps. 17-23. John Chinaman and a Few Others. By E. H. Parker. Cloth. Post 8vo. Illustrated. pps. XX, 380. John Murray, London, 1901. Hongkong, Liberty for Chinese, p. 50; Piracy of the Namoa, pps. 137-140; Hongkong, pps. 146. 210, 251; Hongkong Salt Smugglers, pps. 306-309....”
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“...25 Kwong Tung or Five Years in South China. By J. A. Turner. Cr. 8vo. Illustrations and Maps. pps. VIII, 194. S. W. Partridge, London. Hongkong, pps. 21-22, 97-110, 188-190. Promenade autour du monde, 1871. Par M. Le Baron de Hubner. 2 vols. Cloth. Cap. 8vo. 2nd vol pps. 501. Librairie Hachette et Cie., Paris, 1873. A description of Hongkong is contained in the second volume. Pictures of Southern China. By. Rev. J. Macgowan. Medium 8vo. pps. 320. Illustrated. R, T. S. 'London, 1897. Pictures of Hongkong and Descriptions, pps. 215-276. The Mystic Flowery Land. Being a True Account of an English- man's Travels and Adventures in China. By C. J. H. Holcombe, Me- dium 8vo. 2 vols. Illustrated, pps. 225. Luzac & Co., London, 1899. Piracy, pps. 126-134; Hongkong, pps. 177-184; Man Mo Temple, pps. 203-207; plague, pps. 208-217. John Chinaman at Home: Sketches of Men, Manners and Thing, in China. By Rev. E. J. Hardy. Colonial Edition. Medium 8vo. 111. pps. 334. T. Fisher Unwin, London. Numerous...”
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“...26 The Awakening of China. By W. A. P. Martin, D.D., L.L.D. 111. from Photographs. Cloth. Super Royal 8vo. pps. 328. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1907. Hongkong, pps. 7 and 8. EDUCATIONAL. The Educational Conquest of the Far East. By Robert E. Lewis, M.A. Cloth. Demy 8vo. pps. 248. Fleming IT. Revell Co., New York, &c. Educational Matters in Hongkong, pps. 173-176. ENTOMOLOGICAL. Natural History of Insects in China containing upwards of 220 figures and descriptions by E. Donovan, F.L.S. and W.S. New Edition brought down to the (then) present state of the Science. With system- atic character of each species, Synonyms, Indexes and other additional matter by J. 0. Westwood, Secretary, Entomological Society of London, etc., etc. Royal 4to. H. G. Bond, London, 1842. Contains many illustrations and descriptions of insects, etc., to be found in Hongkong. Butterflies of Hongkong and South East China. By J. C. Kershaw, F.E.S., F.Z.S. Illustrated. Royal 4to. Kelly & Walsh, Hongkong, 1905-1907....”
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“...Government Assessor ; 2nd Edition. Quarto, pps. 144. Noronha & Co., Hongkong, 1905. Macao : the Holy City : the Gem of the Orient Earth. By J. Dyer Ball, M.R.A.S., &c. Medium 8vo. pps. 83. China Baptist Publica- tion Society, Canton, 1905. Some references to Hongkong. Chine du Sud et de l'Est. By Madrolle. Cloth. Maps. Cap. 8vo. pps. XII, 12, VIII, 156. (Jomite de L'Asie Francaise. Paris, 1904. Hongkong, pps. 1-8. HISTORICAL. Miscellaneous Notices relating to China and Our Commercial Inter- course with that Country. By Sir Geo. Thos. Staunton, Bart., M.P., LL.D., & F.R.S. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Enlarged and with Introductory Observations. John Murray, London, 1822-1850. A reference in the Introduction to Hongkong, conditions and pros- pects of Our New Settlement at Hongkong, pps. 27-30. Narrative of the Expedition to China from the Commencement of the War to the Present Period. With Sketches of the Manners and Cus- toms of the Singular and Hitherto Almost Unknown Country by Com- mander J. Elliott Bingham...”
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“...History of Hongkong. By W. Tarrant, 1862, with which is incorporated Canton Historical Documents. Demy 8vo. pps. 144, V, 183,, 74. Friend of China Office Ca.iton, 1862." Incidents in the China War of 1860. Compiled from the private Journals of General Sir Hope Grant, G.C.B., Commander of the En- glish Expediton. Crown 8vo. pps. XIV, 263. With Maps. By II. Knollys, R.A. John Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1875. Hongkong pps. 3-8, 33. A History of China. By S. Wells Williams. 8vo. Sampson, Low, Mars ton & Co.., London, 1897. Several references to Hongkong, pps. 153, 205, 281, 288, 373, 401, 406. China : Being The Times Special Correspondence from China in the years 1857-1858. Re-printed by permission. With Corrections and Additions by the Author, George Wingrove Cooke. Cloth. Crown 8vo. pps. XXXII, 457. Numerous references to Hongkong. Historic China and other Sketches. By H. A. Giles. Crown 8vo. pps. VIII, 405. De la Rue & Co., London, 1882. A reference to the Ceding of Hongkong on p...”
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“...mentions Hongkong several times in his 3rd vol. as incidents in his narrative require. China : .Her History. Diplomacy and Commerce from the Earliest Time to the Present Day. By E. H. Parker. Maps, &c. Crown 8vo. pps. XX, 332. Mention of Hongkong, principally as regards trade, on several pages. My Colonial Service in British Guiana, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Fiji, Australia, Newfoundland and Hongkong. With Interludes, Portraits and Illustrations. 2 vols. The Growth of the Empire : A Handbook to the History of Greater Britain. By A. W. Jose. Cloth, pps. XV, 442. John Murray, London. HongkongCession of and additions to, &c., pps. 137, 389, 391. Hongkong, Trade routes, p. 396, Colony, p. 408. Prose Writings of Bayard Taylor. Revised Edition, India, China and Japan. By B. Taylor. Cloth. 8vo. pps. XVI, 539. Putnam & Co., London. Hongkong, pps. 287, 456, 466-473, 484-. Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, 1858, 1859. By Lawrence Oliphant, Private Secretary to...”