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“...Born Subject's Certificate
were reported on (including G made at the end of 1911) and 5
applications for Naturalisation. The numbers granted were 13 and 5.
Four (4) applications (3 for British Born Subject's Certificate
and 1 for Naturalisation) from persons of other than Chinese
nationality were also received and referred to the Colonial Secretary's
Office. They were all granted.
Sixty-seven (67) appeals by prisoners against the issue of
Banishment Ordersmost of them being on the grounds of Hong-
kong birthwere referred to this Office and reported on.
The Registrar General is also required to furnish a report on
any case of a Chinese prostitute committing suicide. Three such
reports were furnished during the year, and in no case was there
any suspicion of foul play.
Labour Troubles.
Washermen s Strike.In May there was a strike of the washer-
man employees in Victoria, which however only lasted 3 days and
caused little inconvenience. The men demanded a rise of $2 a
month for regular employees...”
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“...... 3-880 3'74 4*850
October,........................ 0-015 o'ooo 0-040
November,.................... 0-285 0-230 0-440
December, .................... 4-900 7* 120 6-270
Year, ............... 63-935 64^00 67*370
IV.Weather Forecasts and Storm Warnings.
Daily Weather Report.A weather map of the Par East, and
the China Coast Meteorological Register, containing the Daily
Weather Reports from about 40 stations in China, Indo-China,
Japan, and the Philippines, and a daily weather forecast for Hong-
kong and District, the Formosa Channel, the south coast of China
between Hongkong and Lamocks, and between Hongkong and Hai-
nan, were issued daily as in former years. Copies of the map were
exhibited 011 notice boards at the Hongkong Ferry Pier, the Blake
Pier, and the Harbour Office. Since April 4 a copy has been sent
daily to the Director of the Meteorological Observatory, Macao.
Seventy copies of the Register were distributed to various offices, etc.,
in the Colony, and since November 18, a...”
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to the Office of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company in Hong-
kong, and occasionally a special 9 a.m. signal is transmitted to
Labuan.
Observations for Time.Observations for time are made daily
with the transit instrument, weather permitting. During the year
1912 the number of transits observed was 1,012. The errors of
collimation, level, and azimuth were determined 52, 395, and 63 times,
respectively. New spicier threads were inserted on February 23 and
October 15. On the second occasion they were fixed to the micro-
meter frame; formerly they were fixed to the wire plate. It is
proposed to substitute a glass scale for the spicier threads.
Clocks.The Mean Time clock by Brock has proved useless as
a Standard clock. After maintaining a fairly steady rate for one or
two weeks its time-keeping becomes erratic, for no apparent reason.
It is proposed to substitute an invar pendulum rod with a hardened
lead bob in place of the present steel rod and heavy iron bob. In
the month of...”
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A new main spring was fitted to the mean time chronometer,
Dent No. 40917, 011 August 18.
Special Work.Special magnetic observations were made on
May 12 at the request of the Superintendent of the Eastern Extension
Telegraph Company in connection with a. simultaneous series of
observations of the strength, rate of change, direction, etc., of
electrical earth currents in the cables between England and Hong-
kong.
At the request of the Naval Authorities two anemometers de-
signed for use on board ship for calibrating guns, were tested at the
Observatory in the months of June and July, and reported upon.
Special weather .forecasts for Tongking Gulf were despatched
to the Eastern Telegraph Company's repairing ship on August 31
and September 1.
Wind Force and Barometric Gradient.A discussion of the
wind force and barometric gradient at Gap Rock, taken from the
Hongkong Weather Maps in 1910-12, gave the following results:
Gradient. Force (Beaufort scale). Force ( m.p.h.)
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“...number of Crown Leases being granted
during the year.
4.Fees.
The total amount of fees collected by stamps exclusive of the
New Territories during the year amounted to $42,154 being
$2,531 more than the previous year. The amount of Land Regis-
tration Fees in the New Territories amounted to $3,075.
The amounts of fees collected under the different headings for
the 3'ears ^903 to 1912 are shown in the Table III.
5.Crown Rent Roll.
The total Crown Rent clue in respect of leased lands in Hong-
kong and Kowloon (excluding certain Villages in Hongkong and
Kowloon entered in the Village Rent Roll) amounted for the year
ending 25th December to $409,373 a decrease of $16,964 on
the previous year which was due to the Government having resumed...”
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“...to San Wai about a mile
eastward from Fan Ling.
The prosperity of the Fan Ling valley was further evidenced by
the number of new houses which sprang up; and the demand for
these was so large both here and elsewhere throughout the Territory
as to cause a considerable boom in the brick-making industry.
Prospecting for tin was carried 011 in the valley to the S.E. of
Au Tan Station, with the result that towards the end of the year
steps were taken for the flotation of a tin-mining company in Hong-
kong.
The development of the Fan Ling Golf Links and the construc-
tion of the new Golf House proceeded during the year, and an increas-
ing number of members were attracted from Hongkong : but in other
respects the Territory showed little sign during 1912 of supplying a
much needed outlet for the surplus population of Hongkong.
27th February, 1913.
G. N. Omii;,
lJ-istrict Officer....”
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“...some-
what from a dull season last year. Fish were plentiful and the
fishing fleets can command good prices owing to the competition of
local markets with those of Hongkong and Macao.
The one dissentient voice is that of Cheung Chau which was
beset in turn by. plague and by pirates. The attack by pirates,
involving as it did the death of three Indian constables, was pro-
bably the most serious outrage in the history of the district and
showed the necessity of some means of communication with Hong-
kong.
Cheung Chan however lias sufficient enterprise to rise superior
to bad fortune. It has added two storeys to the ill fated pawn shop.
It has overcome considerable opposition to its new market run strict-
ly on municipal lines. And it has established its own electric light
plant and supplies light at a cheaper rate than Hongkong can do.
The transfer of some 20 square miles on the mainland including
Tsiin Wan from the Northern District took place during the year.
Fortnightly courts have been...”
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Annexe B.
JOINT REPORT OE THE PRINCIPAL CIVIL MEDICAL
OFFICER AND THE MEDICAL
OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Area.
The Sanitary Board's control extends to the Island of Hong-
kong, which has an area of about 32 square miles, and to that
portion of territory on the mainland between the shore and the first
range of the Kowloon Hills extending from the village of Tseung
Kwan 0 in Junk Bay, on the East, to the village of Ivan Pa Hang-
on the Westwith a sea frontage of about thirteen miles and an
area of about sixteen square miles. Old Kowloon, with an area of
about 2;[ square miles, has been in British occupation since 1861,
but New Kowloon was leased to this Government in 1898, as part of
Avhat is known as the New Territories. The remainder of the New
Territories comprising an area of about 356 square miles is not
under the control of the Sanitary Board.
The City of Victoria, built on the Northern shore of the Island
of Hongkong, has a frontage to the sea of nearly five miles and is
separated...”
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“...instance
the school room was also the bedroom.
Vernacular Day Schools.(Boys.)
During-the recent inspection of the Private Schools (Chinese)
in Hongkong and Kowloon I was, with two or three exceptions,
courteously received, ancl had very little difficulty in obtaining the
information I sought; the exceptions were inclined to be suspicious
and gave particulars unwillingly. 1 or 2 schools closed very early,
no doubt to avoid the inspection.
In many cases the pupils were under the impression that Hong-
kong was Chinese Territory, ancl apparently no effort has been
made to enlighten them ; it would appear in some instances that the
idea had been fostered. It would be quite an easy matter to imagine
some of these schools to be situated in the heart of Canton. During
the trouble in Canton many people came to Hongkong for shelter and
opened schools, and it seems as if they did not wish to recognise
that they were under British protection, Some of the children were
quite amazed at the idea of a foreigner...”
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abroad. All expenses incurred during this lengthy period are to
be borne by the Chinese Government, which also provided $120
for outfit per student, as well as passages to and fro. Two of our
successful boys were brothers, and their father is also one of our
old boys.
At the first Entrance Examination to the University of Hong-
kong held in August last, 41 students entered their names, and
39 actually attended : the Final Pass List contained 22 names, and
of these successful candidates 9, i.e., 4:1% of the entire list, were
Queen's College boys. 22 Queen's College boys are now at the
University 9 in the Faculty of Medicine, and 9 in Engineering :
the other 4 are studying for an Arts degree.
General:The Register of Boys Married shows that 33 boys
applied for Leave from School in order to be married during the
year. The average age of these applicants was 17 years and 7
months, the youngest being 14 years and 10 months and the oldest
21. 28 of them were in the Upper School, and...”
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“...es from the
Hongkong Technical Institute in connection with the
Technical Institute.
I.First Year Certificate.
15,
Name.
1. Chan Sai-fong,...
2. Chan Wing-to,...
3. Chin Chung-cho,.
4. Ohiu Kwong,....
5. Fung So, .........
6. Fung Sze-chan,.
7. Fung Yuk-shum,
8. Hung Yuk-sang,
9. Lam Paloto, ....
10. Lau Po, ..........
11. Li Ltin-kwai,
12. Li Mun-kwong, .
13. Lo Wai-hong, ...
14. Lu Chi-po,
Mak King-
cheuug, ..
1G. Mohamed, Fateh
17. Muhammad, Gr.
Pun Sik-ling,.
Pun U-sam,..
18.
19.
20. Tang Iu-ting,....
21. Tang Kin-cheung
22. Tsang Kun-sham,
23. Wong Nim-cho,.
24. Yeung Kong,
25. Yeung Klin, ....
Date of
Certificate.
1910
1912
1911
1910
1912
1910
1911
1909
1910
1911
1910
1911
1912
1909
1910
1912
1911
1910
Present Employment.
Present employment unknown.
St. Paul's College.
Saiyingpun District School.
Present employment unknown.
Yaumati District School.
Saiyingpun District School.
Present employment unknown.
Queen's College.
Wantsai District...”
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