SESSIONAL PAPERS LAID BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG 1927
Table of Contents
1. Aberdeen Valley Catchment area
Development of
2. Bias Bay Piracies
(Supplement to Sessional Paper No. 7 of 1927)
3. Bias Bay Piracies
Endeavours to Obtain Co-Operation of Canton Government in Its Suppression
4. Development of Hong Kong During the Thirty Years 1897-1927
Financial and Other Statistics Showing the
5. Estimates of Expenditure
Abstract Showing the Differences Between the approved Estimates for 1927 and the Estimates of Expenditure for 1928
6. Government Marine Surveyors' Department
Recommendation By the Harbour Master as Regards Staff Establishment and Salaries for the
7. Jurors
List for 1927
8. Rain Storm of 18th July, 1926
Report of Damage Caused By
9. School Fees Revision
Report of Committee of the Board of Education on
10. 'Sunning' Piracy Commission
Report of the
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No.
10
1927
HONG KONG.
ABERDEEN VALLEY CATCHMENT AREA DEVELOPMENT.
In August 1926 Mr. R. M. Henderson, Engineer-in-charge of Water- works, submitted a complete report with plans and estimates for two alterna- tive schemes for the partial and complete development of the Aberdeen Valley respectively.
After further consideration it was decided that the proposal for this complete development of the catchment area, would prove the more satis- factory scheme and extracts from the report are annexed.
The scheme consists of the development of the whole of the Aberdeen Valley and the catchwatering of the areas to the East as far as Wongneichong Gap and to the West as far as Mt. Kellett Bay.
It will be necessary to construct a reservoir in the Aberdeen Valley immediately above the existing reservoir, and the existing Paper Mills Dam will require reconstruction to meet the new conditions.
Pipe lines will be necessary from both reservoirs to Aberdeen where they will join and a common pipe will run from there to Elliot Filter Beds by way of Island Road, Victoria Road, and Pokfulam Road.
To deal with the increased supply, Elliot Filter Beds will require to be extended and new beds will be constructed at Pokfulam Road near the Uni- versity Recreation Ground, the latter beds discharging into the Kennedy Town tank.
A Pumping Station will be required at Sandy Bay to deal with the lower reservoir water and a portion of the higher reservoir, but the larger portion of the water can be delivered by gravity.
Small alterations will be necessary at Pokfulam Reservoir which will be linked up to the main supply pipe by a subsidiary pipe, allowing a larger draw-off than is at present possible.
The scheme gives a very flexible system which will prove a great relief to the Western districts of the City which at present are the first to be res- tricted and, if need be, water can be passed as far East as Albany by means of the existing Albany-Elliot Unfiltered Water Mains, the flow in the pipe being reversed.
The scheme as originally designed was estimated to give a supply of 2.12 million gallons per day at a cost of $2,605,000 and to take approximately three years to complete but as a result of recent inspection of the area an amended estimate of $2,627,000 (including resumption) is put forward as the cost of this scheme.
Annexe A.
Annexe B.
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Investigations have been made on the site of the proposed Dam found- ations in the Aberdeen Valley immediately above the existing reservoir by trial pits and prickings and it has been ascertained that the scheme for the complete development of the Aberdeen Valley as set forth in Mr. Henderson's report dated 6.8.1926 is feasible.
Some modification in detail will be necessary but the general scheme as originally proposed will remain practically unaltered.
A small scale map showing the general layout of the scheme is attached.
7th November, 1927.
H. T. JACKMAN,
Director of Public Works.
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Annexe A.
Extracts from a report of Mr. R. M. Henderson, Engineer-in-charge
of Waterworks, on the Development of the Aberdeen
Valley Catchment Area.
Reservoir.
The existing Paper Works Reservoir is situated on the main Aberdeen Paper Works stream West of Bennet's Hill. The Dam which is of rubble concrete faced and backed with granite rubble was built in 1890, having a maximum depth of 40 ft. from stream bed to overflow, an overflow of 125 lin. ft., and con- tained 42 million gallons when full, top water level being + 243.85 O.D. Cost $24,000.
In 1899 the Dam was raised eighteen feet and strengthened by means of 10 concrete and rubble faced counterforts, the overflow being left the same length, top water level being raised 18 ft. to + 261.85 O.D. and the storage capacity raised to 92 million galls. Cost $48,000.
The Dam which has a total length of 465 ft. is shown on Drawing No. 3 and is constructed of a lime and cement concrete lining ( cement, 1. lime 2 red earth and 3 stone) backed by Rubble Concrete (1 lime, 2 red earth and 3 stone) and faced with granite rubble with 10 counterforts of rubble con- crete faced with granite rubble. There is one draw-off operated by a primi- tive headstock and sloping spindle, while there is a washout pipe at stream
bed level.
The structure while apparently well built is constructed of poor materials and is a good exainple of what might be termed cheap construction.
The foundations in the stream bed and for some height on either side excellent, but further than that it is impossible to more than guess. appear As however leakage from the Dam is not excessive, the foundations generally would appear to be good.
The spur on which the West end of the Dam rests rises sharply, but the spur at the East end has a very flat slope, so that any possible raising of the Dam any considerable height would mean adding greatly to its length.
I have very carefully considered the possibility of raising this Dam and have had rough contours taken for thirty feet above the existing top water level to get capacities. Thirty feet added to the existing Dam would raise the capacity from 92 million gallons to 270 million gallons, but would make the Dam 700 feet long.
An entirely new Dam would require to be constructed immediately in front of the existing one, as the present structure would not stand the pressures and could therefore not be incorporated in the new structure and the foundations originally made for a 40 feet dam would not be safe for a 90 feet dam.
Annexe B.
Drawing
No. 3.
For the foregoing reasons in the event of complete resumption of the Scheme A. Paper Co.'s rights, I would propose development of the valley on the following lines as shown generally on Drawing No. 4.
Build a concrete and masonry dam in the main stream about mile above the existing Dam, the reservoir to hold about 200 million gallons with a top water level of + 365 0.D.
Construct a West Catchwater 15,000 feet long draining 496 acres, and an East Catchwater 11,200 feet long draining 314 acres, both discharging into the reservoir, and raising the Drainage Area from 505 acres to 1,315 acres.
Drawing
No. 4.
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This in a minimum rain or critical rain period would give an average daily supply of 1.8 million gallons.
The existing reservoir would then be left with 145 acres of catchinent area, the overflow from the upper reservoir, and a certain amount of overflow from the catchwaters, giving an average daily supply during a critical or minimum rain period of 0.32 million gallons.
The total supply from the two reservoirs and 1,460 acres of catchment area would therefore be 2.12 million gallons per day.
A pipe line would run from the upper reservoir through the gap West of the existing reservoir joining a pipe line from the existing reservoir on the main road round the Island. The pipe would then follow the main road to the bottom of Pokfulam Hill when it would join and follow the low or Victoria Road as far as the re-entrant below Mt. Davis and above Sandy Bay where the Pumping Station would be situated.
From the Pumping Station the water would be pumped through a rising main to Sandy Bay Gap immediately above, and then gravitate to Elliott Filter Beds which would require to be extended to deal with the additional
water.
I would also propose to lay a 10" pipe connecting Pokfulam Reservoir with the main in Victoria Road and a byepass round the Pumping Station, so that Pokfulam Reservoir water could be gravitated direct to Elliott without pumping.
Dam. Drawing No. 5.
Drawing No. 6.
Dam.
The dam has a total depth of 100 feet from stream bed to overflow; a length of 340 feet and an overflow of practically two-thirds of its whole length. It would have a total drainage area of 1,315 acres composed of 505 acres direct, and 810 acres indirect by means of catchwaters, and would contain when full approximately 200 million gallons. It would be composed of an inner lining of fine cement concrete backed by 7 to 1 and 8 to 1 cement concrete with displacers. A draw-off chamber is shown on the up- stream face to contain the inner draw-off and washout valves surmounted by a Valve House to contain the Valve Head-stocks etc.
The top water level would be + 365 O.D. and the Overflow, which would have a length of 192 feet, would be capable of passing 74 million gallons per hour with a rise of 3′0′′ on the crest.
As there does not appear to be any granite near the site suitable for ashlar, the front face would be either faced by, concrete blocks or concrete directly laid against forms and afterwards treated with a cement gun, while the back face would be faced with granite rubble to take the overflow.
At each end of the overflow, would be concrete and masonry floodwater channels to divert the water from the hill sides into the water cushion which would be formed at the base of the dam. They would also steady the flow and prevent erosion of the stream bed.
An outlet culvert to carry the supply pipes would connect the back of the Dam and the valve Well and while the dam was being constructed would take the floodwater.
Good rock is exposed in the stream bed and for some feet up on either side. It is not however expected from surface indications that the upper foundations will be very good, but this cannot be verified until excavations on the site are made.
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East Catchwater.
The East Catchwater would have a total length of 11,200 feet and would drain 314 acres. It would commence in the stream below Wongneichong Reservoir and follow the 400 feet contour to the gap North of Bennet's Hill where it would discharge through a tunnel 600 feet long into the reservoir.
The catchwater where in "soft" will be lined with cement concrete but will be unlined on the inner side where in rock. Necessary overflows, wash- outs and sand pits will be provided.
West Catchwater.
The West Catchwater would have a total length of 15,000 lin. ft. and would drain 496 acres. It would commence in the stream above Kellett Bay and contour the hill side at about the 380 feet level passing round and above the West side of the existing reservoir and discharge into the new reservoir at the North end of the Dam. It would be similar in construction to the East Catchwater.
Bennet's Hill Catchwater would have a total length of 4,200 ft. and drain 52 acres of the East and South sides of Bennet's Hill and would dis- charge into the Lower Reservoir.
Supply Mains.
East Catch- water.
West Catch-
water.
Bennet's Hill Catchwater.
The supply main, which would be approximately 21,000 ft. in length and Supply Mains. 18" in diameter, would be either Cast Iron, or Steel, lined with concrete or bitumen. It would contour above the existing reservoir and join the Wanchai Gap-Aberdeen Road at the Gap west of the existing dam and follow the road as far as Aberdeen where the main Island Road is reached, and where a junction with a pipe from the existing reservoir would be inade.
The pipe would follow the Island Road as far as Pokfulam Hill then join Victoria Road and follow it as far as Telegraph Bay.
Telegraph Bay would be crossed by means of an inverted syphon thus avoiding the Villa Miramere Gap which is too high and Victoria Road would again be reached 400 yards east of Sassoon Road and be followed as far as the Pumping Station at the re-entrant on the road above Sandy Bay.
This pipe would be capable of delivering 3 millon gallons per day with a total loss of head of approximately 60 ft.
Pumping Station.
Station.
Sandy Bay Gap over which the water has to be pumped has an elevation Pumping of approximately +355 ft. O.D. or pipe line level of, say + 340 O.D. while the cope level of Elliott Filter Beds is approximately +300 O.D.
Top Water Level of the Upper Reservoir is approximately +365 O.D. and the existing or Lower Reservoir + 261.85 O.D., so for calculation purposes the pumping level of the water in the reservoirs can be taken as + 340 and +240 O.D. for the Upper and Lower Reservoirs respectively.
Necessary head to be pumped will therefore be (340-(340-60))=60 ft. and (340-(240-60)) 160 ft. for the Upper and Lower Reservoirs respectively.
As the Pumping Station would be approximately 200 ft. above sea level and Comparatively inaccessible, the cost of steam power would be high, owing to transport charges for coal, and I would therefore propose that electric energy be used. An electrical supply main is conveniently situated on Mt. Davis Road a few hundred feet distant.
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I would propose that for the high level water the Station be equipped with three pump units each capable of delivering one million gallons per day, driven by variable speed electric motors. One unit would normally be a standby in case of break-downs, but during certain rainy periods of the year all three units would be in operation.
As high level water and low level water cannot be pumped simul- taneously, I would propose for the low level water two half-million gallons pumping units driven by two of the previously mentioned electric motors.
The pumps would be either single and double stage centrifugals or duplex or triplex plunger pumps, whichever are considered most suitable on further investigation.
Electricity would be obtained from the Hong Kong Electric Co.'s cables in Mt. Davis Road and I have informally approached the Co., regarding terms and Annexe B shows the calculations regarding cost of power and pumping.
The cost of pumping (power, stores and running expenses) works out at approximately 14 cents per 1,000 gallons for the high level water and 31 cents per 1,000 gallons for the low level water.
Rising and Delivery Mains.
The Rising or Pumping Main 18" diameter and 1,500 ft. in length which would be of Cast Iron or Steel would follow the Sandy Bay Stream Course to Sandy Bay Gap and discharge into a cement concrete break pressure tank situated on the hill side above the Chinese Cemetery.
Delivery Mains and Break Pressure
Tank.
From the break pressure tank the delivery main 18" in diameter and 2,700 feet long would run along the Pokfulam Road and finally discharge in to the existing Elliott Filter Beds.
Filter Beds.
Pokfulam Reservoir
Connection.
Filter Beds.
The Elliott Filter Beds have a total area of approximately 4,400 square yards capable of efficiently filtering 1 million gallons per day while in full operation.
At certain periods of the year it will be necessary to deal with about 21 million gallons per day and I would propose to construct additional beds up to an area of about 2,000 square yards.
The beds would be practically similar to the existing Elliott Beds.
Pokfulam Reservoir.
I would propose some small alterations at Pokfulam Reservoir, so that the head of the Reservoir might be utilized. I would also propose to lay a 10′′ cast iron or Steel main from the Reservoir to join the new 18′′ main in Victoria Road.
This connection with a byepass round the Pumping Station would enal e water to be gravitated from the Reservoir to Elliott Filter Beds without pumping and thus enable the existing maximum draw-off of 2 million gallons per day to be more than doubled on occasions when conditions are favour- able.
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Access Roads.
A 10 ft. wide Access Road would run from the Wanchai Gap Aberdeen Road along the spur on the North of the new Reservoir cross the Dam and then follow the spur on the South side of the Dam to the gap North of Bennet's Hill. The road would be 2,500 ft. in length and would give access to all the Catchwaters and the new Reservoir.
Access Roads.
Estimates.
Approximate capital cost of raw water per 1,000 gallons per day=
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HONG KONG.
BIAS BAY PIRACIES.
No.
1927
Endeavours to obtain co-operation of Canton Government
in its suppression..
À -CASE OF THE S.S. TAI ON.
Pirated on 27th April, 1914.
I.-Telegram of 28th April, 1914, from The Governor of Hong Kong,
to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
"Steamer Tai On pirated and burnt off Ki O. Several hundred persons reported missing. Please inform Chinese Authorities".
MAY.
II.-Note of 28th April, 1914, from The Tu Tu of Kuangtung, Lung
Chi-kuang, to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
The Tu Tu has the honour to acknowledge' the receipt of H. M. Consul-General's letter requesting him to order a thorough search for those concerned in the piracy and burning of the S.S. "T'ai On" off Ki Au. He has already issued strict instructions for the arrest of the pirates and for an enquiry and report; and in the general interests of merchants and travellers he will not permit of any delay in this matter. He would be obliged if H. M. Consul-General would inform the Hong Kong Government in this sense.
III.-Telegram of 28th April, 1914, from H. M. Consul-General, Canton,
to Governor, Hong Kong.
"Re your telegram of this afternoon on the subject of the Tai On, two gunboats are being sent with troops, by Tu Tu, to vicinity of the piracy".
IV.-Note of May 1st, 1914, from H. M. Consul-General, Canton,
to The Tu Tu of Kuangtung.
In the matter of piracy which has of late been so frequent and daring.
On the 9th of April, according to information furnished by a Canton detective Wu Ting-an to the Hong Kong Government and to his superiors, five pirate junks with one hundred armed men on board left Macao for P'ing Hai and it is supposed that ten
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or more of the latter were concerned in the Childar piracy. The Governor of Hong Kong and myself are of opinion that, as Chinese of the seafaring class are expert in identifying junks which they have once seen, it might yet be possible to track down these vessels and others systematically engaged in piratical pursuits.
I have therefore the honour to suggest cooperation between Great Britain and China in the matter. Wu Ting-an could doubtless secure the services of the persons in Macao who saw the junks depart and could identify them. Thereafter Chinese and British vessels could search for and pursue them. By the adoption of some such measure it may be possible to extirpate the pirate flotilla, which constitutes a standing menace to the peaceful trader.
The fact that the pirates who attacked the T'ai On commenced operations near Ch'i Ao and previous knowledge regarding that island lead one to suppose that there is a nest of pirates in that neighbourhood which might with advantage be raided.
The steamer Wo Kuai which was instrumental in rescuing survivors from the T'ai On while in flames took them on to Kongmoon and it is more than probable that amongst them there were individuals concerned in the attack seeing that amongst the rescued brought to Hong Kong there were found such.
I should be glad to learn if the authorities at Kongmoon have been able to trace any of them and to receive without delay an expression of your opinion as to co-opera- tion on the lines indicated above.
V.-Letter of 8th May, 1914, from Civil Administrator, Kuangtung,
to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
A few days ago upon enquiry I learned that on the evening of the 27th April cer- tain pirates masquerading as passengers boarded the S.S. Tai On which was bound from Hong Kong for Kong-mun, and that half-way through the voyage they rose with a view to committing piracy. The captain fought with them, whereupon they set fire to and burnt the whole vessel, with the result that several hundred persons were killed, including passengers, officers and pirates, though over a hundred person-both Chinese and for- eigners were eventually saved by the Shun Li and other steamers and conveyed to Hong Kong. Of the survivors those who were injured were sent to the Tung Wah Hospital for medical treatment. I the Civil Administrator was deeply grieved at this sad news, and sent without delay a telegram to the Heung Shan and Shun Tak Districts, directing the Magistrates and Police to institute separate investigation; and directions were also given to the Water Police Commissioner to send a vessel with all haste for purposes of, protec- tion. Since there was no re-inforcement of pirates on the voyage, it is evident that all the pirates boarded the steamer in Hong Kong, and as they had no way of escape, most of them must have perished on board the steamer. This tragedy has greatly incensed me, but I am deeply grateful to the Shun Li and other steamers for their brave rescue of the unlucky Chinese, and to the Hong Kong Authorities for sending the injured passen- gers to the Tung Wah Hospital for medical treatment, and it is my duty to send this des- patch to you the Consul General with a request that you will convey my sincere thanks to His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong.
VI.-Letter of 21st October, 1914, from H. M. Consul-General, Canton, to The Governor of Hong Kong.
With reference to your* despatch No. 69 of the 14th July last, I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that I am now in receipt of a letter from Lung Chiang Chun dated the 20th instant, stating that seventeen persons have been tried and shot for their complicity in the T'ai On piracy, that is to say, all the persons on the list enclosed in the above mentioned despatch with the exception of Nos. 7, 8, 13, 16, 21 and 22.
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No previous notice having been given to this Consulate, I was unable to depute a Consular officer to be present at the trial or execution of the criminals. I have however expressed to General Lung my opinion that, the case being one which so closely affected the Hong Kong Government, a Consular officer might well have been invited to attend the trial. I have again requested him, in the case of the Childar pirates, to have all the accused tried at the same time and to give me due notice of the trial so that I may send one of my staff to be present at the proceedings.
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B. CASE OF THE SUI AN.
Pirated on 19th November, 1922.
I.-Telegram of 21st November, 1922, from The Governor of Hong Kong,
to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
"By to-night's boat Hallifax goes.to discuss with you measures concerning Piracy on the "Sui An." Will be grateful if you will arrange interviews with Civil Governor and Foreign Minister to-morrow morning or such other course as seems best to you."
STUBBS.
II. Report from The Honourable Mr. E. R. Hallifax, C.B.E.,
to Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong.
The "Sui An' Piracy.
In accordance with verbal instructions from His Excellency, I left with Mr. King for Canton on Tuesday night, 21-11-22. On Wednesday morning after a discussion with Mr. Davidson (Vice Consul, acting in Mr. Jamieson's absence) we went together picking up Mr. Liu Wuk Lin (Foreign Minister) on the way to interview the Civil Governor Mr. Chan Chik U. It was quickly decided on the suggestion of the Civil Governor to add him to our party and to go on and interview General Chan Kwing Ming at the Agricultural College Tong Shan: it was made very clear that General Chan's opinion alone mattered, and. that he only had the power to act.
We were very cordially received and explained that we were authorised to offer any cooperation that the Canton Authorities might think necessary from Hong Kong to- wards dealing in the quickest possible manner with the pirates. We still, of course, had en- quiries left to make; but the information available was of a nature to call for immediate action against the pirates at their base, before they had time to scatter or to dispose of their loot. The important points were:-
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1. That the pirate gang consisted of 60 to 70 persons, including one woman.
2. That the woman, and at least one man, were seriously wounded. (The woman
may even be dead).
3. That the gang landed at or near the island of Tsang Chau in Bias Bay very
openly and with the assistance of a junk and some 13 to 15 sampans.
4. That they took with them a lot of easily identifiable loot.
5. That out of 5 piracies this year to east of the Colony, two (Sui Yik and Wa Shang) were clearly traceable to the gang on the further side of Bias Bay: and the circumstances of the others gave every reason to connect them also.
The Consul put it that it was no time to go into the question of separate responsi- bilities for prevention: Canton and Hong Kong were equally concerned in dealing quick- ly with this case. What could Hong Kong do to help?
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General Chan answered that he had already had a certain village Shun Lui sur- rounded he knew it for a hotbed of pirates, and that he had just had some information from Tsang Chau itself. He arranged to send by water a force to cooperate with his troops from Wai Chau on the land side: and required no assistance in the way of transport or otherwise. We were all a little hazy as to the position of Shun Lui-it was not on the chart but considered it was some 6-8 miles from Tsang Chau. As there was nothing more to do, we left: emphasising again the necessity for immediate action, and the im- portance of this aspect was obviously realised fully. No financial assistance from us was required: but we put it that the Government was fully prepared to pay rewards for the recovery of goods stolen.
In the course of tiffin at the Consulate, Dr. Liu arrived, and asked whether it would be possible to send up from Hong Kong somebody to point out the island of Tsang Chau -to say "That is where the pirates landed": not to pilot. (I surmise that after our de- parture doubts had arisen as to the position of Shun Lui and its relation to Tsang Chau. Shun Lui is just behind Tsang Chau). He wanted this man sent up by the 10 p.m. boat that same night if possible. This was promised.
Mr. King and I left by the afternoon train; and in Hong Kong it was arranged to send up Inspector Boulger (who has some knowledge of Bias Bay and has been con- cerned in the investigations of all the recent piracies centred there) with another European to support him. Two Chinese detectives went with them, and a Quartermaster from the Sui An. Inspector Boulger's orders were to put. himself in touch with the Consul at once subject to anything the Consul might say, he was in the course of the expedition to take action only when asked to do so. He is an officer of experience and tact and can be trusted to see that Hong Kong's interests are properly watched.
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III.-Letter of 5th December, 1922, from H. M. Consul-General, Canton, to His Excellency Ch'en Chiung Ming, Commander-in-Chief, Canton.
I have no doubt that the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs has communicated to you the result of his interview with His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong on the 2nd De- cember regarding the Sui An piracy, and conveyed to you that the Colonial authorities are prepared to assist in every way possible towards rounding up the pirates now on Chinese territory. It was understood that you were despatching troops to surround the villages concerned and it being possible that as a result of such movement the guilty parties would attempt to escape by sea it was suggested that the British Naval authorities might · cooperate by patrolling the exit from Bias Bay. They are also willing to provide trans- port for troops from Canton should such be required.
May I be allowed to impress upon you the necessity of prompt action before the band disperses with its loot, as every day's delay renders it more difficult to lay hands on them? Fifteen days have now elapsed since the occurrence and nothing of any importance has so far been effected. Public opinion therefore, which recalls the Namoa piracy in 1890, cannot but make invidious comparison between the activity displayed by the then Imperial Governor-General of the Liang Kuang and the present day Republican officials.
IV. Letter of 9th January, 1923, from Commander-in-Chief, Kwangtung, to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your recent letter on the subject of the Sui An Piracy case, in which you suggest that the British Navy should cooperate in the work of patrolling and also request that the criminals be arrested at an early date- and brought to trial.
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I have the honour to observe that I gave orders, as the records will show, at the time the piracy occurred, to the land and sea forces to make an earnest effort to pursue and arrest the pirates. On receipt of your letter abovementioned I again instructed the Kuangtung Commissioner for Foreign Affairs to make enquiries and submit his sug- gestions and have now received his reply as follows:
"After the piracy of the S.S. "Sui An" I myself went to Hong Kong and had an interview with H. E. The Governor. In continuation he urged coopera- tion in discovering and arresting the criminals and I agreed to request the Kuang- tung Government to give orders for a serious effort to be made to trace and arrest the men and also replied that the Province of Kuangtung was even more anxious over this case than were the Hong Kong officials.
As regards the piracy of the S.S. "Namoa" that took
that took place in 1890 and I am informed that the then Provincial Commander-in-Chief, Fang Yao, employed detectives to track them down and it was about six months afterwards before they were arrested-in Kuangsi-and brought to trial. H. M. Consul-General's statement in the letter under acknowledgment that more expedition was shown then in dealing with the piracy of the S.S. "Namoa" than has now been shown in dealing with the piracy case appears therefore to be an exaggeration.
As regards the suggestion that the British Navy should assist in patrolling that would indeed be an infringement of our sovereign rights and is one to which we can hardly agree.
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The statements contained in the Commissioner's letter seem to me, on delibera- tion, to be only reasonable. I have now again given strict orders to the military and district officials in question to insist on detectives being sent to assist in arresting the criminals in the case and have now the honour to send you this reply for your in- formation.
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C.-CASE OF THE S.S. "HONG WHA".
Pirated on 13th January, 1925.
I.-General Report by Captain Superintendent of Police on the Piracy
of the S.S. "Hong Wha”.
S.S. Hong Wha (Captain Angus MacKenzie) is a British ship of 1924 tons nett register, registered at Singapore and owned by the Ho Hong Steamship Co. of No. 61 Chu Lia Street, Singapore. The Company is a Chinese concern. She runs between Rangoon, Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, Swatow and Amoy, carrying passengers and cargo. She carries no guards and is not protected against piracy, as she does not come under the Hong Kong Piracy Prevention Ordinance.
S.S. "Hong Wha" left Singapore for Hong Kong and ports at 5 p.m. on the 7th of January, 1925, carrying 357 passengers and a general cargo. No first class passen- gers were carried, and with the exception of 3 second class passengers all the passen- gers travelled third class.
ing.
The usual course for Hong Kong was steered with a strong N.E. Monsoon blow-
Nothing untoward occurred during the voyage until the 6th day out when at 8.40 a.m. on the 13th January, when the ship was in Lat: 14°53′ North. Long: 110°24′ East, whistles were blown and the Captain, his Officers, the crew and passen- The gers were held up by about 30 armed men, who suddenly appeared from below. attack was a complete surprise and the pirates thus had immediate and full control of the ship. No resistance was offered by the Officers and crew, who, taken unawares, had perforce to submit to the pirates' demands.
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The Bridge, Engine Room and Wireless Room were the main objectives of the pirates, particular attention being paid to the wireless set which was quickly put out of action. At the time of the attack, several shots were fired by the pirates, presumably to frighten the passengers and crew, but nobody was injured. The Captain was ordered to steer a course for Breaker Point, but to keep 80 miles to the South of Hong Kong; the Engine Room staff were ordered to carry out their ordinary duties.
The pirates then began a systematic search of those on board and their effects, anything of value being collected and removed. The ship's cargo was not touched.
After the search, conditions became more settled, the officers and crew going about their duties in the ordinary way, but always closely guarded and watched.
The pirates appear to have been well organised and kept guard in regular watches, but were easily excited and inclined to be "panicky". On the whole they treated their victims well.
In the early morning of the 16th January when off Mendoza Island, the ship was taken charge of by a man who presumably was acting as Pilot for the pirates. This man, however, appeared to have little knowledge of the coast line or of navigation, and after some excitment during which he nearly ran the ship ashore, the Captain was again put in charge. The ship finally reached Tsang Chau Island, Bias Bay, at 8 o'clock on the 16th. The pirates went ashore in two ship's boats, taking with them stolen property in money, jewellery and clothing to the value of $53,360.
It is known that the pirates came from Bias Bay as passengers and that they made their plans in Singapore where they waited for this ship. They thought the ship was carrying bullion and singled her out for this reason. It is not known where they stayed in Singapore or for what length of time, neither is it known whether their arms were purchased there or smuggled out of Hong Kong.
II.-Minute of 15th January, 1925, from Captain Superintendent of
Police, to Colonial Secretary.
With reference to the piracy of the S.S. "Hong Wa' reported on Friday evening the 16th, I beg to report that I asked General Hung Shiu Lun, one of Chan Kwing Ming's generals, whose command extends to the Bias Bay District, and who is residing temporarily in Hong Kong (as he states that he is not well) to call on me on Saturday the 17th, which he did. He was accompanied by Colonel Wong Fuk Chi, who com- mands some 300 troops stationed in Bias Bay, also the few at Sha U Chung, Mirs Bay, Shan Mej and Au Tau (Chinese Territory). I informed him of the piracy and asked him to take immediate action. This he consented to do and he thereupon requested the assistance of a British ship to move his troops. I rang up the Commodore who very kindly consented to place the Admiralty tug "St. Monance" at my disposal under the command of Lieutenant Commander Ingham R.N. She left with Wong Fuk Chi, Mr. Booth, Captain Bloxham, 2 European Detective Inspectors and 6 Chinese detectives in- cluding the Chinese Detective Inspector Chu Heung and an interpreter at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday the 17th.
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III.-Report on Joint Operation, from Captain Bloxham, Asst. Supt. of
Police, to Captain Superintendent of Police.
Acting on previous instructions the following party left the Royal Naval Dock- yard at 16.45 hrs. on 17th January, 1925, on board His Majesty's Tug "St. Monance” :
Mr. Booth, A. D. C. I.,
Capt. Bloxham, A. S. P.,
Inspector Pincott, Detective Staff,
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P. S. Chester Woods, Detective Staff,
Insp. Chu Heung, Chinese Detective Inspector,
Five Chinese Detectives,
Liout. Comm. Ingham, R. N.,
Lieut. Drake Brockman, East Surrey Regt.,
with us was Colonel Wong Fuk Chi and Mr. Neal (late of H. K. P.) who is working with the Colonel in Piracy & Bandit Suppression.
We proceeded to Mirs Bay and anchored in Long Harbour at 18.30 hrs. as it was impossible to make Bias Bay before dark.
We weighed anchor at 05.30 hrs. on 18/1/25 and proceeded to Bias Bay and anchored at 07.30 hrs., 14 miles off Hachung Village where Colonel Wong Fuk Chi was to collect 200 of his troops.
As no junks or sampans came near us, Mr. Booth, P. S. Chester Woods and Colonel Wong Fuk Chi rowed ashore in the Tug's life-boat. On arrival there they found that the troops had left for a village called Pak Mong Fa about 13 miles inland, some three hours before they landed. Colonel Wong Fuk Chi then despatched a man on horseback to order them to return at once.
Mr. Booth and P. S. Chester Woods then, returned to the Tug at 11.40 hrs., leaving Colonel Wong Fuk Chi ashore, who expected his troops to return to Hachung at 17.00 hrs. when he would bring them off to the ship in junks.
There was no sign of him up till midnight, when he returned with two junks and some 40-50 soldiers, and told us that the remainder of his men were following in four more junks.
sea.
It was then bitterly cold with a strong wind (blowing force 4-3) and a choppy The troops came on board and sat on deck where they were given hot tea to drink. They all sat down in rows, and were extremely orderly and very well disciplined. The remaining four junks arrived about 02.00 hrs. 19/1/25. Colonel Wong Fuk Chi then told us his plan of operations which were as follows:---
(1) Six junks containing his troops, estimated at about 120 men, to leave II. M. Tug St. Monance at 04.00 hrs. on 19/1/1925 and land at daylight at the undermentioned villages and raid same.
(1) Kwai Chau, (2) Hai Chau,
(3) Nim Shan.
(2) To cut off the retreat by land (i.e. any pirates trying to escape from Nim
Shan Village, Fan Lo Kong Village, Hai Chau
Hai Chau Village and Kwai Chau Village) by placing picquets on the hill paths to the north of these villages. For this purpose, he had sent 50 men on foot from Hachung village to picquet the hill paths to the north of these villages.
(3) H. M. Tug St. Monance to move at daylight and anchor in Fan Lo Kong Harbour, as close to Fan Lo Kong Village as possible. A junk was to meet us and convey Wong Fuk Chi and us to the shore.
(4) To raid Fan Lo Kong Village and other villages after dealing with the villages
mentioned in (1).
We weighed anchor at 06.55 hrs. on 19/1/25 but had to anchor 6 miles south west of Fan Lo Kong Village at 07.20 hrs. owing to there being a bar across the entrance to Fan Lo Kong Harbour, which it was considered unwise to attempt to cross, as we were drawing 15 feet and it had not been surveyed for some time. The junk which Wong Fuk Chi had arranged to come out to meet us failed to turn up, and so at 10.25 hrs. the undermentioned went ashore in the Tug's life-boat with the European Chief Officer in charge.
Capt. Bloxham, Inspector Pincott, Mr. Neal,
Colonel Wong Fuk Chi, Insp. Chu Heung and 1 Chinese Detective.
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We landed at about 12.30 hrs. near Hoi Chau Village and walked to Nim Shan Market which is about 2 miles north of Hoi Chau. We made enquiries and were told 2 junks had gone off to fetch the remainder of our party. We went direct to the local commander's house, where we found about 100 of his troops and also learned that 4 prisoners had been taken in the morning operations.
Colonel Wong Fuk Chi after sending out several men to get information then sent for the prisoners and they were brought in securely trussed up with rope. We found they had been captured at Kwai Chau, which is a small fishing village on a small island about mile south of Hoi Chau. They were seen to run up a hill and hide in the bushes on the approach of the soldiers.
The first prisoner gave his name as Foong Yem Kow and at the time of arrest was found to be in possession of the following:-
(a) Two new red blankets,
(b) Eleven yards new black cloth,
(c) $54.00 in Singapore notes (consisting of one $5.00 note 49 $1.00 notes). (d) One $1.00 note on a Chinese bank, Swatow,
(e) One 5 Piastre note, Saigon.
The 2nd prisoner gave his name as Hong Tuk Fee and was in possession of 5 38′ S. & W. revolver bullets.
The 3rd prisoner gave his name as Fong Tuk Yung and was found in possession of 4 rounds of Mauser rifle ammunition.
The 4th prisoner gave his name as Fong Tung Wai, but beyond the fact that he was with the first 3 prisoners mentioned, there was no evidence to show that he was a had character although Colonel Wong Fuk Chi stated he was known to be an associate of pirates.
After the above particulars had been obtained they were put through the "3rd Degree" by Colonel Wong Fuk Chi and his officers to get further information. The "3rd Degree" consisted of threatening them with instant death and repeated slashes with a double bamboo cane on any part of their anatomy which happened to be in the way. They, however, refused to give any information and after about hour were taken away. At about 16.00 hrs. a 5th prisoner was brought in, also securely trussed with rope. He had been captured at Hoi Chau leaving the village. He gave his name as Chan Ah Hong. At the time of his arrest he was in possession of the following articles :-
(1) One new blanket, in which were:.
(a) One new alarm clock,
(b) Ten yards new black cloth,
(c) One new European cut grey jacket,
(d) Two new Straits cut white drill jackets, (e) One pair white drill trousers,
(f) One new white singlet.
(2) Two leather suit cases in which were: (a) Two new white shirts,
(b) Several yards new black cloth,
(c) One pair new grey trousers with a tailor's name and Singapore marked
on the buttons.
(d) One new brown waistcoat,
(e) One new brown Chinese silk long coat,
(f). One pair new female beaded slippers (Singapore patt.),
(g) One gold ear pick,
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(h) One pair European black evening trousers with tailor's name and Singa-
pore marked on buttons,
(i) Four gold hair clips,
6) One new travelling rug,
(k) Four new red blankets,
(1) One new metal Thermos flask,
(m) Two sets of buttons made from Dutch East Indian coins and Straits
Settlement coins.
(n) One gilt badge and chain.
This prisoner was asked to explain his possession of these articles and stated that his uncle had given them to him that morning to take to a village nearby. He was then sent under escort to the address given by him as his uncle's residence. The prisoner and escort returned about 17.00 hrs and the Officer i/c reported the prisoner's uncle had left the village some six weeks before, and that he had not returned or been seen since. He ao, was then subjected to the "3rd Degree" but refused to give any information. Wong Fuk Chi got very angry at this and at one time I certainly thought that he would shoot im himself on the spot. However, he was eventually sent away under escort, the Colonel remarking to me that they would probably make him talk later on.
As Mr. Booth and the remainder of our party had not turned up yet, I wrote a note to Mr. Booth telling him what had happened, which was taken back to the ship by the Chief Officer. I then took photos of these prisoners and we then walked round the village until about 19.00 hours when we returned and had an excellent Chinese dinner provided by the Colonel.
About 20.00 hours his. informers began to return. From them it was learned that a well known pirate named Chan Shui Wai and other bad characters were living in cer- tain houses in Fan Lo Kong Market which is situated about two miles from Nim Shan Market where we were.
It was then decided to raid Fan Lo Kong Village (about 10,000 inhabitants) at dawn next morning 20th January, 1925, and that we would leave at 05.00 hours, and after posting sentries at the gates in the village and at cross roads near the area in which the suspect houses were, they would proceed direct to the houses which were to be raid- ed.
About 22.00 hours. I received a note from the remainder of the party on board saying that the junk sent for them had arrived about 17.00 hours, but that they were not coming ashore till they knew our further plans. Inspector Pincott, Mr. Neal and I then tried to get some sleep, and we were called at 05.00 hours. On going outside the house. we found about 100 soldiers fallen in ready for the march. We then learned that Colonel Wong Fuk Chi was not to accompany us and that we were to be in charge of his friend who had come up from Hong Kong with us.
The troops moved off in complete silence and maintained complete silence during the march. Their discipline was excellent, and no one spoke or even smoked, and they all seemed to realize that silence was necessary to effect a surprise.
The march lasted about 40 minutes and we arrived at Fan Lo Kong Village at about 06.0 hours. The troops then split up into several small parties of 8-10 men and went round the outside wall in either direction, to occupy the gates into the village.
The Officer in Charge of the troops then took Inspector Pincott and myself through the centre of the village (which was absolutely deserted) to the headmans house. We knocked on the door for some time and getting no reply, the door was smashed in. We found the headman in an inner room and he was told to come with us. We then started to return to the centre of the village where the houses were situated which were to be raided.
In the meantime sentries at the gates and cross roads had been posted, and about six parties of 10 men each had been detailed to raid each suspect house.
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As we approached the suspect area we heard the doors of these houses being smashed in, and realized the raid had begun. The houses to be searched were all in the same street and quite close together, and were all being dealt with at the same time.
Several shots were then fired from a house, a little further up the street from where we were standing; but owing to the darkness, we could not see what had happen- ed. The Officer in Charge then came running up and told us that one of his officers had been shot in the side. We went to the spot and found that while a party of soldiers were forcing the door of a house, a man had slipped the bolt from the inside and had come running out, firing with a gun from either hand, and had shot the officer.
On seeing this man run out, the officer in charge who was also standing outside the door, fired at him hitting him in the knee cap and thigh, and bringing him down. We found him lying on the ground unconscious but still alive. The officer in charge then or- dered a small soldier (about 14 years old) to despatch him, which he did by firing an- . other shot into his chest. The dead man's house was then searched, but nothing of an incriminating nature was found except a few rifle and revolver rounds.
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We then returned to the other houses which were being raided. The troops had some difficulty in breaking in the doors, as they all had wooden bars across them on the inside. Two or three men were then seen to be running along the roofs of the houses and were fired at but escaped! Twelve men found in the suspect houses were detained.
I then took photograph of the man shot and we returned to Nim Shan Market about 07.45 hours.
After breakfast the 12 men detained from Fan Lo Kong were questioned, but no useful information was gained from them. It was then decided to burn the house of Foong Yem Kow at Kwai Chau Village that morning, and that further raids on villages nearby would be carried out at dawn next morning.
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About 09.30 hours Mr. Booth, Assistant Director of Criminal Intelligence, Lieut. Comm. Ingham, Lieut. Drake Brockman and Police Sergeant Chester Woods rived. Lieut. Comm. Ingham then informed me that it was imperative for the St. Monance to return that day to Hong Kong leaving Bias Bay not later than 15.00 hours. I pointed out to him that the operation had only just commenced and would con- tinue next morning at dawn. He however, replied that it was essential to return, so I had no option but to agree.
The new arrivals then asked to view the scene of the operation which had taken place that morning, so they were taken there. We then went to Hoi Chau Village where we embarked with 30 soldiers on 2 junks for Kwai Chau.
On arrival there we went to the house of Foong Yem and proceeded to burn it, despite wails and appeals from the rest of the villagers. We then embarked on the St. Monance and weighed anchor about 14.30 hours arriving in Hong Kong at 17.10 hours.
IV.-Explanatory Note.
Shortly after the date of this piracy, hostilities began between General CHAN KWING MING and the "REDS". In the early summer the latter ousted him from Canton. but hostilities were still carried on in the WAI CHAU district and the pirate district round Bias Bay was most disturbed by internecine strife. It was not until the end of 1925 that the various gangs felt themselves free to return to their favourite occupation.
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D. CASE OF THE S.S. "TUNG CHOW".
Pirated on 18th December, 1915.
I.-Letter of 29th December, 1925, from H. M. Consul-General, Canton,
to Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to bring to the notice of the Government of Kuangtung a most daring case of piracy, perpetrated by natives of this province, who from their speech and from the fact that they brought the pirated vessel into Bias Bay, would appear to be Hakkas, belonging to the districts of Yen Shan and P'inghai.
2. The vessel in question was the China Navigation Company's S.S. "Tungchow" trading between Shanghai and Tientsin. She left the former port at 11 a.m. on Decem- ber 17th, and on the following day at 6.20 p.m. a gang of pirates armed with revolvers, hatchets and other lethal weapons took control, overcoming the unarmed resistance offered by the Captain and other officers on duty. The Captain was severely wounded, but fortunately no one else on board was injured.
3. At the direction of the pirates the vessel was navigated to Bias Bay, arriving there at 1.30 p.m. on December 22nd. The pirates left her about an hour later carrying away with them in bullion some $30,000, and Chinese passengers' effects and valuables to the estimated value of $10,000. There were on board some 120 Chinese passengers and several foreign passengers but the latter were not molested.
4. I am requested by the Government of Hong Kong to make most serious re- presentations to the local Government with regard to this incident, and to point out that unless most energetic measures be taken to extirpate the various notorious pirate lairs round Bias Bay, immediately adjacent to the territorial waters of the Colony, friendly relations between the two Governments are likely to be prejudicially affected. Now that the various antagonists of the provincial Government have been disposed of, it should be easy for the military authorities to consummate this object, and an earnest hope is ex- pressed that a punitive expedition will be organized without delay.
5. On December 10th, 1890, the British steamer "Namoa", trading between' Hong Kong and Foochow, was similarly pirated and taken into Bias Bay, but the then Imperial authorities acted with such vigour that on April 21st, 1891, fifteen of those con- cerned were publicly executed at Kowloon, and nothing more was heard from that locality for many years thereafter.
6. I have accordingly the honour to urge that no time be lost in following the excellent precedent thereby created.
I have, etc.,
(Sd.)
J. W. JAMIESON,
Consul General.
II.-Letter of 9th January, 1926, from Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, Canton, to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of December 29th last in which you informed me that pirates had plundered the China Merchants S. N. Co.'s (sic.- should be China Navigation Co.'s) S.S. "Tungchow" and had subsequently navigated her to Bias Bay. You urged that soldiers should be sent to attack and capture them.
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His Majesty's Vice Consul also informed me verbally that, if the Kuangtung Government should need the co-operation of a British warship in the matter, one might be detailed to proceed to the spot.
I thereupon requested my Government to give me the necessary instructions, and am now in receipt of an order to the effect that this matter should be dealt with by the Nationalist Government themselves, who would certainly be able to exterminate these pirates. Moreover they had already begun to move in the matter, and there was no need of foreign assistance. No interference would be tolerated from anyone, and the case had already been entrusted to the Military Council to be dealt with as speedily as possible.
I have the honour therefore to address you this reply which I would request you to communicate to the Governor of Hong Kong.
I have, etc.,
(Sd.)
FUNG PING-CH’ANG.
III.-Semi-official letter of 11th February, 1926, from H. M. Consul-General,
Canton, to The Acting Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong.
Dear Hallifax,
I wrote to the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs on January 22nd about the "Tung- chow" piracy and enquired what steps were being taken by the Military Council to deal with the pirates, and also offered to place at his disposal what information I had regard- ing the Bias Bay gangs. He replied on the 26th that no report had yet been received from the Military Council, and added that he would be grateful for any details regarding the pirates.
Your sincerely,
(Sd.)
J. W. JAMIESON.
IV.
NOTE. There is no further Correspondence, and the matter ended there.
E-CASE OF THE S.S. “JADE”.
Pirated on 5th February, 1926
F.-CASE OF THE S.S. "TAI YAU”.
Pirated on 6th March, 1926.
G. CASE OF THE S.S. "HSIN KONG".
Pirated on 25th March, 1926.
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H-CASE OF THE S.S. “KWANG LEE”.
Pirated on 13th July, 1926.
I-CASE OF THE S.S. "SANDVIKEN".*
Pirated on 21st August, 1926.
J.-CASE OF THE S.S. "HSIN FUNG"
Pirated on 1st October, 1926.
NOTE. The two ships marked with an asterisk were owned by other nationalities.
special correspondence occurred but verbal representations were made.
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Extract from Despatch of H. M. Consul General, 11th October, 1926.
"I have already urged in vain that the Canton Government should seek British co- operation in dealing with this menace, but the threat of independent action may have some effect".
K. CASE OF THE S.S. "SUNNING.
Pirated on 15th November, 1926.
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I.-Despatch of 20th November, 1926, from The Governor of Hong Kong,
to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to enclose for your information copy of a report, dated the 20th November, by the Captain Superintendent of Police on the piracy of the China Navigation Company's S.S. "Sunning", which took place off Chilang Point, south of Swatow, on the afternoon of the 15th November.
2. From this report you will observe that Mr. H. Lapsley, a British subject, in the employ of the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company, Limited, is missing and may have been abducted by the pirates. I shall be glad if you will request the proper Chinese Authorities to make prompt and careful inquiry as to his whereabouts with a view to obtaining his speedy return to Hong Kong.
3. I have the honour also to request you to be good enough to draw the at- tention of the Canton Government to this further outrage by the Bias Bay pirates and to request that immediate steps may be taken for the extermination of these pirates whose immunity for so long a period is a standing disgrace to the Canton Govern- ment. The Hong Kong Government will gladly co-operate in such measures as the Canton Government may take for the suppression of the Bias Bay pirates.
I have, etc.
(Sd.)
C. CLEMENTI.
Governor, &c.
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II.-Despatch of 3rd December, 1926, from H. M. Consul-General, Canton,
to The Governor of Hong Kong.
Sir,
Your Excellency's despatch No. 292 of November 20th regarding the piracy of the S.S. "Sunning" was received on the eve of my departure for Hong Kong where I had been instructed to meet His Majesty's Minister on his way to Peking.
2. I arranged however for Mr. Vice Consul Fitzmaurice to address a letter to the Canton Minister for Foreign Affairs demand.ng the immediate suppression of the Bias Bay pirates and offering the cooperation of the Hong Kong Government in accordance with your suggestions.
3. I have the honour to enclose a copy of the above letter*, which Mr. Fitz- maurice delivered in person to Mr. Wai Yuk, the secretary left in charge of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, at the same time making verbal representation regarding the urgent necessity for dealing with the pirate menace.
4. This interview is doubtless responsible for the article in the Canton Gazette of November 27th stating that if cooperation in the suppression of piracy is offered by the Birtish authorities the Nationalist Government will consider it most seriously.
5. On my return from Hong Kong I called on General Tan Yen-Kai, the Chair- man of the Political Council, and pressed strongly for immediate joint action to be taken as regards Bias Bay and I followed this up by a visit to the Foreign Office where I make similar representations to Mr. Wai Yuk.
6. I explained to both officials that the British forces were prepared to do all that was necessary and that if the Nationalist government were unable to spare troops for the expedition, the presence of a few Cantonese officers or officials would be suffi- cient to constitute a nominal cooperation.
7. I could not elicit a satisfactory answer from either General Tan or Mr. Wai Yuk. They promised to consult the government and let me have a reply shortly, but I gathered that they foresaw difficulty in overcoming the anti-British prejudices of the government supporters sufficiently to enter into an operation which would imply a re- sumption of more friendly relations with the British authorities. They both referred to the recent arrest of Kuomintang members by the British police in Tientsin and stated that the resentment aroused thereby would make co-operation difficult at the present time.
8. I finally warned them that if they rejected our offers of assistance in dealing with Bia Bay and would do nothing themselves, the British authorities might be forced to take independent action as the constant threat to shipping was becoming insupport- able. They both raised strong objections to such a course, however, saying that it would resented by the Chinese as an infringement of China's sovereign rights.
9. To this I replied that if the Canton Government attempted to make propaganda out of the matter, we should publish the facts showing that we had first urged the Chinese authorities to take action themselves and had then offered them everv facility for a joint operation, and if in spite of all this they still allowed such a gross scandal as the Bias Bay piracy base to continue in existence, they would be condemned in public as a dangerously incompetent administration.
I have the honour to be.
Sir,
Your Excellency's most obedient humble servant,
(Sd.) J. F. BRENAN,
Acting Consul General.
*Printed as III.
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1II.-Letter of 25th November, 1926, from H. M. Vice-Consul, Canton,
to The Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canton.
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Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that, as a result of the piracy of the China Navi- gation Company's S.S. "Sunning, which took place off Chilang Point, south of Swatow, on the afternoon of the loth November, Mr. H. Lapsley, a prush-subject in the employ of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, is missing.
is missing. It may be that he has been abducted by the pirates, and I should be glad if the Canton Government would cause prompt and careful enquiries to be made as to his whereabouts with a view to obtaining his speedy return to Hong Kong.
Although on this.occasion the pirates were defeated, the case affords a further illustration of the seriousness of the situation and impels me to urge upon you the desirability of co-operation in anti-piracy measures. Proposals of this nature have hitherto been declined on the ground that the Canton Government preferred to deal with the matter without outside assistance. Without such help, which would have been gladly given in the interests of both countries, no effective action whatever has been taken against the pirates, and the situation is steadily going from bad to worse. In this connection I might mention the recent incident at Samshui when pirates landed and car- ried off, among others, a government official. I need hardly say that the co-operation offered would be welcomed by the bulk of the population of the Canton delta and the whole of the Chinese travelling public, and the interests of the people of Kuangtung re- quire that such an offer should not be refused without good reason.
In view of the fact the piracy is worse in Kuangtung than in any other part of the world, and that no good has resulted from the measures recently taken by the Canton Government against the pirates, I would request you to bring these proposals for co- operation to the attention of the Political Council. The suppression of the Bias Bay pirates is a matter that calls for immediate action, before any more serious incident oc- curs, and I trust that the Canton Government realize the gravity of the position.
I have the honour to be.
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Sd.) N. FITZMAURICE,
Vice-Consul.
(in the absence of H. M. Consul-General).
IV.-Letter of 6th December, 1926, from Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canton, to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated the 25th November, proposing to co-operate with us in suppression of pirates. I duly forwarded it to our Government for consideration, and as is on record, a letter was already sent to you in reply.
Now I have received a despatch from the Headquarters of the Generalissimo. which reads as follows:-
"The case has been entrusted to us. by order of Government. The pirates in the eastern regions have been holding out in their dangerous positions among mountains and near the sea. Our national troops have made repeated attacks.
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on them, but when they could not escape by land, they would flee to sea, especially to the islands in British Territory at Mirs Bay, such as Ping Chau, Wong Nai Chau &c. When the troops left, they would come to land again from the islands at sea and cause trouble. It is for this that piracy has not been suc- cessfully suppressed. If the Hong Kong Government can agree to render us assistance and instruct their Police and soldiers to stop the pirates at Kowloon and New Territory, or give us facility of access to British Territory in pursuit of the pirates, good result will be achieved and piracy stopped without diffi- cutty. As to co-operation in the undertaking, it would be better for the Governor of Hong Kong to send a deputy to Canton to discuss with us.'
On receipt of this, I find it necessary to send you this despatch for your informa- tion, and I hope you will communicate it to the Governor of Hong Kong.
With regards,
EUGENE CHAN.
V.-Letter of 2nd December, 1926, from Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canton, to H. M. Consul General, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that I have just received a letter from the Com- mander-in-Chief to the effect that it has been reported to him that on November 17th four or five British warships suddenly appeared and went to and fro in the Hsin Hsia Ch'ung and Hsin Chiang district, while several aeroplanes also patrolled there. The warships have not yet left, and the aeroplanes pay frequent visits. I was requested to take the matter up strongly with you.
I would observe that foreign warships should on no account pay visits to, or patrol* in, the interior of China. For several warships and aeroplanes now suddenly to travel to and fro in the Hsin Hsia Ch'ung district is a serious infringement of China's sovereign rights and is most liable to create a feeling of apprehension among the people. I therefore lodge a protest and request you to be so good as to instruct the warships and aeroplanes to withdraw as soon as possible. Otherwise, if any misunderstanding should arise and lead to any disturbance, this Government will accept no responsibility. I take the opportunity of mentioning this point, and request the favour of a reply in the in- terests of friendly relations.
I have, etc.,
CH'EN YU-JEN.
Sir.
VI.-Letter of 5th December, 1926, from H. M. Consul-General, Canton, to The Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canton.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of December 2nd, complaining of the visit of British warships and aeroplanes to the Hsin Hsia Ch'ung (新霞浦) and Hsin Chiang (新港)district.
*Compare this with Mr. Ch'en's proposal in the Hankow Negotiations, page 25.
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I have forwarded a copy of your letter to the British Naval Commander-in-Chief at Hong Kong, but in the meanwhile I would point out that British warships are entitled to visit all places in China by virtue of Article 52 of the Anglo-Chinese treaty of Tien- tsin, which reads as follows:-
"British ships of war coming for no hostile purpose, or being engaged in the pursuit of Pirates, shall receive every facility for the purchase of provisions, procuring water, and, if occasion require, for the making of repairs. The Com- manders of such ships shall hold intercourse with the Chinese authorities on terms of equality and courtesy.'
I have not been able to locate on the map the Hsin Hsia Ch'ung and Hsin Chiang district to which you refer, but presumably it is in the neigbourhood of Bias Bay, which, as you know, has been for years past a noted pirate base whence many piracies have been perpetrated on British ships.
In this connection I would refer you to my letter of November 25th concerning the recent piracy of the British steamer "Sunning". In that letter, and in my inter- views on December 2nd with the Chairman of the Political Council and yourself, the co- operation of the British naval and military authorities was offered to the Nationalist govern- ment for the suppression of the Bias Bay pirates, and I would urge once more in Chinese as well as foreign interests, that this offer should be accepted without delay.
Finally with reference to you allegation regarding the infringement of China's sovereign rights, I would observe that the enjoyment of soverign rights entails the assumption of sovereign duties, and one of these is the protection of peaceable foreign traders within the national borders. You state in your letter that the Nationalist government will not accept responsibility for misunderstandings and disturbances caused by the visit of the warships, but I shall be glad to know whether they accept responsibility for the losses to British shipping companies caused by piratical outrages which the government make no attempt to suppress.
I have the honour to be,
Sir.
Your obedient servant,
(SD) J. F. BRENAN, Acting Consul General.
VII.-Telegram of 11th December, 1926, from H. M. Consul-General, Canton, to Governor, Hong Kong.
The Secretary in charge of Foreign Affairs asks me to inform you that troops are now being sent to Bias Bay, and to request, that immediate steps be taken to prevent the escape of the pirates into Hong Kong territory.
He also asks that Wolfe may come up to Canton on 13th December. Please tele- graph if he is coming by steamer or train.
VIII.-Letter of 14th December, 1926, from The Governor of Hong Kong, to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of 6th December last addressed to me personally forwarding a copy of a letter dated December 6th from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canton, regarding cooperation in the suppression of piracies.
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2. As you will be aware Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, Captain Superintendent of Police, and Captain H. F. Bloxham, Assistant Superintendent of Police, left for Canton on the 13th instant to confer with the Government of Canton on the subject of the cooperation of this Government in suppressing piracy.
3. This Government is not aware of any instance in which pirates when attacked by troops of the Government of Canton have escaped to British Territory; it requests full information of any such instances as may be known to the Government of Canton, and meanwhile it emphatically denies that any lack of cooperation on the part of this Govern- ment has in any way hindered the suppression of piracy. On the contrary this Govern- ment has on every possible occasion taken action against Chinese pirates when they were found in the territory or territorial waters of this Colony or on the neighbouring high seas. This Government rendered assistance to the Canton Government in 1914 and in 1922 in connection with piracy suppression and in 1925 actually took part with that Government in a joint expedition against the Bias Bay pirates. One of the pirates cap- tured in this expedition and sentenced to imprisonment by the Chinese Authorities is said to have escaped from gaol in Waichow and has since been identified as one of the accused in connection with the recent "Sunning" piracy.
4. The good faith of this Government in the suppression of piracy is not open to question, and is further proved by the strict search of passengers embarking at ports of this Colony to prevent arms from being taken on board and by the fact that for over two years there has not been a piracy on a ship leaving Hong Kong as her last port. This may well be contrasted with the inactivity at Chinese ports in the matter of measures for the suppression of piracy.
5. This Government welcomes the opportunity now offered of cooperating with the Government of Canton. If timely information is given, it will do its utmost to arrest any known pirate found within its territories and it will, on adequate information, deal effectively with any pirate who may escape or attempt to escape into the territories or waters of the Colony.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Sd.) C. CLEMENTI,
Governor, &c.
IX.-Letter of 16th December, 1926, from Consul-General, Canton,
to The Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that I communicated to the Governor of Hong Kong the contents of your letter of 6th instant regarding co-operation in the suppression of pirates.
I am now in receipt of a despatch from His Excellency who states that the Hong Kong Government is not aware of any instance in which pirates when attacked by troops. of the Government of Canton have, escaped to British territory. Full information is re- quested of any such instances as may be known to the Government of Canton, and mean- while it is emphatically denied that any lack of co-operation on the part of the Hong Kong Government has in any way hindered the suppression of piracy. On the contrary the Hong Kong Government has on every possible occasion take action against Chinese pirates when they were found in the territory or territorial waters of the Colony or on the neighbouring high seas. It rendered assistance to the Canton Government in 1914 and in 1922 in connection with piracy suppression, and in 1925 actually took part with that Government in a joint expedition against the Bias Bay pirates. One of the pirates. captured in this expedition and sentenced to imprisonment by the Chinese Authorities is said to have escaped from gaol in Waichow and has since been identified as one of the accused in connection with the recent "Sunning" piracy.
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The Hong Kong Government would welcome the opportunity of co-operating with the Government of Canton. If timely information is given, it will do its utmost to arrest any known pirate found within its territories and it will, on adequate information, deal effectively with any pirate who may escape or attempt to escape into the territories or waters of the Colony.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Sa.) J. F. BRENAN,
Acting Consul General.
X.-Letter of 15th December, 1926, from Acting Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Canton, to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to our meetings to consider the question of Chinese and British co-operation in the suppression of pirates. The matter was discussed yesterday at this Ministry, when you held that, since there were no pirates in the Mirs Bay district, this part of the scheme might be dropped. As regards the Bias Bay pirates, China pre- ferred to proceed with the work of suppression with her own, forces and had no wish to borrow the assistance of British troops. This was understood on both sides. Regarding your wish that military officers and Hong Kong detectives should assist the Chinese troops in their operations. I am most grateful for your kind intention, but, if there are foreign military officers with the Chinese troops, I feel convinced that it would be undesirable. Concerning the Hong Kong detectives, supposing that they are Chinese, I would request that their names should be communicated beforehand to the office of the Commander-in- Chief for suitable action. If the Hong Kong detectives can furnish detailed information in advance as to the lairs of the pirates and their numbers, so that particulars may be collated, this would be of great service to military operations on the Chinese side. I hope that you will take action accordingly, in the interests of friendly relations.
I have, etc.,
(Sd.)
CH'EN YU-JEN
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XI.-Communiqué by the Canton Information Bureau
dated 16th December, 1926.
In accordance with the plan drafted by the Kwangtung Provincial Govern- ment for the suppression of banditry the Canton Authorities have decided to send troops to attack the zone around Bias Bay, where the sea-pirates have their stronghold:
The General commanding the Eighteenth Division has been ordered to send troops to the attack and the Canton Navy forces have been ordered to send a gunboat to co-operate.
For the zone close to Hong Kong, the New Territories and adjacent waters, the Canton Auhorities, after notifying the Hong Kong Government of the commencement of the campaign, have made it clear to Hong Kong that co-operation is desired to the extent of arresting bandits crossing the Boundary and handing them to the Chinese Authorities, on land as well as on sea.
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For Chinese territory, the Canton Authorities reserve the right to suppress banditry. This reservation is made explicit on account of the reported intention of the Hong Kong Government to send Navy craft and airplanes to destroy the bandit strong- hold at Bias Bay.
The Canton Authorities announce their willingness to receive from the Hong Kong Government any information of a nature facilitating the suppression of banditry and express their appreciation of any co-operation extended by the Hong Kong Govern- ment, acting in conformity with the policy outlined by Canton Information Bureau.
XII.-Letter of 22nd December, 1926, from H. M. Consul-General, Canton, to The Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canton.
Sir,
With reference to your letter of 15th instant on the subject of piracy suppres- sion, I have the honour to forward herewith a list*, which I have just received from the Governor of Hong Kong, of the names of known pirates in Bias Bay.
I would urge most strongly that the operations of the Chinese military punitive expedition, which are understood to be now in progress in the Bias Bay area, should be extended to the places named.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Sa.) J. F. BRENAN,
Acting Consul-General.
XIII. Telegram of 19th December, 1926, from H. M. Consul-General,
Canton, to The Governor of Hong Kong.
As the result of strong representations and threat of independent action being considered the Canton Government accepted the offer of co-operation in the suppression of Bias Bay pirates, and asked for a visit of a Hong Kong delegate to discuss measures. The Captain Superintendent of Police was sent, and a meeting with the Chinese military representatives took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 14th December. The Chinese then stated that joint co-operation on Chinese territory was not acceptable, but that they were themselves taking action, and that two thousand troops were actually engaged in a drive to the west of Bias Bay, Chinese gunboats be- ing present to prevent escape by sea. British co-operation was only asked to prevent escape of pirates into Hong Kong territory. It was pointed out that the haunts to the west of the Bay and the pirate villages to the north and east were apparently to be un- touched. but the military representative stated that these areas would also be dealt with.
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L-CASE OF THE S.S. "HENG AN".*
Pirated on 22nd December, 1926.
M. CASE OF THE S.S.” “YUAN AN”:*
Pirated on 2nd January, 1927.
N. CASE OF THE S.S. “SEANG BEE”.
Pirated on 27th January, 1927.
XIV.-Letter of 7th February, 1927, from H. 'M. Consul-General, Canton,
to Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to my letter to you of November 25th last regarding the piracy of the British steamer "Sunning" by the gang of pirates who have their base at Bias Bay. On that occasion I was authorized to offer to the Canton Government the cooperation of the British authorities in the suppression of this menace, which had been allowed to continue unchecked for months, and was responsible for the piracy on the high seas of a long list of British, Chinese and other vessels.
On December 3rd I was informed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs that the Can- ton military authorities were not opposed to such cooperation and it was suggested that a joint committee should be formed to decide on the plan of action, and on December 6th I received your letter asking that a representative from Hong Kong should come to Canton to discuss the matter.
In accordance with this request, Mr. Wolfe, the Captain Superintendent of Police in Hong Kong, accompanied by the Assistant Superintendent of Police came to Canton and attended a meeting on December 14th at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs with the representative of the Canton Military Headquarters, and Mr. Y. Wai of the Foreign Office, I also was present. We were informed by the military representative that operations against the Bias Bay pirates were then being undertaken by troops of the 18th Division supported by Chinese gunboats. All offers of cooperation by the British authorities in undertaking this operation were refused and even the offer to attach British officers to the Chinese force in the capacity of observers and guides for the location of the pirate villages was declined. We were repeatedly assured that the Chinese troops would effectively exterminate the pirates in the whole of the Bias Bay area, and no assistance was required. In the face of this attitude, all that the British authorities could do was to supply the Canton Government with a plan of the district showing the pirate haunts and a list of the known pirates with particulars of their villages and previous crimes. The plan was handed to Mr. Wai at the meeting on December 14th and I sent you the list with my letter of December 22nd.
After the offers of cooperation made by the Hong Kong Government and the repeated assurances given by the Canton Government that the pirates would be exterminat- ed, the British authorities were entitled to expect that effective action would be taken. What then has been the result? It is now known that no Chinese troops were sent to the North and East of Bias Bay where the pirates are located, and that their villages were left untouched. Moreover since the date when the above mentioned assurances were given three more vessels have been pirated by the Bias Bay gang, namely the Chinese steamer "Heng An" on December 22nd, the Chinese steamer "Yuan On" on January 2nd, and on January 27th the British steamer "Seang bee" was seized on her way from Singapore to Hong Kong and taken to Bias Bay, where she was looted in the same manner as the previous vessels.
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It is clear therefore that the measures hitherto taken by the Canton authorities have proved entirely ineffective to suppress the pirates in that area. I am instructed by His Majesty's Government to make the strongest protest against the failure of the local civil and military officials to deal with this menace, and I am directed to point out that His
Majesty's Government have the right to expect that the Nationalist Government, which claims to.exercise sole authority in the South of China, should put an end to these continuous outrages against the citizens of friendly nations and so discharge the elemen- tary duties of a civilized administration.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Sd.)
J. F. BRENAN,
Acting Consul-General.
XV.-Note of 17th February, 1927, from The Acting Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Canton, to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has frequently requested Military Head Quar- ters to exterminate pirates and it has now received a reply stating that troops have been repeatedly despatched to Fan Wo Kong and Ping Hoi with that end in view. Amongst some tens of captives which have been made there are two whose names appear on the list submitted by H. M. Consul-General e.g. Cheung Fuk-lai etc. At present there is a battalion of troops under Colonel Cheung Kong at Ping Hoi and shortly troops will be again sent to Fan Wo Kong.
XVI.-Letter of 24th February, 1927, from H. M. Consul-General, Canton,
to The Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to enclose a copy of a statement* made to the Hong Kong Authorities by an informer who recently visited the Bias Bay area to investigate the piracy of the British steamer "Seang Bee" regarding which I wrote to you on February
7th.
I trust that this information will enable the Canton Government to arrest the pirates whose names and villages are given, and to secure the release of the unfortunate Chinese who are still in captivity.
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I have the honour to be, &c.
(Sd.) J. F. BRENAN,
Acting Consul-General.
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XVII.-Letter of 2nd March, 1927, from The Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Canton, to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge your despatch transmitting a list of names of pirates together with the villages where they reside and to inform you that it has been forwarded to the Headquarters of the Revolutionary Army for instructions to be given for their lairs to be attacked. A reply has been received stating:
"The Wai Chou Gendarmery Headquarters have already been telegraphed to, to send troops against the pirates of the Ping Hoi and Fan Wo Hong Districts and before doing so to telegraph the date of despatch in order that Hong Kong may be notified so as to bar the pirates' escape. A reply has been received stating that it has been decided to send troops on the 26th instant for the said purpose and requesting that the Naval Board be instructed to despatch a warship on the 27th instant to co-operate. In addition to instructing the Naval Board to send this ship I have the honour to request that Hong Kong be notified in order that the pirates be cut off from that direction".
I have the honour to request that you will notify His Excellency the Governor of . Hong Kong of the above and ask him to issue instructions for such co-operation.
I have etc., etc.,
XVIII.-Note of 3rd March, 1927, from Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canton
to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
Acknowledges despatch of the 7th in regard to the rejection of the proposal to co-operate against Bias Bay pirates which stated that recently one British and two Chinese steamers had been attacked and urged that the pirates be at once cleared out to avoid a recurrence of such incidents. Your despatch was communicated to Military Headquarters which replied that already the 18th Division and a warship had attacked the pirates; that the local garrison troops had, however, again been strictly instructed to carry out an attack effectively and Divisional Commander Hu had been ordered at once to despatch troops to Fan Ho-Kang and Ping-Hoi to clear out the pirates notifying Headquarters beforehand of the date of the troops' despatch so that Headquarters could request me to ask Hong Kong to block the pirates' retreat.
On receipt of notification of the date of the troops despatch I will request you to inform the Governor of Hong, Kong and ask for the latter to co-operate within the Hong Kong territory.
XIX.-Note of 2nd March, 1927, from Minister for Foreign Affairs, Canton,
to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
A communication has been received from General Li.stating that telegraphic in- structions have been sent to Commander Hu to send troops to exterminate the pirates in the Ping Kai Fan and Hoi Kong District. Troops are already stationed at Ping Hoi and they have been ordered to proceed at once to Fan Wo Kong there to exterminate pirates. General Li further states that he is waiting for Commander Hu to telegraph the date of their despatch; on receipt of this news he will inform this Ministry. He further adds that as regards Shan Chun and Sha Tou Kok it was troops of the Citizen Farmers' Corps who crossed the frontier and posted up anti-British placards and that the local garrison have been ordered to prevent such acts.
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XX.-Negotiations at Hankow.
(i) Telegram of 15th March, 1927, from Mr. Eric Teichman,
to H. M. Minister, Pekin.
I raised question of Bias Bay with Chen to-day ending with words :-"If no more effective action is contemplated by Nationalist Government, His Majesty's Govern- ment will have no option but to take independent action themselves”. Chen said he would study matters and let me have his views in reply in due course. In subsequent conversation he enquired why we did not station a man-of-war permanently in Bias Bay. When I replied that that would hardly meet the case and that we looked to the Nationalist Government to stamp out the evil by destroying the pirates' haunts on shore for which purpose we had repeatedly offered our co-operation he referred vaguely to the possibility of some sort of joint amphibious operation in which we should contine our part to water and added he feared that popular opinion in South China which had been unfortunately again aroused against us over the Shanghai question would not at pre- sent permit of effective co-operation of this nature.
(ii) Telegram of 20th March, 1927, from Mr. Eric Teichman, at Hankow,
to H. M. Minister, Pekin.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs yesterday gave me this reply about Bias Bay in the sense that his government considered that punitive measures against the villages on shore would be worse than useless, as they would not stop pirates on the high seas and would only provoke the pirates to reprisal; and that the best means of dealing with the evil was for us to station a man-of-war in the neighbourhood of Bias Bay for the purpose of (?) intercepting pirated vessels, coupled with wireless precautions and in- creased vigilance especially over the crews at the ports of embarkation, where, (rather than in the Bias Bay villages) piracies were planned and pirate organisations were based.
I argued the question and renewed the warning of independent action by His Majesty's Government.
O. CASE OF THE S.S. HOP SANG.
Pirated on 22nd March, 1927.
H. M.'s Govt. at once took independent action and next day the British Navy car- ried out punitive operations against three villages in Bias Bay.
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-CASE OF THE S.S. FENG PU.
Pirated on 6th May, 1927.
I.-Despatch of 11th May, 1927, from the Governor of Hong Kong,
to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to forward for your information and for communication to the Canton Government the enclosed copy of a telegram concerning the piracy of the Chinese S.S. "Feng Pu" on the 6th May. The message shows that the Bias Bay pirates are still active. On this occasion their victim was a Chinese steamer, owned
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by a Chinese Company, and I trust, therefore, that the Chinese authorities at Canton will take the necessary punitive measures, and will see to it that in future the waters of Bias Bay and the villages along its shore are placed under adequate police control. For the purpose of the necessary punitive measures British Naval co-operation will readily be given, if desired.
If, however, British co-operation is again rejected, and if the Chinese authori- ties do not themselves take the necessary steps to put an end to Bias Bay piracy, in- dependent punitive action will be taken by the British Navy against Bias Bay in the event of any British ship being pirated and taken there, as has unfortunately happened only too frequently in the past. This Government is resolved that British shipping shali no longer be preyed upon with impunity by Bias Bay pirates, and I have the honour to request that you will be good enough so to inform the Cantonese Authorities.
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I have the honour to be,
Enclosure to I.
Sir,
Your obedient humble servant,
(Sd.) C. CLEMENTI.
Governor.
Telegram from Butterfield and Swire S.S. Anking at Amoy dated
(Captain Scott).
9th May, 1927.
S.S. Feng Pu of the Sanpeh S.S. Coy. arrived in Amoy for bunkers this morning, and reports that whilst off Single Island on 6th May, a gang of pirates rushed the bridge and engine room and got control of the ship. They made the captain take her to Bias Bay, where a haul of over $10.000 was taken from the passengers. This took place at 4.25 p.m. on the 6th May, when the ship was anchored in a position one mile North of Tree Point. The Captain (a German) and the Chief Officer were forced to accompany the pirates in their boats, and returned to the ship after all the booty had been landed. They then proceeded on their voyage from Canton to Shanghai, having left Canton on the 5th May.
II.-Note of 12th May, 1927, from H. M. Consul-General, Canton,
to Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Canton.
The Acting British Consul-General presents his compliments to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and has the honour to communicate the following telegraphic information received by the Governor of Hong Kong from Amoy.
The Chinese steamer "Feng Pu" of the Sanpeh S.S. Company left Canton on May 5th on a voyage to Shanghai. On May 6th she was pirated near Single Island. A gang of pirates rushed the bridge and the engine room and, after seizing control of the ship, they made the captain take her to Bias Bay, where over $10,000 was stolen from the passengers. This took place at 4.25 p.m. on May 6th when the ship was anchored in a position one mile North of Tree Point. The Captain (a German) and the Chief Officer were forced to accompany the pirates in their boats, and returned to the ship when all the booty had been landed, after which they proceeded on their voyage to Shanghai via Amoy.
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The Consul-General is requested by His Excellency the Governor to point out to the Cantonese authorities that this information shows that the Bias Bay pirates are still active. On this occasion their victim was a Chinese steamer owned by a Chinese Com- pany. His Excellency trusts therefore that the Chinese authorities at Canton will take the necessary punitive measures, and will see to it that in future the waters of Bias Bay and the villages along its shore are placed under adequate police control. For the purpose of the necessary punitive measures, British naval co-operation will readily be given, if desired.
His Excellency the Governor wishes it it be stated, however, that if British co- operation is again rejected, and if the Chinese authorities do not themselves take the necessary steps to put an end to Bias Bay piracy, independent punitive action will be taken by the British Navy against Bias Bay in the event of any British ship being pirated and taken there, as has unfortunately happened only too frequently in the past.
The Hong Kong Government is resolved that British shipping shall no longer be preyed upon with impunity by the Bias Bay pirates.
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B'AS BAY PIRACIES.
(Supplement to Sessional Paper No. 7 of 1927)
No. 1927
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Q.-CASE OF THE S.S. "SOLVIKEN".
Pirated on 20th July 1927.
I.-Despatch of 21st July 1927, from the Governor of Hong Kong,
to His Majesty's Consul-General, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that the S.S. "Solviken", of 1,435 tons, registered at Bergen, and owned by the Norwegian firm of Messrs. Wallem and Company left Hong Kong at 8 a.m. on 19th July for Saigon, with 500 tons of general cargo, 280 tons of bunker coal and 300 Asiatic deck passengers on board. At about 4 a.m. on the next day, 20th July, she was captured by pirates and forced to put back to Bias Bay where she arrived at 2 a.m. on 21st July.
2. I attach for your information a police report* on the facts, so far as they can be ascertained at present. It appears that the Master, Captain R. Jentost, was seriously wounded, while the 2nd Officer and the Wireless Operator have also been injured by revolver shots.
3. While it is clear that the pirates actually boarded the ship in Hong Kong (and as she is not subject to the piracy regulations and was proceeding to a port outside the danger zone this cannot be prevented), it is equally clear that the coup was engineered by the Bias Bay gang, since it was to that place the pirated ship was taken and it was there the plunder was landed.
4. I should be much obliged therefore if you would inform the Canton Government, and enquire of them if they are now prepared to accept the friendly co-operation of my Government in a combined operation which will once and for all root out this gang whose depredations are even more damaging to Chinese than to foreign interests.
5. Should this offer be refused, and should the Canton Government itself still fail to take the necessary punitive and precautionary measures in Bias Bay, I have the honour to request that you will repeat the warning that independent British punitive action will without fail be taken if the Bias Bay gang commit any further outrage on a British ship.
I have, &c.,
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(Sd.)
C. CLEMENTI,
Governor, &c.
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II.—Letter of 25th July 1927, from His Majesty's Consul-General, Canton,
to the Secretary in Charge of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Canton.
Sir,
I have been requested by the Governor of Hong Kong to call your attention to the piracy of the Norwegian steamer "Soiviken" which occurred on the 20th July, and I enclose a copy of a police report on the facts, so far as they can be ascertained at present. It appears that the Master, Captain R. Jentost was so seriously wounded that he has since died, while the 2nd officer and the wireless operator have also been injured by revolver shots.
While it would seem that the pirates actually boarded the ships in Hong Kong, it is clear that the coup was arranged by the Bias Bay gang, since it was to that place the pirated ship was taken and it was there the plunder was landed.
His Excellency desires me therefore to enquire of the Canton authorities if they are now prepared to accept the friendly co-operation of the Hong Kong government in combined operation which will once and for all root out this gang whose depredations are even more damaging to Chinese than to foreign interests.
As the matter is of urgent importance I shall be grateful for a reply at your earliest
convenience.
I have, &c.,
(Sd.)
J. F. BRENAN,
Acting Consul-General.
III.-Letter of 29th July 1927, from Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Canton,
to His Majesty's Consul-General, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 25th July in regard to the Norwegian Steamer Solviken being pirated which I passed on to the Military Authorities to attend to. A reply has been received stating that the brigands boarded the vessel at Hong Kong, Bias Bay being used for unshipping the booty. This will be seen to be sufficient proof that the pirates have an organisation in Hong Kong.
On 28th May I wrote* requesting you to move the Governor of Hong Kong at once to abolish local pirate dens as a radical way of settling the matter, but I do not know whether or not this action has been taken.
With regard to exterminating the Bias Bay pirates this Ministry has already decided on a. plan which it is at the present moment anxious to carry out so that this matter need cause you no anxiety. It is requested that you will inform the Governor of Hong Kong of the above.
(Sd.)
WU CH'AO-SHU, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
*NOTE: The Police have investigated certain information supplied by the Canton Authorities but so far no useful discoveries have rewarded their labours.
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FINANCIAL AND OTHER STATISTICS SHOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG DURING THE THIRTY YEARS 1897-1926.
TABLE I.
Population.
Year.
Total Civil Population.
Year.
Total Civil Population.
1897
243,565
1912 *
467,777
1898
239,210
1913
489,114
1899
252,405
1914
501,304
1900
277,740
1915
>
509,160
1901
290,124
1916
529,010
1902
303,116
1917
535,100
1903
317,130
1918
561,500
1904
352,487
1919
598,100
1905
370,325
1920
648,150
1906
318,304
1921
686,680
1907
323,280
1922
662,200
1908
329,650
1923
681,800
1909
337,160
1924
799,550
1910
344,180
1925
874.420
1911
464,277
1926
874,420
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TABLE II. ·
Revenue and Expenditure.
Year ended 31st December.
Revenue.
Expenditure.
State of Reserve Fund on 1st January.
1
1897
$2,686,914.70
$2,641,409.71
$548,964.46
1898
2,918,159.24
2,841,805.20
Dr.
2,557.92
1899
3,610,143.25
3,162,792.36
213,358.39
1900
4,202,587.40
3,628,447.13 Dr.
311,773.32
1901
4,213,893.22
4,111,722.49
1,100,785.69
1902
4,901,073.70
5,909,548.51
1,036,523.54
1903
5,238,857.88
5,396,669.48
66,869.88
1904
6,809,047.99
6,376,235.30
Dr.
62,711.46
1905
6,918,403.85
6,951,275.26
297,722.83
1906
7,035,011.78
6,832,610.68
441,495.66
1907
6,602,280.25
5,757,203.47
652,236.11
1908
6,104,207.33
7,929,477.91
1,444,738.86
1909
1910
6,822,966.93 (1) 6,960,869.28
6,542,839.32 Dr.
283,095.03
6,907,113.40
851,097.94
1911
7,497,231.23 (2)
7,077,177.23
1,406,924.96
1912
8,180,694.08
7,202,543.25
1,826,978.96
1913
8,512,308.84
8,658,012.93
2,805,129.79
1914
11,007,273.09 (3) (4)
10,756,224.82
2,659.425.70
1915
11,786,106.73 (4)
15,149,267.54
2,910,473.97.
1916
13,833,386.86 (2) (4) (5)
11,079,914.82
Dr. 152,686.84
1917
15,058,104.71
14,090,828.09
2,300,785.20
1918
18,665,248.41 (4)
16,252,171.87
3,268,061.82
1919
16,524,974.90
17,915,925.36
5,681,138.36
1920
14,689,671.93
14,489,593.52
4,290,187.90
1921-
17,728,131.94 (2) (6) (7)
15,739,652.40
4,490,266.31
;
1922
22,291,064.81 (2) (6)
18,563,002.91
6,478,745.85
1923
24,783,762.53 (9)
21,571,904 72
12,658,642.41
1924
24,209,639.72 (10)
26,726,428.44
15,971,495.23
1925
23,244,365.94
28,266,817.94
13,107,549.29
1926 1927
21,131,581.64 (2) (11)
23,524.715.94
8,113,482.68
21,007,397.00
(Estimate)
22,314,702.00
3,486,290.54 (12)
(Estimate)
(1) Liquor duties imposed.
(2) Liquor duties raised.
(3) Govt. Opium monopoly instituted.
(4) Price of opium raised.
(5) Tobacco duties imposed.
(6) Tobacco duties increased.
(7) Land Sales $1,634,098 see Table V.
(8) Land Sales $2,721,804 see Table V.
(9) Land Sales $3,488,797 see Table V.
(10) Land Sales $1,909,236 see Table V.
(11) Including $1,846,160.47 transferred from Exchange Account to
Miscellaneous Receipts.
(12) Of which only $1,591,203.00 represents invested funds, the rest being tied up in Subsidiary Coins, Advances, Building Loans, Stores, etc.
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TABLE III.
Comparison between the sources of revenue of 1897 and 1926.
Heads of Revenue
Revenue for 1926.
Revenue for 1897.
1. LIGHT DUES.
110,544
114,176
Do. Special Assessment, Ord. No. 10
of 1899
127,655
2. LICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE
NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED:-
Arms Licences......
2,400
430
Assessed Taxes
3,636,668
429,137
Auctioneers' Licences
3,000
1,800
Billiard Table and Bowling Alley Licences.
350
900
Boarding-house Licences
75
206
Boat Licences
115,406
6,971
Cargo Boat Licence
11,448
Carriage, Chair &c. Licences
240,156
43.324
Chinese Boarding-house Licences
16,721
Chinese Passenger Ship Licences
1,875
380
Chinese Undertakers' Licences
860
200
Companies Local Registers Licences
1,824
2.863
Dangerous Goods Licences
2,508
505
Dog Licences
14,862
2.483
Emigration Passage Brokers' Licences
1,200
1.000
Ferry Licences, N.T.
9
Fines
134,169
31.835
Fishing Stake & Station Licences
1,189
Fishing Licences
70
Forestry Licences, N.T.
4,889
Forfeitures
87,749
4,357
Game Licences
3,430
120
Hawkers' Licences
81,206
6.835
Junk Licences
52,103
29.064
Kowloon (West Ferry Licences)
247,130
Kowloon (East Ferry Licences)
16,120
Liquor Duties
1,186,313
Liquor Licences
393,898
67.137
Marine Store Dealers' Licences
10,080
5,280
Marriage Licences
820
482
Money Changers' Licences
9,960
550
Opium Monopoly
2,831,305
Pawnbrokers' Licences
132,713
Permits to cut Earth and Stone, N.T.
1,859
Pharmacy and Poison Licences
Pilots' Licences
170 150
286,000 39.000
Carried forward
9,471,436
1,086,433
114
TABLE III.—Continued.
Heads of Revenue
Brought forward
2. LICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE
NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED,-Contd.
Special Food Licences
Stamp Duties
Steam-Launch Licences
Theatrical Licences
Tobacco Duties
Water-Wheel Licences
1. FEES OF COURT OR OFFICE PAYMENT
FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES, AND REIM-
BURSEMENTS IN AID :-
Ambulance and Cremation Fees
Analyses
Bacteriological Examinations
Bills of Health
Births and Deaths Registration
Cargo Boat Certificates
Cemetery Fees
Cemetery Burials
Certificates to Chinese Proceeding to Foreign
Revenue
for 1926.
$
Revenue
for 1897.
9,471,436
1.086,433
11,491
2,928,339
10,259
252,217 933
2,158
1,835,345
24
547
16,423
335
7,220
9.342
2,046
1,782
248
1,923
534
1,059
Country
Chemists and Druggists Registration
China Companies Fees
Chinese Cemetery Fees
400
· 50
122,479
6,989
1.1 1
Chinese, Gazette Sale of
1,127 25
Contribution from Wei-hai-wei Government
for Clerical Assistance
Court Fees
Crown Leases
480
77,302
13,984
>
7,695-
Custodian's Fees
Deeds Registration
74,740
276
705
4,988 10,024
Engagement and Discharge of Seamen
34,625
10,947
515
Engagement of Masters and Engineers of
Steam-Launches
346
Examination of
Masters,
Mates and
Engineers
2,825
3.050
Fees for use of Government Buoys
72,730
2,880
Graves Certificates, N.T.
78
Gunpowder Storage
6,702
13,353
Hong Kong Companies Registration
11,305
Householders Registration
1,274
5,376.
Imperial Post Office: Contribution from .....
Carried forward
14,713,922
1,413,442
;
:
Heads of Revenue
-115
TABLE III,—Continued.
Revenue for 1926.
Revenue for 1897.
Brought forward
1. FEES OF COURT OR OFFICE PAYMENT FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES AND REIM- BURSEMENTS IN AID,—Continued.
Inspection of Narcissus Bulbs
Legal Costs
Letters Patent
Lock Hospital Grant From Admiralty
Maintenance of Cap Rock Lighthouse,-
14,713,922
1,413,442
100
1,948
130
1,019
Contribution from Chinese Government
750
750
Medical Certificates
35
Medical Examination of Emigrants
143,957
19,814
Medical and Dental Registration.
300
30
Medical Treatment
78,093
19,022
Official Administrator's Commission
3,201
3,497
Official Receiver's Commission
7,837
Official Signatures
11,656
14,160
Ordinance, Civil Service List
1,507
Police and Other Stores
2,146
537
Police Service Loans
10,088
1,817
Possession Fees
25,521
Printed Forms
Prison Industries
Prisoners' Subsistence.
688
182
4,030
4,812
1,030
1,315
Public Schools Fees
79,509
619
Queen's College Fees
25,565
13,460
Registry Fees
1,634
706
Sick Stoppages from Police Force
2,706
1,024
Sunday Cargo-working Permits
80,275
11,850
Survey of Steam-Launches
10,945
1,600
Survey of Steamships
35,600
11,830
Technical Institute Fees
4,391
Timber
5,649
Trade Marks Registration
8,205
2,956
Use of Motor Vans
6,255
Water Excess Supply and Meter Rents
471,679
Water Account, Ord. 16 of 1890
110,048
Warrants of Attachment
243
Wireless Telegraphy Examination
130
Motor Ambulance Fees
4,029
3.888
Official Certificates
2. POST OFFICE :-
Message Fees
Postage
68,133 698.407
268,616
Carried forward
16,514,182
1,903.106
116
TABLE III,-Continued.
Heads of Revenue
Brought forward
3. KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY ::
MAIN LINE.
R1. Passenger Service, Passengers, Foreign
Line
R1. Passenger Service, Passengers, Home
Line
R2. Passenger Service, Others, Foreign Line R2. Passenger Service, Others, Home Line. R3. Goods Service, Goods, Foreign Line ... R3. Goods Service, Goods, Home Line R4. Goods Service, Others, Home Line RS. Rents, Home Line
R9. Incidental Revenue, Foreign Line R9. Incidental Revenue, Home Line
Revenue
for 1926.
Revenue for 1897.
$
16,514,182
9
1,903,106
24,004
414,704
1,192
12,526
4,432
25,256
605
42,708
257
1,704.
R11. Interchange of rolling stock, Foreign
Line.
Profit on Central Mechanical Works, Home
Line
FANLING BRANCH LINE.
R1. Passenger Service, Passenger
R2. Passenger Service, Other
R3. Goods Service, Goods
2,407
5
7,777 148
320
1. RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY,
LAND AND HOUSES:
Buildings
93,870
792
Lands not Leased (Permits for encroach-
ments, etc.)
112,192
10,190
Laundries
2,400
684
Leased Lands, (Crown Rent exclusive of
New Territories)
504,585
241,799
Leased Lands, New Territories (Crown Rent)
159,520
Markets,
232,594
70,519
Piers
46,608
Pineapple Land Leases
Slaughter House
79,715
782
4,082
41,412 11,148
و
Slaughter House, Ma Tau Kok
25,540
Stone Quarries
6,993
15,500
2. INTEREST
237,444
4,577
Carried forward
18,554,470
2,303,809
- 117
TABLE III,-Continued.
Heads of Revenue
Brought forward
Revenue for 1926.
Revenue
for 1897.
:
*
18,554,470
2,803,809
1. MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS :—
Bathing Tickets
Blake Pier Tickets
Condemned Stores, &c.
3,120
474
19,837
2,671
Conservancy Contracts
Compensation in lieu of Rates
13,869
27.840
34,275
Interest on Government House Furnitures.
280
156
Other Miscellaneous Receipts
2,000,361
12.924
Profit on Subsidiary Coins
115,016
Rent of Government Furniture
5,917
Royalty payable by the Hong Kong
Telephone Co., Ltà.
25,429
Royalty payable by the Hong Kong Tramway
Co., Ltd.
38,016
Royalty, Wireless Telegraphy
1,375
Scavenging City, Villages, and Hill District
1,401
Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Contribu
tions
146,423
11111
1. LAND SALES :--
Premia on New Leases
Total
$
CA
286,342
224,501
21,131,589
2,686,917
118
TABLE IV.
Revenue derived from Opium, Liquor and Tobacco
during the years 1897-1926.
Year
Gross
CA
Opium
Liquor
Liquor
Tobacco
Licences
Duties
Duties
Nett.
*
Fo
00
1897
286,000
67.137
1898
357,667
74,208
1899
372,000
82,505
1900
372,000
107,255
1901
NOTE.-Govern-
687,000
125,909
1902
ment took over
750,000
124,299
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
the opium mono- poly from the 1,945,000 Farmer on 1st 2,040,000 March, 1914. The 2,040,000 nett revenue is | 1.550,000 arrived at by de- 1,452,000
750,000
215,269 (1)
293,082
273,343
257,365
275,157
253.675
1909
ducting from the 1,452,000
232,292
87,387
1910
gross revenue the
1,228,000
233,605
387.786
1911
cost of manufac-
1,183,000
222,345
617,014
(1)
1912
ture.
1,183.000
237,866
705,575
1913
1.183,000
249,815
729,233
1914
3,741,500
2,819,540
1915
4,701,878
3,812,203
1916
5.811,110
4,929,873
1917
5,887,475
5,273,904
1918
8,686,622
8,047,289 (1)
1919
6,803,035
6,105,500
1920
4,317,971
3.941,251
1921
3,938,198
3,483,651
1922
5,551,305
i
5,067,051
1923
5,712,057
4,946,150
1924
5,147.043
1925
3,392,381
1926
2,831,305
4,459,756 2,567,670 2,140,392
AAAaammm aanm
241,393
656.956
(2)
257,830
626,575 (2)
238.967
793,762 (I)
266.124
781,215
284,184
714,994
275,939 (3).
739,786
267,571 (3)
779,796
273,776
1,040,637
297,703
1,196,799
336,900
1,289,993
377,411
1,229,263
400.119
1.140,925
393,898
1,186,313
NO CORTOMANO
211,182
499,872
544,860
618,906
631,878
1,062,031 1.474,678
1.828.569
2,007,105
1,796,859
1123114
1,835.345
(1) Increased selling price.
(1) Fees increased (1) Increased
(1) Increased
(2) Increased sales.
duty.
(3) Decreased sales.
(2) More licences
issued.
(3) Fewer licences
issued.
(2) Decreased
(3) Increased
consumption.į
(4) Increased duty (4)
part year.
(5) Increased duty
whole year.
(6) Increased duty
on Chinese liquor from October.
Decreased
consumption.
consumption.
(2)
Increased duty
consumption.
part year.
(3)
Increased duty
whole year.
Year.
TABLE V.
Land Sale figures for the years 1919-1926,
illustrative of the land boom.
Year.
RA
•
:
1919
263,960
1923
3,488.797
1920
556,349
1924
1,909,236
1921
1,634,098
1925
570,243
1922
2,721,804
1926
286,342
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TABLE VI.
Shipping Statistics.
Ships engaged in foreign trade cleared
and entered (excluding junks).
Total Shipping entered and cleared.
Year.
Number.
Total Tonnage.
Percentage of British Tonnage.
Total Tonnage.
1897
9,944
12,124,599
67
1898
11,058
13,252,733
66
1899
10,905
13,437,147
65
1900
10,940
14,022,167
65
Statistics
not available
1901
10,807
14,599,141
53
1902
12,461
16.275,998
59
1903
14,489
19,018,411
59
21.883,566 23.853,384
1904
16.976
19,333,096
70
24.648.258
1905
18,103
19,778,176
67
34,185,091
1906
16,397
19,833,666
61
32.747.268
1907
18,096
20,381,421
51.5
36,028,310
1908
19,604
20,104,795
58.6
34.615.241
1909
18,714
20,171,755
56.7
34,830,845
1910
19,544
21,059,369
57.8
36,534,361
1911
19.644
20,490,520
57.1
36,179,152
1912
21.010
21,614,995
56.1
36,735,149
1913
21,867
22,939,134
55.4
37.742.982
1914
23,740
22,069,879
56.9
36,756,951
1915
23,051
19,561,318
58.1
33,884,919
1916
23,303
19,106,690
"
50.3
36,381,457
1917
21,959
17,329,841
52.9
33,827,325
1918
19,997
13,982,966
51.9
29,518, 189
1919
21,275
18.474,996
54.6
35,615,169
1920
21,498
21,576,139
53.8
40:122,527
1921
24,697
24,360,880
52.4
43,420,970
1922
24.272
26,635,467
50.3
46,566,764
1923
25,347
32,382,530
50.2
53,402.239
1924*
30,240
35,471,671
47.4
56,731,077
1925
20,389
29.727.264
48.5
41,469,584
1926
15,204
26,983,190
54.2
36,821,364
19271
| (1st half
7,833
18,029,707
16,946,346
only)
*For comparison with the ports of London & New York during the year 1924 see Table VII below.
TABLE VII.
Shipping Statistics for 1924 of the ports of Hong Kong,
London and New York.
Foreign Going. (Excluding Junks).
Port.
Entered.
Cleared.
Total.
Reference.
Hong Kong
17,558,127
17,913,544
35,471,671
Harbour Master's Report, 1924 Table IX.
New York
18,530,000
19,243,000
37.773,000
London
17,456,798
15,100.668
32,557,466
American Consulate General.
Whitaker's Almanac 1927 Page 525.
Port.
Total.
Hong Kong
New York
London
Total Tonnage. (All Sources).
Reference.
56.731,077
Harbour Master's Report, 1924.
40,022,503
Whitaker's Almanac 1927, Page 85.
47,064.975
"Whitaker's Almanac 1927, Page 85.
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No. 1927
6
HONG KONG.
ABSTRACT SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE APPROVED ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR 1927 AND THE ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR 1928.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor, on the 1st September, 1927.
Increase.
Decrease.
Head 1. His Excellency the Governor.
Personal Emoluments.
Good Conduct Allowances Personal Allowances
98
118
Good Conduct Allowances Reduction of Salary
27
180
Total Increase...
$
216
Deduct Decrease
207
Total Decrease
207
Net Increase
$
Head 2. Cadet Service.
Personal Emoluments,
New Posts...
Stipulated Increments
12,600
Abolition of Posts
13,606
Reduction on New Appointments
9,600 10,200
Total Increase.....
.$
26,206
Deduct Decrease
19,800
Total Decrease
$
19,800
Net Increase
..$
6,406
Head 3.-Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff.
New Posts...
Stipulated Increments
Language Allowances
Transferred from Head 29-P.W.D.
Total Increase......
Deduct Decrease
Net Increase
Personal Emoluments.
..$
240 3,000
7,800 Reduction on New Appointments 5,511
....
4,226
$ 16,551 4,226
$ 12,325
Increase.
132
Head 4.-Junior Clerical Service.
Decrease.
Personal Emoluments.
Class Posts
New Posts...
Increase in Proportion of Higher
Stipulated Increments
Shorthand Allowances
$
3,020
6,950
Reduction on New Appointments
Transferred to Head 11-Post Office...$ 112,206 Abolition of Posts
1,000 30,480
28,550
Personal Allowances
60
Overtime Allowances
940 5,203
L
Total Increase
$
38,580
Total Decrease.....
Deduct Increase
.$ 149,829 38,580
:
Net Decrease".
Head 5.-Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature.
Personal Emoluments.
New Posts...
Stipulated Increments
Rent Allowances
264
201
Good Conduct Allowances
71
144
680
Other Charges.
Office Equipment
50
Gas and Electric Light...
100
Hansard Reports
550
700
Chairs for Council Chamber...
Total Increase...
•
Deduct Decrease
Net Increase
New Posts...
Stipulated Increments
Good Conduct Allowances Rent Allowances
Conveyance Allowances...
Total Increase... Deduct Decrease
Net Increase
Special Expenditure.
500
1,880 200
$
1,680
:
$ 111,249
Despatch Boxes
200
Head 6.Secretariat for Chinese Affairs.
:
:
}
•
Personal Emoluments.
132
Good Conduct Allowances
240
39
24
435
Other Charges.
240
Incidental Expenses
450
{
675
Total Decrease...
457
457
218
13
Increase.
New Post
Good Conduct Allowances
Rent Allowances
Incidental Expenses
Adding Machine
Total Increase...
133
Head 7.--Treasury.
Personal Emoluments.
132
122
Abolition of Posts Personal Allowances
46
Total Decrease
$
300
Deduct Increase
Net Decrease
Qther Charges.
150
Special Expenditure.
800
1,250
Head 8.---Audit Department.
Decrease.
...$ 7,500
36
:
:
:
7,536
1,250
6,286
Personal Emoluments.
Stipulated Increments
395 Good Conduct Allowances
28
Other Charges.
Share of Home Expenditure
..$.
639
Total Increase...
.$
1,034
Deduct Decrease
28
Net Increase
.$
1,006
Stipulated Increments
Acting Pay
Good Conduct Allowances
Rent Allowances
A forestation
-Scavenging
Uniforms
Stamp Punch Bicycles
Total Increase..... Deduct Decrease
Net Increase
Head 9.-District Office, North.
钥
Personal Emoluments.
196
Personal Allowances
40
218
100
554
Other Charges.
1,000
875
100
1,475
Special Expenditure.
35 155
190
2,219
48
2,171
$
48
Increase.
134
Head 10.-District Office, South
Personal Emoluments.
Decrease.
New Posts...
$
156. Good Conduct Allowances
34
Stipulated Increments
193
Good Conduct Allowances
55
Rent Allowances
48
**
452
Other Charges.
Afforestation
Uniforms
500
45
545
Total Increase...
997
Deduct Decrease
34
Net Increase
963
Stipulated Increments
Transferred from Head 4-Junior
Clerical Service
Sunday and Holiday Work Allowances
Cleansing Materials
Coolie Hire
Telegrams...
Transport
:
Head 11.-Post Office.
Personal Emoluments.
$
10,667
Reduction on New Appointments Good Conduct Allowances
231
39
112,206
Rent Allowances
528
8
$ 122,881
798
Other Charges.
250
Transit Charges
5,000
100
50
800
Total Decrease
5,728
1,200
Special Expenditure.
Pillar and Letter Boxes : Safe
500 225
$
725
Total Increase... Deduct Decrease
$ 124,806 5,798
Net Increase
$ 119,008
:
;
►
!
i
•
Increase.
New Posts...
Stipulated Increments
Good Conduct Allowances Rent Allowances
Candles and Batteries Cleansing Materials Conveyance Allowances... Incidental Expenses
Office Cleaning Materials
Opium :-
Miscellaneous Stores
Uniforms...
Motor Car...
135
Decrease.
2,904
1,627
Head 12.-Imports and Exports Office.
Personal Emoluments.
Abolition of Posts
Reduction on New Appointments
...$
2,208 851
53
Good Conduct Allowances
23
...
:
2,436
$
7,020
3,082
Other Charges.
:
300
Binding Permits
300
50
Electric Fans and Light
1,300
840
Liquor Labels, Printing
1,000
300
Opium:
300
Fuel
2,000
Packing Expenses
3,000
800
Purchase of Raw Opium
50,000
1,200
Rent of Quarters
600
Revenue Reward Fund........
2,000
$
3,790
Upkeep of Adding Machine...
125
60,325
Special Expenditure.
.....$
3,000
Locks...
Total Decrease...
Total Increase...
...$ 13,810
Deduct Increase
Net Decrease
New posts
Stipulated increments
Good Conduct Allowances Personal Allowances
Head 13.-Harbour Department.
:
1,000
$
64,407
$
13,810
50,597
Personal Emoluments.
$ 47,892
Abolition of posts
1,008
6,551
Reduction on new appointments
1,775
717
Good Conduct Allowances
42
60
Personal allowances
100
Rent allowances
55,220
24
2,949
Other Charges.
Coal and oil fuel
Conveyance Allowances
Electric fans and light
Moorings
3,530
1,080
1,000
150
Repairs etc. for launches and boats
....
11,800
Sundry stores
Uniformis
Slipway, Yaumati, expenses
200 1,820 100
$
$
19,680
Special Expenditure.
25,000
Gig
Launch for Boarding Officers Launch to replace H.D. 5 ... Renewal of buoy
Motor boat
Launch to replace "Victoria"
Total Increase Deduct Decrease
Net Increase...
55,000
300
7,000 10,000
Dinghy
Reversible buoys
Renewal of buoys and moorings
:
350
250
4.000
2,250
6,850
$
97,300
$ 172,200
9,799
Total Decrease
9,799
$ 162,401
Increase.
Stipulated increments
Good Conduct Allowances
Meteorological telegrams
Transport
...
Maintenance of magnetometers Uniforms
Accumulator
Total Increase Deduct Decrease
Net Increase
:
:
136
Head 14. Royal Observatory.
$
Personal Emoluments.
Decrease.
240
16
..
$
256
Other Charges.
200
Printing etc. meteorological bulletin ...$
100
50
...
400
175
825
Special Expenditure.
..$
300
1,381 100
1,281
Head 15.-Fire Brigade.
Personal Emoluments.
Stipulated increments
Revised Salary
4,464 696
Reduction on new appointments Good Conduct Allowances
1,348
67
Good Conduct Allowances
24
Rent allowances
384
Fire cycle allowances
600
Language allowances
60
5,844
$
1,799
Other Charges.
Clothing
3,500
Hose
5,000
Incidental expenses
1,000
Repairs to motor engines and plant
2,000
Electric fans, lights, and lifts
2,000
Repairs to floating engines
1,750
Stores
2,500
$
6,500
Total Increase
$
12,344
$
11,250
Special Expenditure.
Light Motor pump
.$
10,500
Motor cycle
1,670
12,170
Total Decrease
$
25,219
Deduct Increase
12,344
Net Decrease
12,875
:
.
}
Increase.
Stipulated increments
Acting pay
Good Conduct Allowances
Fees to Counsel
Incidental Expenses Uniforms
Total Increase
137
Head 16.-Supreme Court.
Personal Emoluments.
599 7,200
...
886
Reduction on new appointments
Transferred to Head 3-Senior Clerical
and Accounting Staff
Good Conduct Allowances
Personal Allowances
$
8,685
...
་་
¤A
Other Charges.
1,000
150
300
1,450
Watchmen
:
:
Decrease.
960
4,200
13
180
$
5,353
6,000
10,135
Total Decrease Deduct Increase
11,353 10,135
Net Decrease
.$
1,218
Head 17.-Attorney General.
Personal Emoluments.
Acting pay
$ 11,200
Good Conduct Allowances
10
11,210
Incidental expenses
Total Increase
:
:
Other Charges.
50
11,260
Head 18.-Crown Solicitor.
Personal Emoluments.
Stipulated increments.
$
1,097 Rent allowances
24
Good Conduct Allowances
48
$
1,145
Other Charges.
Incidental expenses
Total Increase
80
1,175
Deduct Decrease
24
Net Increase
1,151
•
Increase.
138
Head 19-Official Receiver.
Personal Emoluments.
Stipulated increments
...$
300
Incidental expenses
Total Increase
:
New posts
Stipulated increments
Good Conduct Allowances
Other Charges.
...$
25
325
Head 20.-Land Office.
Personal Emoluments.
$ 1.800
Personal allowance
1,050 156
3,006
Other Charges.
Incidental expenses
..$
50
Total Increase
$
3,056
Deduct Decrease...
12
Net Increase
..$
3,044
Decrease.
:
Head 21.-Magistracy, Hong Kong.
Good Conduct Allowances
Total Increase
Deduct Decrease
Net Increase
:
Personal Emoluments.
68
Personal Allowance
.$
68
24
A
44
12
F:
24
:
Increase.
139
Head 22.-Magistracy, Kowloon.
Personal Emoluments.
Good Conduct Allowances
...
..$
Uniforms
Total Increase
*
8
Other Charges.
50
58
Special Expenditure.
:
Law books
Total Decrease Deduct Increase
Net Decrease
Head 23.-Police Department.
Decrease.
.$
250
$
250
58
192
Personal Emoluments.
New posts
Stipulated increments Medal allowances Detective allowances Language allowances
Good Conduct Allowances Personal allowances
Rent allowances
:
26,952
Abolition of posts
10,941
29,480
Reduction on new appointments
26,149
198
Medal allowances
678
576
Separation allowances
1,200
4,338
Good Conduct Allowances
53
522
Personal allowances
51
60
Rent allowances
60
1,096
63,222
39,132
Other Charges.
Ammunition
...
4,000
Upkeep of arms
2,500
Rent of stations
Clothing and accoutrements
8,000
Bedding and mess utensils
Secret service
:
Conveyance allowances
1,560
Light and electric fans.
2,000
1,000
900
2,500
4,400
Passages
5,000
Petrol and oil
1,500
Rations for Indian Police
3,400
Repairs to cars and cycles Subsistence of prisoners
...
2,500
500
Special repairs to cars and cycles Portable weighing machine.
Improvements to traffic signals
Motor vehicle plates
Harbour launch
Cruising launch
Binoculars
Traffic Beacon
Handcuffs
Indian beds
Automobile stretcher
Total Increase Deduct Decrease
Net Increase
$ 30,960
.$
Special Expenditure.
2,000
Motor cycle
350 Motor car...
:
500
3,000 *
25,000
103,100
500
775
750
3,000
200
$ 139,175
$ 233,357 47.832
.$ 185,525
1,300
3,000
4,300
Total Decrease
$
47,832
Increase.
140
Head 24.-Prisons Department.
Decrease.
Personal Emoluments.
New posts
Temporary posts
Stipulated increments
Acting pay
480
1,476
Reduction on new appointments Good Conduct Allowances
.$ 2,130
24
7,089
Personal allowances
42
112
Language allowances
60
2,196
Good Conduct Allowances
53
$
9,270
Other Charges.
Arms and ammunition...
Executioner's fees
Photography
Rations for Indian warders...
500
Cleansing materials
1,000
100
Clothing and shoes for staff
1,000
50
Clothing for prisoners
1,000
2,000
Incidental expenses
500
Rent for quarters for European staff...
11,000
3,500
$
13,650
Special Expenditure.
Wire stitching machine
$
800
Total Increase Deduct Decrease
22,920
6,496
Total Decrease
6,496
Net Increase
16,424
Head 25.-Medical Department.
Personal Emoluments.
New posts
35,760
Abolition of posts
3,700
Increase of salaries
Stipulated increments
.2,052
Reduction on new appointments
3,004
7,625
Transferred to Head 4-Junior
Transferred from Head 26-Sanitary
Department
Good Conduct allowances
Clerical Service
450
23,710
Good Conduct Allowances
169
1,701
Personal allowances
12
Personal allowances
Rent allowances
414
Rent allowances
60
:
948
$
7,395
$
72,210
Other Charges.
Conveyance allowances Artificial limbs
1,284
Rent of premises
.$
1,230
600
Fuel and light
2,500
Ventilation of operating theatre... Health Officer of Port :
200
Upkeep of X-Ray apparatus
500
Incidental expenses
300
Equipment for Research officer
2,000
Field works
Maintenance of lunatics
5,000 17,000
Government laboratory:-
Books
Fuel and light
100
200
Bacteriological Institute:-
Animals and fodder Apparatus and chemicals
Government Laboratory:
Incidental expenses
Uniforms
800
2,030
:
...
560
100
398
$ 30,682
Repairs to microscopes...
Special Expenditure.
600
Total Increase
Deduct Decrease
.$ 103,492
24,425
Net Increase
$
79,067
X-Ray plant
..$
15,000
Total Decrease
.S
24,425
Increase.
141
Head 26-Sanitary Department.
Personal Emoluments.
Decrease.
New posts
.$
5,644
Abolition of posts
8,381
Stipulated increments
9,380
Reduction on new appointments...
11,587
Good Conduct Allowances
353
Good Conduct Allowances
170
Personal allowances
852
Personal allowances
12
Rent allowances
648
Rent allowances
1,296
Transferred from Head 13-Harbour
Transferred to Head 25-Medical
Department
1,111
Department
...
23,710
17,988
45,156
Advertisements
Coal ...
Incidental expenses
Rent of quarters for Inspectors etc.
Do. for Scavenging coolies
Animal Depôts :
Incidental expenses
Other Charges.
550
200
300
170
Ambulances, etc. Bathhouses, fuel, light
Burial of infected bodies Cemeteries
明
200
600
500
50
...
1,740
Conveyance allowances
150
Coolie labour
300
400
Disinfectants
500
Disinfecting apparatus
500
3,360
Disinfectors
1.000
Dust and water carts
2,000
Exhumation
3,000
Furniture
100
Head stones
350
Light...
880
Nightsoil receptacles
200
Paint
500
Purchase and maintenance of bullocks
5,000
Refund of fees
100
Scavenging gear
2.900
Street watering
1,000
Uniforms
500
Workshop Apparatus
150
Veterinary Staff:-
Fuct
500
Meat Vans, running expenses...
1,100
$
21,530
Special Expenditure.
Fitting Solid Tires
4,500
Lorries Seal
of
9,000
100
9,100
Total Increase
25,848
Total Decrease Deduct Increase
75,786
25.848
Net Decrease
49,938
Increase.
142
Head 27-Botanical and Forestry Department.
Personal Emoluments.
Reduction on new appointments
Good Conduct Allowances
Personal allowances.
::
Decrease.
1,763 19 620
New posts
Stipulated increments
Good Conduct Allowances
Rent allowances
.$
1,633
831
588
►
288
$
3,340
Other Charges.
200
200
400
Maintenance of gardens and grounds $
Uniforms
Garden stores
Special Expenditure.
.$
500 !
Total Increase Deduct Decrease
4,240
2.402
1
Net Increase
:
$
1,838
Head 28.-Education Department.
Personal Emoluments.
$
2,402
New posts
Posts, previously
Estimates...
Stipulated increments
Good Conduct Allowances
Personal and other Allowances
Rent allowances
$
21,528
Abolition of posts
4,000
omitted
from
20,400
25,928
561
Reduction on new appointments Good Conduct Allowances
Personal allowances
Rent allowances
:
246
8
168
24
1,812
456
$
4,446
70,685
Other Charges.
College calendars
145
Students in training, fees
$
2,075
Electric fans and light
600
do.
maintenance
2,300
Incidental expenses
2,900
Rent
1,296
Laboratory
800
Physics and chemistry grants
6,000
University examination fees
600
Renewals and Replacements
750
$
11,671
Transport
200
Capitation grants
14,390
Grants in aid of rent
2,400
Subsidies to schools in N.T.
5,000
do.
in H.K.
10,000
University Examination grants
13,000
50,785
Special Expenditure.
Safe
328
Building grants
50,000
Equipment of King's College
11,639
Equipment of schools
1,250
Furniture for Queen's College
1,000
$
11,967
52,250
Total Increase
$ 133,437
Deduct Decrease
Net Increase
68,367
Total Decrease
68,367
:
$
65,070
Increase.
143
Head 29.-Public Works Department.
Personal Emoluments.
Decrease.
New posts
:
Good Conduct Allowances
19,987
Abolition of posts
$
31,280
Stipulated increments
Personal and Charge allowances Field and overtime allowances
39,525
Reduction on new appointments
9,149
1,028
Posts Vacant
46,445
•
1,332
Personal and special allowances
12,535
2.835
Good Conduct Allowances
131
Rent allowances
156
Rent allowances
1,440
Transferred from Head 32-Kowloon
Transferred to Head 3-Senior Clerical
Canton Railway
7,440
and Accounting Staff
3,000
$
72,303
$ 103,980
Other Charges.
Electric fans and light
:
3,000
Conveyance and motor allowances $
3,396
Surveying instruments
1,500
Draining materials etc.
2,000
Uniforms
1,200
Incidental expenses
3,000
Upkeep of garage plant...
1,000
Lifts maintenance
2,000
Upkeep of rollers
3,000
Transport ...
2,000
Radio Telegraph Branch:
Incidental expenses
200
Repairs, stores, and current
2,000
Upkeep of garages
Upkeep of quarry plants
Radio Telegraph branch:-
Transport
2,000
2,000
500
:
11,900
16,896
Special Expenditure.
Equipment of garages and workshops $
Traffic beacon
2,000
Harbour Surveying
3,000
700 Motor Cars
5,250
Wireless Receiver
Short wave transmitter...
Additional receiving gear
Conversion of spark transmitter...
2,500
7,700
$
8,250
1,000
3,000
16,900
Total Increase.......
$ 101,103
Total Decrease Deduct Increase
Net Decrease
$ 129,126
101,103
28,023
Hong Kong:–
Communications Lighting... Miscellaneous
Kowloon :
Lighting Waterworks Miscellaneous New Kowloon :-
Lighting
Miscellaneous
New Territories:
Buildings
Communications
Miscellaneous
Total Increase Deduct Decrease
Net Increase...
:
:
Head 30.-Public Works, Recurrent.
:
:
Hong Kong: Buildings Kowloon:
Waterworks
1,000
3,000
13,000
Buildings
:
:
4,000
1,000
New Kowloon :-
3,500
Buildings
5,000
10,000
400
7,000
New Territories:
Typhoon and rainstorm damages
20,000
5,250
9,900
13,500
31,500 2,500
$ 100,150
30,400
69,750
Total Decrease
$
30,400
t
Head 31.-Public Works Extraordinary.
Net Decrease
.$ 1,239,100
144
Decrease.
Increase.
Head 32.--Kowloon-Canton Railway.
Personal Emoluments.
New Posts...
7,319
Reduction on New Appointments
...$
4,166
Increase of Salaries
1,027
Personal Allowances
•
1,260
Stipulated Increments
2,853
Good Conduct Allowances
46
Personal and Charge Allowances
2,200
Rent Allowances
384
Overtime Allowances
1,104
Temporary Allowances.
3,495
$
€A
5,856
Good Conduct Allowances
389
Rent Allowances
72
18,459
:
Other Charges.
Advertising
1,000
Conveyance Allowances...
8
Ballast
500
Goods Wagons, Repairs
2,500
Carriages, Repairs
3,000
Sleepers
2,000
Coal
75,900
Formation and Line Protection
1,700
Stations, Buildings, and Quarters Telegraphs
2,500
250
Locomotive Repairs
10,000
Lubricants
4,000
Medical and Sanitation...
50
Printing and Stationery
400
Rails and Fastenings
Transport
Uniform
Cars and Lorries, running expenses
100
50
850
1,470
$
99,020
$
7,258
Special Expenditure.
Special Repairs to Fanling Branch
9,000
Machine for Workshops
9,500
Locomotive Shed, etc. Fanling Branch $ Office for Chief Mechanical Engineer
3,000
30,000
Concrete Channels at Cuttings
2,000
$
18,500
New Roofing to Workshops...
2,000
Booking Office, Taipo Pier
1.000
Fencing for Stations
1,000
Alterations, Kowloon Station
800
Improvements, Taipo Market Station
12,500
52,300
Total Increase... Deduct Decrease
135,979
65414
Total Decrease
Net Increase
70,565
$
65,414
=
•
-
Increase.
145
Head 33.-Defence.
A.-VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
Personal Emoluments.
Decrease.
New Posts...
·480
Stipulated Increments
Lower Exchange
Good Conduct Allowances
Personal Allowances
Allowances to Instructors
140
43
26
12
300
Rent Allowances
48
1,049
Other Charges.
Armoured Car and Motor Transport
Incidental Expenses
...$
200
Section
550
Ammunition
2,500
Camp Expenses
5,500
Rifle Ranges, Expenses
300
Uniforms
1,000
Uniform for Messengers, etc.
320
$
10,170
Special Expenditure.
Motor Cycles
$
2,200
Motor Lorry
Construction at Headquarters
2,500
D. P. Machine Guns
Paillaisses and Bolsters
1,932
Vichers Guns
7,000
Colours
1,500
Range Finder
Armoured Car...
400
10,000
25,532
Total Increase...
36,751
Deduct Decrease
3,650
Total Decrease
::
:
3,200 250
3,450
3,650
Net Increase
$
33,101
B. ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE.
Net Decrease...
C.-MILITARY CONTRIBUTION.
Increased Contribution
.$ 130,638
40,000
Increase.
146
Head 34.--Miscellaneous Services.
Decrease.
Contribution for 3 Armed Launches ...$
38,815
Bathing Places
..$
10,000
Extra Clerical Assistance
2,000
Geological Survey
9,000
Grants in Aid of Institutions:-
Grants in Aid of Institutions:-
Lower Exchange
252
Imperial Bureau of Mycology
750
Colonial Advisory Medical and
Sanitary Committee
17
Tropical Diseases Research Fund Imperial Institute
478
1,869
...
University, Chinese Faculty
13,800
Yunnan Scholarships
60
Language Study Allowances
5,000
Medical Attendance on Unpassed
Newspapers and Periodicals...
1,500
Cadets
750
Other Miscellaneous Services Blue Book
176,750
Miscellaneous Papers
1,500
200
Revised Edition of Ordinances
11,000
Civil Service List
185
Typewriters
1,000
Rent Allowances :
Rent of Offices
22,000
European Subordinate Officers
2,000
Asiatic Subordinate Officers...
9,000
Rent of Telephones
1,000
►
Rent of Telegraph Line
36
Signalling Messages to Observatory
33
Telegrams...
5,000
Transport...
50,000
Total Increase...
Deduct Decrease
.$ 305,588 58,407
Total Decrease...
58,407
Net Increase
...$ 247,181
Head 35.-Charitable Services.
General Charities Organisation Tung Wah Hospital, Free Burials Kwong Wah Hospital, Free Burials
.$
500 10,000 7,000
Total Increase...
17,500.
Lower Exchange
Service of 1927 Loan
Total Increase..... Deduct Decrease
Net Increase
:
Civil Pensions...
Police Pensions
Widows' and Orphans' Pensions..
Death Gratuities
Total Increase.....
Allowances Allocated Cheung Chau Kaifong John G. Kerr Hospital...
Total Decrease...
Deduct Increase
Net Decrease
Head 36.-Public Debt.
འ
351
2,000
17,000
19,351
17,500
1,851
.$
29,145 380,000
.$ 409,145 380,000
29,145
War Loan...
.$ 380,000
Head 37.--Pensions.
79,095
48,031
10,950
20,000
$ 158,076
2
i
Increase.
147
RECAPITULATION.
Total Estimate for 1927
Total Estimate for 1928
Total Decrease
...$ 22,314,702
22,183,045
131,657
Decrease.
Personal Emoluments:
New Posts
Personal Emoluments:—--.
...$ 203,433
Abolition of Posts
$ 79,618
Stipulated increments
:
198,381
Vacant Posts
46,445
Increase of Salaries
3,775
Reduction on new Appointments
104,544
Posts previously omitted from
Personal and Special Allowances
16,718
Estimates
20,400
Separation Allowances
1,200
Acting Pay
18,552
Good Conduct Allowances
900
Temporary Posts
1,476
Overtime Allowances
5,203
Personal and Charge Allowances
7.358
Rent Allowances
4,224
Good Conduct Allowances
7,810
Language and Shorthand Allowances
Other Charges ...
150,610
5,334
Special Expenditure
165,920
Field and Overtime Allowances
8,042
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
40,000
Rent Allowances
6,510
Other Charges
Special Expenditure
Public Works Recurrent
Military Contribution ...
Miscellaneous Services
Public Debt
Pensions
Public Works Extraordinary
1,239,100
288,326
Charitable Services
1,851
:
320,489
69,750
130,638
247,181
:.
29,145
158,076
Total Decrease
Total Increase
...$ 1,724,676
Deduct Increase
...
...$ 1,856,333
1,724,676
Net Decrease
...$ 131,657
121
No. 1927
5
HONG KONG.
RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE HARBOUR MASTER AS REGARDS STAFF
ESTABLISHMENT AND SALARIES FOR THE GOVERNMENT .
MARINE SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT. ·
THE HON. THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.
I herewith forward a letter addressed to me by Mr. Wilton, the Surveyor lent to this Government from the Consultative Branch of the Board of Trade, London, who arrived in the Colony a short time ago for the purpose of ascertaining what steps it will be necessary to take at this Port to ensure recognition by the Board of Trade of a Special Hong Kong Passenger Certificate, to have equivalent value all over the world with the Passenger Certificate issued by the authorities in the United Kingdom.
2. As you are aware this question of obtaining recognition has been under review for some years past, but no serious steps were taken until January 1925 when a despatch No. 26 dated 17.1.25 was forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Various minutes and despatches were written, but the matter did not come to a head until the owners of two ships (the s.s. "Changte" and "Taiping" which were completing at the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dockyard for the Hong Kong-Australia trade) discovered that the present Hong Kong Passenger Certificate was not recognised by the Australian authorities. This being the case it would be necessary for those two ships,
(a) on their first arrival at an Australian port to go into dry dock and to be re-sur- veyed by the Australian authorities, and to take out an Australian Passenger Certificate before they would be allowed to enter the Australian Passenger trade, thus putting their owners to considerable expense.
(b) in order to renew their Australian Certificates, to carry out their annual refit and docking at an Australian port at a higher cost than this work could be done at Hong Kong, thus diverting from this port work which, had a passenger certificate with world-wide recognition been available here, would have been placed with one of the local shipyards.
After the interchange of many despatches between this Government, the Government of Australia and the Board of Trade, London, it was agreed that, subject to certain con- ditions, the Board of Trade and the Government of Australia would give, for these two ships only, provisional recognition for six months to their Hong Kong Passenger Certificates pending the settlement of the question of recognition of a Special Hong Kong Passenger Certificate. Owing to various delays it was found necessary to obtain exten- sion of the period, and various steps were taken to this end, and extension was granted until such time as Mr. Wilton arrived in the Colony and had had opportunity of survey- ing those ships and of assuring the Board of Trade that their survey was in order.
The Certificates then issued will be valid only for twelve months and as Mr. Wilton is only lent to this Government for a period of six months, it will necessarily follow that at the expiration of twelve months, unless in the interim steps are taken to ensure recognition. the difficulties will start anew.
3. As stated by Mr. Wilton, the Board of Trade require that, before they grant recognition to the Special Hong Kong Passenger Certificate, they should be satisfied that :-
(a) the survey work at this port is carried out by officers competent to do the work and under regulations of equivalent value to those in force in the United Kingdom.
(b) the staff is numerically adequate to deal efficiently with the total work of the
Port.
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Mr. Wilton was therefore sent out to complete the surveys of the "Changte" and "Taiping", and to report direct to the Board of Trade on (a) and (b) and also to advise the Hong Kong Government on the steps that he considers necessary to be taken before he can recommend to the Board of Trade that recognition should be granted.
4. I am convinced that, if recognition by the Board of Trade can be obtained, it will give a very great impetus to the work of this port as repairs here can be carried out at a cheaper rate than either in Australia or in the United Kingdom, and it is obvious that, provided the present difficulty of non-recognition of Hong Kong Certificates is removed, owners will take every advantage of our cheaper repair facilities. It must also be taken into consideration that ships, other than those that may carry out their refits here, may take the opportunity while in Hong Kong to dock and obtain a "Bottom Certificate" here thus avoiding the risk of demurrage caused by no dock being available in London at the time that their docking is due.
5. With the observations contained in Mr. Wilton's letter I entirely concur, and would invite very careful attention to his remarks on the question of even further additions to the number of now-recommended staff in order to keep pace with the work of the Port as it developes.
6. The staff as approved in the 1927 Estimates consists of
1 Government Marine Surveyor £725 to £950 by £25
7 Assistant Surveyors (one not yet appointed) £460 to £700 by £20
The staff as recommended by Mr. Wilton would entail the following additions :—
4 Assistant Surveyors
2 Nautical Surveyors
1 Draughtsman
1 European Clerk
2 Outdoor officers
and I would submit for consideration that the scales of pay may be fixed as follows:-
Government Marine Surveyor £750 to £950 by £25
Senior Engine Surveyor
Senior Ship Surveyor
Engine Surveyor
Ship Surveyor
£460 to £700 by £20. $600 charge pay while
in the Colony and in charge.
£460 to £700 by £20
Engine Surveyor, Ship Surveyor £460 to £700 by£20
Draughtsman £360 to £400 by £10
Clerk Class III £200 to £350 by £10
Outdoor officers (Tape men) $216 to $252 by $12
which in the first year would entail an additional cost to Government over the 1927
Estimates of
4 Assistant Surveyors at £460
2 Nautical Surveyors at £460
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2 Allowances for charge pay at $600
1 Clerk Class III at £200
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$22,080
11,040
1,200
2,400
.
4,300
ہے
1 Draughtsman at £360
2 Outdoor officers $216
432
6 Conveyance allowances for 4 Assistant Surveyors and
2 Nautical Surveyors
at
at $300
1,800
Total
$43,252
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I would point out that it is submitted that the initial pay of the Government Marine Sur- veyor should be raised from £725 to £750. This is suggested as should an Assistant Surveyor, the senior of either the ship or engine branches, rise to his maximum of £700 he would draw $700 per month salary, plus $50 per month charge pay, totalling $750 per month, i.e., £25 per annum more than the present initial salary of the Government Marine Surveyor. This proposed increase will have no effect until the post of Govern- ment Marine Surveyor falls vacant, as the salary of the holder of this appointment is at present £875.
7. To compensate in some way for the proposed increases, I would submit that the survey fees at present charged in this Port be raised, as they are very low in comparison with the charges at other ports. I therefore forward herewith a revised list of charges for consideration. This revised list is for the principal charges only and should be regarded as approximate as the final schedule when
when completed may show slight modifications or additions.
8. It is proposed that as opportunity offers members of the present staff should undergo a course of training under the direction of the Board of Trade so as to comply with the requirements under (3) (a).
Mr. Hall, Assistant Government Marine Surveyor, has already undergone such train- ing, has satisfied the Board of Trade as to his efficiency as as Engine Surveyor and has
eturned to the Colony.
Mr. Taylor, Assistant Government Marine Surveyor, is at present on Home leave and I understand that arrangements are being made by the Colonial Office for him to take the course of instruction for Engine Surveyors.
Mr. Church, Assistant Government Marine Surveyor, is now taking the course in England to qualify as Ship Surveyor.
Mr. Swan, Assistant Government Marine Surveyor, is taking a course of training locally under Mr. Wilton to qualify as a Ship Surveyor, but unfortunately it is not anti- cipated that such course will exempt him from training when he next returns to the United Kingdom, but will serve to reduce the time necessary for such training. Of the remainder of the present staff Mr. Russell, Government Marine Surveyor is retiring shortly and therefore it is not proposed that he should take the course of training.
Mr. Lambert, Senior Assistant Government Marine Surveyor, should take the course at the first available opportunity.
Mr. Jackson, Assistant Government Marine Surveyor, has been very seriously ill and has been invalided home on sick leave. His present condition of health will prevent him from taking any course for the present.
9. As the present staff cannot at present cope efficiently with the work of the Port (it has been found absolutely necessary to obtain assistance from private sources outside the Government Service) it is proposed that, should the proposed increase be approved, the training under the Board of Trade of new appointees be so regulated that a maximum of four only of the total staff of ship and engine surveyors should be absent from the Port at any one time. Nautical Surveyors should be trained before arrival in the Colony.
10. In regard to the initial salary of £460 for Ship and Engine Surveyor, Mr. Wilton points out that this is the Combined Salary (Authorised Salary plus cost of Living Allow- ance) of Officers when first appointed under the B.O.T. and thus offers no inducement to leave England. He however also points out that the recruiting age under the B.O.T. averages from 31 to 32 to that taking increments into consideration if we were to recruit our men at the age of 27 or 28 the necessary inducement would be provided.
If however we are to recruit at B.O.T. candidates' ages our initial salary should be raised to £500.
11. I cannot too strongly urge that the recommendations contained in Mr. Wilton's letter be authorised as soon as possible.
(Sd.)
G. F. HOLE.
Harbour Master.
6.8.27.
THE HARBOUR MASTER,
HONG KONG.
Sir,
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GOVERNMENT MARINE SURVEY OFFICE,
HONG KONG, 26th July, 1927.
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Hong Kong Passenger Certificates.
I beg to submit for your consideration the following preliminary report in regard to passenger certificates issued by the Hong Kong Government, and the conditions under which they will be recognised by the Home Government as being equivalent to, and having the same significance as, similar certificates issued by the Board of Trade.
As the direct outcome of negotiations between the Colonial Office and the Board of Trade, I have been sent to the Colony to examine the Marine Survey Regulations and their administration, with particular reference to foreign-going passenger ships, and to advise you as to what changes in the survey arrangements and practice seem necessary with view to obtaining the desired recognition of the Hong Kong passenger certificates.
In the first place, the Board of Trade have to be satisfied that the Regulations under which the Hong Kong certificates are issued compare favorably, as regards their effective- ness, with those in force in the United Kingdom.
I find that, so far as the surveys of foreign-going ships are concerned, the Board of Trade requirements are observed generally. It should be observed that the Board of Trade will shortly issue revised Instructions as to the Survey of Passenger Steamships and, provided the Hong Kong Government adopts sections of these Instructions which relate specifically to the survey of "new" and "existing" foreign-going passenger ships, or in- troduce equivalent Regulations under this head, the condition as to effective Regulations will be fully satisfied.
The Board of Trade further require that the survey staff should be sufficient in number and comprised of members having the requisite training and experience to ensure surveys being carried out in an entirely satisfactory manner.
The question of the number of surveyors necessary for continuous and efficient sur- vice in any port, must be carefully considered having due regard to local conditions and requirements.
From an inspection of the office records for a number of years, and a general know- ledge of the conditions under which the survey work of the Port is performed I am con- vinced that the marine survey Branch is at present considerably understaffed and that drastic reorganization is necessary to satisfy the Board of Trade that the staff is properly constituted.
There is an exceptionally large number of local craft to be dealt with annually, the majority of cases coming under survey twice a year. The nature of the services of these vessels calls for more efficient. supervision of their hulls and machinery than can reason- ably be expected from the present staff, and the same may be said of the surveys in con- nection with the issue of foreign-going and other passenger certificates. I would add that this statement must not be taken as a reflection on the surveyors either collectively or in- dividually as I am sure they do their utmost to fulfil their official obligations.
It is to be expected that the recognition of the Hong Kong surveys and passenger certificates will serve to encourage shipbuilding and repairing in this Port and this in its turn will inevitably increase the work of the surveyors. This should be kept in view as, whatever immediate changes are made in the survey staff, it may be necessary to review the position in a few years time in the light of developments in the direction indicated
above.
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As Hong Kong is one of the world's most important seaports, possessing excellent facilities for the building, docking and repairing of comparatively large ships of all types, I am of the opinion that the Marine Survey Staff should be placed on a scale somewhat comparable with that of the largest Home ports, and I am convinced that the Board of Trade would support this view.
In formulating a staffing scheme on this basis it should be noted that the Board of Trade has a central Survey Branch known as the Consultative Branch, which is an essen- tial part of the Marine Survey Department.
In this Port, consultative work and the necessary checking of all important calcula- tions, such as those connected with the measurement of tonnage, subdivision, assignment of loadline, and stability, must be provided for in the re-organization of the survey staff.
The numbers of surveyors of the various classes must also allow for the absence of part of the staff on long leave, and should, I suggest, permit of the short annual leave granted in accordance with the Regulations. The exacting climatic conditions, and the possible absence of members of the staff through sickness are also important factors to be considered in arriving at a decision on the staffing question, while the considerable portion of the surveyors time taken up by travelling to and from their various centres of duty must not be overlooked.
Finally it should not be necessary for surveyors to work overtime except when the nature of a particular case renders such a course unavoidable.
After going carefully into this matter on the lines indicated in the foregoing I am of the opinion that the following staff is necessary to ensure efficient service in this Branch :---
1 Principal or Chief Surveyor.
1 Senior Engine Surveyor.
*6 Engineer Surveyors.
1 Senior Ship Surveyor.
3 Ship Surveyors.
2 Nautical Surveyors.
*Including Examiner of Engineers (Steam and Motor).
I would suggest the introduction of not less than two outdoor officers (Chinese) to assist the Surveyors in such duties as the measurement of ships for tonnage and similar work. A draughtsman would also be an asset to the office in dealing with the design of special craft, etc.
The appointment of an English clerk, preferably one acquainted with mercantile marine procedure, might be considered in the interests of office efficiency, in view of the. large number of important documents to be filed and registered.
For your information and guidance I append a list of the Board of Trade Surveyors at Southampton and Liverpool as given in Board of Trade Circular (E), No. 297, and some general particulars of the Consultative Branch:-
Principal Officer
Southampton. Liverpool.
1
1
Senior Engineer Surveyor
1
1
Engineer Surveyors
5
10
Senior Ship Surveyor
1
1
Ship Surveyors
.3
4
Senior Nautical Surveyor
1
1
Nautical Surveyors
3
CO
3
15
21
Outdoor Officers.
Clerks
Typists
5
10
5
7
2
3
(Some of the Engineer, and Nautical Surveyors are also Examiners of
Engineers and Masters and Mates).
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The Consultative Branch consists of 32 Principals, Surveyors and Examiners, also a number of clerks, typists and messengers.
This Branch also deals with the general procedure of the Marine Survey Branch, examines plans showing the arrangements and details of ship construction and machinery, checks and completes all important calculations, such as those relating to the subdivision and measurement of ships, advises Shipowners, Builders, and the Survey Staffs at the various outports on points of doubt or difficulty, and on technical matters generally. The principal Regulations and Instructions relating to Survey work are also initiated in this Branch.
In conclusion I would venture to suggest that the fees charged for survey work in this Port require re-adjustment, but this question might be dealt with to better advantage after the organization of the Survey Staff is settled.
Subject to your approval I propose to forward a copy of this report to my Department.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
W. J. WILTON.
GOVT. MARINE SURVEYOR'S OFFICE,
HONG KONG, 6th August, 1927.
Harbour Master
Attached is a statement of survey fees under the principal heads of charge, includ- ing those proposed for Hong Kong. There are numerous small services for which nominal fees are laid down in the Board of Trade Fees Circular but careful investigation is necessary to ascertain to what extent similar fees should be embodied in the Hong Kong Regulations. These will not however affect the question at issue as they are of comparatively small value from a revenue point of view.
It will be observed that the proposed fees compare more closely with those of the Board of Trade than with the Singapore figures and this, I suggest is good policy as the Singapore charges appear generally excessive. The aim is to obtain a reason- able return for services rendered and preserve a good balance between revenue and expenditure.
A rough estimate of revenue for 1928 is appended. This is based on the income for 1926 and the proposed fees. As it would take too long to sort out from the Office records details of amounts received in respect of tonnage measurement, emigration etc. these items are included under the head of other services.
W. J. WILTON.
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MARINE SURVEY WORK.
Revenue.
Actual
Estimated
1926
1928
From
Foreign-Going Passenger Certificates
Coastal Passenger Certificates
$
$
9,800
18,000
14,609
27,000
River Passenger Certificates
3,914
7,000
Launch Surveys
10,945
18,000
Other Services (Tonnage Measurement,
Emigrant Surveys, Boiler Surveys, etc.f
7,777
14,000
Total
46,545
84,000
MARINE SURVEY BRANCH-FEES.
I.--SURVEY FOR PASSENGER CERTIFICATE (12 MONTHS).
Tons (Gross)
Board of Trade
Singapore
(See Note *)
*
Hong Kong (Present)
£1
$10
*
Hong Kong (Proposed)
Not above 50
35
80
Not above 100
50
50 to 100
70
1.20
100 to 300
105
150
70
See
300 to 600
131
250
Table Below..
300 to 900
100
For every
to 21,000
26
additional
300 or part to 39,000 .....
17
30
24
of 300
above 39,000 ...
9
*NOTE:-Hong Kong and Singapore fees are based on "Net" tonnage and therefore not directly
comparable with B. of T. fees which are assessed on "Gross" tonnage.
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Tons Gross
Proposed Hong Kong Fees.
Remarks
$
Not above 50
50 to 100
· 100 to 200
40†
70
Scale
85
200 to 400
110
more
closely divided than at
400 to 600
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present.
For every additional 300 or
part of 300
25
For certificates for less than 12 months fees to be proportional to period of certificate with limit 3 months.
Bi-annual Surveys small craft $25 each survey.
Tons (Gross)
II. MEASUREMENT FOR TONNAGE.'
Board of Trade £1 - $10
Singapore
Hong Kong Hong Kong (Present) (Proposed)
*
se:
$
Under 50
18
30
14
30
50 to
100
37
40
20
40
100 to
200
41
50.
30
50
200 to
500.
70
· 40
70
500 to 800 ..
90
50
800 to 1,200
120
60
1,200 to 2,000
· 160
70
2,000 to 3,000
200
80
3,000 to 4,000
250
90
4,000 to 5,000. . 5,000 and above
For every additional 100 or part of 100 up to 20,000.. For every additional 100 or
300
100
350
110
4.6
10
part of 100 above 20,000.
2.3
5
2.5
The above fees are for measurement under Rule I. If measured under Rule II one half these fees to be charged.
A small additional fee is to be charged for miscellaneous measurements (Re-measure- ment due to alterations to machinery space and to spaces on deck or to deducted spaces (Maximum $50)).
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III. SURVEY FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL OF LOADLINE.
Board of Trade
£1
$10
Tons (Gross)
Singapore
Classed
Unclassed
Hong Kong (Present)
Classed
Hong Kong (Proposed)
€
$
**
**
$
$
Under 100
18
37
· 100 to
300
18
55
100 to
500 .
50
21880
20
40
20
55
300 to
500
27
73
Flat
30
75
500 to
750
100
rate
500 to 1,000
;
750 to 1,000
1,000 to 1,500
15199
37
101
of
35
100
150
10
46
128
200
45
125
For every additional 250 or
part of 250 above 1,500 .
10
1,500 to 2,000
55
156
2,000 to 2,500
64 183
2,500 to 3,000
73
211
55
150
65
175
75
200
For every additional 1,000
or part of 1,000 above 3,000
9.2
27.5
10
30
(Maximum Fee 137.50)
IV. SURVEY OF EMIGRANT SHIPS.
Description of Survey
Board of Trade £1
Singapore
Hong Kong Hong Kong (Present) (Proposed)
$10
Aft
$
Ordinary
73
No figures available
40
70
Special
110
50
105
Extra Special
137 to
60 &
140 to
183
upwards (no limit)
200
(Maximum Fee 140)
Unclassed
130
V. SURVEY IN DRY DOCK (NOT COMPLETE SURVEY OF SHIP).
(FOR BOTTOM CERTIFICATE).
Board of
Tons (Gross)
Trade
Singapore
Hong Kong (Present)
Hong Kong (Proposed)
£1
$10
*
Up to 10,000
Above 10,000
18
No Figures available
Half fee for
27
Passenger Certificate
As at Present (No increase to present Charge)
(B. of T. :-If ship does not hold passenger certificate docking fee to be same as survey fee for 3 months passenger certificate with maximum of $33 plus $9 for each propeller shaft drawn).
Fees to include issue of dry docking certificate if required.
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HONG KONG.
JURORS LIST FOR 1927.
2
No. 1927
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency
the Governor, 31st March, 1927.
HONG KONG
TO WIT.
NAME IN FULL.
I. SPECIAL JURORS.
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
Alves, José Miguel Arnold, John
Arthur, Thomas. Austin, Reginald Mein. Bell, William Henry Bennett, Harold Sydney Bonnar, John Whyte Cooper... Braga, José Pedro Brayfield, Thomas Henry
Gordon
Cameron, Allan
Compton, Albert Henry Coppin, Alan Griffiths
Cousland, Alexander Stark
Dalglish
Dowley, Walter Arthur.. Dyer, Robert Morton...
Ellis, Oswald Isaac Ferguson, Archibald Hill
Fleming, John
Goggin, William George Greig, Kenneth Edward Grimble, Charles Frederick
George ... Gubbay, Aaron Sassoon Hall, Frederick Charles.... Hancock, Herbert Richard
Budd
Merchant, J. M. Alves & Co..
Secretary, H.K. C. & M. Steamboat Co.,
Ld.
Marine Surveyor, Goddard and Douglas Merchant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Merchant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Manager, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld... Bill & Bullion Broker Reuter's Agent .....
Marine Surveyor, Carmichael & Clarke,
Ld.
Oriental Manager, Canadian Pacific S.S.,
Ld.
Manager, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld.. Exchange Broker ...
Manager, Alex. Ross & Co............ Exchange Broker
Chief Manager, H.K. & Whampoa Dock
Co.
Manager, S. J. David & Co., Ld. Manager, Chartered Bank
Chartered Accountant, Lowe, Bingham &
Matthews
Manager, Bank Line, Ld.
Chief Engineer, Taikoo Dockyard
......
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On premises.
Rockhill, Sassoon Road, Pokfulum, Peak Hotel.
351 The Peak.
Belvedere, The Peak.
41 The Peak.
Hong Kong Club.
12 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon.
Flywheel, Tai Po.
262 The Peak.
Overbays, Repulse Bay.
4a Des Voeux Road Central.
Hong Kong Club.
2 Tregunter Mansions.
On premises.
6 Peak Road.
Charter House, 17 Peak Road.
3 Queen's Road.
163 The Peak.
Quarry Bay.
10 Branksome Towers.
9 Macdonnell Road.
Ship Broker, George Grimble & Co. Manager, E. D. Sassoon & Co. Merchant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... 507 The Peak.
Broker, Stewart Bros.
Cheltondale, 286 The Peak.
NAME IN FULL.
12
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
Ho Kom-tong Hogg, George........
Hughes, John Owen Humphreys, Henry Hynes, Arthur Cecil Joseph, Joseph Edgar Kan Tong-po...
Lammert, Herbert Alexander. Lauder, Paul.
Lay Kam-fat
Little, Colbourne
Logan, William
Marsh, Francis Richard. Miskin, Geoffrey
Parker, Philo Woodworth. Pattenden, Walter Leslie Pearce, Thomas Ernest.... Perry, Frederick Arthur Plummer, John Archibald.. Pui Tso-yi (T. Y. Pei).. Rocha, João Maria da Rodgers, Robert..... Russell, Donald-Oscar Seth, John Hennessey
Sheppard, John Oram
Silva-Netto, Antonio Ferreira
Batalha
Sutherland, Robert
Taggart, James Harper. Templeton, David
Tester, Percy
Wong Kam-fuk....
Wong Kwong-tin..
Young, George Macdonald
Banker
Manager, The National City Bank of
New York
Principal, Harry Wicking & Co. Merchant, J. D. Humphreys & Son Manager, H.K. & Shanghai Bank Merchant, J. E. Joseph
Chief Manager, Bank of East Asia, Ld.... Stock Broker, Geo. & H. A. Lammert General Manager, Union Ince. Socty, of
Canton, Ld.
Exchange Manager, Bank of Canton, Ld. Principal, Little, Adams & Wood Broker, W. Logan & Co.
7 Caine Road.
408 Severn Road, The Peak. 175 The Peak. On premises. On premises.
Hong Kong Hotel. On premises. 170 The Peak.
On premises. 16 Mosque Street.
14 Humphreys Building, Kowloon Peak Hotel.
Electrical Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. 253 The Peak.
Director, Gilman & Co., Ld.
Gen. Manager, Standard Oil Co.
Merchant, W. R. Loxley & Co...
Merchant, J. D. Hutchison & Co.
On premises.
77 The Peak.
107 The Peak.
299 The Peak.
Merchant, British American Tobacco Co. 300 The Peak.
Merchant, Bradley & Co., Ld.
Manager, Bank of China, Ld..................... Merchant, J. M. da Rocha & Co. Exchange Broker.......
Merchant, W. R. Loxley & Co.
Incorporated Accountant, Percy Smith,
Seth & Fleming
Freight Assist., Canadian Pacific S.S. Ltd.
Merchant, Silva-Netto & Co. Shipping Manager, Jardine, Matheson
* Co., Lử.
Managing Director, Hong Kong Hotel... Manager, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Share Broker, Tester & Abraham Compradore, H.K. & K. W. & G. Co., Ld. Secretary, Kai Tak Land Investment
Co., Ld....
Manager, Butterfield & Swire....
515 The Peak. 9 Village Road.
3 Robinson Road. 137 The Peak. On premises.
2 Peak Road. 7 Queen's Gardens.
538 Nathan Road, 1st Floor.
368 The Peak. On premises. On premises. 227 The Peak.
11 Arbuthnot Road.
38 Robinson Road. 350 The Peak.
NAME IN FULL.
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II. COMMON JURORS.
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
A
Abbas, Abbib Abbas, Abdul Hamid Abbas, Abdul Rahim. Abbey, Douglas
Abbott, Albert Stanley Ablong, Alfred Ernest Ablong, Arthur John... Abraham, Albert Abraham, Edgar Shooker..
Abraham, Ezra
Abraham, Jon Macoyer. Abraham, Reuben Ackber, John
Adal, Mohammed Yakub. Adam, James
Adams, Josiah Logan Adey, Frederic Stanworth.....
Clerk, Lowe, Bingham and Matthews...... Assistant Secretary, HK. Club Asst., HK. & K'loon W. & G. Co., Ld.... Chartered Acct., Butterfield & Swire Manager, Kelly & Walsh, Ld Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Overseer, HK. Electric Co., Ld.. Chief Clerk, HK. & China Gas Co. Exchange Broker, Grossman, Abraham
& Greensmith... Broker, Tester & Abraham
Head Foreman, Brossard Mopin & Co. Share Broker, Tester & Abraham Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co..... Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Shipwright, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co... Civil Architect, Butterfield & Swire Assistant Manager, Holt's Wharf ..
Java-China-Japan Lijn ...Assistant, Der A. Wing & Co. (1923) Ld. Merchant, Colonial Commercial Engineer-
ing Co., Ld.....
Aernont Johannes Remondt... Abwee, George Alexandar Abwee, Henry William.......
Ainslie, Ernest James ..... Akehurst, Herbert Farrant Alabaster, James Wilfred.... Alarakia, Ismail Mohamed Alarakia, Rhamatulla
Mahomed.................... Alexander, William Lodge
Allan, David Joseph Allaye, Nassaingue Emmanuel Allen, Henry Alexander Allgood, Henry Patrick.
Allison, Alfred
Alltree, Ernest
Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co. Electric Engr. HK. Electric Co., Ld...... Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. Clerk, Chartered Bank
Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co. ... Chartered Accountant, Percy Smith,
Seth & Fleming
Storekeeper, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co. Managing Proprietor, French Store Reception Clerk, HK. & S'hai Hotels, Ld. Holt's Wharf...
Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld.,
Asst., Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. Almeida, Apolinario Antonio d' Assistant, Fumigating & Disinfecting
Almeida, Carlos d'.. Almeida, Julio Hyndman d' Alves, Alberto Eduardo de
Selavisa
Alves, Alvaro Alvares Alves, Arthur Alvaro Alves, Carlos Francisco Xavier Alves, Carlos Martinho de
Selavisa Alves, John Antonio Selavisa. Alves, Jose Lourenco...... Amery, Samuel Chant Paddon Ammann, Hugo Andel, Alexander Willem Van Anderson, Charles Graham Anderson, Charles Peake Anderson, David Anderson, George Anderson, John Edgar Anderson, John Fraser
Anderson, William.....
Andrew, James Hugh Morton. Andrews, Arthur Albert Antonio, Ernesto
Antoofieff, Innokenty
Jakovlevich
Archbutt, Geoffrey Samuel
Bureau, Ld........
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld.... Assistant, Standard Oil Co.......
Asst., Union Ince. Socty, of Canton, Ld....... Broker, Alvaro Alvares Alves Asst., Union Ince. Socty, of Canton, Ld... Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank
216 Wanchai Road. 216 Wanchai Road. 10 Yiu Wah Street. Hong Kong Club. Hong Kong Hotel. On premises.
49 Praya East, 2nd Floor. Gas Works, Hong Kong.
86 Nathan Road, Kowloon. 55 Granville Road, Kowloon. 13/15 Winslow Street.
8 Torres Buildings, Kowloon. 28 Leighton Hill Road.
10 Jardine's Bazaar, 1st Floor. » Kowloon Docks.
6 Branksome Towers, May Road. Windsor Lodge, Austin Avenue,
Kowloon.
6 Granville Road Kowloon City.
536 Nathan, Road. On premises.
10 East Point Terrace. On premises.
2 Cochrane Street.
21 Cochrane Street.
5 Humphreys Buildings. Kowloon Docks. Nanking Road.
4 Percival Street, Hong Kong. Windsor Lodge, Austin Avenue. 71 Wong Nei Chong Road. 2 Lower Albert Road.
Hulk Aldecoa, Yaumati Bay. 14 Cameron Road, Kowloon. 14 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon.
On premises.
11 Macdonnell Road. Union Building. On premises.
91 Wong Nei Cheong Road.
13 Humphreys Avenue, Kowloon. d. 8 Mosque Junction.
Quarry Bay.
Assist., Alvaro Alvares Alves Per pro., Hughes & Hough, Ld. Assistant Bookkeeper, Bradley & Co., Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.. Attorney, A. Goeke & Co. Manager, Holland China Trading Co. Manager, Assurance Franco-Asiaticque... Architect, Palmer & Turner...... Engineer, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. Marine Surveyor, Anderson & Ashe Director, Anderson Music Co., Ld. Assistant Engineer, China Sugar Refining
Co., Ld.
1 Bisnee Villas. ...Repulse Bay Hotel.
23 Kai Tack Bund. Hong Kong Hotel. On premises.
Managing Director, Anderson Music Co.,
Ld.
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. Inspector, Peak Tramway & Co., Ld. Clerk, Mercantile Bank of India, Ld.
7 Prat Buildings, Kowloou. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.
East Point Terrace.
Empress Lodge, Kowloon. On premises.
Peak Tram Terminus. ...37 Granville Road, Kowloon.
Manager, The Asiatic Trading Corpn., Ld. Fire Manager, Union Insurance Society
of Canton, Ld.
Hotel Metropole.
Union Building.
NAME IN FULL,
14
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
A—Continued.
Archibald, James Archibald, John... Arculli, Omar el... Armstrong, William Arnaulphy, Carlos. Arnold, George Henry Arnold, Morris Hadrian Arnott, Thomas..........
Arthur, George Duncan
MacPherson
Arthur, Stewart Allan Assis, Arsenio Feliciano Assumpção, Carlos Augusto
d' Jr.
Atkins, Albert Edwin Atkinson, Clark
Ausbun, Gudu Fulin..
Austin, David.
Austin, Frank
Assistant, Green Island Cement Co., Ld. Assistant, Green Island Cement Co., Ld. Merchant, Arculli Bros.
Engineer, China Light & Power... Merchant, Gerin, Drevard & Co..... Chief Accountant, Vacuum Oil Co. Electrical Engr., HK. Electric Co., Ld.... Works Manager, Green Island Cement
Co.,
Ld.
Marine Surveyor, Carmichael & Clarke Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co. Clerk, T. E. Griffith...
Assistant, Botelho Bros.
Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Shipwright, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Manager, Brunner, Mond & Co. (China),
Ltd.
Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co....... Manager, A. J. David & Co., Ld............
|
Brick Works, Deep Water Bay. Brick Works, Deep Water Bay. Ellenbud, Pokfulum. On premises. On premises.
7 Middle Road, Kowloon. Causeway Hill Quarters No. la.
Kingsclere, Kowloon.
10 Carnarvon Building, Kowloon. On premises.
10 Granville Road, Kowloon.
57 Nathan Road, Kowloon. On premises. Kowloon Docks.
Repulse Bay. On premises. Peak Hotel.
B
...
Babbidge, Henry George Backett, Sydney Harold Ernest. Backhouse, Charles Edwin Backhouse, James Herbert Bagram, John Theophilus...... Bailey, William Charles Baker, Albert John Baker, Samuel
Ballantyne, Donald Lindsay
Bannerman, George Henry
Maclean
***
Baptista, Arthur Feliciano Baptista, Cezar Octavino Baptista, Joaquim ...... Baptista, Marciano Francisco Baptista, Rodolpho Deogenes.. Barber, Norman Charles Barclay, Thomas Charles Barker, Paul England Barnes, Francis Henry Barradas, Arthur Oscar......... Barradas, Duarte Augusto.. Barradas, Fernando Augusto... Barradas, Vasco Maria Barretto, Carlos Augusto Barretto, Frederico Alberto
Maria
Barretto, Frederico Francisco Barretto, José Conde..... Barros, Antão Vasques Barrow, John Edward
Barry, Frederick Charles Barry, Thomas Andrew. Barton, Alan Lawson
Basa, Ricardo
Baskett, Paul Evelyn......
Basto, Antonio Hermenegildo.
Taikoo Dockyard
Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld.
Assistant, J. H. Backhouse, Ld.. Director, J. H. Backhouse, Ld. Broker
Ince. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Asst., W. R. Loxley & Co.......... Chief Engineer, China Sugar Refining
Co., Là.
Assistant Manager, Equitable Eastern
Banking Corporation
Electrical Engineer, Electric Co., Ld. Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank........................... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Assistant, Green Island Cement Co., Ld... Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Bradley & Co., Ld Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld. Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ld. Chief Clerk, Singer Sewing Machine Co.. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Clerk, Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank Netherlands India Commercial Bank
Clerk, Nederlandsch Indische
Handelsbank
| Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co..............
Assistant, A. Goeke & Co., Ld. Bookkeeper, Bradley & Co., Ld. Assistant Engineer, China Light & Power
Co., Ld.
Accountant, HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Accountant, HK. Telephone Co., Ld.. Assistant, Sassoon & Co., Ld.. Merchant, R. Basa
Assistant
Architect, Raven & Basto
Quarry Bay.
On premises.
5 Tregunter Mansions. Tregunter Mansions, 5.
12 Branksome Towers, May Road. Peak Hotel.
Empress Lodge, Kowloon.
On premises.
2 Carnarvon Building, Kowloon.
Peak Hotel. 8 Caine Road. On premises.
5 St. Joseph's Terrace. 8 Caine Road. On premises. Lauriston, Bowen Road, On premises. 103 The Peak.
3 Lycemoon Villas, Kowloon. On premises. On premises. On premises.
St. Joseph's Mansion.
4 West View, Coronation Road. 4 West View,
Kowloon. Hankow Road. 2 Caine Road.
On premises.
18 Conduit Road.
26 West Terrace, Kowloon Docks. Hillcrest, 114 The Peak.
7 Queen's Road.
Water Factory, North Point. 28 Mody Road, Kowloon.
NAME IN FULL.
15
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
B-Continued,
Basto, Carlos Henrique... Basto, Luiz Eduardo Baxter, William.. Beath, David
Beck, Ernest Jacobsen Becker, Anicet
Bell, Michael Robson....
Bell, Robert Barr Bell, William ...
Bell, William Denny Bellamy, Leonard Charles
Fenton...... Beltrão, Manuel Roza Benson, Charles Henry.. Benson, Oscar Rowan Bentley, Charles Bentley, John... Berg, Sverre
Bernardo, Joaquim Natividade Berry, Frank Claude Bestram, Albert Edward Beveridge, William Bewick, Charles Wilkinson Biggar, David MacDonald
Billinghurst, Lewis Rhodes Bird, Alfred John
Bird, George
Bitzer, Conrad
Black, Colin Charters Black, Ernest David. Blackburn, Leslie James
Blackley, John
Blackmore, Ernest Wilfrid Blackwell, Philip William.. Blain, George
Blair, Kenneth George
Blake, Robert Hervey
Blaker, Brian Oscar Blaker, Cedric
Blakeslee, Austin
Blason, Charles Henry
Bliss, Arthur William Bloomfield, John Arthur
Blunsden, William James Blyth, Harry Henry Boese, Herbert Bond, Charles
Bone, David Bonnaud, Artisde .............. Borges, Jose Antonio..
Borrowman, William Botelho, Alfredo Apollonio Botelho, Alvaro Alberto Botelho, Antonio Alexandrinho
Rosello
Botelho, Arnaldo Guilherme... Botelho, Augusto Cesar
Botelho, Eliseu Decio
Principal, Little, Adams & Wood Chiropractor and Merchant, Basto, L. E. Consulting Engineer, D. A. Purves & Co. Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Assistant, Sassoon & Co, Ld Draughtsman, HK. Whampoa Dock
Co., L.
Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant, Butterfield & Swire..... Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard...
General Manager, HK. Tramways, Ld. Clerk, Messageries Maritimes General Manager, American Express Co. Manager, Carroll & Co.
Mercantile Assistant, Alex. Ross & Co.... Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. Managing Director, Thoresen & Co. Assistant, Jardine. Matheson & Co., Ld... Surveyor, Trollope & Colls (Far East), Ld. Butcher, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co, Ld... Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Manager, Equitable Eastern Banking
Corporation
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire...
47 Granville Road.
10 Queen's Road East, 1st Floor, Y.M.C.A. Salisbury Road, Kowloon. On premises.
On premises.
21 Leighton Hill Road.
Kowloon Docks. Quarry Bay.
9 Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay. Quarry Bay.
358 Peak.
7 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon. Ou premises.
7 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon. 22 Ashly Road, Kowloon. On premises.
12 Conduit Road.
68 Parkes Street, Kowloon. 7 Jordon Road, Kowloon. 2 Lower Albert Road. On premises. On premises.
Pokfulam.
R. B. L. 165, Deep Water Bay.
Sub-Acct., Chartered Bank of I., A. & C. Chartered Bank Mess.
Watchman, Taikoo Dockyard
Manager, Bitzer & Co......
Steamship Agent, Furness (Far East), Ld. Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank
Engineer and Manager, HK. & China
Gas Co.
Quarry Bay.
Ava Mansions, May Street.
Repulse Bay Hotel.
On premises.
Gas Works, Hong Kong.
Putcher, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. 2 Lower Albert Road.
Manager, Brossard, Mopin & Co.
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire....
HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld.
Merchant, Messrs. Blair & Co.... Assistant, Butterfield & Swire..
3 Armend Buildings.
Peak Hotel.
Peninsular Hotel.
15A Macdonell Road. On premises.
Chartered Accountant, Thomson & Co.... 172 The Peak.
Director, Gilman & Co.
Sub-Accountant, National City Bank of
New York
Chartered Accountant, Butterfield &
Swire
Asst., HK. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.... Merchant, British-American Tobacco Co.,
(China), Ld.......
Lane, Crawford, Ld......
Overseer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant, Ley seco China Co., Ld. Secretary, Gande, Price & Co., Ld. Draughtsman, Taikoo Dookyard.. Sub-Manager, Banque de l'Indo-Chine Clerk, China Provident Loan and
Mortgage Co., Ld.
On premises.
450 The Peak,
Shek O. Kowloon Docks.
300 The Peak. On premise.
41 Lee Garden Street, 3rd Floor. Jordan House.
Kowloon Tong, No. 6. Quarry Bay.
...5 Queen's Road.
Draughtsman, W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld.... Assistant, HK. Rope Mfg. Co., Ld. Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co.
Principal, Botelho Bros. Assistant, Botelho Bros.
Acting Secretary, Fumigating and Disin-
fecting Bureau, Ld. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank...............
2 Mosque Junction. Y.M.C.A. Building.
31 Granville Road, Kowloon.
1 Saifee Terrace, Top Floor, Kloon.
35 Granville Road, Kowloon.
35 Granville Road.
93 Wong Nei Chong Road. On premises.
16
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
B—Continued.
ADDRESS.
Botelho, Julio Cecilio de Sousa Assistant, Botelho Bros.
Botelho, Noe Ulysses
Bough, Henry Charles
Boulton, Sydney
Bourne, John Philip Bousfield, John Keith Bowes-Smith, Aubrey Maurice Boyle, Frank
Bradbury, Bertram Walter
Bradford, Thomas Fisher
Braga, Clement Albert
Braga, Noel
Brearley, Alfred
Bree, William George Brennan, Alfred Francis Bridger, Richard Leslie.. Brister, John Henry Broadberry, Ernest Brodie, Edward Aitken Brook, Joshua Brostedt, Augustus Brown, Arthur James Brown, Charles Bernard Brown, Charles William Brown, Edward Francis Brown, Capt. Frank Leader... Brown, George Ernest Brown, John Coghill..........
Brown, John Frederick... Brown, Patrick Brown, Raymond Arthur Brown, William Herbert Brown, William Joseph. Brown, Wilson
Browning, Douglas Meachan... Brun, Theodor
Bryden, Eric McDonald
Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Reuters, Ld.
Storekeeper, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Superintendent, HK, & S'hai Hotels, Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld... Exchange Broker, A. M. Bowes-Smith... Pansman, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld. Supt., Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. Holt's Wharf..
Assistant, Holyoak, Massey & Co. Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co. Sub-Manager, Chartered Bank of I.,
A. & C.
Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co...... Store-keeper, HK. Telephone Co., Ld. ... Managing Director, Lane, Crawford, Ld.. J. H. Brister
Assistant, Wm. Powell, Ld..
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. Marine Representative, Vacuum Oil Co... Agent, Canadian National Railways Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ld.... Chartered Accountant, Linstead & Davis Assistant Manager, Taikoo Dockyard Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co....... Boilermaker, HK. Whampoa & Dock
Co., Ld........
Freight Clerk, Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld. Assistant, Loxley & Co.
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire.............. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Acet., China Light & Power Co., Ld....... Coppersmith Joiner, HK. & Whampoa
Dock Co., Ld............
Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co.... Foreman, China Sugar Refining Co., Ld. Chartered Accountant, Lowe, Bingham &
Mathews
Buckberrough, William Ross... Passenger Agent, Canadian Pacific S.S.,
Bulloch, James
Bungey, Alexander Philip Bunje, Henry Ferdinand Burgess, Herbert Charles Burling, William John Burn, George Andrew Bursley, Allan John
Burton, Arthur Louis Lovelace
Butler, Edward
Butler, Richard Kingsley
Butlin, Strathmore Tatham Butterfield, William Arthur Bux, Noor Mahomed Bux, Elias
Bux, Sheik Omar
...
Ld.
Assi-tant, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld.] Merchant, British American Tobacco Co. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Acting Agent, Thos. Cook & Son, Ld. Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld.... Wharfinger, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Wharfinger, HK. & Kowloon W. & G.
Co., Ltd. Holt's Wharf...
Assistant, HK. Amusements, Ld.
Chartered Accountant, Linstead & Davis. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.................] Manager, Victoria Printing Press Clerk, National City Bank of New York Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld.
|
339 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
1 St. Joseph's Terrace.
10 Peace Avenue.
On premises. On premises. On premises. 516 Peak.
On premises.
2 Lower Albert Road.
Windsor Lodge, Austin Avenue. 12 Knutsfrod Terrace.
37 Robinson Road.
360 The Peak, On premises.
Huntingdon, Stubbs Road. On premises.
20 Peak Road. On premises. On premises.
14 Shaukiwan Road. On premises.
335 Nathan Road, Kowloon. 176 The Peak. Quarry Bay.
335 Nathan Road, 1st Floor. 17 Bowen Road. On premises.
Kowloon Docks. | 530 Nathan Road. 28 Kai Tak Bund. Hong Kong Club, On premises. 528 Nathan Road.
On premises. On premises.
2 Great George Street.
Peak Hotel.
4 Cox's Patlı. Pokfulam Road. 300 The Peak. On premises. Peak Hotel.
Wild Dell, Wood Road, Kowloon. On premises.
On premises.
6 Aimai Villas, Kowloon. Glenthorn, Kimberley Road. c/o H. W. Ray, Iв East View
Buildings, Kowloon.
7 Prat Avenue, Kowloon. On premises.
177 Wanchai Road. 55 Jardine Bazaar.
55 Jardine's Bazaar, 1st Floor.
17
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
Cameron, Colin Shaw Cameron, John James Campos, Henrique Maria Canney, Joseph
Cappleman, Daniel Edwin Carlos, Cesar Villa..................... Carroll, Anthony Henry Carroll, Francis George
Carroll, William Joseph Carson, Henry Laird Carter, Richard John Carvalho, Fernão Henrique de Carvalho, Guilherme Augusto
de
Carvalho, Gustavo Adolpho de Carvalho, Marcus Antonio de Carvalho, Octavio Arthur de Cassidy, Philip Stanley.... Castro, Albert Eduardo
Henrickson .....
Castro, Alfred Bonaparte
Henrichson
Castro, Antoine Piu Castro, Egydio Maria
Henrickson
Castro, Henry Armando Castro, Henry Oscar Castro, Joaquim Telles
d'Almada e
Castro, José Francisco
:
Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard
Engineer, Green Island Cement Co., Ld. Clerk, Chartered Bank of I. A. & C. Pansman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Assistant, Standard Oil Co...... Clerk, Far East Oxygen Co., Ld. Broker, Carroll Bros.
Accountant, Sub-Manager, HK. &
Shanghai Bank Broker, Carroll Bros.
Assistant, Davie, Boag & Co., Ld. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire.......... Shipping Clerk, Andersen, Meyer & Co...
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Assistant, Botelho Bros. Assistant, Botelho Bros. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank Merchant, J. D. Hutchison & Co.
Quarry Bay. On permises.
2 Prat Buildings, Kowloon. On premises
Hong Kong Hotel.
162 Belchers Street, Kennedy Towu. 10 Conduit Road.
On premises.
49 Conduit Road.
On premises. On premises. On premises,
K.
7 Austin Avenue, Kowloon. 14 Orient Building, Nathan Rd., 14 Orient Building, Nathan Rd., K.,
On premises.
30 The Peak.
Asst., Nederlandsch Indische Maatschappy On premises.
Asst., HK. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. Assistant, Standard Oil Co.................
Assistant, HK. Rope Factory Assistant, Sander Wieler & Co. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld...]
Clerk, The National City Bank of New
York
Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Castro, José Maria d'Almada e Assistant, The Bank Line, Ld.
Castro, Joseph Francis Chalmers, James Calder
Cave, Leonard James....
Chan Chew..........
Chan Chi-man
Chan Chin-ting
Chan Chun-sang
Chan Harr
Chan Ip-man
Chan Iu-key Chan Iu-yin Chan Ki-soon Chan Kwai-ping.
Chan Kwei-pun Chan Lap-chiu Chan Man-kai..... Chan Man-tsing Chan Ngan-ping. Chan Ping-shu Chan Ping-fai Chan Ping-fan Chan Ping-san Chan Ping-tong Chan Sing-fong Chan Siu-ting.... Chan Shiu-tsun Chan Tsui-sun Chan Tung
Chan Wai-chung Chan Wai-kuen Chan Yat-fung Chan Yuk-in
Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.. Assistant, Mustard & Co., Ld. Merchant, Himly & Co.
Clerk, American Express Co.
Assistant, A. G. Pile
Kowloon Docks. 44 Elgin Street.
44 Elgin Street. 9 Kennedy Road.
[Top Floor.
8: Austin Road, Kowloon.
1 Lyeemoon Villas, Kowloon. On premises.
I Lyeemoon Villas, Kowloon. On premises.
Quarry Bay.
Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.
32 Connaught Road Central. On premises.
10 Lyndhurst Terrace.
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Union Building.
Merchant, Sincere Co., Ld.
Clerk, E. M. Hazeland & Gouella Clerk, Admiral Orient Line....
Raven and Basto
Bookkeeper, American Express Co. Book-keeper, Kowloon Tong and New
Territories Development Co., Ld....... Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld...] Clerk, Brister & Co.......
Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co.
1 St. Stephen's Lane.
6 Elgin Street, 1st Floor.
48 Wellington Street.
1 Hing Hon Road. On premises.
126 Kowloon Tong, Kowloon. Union Building.
38 Spring Garden Lane. 9 Wing Kut Street.
Clerk, HK, & Kowloon Taxicab Co., Ld. 2 Chimea Terrace.
P. & O. Banking Corporation..... Clerk, Sun Life Insurance Co., Ld. Assist., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Palmer and Turner
Clerk, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. Clerk, Chatered Bank
Assistant, Hewlitt & Siu..... Tally Clerk, Anderson & Ashe Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld.. Pinguet & Co., P. M.
Compradore, Dairy Farm I. & C. Storage
Co., Ltd.
Asst., Union Ince. Soety. of Canton, Ld.. Clerk, Melchers & Co......
Broker, Ellis & Co.
1 Patell Villas.
26 Lee Tung Street, 2nd Floor. 33 Cooke Street, Hunghom. Y.M.C.A.
Un premises.
11 Sing Street, 3rd Floor. On premises.
18 Second Street, 2nd Floor. 63 Des Voeux Road Central. 60 Temple Street, Yaumati.
On premises. On premises.
26 Hollywood Road.
2 Moreton Terrace.
Assistant, Anderson, Meyer & Co., Ld.... On premises.
NAME IN FULL.
18
OCCUPATION.
}
ADDRESS.
C-Continuel.
Chand, Puran
Chang Hung-ching Chang Loy
Chang Sam-chong Chapman, Allan..... Chapman, James Brand. Chappell, Richard Chatterton, Jesse
Chau In-nin
Chau Ngau-ting Chau Yue-teng Cheng Fan Cheng Kwong Cheng Ling Cheng Tong Cheng Wing-tai Cheng Yuet-po Cheung, Garch
Cheung Hok-chau
Cheung Shin-chun Cheung Tat-chieu
Chichgar, Peshoton Rustom Childe, Edgar Ronald
Ching King-mi
Chin Keay
Chin Cheong-tak
Cho Chik-an
Choa Charles
Choa Po-yew....
Chow Ping-un Christensen, Engelhardt Christie, Thomas Landale. Chu Po-yan...
Chubb, Stanford Frank. Chung Chi-nam
Chung San-ki
Chung Wing-tso.... Chung Ying-chui Churn, Samuel Macomber. Clark, Douglas Edward Clark, Frank
Clark, John Caer
Clark, Richard Ferguson Clark, Walter Charles
Clark, William George Clemo, Alfred Bertram Clemo, Frederick Charles
Clough, Edward Clow, Donald
Coates, Alfred Edward Cock, Edward................
Cockey, Charles Edwin.......
Coelho. Alvaro José
Coilo, James
Clerk of Works, HK. Realty & Trust
Co., Lủ.
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld.. Assistant Manager, Bank of China.. Acct.. The Ault & Wiborg China Co....... Assistant, Butterfield & Swire......... Draughtsman. Taikoo Dockyard Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Asst. Acet., P. & O. Banking Corporation
Assistant, Raven & Basto
Compradore, P. & O. Banking Corpn. Proprietor, Chan Yue Teng... Clerk, Carl Bodiker & Co. Assistant, Furness (Far East), Ld. Assistant, Bank of East Asia, Ld. Clerk, Davie, Boag & Co., Ld. Clerk, Chartered Bank.. Manager, Sun Man Woo Co. Accountant, Dragon Motor Car Co. Assistant, Fung Tang.. Clerk, Chartered Bank.. Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co. Manager, HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld... Asst. Secrety., China Underwriters, Ld. Compradore, Carlowitz & Co.
Chinese Pass Agents, Admiral Line Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co. Clerk, P. & O. Banking Corporation..... Compradore, Equitable Eastern Banking
Corporation
Compradore, Nederlandish Indische
Commercial Bank
Assistant, Assurance Franco-Asiaticque.. Merchant, American Flour Co. Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank Assistant, A. C. Franklin Peak Tramway Co. Compradore, HK. Excavation, Pile
Driving & Construction Co., Ld.. Clerk, Carlowitz & Co.
Compradore, Keller, Kern & Co., Ld. Clerk, Keller, Kern & Co., Ld. Merchant, Uniou Trading Co., Ld. Merchant, J. D. Humphreys & Son Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard Architect
Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery
Acting Assistant Manager, HK. Tele-
phone Co., Ld. Storekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant, China Light & Power Co....... Superintendent. China Light & Power
Co., Ld.
Assistant, Holyoak, Massey & Co., Ld. Inspector, HK. Tramway Co., Ld. Clerk, HK. Tramway Co., Ld. Assistant Manager, HK. & Whampoa
Dock Co., Ld.
Sub-Accountant, The National City
Bank of New York
Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery
Cole, Charles Walter Liddon... Asst., HK. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.... Cole, Walter
......
Book-keeper, Davie, Boag & Co., Ld......
On premises. On premises.
12 Fung Fai Terrace. 12 Star Street, 1st Floor. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, Quarry Bay. On premises.
European Y.M.C.A.. Salisbury
Road. Kowloon.
1 Hing Hon Road. 2 Coronation Terrace. 33 Seymour Road.
199 Temple Street.
60 Wellington Street. On premises.
On premises.
14 Wing Fung Street, 3rd Floor.
On premises.
29 Gage Street.
8A Queen's Road Central.
17 Wing Fung Street, 3rd Floor. 28 Lydnhurst Terrace. Hong Kong Hotel.
R. B. L. 159, Repulse Bay. 14 Gage Street.
2 Burrows St., 1st Floor, Wanchai..
29 Gage Street.
4 Gresson Street.
Bumside, Hong Kong.
21 Seymour Road. 12 Hing Hon Road.
1 Kimberley Villas, Kowloon. On premises.
8 Arbuthnot Road. On premises.
315 Queen's Road Central, 2nd Floor.- 27 Tze Lan Terrace, 2nd Floor,
Kennedy Town.
Wanchai.
3 Ship Street.
53 Conduit Road. Alexandra Buildings. Quarry Bay.
1 Chatham Path, May Road. On premises.
21 Broadwood Road. Quarry Bay.
21в Cameron Road.
On premises.
Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.
Homeville, Wanchai Road. 2A Orient Building, Kowloon.
Kowloon Docks.
450 The Peak.
23 Ming Yuen Quarters. On premises. Kowloon Docks. On premises.
NAME IN FULL.
19
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
C-Continued.
Coleman, Frederick Charles
Collaço, Francisco Cecilio Collaco, Maximiano Comrie, Richard Conrad Conant, Harold Abbott Rand. Conceicão, José Maria da 'Connell, Herbert
Cook, Sidney Courtney
Cooke, Cyril Ian........ Cooke, Gordon Maurice..
Cooper, Dossabhoy Hormasjee Cooper, Hugh Glen
Cooper, Ralph Allan Copley, Cecil Gordon Cordeiro, Luiz Gonzaga Cordeiro, Procopio Antonio Cornaby, William Basil Cornelio de Bruyn
Cornell, William Arthur
Corver, John Henry
Cossart, Louis Auguste
Electrician, HK. & Whampoa Dock
Co., Lư.
Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank...... Interpreter, Thos. Cook & Son, Ld. Assistant, Standard Oil Co....... Asst., Standard Oil Co., of New York Assistant, Botelho Bros.
Manager, H. Connell & Co....... Secretary, HK. Engineering & Construc-
tion Co.
Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Engineer, Kowloon Tong and New
Territories Development Co., Ld..... Director, Arratoon V. Apcar & Co., Ld. Shipbuilder, HK. & Whampoa Dock
Co., Ld.
Manager, N. Lazarus & Co. HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank.. Clerk, Palmer & Turner
Kowloon Docks. On premises.
530 Nathan Road, Kowloon, 514 The Peak.
14 Kennedy Road. 35 Granville Road. 44A Lyndhurst Terrace.
265 The Peak. On premises.
21 Waterloo Road.
38 Queen's Road Central.
Kowloon Docks.
9 Wild Dell, Wood Road, Wanchai. On premises.
On premises.
70 Parke Street.
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... 106 The Peak.
Java-China-Japan Lijn
Architect, Palmer & Turner
Engineer, HK. Excavation Co., Ld.
Chief Accountant, Asiatic Petroleum
Co., Ld.
Costa, Lourenço Antonio da ..... Assistant, Standard Oil Co.....
Costello, George Edward
Costen, William Thomas
Cotton, J. A.
Coulson, William Hamilton Coulthart, John
Courtney, Frank McDougal
Cousins, Ralph Hutchison Cox, Albert Rowland
Cox, Melville James
Cox, William Mitchell
Craig, Archibald
Crapnell, Frederick Harry
3 Treguntur Mansions.
Repulse Bay Hotel.
2 Mody Road, Kowloon.
On premises.
2 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon.
General Agent, Canadian Pacific S.S. Ld. Repulse Bay Hotel.
Assistant, Standard Oil Co....... HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co.
Secretary, HK. Rope Manufacturing Co. Sub-Manager, The National City Bank
of New York
Assistant Manager, Taikoo Dockyard Electrical Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Sharebroker, Cox & Co.
Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank of I.,
A. & C.
Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard
Acting Secretary & Manager, HK. &
Kowloon W. & G. Co., Ld.
On premises.
On premises.
On premises.
Hong Kong Club,
513 The Peak. Quarry Bay.
Causeway Hill Quarters, 8. Carlton Hotel.
On premises.
Quarry Bay.
Gomes Villas, 1 Chatham Road,
Kowloon.
Crawford, Frank Malcolm...... Managing Director, Lane, Crawford & Co. On premises.
Crawford, John Douglas
Hamilton.....
Crichton, William
Crofton, Christopher
Crookdake, Jonathan..........
Croucher, Noel Victor Amor...] Crowley, Bernard Cruz, F. M. da
Cruz, Saturnino Maria da.
Cubey, Edwin Banfield. Cullen, Fred.
Culver, Arthur
Cunha, Antonio Francisco
Botelho da
Cunha, Bernardino Maria
Cardoso da .......... Cunningham, Albert Laing Cunningham, William Currieem, Abdul...................
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire.. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.
Assistant Engineer, China Light & Power
Co., Ld.
Engineer, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Sharebroker, Benjamin & Potts Assistant, Butterfield & Swire HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Assistant, Fumigating & Disinfecting
Bureau, Ld.
Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard Store-keeper, HK. & Whampoa Dock
Co., Ld.
Civil Engineer, Sir W. G. Armstrong,
Whitworth & Co., Ld.
Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank............
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. Freight Clerk, Struthers & Barry S.S. Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.. Assistant, Arculli & Sons
169 The Peak. Quarry Bay.
On premises.
Kowloon Docks.
P. & O. Building, Top Floor. Peak Hotel.
On premises.
St. Joseph Nilla Quarry Bay.
Kowloon Docks.
Lai Muk Shed.
On premises
On premises.
|
14в Robinson Road.
Quarry Bay.
22 Kennedy Road.
20
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
:
ADDRESS.
C-Continued.
Currie, Norman McInroy Curtis, Walter Shillito
Vaugham...
Cuthill, George Hamilton......
General Manager, David Boag & Co., Ld. On premises.
Electrical Engineer and Manager, Duro
Motor Co.
Sergeant of Police, HK. & Whampoa
Dock Co., Ld.....
23A Cameron Road.
Kowloon Docks.
D
Daley, Wilfrid Thomas
Dallah, Abraham Rayman D'Almeida, Carlos Hyndman Danenberg, Reinaldo Silva-
Netto
Dangerfield, Lewis Andrew.... D'Aquino, Eneas Goulartt
D'Aquino, Jose Goulart David, Templeton Davidson, Albert Willie
Ernest
Davidson, Alexander. Davidson, Gerald
Davie, Reginald Robert.. Davies, Arthur Reginald
Protheroe.....
Davies, Leonard John Davies, Wallace McGregor Davis, Harry Davis, John Pearson
Augustine...
Davis, Lewis Eleazer
D'Azevedo, Alexandre
Antonio
D'Azevedo, Victor Felix Deacon, Stuart Deans, William
Deacon, William Gostwick
Hart...
Decher, H. L....................... De Kent, Pieter Julius
De Rome, Louis. Delcourt, Armand Hyppolythe Delgado, Argippino Francisco
Demarti, Leonard Desai, Rustom E.
De Sousa, Duarte Eleuterio ... Deursen, Louis William van
Dfendahl, Bjarme
Dick, James Gold
Dick, John .............
Dickie, Frederick John
Dimon, Aubrey K. Dinnen, Hugh..
Stenographer, Passenger Dept., Canadian
Pacific S.S., Ld.......
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld..
Meter Assistant, China Light & Power
Co., Ld.
....
Accountant, P. M. Pinguet & Co. Chief Clerk, Netherlandsche Indische
Commercial Bank
Clerk, C. E. Warren & Co., Ld. Manager, Taikoo Sugar Refinery
Store-keeper, China Light & Power Co.,
(1918), Ld.
Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard Architect, Palmer & Turner Cutter, Mackintosh & Co., Ld.
Assistant, Wm. Powell, Ld. Merchant, Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ld. ... Assistant, Taikoo Dockyard........... Chemist, Green Island Cement Co., Ld. .
Assistant, Mackintosh & Co. Sub-Accountant, National City Bank of
New York
Assistant, Nederlandsche Handel Maats-
chappy
Clerk, Canadian Pacific Steamship, Ld.... Electrical Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld..|
Assistant, Wm. Powell, Ld. HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Acct., Netherlandsche Indische
Commercial Bank...........
Elect. Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld.... Manager, Compagnie Optorg Clerk & Store-keeper Far East Oxygen
& Acetylene Co., Ld....... Sub-Accountant, Banque de l'Indo-Chine. Manager, N. Mody Co........ Clerk, Dodwell & Co., Ed. Sub-Accountant, Nederlandsche Handel
Maatschappy Thoresen & Co.......
Sawmiller, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co. Assistant, Sander, Wieler & Co. HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery
315 Nathan Road. On premises.
12 Humphrey's Avenue, Kowloon.
On premises.
10 Chatham Road, Kowloon.
3 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon.
4 Minden Avenue, Kowloon. On premises.
5 Kings Park Buildings. Quarry Bay.
8 Queen's Gardens. Peak Hotel.
Powell's Building. On premises. Quarry Bay Cement Works.
2 Naval Terrace, Queen's Road.
3 Fairview, Nathan Road, Kowloon.
Netherlands Trading Society. 36 Jordan Road, Kowloon. Causeway Hill Quarters No. 4. Dairy Farm, Pokfulam.
Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.
Happy Valley Garage, Stubbs Road.
On premises. On premises. On premises.
3-Kee Cheong Street, Top Floor. 5 Queen's Road. 2 Queen's Road.
2. Lyeemoon Villas, Kowloon.
Netherlands Trading Society. On premises.
Kowloon Docks.
7. Cameron Road, Kowloon.
31 Humphreys Building, Kowloon. On premises.
On premises.
+
21
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
D-Continued.
Dixey, William John..... Dixon, Philip Albert...
Dixon, Robert James..
Dixon, Walter Sidney
Docherty, Edward,..... Dodwell, Lewis Gordon Selwyn Doig, Michael..... Donnithorne, James Henry Dorabjee, William Douglas, James Angus Douglas, Robert Hinde Drake, William Stanley Dransfield, Albert Draper, Thomas John Drevard, Michel Dreyer, Holger
Drollette, George Washington Drude, Robert....... Dubois, Fernand....
Duce, William Alfred
Duckworth, Ferdinand Farrant Duclos, Gordon Dudley, George W.
Duggan, Edward Wilfred Dunbar, John Campion... Dunbar, Lambert
Danbar, William Geddes
Loraine...
Duncan, Ernest Clare
Duncan, George
Duncan, Llewellyn Arthur
Duncan, Robert Kirkwood Dune, H. Jue
...
Dunlevy, Robert John Dunlop, Robert Paterson ...... Dunnett, Bertram Felix Owen Durand, Joseph Louis
Durrschmidt, Henry Charles... Dutton, Sydney Hardy
Assistant, Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ld. Manager, T. E. Griffith, Ld. Boilermaker, HK. Whampoa Dock Co.... Underwriter, Liverpool, London & Globe
Ince. Co., Ld.....
Shipwright, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Manager, China Light & Power Co., Ld. Assistant, Union Trading Co. Sugar Boiler, China Sugar Refining Co. Marine Surveyor, Goddard & Douglas Assistant, Wm. Powell, Ld................. Storekeeper, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Assistant, Standard Oil Co....... Partner, Gerin, Drevard & Co. Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co...... Supervisor, Singer Sewing Machine Co. Assistant, Standard Oil Co.
Technical Agent, Far East Oxygen &
Acetylene Co., Ld....
Sugar Boiler, China Sugar Refining Co.,
Ld.
Electrical Engineer, Electric Co., Ld.. Agent, Singer Sewing Machine Co. HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Manager, American Express Co. Assistant, HK. Electric Co., Ld..... Flour Broker, Dunbar Bros. Co., Ld.......
Assistant, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co... Manager, Insurance Department,
Reiss-Massey & Co., Ld.
Copper Smith, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.
Clerk, Bank of Canton, Ld.................. Timekeeper, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Electric Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Clerk, Holt's Wharf..
Managing Director, Europe Asia
Trading Co.
Assistant, Standard Oil Co....... Merchant, S. H. Dutton
On premises.
4 Lyeemoon Villas, Kow. Kowloon Docks.
Hong Kong Club. Kowloon Docks. 528 The Peak.
7 Prat Building, Kowloon. On premises.t
10 Mosque S reet. East Point Terrace. | Hong Kong Club.
On premises. On premises. Ou premises.
On premises. On premises.
7 Queen's Gardens.
54 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
On premises.
4 Great George Street. Quarters No. 2 N. P. Station. Ava Mansion, Tregunther Path. On premises.
On premises.
Kingsclere Hotel, Kowloon, 2 May Road, Kowloon.
On premises.
1 Bowen Road. Kowloon Docks. On premises. Quarry Bay.
2 Wyndham Street, 3rd Floor. On premises.
Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 2. 3 Warrant Officers Quarters.
On premises. 25 Lugard Road.
3 The Albany.
Eager, Oscar
E
Eagle, Albert Edward Easterbrook, Charles Bertram.
Eastman, Alfred William Eça, Alberto Maria d'
Eça, José Maria d'
Eça da Silva, José Filomeno.
Edgar, Aubrey Jacob
Edgcumbe, Clifford
Edwards, Frank ............
Edwards, George Richard
Eijk, Cornelio van den
Eldridge, William James
...
►
Asst., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Assistant Manager, T. E. Griffith Mains Department, China Light & Power
Co. (1918), Ld.
Acct., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Stock-broker, Benjamin & Potts... Assistant, HK. & S'hai Bank
Broker, China Underwriters, Ld. Broker, Ellis & Co.
Broker, King Edward Hotel
Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld. Secretary, United Asbestos Co., Ld. Dredger-Master, Netherlands Harbour
Works Co.
Storekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard
Kingsclere Hotel, Kowloon. Kingsclere, Kowloon.
1 Pratt Buildings.
4 Carnarvon Building, Kowloon.
3 Rose Terrace, Kowloon.
On premises.
9 Austin Avenue.
2 Moreton Terrace, Causeway Bay. King Edward Hotel.
On premises.
24 Humphrey Building.
Dredger, Hong Kong. Quarry Bay.
22
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
E-Continued.
ADDRESS.
Elias, Isaac Ezekiel Elkins, Charles Henry Ellams, George Ernest Ellis, Felix Maurice Ellis, Overton Gentry, Jr. Elms, Paul Andrew Engel, Gustav
Eustace, William Albert Evans, James . Everett, Arthur George.. Ezra, Edward
Assistant, Sasson & Co.
Assistant Wharfinger, Holt's Wharf Acct., HK. C. & M. Steamboat Co., Ld. Stockbroker, Ellis & Co. Cashier, American Express Co. Assistant, Loxley & Co.
Partner and Manager, Wm. Meyerink &
Co.
Managing Director, Lane, Crawford & Co. Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld...... Electric Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Sub-Manager, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld.....
On premises.
Anzac House, Middle Road, K'loon. On premises.
455 Barker Road, The Peak. On premises.
St. Joseph's Building, Top floor.
114 Orient Building, Kowloon. On premises.
7 Ying Wah Terrace, West Point. H.E.C. Causway Hill Qrs, No. 10. 7 Humphreys Avenue, Kowloon.
F
Fairhother, Richard Fan Kwok-hong. Farne, Francis Henry Farrell, Peter . Farrell, Robert Emmet Faulkner, James William Fawcett, Herbert
Felshow, William Charles.. Ferdes, Victor João Ferguson, John Fergusson, James Carson Fergusson, Thomas
Fernandes, Francisco Ernesto
Carajota.... Fernandez, Menino.... Ferreira, Alberto Francisco Fetterly, Kenneth Melford
Fielder, Bert Ernest Figueiredo, Eduardo José de... Figueiredo, Henrique Alberto de Figueiredo, Manuel Augusto... Fincher, Ernest Charles Finnie, John
Fisher, George Francis Foekthing, Andre
Fonseca, José Maria
Forbes, Alexander Rodger....
Forbes, Duncan Douglas Forbes, Donald
Ford, William Falconer, Jr. Forder, George Forrest, Leslie..
Foster, Thomas Leslie Forsyth, William Foster-Turner, Frederick
Wentworth
Fothergill, Archibald Fountain, Herbert John...... Fowle, Churchhill Tucker. Fowler, George
Clerk, General Electric Co. of China.... Assistant, Donnelly & Whyte
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld..
Electrician, HK. Telephone Co., Ld Engineer, General Electric Co., Ld. Overseer, Butterfield & Swire...... Architect, HK, Realty Trust Co., Ld. Clerk, Banque de l'Indo-Chine Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard
Cargo Supt., HK. & K'loon W. & G. Co.,
Ld.
Book-keeper, Admiral Orient Line..... Share Broker, M. Fernandez Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Asst., Freight Dept., Canadian Pacific
S.S., Ld.....
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Managing Director, Hughes & Hough Ld. Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld. Bookkeeper, Green Island Cement Co. Employee, Gilman & Co., Ld...... Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard Partner, Gerin, Drevard & Co. Assistant, French Store Assistant, Standard Oil Co....
Chief Foreman, China Sugar Refining
Co., Ld.
+
Manager, Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ld. Assistant, Bank Line, Ld.
Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Assistant, Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. Inspector, China Light & Power Co.
(1918). Ld......
Electric Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Engineer, HK, Whampoa Dock Co.
Architect, HK. Excavation, Pile Driving
and Construction Co., Ld... Assistant, Standard Oil Co.... Piano Tuner, Anderson Music Co., Ld. Assistant Manager, Vacuum Oil Co. Foreman, China Sugar Refining Co., Ld...
Kowloon Hotel. 47 Sai Kung Road. Union Building.
King Edward Hotel. 3 Peak Road.
4 West View, Nathan Road.
5 Humphrey's Buildings, Kowloon. On premises.
15 Morrison Gap Road. On premises. Quarry Bay.
15 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon.
154 Belcher Street, Kennedy Town. Fernandez Bungalow, K'loon Tong. 532 Nathan Road, 1st floor.
1 Macdonnell Road. 6 The Peak.
2 Hankow Road, Kowloon.
3 President Apartments, Kowloon. 1 Peace Avenue, Ho Mun Tin. On premises. Quarry Bay.
On premises. On Lan Street
3 St. Joseph's Mansion.
East Point Terrace.
On premises.
Peak Hotel.
Hong Kong Office.
20 Des Voeux Road Central.
6 Chatham Road.
Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 9. Kowloon Docks.
Kingsclere, Kowloon. 39 Austin Road. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon. 171 The Peak.
1 Great George Street.
NAME IN FULL.
23
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
F-Continued.
Fox, Henry Leslie. Frager, Serge.
Franco, Carlos Frederico Franco. Edward Michael. Franco, Francisco Maria, Franco, Luiz Maria
Franco, Viriato Frank, Arthur Jenner Franklin, Arthur Cawte Fraser, Archibald Dick Fraser, Joseph
Frost, Leon Henry... Frost, Richard
Fuertes, Pedro Nolasco..
Fulcher, Charles Augustine Fung, Edward Mow Fung Fook-ping.. Fung Fuk-tin.
Fung Ho-po Fung Iu-cheung
Fung Man-sui.... Fung Pui-ying Fung Shan Fung Shiu-wah
Fung Shui-chung
Fung Tat-bang Fung Yuk-shan
Fung Yun-chi.............
G
Gaan, Martin Jose.. Gabagan, Cyril Edwin Gain, Louis...
Garcia, Alexander .. Garcia, Flavio Maria Garcia, Francisco Maria Gardner, John Gardner, Harold Edwin........
Gardner, John
Gardner, Joseph..
Gardner, Lois...
.....
Gardner, William Frederick Garrard, Stamp Morgan Garrod, Stanley Hall....
Garraway, James Graham Geare, Iltyd Henry
George David Chin Spau Gerhard, Fansen..... Gerrard, George....
Gibbins, Frederick William
Gibsou, John
...
...
Assistant, H. Skott & Co. Cashier, Banque de l'Indo-chine.. Assistant, Roza Bros,
Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank........ Clerk, Messageries Maritimes Acct., HK. Excavation Pile Driving &
Construction Co., Ld.
Clerk, HK Electric Co., Ld. Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld. Analyst, A. C. Franklin
Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard
Shop Foreman, W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld. District Accountant, Texas Co.
Asst., Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.C.), Ld. Clerk, Nederlandsch Indische Handels-
bank
Assistant, Moxon & Taylor
Manager, Der A Wing & Co. (1423), Ld.! Compradore, Sander, Wieler & Co.... Manager, Kwong Sang Hong Translator, Texas Co.
Asst. Accountant, Bank of Canton, Ld.... Asst. Secretary, Bank of Canton, Ld. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld....... Compradore. Sander, Wieler & Co. Assistant, H. Skott & Co.
Asst. Manager, American Asiatic Under-
writers...
Compradore, HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Compradore, Reuter, Brockelmann & Co..]
Acct., British-American Tobacco Co., Ld.] Electric Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Manager, HK. Engineering & Construc-
tion Co., Ld.
Shipping Clerk, Admiral Orient Line Netherlands India Commercial Bank Bookeeper, Admiral Orient Line.............. Asst., Assiatic Petroleum Co....... Sub-Acct., P. & O. Banking Corpn Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.
56в Peel Street.
5 Queen's Road. On premises. On premises.
Govt. Quarters, (Green Island).
Govt. Quarters, (Green Island). 21 Percival Street. Lauriston No. 1, Bowen Road, 21 Cheung Chau Road Quarry Bay.
IB Armend Building. Carleton Hotel. On premises.
51 Haiphong Road, Kowloon. Hong Kong Club.
60 Des Voeux Road.
44 Jervois Street, Ground floor. On premises.
4 Elgin Street. 3 Third Street.
2A High Street, West Point. 228 Third Street, West Point. 32 Wyndham Street. 9 Village Road.
On premises. On premises. On premises. On Premises
6 Gordon Terrace Kowloon. Canseway Hill Quarters, No. 4.
10 Fung Fai Terrace. 3 Jordan Road. On premises.
7 Nanking Street, Kowloon. On premises.
Nathan House, Kowloon. Quarry Bay. Union Building.
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Asst., Union Ince. Soety, of Canton, Ld... Union Building. Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Union Building. Asst., Union Ince. Soety, of Canton, Ld.. On premises. Stenographer, Pass. Dept., Canadian
Pacific S.S. Ld.
Engineer, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. General Manager, Vacuum Oil Co..... Java-China & Japan Lijn.
Jebsen & Co..........
Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard
Manager, Wilkinson, Heywood & Clark,
Ld.
Engineer, Green Island Cement Co., Ld... Gibson, Walter Campbell, Jr... Sub-Acet., The National City Bank
Gillard, Arthur
Gillespie, James...
Gilmore, David James Girardot, Marcel Gittins, Henry
Glen, James
Glover, Alfred Ernest
Glover, Francis Harry Goeke, Alwin....
of N.Y.
Assistant, HK. Tramways, Ld.. Shipwright, HK. Whampoa Dock Co.... Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank Manager, Pathe Orient
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld.. Asst. Engr., China Sugar Refg. Co., Ld. Manager. Kelly & Walsh, Ld..
Chief Asst. Engineer, HK. Tramways, Ld Principal, A. Goeke & Co.
Glenealy Hotel.
Kowloon Docks. Repulse Bay Hotel. 75 High Street. 180 The Feak. Quarry Bay.
Peak Hotel. On premises.
267 The Peak.
11 Leighton Hill Road. Kowloon Docks.
On premises.
239 Nathan Road, Kowloon. 14 Ashley Road, Kowloon. East Point Terrace. Fanling.
4 Broadwood Road. 1 Bisnee Villas.
©° ¢ to P¢་
NAME IN FULL.
24
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
G-Continued.
Goetz, Carl Henry Gold, Raymond Goldenberg, Charles Archibald Goldenberg, Harry.............. Goldenberg, Isaac Levy. Goldenberg, William Gomes, Antonio Santos. Gomes, Augusto Conceição Gomes, Francis
Gomes, Francisco Xavier Gomes, John Reefus Gomes, José Gomes, José
Gomes, José Hyppolito Gomes, Joseph Vicente.. Gomes, Luiz Braz Gomes, Luiz Maria.......... Gomes, Maximiano Antonio... Gonella, Ugo
Goncalves, Julio Augusto... Gonsalves, Verissimo.. Gonzales, Joseph Angel Goodall, Donald MacGregor... Goodier, Harry
Goodman, Reginald James
Goodwin, David Alexander Goodwin, Frank......
Goor, Derk Lambertus Van
Gordon, Alan Grant Gordon, James Miller Gordon, Joseph Henry Gosse, Raymond J. Goulborn, Vernon
Gourdin, Frederick O'Driscoll. Gourlay, Adam
Gow, David Grimmond Graça, José Athanasio
Maria de
Grady, John
Graham-Brown, A. W. Graves, Harold Gray, Herbert Castell Gray, Robert
Gray, Samuel....
Greaves, Alfred Philip Green, George
Green, Robert Anthony.. Greene, Philip Weston Greenhalgh, William Robert... Greensmith, Reginald Eustace.
Greenway, Albert Edward Gregory, Haik Matthews Gregory, Harry
Gregory, Sarker.
Gregory, Stanley Oswald Gregory, Tigran Matthews
Garage Engineer, Alex. Ross & Co. Assistant, Ullmann & Co...... Foreman, China Sugar Refining Co., Ld. Assistant, N. S. Moses & Co. Assistant, Standard Oil Co...... Merchant, N. S. Moses & Co. Asst., Jardine, Matheson & Cɔ., Ld. Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co...... Assistant, Nippon Yusen Kaisha Clerk, Banque de l'Indo-Chine Clerk, T. E. Griffith... Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant, Sassoon & Co., Ld. Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Storekeeper, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Accountant, William C. Jack & Co., Ld... Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co.. Architect, Hazeland & Gonella Assistant, Botelho Bros. Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld. Overseer, HK. Electric Co., Ld.......... Cafe Manager, Lane Crawford, Ld. Burner, Green Island Cement Co., Ld. Supt. Storekeeper, HK. Whampoa Dock
Co.
Asst. Manager, W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld.. Manager, Kowloon Branch, HK. &
China Gas Co., Ld.
Cashier, Netherlandsche Handel
Maatschappy
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Shipping Agent, Furness (Far East), Ld. Engineer, HK. Electric Co, Ld. Acet, Banque de l'Indo-Chine Assistant, K. Rope Mfg. Co, Lil. Assistant, Bank Line Ld.... Shipbuilder, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Chief Clerk, HK. Whampoa Dock Co.
Assistant, Lammert Bros.
Asst. Engineer, China Light & Power
Co. (1918), L.
Architect,
...
Accountant, Mercantile Bank of India, Ld. Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard Engineer, H.K. Whampoa Dock Co. Broker, A. P. Greaves.
Butcher, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. Assistant, H.K. & Shanghai Bank. Assistant, Little Adams & Wood Assistant, Butterfield & Swire............ Exchange Broker, Groosman Abraham
& Greensmith.
Overseer, Butterfield & Swire... Manager, T. M. Gregory & Co. Assistant, Dairy Farm I. & C. Storage
Co., Ld.
Assistant, Dairy Farm I. &, C. Storage
Co., Ld.
Bookseller, Kelly & Walsh, Ld. Merchant, T. M. Gregory & Co....
On premises. On premises.
East Point Terrace. On premises.
2 Prat Building. On premises.
493 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
5 Ashley Road, Kowloon. 13 Queen's Road Central. 2 Cambay Buildings, Kowloon. 7 Liberty Avenue, Homuntin. 67 Queen's Road East, 1st floor. On premises.
Kowloon Docks. Kowloon Docks.
5 Liberty Avenue, Homuntin. 48 Haiphong Road, Kowloon. 6 Ashley Road, Kowloon. 161 Wanchai Road.
317 Nathan Road, Kowloon. 27 Jordan Road, Kowloon. 48 Praya East.
On premises. 7 Middle Road.
Kowloon Docks.
5 Armend Terrace, Kowloon,
Gas Works, Kowloon.
Netherlands Trading Society. S The Peak. Peak Hotel,
26 Russell Street, Top Floor. 5 Queen's Road.
Mount Palace, Kennedy Road. 60A Nathan Road, Kowloon. Kowloon Docks.
Kowloon Docks.
12 Lochiel Terrace, Kowloon.
On premises.
12 Pedder Street. 6 The Peak. Union Building. Quarry Bay.
Kowloon Docks.
8 Queen's Road Central, 2 Lower Albert Road. On premises.
261 The Peak. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.
1 Branksome Towers, May Road. 546 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
3 Humphreys Building, Kowloon.
On premises.
On premises. Knutsford Hotel. Repulse Bay Hotel.
1
25
ADDRESS.
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
G-Continued.
Grey, George Willis
Griffin, Herbert
Griffin, William George Griffiths, Eric Arthur Grigoriev, Sergey Serguvitch. Grimble, Eric George Norton Grimes, Thomas Edward Grimshaw, Thomas Groome, Eric Leslie Grose, John Francis Grossman, Edward..
Groundwater, Richard Gerrie.. Groves, Walter Montgomerie. Gubbay, David Sassoon.. Guerineau, Jean......
Guimgan, James Cecil Guterres, Augusto Arthur. Guterres, Luiz Esperança
Gutierres, Luis Augustus Gutierrez, Alvaro Eugenio... Gutierrez, João Baptista Gutierrez, Joao Maria Gutierrez, João Jose..... Gutierrez, Reginaldo Maria
Architect, HK. Realty & Trust Co., Ld... Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Asst. Engineer, HK Telephone Co., Ld. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... HK. Excavation Co.
Ship Broker, Geo, Grimble & Co. Overseer, Butterfield & Swire Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.... Assistant, Gibb Livingston & Co. Sharebroker, J. F. Grose.. Exchange Broker, Groosman Abraham
& Greensmith
Master Mariner, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Asst., HK. & K'loon W. & G. Co., Ld.... Assistant, E. D. Sassoon & Co. Engineer, HK. Engineering &
Construction Co., Ld.
Assistant, E. D. Sassoon & Co., Ld. Principal, Basto & Co........ Clerk, China Provident Loan &
Mortgage Co., Ld.
Asst., Union Ince. Socty, of Cauton, Ld... Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Clerk, W. A. Hannibal & Co...... Assistant, H. M. H. Nemazee Bookkeeper, The Bank Line, Ld.
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Exchange Building. 169 The Peak. Hotel Metropole. 8 The Peak.
3 Nanking Street. 108 The Peak.
Club Chambers, Quarry Bay. Quarry Bay.
103 The Peak.
55 Conduit Koad.
1 Branksome Towers, May Road. Kowloon Docks.
7 Babington Path. On premises.
67 Wong Nei Chong Road.
I Wild Dell, Wood Road,
Woodberry, 4 Hankow Road, K'lcon.
7 Ashley Road, Kowloon. Union Building. Kowloon Docks.
3 Saifee Terrace, Kowloon. 32/34 Pilkem Street.
337 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
Asst., HK. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.... Kowloon Docks.
H
Haehnell, Max
Haig, David
Hailey, Guy
Hailwood, George Victor Hale, William Eric
Hall, Grey Martel
Hall, James
Hall, William
Ham, Charles Rutherford Hamblin,
Frederick
Hamer, Robert
Hamid, Sheik Abdool Hammond, Herbert William... Hampton, Horatio
Hance, Julian Henry Reginald Hannibal, Walter Albert Hansammam, Ernest Hanscomb, Eric Charles
Hansen, James Ernest Haroon, Suleyman Harper, Andrew Wallace Harrell, Guy Athel Harris, Frederic Thomas
Harris, Richard Victorio Harris, Sidney Samuel Harrison, Cyril George..
Accountant, Equitable Eastern Banking
Corporation.....
Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard...... Electric Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant, Green Island Cement Co., Ld. Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld. Sub-Acct., The National City Bank of
New York
+
Assistant, HK & Shanghai Bank Architect, Abdoolrahim & Co..... Assistant, S. T. Williamson...
District Engineer, China Light & Power
Co. (1918), Ld.
Asst. Wharfinger, Taikoo Sugar Refining
Co., Ld.
Clerk, Admiral Line Co.
Bisnee Villa, Pokfulum. Quarry Bay.
Causeway Hill Quarters, N., 1. On premises.
5A Armend Buildings.
172 The Peak.
On premises.
34 Queen's Roal Central. 9 Stanley Street
474 Nathan Road.
On premises.
2 Percival Street.
On premises. Peak Hotel. Hong Kong Hotel. Hong Kong Hotel. Peak Hotel. Quarry Bay.
Traffic Inspector, HK. Tramway Co., Ld.. 2 Fung Fai Terrace, Top floor. Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld." Assistant, Butterfield & Swire................. Merchant, W. A. Hannibal & Co. Merchant, Keller, Kern & Co., Ld.. Assistant, Thos. Cook & Son, Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard........... Broker's Assistant, Carroll Bros. Ford Dealer
Passenger Agent, Admiral Oriental Line. Cargo Assistant., HK. Kowloon Wharf
& Godown Co., Ld.......
Assistant, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co... Chemist, Green Island Cement Co., Ld... Assistant, S. Moutrie & Co.....
4 Morrison Hill Road.
33 Humphrey's Buildings, Kowloon, 12 Chatham Road, Kowloon.
21 Cameron Road. On premises. On premises.
4 Chatham Road, Kowloon,
26
ADDRESS.
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
H-Continued.
Harrop, Joseph Harteam, Hasim.. Harvey, David
Haslam, Gordon Fabian
Hassan, Ali........ Hassan, Dollot
Hassan, Ishaat Hatch, Henry Hatt. Charles
Hawker, Walter John Hay, Arthur Charles... Hayes, George Brine.. Hayes, Sidney George Hayward, Allen William.
Hazel, David
Hazeland, Ernest Manning Hedley, William Pattinson Hegarty, Henry George Heintzen, Gerdt Hendrik
Heitmaze, Horst Hemsworth, Garrett
Henderson, Archibald Kerr
Henderson, George Henderson, John Melville. Henry, H. F. Hepburn, Robert Lirke
Herdman, Andrew Elliot Heron, Arthur William
Herridge, Frank Gordon Hersee, Alfred Stanley Hevey, Arthur ...
Hewkin, Samuel :...............
Hewlitt, Arthur George Hickling, Clement Chinery Hill, David Smith
Hill, Thomas William Hill, Walter Joseph Hille, Max Felix.
Hills, Herbert Stuart.. Hindle, Thomas Hines, Thomas Austin. Hinton, John Reginald Hirst, William Walter Hoare, Michael Donald
Guerney
Ho Chung-chow
Ho He-san
Ho Iu
Ho Kwong
Holland, Alfred James
He, Lok S.
Ho Man-kai
Ho Sai-iu
Assistant, James H. Blackhouse, Ld....... Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Marine Engineer, United Asbestos
Oriental Co., Ld.....
Manager. Brunner, Mond & Co., (hina)
Ld.
Clerk. HK. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant, H. Wicking & Co. Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld..... Tel. Engineer, HK. Telephone Co., Ld... Managing Director, HK. & S. Hotels, Ld. Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Assistant, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. Manager, Dunlop Rubber Co., Ld.
Mercantile Assistant, Alex. Ross & Co.
(China), Ld.
Butcher, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld.. Architect, E. M. Hazeland & Gonella Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Netherlandsche Indische
Commercial Bank.
Assistant, Reuter, Brockelmann & Co. Agent, Canadian National Railways Asst. General Manager, HK. Tramway
Co., L.
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Mount Davis Road, Pokfulum. 13 Fung Wong Terrace.
68A Natham Road, Kowloon.
Repulse Bay.
272 Wanchai Road, 1st floor. 121 Praya East.
39 Sharp Street East, Ground floor. Ming Yuen Buildings.
4 Peking Road, Kowloon. On premises.
Union Building.
Dairy Farm, Pokfulum. 575 Nathan Road.
4 Tregunter Mansions. On premises.
10 Queen's Gardens. Kowloon Docks. On premises.
On premises.
On premises.
On premises.
Broadwood Road.
...
Kowloon Docks.
Carpenter, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Passenger Agent, Canadian Pacific S.S.Co. U. S. Shipping Board
Manager, Commercial Union Assurance
Co., Ld.
Asst., Butterfield & Swire
Craft Supt., HK. & K'loon W. & G.
Co., Ld.
Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co. Accountant, D. Sassoon & Co. Assistant, Fitting Department, HK. &
China Gas Co., Ld. Merchant, Mustard & Co. Architect
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire
Electrical Engr., HK. Electric Co., Ld.... Merchant, Bradley & Co.
Chief Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery... Merchant, China Export-Import &
Bank Co..............
Broker, Layton & Co. ....
Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery
On premises. Hong Kong Hotel.
169 The Peak. Peak Hotel.
29 Humphreys Buildings.
5 Minden Villas, Kowloon. Hong Kong Hotel.
Gas Works.
8 Carnavon Buildings, Kowloon. Ou premises.
3 Branksome Towers, May Road. Carlton Hotel. 103 The Peak. Ou premises.
6 Felix Villas, Mount Davis Road,
Pokfulum.
Prince's Building.
On premises.
General Auditor, American Express Co... On premises.
Asst., Butterfield & Swire
Manager, Steam Laundry Co., Ld.
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Clerk, National City Bank ofNew York... Booker, Carl Bodiker & Co........ Compradore, Mercantile Bank of India Compradore, E. D. Sassoon & Co. ... Acting Marine Supt., Canadian Pacific
S.S., Ld........
Writer
Clerk, R. H. Kotewall & Co.
Thorpe Manor, May Road.
3 West View, Kowloon.
On premises.
9 Possession Street. 6 Ship Street.
6 Macdonnell Road. 7 Macdonnell Road.
Huntingdon, Stubbs Road, 60 Lower Lascar Road. 10 Lok Hing Lane.
Compradore, Mercantile Bank of India ... 6 Macdonald Road.
27
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
H-Continued.
Ho Shiuque....
ADDRESS.
Ho Tung-shun
Ho Wing.....
Hoare, Charles Hector. Hoare, Robert Edward Hofstede, Johan...... Holtkamp, Hein
Hope, Stewart
Hopkins, Leonard Egbert Horder, Arnold Morley Hornby, James
Hornell, Edward Brooking
Cornish
Hosie, Edward Lumsden Howard, Henry John Howard, Herbert George Howard, William James Howell, Eric Alexander Hoyle, William Frederick......] Hsu Sun-pak..... Hughes, George Victor Hugo Laurens Adriaan van Humphreys, Alfred David..... Humphreys, John David Hung Hing-fat
•
Hunt, Herbert Cunningham Hunt, Herbert James Hunter, A. J. ............. Hunter, Henry James Hunter, James Hunter, Robert
Hussain, Sheik Altaf..... Hyde, James
Hyndman, Edgar Oscar Peter Hyndman, Edward Robert Hyndman, Henrique Antonio. Hyndman, Henry
Assistant, Wallen & Co. Clerk, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Compradore, HK. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Dragon Motor Car Co, Ld. Engineer, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Accountant, Java-China-Japan Lijn ...... Sub-Accountant, Nederlandsche Handel
Maatschappy
Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard... Manager, P. & O. Banking Corporation... Manager, Connell Bros..
Work Supt., HK. & China Gas Co., Ld.
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Secrety., HK. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. Assistant, Standard Oil Co.
H.K. & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co... Freight Clerk, Canadian Pacific S.S. Co. . Electrican, Taikoo Sugar Rfg. Co., Ld.... Storekeeper, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Manager, C. D. Ren Co.... Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co. Java-China-Japan Lijn
Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld...... Merchant, J. D. Humphreys & Son Assistant Compradore, HK. & Kowloon
W. & G. Co., Ld. Assistant, Moxon & Taylor.... Engineer, Green Island Cement Co., Ld. Cashier, P. & O. Banking Corporation Engineer, Bradley & Co., Ld. Fitting Supt., HK. & China Gas Co., Ld. Engineer, Macdonald & Hunter
Clerk, Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming...... Clerk of Works, HK. & K'loon W. & G.
Co., Ld.
Clerk, Lowe, Bingham & Matthews .... Asst., HK. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.... Clerk, Mercantile Bank of India.... Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank....
2 Morrison Hill Road. 24 Gage Street.
62 Bonham Road. 6 Koon Ma Terrace. Kowloon Docks. On premises.
Netherlands Trading Society. Quarry Bay.
152 Severn Road, Peak. 1A Chatham Path, Gas Works.
304 The Peak. Kowloon Docks.
8 Chi Wo Street, Kowloon. 1 Kings Park Building. 66 Parkes Street, Kowloon. On premises.
On premises.
57 Wong Nei Chong Road, Top Fl. 7 Humphreys Building, Kowloon. On premises.
Huntingdon, Stubbs Road. 1 Tregunter Mansions.
2 Prospect Place, Bonham Road. 10 Babington Path.
1в Orient Building, Kowloon. 66в Nathan Road. Metropole Hotel. Gas Works.
12 Humphreys Building, Kowloon. 205 Praya East.
3 Kimberley Villas, Kowloon. 6 Peace Avenue. Hong Kong Office.
26 Jordan Road, 1st Floor. On premises.
Ignatieff, Vadim Loavich
Ildefonso, Lucio Rivera.......
Im Mok
Im Pak-hai.......
Ip Kau-ko.
Ip Loo-sui
Ip Yuk-leung
Ireland, Hurbert Upshot Ironside, William
Ismail, Abdul Somath
Ismail, Sheik Akbar.
Ismail, Sheik Dawood
Ismail, Sheik Ebrahim
.....
Store-keeper, Netherlands Harbour
Works, Ld.
Clerk & Stenographer, American Express
Co.
Civil Engineer, American Asiatic Under-
writers
Compradore, G. E. Huygen
Clerk, Bank of Canton, Ld. Melchers & Co.
Assistant, Ip Tak & Co. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire
Asst. Manager, Butterfield & Swire Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant, Odell & Behar
Import Assistant, Andersen, Meyer &
Co., Ld..
Merchant, HK. Import & China Produce
Co.
Tsat Sze Mui.
On premises.
On premises.
14 Willington Street.
269 Wanchai Road, 2nd Floor.
27 Robinson Road.
51 Conduit Road.
Branksome Towers.
184 The Peak.
23 Kennedy Road, Top Floor. 10 Leighton Hill Road.
On premises.
41 Wongneichong Road.
28
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
-Continued.
ADDRESS.
Ismail, Sheik Hassan.... Ismail, Sheik Rumjahn.
Iu Nim-sik
Iu Tak-chung....
Clerk, National City Bank of New York.. I Po Sien Street, 2nd Floor. Asst., HK. & K'loon W. & G. Co., Ld........ 9a Morrison Hill Road. Clerk, National City Bank of New York.. 47 Wellington Street, Top Floor. Civil Engineer, J. Caer Clark.....
II Kennedy Street.
J
譬
Jack, James
Jack, James Mackenzie.. Jack, Lawrence Jackman, Chui
Jack, Richard Maxwell. Jackson, William James, Charles Patrick
Fitz Gerald.... Jardine, Raymond Jason, Henry Frederick. Jeffery, Thomas Vernon Jeffreys, Arthur Charles Jenkins, J. R............................... Jenkinson, Robert White
Jenner, Frederick James Henry
Jennings, Percival John Jesus, Arthur Gregorio De Jeu, Tien Liang.... Jex, Starling
Johann, Hinrick Jessen.. Johannes, R. Ulderup Johannessen, Reidar Johnson, John
Johnson, Marcus Theodore
Johnston, William Jackson
Johnston, William Murray
Johnstone, John Johou, Hofstede..... Jones, Francis Reynolds
Jones, Frederick Burgum Jones, Harold Arthur
Jones, Milford Philipps..
Jones, Thomas Everitt Joseph, Judab
Joseph, Walter Gordon,
Joseph, William Lee
Joy, Herbert Thomas
Jpsen, Hennaun Matthias Judd, Edwin Leeb.... Juell, Aage.... Juman, Sheik
June, James Kim Fook. Jungeling, Herman
Hendrik Jr.....
Juster, Andrew William
.....
4
Acct., Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. Engineer, William C. Jack & Co., Ld. Assistant, Standard Oil Co...... Keller, Kern, Ld.
Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld Editor, Publicity Bureau of South China.
Chief Clerk, Admiral Oriental Line HK. & Shanghai Bank
Steno-typist, Williamson & Co. Foreman, China Sugar Refinery Co., Ld. Asst. Engineer, HK. Telephone Co., Ld. HK. Amusements, Ld......... Travel Representative, American
Express Co.
Yard Boatswain, HK. & Whampoa Dock
Co., Ld......
Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard
Stenographer, American Express Co.. Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld........... Assistant, Union Trading Co., Ld.. Jebsen & Co......... Engineer, Jebsen & Co.
Manager
Store-keeper, Taikoo Dockyard
Per Pro., Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.... Store-keeper, Taikoo Dockyard ....
Head Time-keeper, HK. & Whampoa
Dock Co., Ld..................... Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld....... Java-China-Japan Lijn Manager, Reuter's Commercial and
Financial Service Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank Manager, S. Moutrie & Co., Ld... Sub-Agent, Sir W. G. Armstrong,
Whitworth & Co., Ld.
Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Assistant, Sassoon & Co........ Manager, J. R. Michael & Co. Assistant, Java-China-Japan Lijn Merchant, British-American Tobacco
Co., Ld.
Engineer, Bornemann & Co. Assistant, Brunner, Mond & Co. Thoresen & Co.......
Asst., HK. & K'loon W. & G. Co., Ld.... Asst., HK, & K'loon W. & G. Co., Ld....
Cashier, Netherlands Harbour Works,
Ld........ Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard
On premises.
1 Observatory Villas, Kowloon. 1 Canton Villas, Kowloon, 120 Praya East.
North Point Installation. 166 The Peak.
Torres Building, Kowloon. On premises.
34 Ice House Street.
| 5 Chi Wo Street. 25 Jordan Road. Star Theatre.
On premises.
Kowloon Docks: Quarry Bay.
On premises.
38
Bonham Road.
3 King's Park Building, Kowloon. Kick-ut, Stubbs Road.
Empress Lodge, Kowloon. Repulse Bay Hotel.
Quarry Bay.
On premises. Quarry Bay.
Kowloon Docks.
6 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon. 268 The Peak.
On premises.
On premises.
15 Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon.
12A Mody Road.
On Premises.
On premises.
12 Tregunter Mansions, May Road.
9 Parks Street.
Metropole Hotel.
180 The Peak.
Hong Kong Club.
16 McDonnell Road. 43 Sharp Street.
2 & 3 Ashley Road, Kowloon.
3 Minden Avenue, Kowloon. Quarry Bay.
NAME IN FULL.
29
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
K
Kader, Abdoul Rahim Kailey, William... Kam Cheung-yan Kaneks, Shigeo Kaspersen, Henry Olsen Kastmann, Karl
Kay, George Albert Lloyd
Kearing, Augustin.. Keith, Allan
Keith, David Luckie Keller, Harry A.............. Kelly, George...............
Kempton, John Keng Ti-yap ..... Kennedy, Arthur Cecil
Kennedy, James Fitzgerald Kennedy, Lloyd Waston Keown, Richard McArthur Kerley, Victor George Kern, Ernest
Kerr, Cecil Roy
Kerr, William..
..
Kew, Albert Edward..
Kew, Arthur James
Kew, Cecil
Clerk, Chartered Bank........ Assistant, Standard Oil Co........ Compradore, Gerin Drevard & Co... Clerk, Bank of Taiwan, Ld............. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Assistant, John Manners & Co. Wharfinger, HK. & Kowloon W. & G.
Co.. Ld.
Supt., Green Island Cement Co., Ld.. Secretary, Green Island Cement Co. Shipwright, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co... Keller, Kern & Co., Ld..... Stenographer, Freight Department,
Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ld....... Electrician, HK. & W'poa Dock Co., Ld. Clerk, Mercantile Bank of India, Ld. Asst. Marine Superintendent, Jardine,
Matheson & Co., Ll.
Asst., South British Insurance Co., Ld.... Accountant
Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard Electrical Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Merchant, Keller, Kern & Co., Ld...... Manager, John Dickinson & Co., Ld.. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard
Manager, Rudolf, Wolff & Kew
Assistant, Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ld. ... Assistant, American Express Co.
Kew, Charles Herbert Whiteley Managing Director, Rudolf, Wolff & Kew.
Khai Teang-yap..
Khan, Abbas
Khan, Juman
Khares, Dinshan Kavasji King, Dudley Leonard
King, John Willis
King, Marion Bailey King, Thomas Henry William. Kinghorn, John Richard Kinloch, David Robertson.. Kinnaird, John Daniel Kirkwood, Robert Kizu, Bunroku
Knight, Charles Crosby.
Knight, John Stephen
Knight, Thomas Leonard Knopp, Joseph............................ Knottnerus, Hendrik Johannes
Ko Sik-on Ko Yau-cheong
Ko Yau-heung Koehler, Carl Edward Kristofersen, Proitz Krogh-Moe, J.
Kwok Chan-kwan
Kwok Chuen
Kwong Loong Kylling, William Henry
L
Labrousse, Ernest Denys ...... Labrum, George Beresford
Labrum, Victor Charles....
Lacon, Bernard John......
Clerk, Mercantile Bank of India..... Assistant, Arculli & Sons
Assistant, HK. & K. W. & G. Co., Ld.... Clerk, Lane, Crawford, Ld.... Manager, China Provident Loan &
Mortgage Co., Ld
Asst., Brunner Mond & Co. (China), Ld.. Director, Dragon Motor Car Co., Ld....... Assist., HK. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. Asst.. Supt. Engr., Butterfield & Swire Accountant, Chartered Bank Manager, Davie Boag Co., Ld. Asst. Engineer, HK. Telephone Co., Ld Bank Staff, Bank of Taiwan
Assistant Manager, Butterfield & Swire... Transhipping Clerk, Admiral Oriental
Line.......
Assistant, American Express Co. Engineer, HK. Excavation Co., Ld. Assistant, Netherlandsche Indische
Commercial Bank
Typist, Ault & Wiborg China Co....... Stenographer, Holyoak, Massey & Co. Assistant, P. & O. Banking Corporation. Manager, Swedish Trading Co., Ld. Assistant, Thoresen & Co., Ld. Superintendent, Thoresen & Co., Ld.... Accountant, Bank of East Asia, Ld.. General Manager, Wing On Co.............. Clerk, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.
Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld. Labrun, Ld. Labrun, Ld.
|
16 Tung Hing Street. Socony, Laichikok Instaln. On premises.
19 Conduit Road. On premises.
7 Queen's Road Central,
40A Nathan Road, Kowloon. On premises. On Premises. Kowloon Docks. Hong Kong Hotel.
20 Staunton Street. Kowloon Docks.
Chinese Y.M.C.A., Bridges Street.
10 Carnarvon Buildings, Kowloon. On premises.
14 Broadwood Road, Hongkong. Quarry Bay.
Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 8 12B Mody Road. Repulse Bay Hotel. Quarry Bay. 8 Castle Road. On premises. On premises. 8 Castle Road.
3 Po Yuen Lane,
11 Austin Road, Kowloon. 32 Shanghai Street, Kowloon. On premises.
Repulse Bay Hotel.
Huntingdon, Stubbs Road.
6 Koon Ma Terrace, Happy Valley. Kowloon Docks.
Peak Hotel. 376 The Peak. On premises. Hotel Metropole. 19 Conduit Road, 183 The Peak.
16 Mosque Street. On premises.
Nathan House, Kowloou.
On premises. 8 Bridges Street. 66 Peel Street.
4 Hill Street, 2nd Floor. 37 Humphreys Building, Kowloon. 16 McDonnell Road.
262 The Peak. On premises. 30 Glenealy. On premises. On premises.
182 The Peak.
94A Nathan Road, Kowloon. 58A Nathan Road, Kowloon,
Engineer, Jardine Engineering Corpn., Ld. 12 Felix Villas.
!
NAME IN FULL.
30
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
L—Continued.
Lafleur, Franciscus Hubertus
Joseph Alphonsus
Lai Chak.............
Lai Fai-tse
Lai Im-to
Lai Im-tong Lai Sin-chau Lai Yim
Lai Yuk-man Laing, John
Lam Hew-cho.....
Lam Hing-sang Lam Kai-chi
Lam Xwong-sik
Lam Man-chi
Lam Ming-fan
Lam Tit-hong
Lamb, Harry James
Lamb, William Graham. Lammert, Frank.....
Lammert, Geoffrey Philip Jr.. Lammert, Lionel Eugene Landolt, Henry
Landolt, John
Landolt, Joseph Savage. Landsbert, Albert Leslie Lane, Alfred James Lanepart, H. E. Langston, Arthur Golden Langston, Selwyn Henry
Lanten, Gerrit Cornelio van
Larcina, Angelo Maria
Large, Milford Henry Lau Shiu-chuen Lau Tat-ting Laugier, Louis Laurel, Francisco Lauritsen, Christen
Lawrence, Frank Edward Lawrence, George Alfred
Lawson, William Graham...... Lay, Alexander Hyde
Leach, Arthur
Lecot, Alphonse
Lee Boo-lau
Lee Chin-fen
Lee Chung-chu Lee, George Lee Hau-shing Lee Hoong-cheong. Lee, Koon Kang
Lee, Ralph William Lee, Rodney
Assistant, Holland China Trading Co. Proprietor, King Edward Hotel Melchers & Co........
Manager, Oriental Commercial Co. Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Secretary, King Edward Hotel. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant, Union Trading Co., Ld... Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... HK. Tramway Co., Ld.
Clerk, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. Asst., Union Ince. Soety. of Canton, Ld... Salesman, Texas Co.......
Chief Clerk, Sun Life Insurance Co. Manager, Arthur & Co.
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire... Assistant, Lammert Bros. Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co. Auctioneer & Surveyor, Lainmert Bros.... Clerk, Catering Dept., Canadian Pacific
S.S., Ld..
Assistant, HK. Excavation Ld. Stenographer, Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld... Assistant, Holyoak, Massey & Co..... Architect, A. J. Lane.
Assistant, Dairy Farm & Co., Ld.
8 Granville Road, Kowloon. On premises.
31 Wellington Street, 1st Floor. 123 Kowloon Tong, Kowloon. Union Building.
141 Queen's Road, West. Hong Kong Hotel. On premises. Quarry Bay.
7 Canton Road, Kowloon. Union Building.
21 Western Street, 3rd Floor. On premises.
On premises.
556 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
12 Anton Street, 1st Floor. 4A Des Voeux Road.
549 The Peak.
6 Orient Buildings, Kowloon. Deep Water Bay.
11 Carnarvon Buildings, Kowloon.
583 Orient Buildings, Kowloon. 11 Orient Buildings, Kowloon. 583 Orient Building, Kowloon. 17 Jordan Road, Kowloon. Pokfulam Road.
On premises.
Electrical Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Quarters, North Point Station.
Assistant, Nestlé & Anglo-Swiss
Condensed Milk Co.
Dredger-Master, Netherlands Harbour
Works Co.
Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co. Engineer, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. Asst. Manager, Hong Kong Trading Co. Clerk, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. Manager, Magazine General
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Managing Director, Dragon Motor Car
Co., Ld.
Assistant, A. S. Watson & Co., Ld. Manager, S. W. Factory, A. S. Watson
& Co.
Assistant, Standard Oil Co.... Manufacturer's Representative, A.
Hyde Lay
Chief Accountant, Vacuum Oil Co. Manager, Banque de l'Indo-Chine Compradore, The Asiatic Trading
Corporation, Ld..
Asst., HK. & K'loon W. & G. Co., Ld... Palmer & Turner
Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Asst., Union Ince. Soety. of Canton, Ld....... Assistant, Donnelly & Whyte... Sub-Accountant, Bank of East Asia Sugar Boiler, China Sugar Refining Co.,Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.
Peak Hotel.
Dredger Hong Kong, N.P. 9 Nanking Street, Kowloon. Kowloon Docks.
34 Elgin Street, Top Floor. On premises.
21 Leighton Hill Road. 528 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
Repulse Bay Hotel.
Soda Water Factory, North Point.
Soda Water Factory, North Point. C/o Socony, Laichikok.
165 The Peak. Kingsclere Hotel, Kowloon. 8 Kennedy Road.
30 Hillier Street..
496 Nathan Road, Kowloon, 4. On Hing Terrace.
On premises. On premises.
9 Li Shing Street. On premises. East Point Terrace. On premises.
ን።
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NAME IN FULL.
31
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
L- Continued.
Lee. Samuel Charles Lee Wah-chue
Lee Wai-cheoug..
Lee Wan-kum..
Lee Yu-how
Lee Yuk-quan.... Leitao, Eduardo Ignacio Read. Leite, Luiz Antonio Pitter Lely, Jacques Van Der..... Lenfestey, Frederick Percival. Leon, Cezar Angusto..... Leonard, Francis Daniel Leong, Ernest.... Leong Po-hin
Leong Shiu-khay
Leong, Simon H. Leong Yu-sang Lepicard, Maxime Leung Chi-ling Leung Chin-tong Leung Hew-fung Leung Him.... Leung Hin-wing. Leung Kam-yin
Leung King-san
Leung Po-shan
Leung Sik-kai.. Leung Tsai
Leung Yau-cheong..
Leur, Dick Laurens de
Levcovich, Basii Ivanovitch... Lewis, Brian Lander Lew Teb-lin Li Chiu-lung
Li Fook-shun Li Hoi-tung
Li Jow-son Li Koon-chun Li Pao-liu
Li Po-tin............ Li Shu-fong
• Li Sui-wing
Li Tse-fong. Li Tung
Lickley, Frederick..
Liddon-Cole, Charles Walter Lightburn, Walter Bolton
Limage, Jean ...
Linaker, John............
Lincher, Edward Charles Ling Man-lai
Linninnen, Frederick
Lipschutz, Leon ...........
Litton, John Letablere
Lloyd, Claude Fitzroy
Lloyd. Lionel Malcolm Snape.
Lo Chan-ting Lo Chung-wan
Lo Kai-hong
Lo Kan
Lo Kim-sun..
Accountant, Connell Bros. Co. Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co. Clerk, J. D. Humphreys & Son Secretary, A. B. Moulder & Co., Ld.. Little Adams & Wood
Chinese Agent, Canadian Pacific S S., Ld. Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld. Assistant, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. Foreman, China Sugar Refining Co., Ld. Assistant, Carroll Bros.
Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank.... Overseer, Palmer & Turne●
Clerk, National City Bank of New York.. Clerk, Asiatic Trading Corporation, Ld... Clerk, Chartered Bank..... Compradore, A. Goeke & Co.
Asst., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Manager, Pathe Orient
Freight Clerk, Struthers & Barry Clerk, Carl Bodiker & Co. Clerk, Anderson & Ashe..... Book-keeper, Bornemann & Co. Clerk, Anderson & Asbe Cashier, HK. Amusements, Ld. Merchant, American Flour Co. Clerk, Lane, Crawford, Ld.
Asst., Union Ins. Socy. of Canton, Ld.,... Manager, Banker & Co., Ld.
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Sub-Accountant, Nederlandsche Handel
Maatschappy
HK. Excavation Co..
Director, Holyoak, Massey & Co., La. Asst., Netherlands Harbour Works Co........ Clerk, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co....... Clerk, P. & O. Banking Corporation Managing Director, Banker & Co., Ld. Director, A. B. Moulder & Co., Ld. Merchant, Bank of East Asia, Ld. Sub-Manager, Industrial & Commercial
Bank
Cashier, Bank of East Asia, Ld.... Sub-Accountant, Bank of Canton, Ld. Clerk, Davie, Boag & Co., Ld. Manager, Bank of East Asia, Ld. Sub-Accountant, Bank of East Asia, Ld. Asst. Engineer, China Light & Power
Co. (1918), Ld.
Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock...................... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., North
Point
Messageries Maritimes..
Assistant Official Measurer
Assistant, Gilman & Co., Ld.
Per Pro, Bank of East Asia, Ld.
35 High Street. 36 Elgin Street. 32 Grough Street. 50 Tai Nan Street.
62 Bouhan Strand West. 559 Orient Buildings, Kowloon. 683 Nathan Road, Kowloon. On premises. 20 Ewo Street. Carlton Hotel. On premises.
27 Sharp Street, East. 4 Prospect Place. 12 Cockrane Street.
9 Gage Street, 1st Floor.
2 Lok Hing Lane.
18 Arbuthnot Road.
2 East View Building, Kowloon. 68 Peel Street.
32 Lyndhurst Terrace.
33 Staunton Street, 2nd Floor. 30A Pottinger Street.
41 Wellington Street, 1st Floor. 201A Temple Street, Yaumati. 11 Praya East. On premises. Union Building.
24 Wellington Street, 3rd Floor. Union Building.
Netherlands Trading Society. 512 Nathan Road.
The Bungaton, Repulse Bay. 24 Kennedy Street, Top Floor. On premises.
21 Graham Street. 17 Babington Path.
41 Austin Road, Kowloon. 81 Wing Lok Street.
5 Fung Wong Terrace. On premises.
2 Tramway Path.
On premises.
On premises.
On premises.
On premises.
Kowloon Docks.
North Point Installation.
9 Felix Villas.
2A Armend Buildings, Kowloon. On premises.
Un premises.
2 Hart Avenue.
Kowloon Hotel.
Assistant, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. | On premises. Cashier, Banque Franco-Chinoise Assistant, Benjamin & Potts...... Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co. Broker, A. Goeke & Co. Compradore, Nederlandsche Handel
Maatschappy
Compradore, HK. C. & M. Steamboat
Co., L.
Manager, HK. Amusements Co.. Compradore, Carl Bodiker & Co.
5 Minden Villa, Kowloon. On premises.
49 Tung Loong Street, 2nd Floor.
Netherlands Trading Society.
9 Chancery Lane.
11 Ice House Street, 2nd Floor. 56 Queen's Road West.
1-
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32
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION,
ADDRESS.
L—Continued.
Lo Kum-ying Lo Kwan-wai Lo Man-pan Lo Po-yin
Lo Tsak-man
Lo Tsung-ko
Logan, Colin Roberts
Logan, Kenneth Matheson... Long, Edwin Arthur
Long, Joseph Cecil Longfield, Stuart Loo Ien-ming
Look Poong-shan Lopes, Arthur dos Anjos Lopes, Carlos Augusto Lopes, Jose Augusto .......... Lopes, Secondino Antonio.... Loureiro, Francisco José
Silva
Loureiro, Francisco Alpoim Love, Herbert Jack Low, Thomas
Low, Victor Thomas
Low, William Ah Hon
Lowrie, John
Luby, James Francis. Lucey, Ambrose Noel Ludin, Gunnar Lui Chung-sun Luke Kang-ching
Luke, Oi Wen.... Lukyao, Heury
Lund, Ernst
Lunny, James Francis
Lusham, Hubert Hope Luttrell, John Alexander Luz, Alvaro Augusto da Luz, Arthur da
Luz, Eduardo Guilherme da... Luz, Francisco José da
Luz, Frederico Gustavo da Luz, Henrique da
Luz, José Maria............
Luz, José Maria de Lourdes... Lyle, David.....
Lynott, George Herring Lyon, David
Freight Clerk, Admiral Line Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Share Broker, M. P. Lo
Business Manager, Bank of China, Ld. Shroff, Nestle & Anglo-Swiss, Condensed
Milk Co....
Accounts Clerk, HK. Engineering and
Construction Co., Ld..... Assistant, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co. Clerk, General Electric Co. of China...... Assistant, HK, Development, Building
and Savings Society, Ld. Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Electrical Engineer, Electric Co., Ld.. Accountant, Industrial & Commercial
Bank, Ld.
Chief Manager, Bank of Canton, Ld. Stock Broker, A. A. Lopes Assistant, Bank Line, Ld. HK. & Shanghai Bank
Chief Clerk, HK. Tramway Co., Ld.................
***
45 Caine Road. On premises.
3 Excelsior Terrace. 4 Seymour Road,
2 Landale Street, 2nd floor.
96 Yee Kuk Street, Shamshuipo. Cosmopolitan Docks. Ou premises.
6 King's l'errace, Kowloon. On premises.
Mount Davis Manor, Mt, Davis Rd.
46 Caine Road.
6 Western Terrace, Caine Road. 3 Prat Building, Kowloon.
9 Hankow Road, Kowloon. On premises.
53 Granville Road, Kowloon.
5 Cambay Building, Kowloon. On premises.
Book-keeper, HK. & Shanghai Bank.. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank.. Wireless Instructor, Butterfield & Swire. Mount Davis Manor. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, Palmer & Turner Managing Director, Franco-Chinese
Trading Co., Ld.
Office Gunner, Mackinnon, Mackenzie
& Co.
Assistant, Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld..... Civil Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Manager, A. B. Swedish Trading Co.... Assistant, J. M. Alves & Co. Engineer, Sir W. G. Armstrong
Whitworth & Co, Ld.
Assistant, Holyoak, Massey & Co.. Mechanic, HK. Engineering & Construc-
tion Co., Ld.
Manager, Siem-sen & Co.
Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld................ Engineer, William C. Jack & Co., Ld. Wharfinger, Holts Wharf..... Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Arnhold & Co., L‹....... Asst, Union Ince. Socty, of Canton, Ld.. Assistant, Union Trading Co., Ld. Clerk, P. & O. Banking Corporation Clerk, Pacific Mail S.S. Co. Assistant, Standard Oil Co..... Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank.. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard. Manager, Davis & Co. Assistant, Taikoo Dockyard
2 Humphrey's Building, Kowloon. Jordan House, Jordan Rd., Yaumati.
On premises.
On premises.
22 Ashley Road, Kowloon. 4 Knutsford Terrace. Hong Kong Club.
47 Caine Road, 2nd floor.
4 Hau Fung Lane.
38 & 40 Lee Tung Street.
20 Tung Hing Street, Mongkok, Repulse Bay Hotel.
Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 6. 13 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon. Holts Wharf, Kowloon. On premises.
2 Peace Avenue, Homuntin. | Ou premises.
7 Liberty Avenue, Kowloon. 2 Peace Avenue, Homuntin. Macdonnell Road, Waterford. 4 Saifee Terrace, Kowloon. On premises.
Quarry Bay. Hongkong Hotel. Quarry Bay.
M
Ma Fung-shu
Ma Shui-tsun
Ma Wai-lum
Maas, Martin Mortimer...
Surveyor, Kowloon Tong & New Terri-
tories Development Co., Ld. Assistant Manager, China Overseas
Trading Co.
Secretary, A. B. Moulder & Co., Ld... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.
106 Praya East, 3rd Floor.
64 Caine Road.
683 Nathan Road, Kowloon. On premises.
33
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
M-Continued.
Maassen, Johan Cornelis.
Macarthur, Andrew
MacArthur, Neil........ MacCrae, Donald Macintyre, Robert
Macdonald, James Robert Macdougall, Robert Ernest Macfarlane, Louis Adam Macfarlane, William
Machado, Francisco Antonio.
MacIndoe, Andrew.. MacIntyre, Ronald Mackay, Charles Mackenzie, Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Mackenzie, Alistair Mackenzie, Allan Mackenzie, Andrew Neilson...
Mackenzie, Charles William... Mackenzie, David.. Mackenzie, George Mackenzie, James Edward Mackenzie, John Mackenzie, William Watson... Mackichan, Alexander
Somerled
Mackinnon. Thomas Buchanan' Mackintosh, Frederick
Alexander
Mackintosh, Malcolm Arthur
Aeneas...
Mackintosh, Vincent MacLachlan, James Ball Macneillie. David MacReynolds, Thomas
Naughten
Mahamed, Din
Maher, Antonio Sebastian.. Maher, Antonio Paulo Mahmiu, Abdul Hamid..
Mahomed, Gunni Mahomed, Moosa Mahon, Elwood John...
Mahr, Charles Major, Eric William Major, James Marquis Mak Kam-chun Mak Kam-fat. Mak Kam-yuk Makeham, Charles Maltby, Cyril Fort.... Man, George Emile
Notthenius de
Mangin, Gilbert
Mann, Ian Gustave Raeburn... Manners, Charles Manners
Manners, John
Manning, Ernest...
Acct., Netherlandsch Handel Maats-
chappy
Taikoo Dockyard..
Foreman, Taikoo Doel yard................ Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery
Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co....... Assistant, Butterfield & Swire
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Assistant, Butterfield & Swire
On premises.
Quarry Bay.
Quarry Bay. On premises. Quarry Bay.
1 Connaught Road Central. 193 The Peak.
Y.M.C A., Kowloon.
Engineer, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. 2 Lower Albert Road. Assistant, China Provident Loan &
Mortgage & Co., Ld..... Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard... HK. & Shanghai Bank Timekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant, Standard Oil Co....
Asst. Supt. Engr., Butterfield & Swire Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank. Clerk, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld.. Assistant Engineer, HK. & Kowloon
Wharf & Godown Co., Ld. Driver, Taikos Dockyard... Engineer, HK. & K'loon W. & G. Co., Ld Engineer, Green Island Cement Co. Engineer, HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld... Assistant, J. F. Grose... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld...
Civil Engineer. Leigh & Orange Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co.
Manager, Mackintosh & Co., Ld.
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire................
2 Ashley Terrace, 2nd floor, K’loon.
Quarry Bay.
On premises.
Quarry Bay.
4 Carnavon Building.
4 Cambay Buildings, Kowloon. On premises. On premises.
32 Humphreys Building. Quarry Bay.
10 Middle Road, Kowloon. 2 Saifee Terrace, Kowloon. Peninsular Hotel, Kowloon. 151 Kowloon City. 465 The Peak.
On premises. Kowloon Docks.
270 The Peak.
Thorpe Manor, May Road.
Sales Supt., China Light & Power Co., Ld. | 10x Mody Road. Foreman, W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld. Taikoo Dockyard
Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld...... Assistant, Thos. Cook & Son, Ld. Storekeeper, HK, Whampoa Dock Co. Clerk, iIK. Electric Co., LI. Overseer, HK. Kowloon Wharf &
Godown Co., Ld.
Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant, Douglas S.S. Co. Accountant, The National City Bank of
New York
Clerk, Dunlop Rubber Co.. Ld. Assistant, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co. Accountant, Admiral Orient Line Clerk, Chartered Bank
Clerk, Chartered Bank
Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Asst., Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. ... Sub-Acct., Chartered Bank of I. A. &. C.
Sub-Accountant, Nederlandsch Indische
Handels Bank
Engineer, Far East Oxygen & Acetylene
Co., Ld.
Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Chief Clerk, HK. Kowloon Wharf &
Godown Co., Ld.
Merchant, John Manners & Co., Ld. Assistant, J. D. Hutchison & Co.
2 Kimberly Villas, Kowloon. Quarry Bay.
On premises.
5 Holland Street. Kowloon Doeks.
13 Sau Wa Fong, Top floor.
6 Ashley Road.
5 Warren Street, 1st floor. 28 Leighton Hill Road.
10 Tregunter Mansions, May Road, 31c Wyndham Street. Wyndham Hotel.
34 Humphrey's Buildings, Kowloon. 29 Second Street, West, 2nd Floor. 29 Second Street, West, 2nd Floor. 29 Second Street, Top floor. Dairy Farm, Pokfulam.
| Baok Mess, 3 Queen's Road Central
On premises.
On premises. On premises.
25 Ashley Road, 1st floor.
7 Queen's Road Central. 23 Bonham Road.
NAME IN FULL.
34
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
M-Continued.
Mansfield, William Robert de
Courcy Stanley ....
Mannk, Malcolm Marçal, Henrique Oscar.
Marcel, Charles Patrick.. Mark, Charles Vernon Mark Kei-chan Markar, Cassim Gaful Marks, Pieter
Marques, Carlos Evaristo Marques, Francisco Luiz Marques, José Daniel Marques, Luiz Zeferino Marriott, Henry
Marshall, James Gray Marshall, Walter Leonard Marskell, George Robert Marteam, Hasim...
Martin, Alfred Edgcumbe........ Martin, Alfred John James Martin, Austin
Martin, Thomas Archdale.. Martin, Thomas Addis
Mason, Kenneth Augustus Mason, Valentine Atherton Mason, William Morris Matcham, George Daniel Matchin, William James Matheson, Herbert. Mathias, Claudio Matsui, Seiji
Matteson, Ernest Leroy.. Matthews, Charles Buchan Matthews, John William
...
Mattos, Eduardo Augusto...... Maurice, Matthew Stephen Maurin, Louis Joseph Mavor, Albert John
Maxwell, Herbert
Maxwell, John Jex
May, Ernest Alfred George May, George Thomas May, Oscar Wilhelm Octavio. Mayes, Stanley Maurice
Mayger, William McBean, Francis Thorn McBride, John Murray McCarr, Thomas James McCartney, A. E. McCarty, Albert Edward McClay, Arthur Elynaly McCormack, John McCubbin, John McDonald, Allister McDonell, Alister K. McFerran, David McGilliway, William. McGregor, Robert
McHachlan, George Henry
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Secretary, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. Clerk, Netherlandsch Indische
Commercial Bank Merchant, Pentreath & Co. Assistant, Holyoak Massey & Co. Clerk, P. & O. Banking Corporation Clerk, Holland-China Trading Co....... Manager, Netherlands-India Commercial
Bank
Assistant, Standard Oil Co.
Asst., Union Ince. Socty, of Canton, Ld... Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Clerk, Chartered Bank of I. A. & C. Sergeant of Police, HK & Whampoa
Dock Co., Ld.................
Assistant, James H. Backhouse Attorney, Standard Oil Co...... Timekeeper, HK. Electric Co. Clerk, International Bank Assistant, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co... Accountant, Lowe, Bingham & Matthews Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co., Ld. Assistant Sassoon Ld. Merchant, Caldbeck & MacGregor &
Co., Ld.
......
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Assist., HK. & K'loon W. & G. Co., Ld. Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Engineer, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Sub-Manager, Chartered Bank
Asst., HK. Rope Manufacturing Co., Ld. Assistant, Donnelly & Whyte...... General Agent, Admiral Orient Line. Draughtsman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Chief Draughtsman, HK. Whampoa
Dock Co.
Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Clerk, American Express Co. Manager, Compagnie Optorg Electrical Engineer, Butterfield & Swire. Pansman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Co., Ld. Asst., HK. & K'loon W. & G. Co., Ld. Sub-Manager, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Merchant, Carl Bodiker & Co. Merchant, British-American Tobacco
Co., Ld.
District Manager, Texas Co.
...
Passenger Agent, Toyo Kisen Kaisha Sugar Boiler, China Sugar Rfg. Co., Ld. Timekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard P. & O. Banking Corporation. Diver, Taikoo Dockyard Manager, Publicity Bureau.. Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard
Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Assistant, A. S. Watson & Co., Ld. Engineer, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. Representative, Arthur & Co. (Export), Ld. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Accountant, Texas Co...............
|
Union Building.
2 Lower Albert Road.
On premises.
1 Albany, Peak Road. On premises.
17 Cheung On Street, Kowloon City.. 3 Bowrington Canal East, Top Floor..
Hong Kong Hotel.
15 Hankow Road, Kowloon. On premises.
Kowloon Docks.
1 Ashley Road, Kowloon.
Kowloon Docks.
65 & 67 Lee Garden St., 3rd floor. 8 May Road.
Ming Yuen Workmen's Quarters. 13 Fung Wong Terrace. On premises.
| 17 Cameron Road.
8 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon. On premises.
114 Peak.
8 The Peak.
On premises
2 Victoria View, Kowloon. Kowloon Docks.
Kowloon Docks. 136 The Peak. 126 Belchers Street. 118 Praya East.
21 Humphreys Building, Kowloon.. On premises.
Kowloon Docks. On premises. On premises. Astor House.
3 Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay. On premises.
1 Ashley Road, Kowloon. 167 The Peak.
On premises
Shui Tong Villa, Sassoun Road.
1 Felix Vellas.
Cherleen, Pokfulam Road.
8A Granville Road.
East Point Terrace.
Quarry Bay.
Nathan House, Kowloon. Quarry Bay.
15 Felix Villas.
Quarry Bay.
On premises.
24в Nathan Road, Kowloon.
Soda Water Factory, North Point. On premises.
On premises.
Repulse Bay Hotel.
On premises.
A
NAME IN FULL.
35
ht"'
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
M-Continued.
McIntosh, James Stuart
McIntyre, John
McIntyre, Kenneth
McKechnie, Hugh
McKellar, John
McKellar, Robert McKelvie, John..
McKenzie, William Walker McLaggan, James Ormiston...] McLaren, Duncan
McLean, David Laing McLennan, Kenneth Campbell. McLeod, George.... McMaster, Dugan Hugo Fisher MeNeary, Henry George
James
McNeillie, David
McNicoll, Leslie Douglas McPartland, James McPhedran, Alexander C......
McPherson, John Livingston.
McWhirter, Andrew McWhirter, David
Mealing, Charles Edward
Mecke, William Herman
Mecklenburgh, Horace Leslie. Meester, Titus De Meffan, Norman Dunn Mehal, Haq. Nawaz. Mehal, Wali Mohammed Meijer, Sjonke
Melchers, Carl Gerhard.. Meldrum, Robert Mellis, George Mendes, Antonio José
Francisco Xavier Nogueira Mendes, Francisco Xavier...... Mendham, Conrad Field Menkoff, Alexander Efimavich Mennaird, John Danill Mercer, Charles Merrick, George... Meyer, Carl...... Meyer, Clarence Earle Meyer, Joseph George Michael, Sidney.. Middleton, Henry Miles, Charles Henry
Millar, Andrew William Millar, Robert........................ Miller, Albert Magnus Miller, David Charleton... Miller, Francis Claude Miller, Harry George Miller, John Finlay Miller, Joseph..............
Chief Draughtsman, HK. Whampoa
Dock Co........
Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Sugar Boiler, China Sugar Rfg. Co., Ld. Sugar Boiler, China Sugar Rfg. Co., Ld. Boilermaker, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. ... Assistant, Alex. Ross & Co.
Draughtsman, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Assistant Davie, Boag & Co., Ld. Foreman...
Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld...
Manager, Hogg, Karanjia & Co., Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard Manager, China Soap Co., Ld. Overseer, Raven & Basto..... Draughtsman, Taikoo Sugar Refining
Co., Ld.
General Secretary, Young Men's Christian
Association Foreman....
Veternary Surgeon, Dairy Farm, I. & C.
Storage Co., Ld..........
Tunnel Foreman, Sir W. G. Armstrong,
Whitworth & Co., Ld.
Asst., Nederandsche Indische Handels
Bank
·
Kowloon Docks.
On premises.
62A Nathan Road, Kowloon. On premises.
East Point Terrace. East Point Terrace. Kowloon Docks.
16A Macdonnell Road. Kowloon Docks.
On premises.
Taikoo Sugar Refinery.
Quarry Bay.
Quarry Bay.
182 The Peak.
1 & 3 Conduit Road. Quarry Bay.
172 The Peak.
10 Mongkok Road, Kowloon.
On premises.
Salisbury Road, Kowloon. Taikoo Sugar Refinery.
On premises.
Shek Lai Pui.
On premises.
Stewart Terrace, The Peak. Quarry Bay.
721 Nathan Road, 2nd floor.
Merchant, British-American Tobacco Co. | 309 The Peak. Manager, Java-China-Japan Lijn Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard... Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Clerk, Banque de l'Indo-Chine Assistant, Transmarina Trading Co. Partner, Melchers & Co.
Coal Overseer, Butterfield & Swire Jeweller, Falconer & Co., Ld.
Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Assistant, W. S. Bailey & Co. Overseer, Netherland Harbour Works, Ld. Works Manager, Davie, Boa; & Co., Ld. Holt's Wharf.......
Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld. Manager, Friedr. Wilh. Stosberg Erben... Attorney, Standard Oil Co............... Assistant, Mackintosh & Co. Principal, J. R. Michael & Co. Asst. Manager, China Sugar Refining Co. Inspector, China Light & Power Co.
(1918), Ld.
Clerk of Works, Leigh & Orange Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Port Captain, Admiral Oriental Line. Freight Asst., Canadian Pacific S. S. Ld. Assistant, Caldbeck Macgregor & Co... Asst. Engineer, HK. Telephone Co., Ld. Engineer, Bradley & Co., Ld. Banker, Chartered Bank
721 Nathan Road, Kowloon. 3 E Block, Kennedy Road. On premises.
Y.M.C.A., Kowloon. 16A Macdonnell Road.
Kowloon Docks. Cosmopolitan Dock. Station Hotel. Tsat Sze Mui. On premises.
Garrison School Quarters. On premises.
Ellentered, Sassoon Road, Pokfulum. 18 May Road. Empress Lodge.
4 Century Crescent, 14 Kennedy Rd. East Point Terrace.
11 Hankow Road. 12A Yue Kwong Terrace. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon. Clermont Hotel, Kowloon. Empress Hotel, Kowloon. 15 Queen's Road.
17 Cameron Road, Kowloon. Peak Hotel. On premises.
1
:
NAME IN FULL.
36
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS,
M-Continued.
Milles, Herbert Gordon Lennon Millett, Herbert Claude...... Mills, Percy Walter Frederick Milne, Jeffrey.... Mimmack, Ernest Ewart Minney, Maurice Minu, Abdul Karim Miollis, Charles Remy Mistry, Kharshidgi Dhunjibhoy Mitchel, Michael John Edward Mitchell, John
Mitchell, Thomas Mordey......
Mockett, Walter James... Mohammed, Abdul Gunni. Mok Ching-kong Mok Kon-sang Mok Tat-huen
Mok Tai-pan Mok Ting-fong Mok Yew-cho..... Monaghan, Thomas
Christopher Monroe, Sheldon Mac
Montargis, Maurice
Monteiro, Francisco Xavier Moodie, Robert Park.... Mooney, Philip Charles... Moore, Brinsley John de Heez. Moore, Edward
Moore, John Bernard.. Moors, Leonard Paul Moosdeen, Emam Ali Morley, Walter
Morris, Joseph Wheeler Morris, Walter James Morrison, George Morrison, John Alexander
Duke
Morrison, Malcolm
Morrison, Peter
Mose, Charles..............
Mow Fung, Edward
Mow Fung, Frederick Charles Muir, David
Muir, John Greig
Muirhead, John
Munford, Frederick
Munro, Donald
Munton, Douglas William.. Murakami, Yasusaburo Murdoch, Arthur
Murdock, William Nugent
Harman
Murer, Frederik . Murphy, Albert Edward Murray, David M....... Murray, Gilbert Ramsay
|
Sub-Acct., Chartered Bank of I., A. & C. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.. ... Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank
Asst. Acct., Mercantile Bank of India Assistant, E. D. Sassoon & Co., Ld. Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant, Messageries Maritimes Secretary, Hogg, Karanjia & Co. Sub-Manager, King Edward Hotel Chief Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery... Assistant Engineer, China Light & Power]
Co. (1918), Ld.
Printing Manager, Kelly & Walsh, Ld. Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Merchant, Bank of East Asia, Ld. Compradore, Butterfield & Swire Manager, Chau Yue Teng Compradore, Holt's Wharf
Assistant Compradore, Holt's Wharf...... Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld.
Catering Supt., Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld. Sub-Accountant, National City Bank of
New York
Bill & Bullion Broker Assistant, Botelho Bros.
Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, J. D. Hutchison & Co. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard Wireless Supt., Butterfield & Swire Sub-Manager, Russo-Asiatic Bank Bookkeeper, Thoresen & Co. Book-keeper, J. D. Humphreys & Son Asst. Pass. Agent, Admiral Orient Line HK. Land Investment Co., Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard
Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Taikoo Dockyard
Asst., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld........ Merchant, Der A. Wing & Co. Assistant, Banker & Co., Ld. Assistant, Fitting Dept., Gas Co. Pansman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Constructional Dept., China Light &
Power Co. (1918), Ld. Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard.. Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co. Clerk, Bank of Taiwan, Ld......................
Branksome Towers, 10 May Road. On premises. Kowloon Hotel. On premises. Peak Hotel.
3A Banoo Building, Kowloon. 8 Lamonts Lane, 1st Floor. 3 Percival Street.
2 Chater Road. On premises. On premises.
On premises.
41 Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon. 24-25 Front Row.
20 Shelley Street.
On premises.
5 Stanley Street, Ground Floor. 4 Wood Road, Wanchai. 4 Wood Road, Wanchai. Union Building.
5 Queen's Gardens.
450 Peak.
7 Peak Road.
1 Cambay Building.
On premises.
324 Nathan Road, Kowloon,
On premises. Quarry Bay.
13 Broadwood Road.
22 Humphreys Building, Kowloon. 3 Sing Woo Road, Happy Valley. 42 Humphreys Buildings. Humphreys Bldg, Kowloon.
2 Babington Path, Bonham Road. Quarry Bay.
On premises. Quarry Bay.
8 The Peak.
313 Nathan Road, Kowloon. 60 Des Voeux Road. Grampain Farm Saitau.
Gas Works.
On premises. On premises.
10A Mody Road. Quarry Bay.
Peak Hotel.
19 Conduit Road.
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld.. | 192 The Peak.
Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co....... Peak Hotel. Assistant, Thoresen & Co.
HK. Excavation Co...... Engineer, Indo-China S. N. Co.
Meter Foreman, China Light & Power
Co. (1918), Ld.
14 Conduit Road.
2 Village Road, Hong Kong. Redhill, 121 The Peak.
474 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
37
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
M-Continued.
Murray, Granville
Murray, Ian Norman
Murray, Malcoln McLean...
Murray, Robert
Murray, Robert Dolman
Murray, Winston Chapin
Muskett, William Herbert Basil Mylo, Arthur
Naef, Walter
N
Nair, Kurugeedil Govind Naito, Tamotsu
Nakajima, Tadashi....
Nazarin, Razee
Neaser, Wm. Lionel
Neave, Cecil
Neave, Etienne Hugh
Neilson, David Scott ..... Neilson, Donald McLaren Neill, Thomas Charles Nelson, Charles Cowley Nemazee, Ahmed Nemazee, Mohamed Nettleton, John
Neves, Florindo José... Neves, George Alberto Neves, João Maria...... Neves, Victor Emmanuel Neves, Virgilio Antonio... Newman, Harry Edmund Newman, Percy Ingham Ng Kai-chi
Ng Pak-king Ng Sze-kwong Nicholls, Robert Edward
Nicholson, Leslie Nightingale, Peter Shore Nikkels, Johan Marie
Eugelbertus.....
Nilson, Joel Anker Nisbet, George
Nish, Hugh.... Nissim, Archibald
Noble, Frederick Handy Nocht, Helmert E. B. Noll, Maurice George Normington, Fred.. Noronha, Eduardo Antonio Noronha, Fernando Noronha, José Maria....
Noronha, Ricardo Luiz Duarte Noronha, Wenceslau Ruy
Augusto
Norrie, James Marshall.. Norton, Robert H.
Nowers, William Arthur Nyew Choon-chiaw
Electrical Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. 287 The Peak. Mains Dept., China Light & Power Co.
(1918), Ld.
Asst. Supt. Engineer, Butterfield & Swire Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard
Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank Sub-Accountant, The National City Bank
of New York
Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld.
474 Nathan Road.
| 506 Stubbs Road, Peak.
Quarry Bay.
1 Minden Avenue, Kowloon.
On premises.
Homeville, Wanchai Road.
Draughtsman, HK. Realty Trust Co., Ld. On premises.
Assistant, Sassoon & Co., Clerk, Keller, Kern & Co., Ld.. Clerk, Bank of Taiwan, Ld............ Assistant Manager, Bank of Taiwan Assistant, Harry Wicking & Co. Architect
Assist., HK. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. Wharfinger, HK. & Kowloon W. & G.
Co., L
Shipbuilder, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. ... Boilermaker, HK. Whampoa Dock Co... Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard
Assistant Engineer, Taikoo Dockyard Merchant, H. M. H. Nemazee.. Merchant, H. M. H. Nemazee Assistant, Standard Oil Co. of N.Y.
Clerk, Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ld.... Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Clerk, Chartered Bank... Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld.
Accountant, Admiral Oriental Line Manager, HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld.... Merchant, Oriental Trading Co. Clerk, South British Ince. Co., Ld.... Assistant, Man Hing Cheung Mains Superintendent, China Light &
Power Co., Ld.
HK. & China Gas Co., Ld. Electrical Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld.
Manager, Nederlandsch Indische Handels
Bank
Assistant, Thoresen & Co. Storekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant Official Measurer Broker, Moxon & Taylor....
Assistant, Standard Oil Co. of N,Y. Assistant, Melchers & Co. Civil Engineer, Leigh & Orange. Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld... Hutchison & Co.
Asst., HK. Rope Manufacturing Co., Ld. Secretary, Crédit Foncier d'Extrême-
Orient
Draughtsman, HK. Realty Trust Co. Ld.
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co.. Ld... Sub-Acct., Chartered Bank of I., A. & C. Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.............. Clerk, Equitable Eastern Banking Corpn.
50 Nathan Road. Chinese Y.M.C.A. 19onduit Road. 55 Conduit Road. 13 Matheson Street. 48 Nathan Road. Kowloon Docks.
86 Nathan Road, Kowloon. Kowloon Docks. Kowloon Docks. Quarry Bay. Quarry Bay.
5 Conduit Road.
5 Conduit Road.
Kingsclere.
5 St. Joseph's Building.
48 Praya East, 3rd Floor. 17 Namking Road.
13 Whitfield Road Ground Floor.
17 Nanking Street.
Empress Hotel.
Hong Kong Hotel.
34 Queen's Road Central.
46 Graham Street, 3rd Floor.
119 Caine Road.
On premises.
Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.
5 Felix Villas, Pokfulum.
On premises.
14 Conduit Road.
Quarry Bay.
5A Armend Buildings, Kowloon. Repulse Bay Hotel.
195 The Peak.
19 Chatham Road, Kowloon. 165 Peak.
Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 10. 21 Granville Road, Kowloon.
| 38 Jordan Road, 2nd floor.
23 Ashley Road, Kowloon. On premises.
317 Nathan Road. Chartered Bank, On premises. On premises.
25 Sand Street, Kennedy Town.
NAME IN FULL.
38
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
O'Brien, John Henry. Odell, Harry Oscar Offersen, Carl............
Ogden, Henry Gouverneur Ogden, William Norman Ogilvie, Alexander.... Ogilvie, Arthur George
Wright
Ogley, Wilfred Clarence O'Hoy, Kim Louey Olaes, Eduardo Cornelius Oliphant, Charles Laurence Oliveira Oscar Mirandolino
dos Sontos
Oliver, George Kenneth. Oliver, Peter
Oliver, Roland Edward Henry Ollerton, Joseph Edward Olson, Charles William Omar, Rumjhan Mohomed Omar, Usuff Mohomed Orchard, William Edwin Ormiston, James
Orr, Frederick Trevor Orr, Henry Edward Ortlepp, Friederick Osborne, Alfred Richard Osborne, Patrick William O'Shea, Stephen John
Osmund, Alberto José Osmund, Arthur Frederick Osmund, Cesar Henry Osmund, Ernest Edgar Osmund, George Vincent Osmund, Luiz Augusto... Ost, Reginald Emil Oswald, William Robert Overy, Hubert Owen, James Colin O'Young, Jung Ozorio, Duarte Diniz Ozorio, Eurico Maria.. Ozorio, José de Graça
Accountant, Davis & Co...... Partner, Odell & Behar Assistant, Jebsen & Co. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire
9 Orient Building, Kowloon. 13 St. Stephens Lane. Mount Davis Road.
3 Carnarvon Road, Kowloon.
Assistant, Genl. Electric Co. of China, Ld. | Peak Hotel. Storekeeper, HK. Whampoa Dock Co....
Carroll Brothers
Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Compradore, Admiral Line Clerk, Holland China Trading Co,...... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld..
Clerk, Green Island Cement Co., Ld.... Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Moulder, HK. Whampoa Dock Co....... Merchant, Caldbeck MacGregor & Co. Manager, Montgomery Ollerton & Co. Broker, C. W. Olson & Co....... Assistant, Moxon & Taylor.. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Electrican, HK. Electric Co. Ld.. Engineer, Holyoak Massey & Co. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co...... Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld.. Merchant, Borneman & Co.................... Timekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard Typist, Osaka Shosen Kaisha.... Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld.
Assistant, Standard Oil Co..... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Assistant, Green Island Cement Co., Ld. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. Assistant, Sassoon & Co., Ld. Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard. Assistant, Wm. Powell, Ld. Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Assistant, P. & O. Banking Corporatisn. Clerk, Holyoak Massey & Co. Clerk, Chartered Bank......
Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co.
|
Kowloon Docks.
Hong Kong Club. On premises.
39 Sand Street, Kennedy Town. 32 Ice House Street, Top floor. 8 The Peak.
19 Ashley Road, Kowloon.
2 Branksome Towers, May Road. Kowloon Docks.
457 Peak. Peak Hotel.
13 Broadwood Road. 4 Percival Street.
145A & в Praya East. 76B Nathan Road, Kowloon. 13 Humphrey's Building. On premises. On premises. 180 The Peak. Quarry Bay. On premises.
50c & D Whitfield Road, Ground &
2nd Floors.
3 St. Joseph's Mansion.
1 Liberty Avenue, Kowloon. 564 Nathan Road, Kowloon. 1 Liberty Avenue, Kowloon. 2 Jordan Koad, Kowloon. Union Building. On premises. Quarry Bay. Powell's Building. Kowloon Docks.
37 Kennedy Road, 2nd floor. St. Joseph's Building. St. Joseph's Mansion. Kowloon Docks.
P
Page, Harry W.......
Pairman, George
Palmer, Henry Thomas..
Palmer, Percy Frederick Panizzi, Joseph Vincent Pang Kok-sui.
Pang Pun-sang Pape, Glenn Ernest. Parker, Herman Vearncombe. Parker, Lewis Arthur Parren, Joseph Lee Parsons, Howard
Parsons, Reginald John Webbre Parsons, Thomas Riddle ... Pasco, Boris
Shipping Supt., Dairy Farm I. & C. S.
Co., Ld.
Assistant, Central Agency, Ld. Foreman, China Sugar Refining Co., Ld.. Manager, J. T. Shaw
Asst., Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ld, Ship Broker, George, Grimble & Co. Clerk, South British Ince. Co., Ld. Marketing Assistant, Texas Co. Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Technical Manager, Vacuum Oil Co........... Assistant, Standard Oil Co....... Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, Arnold & Co., Ld.
Garage Manager, HK. & S'hai Hotels Ld. Bookseller, Brewer & Co., Ld.........................
2 Lower Albert Road. On premises.
East Point Terrace. 22 Ashley Road. On premises.
13 Man Chung Fong. 4 Yiu Wah Street.
6 Aimai Villas, Kowloon. On premises.
Ou premises.
35 Humphrey's Building, Kowloon. Knutsford Hotel.
Kingsclere Hotel, Kowloon. 2 Broadwood Terrace. On premises.
ཝཾ,
NAME IN FULL.
39
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
P-Continued.
Pass, Brian Alfred de Paterson, John Johnstone...... Paterson, Robert Jardine Paterson, Thomas Garner.. Paul, Alfred Frank................... Paye, Robert James Pearman, Harry
Pearson, Harold. Aubrey Pearson, Richard William.
Peel, Charles Alfred Pendered, Thomas Dent Elliot. Pendergast, William Jolin...... Penny, Henry........ Pentycross, Frederick Hazel... Peoples, David Pepperell, Edmund Percy, Thomas Rogers
Pereira, Carlos José Maria Pereira, Fermino Maria..... Pereira, João Patricio Pereira, Thomas Maria Peres, Luiz Antonio Perrin, Norman James Perry, Silas Shalome... Perry, William Harold Pestonji, Rustom Peters, William...... Peters, William Henry Peterson, Thomas Mcquoid Pethick, Harry Hathaway Petrie, James
Petroff, Sergei Nicolaevich
· Peuster, Paul Oscar Philips, Alexander Roy
Henderson
Phillips, William Stanley Pidgeon, John Henry Piercy, Arthur Piguet, Xavier
Pile, Arthur George Pile, Thomas Madison Pilger, Gerard Jacobus Pilgrim, Arthur James Pinguet, Henry Marcel Pinguet, Paul Maurice
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Merchant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Merchant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Consulting Engineer Anderson & Ashe... Electrical Engineer, HK, Electric Co., Ld. Clerk, W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld. Manufacturers Representative, Pearman
& Jenkins
Assistant, China Soap Co., Ld. Storekeeper, Sir W. G. Armstrong,
Whitworth & Co., Ld.
Sub. Manager, Dodwell & Co., Ld.......... Asst., Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.C.), Ld... Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard. Assistant, Kelly & Walsh, Ld. Chief Accountant, HK. & S'hai Bank Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard Hong Kong Hotel........ General Agent, Passenger Department,
Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ld....... Assistant, Caldbeck, MacGregor.& Co. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Mercantile Asst., Shewan, Tomes & Co... Clerk, National City Bank of New York Clerk, HK, Electric Co., Ld.
Agent, Thos. Cook & Son, Là. Bill & Exchange Broker, S. S. Perry Manager, Kowloon Hotel
Stock Broker, Benjamin & Potts Time-keeper, HK. Whampoa Dock Co.... Stenographer, Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld.
...Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard...
Attorney, Standard Oil Co...... Assistant, Davie Boag & Co., Ld.
|
1 Chater Road. 351 The Peak. 529 The Peak. Hong Kong Club.
Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 3. 6: Dock Street, 2nd Floor, Hunghom.
Hong Kong Hotel. Hong Kong Club.
Kowloon Hotel. Hong Kong Club. On premises. Quarry Bay.
:13 Chatham Road, Kowloon.
On premises. Quarry Bay.
2 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon.
Hong Kong Hotel.
2 Rednaxela Terrace.
Morrison Gap Road. Rednaxela Terrace. 40 Humphreys Building. 10 Tung Hing Rd., K’loon, 1st Floor. Repulse Bay Hotel.
7 The Peak. On premises.
8 Humphreys Building, Kowloon. Kowloon Docks.
8B Orient Buildings. Quarry Bay.
Friston Cottage, May Road. On premises.
Diver, Netherlands Harbour Works, Ld... 4 Banoo Buildings, Kowloon.
Assistant, John Manners & Co.
Chemist, Taikoo Sugar Refinery.. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, Carroll Bros.
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Cashier, Banque de l'Indo-Chine.... Manager, A. G. Pile.................... Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Accountant, Java-China-Japan Lijn Assistant, Pittendrigh Rumjahm & Co.... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld...... Merchant, P. M. Pinguet & Co.
Pinna, Guilherme Augusto de Clerk, Netherlandsche Handel
Pinna, José Mathias Pinna, Sebastião Francisco Pintos, Cecilio Paulo... Piper, Kenneth Frederick...... Piquet, Paul Armand Xavier. Pittendrigh, William McKenzie Placé, Abelardo Antonio Platt, J. W.
Plew, William Lewes Plummer, John Archibald
Hugh
Pollock, Frederick Arthur...
Pomeroy, Henry William
Pomeroy, John Bernard
Pooh, Charles Ah
Pooly, Henry Junior
Maatschappy
Clerk, Chartered Bank. Assistant, Harry Wicking & Co. Clerk, Holland-China Trading Co..... Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Accountant, Banque de l'Indo-Chine Merchant, Pittendrigh & Co. Storekeeper, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld Manager, Dickson Parker & Co., Ld...................
...
7 Queen's Road Central.
On premises.
293 The Peak.
14 Bowen Road. 369 The Peak. Chater Road. 521 Nathan Road. On premises.
6 Mountain View.
1 Canton Villas, Kowloon. On premises.
10 Chatham Road, Kowloon.
On premises.
{
532 Nathan Road, Kowloon. 88D Nathan Road, Kowloon. 532 President Apartments, K'loon. On premises.
2B Jordan Road, Kowloon. 505 The Peak.
Kowloon Docks. On premises.
1 Bungalow, North Point.
515 The Peak. Hong Kong Club. 13
Assistant, Bradley & Co., Ld.......... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Clerk, Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming...... 18 Morrison Gap Road. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld....... Inspector, Peak Tramway Co. Assistant Works Manager, Green Island
Cement Co., Ld....
8 Gap Road.
41 Public Street, Kowloon.
On premises.
*
40
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
P-Continued.
Poon, Henry
Poon Kai..
Poon Lai-fung Poon Ping-kong Postma, Gijs
Potts, Alexander Hutton Potts, Patrick Cumming Pow Man-cheuk
Pragnell, Charles Frederick
Prata, Fernando Augusto Prata, Pedro Fernando de Cruz Prior, Alfred Quint Pristley, Horace Hugh
Hepworth
Prossor, Harold Kemp Provan, James Doig Prowse, Harold Short
Pryce, Charles
Puncheon, George. Pun Kwong-yin Pun Lui-chee
Purser, Oscar John
Purslow, Frederick Charles
Purves, David Aitchison Pym, John Frederick........
•
•
HK. Amusements, Ld.
Compradore, American Asiatic Under-
writers
Assistant, Alfred J. Lane
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Book-keeper, Transmarina Trading Co.... Assistant, Benjamin & Potts Share Broker, Benjamin & Potts Clerk, Bank of East Asia, Ld. Time-keeper, Sir W. G. Armstrong,
Whitworth & Co., Ld.
Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Clerk, Green Island Cement Co., Lıl. Assistant, Thos. Cook & Son, Ld.
Sassoon & Co.
Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld...... Engineer, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. Installation Foreman, China Light &
Power Co., Ld.
Accountant, Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Clerk, P. & O. Banking Corporation. Chief Clerk, HK. Telephone Co., Ld. Accountant, Sir W. G. Armstrong,
Whitworth & Co., Ld.
Distribution Engineer, China Light &
Power Co., Ld.
Engineer & Surveyor, D. & A. Purves Assistant Engineer, China Light &
Power Co. (1918), Ld.
•
519 Nathan Road.
99 Wing Lok Street, 1st Floor. 53 Wong Nei Chong Road. Union Building. Empress Lodge.
The Tower, Queen's Building. Sheung-shui, New Territory. On premises.
303 Praya East. On premises.
8 Hart Avenue, Kowloon. 13 MacDonnell Road.
On premises. On premises. Kowloon Docks.
On premises.
Basilea, 2 Lyttelton Road. 6 Waverley Terrace. 4 Yu Lam Terrace.
55 Caine Road, 3rd Floor.
Kowloon Hotel.
6 King's Park Buildings.
2 Torres Building, Kowloon.
On premises.
Q
Quan Shu John
Quark, Francis William Quarles van Ufford, Charles
François Jean Quie, Joseph Leslie
Chief Accountant, Bank of Canton, Ld. Asst., Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.C.), Ld ..]
Manager, Java-China-Japan Lijn Peak Tramway Co.
65 Caine Road, 2nd Floor. On premises.
87 The Peak.
On premises.
R
Rafeek, Mohomed Rahumed, Abdul Kadir Railton, Eric Wilfred.... Railton, Manning Leonard Ralph, Dallas Lush
Ralston, George Govan.... Ramage, Leslie George Edgar. Ramos, Adolpho dos Ramsay, Allen Barrie Ramsay, Frederick Stuart..
Ramsay, John Harris........ Ramsay, Joseph Marshall......
Assistant, Osaka Shosen Kaisha Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank.. Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Assistant, Arnhold & Co., Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard..... Building Supt., Kowloon Tong and New
Territories Development Co., Ld....... Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Supt. Shipbuilder, HK. W'poa Dock Co..
118 Hollywood Road.
8 Lamont's Lane, 1st Floor. On premises.
3 Prat Building, Kowloon. 519 Magazine Gap, The Peak. On premises.
On premises.
2 St. Francis Street. Quarry Bay.
68 Shanghai Street, Mongkok, On premises. Kowloon Docks.
41
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION:
ADDRESS.
i
R-Continued.
Ramsay, Robert Albert Ramsay, Thomas
Ramsey, Alfred William
Leonard
Randall, Benjamin Cutler Jr... Randall, Herbert Wells.... Ranger, Frederick Ernest Rankin, Garnet
Ransom, Carter Saunders Rapp, Christian Frederick. Rapp, Gustav.. Rapp, Henry
Rasker, Arnoldus Geuchien
Rasmussen, Borge Richard Rasmussen, John Agner Rattey, William James Raven, Arthur Robert Fenton Raven, Oscar Boultbee Rawlinson, Ronald James.. Rawnte, Arthur Basil
Ray, Edward Henry Raymond, Edward Benjamin
Razavet, George Raymoud
Read, Ronald Dudley.. Reed, Robert Cyril
Reid, Alexander Napier Reid, Douglas
Reid, James
Reid, William...
Reimers, Stephanies Beech Reis, José Manuel........... Remedios, Alberto Maria
Otavio
Remedios, Alfredo Frederico
dos
Remedios, Antonio Alvaro Remedios, Arthur Reginaldo.. Remedios, Carlos Augusto dos Remedios, Carlos Henrique
Vieira. Remedios, Edmundo Alberto
dos
Remedios, Edward Manuel dos Remedios, Eugenio onsales Remedios, Evaristo Euzebio
dos
Remedios, Fernando Eduardo
d'Almada
Remedios, Francisco Xavier Remedios, Francisco Xavier dos Remedios, Francisco Xavier
dlos
Remedios, João Joaquim
Vandenberg... Remedios, Jorge Maria Ozorio. Remedios, José Candido dos... Remedios, José Julita dos Remedios, José Maria
Vandenberg..... Remedios, José Vietor dos.... Remedios, Luiz Antonosio dos Remedios, Luiz Eugenio
Engineer, HK. Whampoa Dock Co........ Kowloon Docks. Director, Williamson Co...................
Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Assistant, Benjamin & Potts Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld. Assistant, Little Adams & Wood
53 The Peak.
2 Prat Building, Hart Avenue.
33D Robinson Road.
On premises.
56 The Peak.
266 The Peak.
Sub-Acet., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. 267 The Peak. Share-broker, M. P. Lo
Cashier, J. D. Humphreys & Sou Assistant, Carroll Bros.
Chief Accountant, Netherlandsche
Handel Maatschappy.... Clerk, Banque de l'Indo-Chine Asst., Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.C.), Ld... Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Architect, Raven & Basto Architect, Raven & Basto
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Electrical Engineer, General Electric Co.
of China
Ship Broker
Secretary, HK. Development, Building
& Savings Society, Ld......... Stenographer, Marine Dept., Canadian
Pacific S.S., Ld.
7 Seymour Terrace.
7 Baleington Path.
14 Conduit Road.
Netherlands Trading Society. 15 Hankow Road. On premises. Kowloon Docks,
29A Kennedy Road.
2A Cambay Building, Kowloon. 176 The Peak.
407 The Peak, Alexandra Building.
11 Humphreys Building, Kowloon.
1 Moreton Terrace, Causeway Bay.
Asst., Union Ince. Soety, of Cantou, Ld.. On premises. Clerk, China Provident Loan &
Mortgage Co, Ld.
Assistant, Lever Bros. (China), Ld. Sub-Acet., Chartered Bank
Dockyard Manager, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Manager, Melchers & Co.
Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank..
Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank
Clerk, HK, & Shanghai Bank.... Clerk, HK. & China Gas Co., Ld. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank Clerk, Holland-China Trading Co.......
Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank.
Book-keeper, Kelly & Walsh, Ld. .... Assistant, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co. Assistant, Douglas S. S. Co.
Assistant, Holyoak Massey & Co.
Asst., Union Trading Co.. Acct., General Electric Co. of China.. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank...
Assistant, Caldbeck Macgregor & Co.
Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Chief Clerk, Mercantile Bank of India, Ld. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank.... Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank...........
Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Clerk, P. & O. Banking Corporation Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank Clerk, Banque Franco-Chinoise
8 Broadwood Road,
St. George's House, Kennedy Road.
1 Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon. Quarry Bay.
Kowloon Hotel.
On premises.
On premises.
On premises.
On premises.
On premises.
On premises.
22 Robinson Road, Top Floor.
On premises.
St. Joseph Buildings, Robinson Road. Kowloon Docks.
4 Peace Avenue, Homuntin.
17 Nanking Street, Kowloon.
6 Peace Avenne.
6 Peace Avenue, Homuntin. On premises.
490 Coronation Road, 1st Floor.
The Hut, Upper Castle Road. 3 St. Joseph's Mansion. On premises. On premises.
Kowloon Docks.
2 Victory Avenue, Homuntin. On premises.
St. Joseph's Building, Middle Block.
NAME IN FULL.
42
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
h
R-Continued.
Remedios, Luiz Gonzaga Remedois, Vasco Luiz dos...... Remington, Harold Rupert Rennett, Thomas Robert
Renton, Eric George Resker, Herbert Charles Rew, Tommy James Reynolds, Arthur Frederick
Ribeiro, Angelo Cecilio Vieira. Ribeiro, Autao Emmanuel...... Ribeiro, Augusto Henrique Ribeiro, Augusto Illidio Ribeiro, Augusto José Vieira. Ribeiro, Carlos Alberto de
Jesus Vieira
Ribeiro, Carlos de Monte
Carmelo da Costa Vieira Ribeiro, Constantino Filomeno
Vieira
Ribeiro, Daniel
Ribeiro, Fernando Alfredo
Vieira
Ribeiro, Francisco Xavier
Vieira
Ribeiro, Guilherme Alfredo Ribeiro, João Chrysostomo
Vieira
Ribeiro, João Francisco Vieira. Ribeiro, Jorge Alberto Vieira Ribeiro, José Maria Vieira Ribeiro, Julio Carmo Vieira.... Ribeiro, Lucio Maria Vieira... Ribeiro, Luiz Antonio Vieira...
Ribeiro, Luiz Gonsaga Ribeiro, Oscar Francisco Jr.... Ribeiro, Vicente Rogerio Vieira Richardson, H. Richmond, John...
Rieken, Julius...............
Riedler, Vincenz
Riggs, Charles Butler Robarts, Christino Arthur.. Roberts, Archibald Hynes...... Robertson, Cameron de Salle... Robertson, William Robinson, Frederick S.
Rocca, Jean
Robson, Arthur Walker.
Robson, John James
Rocha, Alvaro Gustavo da
...
Rocha, Antonio Maria Barros
da......
Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld.. Assistant, Harry Wicking & Co. Store-keeper, Kowloon Tong & New
-
Territories Development Co., Ld................. Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co. Sub-Manager, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Clerk, Mercantile Bank of India Constructional Dept., China Light &
Power Co., 1 d.
Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld... Assistant, Standard Oil Co......................... Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co........ Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Lat.
Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ld. ...
St. Joseph's Building. On premises. On premises.
558 Nathan Road. Empress Lodge, Kowloon. On premises.
89 Praya East.
י,
9 Nanking Street. On premises.
24 Robinson Road. On premises.
49 Praya East, 3rd Floor. 3. Granville Road, Kowloon.
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... 13 Granville Road.
Assistant, Standard Oil Co....................
6 Carnarvon Villas.
Bookkeeper, HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. 8 Morrison Gap Road. Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld.
Ming Yuen Quarters, North Point.
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... 12 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon.
1 Carnarvon Villas, Kowloon.
Sharebroker, J. F. Grose.... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... 8 Gordon Terrace, Kowloon.
Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank.. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank Merchant, Maxim & Co. Alex. Ross & Co., Ld..... Merchant, Maxim & Co. Clerk, P. & O. Banking Corporation... Accountant, Nestlé & Anglo-Swiss
Condensed Milk Co. - Assistant, J. M. da Rocha & Co........ Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co., Ld. Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. Director, Trollope & Colls Far East, Ld. Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld. Manager, Jebsen & Co.
Clerk, Reuter, Brockelmann & Co.......... Wharf Manager, Holt's Wharf Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Proprietor, Victoria Printing Press................ HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Timekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Engineer, HK, & Whampoa Dock Co., 1.d. Manager, F. E. Oxygen & Acetylene
Co., Ltd. Auctioneer
Clerk, HK. Tramway Co., Ld.
Rocha, Antonio José da Cruz Asst., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld.
Rocha, Claudio Lisola
Rocha, Claudio Lisola
Rocha, Ignacio Loyola da..... Rocha, José Estevão Rocha, Luiz Antonio da
Rocha, Ruy Marcos da
Asst., Trollope Colls (Far East), Ld....... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Clerk, British-American Tobacco Co., Ld. Clerk, British-American Tobacco Co., Ld. Book-keeper, J. M. da Rocha & Co. Assistant, J. M. da Rocha & Co.
Ou premises.
On premises.
8 Gordon Terrace, Kowloon. 22 Praya East.
4 Gordon Terrace, Kowloon. 24 Robinson Road.
7. Morrison Gap Road.
7 Gordon Terrace, Kowloon. On premises. Uniou Building. Victoria Road. On premises. On premises. On premises.
Highlands, Austin Avenue, K'loon. | 12 Salisbury Ave., Kowloon.
Mosque Street. On premises. Quarry Bay. On, premises. & The Peak. Kowloon Docks.
On premises.
2A D'Aguilar Street.
339 Nathan Road, Kowloon, 10 Shing Wong Street. 30 Ashley Road.
32 Ice House Street.
31 Granville Road, Kowloon. 2 Granville Road, Kowloon. 3 Robinson Road.
Fair View, Robinson Road.
NAME IN FULL.
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OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
R- Continued.
Rocha, Vicente Caetano da Rock, Edward Clark Rodger, George Sinclair Rodger, John
Rodgers, Herbert Austin Rodrigues, Alberto Antonio
Maria
Rodrigues, Antonio José Rodrigues, Carlos Augusto
de Carvalho................. Roestenburg, Johannes Cor-
nelio Anthonine
Rohn, Helmuth
Rollin, Adolphe
Rombout, Arie Machiel. Rome, Louis de Roper, William John.......... Rosa, Crispiniano Rosario, Antonio Manuel da
Silva
Rosario, Augusto Frederico .. Rosario, Fernando Antonio
Maria Rosario, Luiz Gonzaga Rosario, José Maria da Silva... Rosario, Luiz Alberto Rosario, Polycarpo Antonio Rose, Louis Augustus
Rose, Victor
Ross, Cecil Philip
Ross, David Malcolm.
Ross, James lan................. Ross, Sydney Hampden...
Rosselet, Charles Simon... Rowe, Albert Henry
Rowe, Ernest
Rowson, Hector Charles Roza, Alfred William da Roza, Carlos Augusto da Roza, Carlos Vicenti Ferrer da Roza, Edmundo Duarte da
Roza, Gregorio Francisco da... Roza, Gustavo Uriel da....... Roza, Julio Henrique da Roza, Luiz Alvaro da Rozario, Arthur Cornelio Rozario, Daniel Anthero Rozario, Eduardo Jose Maria do Rozario, Emerico Izedoro do... Rozario, Joao Francisco
Esteves
Rull, Marcelino Joseph Rumjahn, Dawood Rumjabu, Usuf
Rushton, Douglas Alfred. Russakoff, Victor Bazil...... Russakoff, Victor Vassilievich.
Russell, Harry Gordon
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Manager, Jockey Club Stables Asst., Car Shed Supt., HK. Tramways Ld. Acting Manager, Central Agency Ld. Accountant, HK. Land Investment Co.
On premises. Causeway Bay.
50c Whitfield Terrace. On premises.
7 Queen's Gardens.
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Union Building. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.......On premises.
Assistant, Ellis & Co.
Supt. of Works, Netherlands Harbour
Works Ld.
Assistant, P. M. Pinquet & Co. Manager, Banque Franco-Chinoise.. Assistant, Transmarina Trading Co. Electrical Engr., HK. Electric Co., Ld... Wireless Inspector, Butterfield & Swire... Clerk, Dodwell & Co., Ld.
Clerk, J. M. da Rocha & Co. Clerk, Mercantile Bank of India
Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Claim Agent, Admiral Orient Line Accountant, Bradley & Co., Ld.. Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co... Assistant, Union Trading Co. ...... Architect, Louis A. Rose..... Assistaut, Arnhold & Co., Ld...
6 Liberty Avenue, Homuntin.
51 Wong Nei Chong Road.
1 Carnavon Road, Kowloon. 7 Peak Road.
13A Macdonnell Road. 5 Felix Villas, Pokfulam. Empress Lodge, Kowloon. 339 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
4 Austin Avenue, Kowloon. 30 Parker Street, Kowloon.
17 Jordan Road, Kowloon, Gr. Fl. 11 Hart Avenue, Kowloon. 12 Austin Avenue, Kowloon. 64 Percival Street. St. Joseph's Building. 16 Des Voeux Road. Repulse Bay Hotel.
Peak Hotel.
Assistant, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co... On premises. Merchant, Alex. Ross & Co. Assistant, Astor House Hotel... Chartered Accountant, Perty Smith,
Seth & Fleming
Assistant, HK. Amusement, Ld................ Managing Director, HK. & Kowloon
Taxicab Co., Ld.
Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld Asst., British-American Tobacco Co..... Exchange Broker, Roza Bros..... Exchange Broker, Roza Bros.. Clerk, Chartered Bank........ Incorporated Accountant, Lowe,
Bingham & Matthews
Clerk, Chartered Bank of I., A. & C.............. Assistant, J. M. da Rocha & Co....... Clerk, Chartered Bank of I., A. & C... Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank
Clerk, National City Bank of New York.. Assistant, Botelho Bros. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.............. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank...
Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. .... Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co...... Assistant, Gande, Price & Co., Ld. Merchant, Runjahn & Co.
15 Queen's Road Central,
503 Peak.
131 Wongneichong Road.
16 Queen's Road.
7 Prat Buildings, Kowloon. Peak Hotel.
King's Park, Kowloon.
2 Minden Villas, Kowloon.
7 Ladder Street, Upper Terrace.
On premises.
138 Caine Road.
3 Robinson Road. 138 Caine Road. On premises.
St. Joseph's Mansion, Top Floor. 2 St. Joseph's Building. On premises.
On premises.
827 Wanchai Road, 2nd Floor.
3A Tai Po Station Road.
29 Whitfield Road.
3 Arbuthnot Road.
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. On premises. Overseer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Overseer, Netherlands Harbour
Works, Ld.............. Asst., HK. & Shangbai Bank.
Ming Yuen Quarters, North Point.
Tsat Sze Mui.
On premises.
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NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
R-Continued.
Russell, John
Russell, William Douglas ......
Ruttonjee, Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee, Dhun Jehangir
Hormusjee
Ryan, Lionel Ernest Norwood
Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard............ Chartered Accountant, Lowe, Bingham
& Matthews
Merchant, H. Ruttonjee & Son
Merchant, H. Ruttonjee & Son Assistant, Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld.
Quarry Bay.
Peak Hotel.
7 Duddell Street.
7 Duddell Street. Hong Kong Hotel.
S
Sacuger, Willy Sadick, Ramju
Sahmet, Ernest
Saines, Conrad
Salter, Sidney Charles
Salzani, Louris Henri.... Samad, Mohamad Abdol.. Sample, Edmund Frederick
Ronald
Samway, Frederick George Samy, Abdool Rathman
Mahomet
Samy, Arthur
Samy, Arthur Poonoo Samy, Atta Mahomet San, Trinh Ngọc H Sanderson, William
Sandes, Charles Lancelot
Compton
Sanger, Richard Sanh, Joseph Antoine Santiago, Sixto Coates Santos, Hermilho Prisco dos.. Santos, Vicente Paulo Sarrazolla, Luiz Oliveira...... Sato, Shinji Saundercook, Lorne Leslie...
Saunders, William Savage, Oliver Frederick Savard-Remedios, Carlos. Sayce, Kelly.... Schade, Werner Schindler, Jean Phillippe Schlotake, Julius ........................
Schmidt, Ernest Adalbert Schmidt, Richard .... Schmohl, Hendritus Jacobus. Schofield, Alfred.... Schou-Sorensen, Arne...
Schultz, Henry Louis
Schulz, Alexander
Schwob, Rudolf
Assistant, Keller, Kern & Co., Ld. Assistant, Douglas Lapraik & Co. Correspondence Clerk, HK. Engineer-
ing & Construction Co., Ld. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire... Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Assistant, Messageries Maritimes Clerk, Netherlands Harbour Works, Ld.
Architect, Denison, Ram & Gibbs ...... Foreman, China Sugar Refining Co., Ld.
Meter Foreman, China Light & Power
Co., Ld.
Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co.. Architect, A. P. Samy
Inspector, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Clerk, Banque de l'Indo-Chine
Acting Asst. Supt. Engineer, Jardine,
Matheson & Co., Ld.
6 Minden Avenue, Kowloon. 175 Praya East, Top Floor.
118 Hollywood Road. Empress Lodge, Kowloon. 20 Ashley Road, Kowloon. 52 Nathan Road, Kowloon. 9 Chinese Street, 2nd floor.
On premises. East Point Terrace.
1 Warren Street.
88 Bonham Road.
88 Bonham Road.
1 Warren Street.
50 Queen's Road East, 3rd Floor.
5 Pratt Buildings, Kowloon.
Manager, Mercantile Bank of India, Ld. Galesend, 302 The Peak.
Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Assistant, A. Goeke & Co. Freight Clerk, Admiral Line
Netherlands India Commercial Bank Clerk, Linstead & Davis
Overseer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Clerk, Bank of Taiwan, Ld. Asst., Operating Dept., Canadian
Pacific Steamships, Ld...... Asst., Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Assistant, Little Adams & Wood.. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Book-seller, Sayce & Co.
Asst., Reuter, Brockelmann & Co. Accountant, Banque de l'Indo Chine... Asst. Engineer, HK. Engineering &
Construction Co., Ld..... Assistant, Melchers & Co..... Manager, Carlowitz & Co........ Asst., Transmarina Trading Co. Agent, Struthers & Barry S.S. Ld.. Manager, Thoresen & Co. Assistant General Manager, Standard
Oil Co. .....
Accountant, American Express Co..... Representative, Siemens China Co..
Scott, Andrew Blackwood ... Acting Manager, Mercantile Bank of
India.
148 Parker Road.
5 Saifee Terrace, Kowloon.
341 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
On premises.
:
27 Mosque Street.
1 Granville Road.
19 Conduit Road.
Empress Lodge, Kowloon. On premises.
2A Armand Building, Kowloon. 9 Humphrey's Avenue. On premises.
Station Hotel, Kowloon. 241 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
83 Austin Road, Kowloon. 19 Chatham Road, Kowloon. Caulon, Pokfulum Road. 6 Aimai Villas, Kowloon. 2 Humphrey's Buildings. Bicton, 127 The Peak.
On premises. On premises. Station Hotel, Kowloon.
On premises
.45
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OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
S-Continued.
Scott, Douglas Stewart Scott, Henry Hodge..... Scott, Leonard Gordon Scriven, Henry Ernest Seater, Charles.
Seath, William Petrie Selle, Pieter Bertus Sen Kon-chi ... Sepher, Sheik Abdool
Sequeira, Augusto Dario Sequeira, Carlos Maria Sequeira, Francisco Paulo Sequeria, Henrique Ramijio.. Sequeira, Pedro Nolasco. Servadio, Carlo... Seth, Harold...
Sewell, Edwin George Shank, Carl Bradley
Shank, Charles Le Roy
Shank, Edward Dean.
Shaw, George Morison Shaw, James Kerr Shaw, John Archibald Shaw, Joseph Hilton
She Chung-yee.. Shea, Edward
Shea, John Frederick Sheepshanks, Richard David
William
Shek Pui-ki ...
Sherman, Douglas Earnest... Sherman, Douglas Mcleod
Hasted Sherry, John Patrick
Sherwell, Frederick John Shewan, Ian Winchester.. Shi Kam-kwai Shi Yu-man Shiek, Elias Bux Shields, Andrew Lusk Shiner, Walter Charles
Shortland, Wilfrid Reginald. Short, Richard Habberfield.. Shoshine, Nicolai Valeriwich.
Shroff, Framroz Pestonji...... Shrubsole, Henry Christopher
Sieling, Herman Jens
Andreas.. Sigveland, Ivar Sih, Victor
Silas, Arthur David...
Silva, Alberto Augusto
Marketing Assistant, Texas Co. Engineer, HK. Whampoa Dock Co. Superintendent, Peak Tramway Co., Ld. Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Time-keeper, Taikoo Sugar Refining
Co., Ld....
Foreman. Taikoo Sugar Refinery... Netherlands India Commercial Bank Interpreter, Moxon & Taylor....
Villa Miramere, Pokfulum. Kowloon Docks. Peak Hotel, On premises.
On premises.
On premises.
St. Joseph's Building.
On premises.
Asst., HK. & K'loon. W. & G. Co., Ld. 14 Koon Ma Terrace, Wong-nei-
Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Assistant, Standard Oil Co.
Clerk, British American Tobacco Co.. Broker, J. C. Barretto & Co. Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Assistant, A. Goeke & Co..... Passage Broker, H. Seth Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Manager, HK. Excavation, Pile Driving
& Construction Co., Ld.. Superintendent, HK. Excavation, Pile
Driving & Construction Co., Ld. ... Architect, Kowloon Tong & N.T.
Development Co., Ld...... Manager, China Sugar Refining Co., Ld. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Asst. Foreman, China Light & Power
Co., Ld.......
Clerk, John Moraes
chung.
4 West View, Coronation Road. 6 Mosque Street.
St. Joseph's Building.
I Rednaxela Terrace.
128 Belcher's Street.
789 To Kwa Wan, Kowloon City. Norman Cottage, 2 Peak Road. On premises.
Repulse Bay Hotel.
75 Granville Road.
9 Orient Buildings, Kowloon. On premises.
China Sugar Refinery, East Point. 18 Peak Road.
1913 Comeron Road. 9 Tai On Terrace.
Steno-typist, HK. Excavation, Co., Ld. 27 Kai Tack Bund, Kowloon.
Assistant, Lepack Co., Ld.
Assistant,, Butterfield & Swire..... Assistant, Bank of East Asia, Ld Storekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard
Asst., HK. C. & M. Steamboat Co., Ld. Assistant Manager, HK. Telephone
Co., Ld...
Assistant Manager, Taikoo Dockyard... Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co.... Clerk, HK. & China Gas Co., Ld. Broker, Benjamin & Potts Clerk, International Banking Corpn. Merchant, Shewan, Tomes & Co................. Superintendent, United Asbestos
Co., Ld...
Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co. Assistant, Canadian Pacific S.S. Co. Timekeeper, Netherlands Harbour
Works, Ld.
Assistant, S. J David & Co., Ld. Manager, Nestlé Anglo Swiss
Condensed Milk Co.
Manager, Oriental Tobacco Manufactory. Superintendent, Thoresen & Co... Asst., Trollope & Colls (Far East), Ld... Assistant, Moxon & Taylor
7 Seymour Terrace.
1 Connaught Road Central. On premises. Quarry Bay.
| Hong Kong Hotel.
119 The Peak. Quarry Bay.
22 Peak Road. Gas Works.
5 Seymour Terrace. 55 Jardine Bazaar. 16 Peak Road.
173 The Peak.
4 Felix Villas, Pokfulum. On premises.
Tsat Sze Mui. Iв D'Aguilar Street.
Hong Kong Club.
On premises. Hong Kong Hotel. 13 Tei Peh Terrace. On premises.
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. On premises.
?
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OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
S-Continued,
Silva, Ambrosio Cesar Silva, Antonio Francisco
Paulo da
Silva, Armando Maria da Silva, Arnaldo Heitor .... Silva, Arthur Luiz da........... Silva, Carlos Germano de Silva, Daniel Oswald
Abilver de........ Silva, Francisco Xavier
Maria da
Silva, Francis Britto Silva, Francisco Filomeno
Eça da
Silva, Francisco Maria Silva, Francisco Xavier Silva, Francisco Xavier
Maria de
Silva, Frederico Eugenio Silva, Frederico Norberto Silva, George Honorio da Silva, Henrique José Silva, Henrique Mario. Silva, Julio Maria da Silva, Joao Maria da Silva, John M. ........
Asst., Jardine Matheson & Co., Ld....... 444 Nathan Road.
Clerk, General Electric Co. of China Id. ... Asst., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld.
Clerk, Linstead & Davis
...
Silva, Jorge Alberto Britto... Silva, Ladislau Severino da.. Silva, Lucas Leonardo ...... Silva, Luiz João da...................... Silva, Marciano Antonio da... Silva, Mario Maria da. Silva, Reginaldo Maria.
Gomes
Silva, Ricardo Crescencio da. Sim, Edwin Lionel ............ Simmonds, Ernest William...
Simmons, John Henry Simmons, William Frederick Simões, Manuel Augusto... Simon, Edwin Alexander
...
Simpson, Andrew Macfarlane
Simpson, James
Simpson, William Philip Skeet, Charles William Skinner, Donald
Sleigh, Edward Mason Sling, Harry Hong
Slipper, George Bruce
Sloan, James...... Sloan, John
Smith, Arthur William
Smith, Aubrey Maurice Bowes
Smith, Albert James Victor...
Clerk, Chartered Bank of I., A. & C. Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld.
Agent, Sun Life Insurance Co.
Asst., Netherlands Trading Society Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank
Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld.......... Assistant, Union Trading Co., Ld. Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld.
Assistant, Nederlandsche Handel
Maatschappy
Assistant, Green Island Cement Co. Store-keeper, HK. Whampoa Dock Co... Engineer, Electric Light Co., Ld. Asst., Dodwell & Co., Ld.
Clerk, Chartered Bank of I., A. & C. Asst., HK. & Shanghai Bank Clerk, Banque Franco-Chinoise Clerk, Asia Banking Corporation Assistant, E. D. Sassoon & Co., Ld. Clerk, Banque de l'Indo-Chine Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Holyoak & Massey Asst., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld.. Assistant, De Sousa & Co., Ld.
Asst., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Assistant, H.M.H. Nemazee Exchange Broker, A. S. Hancock Asst., Distribution Supt., HK. & China
Gas Co., Ld...
Traffic Inspector, HK. Tramways, Ld... Secretary, HK. Tramways, Ld. Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Asst. Engineer, Jardine, Matheson &
Co., Ld..
Shipbuilder, HK. & Whampoa Dock
Co., Ld....
Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard Tailor, Simpson & Co.
18 Jordan Road, 2nd Floor. 442 Nathan Road, Kowloon. 3 Duddell Street, 1st Floor. 13 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon. 9 Nanking Road, Kowloon.
23 Humphrey's Building, Kowloon.
On premises. On premises.
Fanling, New Territories. 3 Duddell Street. Union Building.
Netherlands Trading Society. 446 Nathan Road, Kowloon Docks.
22 Carnarvon Road, Kowloon. 6 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon. 15 Belilios Terrace.
On premises.
1 Gordon Terrace.
1 Belilios Terrace, Robinson Road.
1 Austin Avenue, Kowloon. 486 Nathan Road, Kowloon. On premises.
4 Minden Avenue, Kowloon. 5 Ashley Road, Kowloon. 26 Carnarvon Road, Kowloon.
9 Liberty Avenue. 143 Kowloon Tong. 12 The Peak.
On premises. Shaukiwan Road. Peak Hotel.
4 Saifee Terrace, Kowloon.
8 The Peak,
Kowloon Docks. Quarry Bay.
53 Kennedy Road.
Asst., Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ld. Empress Lodge, Kowloon. Assistant Marine Supt., Jardine,
Matheson & Co., Ld. Superintendent Engineer, Holts Wharf Assistant Compradore, Toyo Kisen
Kaisha
Wharfinger, HK. & Kowloon Wharf &
Godown Co., Ld.
Pansman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Purchasing Manager, HK. & Shanghai
Hotels, Ld.
Acting Manager, David Sassoon & Co.,
Ld.......
District Engineer, China Light &
Power Co. (1918), Ld....
10 Carnarvon Buildings, Kowloon. Glenthorne, Kimberley Road, K'loon.
19 Tse Lan Terrace, Kennedy Town.
10 Middle Road, Kowloon. On premises. On premises.
36 Humphreys Building, Kowloon.
16 Conduit Road.
On premises.
NAME IN FULL.
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ADDRESS.
S-Continued.
Smith, David Tally
Clerk, Kowloon Tong & N. T. Develop-
ment Co., Ld.
Smith, Edward Ernest James Cutter, William Powell, Ld:
Smith, Eric Grant
Smith, Francis
Smith, Francis Harland
Smith, George John
Smith, Herbert Edwin Smith, Inglis
Smith, James
Smith, James Middleton Smith, John Sanderson Smith, Joseph
Smith, Octavius Arthur Smith, Raymond Walter.. Smith, William Cadsow Smith, Waldemar Ernest...
Smith, William Lithgow Smyth, James Mathie Snowman, Albert Washington Soltau, Bernhard So Tso Shing Soares, Charles Maria.... Soares, Francisco Xavier Soares, Joannes Alves de
Vasconcelos
Soares, Joaquim Roque Soares, Pedro Pantaleão Sommerfelt, Allister Soonderam, Ramasamy Sorby, Vincent Dare
Sousa, Eduardo Valerio
Maria Botelho de .... Sousa, Eduardo Valerio Maria Ricci de Sousa, Lino Vicente da Sousa, Satyro Estevas Sousa, Wilhelmino Inno José Soutar, Francis Southam, Thomas Wallace Souza, Casimiro Marcelino de Souza, Duarte Eleuterio de... Souza, Eduardo Paulo......
Souza, Eusebio João de Deus Souza, Francisco Xavier......
Souza, Jorge Carlos de Souza, José Francisco de Souza, José Thomas de
Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Assistant, Union Trading Co. Merchant, Frank Smith & Co. Watchman, Taikoo Dockyard Sub-Manager, Chartered Bank.
Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery.
85 Taipo Rd. K'loon Tong Village, K. On premises.
Hong Kong Club.
On premises.
456 Nathan Road, Kowloon. Quarry Bay.
136 The Peak.
On premises.
Assistant, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. 12 Conduit Road.
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Exporter, Station Hotel
Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refining
Co., Ld..
Manager, Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co.... Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld........ Assistant, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co... Inspector, Union Insurance Society of
Canton, Ld..
Asst., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. ... Blacksmith, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co. Broker, Snowman & Co. Assistant, Carl Bodiker & Co. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.... Clerk, Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank
Assistant, Roza Bros. Clerk, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Assistant, HK. Cigar Store Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld...... Electrical Engineer, HK. Electric Co.,
Ld.........
Manager. De Sousa & Co., Ld.........
Auctioneer, China Auction Rooms Overseer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Netherlands India Commercial Bank Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co.
Hong Kong University. On premises.
On premises.
20 Des Voeux Road Central. On premises. Cosmopolitan Docks.
On premises. 8 The Peak. Kowloon Docks. Union Building. 12 Kowloon Tong.
57 Hight Street, 1st Floor. 27 Jordon Road, Kowloon. On premises.
2 Liberty Avenue, Kowloon. 11 Beaconsfield Arcade. 18 Arbuthnot Road. On premises.
133 Queen's Road East.
53 The Peak
1 Aimai Villas, Kowloon.
1 Aimai Villas, Kowloon.
2 Po Sien Street, 3rd Floor. On premises.
23 Praya East. Quarry Bay.
On premises.
2 Lyeemun Villas, Kowloon.
Clerk, Chartered Bank of I., A. & C.... 1 Ashley Road, Kowloon. Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Clerk, Netherlandsch Indische
Handelsbank...
On premises.
Timekeeper, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co. | Kowloon Docks. Foreman, Humphreys Estate &
Finance Co., Ld.
Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank... Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co.. Assistant, S. J. David & Co.
Souza, Luiz Carlos Rozario de Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank..
Souza, Marcus Antonio
Rozario
Speirs, Duncan Campbell
Speth, Hans..
Spicer, Henry
Spit, Hendrikus Martinus Spradbery, Ernest James Spurgeon, Stanley Evan..... Squire, Sydney John
Stainfield, Harry
Asst., Union Ince. Socty, of Canton, Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.... Manager, Netherlands Harbour Works,
Ld.....
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire.. per pro. Java-China-Japan Lijn Asst., HK. Rope Manufacturing Co., Ld. Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. ....... Draughtsman, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. ... Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery...
31 Yik Kee Building, Nathan Road,
Kowloon.
On premises.
34 Ice House treet.
335 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
On premises.
Union Building. Quarry Bay.
13c Macdonnell Road. 169 The Peak.
Stewart Terrace, The Peak. 12 Peace Avenue, Homuntin. Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 12. 2 Watson Road. On premises.
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ADDRESS.
3
S—Continued.
Stainfield, Herbert Langham.
Stalker, Archibald Stalker, John Standon, Edward. Stanesby, Sydney John
Cleave
Stanton, William Tellinghast Stanton, John Reginald
Leslie.........
Star, Willem Johannes van
der
Stark, Charles Crawford..... Starling, Robert Archibald... Steel, David Steenbergen, Gerard Antony van
Stephens, Walter Alfred......
Stephenson, Benjamin
Stewart Stephenson, Norman
Stevens, Montague White Stevenson, Allan
Stevenson, Hubert James
Valentine Knight. Stewart, Charles Edward Stewart, Edward Francis Stewart, Gilbert Hugh Stewart, Peter
...
Stewart, John Henry Stewart, James.... Stewart, Sutherland. Stewart, William Alfred...... Stickland, Reginald Gordon. Stobbart, Forster Rowland ... Stock, Robert
Stock, Arthur James
Stokes, Thomas
Stoddart, Robert William
Stone, Albert Fdward
Stone, Edward
Stone, Frederick
Stone, William George
...
Stopani, William Alexander.
Storm, Odd Gustav Stout, Herbert Alden Strafford, Cecil...
:
Strahan, Frank
Stuart, Charles....
Stubbs, Archibald Thomas... Sturt, Herbert Rothsay Suckling, Percy Herbert.. Sue, Thomas...
Suffiad, Abdul Gaffoor
Assistant, Mustard & Co.
Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard
Sub-Manager, Bank Line, Ld.
On premises.
Quarry Bay.
14 Conduit Road.
Engineer, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. | On premises.
Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Flour Broker, Dunbar & Co., Ld.......
Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld.......
Assistant, Holland Pacific Trading Co... Local Manager, Vacuum Oil Co. Elect. Engineer, HK. Electic Co., Ld.... Shipwright, HK. Whampoa Dock Co....
Assistant Manager, Netherlands Harbour Works Co....... Manager, Nestlé Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co...
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Chief Draughtsman, HK. Whampoa
Dock Co.
Secretary, HK. Amusements, Ld. Manager, Dairy Farm 1. & C. S. Co., Ld.
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Assistant, HK. Whampoa Dock Co...... Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard
Pansman, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co.,
Ld.
Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Assistant, Davie Boag Co....... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co. Architect, Leight & Orange Harbour Representative, HK. &
Shanghai Hotels, Ld.
Marine Superintendent, Williamson
& Co......
Engineer, Dairy Farm I. & C. Storage
Co., Ld...
Architect, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co. General Passenger Agent, Canadian
Pacific S.S. Line
Assistant, S. Moutrie & Co., Ld. Kelly & Walsh, Ld. Clerk, China Provident Loan &
Mortgage Co., Ld.
Kingsclere Hotel, Kowloon. On premises.
Hong Kong Club.
14 Macdonnell Road. 274 The Peak. Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 7. Kowloon Docks.
24 Ashley Road.
16 Humphreys Building, Kowloon.
Thorpe Manor, May Road.
Kowloon Docks.
6 Orient Building, Kowloon. Dairy Farm, Pokfulum.
8 The Peak. Kowloon Docks. On premises. Quarry Bay.
On premises. Quarry Bay. Quarry Bay. On premises. On premises. On premises. On premises.
31 Leighton Hill Road.
On premises.
On premises.
R. B. L. 165 Deepwater Bay. On premises.
Repulse Bay Hotel. Nathan House, Kowloon.. 566 Nathan Road.
Metropole Hotel.
15 Austin Road, Kowloon, 3 King's Park Bldgs.
14 Knutsford Terrace.
Assistant, Holland Pacific Trading Co. Enginer, HK. Excavation Co., Ld. Assistant Works Manager, China Light
& Power Co., Ld..... Assistant, Drug Dept., Anderson,
Meyer & Co., Ld.... Assistant, Wm. Powell Ld. Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ld. Manager, China Underwriters, Ld....... Secretary, HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Acct., Anderson, Meyer & Co., Ld....... On premises. Clerk, British-American TobaccoCo.,Ld. 4 Bowls Buildings.
Station Hotel, Kowloon. Powell's Bldgs. Des Voeux Rd. C. Glenealy Hotel. 293 The Peak' Peak Hotel.
49
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OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
S-Continued.
Suh, Turnee Christopher
Thoms
Sui Ho-ming..... Sullivan, Chas...... Summers, Alexander
Summers, John Adam....... Sun Tze-ying
Sung Ying-hsueh...
Sutherland, Robert Oakman.. Sutcliff, James
Swan, George
Swan, Thomas
Sze-To Check-yue
Assistant, T. E. Griffith. Architect, A. G. Hewlitt
}
Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery. Assistant, Thos. Cook & Son, Ld. Sub.-Acct.. Chartered Bank
Clerk, William C. Jack & Co., Ld. General Manager, Industrial & Com-
mercial Bank
...
Architect, Palmer & Turner Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Draughtsman, W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard
Salesman, Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ld.
|
Hong Kong Club.
11 Peace Avenue, Homuntin.
On premises.
7 Aimai Villas.
On premises.
6 Yee Wo St., 1st Floor, East Point.
32A Caine Road. 368 Peak.
On premises.
Empress Lodge, Mody Road, K'loon. Quarry Bay. On premises.
T
Tackey, Mirza Mohamed................
Tai Kim-ying
Tai Ming-tak
Tait, James Henry
Talbot, Henry John Talip, Tarhel................ Tam Chuen-chiu Tam Hung, Joseph
Tam, John Baptiste. Tam, King-hun Tam Pak-shiu
Tam Sik-ling
Tam Sik-yan...
Tam Sui-yu Tam Tak-chuen Tam Wing-kwong Tan Keng-hoon
Tanaka, Seüchiro... Tang Lai-shang Tang Man-yan Tang Shiu-lam.. Tang Tze-lam Taquet, Marcel.................. Tarbuck, Alfred Peter. Tarrant, George James Tarrant, John Arthur Tavares, Alfredo Augusto
Tavares, Arthur Ricardo...... Tavares, Augusto Maria Tavares, Carlos Eugenio.. Tavares, Fernando José Tavares, José Filippe Tavares, José Maria Placé Taylor, David
Taylor, Frank
Taylor, Fred
Taylor, Robert
Taylor, William
...
3 Conduit Road. On premises.
per pro H.M.H. Nemazee Clerk, South British Insurance Co., Ld. Compradore, Banque Franco-Chinoise.. 28 Robinson Road. Telephone Engineer, HK. Telephone
Co., Ld.....
Engineer, Green Island Cement Co., Ld. Assistant, Sander Wieler & Co. Assistant, General Commercial Co., Ld. Clerk, China Provident Loan &
Mortgage Co., Ld.
Clerk. Banque de l'Indo-Chine Asst. Manager, Ault & Wiborg China Co.
mpradore, American Express Co. Draughtsman, John Moraes Clerk, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co...... No. 1 Shroff, Java-China-Japan Lijn... Clerk, China Export-Import & Bank Co. Manager, Ip Tak & Co....
Acting Manager, The Ault & Wiborg
China Co.
Manager, Tsurutani & Co., Ld. Asst., American Milk Products Corpn... Director, Lepack Co, Ld............... Clerk, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co...... Clerk, P. & O. Banking Corporation Cashier, Banque Franco-Chinoise Time-keeper, HK. Electric Co., Ld Asst. Engineer, HK. Telephone Co., Ld. Secretary, A. S. Watson & Co., Ld................. Assistant, Nederlandsche Handels
Maatschappy.
Clerk, Dodwell & Co., Ld.. Assistant, Bradley & Co, Ld. Clerk, Holland China Trading Co. Asst., HK. Rope Manufacturing Co., Ld. Assistant, Holyoak, Massey & Co...... Book keeper, Alex Ross & Co. ... Mercantile Asst., Dodwell & Co., Ld. ... Inspector, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.... Merchant, John Manners & Co................. Chief Engineer, Green Island Cement
Co., Ld......
Assistant Engineer, China Light &
Power Co., Ld....
22 Ashley Road. On premises.
11 Heard Street, 3rd Floor. | 96 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
19 Mosque Junction.
21 Shelly Street, 1st Floor. 2 Percival Street, 2nd Floor. On premises.
41 Queen's Road East. On premises.
286 Des Voeux Road Central. 32 D'Aguilar Street. On premises.
19 Shelly Street, Top Floor. Chitose Hotel.
67 Wellington Street. 30 Morrison Hill Road. On premises.
22 Aberdeen Street.
241 Nathan Road, Kowloon. Ming Yuen Quarters, North Point 3 Peak Road.
8 Aimai Villas, Kowloon.
Netherlands Trading Society. 4 Caine Road.
4 Caine Road.
1 St. Joseph's Terrace, 1st Floor. 1 Woodland Terrace.
9 Hart Avenue, Kowloon. 4 Caine Road.
2 Kings Terrace, Kowloon. North Point Installation. 7 Queen's Road Central.
On premises.
On premises.
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OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
}
T-Continued.
Taylor, William Alfred James Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld.
Teale, Harry
Teh Lin-lew
Telfer, William Frederick
Terry, Charles Edward
Tetzel, Charles.
Thayer, John....
Thesing, Lee............. Thom, William. Thomas, Lyn Philip Thomason, Frederick Thompson, Douglas Thompson, Edgar Thompson, Geo. Edward
Forster
Thompson, Harry... Thompson, John Graham
...
...
...
Thomson, George Gordou Thomson, Jack Claude..... Thomson, James Downie......
Thwaites, Charles....
Tillery, William Campbell... Tinson, Arthur Cecil ....
Tinling, Don... Tiran, George
Tjon Poen-gim Jacques
Reinier
Tod, Peter....
Todd, Francis Charles Tofte, Andreas Christian
Victor.....
Tollan, Duncan.......
Towns, George Ernest....... Townend, Lawrence Francis Toppin, James
Tottenham, John Percy Tracy, Fred Dillingham
Travers, Frank....
Travers, Gilbert
Tranibitzty, Likolar
Tremoulet, Pierre
Treskin, Wladimir
Triggs, Clifton James
Tsang, Stephen Kwong Luk
Tsang Wai-im Tseung Ho-chi
Tsreuger, Willy
Tsü Ho-tsueng
Tsui Yung-on
Tsun Fung
Tully, John
Tyson, Frederick Hunter
谢寿
Wharfinger, Holts Wharf
Office Assistant, Netherlands Harbour
Works, Ld.
Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Asst., HK. & K'loon W. & G. Co, Ld... Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Engineer, Bornemann & Co.............. Architect, William Thom
Saleman, General Electric Co. of China Asst., HK. C. & M. Steamboat Co., Ld. Asst., Dairy Farm I. & C. Storage Co., Ld. Elect. Engineer, HK. Electric Co. Ld...
HK. & China Gas Co., Ld. Representative, W. R. Grace Acting Engineer, HK, Telephone
Co., Ld.....
Elect. Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld... Asst. HK. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant Secretary, Dairy Farni
I. & C. S. Co., Là. Oriental Auditor, Canadian Pacific
S.S. Ld.
Engineer, HK. & Whampoa Dock Co.... Assistant Engineer, China Light &
Power Co, (1918), Ld................ General Agent, Admiral Oriental Line... Technical Engineer, Far East Oxygen
Co., Ld....
Clerk, Nederlandsche Indische
Commercial Bank
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ld. Assistant, A. S. Watson & Co., Ld.......
Manager, Andersen, Meyer & Co.... Telephone Engineer, HK. Telephone
Co., Ld..
Actg. Acct., HK. & Shanghai Bank Asst., Union Ince. Socety of Canton, Ld. Asst., HK. Rope Manufacturing Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.... Attorney, Standard Oil Co.
Passenger Agent, Toyo Kisen Kaisha... Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Salesman, Keller Kern & Co., Ld. Acct., Banque Franco-Chinoise Engineer, Carl Bodiker & Co. Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld.
Assistant, Franco-Chinese Trading
Co., Ld....
Compradore, Bitzer & Co.... Compradore, Connell Bros. Co.. Merchant, Kern & Co.
Clerk, Gande, Price & Co., Ld.
|
|
On premises.
16 Jordan Road, Yaumati.
24 Kennedy Street, 3rd Floor. 31 Humphreys Building, Kowloon. 3A East View Building, Kowloon. 5 & 7 Warren Street. Hong Kong Club.
2 Humphreys Building.
491 Nathan Road, K'loon, 1st Floor.. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.
12 Conduit Road. On premises.
Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 5.
On premises. Metropole Hotel.
12 Jordon Road, Top Floor. 10 East Point Terrace. Glenealy Hotel.
On premises.
196 The Peak. Kowloon Docks.
On premises.
21 Humphreys Building, Kowloon..
To Kwa Wan.
On premises. 303 The Peak.
14 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon.
55 Granville Road, Kowloon.
Durbar House, Cameron Road, K. On premises. On premises.
7 Peace Avenue, Ho Mun Tin. On premises.
6 Thorpe Manor, May Road. Queen's Gardens. On premises. On premises. 239 Nathan Road. 39 Kowloon Tong.
St. Joseph's Buildings, C. Block,
Robinson Road. On premises.
15 High Street. 17 Landale Street. On premises. On premises.
Shipping Clerk, Admiral Oriental Line. 2 Parkes Street.
Palmer & Turner
Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld....
Attorney, Standard Oil Co. of N.Y.
12 Kon Ma Terrace.
On premises.
8 Branksome Towers.
:.
51
NAME IN FULL.
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
U
U Hew-fan.... Ung Yu-sung Upesjosup, Alfred
Urquhart, Duncan David...... Urquhart, John Alexander...
Secretary, Bank of Canton, Ld. Clerk, Bank of Canton, Ld. Surveyor, Raven & Basto
215 Kowloon Tong. Chinese Y.M.C.A.
Sailors Home, West Point.
Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. 1 Pokfulam Road. Assistant, Dodwell Co., Ld.
On premises.
V
Valentine, Robert Keith Vallack, George Robert Vandenberg, Francisco
Valeriano Van-Der-Lely Van Der Myll Dekker,
Adriaan Jan Hendrik...
Van der Star, William
Johannes
Van Houten, Hermanus
Theodorus
Van Lessen, Dirk Herman
Michael
Van Schilfgaarde, Thomas
Ernest
Van Sung-ngo
Vas, Antonio Felipe.... Vas, George Augusto Verner, William Miller Vernon, Mark Charles Vickers, Gilbert Vickars, Percy
Victor, John Thomé Vieira, Bernardino Vieira, Dionysio Maria. Vieira, Henrique Emilio Villas, George Warren Vint, Robert Ivo Vise, Christopher Munro. Volkoff, Nicolas..
Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire
Assistant, Holyoak Massey & Co.................... Foreman, China Sugar Refining Co., Ld.
Sub-Accountant, Netherlandsche
Indische Commercial Bank
Asst., Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.C.), Ld.
Shipping Clerk, Java-China-Japan Lijn
Employee, Netherlandsche Indische
Commercial Bank
Netherlands India Commercial Bank Compradore, Trollope & Colls
(Far East), Ld....
Clerk, Mercantile Bank of India, Ld. ... Assistant, Yokohama Specie Bank, Ld. Assistant, Holyoak, Massey & Co., Ld... Manager, New Zealand Ins. Co., Ld. Elect. Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Sanitary Engineer, Holyoak, Massey &
Co., Ld...
Clerk, HK. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Clerk, Robertson Wilson & Co. Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Chief Clerk, Admiral Line Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, Standard Oil Co.
Government Civil Hospital. 4 Observatory Villas.
12 Humphreys Avenue, Kowloon. 19 Morrison Hill Road.
14 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
On premises.
4 Peking Road, Kowloon.
On premises.
On premises.
227 Wing Lok Street.
St. Joseph's Villas, Robinson Road. 315 Nathan Rd., K'loon, Gr. Floor, On premises.
171 The Peak.
Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 9.
3 Cambay Buildings, Nathan
Road, Kowloon.
On premises.
6 Jordan Road, Kowloon. On premises.
482 Nathan Road. 1st Floor. On premises.
2 King's Park Buildings, Kowloon. 1 Charter Road.
Lai Chi Kok.
W
Waddington, William
Janson Wahab, Yahaya Abdul Wai Ming-kai Waid, John Wakefield, Francis John. Wakeham, William Ernest... Walch, Lion David Wales, Charles Douglas. Walker, James
Walker, James McLellan.
Walker, Vernon
Acct., P. & O. Banking Corpn. Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Cashier, HK. Telephone Co., Ld. Pansman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Assistant, Butterfield & Swire. Sworn Measurer
Manager, J. Ullmann & Co......
Room 19 Kingsclere, Kowloon. 23 Percival Street, 1st Floor. 27 Man Chung Fong, 1st Floor. On premises.
St. Georges House.
Peak Hotel.
On premises.
Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. On premises.
Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Accountant, Chartered Bank of
I. A. & C........
Workshop Supt., HK. Tramway
Co., Ld.
On premises.
On premises.
1 Russell Street.
NAME IN FULL.
52
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
•
W-Continued.
Wallace, Charles.... Wallace, Ian Scrimgeour. Wallace, James H. Wallace, Milo Harrison Wallace, Ralph William Wallace, Robert Cooper Wallace, William...... Walle, Izaak Jacobus
Gerardus
Waller, Stephen Richard Wallmer, Ernest
Walmsley, David Couper Walsh, Walter Bernard ..... Walter, Adolph Henry Otto... Walter, Campbell Gibson, Jr.
Walter, Friederick Wilhelm
Collasins
Wan Ping-ching Wan Wai-yuen... Ward, Frederick Herbert Warning, Johannes Herman Warnock, William Oliver Warren, Leslie Beal
Washington, Ernest........
Waterhouse, Albert
Waterhouse, Joshua......
Waters, Albert L. Watkins, Henry
Watson, James Alexander Watts, Herbert James
Watty, Lewis Thomas
Way, Harry
Way, Herbert Castle Barton.
Way, John Roy.....
Way, William Kenneth
Weber, Gernardt
Webster, Arthur
Manager, Central Agency Co., Ld. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire... Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Electrician, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard :.. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire
Assistant, Holland China Trading Co. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co. Ld. ... Assistant, Dairy Farm I. & C. Storage
Co., Ld.:.....
Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard Passenger Agent, The Admiral Line Jebsen & Co.
Sub-Accountant, International Banking
Corporation
Employee, Borneman & Co.
Cost Clerk, HK. Telephone Co., Ld. Clerk, Chartered Bank Taikoo Dockyard
Shipping Clerk, Java-China-Japan Lijn Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard
Managing Director, C. E. Warren &
Co. Ld....
Foreman Mechanic, W. G. Armstrong,
Whitworth & Co., Ld.
Tunnel Foreman, Sir W. G. Armstrong,
Whitworth & Co., Ld.. Construction Foreman, Sir W. G. Arm-
strong, Whitworth & Co., Ld........ Mining Supt., Chas. E. Richardson Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.... Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard
Electrical Engineer, HK. Electric
Co., Ld,
On premises. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon. On premises. On premises. Peak Hotel. Quarry Bay,
1 Connaught Road Central.
3 Prat Building, Kowloon. On premises.
On premises. Quarry Bay.
Chater Bungalow, Kowloon. 8 Felix Villas, Pokfulum.
2 Queen's Gardens.
Mount Davis Manor, Pokfulam. 1 First Lane, 1st Floor.
6 Cochrane Street, 2nd Floor. Quarry Bay.
| Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon.
Quarry Bay.
98A Wanchai Road.
Lai Muk Shu.
Lai Muk Shu.
Lai Muk Shu.
On premises. On premises. Quarry Bay.
2 Whitfield Road.
Sub-Acct., Chatered Bank of I., A. & C. Chartered Bank Mess. Architect, Abdoolrahim & Co.
Asst., Union Ince Socty, of Canton, Ld. Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant Passenger Agent, Admiral
Oriental Line
Manager, Leyseco China Co., Ld. Electrical Engineer, HK. Electric
Co., Ld.
Wechel, Derk Herman te...... Manager, Handelmatschappy
Wehle, Karl
Weight, William Alfred
Weir, Walter
Weisel, Wiborg Ault Welch, Harold
Weller, Franklin Maximilian
Weller. Harold Russell West, Sydney Maurice Westley, Ralph Adrian Wetton, George Ernest Wheeler, Allan.
Wheeler, Frank George Lake
Transmarina Co....
Manager, Sander Wieler & Co. Cashier, Thos. Cook & Son, Ld. Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard
Manager, Ault & Wiborg China Co. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Manager, Sun Life Assurance Co. of
Canada.
Casheir, Mercantile Bank of India Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co..... Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld.
Manager, H. Skott & Co.
Assistant, Thos. Cook & Son
34 Queen's Road, Central. On premises. Kingsclere Hotel, Kowloon.
34 Ice House Street. Coronation Road, Kowloon.
Causway Hill Quarters, No. 1.
3 Peak Road.
39 Humphreys Buildings, K'loon. 456 The Peak,
Quarry Bay.
On premises.
North Point Installation.
6 Humphreys Building, Kowloon. Metropole Hotel.
On premises.
56A Nathan Road, Kowloon. Tesla, Cheung Chau.
521 Nathan Road.
Assistant, HK. & K'loon W. & G. Co.... 92 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
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OCCUPATION.
Address.
W-Continued.
Whiley, William John
Grainger
White, Athelstan Holt White, Claude Elsworth White, Edmund William
White, Edward William.. White, George Henry
White, Hermon John Henry White, Horace Tourney White, James Sinclair....
White, Owen England..
Whiteford, Robert Hamilton.. Whiteley, William Henry Whitley, Charles
Whyte, James Jardine.. Whyte, Lionel Mountstuart... Witchell, George Bernard Wilcox, Alan Cyril Wilde, Samuel James
Wilkerson, Raymond Guy Wilkinson, William Robert.. Willes, John....
Williams, Frederick Penno. Williams, Hubert Gladstone Williams, Ithel Wynne Williams, John
Williams, William George... Williamson, Robert Wilson... Williamson, Stuart Taylor Willis, Irwing Davidson Wilson, Charles Mannie Wilson, Charles Robert Wilson, E. H.
Wilson, Ernest.. Wilson, George Wilson, Gordon Harold Wilson, Gordon Henry Wilson, Henry Leslie
Wilson, Herbert
Wilson, John
Witchell, James Henry Wolf, George Morton Dudley
David
Wong Ah-soh
Wong, Charles.
Wong Cheuk-kwong
Wong Chiu-kit.... Wong, James Nicolas
Wong, Joseph Mou-lam alias
Wong Mau-lam
Wong Kam-ning
Wong King-ko.
Wong Kwok-king Wong Min......
Attorney, Standard Oil Co.
Merchant, Douglas S.S. Co.
Altadena, Peak Road. Prince's Building.
Salesman, HK. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld.8 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon.
Engineer, Kowloon Tong and New
Territories Development Co., Ld. Assistant, Wm. Powell, Ld. Chief Draughtsman, HK. & Whampoa
Dock Co.
Assistant Manager, Ritz Freight Dept., Admiral Oriental Line... Overseer, HK. Engineering & Con-
struction Co., Ld....
Acting Wireless Inspector, Butterfield
& Swire..
Foreman, China Sugar Rfg. Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Auctioneer
...
Timekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard Wine Merchant, Donnelly & Whyte...... Engineer, W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld....... Asst., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Foreman Machinist, W. G. Armstrong,
...
Whitworth & Co., Ld... Secretary, HK. Telephone Co., Ld. Clerk, HK. Land Investment Co., Ld... Assistant, Arnhold & Co., Ld... Asst., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Assistant, Donnelly & Whyte Warehouseman, Holt's Wharf Tunnel Foreman, Sir W. G. Armstrong,
Whitworth & Co., Ld....... Assistant, American Express Co... Asst. Chemist, China Sugar Refining Co. Principal, S. T. Williamson Accountant, Brister & Co.... Merchant, C. M. Wilson Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Manager, W. R. Flatow, Representative
W. R. Grace & Co.
Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant, N. S. Moses & Co. Merchant, Robertson Wilson & Co....... Merchant, Robertson Wilson & Co..... Secretary, Trollope & Colls (Far East),
Timekeeper, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Clerk, HK. Electric Co., Ld. Hotel Manager, King Edward Hotel
Asiatic Petroleum Co. Clerk, Chartered Bank
Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. Clerk, Chartered Bank Employee, Java-China-Japan Lijn ....
Manager, Chinese Department, A. S.
Watson & Co., Ld.
per pro. Manager, Bank of East Asia Ld.
(Kowloon Branch Office).
Salesman, Nestle & Anglo-Swiss
Condensed Milk Co.
Clerk, HK. Land Investment Co.
567 Nathan Road. Powell's Building.
Kowloon Docks. Alexandra Building. 50 Nathan Road.
14 Orient Building.
Empress Lodge, Kowloon. East Point Terrace.
On premises.
26 Humphrey Building, Kowloon. Quarry Bay.
Mountstuart, Cheung Chau. 2 Armend Building. 8 The Peak.
Lai Muk Shed. Repulse Bay Hotel. 24 Praya East.
6 Lyeemun Villas, Kowloon. 86 Bonham Road.
Hotel Metropole.
Holt's Wharf, Kowloon.
Lai Muk Sui. On premises.
East Point Terrace. 53 The Peak.
On premises.
7 Broadwood Terrace. Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 11.
12A Mody Road, Kowloon. Quarry Bay.
8 Park Road, Victoria. On premises. Beaconsfield Arcade.
Hotel Metropole. On premises.
Nathan Road, Kowloon, On premises.
The Peak.
7 Tang Loong Street, Top Floor. 13 Fung Wong Terrace. Union Building.
43 Peel Street. 41 Elgin Street.
9 Kung Wo Terrace.
On premises.
28 D'Aguilar Street.
2 Landale Street, 2nd Floor.
Cashier, China Light & Power Co., Ld. 475 Nathan Road.
NAME IN FULL.
54
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ADDRESS.
W-Continued.
Wong Oi-kut.
Wong, Peter
Wong Sik-kay
Wong Sui-fui
Wong Tak-kwong
Wong-Tape Benjamin..
Wong, Thomas..
Wong Un-fong
-
Wong Wai.. Wong, William Wong Wing-fong.. Wong Wing-yuet Wong Yik-chee..
38A Bonham Road. 1 Staunton Street. 2 West Terrace.
Director, A. B. Moulder & Co., Ld....... 118 Caine Road. Assistant, A. S. Watson & Co., Ld....... Compradore, Jebsen & Co..... Secretary, The Hon Shing Mercantile Co. Manager, Fung Tang...
Department Manager, Sun Life Insur-
ance Co., Ld.
Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co.... Clerk, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. Assistant, Little Adams & Wood. Assistant, A. S. Watson & Co., Ld.. Clerk, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.... Asst., Union Ince. Socty, of Canton, Ld. Storekeeper, General Electric Co., Ld... Assistant, Bank of East Asia, Ld..... Assistant, Publicity Bureau of S.C.. Wontman, Martinus Hendrick Accountant, Nederlandsche Handel
Wong Yin-nin
Wong, Zikman
Woo Ting-ko..
Woo Yuk-lun
Wood, Gerald George Woods, Robert Thomas Woodhouse, Cyril John Woolley, Willian John. Worrall, G. C. Worswick, James Alexander Wotherspoon, William Wragge, George Wright, J. F... Wu, T. Y.
Wu, William Howard Wu Yee-kwai Wyllie, Aler
Maatschappy..
Nestle & Anglo Swiss Milk Co.... Clerk, Harry Wicking & Co. Civil Engineer, Leigh & Orange. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co. Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Clerk, Lowe, Bingham & Matthews. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.... Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard Merchant, E. D. Sassoon & Co., Ld...... Wright & Co.
Asst., Trollope & Colls (Far East), Ld... Draftsman, HK. Excavation Co., Ld. Clerk, Chartered Bank
Farm Asst., Dairy Farm I. & C. Storage
Co., Ld....
8A Queen's Road Central,
Kia ora Kowloon City. Kai Yan Road. On premises.
73 Wyndham Street, 2nd floor. 5 Whitfield, North Point. On premises.
On premises.
21 Elgin Street, 2nd floor. On premises.
20 Lee Yuen Street West.
Netherlands Trading Society. On premises.
22 Graham Street. Tai Po.
On premises.
16 Ashley Road, Kowloon. Orient Building, Nathan Road. Peak Hotel. Union Building. Quarry Bay. Hong Kong Hotel. On premises.
32 Jordan Road, Kowloon. 7 Fung Tai Terrace.
63 High Street, 2nd floor.
On premises.
t
X
Xavier, Antonio Francisco... Xavier, Carlos Eugenio Xavier, Epiphanio Maria Xavier, Faustino Antonio Xavier, Francisco Maria Xavier, Frederico Antonio Xavier, Gregorio Maria Xavier, Hermenegildo Maria. Xavier, Hypolito Maria
Favacho.
Xavier, Joaquim Pedro Xavier, Jose Lugivico... Xavier, José Paulino Xavier, Luiz Gonzaga Xavier, Luiz Maria
Xavier, Michael Antony Xavier, Paulo Maria Xavier, Pedro Nolasco.. Xavier, Vasco da Gama Xayarw, Razee
Yamamoto, Y.
Yan Leung Yates, Gordon
Y
Yates, Leonard....
Clerk, Goddard & Douglas Clerk, HK, & Shanghai Bank Clerk, Banque de l'Indo-Chine Merchant, Xavier Bros., Ld... Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Merchant, Xavier Bros., Ld....... Clerk, HK. & China Gas Co. Clerk, HK. Tramway Co., Ld..
Clerk, Chartered Bank..
Asst., Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ld... Merchant, Xavier Bros., Ld Chief Clerk, Chartered Bank Clerk, Banque de l'Indo-Chine Clerk, Netherlandsch Indische Com'l.
Bank
Architect, M. A. Xavier
Clerk, C. E. Warren & Co., Ld
Assistant, HK. Rope Manufacturing Co. Assistant, HK. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Wicking & Co
Manager, Bank of Taiwan, Ld. Head Shroff, Banque Franco-Chinoise... Shipping Agent, Furness (Far East),
Ld.
Shipping Agent, Furness (Far East),
Ld.
490 Nathan Road. On premises.
5 Ying Fai Terrace. 16 Macdonnell Road. 2 St. Joseph's Mansion. 16 Macdonnell Road, Gas Works.
35 St. Francis Yard.
21 Jordan Road, Kowloon.
1 Liberty Avenue.
16 Macdonnell Road.
6 Cameron Road, Kowloon. 3 Humphreys Avenue.
On premises.
16 Macdonnell Road.
29 Ashley Road, Kowloon.
1 St. Joseph's Mansion, 2nd Floor. On premises.
13 Matheson Street.
On premises.
70 Wanchai Road, Top Floor.
King's Building.
5 Branksome Towers.
NAME IN FULL.
55
OCCUPATION.
ADDRESS.
Y-Continued.
Yap Khai-tiong..
Yau Hau-kwok
Yeo, Cousen Yeung Hon
Yeung Hon-chuen Yeung Tan-cheung Yeung Wing-sek Yik Tat-ting.
Young, Alfred
Young, Benjamin Alfred Young, Cyril Roe Muston Young, David
Young, Frederick Newall. Young, George Nelson Young Iu-sai Young, J. O..
Young, Joseph Anthonio Young, Kenneth Philip Young, Robert
Young, Thomas
Young, Thomas Henry.... Young, W. H.
Yuen Chan-fai
Yukimaru, Hidesuke
Yung Chak-cheong Yung Kwong-cheong
Yvanovich, Philippe Antonio.
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Petroleum Co.
Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard. Clerk, Gibbs & Co...
HK. Excavation Co.
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3 Po Yuen Lane, 2nd Floor.
31 Graham Street.
37 Elgin Street, 1st Floor. 8 Chancery Lane. On premises.
44 Wyndham Street.
16 Lee Tung Street, 3rd Floor.
2 Kui In Fong. Kowloon Docks.
4 Bowling Street, Kowloon, 1st Fl. On premises. Quarry Bay.
6 Des Voeux Road Central. 34 Elgin Street.
2 Po Wa Street.
6 Lun Fat Street.
3 St. Joseph's Terrace.
7 Po Hing Fong, Top Floor.
On premises. Quarry Bay.
9 Man Chung Fong.
Nathan House, Nathan Road.
Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. ... On premises.
Bank of Taiwan
Clerk, Chartered Bank
Clerk, Chartered Bank
Assistant, J. D. Hutchison & Co....
On premises.
24 Wyndham Street, Top Floor. 58 Willington Street, Top Floor.
9 Hankow Road, Kowloon.
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Zimmera, Andrew
Zimmern, George Samuel
Assistant, Benjamin & Potts Assistant, Benjamin & Potts.
5 Seymour Terrace. 14 Arbuthnot Road.
Registry, Supreme Court,
Hong Kong, 23rd February, 1927.
HUGH A. NISBET,
Registrar.
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C.S.O. 796/26.
HONG KONG.
No.
1
1927
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency
the Governor, on the 25th February, 1927.
On the morning of 18th July, 1926, a typhoon entered the coast of the mainland of China one hundred miles to the East of Hong Kong and was followed on the 19th idem by a torrential rainfall and thunderstorm causing extensive damage to many parts of the Colony.
So heavy, indeed, was the rainfall that 20.015 inches was recorded within the short space of eight hours. This record has not been approached since 30th May, 1898, when a fall of 20.493 inches was registered in sixteen hours.
This terrific deluge falling upon precipitous country caused tons of earth, boulders, sand and silt to be washed down the hillsides blocking and bursting numerous nullahs and channels, with the consequent flooding of the main roads of the City, the water finding its way into houses and godowns causing heavy damage. In several cases private houses were severely shaken necessitating shoring, but fortunately no collapse occurred.
An instance showing the severity of the storm was the falling of a very large boulder weighing approximately 3,000 tons, which for years had safely stood the action of heavy rains. In its fall it crashed into the Government Waterworks Pumping Station at Pokfulam Road 250 feet below, damaging the main engine and breaking through portions of the rising mains which supply the Peak District. Unfortunately four Chinese workmen who were at the time in the building lost their lives, and four others received injuries.
As an illustration of the volume and force of the water, evidence is furnished by the Glenealy Nullah, a covered portion of which lies under Pedder Street-one of the principal thoroughfares of the City-which burst forcing a palm tree upwards through the granite slabs covering the nullah, and the concrete surface of the road, where it remained stand- ing in an upright position. This tree must have been washed down from the hillsides. and carried a considerable distance underground before the nullah burst owing to choking.
One of the bridges of the Cable Tramway to the Peak was broken and the service interrupted. The motor roads to the Peak and around the Island were impassable owing to many landslides and wash-outs.
The Naval Yard, Military Barracks, and Public Recreation Grounds also suffered serverely from deposits of boulders and silt.
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The resultant damage to Government properties is given below :—
In Hong Kong Island.
BUILDINGS.
Ninety-one buildings were affected. Of these the following were appreciably damaged :—
Servants Quarters at the Peak Hospital,
Sheep and Swine Depôt, Kennedy Town, Cattle Depôt, Kennedy Town,
Quarters at Belchers Street, Shektongtsui Market,
No. 12, Ventris Road,
Houses in Wanchai Road.
The extent of damage in other cases was comparatively slight.
CEMETERIES.
At the Colonial Cemetery, there was a vast accumulation of debris and silt, and many grave-stones had to be repaired, as well as a brick boundary wall.
At the Chinese Cemetery at Mount Caroline a landslide occurred necessitating the removal of a number of permanent graves, and some terraces were badly scoured. Damage also resulted to paths, bridges and channels, but having regard to the area of this burial ground, the damage may be said to be small.
Another Cemetery at Kai Lung Wan East suffered damage as well but not to the
same extent.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Roads.
These suffered severely and in many instances were under a considerable depth of sand and mud.
One hundred and nine roads, streets, and paths had to be dealt with by the removal of such accumulations and the effecting of the necessary repairs to kerbs, channels and footpaths, and the reinstatement of surfacing.
The principal roads involved were the following:-
Conduit Road,
Connaught Road, West,
Des Voeux Road, Central and West,
Hill Road,
Island Road,
Kennedy Road,
New Road above Conduit Road,
Pedder Street,
Queen's Road, (East, Central and West),
Road from Conduit Road to Robinson Road, Robinson Road,
Shaukiwan Road,
Shek O Road,
Stubbs Road,
Tai Hang Motor Road,
Wongneichong Road.
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Telephones.
The damage sustained was not very material, some lines and circuits, and a cable being affected.
DRAINAGE.
The nullahs, storm-water drains, channels and sewers also suffered severely, seventy- eight being damaged or destroyed of which the following were the most important:-
Shaukiwan Nullah,
Glenealy Nullah,
Albany Nullah and its tributaries,
Nullah at Stone Nullah Lane,
Wongneichong Nullah,
Shektongtsui Nullah.
LIGHTING.
Street Gas Lamps did not escape the fury of the storm, and a number of them sustained damage.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Under this heading are placed the several rock and landslides which were due to the effect of the storm. Boulders of some size fell in Shaukiwan Village, but the conspicuous case was that of the huge boulder which in its descent brought disaster to the Pumping Station at Pokfulam Road, allusion to which has already been made.
PIERS.
The damage occasioned to piers was not considerable. Murray, Queen Victoria Street, Western Market, and Eastern Street Piers were the only ones affected.
PRAYA WALLS.
These escaped serious damage, the expenditure involved being for repointing and resetting stones. The only collapse recorded was a length of 180 feet of the East Return Wall of Quarry Bay Marine Lot No. 4.
RECREATION GROUNDS.
But for the vast accumulation of debris washed on to the grounds entailing heavy expenditure for its removal, no material damage was done.
RETAINING WALLS.
At the proposed new Queen's College site, Mount Caroline, the retaining walls fared badly. The damage occasioned, however, could not wholly be ascribed to the storm of 19th July, as the major part of the damage occurred in April, 1926, on the occasion of a previous heavy rainfall.
WATERWORKS.
In this connection, the outstanding feature of the damage sustained was the disaster which befell the Pumping Station at Pokfulam Road. Mains, Filter Beds, and Catch- waters also suffered badly.
In Kowloon Peninsula-Kowloon.
BUILDINGS.
The extent of damage done to Police Stations, Hospital, Quarters, Schools, &c., was comparatively small, the only cases worthy of mention being:-
The Kowloon Hospital (much damage was done to the surrounding grounds), Disinfecting Station,
Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island, and Royal Observatory.
A total of sixteen buildings were affected.
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CEMETERIES.
The damage consisted of the washing out of much of the new terracing, the scouring of the walls of an untrained nullah, and the bursting of the old dam at the entrance causing large quantities of earth and stone to be washed out from the bed of the nullah. Considering the extent of the cemetery area, the damage may be regarded as light.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Roads.
These did not suffer to the same extent as those in the Island. Forty-nine roads, streets and lanes were affected, but apart from the heavy accumulations of earth and mud due to landslips washed on to them, involving heavy cost for removal, the damage sustained by scouring may be regarded as comparatively slight. The roads most affected
were:-
Gascoigne Road, Nathan Road,
Chatham Road.
Telephones.
Lines and circuits suffered to a very slight extent.
DRAINAGE.
No damage of any importance was caused to the nullahs. Here again the heavy expenditure entailed was due to the removal of the great mass of sand and spoil deposited by the water.
RECREATION GROUNDS.
At King's Park landslips occurred, while embankments and concrete channels sustained damage.
RETAINING WALLS.
These were not affected, but the turfed embankments at the Kowloon Hospital suffered somewhat badly.
WATERWORKS.
It is satisfactory to record here that only minor damages occurred.
New Kowloon..
BUILDINGS.
No damage of any importance occurred. The premises concerned were the Branch Prisons at Laichikok, and the Police Stations at Kowloon City and Shamshuipo. In the case of the former, the damage affected the Boundary Wall, channels, fence, etc.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Roads.
Only three roads were involved, and the damage caused to them was inconsiderable. A path at Kaulungtong, however, owing to its situation adjacent to a stream course, suffered very badly and necessitated the expenditure of a somewhat large sum for its reinstatement.
Telephones.
As in the case of Kowloon, the small damage was to the lines and circuits.
Only very slight damage occurred.
DRAINAGE.
WATERWORKS.
The damage, which affected the embankments, Filter Beds, and the property of the Waterworks generally, was to a fair extent only, but numerous landslides and rock falls occurred at Beacon Hill Catchwater entailing expenditure for removal.
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New Territories.
BUILDINGS.
With the exception of the lighthouse at Gap Rock, and the Ping Shan Land Offices which sustained some material damage, ten other buildings comprising six Police Stations, a School, the Land Office at Taipo, the Scouts' Matshed at Tai O Village, and the Island Quarters at Taipo escaped lightly.
COMMUNICATIONS. Roads.
Four roads were affected, of which the Coastal Road, which extends from Laichikok to Castle Peak and beyond, received the most damage, but considering its length and its liability to severe damage by flood, the actual harm done may be considered as slight.
Telephones.
The aerial lines only were affected. ·
DRAINAGE.
Little damage resulted, the small expenditure necessitated was due to the retraining of a nullah.
WATERWORks.
The repairs involved were due to the removal of numerous landslips on the Access Road to Shing Mun Valley, the deposit of silt and debris from the Conduits and the area of the Waterworks.
At the very outset, owing to the extent and nature of the damage done, the impos- sibility of completing the work of reparation by the 31st December, 1926, was realized and accordingly the sum of $300,000 had to be provided in the Estimates for 1927, vide page 79, item 37, to complete the repairs still remained to be done in the Island of Hong Kong.
In the Kowloon Peninsula, certain reinstatement work was also left unfinished at the close of last year which will have to be completed in 1927, and for which a revote of approximately $25,000 is being applied for.
The principal items of work to be completed in 1927 appear below under their res- pective categories:-
In Hong Kong Island.
BUILDINGS.
The rebuilding of the servants quarters at the Peak Hospital with the necessary repairs to the bank.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Roads.
Fifteen roads and paths still require to receive attention, of which the new road from Conduit Road to Robinson Road is the most costly work entailing an estimated cost of $13,000.
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DRAINAGE.
The restoration work to the Albany Nullah and its Tributaries is the only work of magnitude that has still to be undertaken. The estimated cost inclusive of some minor work is $150,000.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The work which remains to be done is the removal of dangerous boulders near the Pumping Station at Pokfulam Road, and in Shaukiwan Village.
RETAINING WALLS.
The reinstatement of the Retaining Walls to Queen's College Site at Caroline Hill for which a sum of $6,000 is estimated to be necessary.
WATERWORKS.
For the reconstruction of the damaged portion of the Pumping Station at Pokfulam Road and the No. 3 Pump, with permanent repairs to roads and mains outside the Station, a sum of $80,000 is estimated to be required, and for the reparation work to the Stanley Mound East and Taitam West Catchwaters a further sum of $10,000 is required.
In Kowloon Peninsula.-Kowloon.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Roads.
The completion of the outstanding portion of the reparation work may entail the sum of $10,000.
DRAINAGE.
The clearance of sand from four nullahs may involve a sum of $3,800.
New Kowloon.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Roads.
A sum of $5,000 is necessary to bring the reparation work to a conclusion.
New Territories.
BUILDINGS.
To complete the repairs to the Lighthouse at Gap Rock an estimated expenditure of $1,900 is required.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Roads.
A sum of $2,100 is the anticipated amount required to complete the outstanding portion of the work.
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Telephones.
In this connection the small sum of $400 is estimated to be required to complete the work.
Appended to this Report is a statement showing the expenditure that was incurred in 1926 and the anticipated amount that will be required to complete the reparation work in 1927, making a grand total of $988,015.
Public Works Department,
Hong Kong.
HAROLD THOMAS CREASY,
Director of Public Works.
1926.
NATURE OF WORK.
Expenditure.
In Hong Kong Island.
€
1927. Anticipated Expenditure from the Special Vote.
明
Buildings.
Quarters, Police Stations, Offices, Schools, &c.
Repairs to ...
53,485
8,500
Building Site (No. 8 Police Station) Repairs to
1,373
Cemeteries.
Colonial and Chinese Areas. Reconditioning of...
27,101
Communications.
Roads.
Repairs, reinstatement, &c.
272,061
27,900
Telephones.
Lines, cable, electrical fittings, &c. Repairs to
600
Drainage.
Sewers and Nullahs.
pairs, and reconstruction of nullah walls, &c....
Removal of boulders, re-
137,586
150,000
Lighting.
Street Gas Lamp. Reconditioning of
1,554
Miscellaneous.
Piers.
Removal of the huge boulder from the Government Waterworks Pumping Station at Pokfulam Road, and of several others in Shaukiwan Village
Repairs to four...
Carried forward
€
8,000
2,339
496,099
194,400
NATURE OF WORK
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1926.
Expenditure.
1927. Anticipated Expenditure from the Special Vote.
Praya Walls.
Brought forward
-€
Repointing and resetting stones, and reconstructing demolished portion of East Return Wall of Q.B.M.L. No. 4 ...
In Hong Kong Island.
Recreation Gounds.
Removal of accumulation of sand and mud at
Wongneichong
€
明
496,099
194,400
4,561
7,575
Retaining Walls.
Reinstatement at Queen's College Site at Caroline
Hill
12,860
6,000
Waterworks.
Repairs to Pokfulam Road Pumping Station, No. 3
Engine, Peak Rising Maius, Catchwaters, &c...
TOTAL
In Kowloon Peninsula.--Kowloon.
-£A
Buildings.
Quarters, Police Stations, Offices, Schools, and
Lighthouses
Cemeteries.
Repairs and reinstatement
36,500
90,000
557,595
290,400
5,914
5,000
Communications.
Roads.
Repairs, reinstatement, &c.
23,335
10,000
Telephones.
Repairs to lines and circuits
120
Drainage.
Nullahs &c.-Removal of sand and spoil, and
minor repairs, &c.
13,964
3,800
Carried forward
CA
48,333
13,800
NATURE OF WORK.
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Brought forward
In Kowloon Peninsula.-Kowloon.
Recreation Grounds.
A
1926.
Expenditure.
1927. Anticipated Expenditure from the
Special Vote.
48,333
King's Park.-Removal of landslips and repairs...
5,186
Retaining Walls.
Reinstatement of embankments and site of Kow-
loon Hospital
2,155
Waterworks.
Minor repairs
500
Buildings.
TOTAL
New Kowloon.
€
Police Stations and Branch Prison. Repairs to
Roads.
Communications.
Removal of landslips and repairs
Telephones.
Repairs to lines and circuits
Drainage.
Sewers.-Repairs to...
Waterworks.
€
13,800
56,174
13,800
...
2,325
Pipers Hill Reservoir Embankments, Beacon Hill Catchwater, Filter Beals, &c. Repairs to
TOTAL
€9-
9,128
5,000
140
299
14,100
{
25,992
5,000
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NATURE OF WORK.
10
1926.
Expenditure.
1927. Anticipated Expenditure from the
Special Vote.
In Kowloon Peninsula.-New Territories.
Buildings.
Quarters, Police Stations, Offices, Schools and
Lighthouses. Repairs to...
Communications.
Removal of landslips, and repairs to embankments,
Roads.
A
Ꭿ
4,929
1,900
19,909
2,100
-600
400
&c.
Telephones.
Repairs to aerial lines
Drainage.
Nullah.
Training of...
216
Waterworks.
Conduits and Access Road. Removal of debris
and repairs...
9,000
Summary:-
TOTAL
Hong Kong Island
Kowloon Peninsula:-Kowloon
New Kowloon
*A
:
34,654
4,400
557,595
290,400
56,174
13,800
25,992
5,000
...
34,654
4,400
New Territories
TOTAL
€
GRAND TOTAL
674,415
313,600
674,415
988,015
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HONG KONG.
No. 8
1927
REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ON SCHOOL FEES REVISION: APPROVED BY BOARD OF EDUCATION ON 4TH MAY, 1927.
A. Brief historical memorandum.
1. In 1908, Queen's College fees were $3.50 for the Upper School and $2.00 for the Lower.
In 1909, the fee was raised to a uniform $4.00 and in 1910 to a uniform $5.00.
The increase to $4.00 does not appear from the Headmaster's report for 1909 to have been responsible for a diminution in numbers, but in the 1910 "Report of the Director of Education" he stated "The average attendance is 642 as against 805 last year and 911 in 1909. As already stated, this large reduction is the result of the deliberate policy of the Government in reducing the size of classes. It is also due to two further causes. The increased fees caused a number of boys to leave earlier than they would otherwise have done, and an act of indiscipline towards the end of the year resulted in the expulsion of a considerable number of boys".
2. The fees at the District Schools (Sai Ying Pun, Wantsai, Yaumati) were $2.00 in 1908, $3.00 for new boys in 1909, in 1910 all $3.00 except Sai Ying Pun new boys who paid $4.00, and from 1911 all a uniform $3.00.
The Director of Education in his 1909 report wrote that the increase had no ap- parent effect on the numbers seeking admission. In his 1910 report he wrote "Experi- ence has shewn that the fee of $3.00 per mensem is not too much. But the further increase of $4.00 at Sai Ying Pun has proved a check on attendance and it has been decided to make the fee at that school the same as at the other two".
Ellis Kadoorie School was taken over by Government in 1915, and took rank as a District School at the same fee, $3.00 a month.
3. Belilios Public School in 1909 paid three different fees according to classification of pupils, 50 cts., $1.00, and $1.50.
In 1910 a uniform fee of $1.00 was charged, and from 1913 this was raised to a uniform $2.00, "with no ill effect upon the attendance".
4. The Indian School monthly fee was $1.00 until 1917, when it was raised to $2.00, without any decrease in numbers.
5. Gap Road School, which in 1922 took the place of Praya East School, continued to pay $2.00, and that figure has not been raised.
6. The Country Schools (Tai Po, Cheung Chau, Un Long) all paid 50 cents till 1923, when Taipo only was raised to $1.00. Mr.. Mould was then in charge and Mrs. Mould also taught in the school.
Since Mr. Mould's departure attendance has decreased.
7. The Vernacular Middle School inaugurated in 1926, and the Vernacular Normal School for Women pay $2.00.
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8. The Vernacular Normal School at Taipo, established in 1926 in order to train teachers for New Territory vernacular schools, charges no fee.
9. King's College from September 1926 charged a uniform $5.00, but its lower school pupils, since their transference to Ellis Kadoorie School pay $3.00 only.
B.
Recommendations.
1. We recommend that the Upper School (Classes 1, 2 and 3) of Queen's College and King's College should pay a higher fee than the Lower School.
The principle of charging more for the Upper. School is well understood in this Colony. It is the practice in many of the Grant Schools and private schools.
Economically it is justified by the comparatively greater cost of running the upper classes. Chemical Laboratories and their equipment, for example, are expensive items not enjoyed by the Lower School.
2. The Lower School (Classes 4 to 8) of Queen's College and King's College should pay the same fee as the District Schools (Ellis Kadoorie, Wantsai, Yaumati), on the ground that they give the same type and degree of instruction, and follow the same syllabus.
3. More free Scholarships should be granted for admission to Class 3 of Queen's College and King's College of boys from Class 4 of those, and the District Schools. The object would be to encourage boys of promising ability whose parents could not other- wise afford to let them remain at school. The award would largely depend on the recom- mendation of the Headmaster and Class Master concerned.
The present number of free scholarships is 20 (full) and 5 (half). This might be increased to a total of 35 (full), subject to revision after experience. This would involve an annual potential loss of $1,200, on the basis of our recommendation in the next para- graph.
4. The fee for the Upper School of Queen's College and King's College should be increased from $60 to $96 a year.
5. The fee for the Lower School of Queen's College and King's College and for the three District Schools should be $60. This means no increase in respect of Queen's College and King's College Lower Schools, but an increase of $27 a year for the District Schools, which at present pay $3 a month for 11 months only. We consider that pay- ment should be in respect of the full 12 months.
6. The Indian School should continue to pay $2.00 a month, but that payment should be for 12 months (= $24) instead of for 11 months (= $22) as at present.
The pupils at this school as a rule are sons of poor parents. Their case is different from that of Chinese parents who can pick and choose among many schools according to their purse, and neighbourhood. The Indians have no other school in this Colony, and are often obliged to incur travelling expenses in addition.
7. Gap Road School should continue to pay $2.00 a month, but should pay for 12 months instead of 11. ($24 instead of $22 a year.) This is a junior school, with only three Classes, 6, 7 and 8. No European is on its staff.
8. Belilios Public School for girls should pay $36 throughout. In October 1926 the Board was of opinion that the Upper School (Classes 1, 2 and 3) should pay more than the Lower School, but in view of the fact that there are less than 40 pupils in the Upper School, we think that a higher rate would not be worth while.
At present this school pays $2.00 a month for 11 months. We would make it $3.00 a month for 12 months.
9. No change should be made in the fees payable at the Country Schools, the Vernacular Middle School or the Vernacular Normal School for Women. (see Part 1 ss. 7 and 8).
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We attach a table showing the estimated effect of our recommendations, on the basis of January-February, 1927 figures, as compared with 1926 revenue from fees.
D.
We have not considered the Central British, Peak, Kowloon Junior, Quarry Bay and Victoria British Schools.
The fees at these schools were revised in 1922 in accordance with the recommenda- tion of the Board. Mr. Irving then reported-"the effect of these changes will be to increase the average fee paid at the Peak and to make small increases in the fees at the other schools".
A tablet of these fees is attached.
*See Appendix I
(Signed) A. E. WOOD
E. RALPHS
S. W. TSO
J. M. ALVES
A. el ARCULLI
†See Appendix II.
Appendix I.
ESTIMATED INCREASE IN REVENUE DUE TO REVISED FEES.
No. of Pupils in
1926
Rate.
Jan/Feb., 1927
Rate.
Proposed
1927.
1926.
Fees remitted in 1926.
$
$
$
S
$
Queen's College Upper.
249 (Jan.)
60
96
23,90
25.565
1,985
Lower.
346
60
60
20,760]
"
King's College Upper.
130
60
96
12,4801
19.028
6
Lower.
514
60
60
30,840
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Ellis Kadoorie School
467
33
60
28,020 12,546 906
Yaumati School
266 (Feb.)
33
60
15,960 6.876 1,422
Wantsai School
206
33
60
12,360 5,928 924
Belilios Public School.. 526
22
36
18.936 9,458 862
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Total
163,260 79,401 6.105
Total of revised fees
Deduct total 1926 fees and fees remitted in 1926..
$163,260*
85,506
Net increase
$ 77,754
*Does not include $492 additional for Indian and Gap Road Schools, and $1,200 less for
additional free scholarships.
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Appendix II.
FEES AT CENTRAL BRITISH, PEAK, QUARRY BAY, VICTORIA AND KOWLOON JUNIOR SCHOOLS.
CENTRAL BRITISH SCHOOL.
Fees are payable by the term and in advance, on the following scale :-
For the first child of one family in attendance For the second of two or more children of the same family in attendance
together
$15 a term.
$12 a term.
For the third of three or more children of the same family in atten-
dance together
$10 a term.
PEAK SCHOOL.
Fees are payable by the term and in advance, on the following scale :
For the 1st child of one family,-Class 6 and above, $40. a term; Class 7 and
below, $30 a term.
For the Second and succeeding children of the same family,-Class 6 and above,
$30 a term; Class 7 and below, $20. a term.
QUARRY BAY, VICTORIA & KOWLOON JUNIOR SCHOOLS.
Fees are payable by the term and in advance, on the following scale :-
For the first child of one family in attendance For the second of two or more children of the same family in atten-
dance together
$10 a term.
$7 a term.
For the third of three or more children of the same family in atten-
dance together
$7 a term.
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No. 1927
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HONG KONG.
REPORT OF THE
SUNNING" PIRACY COMMISSIO V.
We, the members of the Commission appointed by His Excellency the Governor to inquire into the circumstances under which the s.s. "Sunning" was on 15th November, 1926, seized by pirates while on the voyage from Shanghai to Hong Kong; and in parti- cular;-
(a) to inquire how it was possible for the pirates to get on board the ship
with arms in their possession;
(b) to inquire how it was possible for the pirates to seize the ship;
(c) to consider the efficiency of the anti-piracy fittings in the ship and to make recommendations as to the alterations and additions, if any, that may be deemed necessary in the s.s. "Sunning" or other sea-going ships;
(d) to consider the supply of armed guards, the number to be carried and
their administration; and
(e) to consider generally and to make recommendations as to the measures
necessary for preventing piracy:
have the honour to submit the following report and recommendations.
I. The Commission
The Commission as originally appointed by Proclamation on 25th November, 1926, consisted of the following members:-
Honourable Mr. E. R. Hallifax, C.M.G., C.B.E., (Chairman).
Honourable Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe.
Lieut. Commander G. F. Hole, R.N.
Commander F. N. Miles, 0.B.E., R.N.
Mr. W. G. Goggin.
Captain A. J. Holland.
The sittings of the Commission were delayed by the necessity for awaiting the con- clusion of criminal proceedings instituted against a number of the pirates who had been arrested. Meanwhile the Proclamation of 2nd December, 1926 added the name of Captain A. H. Stewart to the Commission and the last of the terms of reference (e) set out above.
The Proclamation of 4th February, 1927, substituted Lieut.-Commander L. J. Pit- cairn Jones, D.S.C., R.N., Mr. T. G. Weall and Captain A. W. Davison, R.N.R., for Com- mander F. N. Miles, 0.B.E., R.N., Mr. W. G. Goggin and Captain A. J. Holland who had resigned.
The Commission met for the first time on 6th December, 1926, held thirteen meet- ings, and examined seventeen witnesses
II. The s.s. "Sunning" and the Piracy Incident.
On 15th
The s.s. "Sunning" is a steel screw steamer of 2,555 tons, Official Number 139,560 owned by the China Navigation Co, Ltd., and constructed in 1916 by the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co. of Hong Kong, Limited. She is engaged in the convey- ance of cargo and passengers between Hong Kong and China coast ports. November, 1926, at 9.30 a.m. the s.s. "Sunning" left Amoy for Hong Kong. At about 3.40 p.m. on the same day pirates, who had travelled disguised as passengers, launched a surprise attack, secured the officers, disarmed the Indian guards, and were soon in possession of the ship. The ship was retaken during the following night as the result of resourceful and daring action for which the Chief and Second Officers were primarily re- sponsible.
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The reply of the Commissioners, following the order of the terms of reference,
III.—(a) to inquire how it was possible for the pirates to get on board
the ship with arms in their possession.
1. Searching at coast ports.
The Hong Kong Government at the request of the Commission addressed a letter to the authorities concerned at the ports of Shanghai, Foochow, Amoy, Swatow, Kwong Chow Wan, Pakhoi, Hoihow, Saigon, Haiphong, Bangkok, Singapore and to the Commis- sioner of Chinese Maritime Customs Kowloon, enquiring as to the regulations in force and the actual practice regarding the searching, other than by ships' officers and guards, of passengers either on shore or on board ship, of their baggage, and of cargo to which there is easy access on board ship, in order to prevent the smuggling on board of arms and ammunition. It is to be noted that enquiries were not limited to the area defined by the Piracy Prevention Regulations as the "Danger Zone", (which stretches from Amoy to Haiphong), as recent events have proved that pirate organisation is capable of covering a much wider field. The value of the searching methods employed by the Hong Kong au- thorities is considered under section VII paragraph 1 below, in which criticisms and sug- gestions locally made are dealt with separately. The replies to the Government's letter elicited the following facts:-
At the ports of Shanghai, Foochow, Amoy, Swatow, Pakhoi, Hoihow and the riverine ports the searching is done by the Chinese Maritime Customs. The Chinese Mari- time Customs service is a revenue collecting rather than a preventive service, and in consequence there is little searching of passengers and their baggage on outward bound steamers; in fact passengers' baggage is interfered with as little as possible. At the ports of Saigon and Haiphong the local French authorities are chiefly concerned with the pre- vention of the smuggling into Indo China of arms and ammunition. At Singapore there is no searching except on information. The reply from Bangkok stated that outward bound deck passengers were thoroughly searched by the police. Similarly at Kwong Chow Wan, from which port however there are only three steamers the s.s. "Hydrangea" (British) and the s.s. "Hanoi' and the s.s. "Song Bo" (French) engaged in the passenger trade. It is evident therefore that at any port (with the exception perhaps of Bangkok, and Kwong Chow Wan) on the coast between Shanghai and Singapore it is an easy matter, as far as shore searching is concerned, to smuggle on board arms and ammunition.
2. Searching by ships' personnel and Indian guards.
It remained to examine the value of such searching as was possible by ships' per- sonnel and the Indian guards, and the Commission was left in no doubt that, in the con- ditions of modern trade, effective searching on board the ship is practically impossible. In port all the ship's personnel is particularly busy: time is of value and the ship is a hive of humanity, stevedores, coolies, passengers, agents, messengers all jostling each other. The decks are a litter of cargo; and cargo boats and sampans of all descriptions necessarily cluster thickly alongside.
The Indian guards are utilised, if at all, more as sentries on the gangway than as searchers, and the little they could do in the way of searching would be quite ineffec- tive. A really effective search would entail such a large staff or so much delay, probab- ly both, as to make it to all intents and purposes impossible.
3. Guarantee for passengers.
One Company appears to demand from its Compradore some sort of guarantee for every passenger. The guarantee form however as submitted to the Commission con- tains no sanction: and in the circumstances of the passenger trade on the coast the guarantee appeared to the Commission to be of no value. Whether stricter conditions would make it of value, or whether the change would destroy the traffic, is a matter for each Company to decide for itself.
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4. Conclusion.
The Commissioners are therefore of opinion that, whilst it is impossible to state where and exactly by what means the pirates got on board the ship with their arms, it was an easy matter for them to have done so at any of the coast ports.
IV. (b) to inquire how it was possible for the pirates to seize the ship
The pirates depended for success on getting control of the ship by surprise; and the execution of their carefully prepared plan was facilitated by a disregard in certain respects, on the part of the owners and of the officers of the ship, of the spirit and the letter of the Piracy Prevention Regulations. The causes of this divergence and the re- sponsibility for it are dealt with in a later paragraph. For the purpose of reply to the question under consideration it is sufficient to note that the control on board was lax in the following respects:-
1.-The officers did not carry revolvers (Regulation 3).
2. The main deck grilles were continuously open, and the starboard grille
on the saloon deck was generally open.
3. The guards' quarters were situated outside the grilled area, and no precautions were taken to secure a continuous watch at the times of changing guard. Indeed there was little if any control of the guards by the officers.
4. Further the grilles were of a nature that made them sufficiently easy to scale, and it is probable that the pirates launched their main attack by passing through the open main deck grille doors, scaling the grilles at the fore-end of the centre castle to the boat deck, and so gaining ac- cess unnoticed to the bridge.
Generally, the impression was created, that the Piracy Prevention Regulations were not taken very seriously among the officers, and that there was a false sense of security on board with a lack of piracy precautions. It should be noted that the s.s. "Sunning" at the time of the piracy had no authoritative "Scheme of Defence" as required by Re- gulation 21. The statement applied to many other ships at the time, and still applies. In view of the final recommendations of this Report, it is necessary to mention this fact only to draw attention to the lack of any plan of defence organised by owners and officers, such as might reasonably have been expected to exist pending the formulation of the "Scheme of Defence'' required by the Regulations.
V.-(c) To consider the efficiency of the anti-piracy fittings in the ship and to make recommendations as to the alterations and additions, if any, that may be deemed necessary in the s.s. "Sunning" or other sea-going ships.
1. Grilles and access to lifeboats.
A certain number of minor criticisms of the grilles was received, but none of them were of a nature to affect the general question. One general objection only to the grilles principle was received by the Commission: that in times of panic they may be liable to interfere with life-saving, and that in particular they are not in harmony with the Board of Trade Instructions as to the Survey of Life Saving Appliances, 1926; para- graph 190 of which states "...Proper provision must be made for access of passengers to the embarkation deck and for controlling and marshalling them and finally embark- ing them in the lifeboats in the shortest possible time......" It is possible that circum- stances may arise in which certain grilles would prevent ready access to lifeboats; but the weak foundation on which the general criticism stands-and it is not supported in detail -is shewn by the following quotation from the letter dated 11th February, 1927 of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, which appears in Appendix I :—
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It appears therefore that the Board of Trade, in spite of the prominence given to the risks involved, has found it unnecessary to enter any protest against the grilles since their institution in 1914.
The absence of any other serious criticism, together with the consensus of opinion that the system has advantages as an anti-piracy measure, lead the Commission to the conclusion that the value of the grilles for this purpose may override the possible conflict with the Board of Trade Instructions. The risks involved by grilles may easily be
exag- gerated, for it is hardly conceivable that all the grille doors should be suddenly and simultaneously jambed or deserted and so become unopenable; moreover lifeboats are commonly swung out and partially lowered before passengers are embarked. But it is necessary to enter the proviso that no standard plan of grilles can be devised to suit all ships alike adaptation to each separate design is essential.
2. Fortified Bridge.
The events on the s.s. "Sunning" emphasised two points. Firstly, that if grilles are to be used, they must be unscaleable, as in this case the pirates appear to have scal- ed the forward grille to gain access to the upper decks and the bridge. The Commission. here finds signs of the over-dependence on the Government Regulations and of the lack of co-operation which is one of the weaknesses of the present system; for it should not be necessary to wait for examination by the "Scheme of Defence Committee" before mak- ing improvements, such as are obviously desirable. Additional strength could also have been given to the grille defence by the incorporation of steel plates and dodgers; an ex- pedient which deserves more careful consideration than it at present appears to receive.
The second lesson, and one of outstanding importance, to be learnt from the ex- perience of the "Sunning" is the value of a protected bridge.
The recovery of a ship already in complete charge of the pirates was effected en- tirely from a completely undefended bridge, very lightly manned. The centre castle grilles had been forced, and were of no further value to the defence, if indeed they ever had the whole value attributed to them. Grilles enclosing such a wide area have obvious weaknesses; doors have to be continually opened and shut, the guards are out of sight of the officer of the watch, and, even in the most favourable conditions of preparedness, the numbers normally available for defence are too small for efficient protection of such an extended line of defence against a determined attack. They may conceivably afford valu- able assistance, they can for instance form a first line of defence for the officers' quarters and the 1st class cabins; but the principle of the fortified citadel formulated in the re- port of the Commissioners on the "Sui An" Piracy has now been put to the severest practical test, and while it has been justified has also been more closely defined. The unfortified bridge of the s.s. "Sunning" proved itself impregnable; and failing control of only this part of the ship, the whole plan of the pirates was completely defeated. Given a fortified bridge, with guards at the entrances under the eye of the officer of the watch, a surprise is hardly possible; and it may be safely surmised, that pirates, whose only object it is to get away with the booty, would even hesitate to plan an attack if they saw such a serious obstacle in the way of success. Even with control of the engine room it would be difficult for them to direct the ship to their lair; and if they could succeed in running aground (easily possible in the case of river steamers), they are still under fire from the bridge in attempting to escape. And meanwhile it has been possible for the officers on the bridge to continue sending out signals of distress, in the hope of receiving assistance at most within a few hours.
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This principle of a fortified bridge is in fact the one adopted by the River Steamers; for it is almost necessitated by the design. Guards at the entrances are con- tinuously under the eye of the officer of the watch and all the arms are within the grilled bridge. It was consistently maintained that the bridge so defended could not be surpris- ed and could be held indefinitely even by two officers. And it is from these steamers so protected that the Commission received evidence of satisfaction with the system in force. Generally speaking confidence in the value of the grille system was shewn by the officers of River Steamers in striking contrast to the officers of coastal ships-and efforts in some cases were even made to elaborate it, as by a proper arrangement of the lights on the boat deck and the after grilles.
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The officer on watch on a protected bridge will undoubtedly carry a very heavy responsibility, and may even at short notice be called upon to carry out without hesita- tion orders, which should have been laid down in advance as part of a considered general plan, affecting the lives of all the Europeans on board excepting those on the bridge. The action taken must ultimately depend on individual character and determination. The recommendations of the Commissioners can go no further than the consideration of the best form of assistance that can be given to a determination to resist, which must be assumed; and they find that assistance in a closer definition of the citadel idea as develop- ed from its origin in the report on the piracy of the s.s. "Sui An", in the belief that a ship so defended will discourage the attention of pirates. Arson or wholesale murder would hardly be resorted to by pirates, except in revenge for want of success; and a pro- bable, or even possible, want of success will form a powerful deterrent.
A purely Government scheme in such circumstances not unnaturally invites criti- cism and objection; and this the grilles system has received. In spite of this however, and in spite of a certain lack of interest displayed in it by owners and officers generally, the Commissioners accept the position that the grille system has positive value if it incor- porates the lessons of experience and is adapted to design.
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VI. (d) to consider the supply of armed guards, the number to be carried and their administration.
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The present system.
The opinions elicited from witnesses showed one fairly well marked division in the general view of the value of the guards. The majority of the officers of the coast ships seemed to have little confidence in them, while the river steamer officers had little or no fault to find. The cause of this divergence of opinion no doubt lies in the different condi- tions obtaining on the coast and on the river. The river runs are matters of hours only and intermittent, while the coast runs are continuous over periods of days and nights. The grilles of coastal steamers, at which the guards are stationed, are in most cases out of sight of the officer of the watch, while the concentration of the grille system on the bridge in river steamers keeps the guards continually under the closest supervision. Even with these advantages however there was no strong impression created by the officers of river steamers that Indian guards were indispensable, and the opinion seemed to hold that if a surprise could be prevented by reliable discipline, an alert watch, and an early alarm, the officers could hold the bridge. For watchmen of this nature the choice be- tween Indians and Chinese, perhaps from other provinces than Kwong Tung, seemed to be a matter of personal feeling, with a leaning, (among officers of river steamers) towards Indian guards for their fighting qualities, in the event of it becoming possible to defend the whole area inside the outer grilles.
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Officers from coastal steamers had little good to say for the guards. Their dis- cipline was not satisfactory and their behaviour often open to complaint, as with only two deck officers besides the Captain, it was not possible to exercise continuous supervision over duties out of sight of the bridge. The lack of interest shewn by the officers in the guards is no doubt partly responsible for this state of affairs, but there is reason for this mental attitude, and it is obvious that even in otherwise well disciplined ships, the con- trol of the guards offers peculiar difficulties, sufficient to prevent the presence of Indian guards on board coastal ships being generally viewed with favour by the officers. But again something in the shape of alert watchmen is required, and again the choice of na- tionality becomes a personal matter, with some leaning in this case towards Northern Chinese as being more easily adaptable to the life of a ship which contains practically only Chinese. The possibility of connivance with pirates and the smaller fighting power of Chinese as compared with Indians has still to be considered, and must not be over- looked. These disadvantages may however be well counter-balanced by the probability that Chinese would be quicker than Indians to see signs of danger, and the officers would thus receive earlier warning to enable them to take measures for defence.
No criticisms or suggestions as to the number of guards to be carried were re- ceived. But as in every case the officers seemed confident of being able to hold the bridge indefinitely if given sufficient warning, it would appear that the number of guards to be carried should be governed by the number of watchmen required for the grilles.
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In considering the general administration of the guards, difficulties in the way of the existing system ever becoming completely efficient at once appear. It is unpopular with owners and officers alike; and while this unpopularity may be due to the dislike of the whole Piracy Prevention Regulations as a Government measure (a matter of common knowledge), the position of the Indian guards is open to special attack. Of all the crew on board, these guards alone are not engaged by the ship and are not entirely subject to ship's discipline as are the others. They must be "requisitioned for to the Captain Super- intendent of Police". (Regulation 37). The Captain Superintendent of Police trains and appoints them to each ship as required and has the power to remove any guard from any ship as he may think fit. The guards also receive their pay and their punishments at the hands of the shore authorities. There is under the Piracy Prevention Regulations no system for supplying to a captain the previous records of men quartered on his ship, nor for informing him of the result of action taken by himself or his officers against any of the guards. However strictly the guards may be instructed that while on board they are as entirely subject to ships' discipline as are any other members of the crew, it is ob- vious that there must remain an important distinction. The Captain's power is vicarious only, and this interference with the traditions of the sea is naturally resented; while the guards are inclined to regard the shore authorities as their real masters. It is hardly to be expected that they should be averse from taking advantage of the opportunities this division of responsibility, apart from their special position on board the ship, provides.
The Commissioners do not deal with the internal details of administration such as the training of the guards. There was no reason to find fault, and even if defects should appear they would be matters of detail comparatively easily remedied. The principal weakness of the system is the divided responsibility, and the recommendations of the Commissioners are directed to this point. They are of opinion that the engagement of guards should (subject to one important proviso) be left entirely to owners,-who would naturally be expected to cooperate in making their selection with their compradores, whose safes form one of the first objectives of all pirates;-but that if a desire is expressed to enlist Government assistance in securing recruits, the Captain Superintendent of Police should be directed to consult with the employer concerned, and to make such arrange-. ments as may in each case be agreed upon. There remains the proviso. Men engaged as guards only are in a position distinct from that of ordinary members of a ship's crew, and their efficiency and desirability should be safeguarded by investing the Captain Superin- tendent of Police with a general power of supervision. One method of attaining this object would be the addition to Section 4 of the Arms Ordinance (No. 2 of 1900) of a sub- section, providing that guards so employed on any vessel should be subject to the ap- proval of the Captain Superintendent of Police, and that this approval could at any time in his discretion be withdrawn.
VII. (e) to consider generally and to make recommendations as to
the measures necessary for preventing piracy.
Kong.
1. Request for suggestions and the response.
Wireless and Searching in Hong
The Commissioners addressed to the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce the China Coast Officers' Guild, and the Marine Engineers' Guild of China, Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd., Messrs, Butter- field and Swire, Messrs. Douglas Lapraik and Co., Ltd., the Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd, and the Chinese shipowners in Hong Kong, a letter in the following terms :-
"I am directed by the Commissioners, appointed by His Excellency the Governor on 2nd December, 1926, for the purpose of conducting an enquiry into anti-piracy measures, to request you to be good enough to furnish them with your views on the Piracy Prevention Ordinance Regulations at present in force."
2. Whilst inviting criticisms of these Regulations the Commissioners particularly desire to receive any suggestions which you may wish to put forward for the improve- ment of existing conditions, whether such suggestions are directly connected with the Re- gulations or not.'
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"3. It would be convenient if in your reply you would be so good as to nominate a witness or witnesses who would elaborate it orally as may be required."
The replies, which appear in Appendix I, to this letter may be summarised as follows:-
Unqualified support for what is known as the "Minority Report", (see Appendix III), was given by Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, the China Coast Officers' and Marine Engineers' Guilds, the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese shipowners; and a qualified support, though in effect covering all the important points, by the Hong Kong Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd. The Hong Kong General Chamber of Com- merce forwards Mr. R. Sutherland's Searching scheme and various individual opinions of members of the shipping sub-committee. It makes particular reference in the covering letter to the possible conflict between the Piracy Prevention Regulations and the Board of Trade Regulations, and it draws attention to the value of Wireless.
The question of wireless and other signalling is dealt with exhaustively in Lt.-Comdr. Hole's memorandum (Appendix II). The suggestions made therein clearly deserve care- ful consideration by owners, so long as the installation of wireless telegraphy remains op- tional. The part of the Government should be to encourage such installation in every pos- sible manner, not the least important being the reduction of charges for anti-piracy mes- sages. But the Commissioners wish to go further and to recommend for the favourable consideration of the Government that the carrying of wireless telegraphy be made compul- sory on the lines of the enactments in force in the United Kingdom. They are of opinion that compulsory installations will quickly develop into a powerful and general anti-piracy measure, and the recommendation is the more readily made as it appears only to carry to its logical conclusion the suggestion contained in the letter from the Chamber of Commerce. The Minority Report is dealt with exhaustively in the memorandum by Lieut. Commander Pitcairn Jones, D.S.C., R.N., which forms Appendix III, and the Commissioners wish to record their concurrence with the criticisms and conclusions of that memorandum. The question of the possible conflict between the Piracy Prevention Regulations and the Board of Trade Regulations has been dealt with above under section V paragraph 1, and it remains to consider Mr. Sutherland's scheme and the opinions of individual members.
The Commissioners, whilst having a full appreciation of the care with which Mr. Sutherland's scheme has been elaborated, can but agree with the suggestion on page 35 of his memorandum (see Appendix I) that "the proposal as put forward possibly goes beyond the scope of your reference." The Commissioners are concerned with the scheme solely as an anti-piracy measure, and it is therefore only the improved searching facili- ties suggested that they have to consider. They note in the first place that the blessing given to the scheme by the Chamber is only a qualified one.-The Chamber would welcome the practical development of such a scheme, with due regard to general con- ditions affecting shipping" (letter dated 10th March, 1924, from the Chamber of Com- merce to the Government)- "...... if it can be made to dovetail into existing shipping organisations without injuring economic working, the proposal has much to commend it”. (the Chairman of the Chamber at the Annual Meeting on 24th March, 1924).———“This Chamber, on 10th March, 1924, informed the Colonial Government that it approved this proposal in principle and would welcome its practical development, with due regard to general conditions affecting shipping". (letter dated 11th February, 1927 from the Cham- ber to the Commission). The qualification is apparently due to the inconvenience and extra expense that may be caused to shipping by the necessity for steamers to move from wharf to wharf, if the proposal as to searching is to be carried out, since it is difficult to conceive how the provision of extra wharves and godown facilities, with which the re- mainder of the report is concerned, could occassion such apprehension as appears in these three quotations. This deduction is not a good augury for the success of that part of the scheme dealing with searching, which calls for the fullest co-operation of all concerned; but indeed the Commissioners doubt whether the scheme, even if completely developed, would have any appreciable effect in the reduction of piracies. The information in the hands of the Commission, and the description on pages 33 and 34 of Mr. Sutherland's memorandum of the methods of search employed by the Hong Kong Police, show that in this matter of searching Hong Kong is at least as thorough as any port on the China coast, and is more thorough than the majority. Piracies out of Hong Kong are comparatively rare, and there has been no case since January, 1924; while the Police search, aided by an efficient detective service ashore, has been definitely responsible for preventing more than one attempt. It would appear therefore that pirates already avoid Hong Kong,-
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the difficulties of operating from this centre are sufficiently great to drive them else- where where their road is easy, and as long as the Colony can hold this position in rela- tion to other ports, further precautions in this direction may even lay themselves open to the charge of being unnecessarily stringent. What is required is a common level of search throughout the ports concerned, and such search to be completely effective must be backed by an efficient detective system ashore. Hong Kong has set a standard in this matter, both ashore and afloat, high enough to drive the pirates to other centres. It remains for those other centres to take measures for driving them still further until they are finally driven off the face of the map of the China coast.
There is also put forward a plan for searching, which deserves further examina- tion in the light of the recent s.s. "Ko Chow" incident. Briefly the plan is that all in- tending passengers should file past detectives, or should be paraded before them, so that the detectives should 'spot' undesirables. In the case of the s.s. "Ko Chow'' a number of concealed revolvers was found under conditions, which made it highly probable that a gang of pirates was actually on board. A close examination by the Police of all the pas- sengers resulted in the detention of a number of suspects. Suspicion however was only based on the fact that the detained men spoke the same dialect as the man who had charge of the revolvers, and that they came from the same district at about the same time De- tails of this nature could not be elicited in an ordinary parade, nor would they form ground for action unsupported by some good reason such as the previous discovery of the revolvers. This discovery, it should be noted was directly due to alertness on the part of the ship's personnel.
Most of the views on points of detail of individual members of the Shipping Sub- committee of the Chamber of Commerce are dealt with in their appropriate paragraphs. The remainder consists of suggestions for small additions to the defensive equipment of the ship, such as should lie well within the competence of the Captain to provide without reference to the Piracy Prevention Regulations.
The Commissioners note with some disappointment that the letter from the Cham- ber of Commerce contains no suggestion that action on the part of the owners or of the officers by way of precaution against attack is called for. Destructive criticism rather thạn constructive suggestion is foreshadowed in the following extract from a member's opinion included in the letter:-
"When the report of the Commissioners of the "Sunning" Piracy is complete it will no doubt show to what extent the Regulations were carried out, and whether it was found impossible to put certain Regulations into practice. The shipping sub-committee will be in a better position to offer suggestions for the improvement of existing conditions after the Report is presented."
The Regulations indeed ever since their institution appear to have provided an opening for destructive criticism which has been seized to the detriment of constructive and independent action; and the Commissioners have been influenced by this view in making their final recommendations.
2. The root of piracy.
It is a common-place to repeat that the elimination of piracy on the China coast must await improvement in the condition of the country as a whole, and that while no effort is made to deal with pirates in their lairs ashore by their own Government, and while the efforts of those with power throughout the land end only in the encouragement of disorder and destruction, so long will piracy flourish and increase. Given the will, it would be a simple matter for any Chinese authority to smoke out such a notorious nest as Bias Bay, and to keep it under control: but until the Chinese can be induced to take ac- tion themselves, or to allow action to be taken in the common interests, the risk of piracy in Chinese waters will remain. We say this much on the point not because we have any doubt that the Hong Kong Government is making every possible effort in the direction of eliminating pirates ashore, but because a reference that calls for "recommendations as to the measures necessary for preventing piracy" cannot otherwise be answered. Wholly to prevent piracy involves a destruction of the conditions which breed pirates, the com- mon duty of every civilised Government.
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The attitude of the Nationalist Government to the question appears in the follow- ing extract from a telegram received by the Governor of Hong Kong from Mr. E. Teichman, C.I.E., in Hankow :-
"The Minister for Foreign Affairs [Mr. Eugene Chen] yesterday [19th March, 1927] gave me his reply about Bias Bay in the sense that his Government considered that punitive measures against the villages on shore would be worse than useless, as they would not stop piracies on the high seas and would only provoke the pirates to reprisal; and that the best means of dealing with the evil was for us to station a man of war in the neighbourhood of Bias Bay for the purpose of intercepting pirated vessels, coupled with wireless precautions and increased vigilance especially over the crews at the ports of embarkation, where, (rather than in the Bias Bay villages), piracies were planned and pirate organizations were based".
The evil is thus admitted as is also the fact that its roots lie ashore; but no hint is given of any attempt to deal with it. Advice is tendered; but the patrol suggestion is open to the obvious reply that if called for at all it should be a matter for the Government claiming control of the district, and to the criticism that such a patrol afloat can hope at the best to deal only with a few pirates after their piracies have been completed There is no suggestion of any co-operation at the "ports of embarkation, where, (rather than in the Bias Bay villages), piracies are planned and the organisation based." In China today men of all grades of life have taken to piracy, and the conditions are such that no action against them can hope for final success unless it is strongly supported by detective and executive action ashore. No charge of neglect in this connection can lie against the British Government, but the Nationalist Government, which claims control over essential parts of the "ports of embarkation", stands condemned by the words of its own Foreign Minister. So far from exhibiting a desire to shoulder obvious responsibility, the quotation reveals an anxiety to divert attention from the Bias Bay area, the guilt of which is established by proof incontrovertible, to vague areas elsewhere where suspicions may be justified, but where proof has still to be provided by the Chinese authorities themselves, who voice the suspicion. The first sentence of the quotation given cannot but excite astonishment if it is to be taken at its face value. The more charitable view probably is that it is a matter of propaganda only. Chinese Governments have often complained that the foreign controlled areas of the country are responsible for all the ills of China, and have avoided responsibilities thereby. The same course still offers the same advantages but in addition the propaganda habit has become so strong among the Nationalists that even this opportunity, unreasonable as it is, cannot be resisted.
This augurs ill for the immediate possibility of cooperation, and the Commission- ers feel that the maintenance of this attitude with the continued absence of any attempt by the Chinese to carry out an elementary international duty in their own territory justify a recommendation for independent action. Very strong reasons are required for such ac- tion, but Bias Bay at least supplies them in its direct connection with seventeen piracies in the last five years, nine having occurred in the last two years; and in the absence of a sustained or even serious attempt by any local authority to deal with an evil, which has for too long made the name notorious.*
3. The Responsibility for combatting piracies.
While the roots remain, piracy will recur: and pending the necessary drastic ac- tion ashore, the Commission has therefore to consider the best means of mitigating the scourge, by way of preventing the operations of pirates on ships being successfully com- pleted.
(a) Piracies from without.
The question naturally falls into two parts, piracies from without and piracies from within. The latter, at one time practically unknown, seem to have replaced the former, once a standing menace to commerce throughout the seven seas.
Among the steps taken to deal with piracy from without, the course of history shows that action by the British Navy was always the most important factor; but in connection with the "Minority Report" it is interesting to quote the following from the "Encyclopedia of the Laws of England", volume 11, page 139.
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"Not resisting Pirates is an offence by a statute of the reign of Charles II. (22 and 23 Car. II. c. II) whereby the master of any vessel of a burden_ not less than two hundred tons, and furnished with sixteen guns, is forbidden to yield his cargo to pirates or any force without resistance, on pain of being rendered incapable to take charge of any English vessel afterwards; and if the ship be released, and anything given by the pirates to the master, such gift and his share of the ship are to go to the owners of the goods. And any ship of less burden or force than beforementioned is forbidden to yield to a Turkish pirate, not having double her number of guns, without fighting: "an extra- ordinary instance of the courage and skill", observes Abbott, "which the legislature of those times attributed to English seamen, and which the exploits of succeeding genera- tions have so often and so gloriously exemplified."
"Sec. 6 of the same statute provided that if the mariners or inferior officers of any English ship, laden with goods and merchandises as aforesaid, shall decline or refuse to fight and defend the ship when they shall be thereunto commanded by the master or commander thereof, or shall utter any words to discourage the other mariners from defend- ing the ship, every mariner who shall be found guilty of declining or refusing as afore- said, shall lose all his wages due to him, together with such goods as he hath in his ship and suffer imprisonment not exceeding the space of six months, and shall during such time be kept to hard labour for his or their maintenance."
The principle underlying this law still holds good, though the circumstances have altered. No reasonably possible action by the Navy can prevail unless it is supported by full precaution and determined action on the part of all those who may be open to at- tack. Service on the China coast must in these troubleous times be held to include the risk of piracy, and to presuppose a determination to resist. That this assumption is no mere pious hope is shewn by an extract from the record of a meeting held at the Colonial Office to consider piracy on the China coast on 10th July, 1924. At that meeting there were present besides representatives of the Colonial Office, Foreign Office, the Admiralty, the Board of Trade, and the Hong Kong Government, the following:
Mr. T.W. Moore, C.B.E., F.R.G.S... Secretary, The Imperial Merchant Service
Guild.
Mr. D. Bramah, C.B.E.
Mr. J. Watson,
General Secretary, The Marine Engineers Association.
Secretary, The Marine Engineers Guild of China. (Representing also the China Coast Officers Guild).
The relevant section of the minutes reads:-
"As a preliminary to the consideration of this suggestion, there was some discus- sion as to whether the Guilds had any objection in principle to the defence of a ship from within. The representatives of the Guilds made it clear that they had no such objection in principle and indeed accepted as axiomatic the duty of the master and officers to de- fend their ship."
The same spirit is shewn in the letter from the Secretary (China Coast Officers' Guild) to the Secretary "Sui An" Piracy Commission, dated 13th December, 1922, which contains this sentence, "That every vessel should have 'Action Stations' for repelling at- tack by pirates, and exercise therein at regular intervals, such practice being recorded in Log Book."; and of the letter from the Marine Engineers' Guild of the same date, which covers very detailed advice on the best use of possible defensive measures, such as grilles, steam pipes and hot water hose, and the Commissioners have no reason to think that the views of the two Guilds have been altered by more recent events.
It is reassuring to note that the officers of the s.s. "Sunning" have proved that the compliment conveyed to the Mercantile Marine in the quotation given from Abbott is still justified, and that officers are still prepared to elect for service on the China coast with all its risks and added responsibilities.
The memorandum criticising the Minority Report, (Appendix III) deals very fully with this question of piracy from without.
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The Commissioners identify themselves with that memorandum, and hold the view that patrols by the Navy over the whole of the actual danger zone are impossible to an extent justifying any reduction of the internal precautions on board ships, which they merely complement; but that it is necessary to press for the extension of assistance from the Navy, which already guards the rivers, in the direction of establishing patrols off the seaward approaches to known pirate strongholds, and in the last resort, failing the co- operation of the Chinese authorities, of destroying those strongholds by independent
action.
(b) Piracies from within.
Before considering in detail the question of piracy from within, it is pertinent to ask what action a British man of war could take if it found a ship already in control of pirates. The difficulties confronting the commander, and the extra risks to which all on board the pirated ship would be exposed are so obvious that they need no further elaboration. But the point emphasises again the supreme necessity for all possible action to prevent pirates gaining control, if only for long enough to send out signals to summon
assistance.
The Commissioners base their recommendations principally on a consideration of the proper incidence of responsibility for defensive action within any ship. The possibi- lity of making an impregnable citadel of the bridge, with the probability that pirates will not attack a ship, where the conditions leave any doubt as to their chances of getting clear with the booty, has been discussed above under section V.
The whole of the existing Hong Kong Piracy Prevention Regulations form an extraordinary and unusual piece of legislation; it is indeed probably unique. Locally made regulations are imposed upon ships which are bound by bond to observe them far outside the limits of the Colony's jurisdiction. It is by no means clear that the Regula- tions can not conflict with Board of Trade Regulations common to the whole British Mer- cantile Marine. In any event other authorities presumably have equal power to impose regulations of their own making, so that the value of the Hong Kong bond may quite easily depend on something beyond the control of the bondsman. Further the choice given to a captain, outside Hong Kong waters, between observing the conditions of his bond or of ignoring them in favour of the commonly held view that they conflict with the Board of Trade Regulations often ends in the defeat of the bond. The choice is the more readily made in that some at least of the conditions of the bond tend to hamper the easy working of a ship and the Regulations therefore start with the handicap of being un- popular. One such opening for attack weakens the whole fabric, which is already none too strong with the difficulty concerning the discipline of the guards, and the doubts concerning the dangers of carrying revolvers near a compass. Very conflicting evidence on this last point was received, and the Commission can only conclude that it is possible that in certain circumstances the danger may be a real one.
But this criticism takes second place in importance to the consideration that the Regulations cause a misplaced incidence of responsibility. The Government assumes through them some responsibility for the internal defence of a ship, and the whole re- sponsibility for any possible conflict with the Board of Trade Regulations in emergency. The value of the scheme of defence, the satisfactory design and construction of the gril- les, the reliability of the Indian guards and their supply (or want of supply, as it has at times been necessary to detain ships for which no guards were immediately available)- these matters lie with the Government and they eat so deep into internal management, that those concerned are encouraged to go further and to consider that the whole anti- piracy question is a matter for Government alone. The fact of course is that at sea dis- cipline and determination alone will count; without them the best made "scheme of de- fence" will be worthless, and where they exist the scheme is best left to those who have to depend on it perhaps for their lives. Advice and assistance can be freely given: but the responsibility should lie directly on owners and officers. The companies at present pay all expenses for certain fittings and guards ordered or provided by the Government. They have little faith in their value, and in few cases do much to co-operate. The Government does nothing, beyond insisting that precautions are taken, that the companies could not do at least equally well themselves. The responsibility is however shifted to the Government. With that responsibility definitely put back on to the companies, it is to he hoped that self interest or public opinion will lead to precautions being taken with a better will, and therefore with more chance of being thorough. Whatever it was de-
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cided to do would in any event be more quickly done than now, when it appears that the "Scheme of Defence Committee" has six months whole time work before it to bring all the ships concerned into line with the Regulations; with little expectation that any or- ganised "plan of defence" will be separately arranged before the regulation "scheme of defence" is set out by the Committee.
This misplaced incidence seems to have occasioned a misapprehension that appears in the Minority Report. That report, which hardly recognises sufficiently the important distinction between piracies from within and piracies from without, carries the Govern- ment acceptance of a responsibility, which it was forced by circumstances to assume but which it cannot fully discharge, to the furthest possible limits, and lays the whole burden on the Navy, apparently absolving owners, officers and crew from doing anything at all in their own interests.
Government action was required to force a beginning. The last thirteen years have provided ideas, and considerable constructional work, which should not now be in danger of losing their momentum, and experience which is not likely to be ignored. There is now more probability that the experience gathered will be put to practical use without, rather than with, Government "interference".
VIII. Recommendations and Conclusions.
The main conclusion to which the Commission has been driven is that the condi- tions demand precautions and an organisation to resist pirates on board every vessel ex- posed to the risk of piracy; but that no system is worth the cost of installation or the trouble of organising, unless it is backed by a determination to resist on the part of owners and officers alike, who must necessarily cooperate to this end. The Government hand in the organisation on board is openly unpopular, and, in lacking the essential co- operation of owners and officers, even constitutes an obstacle to the institution and deve- lopment of voluntary schemes. The Piracy Prevention Regulations and thirteen years experience have given a valuable lead; and the Commission is unanimously of opinion that the responsibility for internal precautions and organisation should now be thrown back upon the owners, who, by seeking the cooperation of their officers and considering their views, will at least be able to ensure that confidence in the arrangements which is tial. Where the proper spirit exists, the Commissioners are convinced that arrangements can be made which will go far towards eliminating the risk of piracy, while if that spirit is lacking Government regulations will avail but little. This conclusion is no royal road to the elimination of piracy, but the Commissioners are satisfied that it goes to the heart of the matter, and that it must form the foundation of any attempt of whatever kind to mitigate the evils of piratical attacks.
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It is by no means intended however that the Government should do nothing. It is the Government's part to press for all possible patrolling, and independent action if called for, by the Navy on the river and around spots such as Bias Bay, to encourage the instal- lation of wireless, to consider the desirability of making it compulsory, and to facilitate its employment by such methods as the reduction to a minimum of transmission charges, to continue to make the Colony an unhealthy centre for pirates by search and detective operations afloat and ashore, and in addition to afford all such advice and assistance to- wards the making of satisfactory arrangements on board, as it may be possible to provide. In a purely voluntary scheme such as the Commission favours the provision of satisfactory guards for example may offer difficulties to private companies. In this matter Government could undoubtedly assist, and under section VI above the Commissioners have outlined a scheme which they anticipate would secure the necessary cooperation with the owners. There may be many details in which advice would be sought, (the details of a system of signals is an obvious one), and the resources of the Harbour Office, and of others as may be necessary, should be made available. In their recommendations the Commission- ers include in a general shape applicable to all vessels alike points, which the enquiry has shown to be most deserving of the consideration of owners in forming their own defence schemes. But opinions may be desired on the many possible modifications and these should be readily available.
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The unanimous recommendations of the Commissioners are summarised as follows:-
1. The Government should endeavour to induce the authorities at the coast ports to make the searching at those ports more effective, and should continue to press for the cooperation of the Chinese authorities to deal with the evil ashore. Should effective co- operation continue to be withheld, the Commissioners consider that H.M.'s Government would be amply justified in taking independent action for the extermination of known pirate strongholds as a common international duty.
2. The necessity for all possible patrolling by the Navy on the rivers and on the coast, especially in the vicinity of such spots as Bias Bay, should continue to be em- phasised.
3. The whole of the Piracy Prevention Regulations should be rescinded, and the following recommendations should be brought to the notice of owners as the outlines of a scheme sufficient to enable a few determined men to prevent a successful piracy, and so to make even the attempt at piracy unlikely:
(a) The bridge should be protected by grilles and dodgers, with guards
stationed at the entrances.
(b) Subsidiary grilles should be provided, isolating the Officers and 1st class
cabins as far as possible.
(c) Careful attention should be given to points of detail such as:-the ar- rangement of lights to assist the defence, a system of alarm bells and a plan to concentrate all Europeans on alarm.
4. The compulsory installation of wireless telegraphy should be considered, but in any event the Government should encourage its use and development by such means as the reduction of charges for a system of anti-piracy messages.
5. The Government should establish a Board to be the repository of all data con- nected with piracy, which should meet at, say, quarterly intervals to consider the ques- tion generally with a view to being in a position to supply information and advice when called upon. The idea of the. Commissioners is to reduce formalities, and therefore de- lay, to a minimum. The opinion and advice of the members of the Board should be seve- rally or jointly at the disposal of those concerned, and the available data should be equal- ly at the disposal of each member, who would have discretion to advise with or without calling the remaining members to formal consultation. The responsibility for the collec- tion and custody of the records would naturally fall to the lot of the Harbour Master, with the Harbour Office as the most convenient repository; and the members to be associated with him should include the Captain Superintendent of Police, a Naval Officer, and a Coast Officer still serving. The necessary steps should from time to time be taken to bring the existence and nature of this Board, and its personnel to the notice of those concern- ed, especially the Shipping Companies.
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19th April, 1927.
A. H. STEWART,
W. DAVISON,
T. G. WEALL,
L. PITCAIRN JONES,
G. F. HOLE,
E. D. C. WOLFE,
E. R. HALLIFAX, Chairman.
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Appendix L
Copy of letter dated 7th December 1926 from Secretary, Sunning Piracy Com- mission to the H.K. General Chamber of Commerce, the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, the China Coast Officers' Guild, and the Marine Engineers' Guild of China, Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd.. Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, Messrs. Douglas Lapraik & Co., Ltd., the Hong Kong Cantor: & Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd., and the Chinese shipowners in Hong Kong.
Gentlemen,
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
HONG KONG, 7th December, 1926.
Sunning Piracy Commission.
I am directed by the Commissioners appointed by His Excellency the Governor on 2nd December, 1926, for the purpose of conducting an enquiry into Anti Piracy measures to request you to be good enough to furnish them with your views on the Piracy Prevention Ordinance Regulations at present in force.
2. Whilst inviting criticism of these Regulations the Commissioners particularly desire to receive any suggestions which you may wish to put forward for the improve- ment of existing conditions, whether such suggestions are directly connected with the- Regulations or not.
3. It would be convenient if in your reply you would be so good as to nominate a witness or witnesses who would elaborate it orally as may be required.
4. I am to request the favour of a reply at the earliest possible date.
5. A copy of the Piracy Prevention Ordinance Regulations is enclosed herewith.
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I am, etc.
A. G. GRANTHAM, `
Secretary.
CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HONG KONG, 11th January, 1927.
A. G. GRANTHAM, Esq.
Sir,
Secretary,
Sunning Piracy Commission.
Sunning Piracy Commission.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th Decem- ber, 1926, inviting this Chamber's criticisms on the Piracy Prevention Regulations at present in force, and I am directed to state that whilst appreciating the opportunities thus afforded, my Committee do not consider it necessary to go again into the question which has been so fully dealt with by representatives of this Chamber on the Piracy Regulations Committee in their Minority Report to the Government in 1925.
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I have the honour to enclose a copy of the Report herewith.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
Mr. T. N. CHAU.
(Sd.)
IP LAN-CHUEN,
Secretary.
Sir,
No. 8, QUEEN'S ROAD, WEST,
HONG KONG, 24th January, 1927.
Sunning Piracy Commission.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th Decem- ber 1926 and to inform you that in response to your request, a meeting of the Chinese ship owners in the colony was duly convened for the purpose of considering the subject matter of your letter under reply.
The meeting expresses its entire agreement with the "Minority Report" of the Piracy Regulations Committee a copy of which I have the honour to forward herewith, and urges that strong representations be made to the Government to institute a system of patrols at the earliest possible date.
I am, Sir,
A. G. GRANTHAM, Esq.,
Secretary,
Sunning Piracy Commission.
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Sd.)
CHAU TSUN NIN.
CANT
THE HONG KONG CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO. LIMITED.
HONG KONG, 31st January, 1927.
Sunning Piracy Commission.
With reference to your letter of 7th Ultimo I now give you below my views on the Piracy Prevention Ordinance Regulations as requested.
(1) The Regulations as at present framed and obeyed by local steamers leave nothing which can be added as regards internal defences. Most steamers, particularly steamers of the river and short coast trip type trading from Hong Kong, being in fact more heavily grilled than is fully compatible with the safety of the ship in case of fire etc., and also as in respect of the Board of Trade Regulations.
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(2) The Indian Guards are, as at present supplied, in many cases badly trained and lacking in knowledge of the arms supplied them under the Local Ordinance. fact it may be stated that many of the guards comprise the weak link in a steamer's scheme of defence, as in most cases the Officers know that in the event of trouble the guards are not to be relied upon.
In order to improve the conditions with which Companies and their ships' officers have to contend owing to frequent piracy attacks, the following suggestions, if carried out, would greatly assist.
(a) Increased supervision on the part of the Police at all ports where passengers are embarked. In Hong Kong especially, increased supervision on the part of the Water Police over all small craft moving about wharves and steamers after dark.
(b) Additional Government vessels be placed on duty for patrol work on all British Coastal and River Trade Routes. This suggestion being carried out would, to my mind, greatly reduce the possibility of continued successful piratical attacks.
(c) Until the Chinese or the Joint Governments have taken action as regards the district round Bias Bay, this district should be kept under constant supervision and all steamers discovered in the neighbourhood carefully examined.
Since the "Sui An" piracy in 1922 and until present date numerous vessels have been captured by pirates and, taken into Bias Bay, without the slightest hindrance discharged cargo and taken prisoners ashore for ransom. If this district had been under constant supervision the majority of all these recent piracies would have been un- successful inasmuch as the steamer would have been recaptured before the real looting. took place.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
The Secretary,
"Sunning" Piracy Commission,
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
The Secretary,
Sir,
HONG KONG.
(Sd.)
JOHN ARNOLD,
Secretary.
THE CHINA COAST OFFICERS' GUILD
&
THE MARINE ENGINEERS' GUILD OF CHINA.
"Sunning" Piracy Commission.
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HONG KONG, 4th February, 1927.
Referring to your letter of 18th January, and further to ours of 24th idem. we regret the tardiness of this letter, which is due to the necessity of changing offices in the interim.
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We would now point out that, although we have been invited to place our views before the Commission, we have no confidence that they will receive any more sideration than has been accorded to those which were placed before :-
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(a) 13.12.22 "Sui An" Piracy Commission.
(6) 4.2.24
(c) 24.3.24
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong.
The Rt. Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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(d) 10.7.24 A Meeting, held at Downing Street London, between Representatives of the Colonial Office, Foreign Office, Admiralty, Board of Trade, Government of Hong Kong and Representatives of the Imperial Merchant Service Guild, Marine Engineers' Association (Lond.), The China Coast Officers' Guild, and the Marine Engineers' Guild of China, to discuss measures for dealing with Piracy in waters adjacent to the Colony of Hong Kong.
(e) 5.12.24 Piracy Regulations Committee, H.K.
10.1.25
H. E. The Governor, in the form of a Minority Report of the above (e).
As the document referred to in (c) is possibly not in your possession we have pleasure in enclosing 8 copies for the information of the Commission.
We would emphasise the fact that the views of our Members, as collated in the documents cited above, have undergone no change and, now that we as their repre- sentatives are debarred from hearing any fresh evidence bearing on the matter which may be given at the sittings of the Commission, we are absolutely unable to add to them.
With the utmost respect and obedience to any measures His Excellency may deem fit to adopt, the Management Committees and Members of these Guilds, which are com- posed solely of the gentlemen who have physically to combat Piracy, are most strongly of opinion that their accredited representatives should have unrestricted access to any tribunal at which the action of any member or members may be (even part of) the subject under enquiry.
We are instructed to place it on record that, in view of the promises made by the Hon. Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, the restriction imposed on their representatives in the present instance is viewed by the Members of these Guilds as a clearly defined breach of faith.
Yours faithfully,
(Sd.) T. T. LAURENSON,
W. J. STOKES,
(Sd.)
Branch Secretaries.
Copy of letter dated 31st March, 1927, to China Coast Officers' Guild & Marine Engineers' Guild of China.
Gentlemen,
Sunning Piracy Commission.
I am directed by the Commissioners to enquire whether it would be convenient for your Guilds to send representatives; to appear before the Commission at the Council Chamber on Tuesday next 5th April at 2.30 p.m.
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In the event of this date not being suitable, I am to request you to be good enough to inform me which is the earliest date which would be. I should also be glad if you would let me know the names of the representatives.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
A. G. GRANTHAM,
Secretary.
The Branch Secretaries,
CHINA COAST OFFICERS' GUILD AND
MARINE ENGINEERS' GUILD OF CHINA,
HONG KONG.
Copy of reply to above letter
THE CHINA COAST OFFICERS' GUILD, AND
THE MARINE ENGINEERS' GUILD OF CHINA.
Å. G. GRANTHAM, Esq.,
Secretary,
Sunning Piracy Commission.
HONG KONG, 4th April, 1927.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of 31st March I am directed to say that, as the views of these Guilds have been placed before the Government on numerous occasions and have undergone no change, there is nothing to be gained by a re-iteration of them.
It is, therefore, not considered desirable that any further representation should be made.
Yours faithfully,
(sd.)
W. J. STOKES,
Branch Secretary,
C.C.O.G. & M.E.G.C.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
HONG KONG, 10th February, 1927.
Sir,
"Sunning" Piracy Commission.
the Piracy Prevention Ordinance Regulatiober asking for our views and criticisms on In reply to your letter of 7th Decemns at present in force, we beg to state that
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we have nothing material to add to the findings expressed in the "Minority Report of the Piracy Regulations Committee 1924".
We regret reply to your letter has been delayed.
We are, Sir,
A. G. GRANTHAM, Esq.,..
Secretary,
"Sunning" Piracy Commission,
HONG KONG.
Your obedient servants,
(Sd.) BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
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THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
HONG KONG, 11th February, 1927.
Sir,
I have the honour, in reply to your letter of the 7th December, 1926, to submit copies of a document comprising the views of individual members of the Shipping Sub- Committee on points of detail in connection with the Piracy Prevention Ordinance Re- gulations; also a memorandum by Mr. R. Sutherland on a method of checking piracy by means of a passenger depot scheme. This Chamber, on 10th March, 1924, informed the Colonial Government that it approved this proposal in principle and would welcome its practical development, with due regard to general conditions affecting shipping.
On the Piracy Prevention Regulations generally, the Chamber desires to emphasize the conflict that exists, in reference to the grilles, between the Piracy Prevention Re- gulations and the Board of Trade Regulations for Safety of Life at Sea. A grave responsibility would accrue in the event of a shipping disaster in which the presence of the grilles prevented passengers from reaching the boats. At present the anomalous condition exists that shipping companies are compelled by the Piracy Prevention Regula- tions to take measures which the Board of Trade surveyor ought, strictly speaking, to refuse to sanction.
In regard to paragraph 7 of the comments of Lieutenant Commander Pitcairn Jones, the Chamber endorses the suggestion that, within the danger zone, ships fitted with W/T should send out wireless messages at routine times-say every two hours- non-receipt of these messages affording an indication that something is wrong and that a piracy may have been committed. It is considered that this traffic might be handled at a nominal cost, especially as it would not be necessary to undertake delivery of the routine messages to the shipping companies every two hours; only to notify them—and the appropriate authorities if the routine message at any time failed to arrive.
In view of occasional piracies of ocean-going steamers the plan might be extended to them, with modifications, e.g., a twice-daily signal might be found sufficient. The possibility that pirates will force wireless operators to send the signal as usual can probably be met by some special means. The Chamber would suggest that the views of wireless experts be obtained on this suggestion.
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With regard to the request that witnesses be nominated, the Chamber has no doubt that any of the gentlemen whose views have been expressed in the memoranda attached hereto would be willing to supplement them orally if desired.
The Chamber's reply to the Commissioners' letter has been unavoidably delayed pending the conclusion of the proceedings at the Sessions and the receipt of certain necessary information.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Sd.) M. F. KEY,
Secretary.
The Secretary to the
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"SUNNING" PIRACY COMMISSION,
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
HONG KONG.
THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
PIRACY PREVENTION ORDINANCE REGULATIONS
Views of Individual Members of The Shipping Sub-Committee
Mr. F. H. CRAPNELL:
"With reference to your letter of the 30th instant the "Minority Report'", which received the Chambers' full support, dealt with the existing regulations. I am, therefore, of opinion that the Shipping Sub-Committee should not put forward further criticism without careful consideration.
"When the report of the Commissioners of the "Sunning" Piracy is complete it will no doubt show to what extent the Regulations were carried out and whether it was found impossible to put certain Regulations into practice. The Shipping Sub-Com- mittee will be in a better position to offer suggestions for the improvement of existing conditions after the Report is presented":
Capt. C. B. RIGGS:
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(2) Ships (exceeding 60 Tons).
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"If a Master or Officer holding the necessary B.O.T. Certificate, and his character is such, as satisfies his Employer, there appears no reason why the appoint- ment of such a man should be subjected to the approval of the Governor in Council.
(3) The carrying of arms.
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"It is doubtful whether it would not be more convenient and serviceable for the officer on duty on the bridge who has various duties to attend to in the navigation of the ship, to have his revolver in a convenient place, such as the Chartroom; rather than carrying it on his person; furthermore there is a possibility of a long revolver affecting
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the compass when brought close to it, as would be the case when the officer was taking a bearing by compass. This might have serious results and should be guarded against.
(8) Construction.
"The cost of erecting all the extra preventatives to comply with Regulations is. going to be considerable.
(22) Equipment:
"In view of the particular use made of a deep sea lead and which proved the coupe-de-grace in the "Sunning" Piracy, would it not be policy to add to the equip- ment already provided a number of implements of the loaded cane variety, the cost of which would be negligible?"
Mr. A. E. MARTIN:
Paragraph 23. That a long baton be added to guard's equipment.
Paragraph 34. That guards on duty should carry revolvers together with above mentioned baton in lieu of 12 bore gun, rifles being exceedingly difficult to use in scuffle fighting. 12 bore guns still to remain part of equipment but to be retained within the metal grille in the wheel house for use when guards, etc. are forced back to defensive tactics from the Bridge.
Searching. This would appear to be one of the most important items. In the case of vessels clearing with medical examination if it could be arranged for detectives, to whom many of the bad characters are known, to board the steamer before the passengers, the detectives would be able to watch the passengers embarking, thus giving more scope to spot undesirables and greater ease in examining baggage than is possible when the vessel is practically ready for sea. The same detectives could also be present when the medical examination is in progress. In vessels not clearing with medical examination the same method of checking could be carried through, i.e. all passengers to be cleared to one end of the vessel and then passed over an upper deck for tally, with detectives present. For ocean-going steamers carrying a limited number of passengers, river steamers and launches it might be practicable to inaugurate a depot system through which each passenger would be passed in the presence of detectives, before being allowed to embark.
Rewards for Information. It might serve a good purpose if it were definitely advertised that rewards would be paid for information received which led to the detection of bad characters.
Paragraph 3. (Ships exceeding 60 Tons), would appear a difficult one for Deck Officers to carry out when engaged in routine duties about the ships in close proximity to a magnetic compass.
This is probably beside the immediate point but it would be interesting to learn whether any liability attaches should the carrying out of the Piracy Prevention Ordi- nance conflict with Board of Trade regulations and if so to whom does such liability attach'.
LT.-COMMANDER L. J. PITCAIRN JONES, R.N.
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The following remarks on prevention of piracy are submitted for consideration.
As at present practised, successful piracy depends on the pirates obtaining charge of the ship and having her steered to a pre-arranged rendezvous, where their booty can be transferred.
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3.--With grills placed to the best advantage, (which, of course, varies con- siderably in different types of ships), it should not be difficult to prevent this form of attack.
4. In this connection I would point out that grilles placed in such a position as to require frequent opening to strangers-e.g., in "Sunning", access to the galley where all Chinese food is prepared necessitated the constant opening of the grill-lose a great percentage of their efficiency.
5.-I am of opinion that comparatively small structural alterations in many ships would to a large extent get over this.
6. Another point that occurs to me is that the Indian Guards off duty would be in a better position to give assistance in case of sudden alarm, were their quarters inside the grilled area. (This does not matter so much in the case of river steamers, where only short trips are run and they can all be kept within grills while under way: but in coasting vessels it might be worth consideration.)
7.--In ships fitted with W/T the sending out of wireless messages at routine times-say every two hours-while on passage should give timely warning of a piracy having been committed, should they cease.
8. With reference to existing Regulations, page 5, para. 3, may I point out that in actual practice any officer whose duty brings him frequently within close contact with the compass-i.e., the Officer of the Watch and on occasions the Captain-would be unable to comply with this regulation on account of the magnetic effect a pistol would have on the compass, and it therefore appears that the regulation should be amended.
9.-Foreign passengers' accommodation should, of course, be so far as possible within grilled area so far as is practicable; this is usually the case. If foreign passengers --especially women -can be captured by the pirates, the duty of the ships' officers to their passengers forces them to carry out the demands of the pirates with regard to the movements of the ship."
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..I would state it as my opinion that the report put forward by the Com- missioners representing the shipping interests (Owners and men) and known as the "Minority Report" contains the fullest possible constructive criticism which can be put forward, and that anything that has subsequently transpired has only tended to support their findings".
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Mr. R. SUTHERLAND contributes the following letter on the subject in general, and the regulation of passenger traffic in particular, which he has addressed to the Com-
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MR. R SUTHERLAND'S SCHEME.
HONG KONG, 24th January, 1927.
The Secretary,
The "SUNNING" Piracy Commission,
Dear Sir,
PRESENT.
In reply to your letter of the 7th December, I have now the honour of submitting my views on the question of prevention of piracy. In doing so, I am taking into con- sideration the various phases of actual piracy committed, and attempted piracy during recent years,
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In considering the measures to be employed, one must unfortunately admit that the complete elimination of piracy in China Waters, which has been in progress for hundreds of years, cannot be brought within the bounds of practical politics and we must therefore necessarily content ourselves with putting forward suggestions such as will merely tend to limit its activities. The question of Piracy Prevention was very fully dealt with by a Special Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, appointed in December 1924, and with the finding of same I am in general sympathy. There are one or two points in same, however, which I think call for moderation and will deal with same in due course. By reference to the files of this Special Committee, I find the following note taken at the first meeting held on the 17th December 1924 :-
"In preliminary discussion the point was made that once the pirates get on board a steamer there is little chance of effective defence. It is the duty of the police to prevent their getting on board and to see that arms are not placed on the steamers. This should be effected by more rigorous search methods.
It was stated that four or five passenger steamers leave for Canton morning and evening but that the number leaving the Port for other places included in the danger zone is very much larger. On the question of how many police would be required to make an effective search, extracts were read from the notes of a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce attended by the Captain Superintendent of Police (q.v.) Mr. Brown also mentioned that something like 800 Indian guards are employ- ed on the various steamers: they could be more effectively employed on shore in search work.
Indian Guards: In regard to the convoys, there are eight Indians to each convoy with two Europeans in charge. These travel on the 'mother ship' of the convoy and are in addition to the six guards employed under the Piracy Regula- tions. Each convoy contains about four ships.
Instances were given of Indian guards proving to be untrained; also of ineffective control by the European police officers in charge of the convoy guards. It is the general opinion of ship's officers that Indian guards are ineffective. Masters have no confidence in them.
The Shipping Companies pay $25 per month for each guard and $27 for the No. 1. Portuguese (formerly employed) were better than Indian guards.
Methods of Search: Police on wharves--not the Indian guards-search the passengers as they go on board: from four to six would be employed on the wharf, according to the size of the steamer, and would be superintended by a European. It was felt that suggestions for improving the searches could only be made on broad lines, as this was the work of police experts. It was the general opinion that the policing of the Colony is not as effective as it might be; there are not nearly enough Europeans, and the Superior officers have not all police training.
It was pointed out that it is impossible for one ship's officer to keep a sharp watch for undesirable persons on both sides of the ship at once. Passengers begin to go on board from an early hour, w! ereas the police do not commence their search until from two to three hours before the ship sails. There is nothing to hinder people from bringing fire-arms on board early, and secreting them, afterwards coming on board again without them for the purpose of the search. Extracts from Mr. Wolfe's comments on searches and the people responsible, in his opinion, for guarding wharves were read (q.v.). It was also pointed out that loading and dis- charge of cargo is a continuous operation from the time the ship arrives to the time it leaves, and both operations take place simultaneously.
The fact that all recent piracies have been from within was held to point to the need for more rigorous searches and for more effective naval patrols in order to prevent the pirates from making an escape.
With regard to river steamers, much transhipment cargo from Europe is transferred by lighter and not via the wharf.
The guards do not consider themselves to be on duty during the time that the ship is in port".
Experience has gone to show that all energy should undoubtedly be directed in the first place to preventing the pirates from getting on board and to arms being
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smuggled. The difficulties of this are so well known that it is superfluous to detail them. With one or two exceptions, defence against piracy, once it has broken out on board a vessel, has been abortive and, in the SUNNING" case, retaliation on the part of the pirates by setting fire to the vessel can only have resulted in a heavy monetary loss to the owners and, in my opinion, there is no reason why similar tactics might not be employed in future piracies. The element of surprise is a feature which it is difficult to provide an antidote for, especially as, in the new order of things, pirate leaders may be first class passengers. I consider the carrying of arms on the persons of officers and engineers undesirable and impracticable in the duties they have to perform.
As regards the system of grilles, apart from these being a distinct contravention of Board of Trade Regulations, they are a grave menace to the lives of the travelling public and I cannot too strongly recommend the Commissioners to bring this fact to the notice of H.M. Government.
In the report by the Special Committee, already referred to, they say
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"Grilles: The grilles are a real source of danger. They interfere with the access of the passengers to the boats and in all probability will be the cause of great loss of life in the event of a vessel carrying them incurring any maritime casualty. The Regulations so far as they relate to grilles are in direct opposition to the pro- visions of The Merchant Shipping Acts. The Board of Trade requirements as to the Survey of Life Saving Appliance 1920, Para. 160 are as follows: 'Proper pro- vision must be made for access of passengers to the embarkation deck and for controlling and martialling them and finally embarking them in the life-boats in the shortest possible time'. The present requirements under the Piracy Preven- tion Regulations are to keep all passengers other than those of first class below the bridge deck which in all river steamers is also the boat deck. In the case of river, steamers all access from the main or lower deck is cut off from the next deck above or from the saloon deck by means of locked spar gratings across the companionway. Passengers in the second class accommoda- tion on the saloon deck aft are separated from the first class passengers forward and from the deck above by means of locked gratings and grilles. No officers or guards are below the bridge deck, that is the deck above those on which the majority of the passengers (in many instances over 1000) are carried. In the event of a panic arising from fire, collision or other maritime casualty the people below decks would be unable to reach the boat deck because of the locked grilles. The ships officers in the event of a collision would be fully occupied with their respective duties and therefore unable to attend to the unlocking of the grilles. If the guards had keys it is unlikely that they would have sufficient presence of mind or sufficient initiative to do anything of use. In some steamers which come within the purview of the Regula- tions there are something like 30 locks to unfasten before all the grilles can be opened.
No means of og bolts simultaneously is feasible in ships of the class concerned.
Furthermore, owing to the grilles the crews of these vessels would have the greatest difficulty in getting to the boats themselves. In the event of an outbreak of fire or a collision and a serious loss of life occurring owing to passengers being penned below, who would be held responsible, the Hong Kong Government who framed the Regulations or the Owners and their officers who were compelled to carry them out?”
These views are also touched upon in extracts which I am quoting later, but I consider no excuse is required for reiteration in this very important matter.
The Commissioners have no doubt received from other parties suggestions with regard to suppression of outbreaks on board, so I consider perhaps it would be better if I confine my views to the important, and I may say most essential factor, i.e., the preven- tion of pirates boarding as passengers. This matter I brought to the notice of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in July 1923 and can only say that in my opinion the march of events has strengthened my contention that the suggestion put forward should be immediately considered by the Government. In effect, it is the Passenger Depot Scheme; of which the Commissioners already have some knowledge, but in order that the position should be made clear, I will detail what has so far transpired in this connection.
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In July 1923, when the suggestion was first mooted, it was in connection with the Fitzmaurice Report on Hart our Improvements which was being considered by the Chamber of Commerce that I wrote as follows:
"I have for some time past been considering putting forward a proposal in connection with improved control of that vast volume of trade between Hong Kong and the Canton Delta, namely, the Chinese passenger traffic. I understand that, some years ago when the Piracy Ordinance was under discussion, a somewhat similar scheme was mooted, but in the then existing difficulties nothing came of it. The following suggestion, however, i make with the utmost reserve, knowing full well that it calls for very careful consideration and may be prohibitive for reasons unknown to me. That, however, it would be of inestimable advantage to the Colony as a whole I feel fully confident. In short, it is a proposal for centralising the native passenger business of river steamers now scattered indiscriminately along the West End of the Praya. I do not know whether you have ever had a bird's eye view of the praya in the vicinity of West Point and Kennedy Town, when it is de- serted by steamers, and native craft, which are in typhoon anchorage. If so, you will perhaps agree that the antiquated and delapidated structures jutting out irregularly into the Harbour at all angles, which are called wharves are a standing—or "tottering" might suit the case better-disgrace to a Colony which is regarded as one of the first shipping centres of the world. The following suggestion therefore will help in a long wanted scheme of improvement, but in addition it is hoped it may be possible to generally modernize the West End of the Harbour in the way of facilities for handling cargo. It is found from particulars given, that some thirty river steamers leave and arrive in the course of the day. When it is considered that each of these steamers on arrival and departure at all hours, have to be examined by the Police and Excise Officers, as well as by various detectives on the look-out for bad characters, the difficulties of the Government in supervising the passenger traffic are well understood, and my idea is that on a portion of the Praya offering the least number of difficulties both from a financial and an engineering point of view a large native passenger depot be established. This could be done by building out into the Harbour on concrete piles, and at such a depot, each and every river steamer would be obliged to arrive and leave. The depot would be enclosed on the land side by high railings, and be only accessible through gates, on the water side a prohibited area would be buoyed and patrolled. The depot would contain searching and waiting rooms, latrines, offices for the police and excise, and all the arrangements usually necessary for handling the extensive traffic which would only arrive in the Colony through that channel. When I say 'only arrive' I quite appreciate that passengers can land from junks anywhere they like, but to my mind, this scheme would be of material benefit and would go a long way to combat smuggling, piracy, the landing of arms and ammunition, banishees, etc., etc., on account of which the Colony is now experiencing a very serious crime wave. With the development, such as we are contemplating, it seems to me there is no reason why the abuses and outrages may not keep abreast of the increase in population, unless preventative schemes such as I have very crudely outlined are put into force. I think I am correct in saying the Police would welcome the scheme and consider it would allow of more efficient and economical working. All undertakings of this nature will naturally raise an outcry by those with vested interests, but that is a matter, to my mind, entirely outside the province of this Committee whose functions are merely to recommend and suggest, leaving the Government to deal with the matter as best they are able. It is to be hoped however, that in this and other matters the Authorities will fully recognise the claims of those who over a long period have been the pioneers in establishing the general business of the Colony as it exists to-day and where circumstances justify it preferential treatment will be accorded".
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This was generally approved of by the Committee of the Chamber and forwarded to the Government for consideration.
Early in the following year, at a meeting of a Special Committee of the Chamber, when Mr. Fletcher was present, he indicated that it was necessary for the Government to consider proceeding, without delay, with Harbour Improvements which were thought to be essential, which pronouncement led to my again bringing the Depot Scheme, in more detail, before the Chamber. I therefore had sketch plans prepared, which are sent herewith,* and in putting the scheme forward said:-.
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"At a Shipping Sub-Committee Meeting held on the 16th July, I submitted a report on the Harbour Improvement Scheme and put forward in same a proposal with regard to a passenger depot for River Steamers. The Committee of the Chamber of Commerce was subsequently informed by Mr. Fletcher that certain matters, with regard to Harbour Improvements were being suspended until the arrival of Mr. Duncan from Home. It occurred to me therefore that it might be opportune to put before the Government the scheme of the proposed passenger depot, even if you were not in a position to send in a considered report on the whole project of Harbour Improvements. To this end I addressed the Chamber of Commerce in a letter dated the 26th October. Since then. I have received numerous enquiries with regard to the passenger depot, which seems to have aroused a certain amount of public interest. It has been suggested that I might go one step further and prepare a rough plan of what I have in mind. I accordingly made some rough sketches which have been set forth in presentable form through the kindness of Mr. L. G. Bird, of Messrs. Palmer & Turner, and you will now find upon the table the general outline of the scheme. This plan will perhaps make matters more clear to you, and I shall as briefly as possible explain the 'modus operandi' of working the depot.
Before doing so however, I think perhaps I may say that the necessity of taking some definite steps towards the suppression of piracy and general lawlessness is becoming, every day, more pressing. Since we first discussed this scheme, piracies have been largely on the increase, and although the Hong Kong Govern- ment may have made certain arrangements with regard to better searching of passengers and their baggage, have arranged patrols to accompany the River steamers and although representations have been made to the Naval Authorities, no movement commensurate with the importance of the issue has yet been made, and if you approve of same, representations to the Government by the Chamber advocating this depot scheme will be in line with the strong resolutions recently proposed by the delegates of the Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai.
It is admitted by all that the present system of police inspection at wharves during all sorts of weather and at night cannot but be most unsatisfactory, and all who have any knowledge of Chinese criminals state that it is not likely banishees, bad characters, etc., will submit themselves to an eye to eye inspection by detectives in broad daylight or well lit rooms.
I am not overlooking the prevention of piracy regulations, and while these in a measure may assist in quelling an outbreak on board, I am inclined to look upon them with mixed feelings, inasmuch as that while the regulations and the use of grilles and locks may have a deterrent effect and assist in preventing the control of the ship falling into the hands of pirates, there is another side to the question, namely, the ordinary perils of the sea. By this I mean that in the event of an out- break of fire, or panic by collision, or stranding, the presence of grilles and the difficulty of gaining free access to boats, might be the means of bringing about a terrible calamity. Even since these notes were written, a serious accident has occurred in the Canton River, namely, the stranding of the "HEUNGSHAN” with over 500 passengers on board. I have not yet heard the official details of this casualty but it is evident that the personnel of the vessel must have done exceedingly good work in keeping order and in getting passengers to a place of safety. It is said in the Press that the Piracy Prevention grilles were pulled down: I do not suppose this is correct however. What I wish to impress upon you is that this accident happened in a river where it was a comparatively simple matter speedily beach the steamer, but I leave you to consider what might have occurred had the vessel met with a similar mishap in some part of her route where there was no possibility of taking steps for safety as was so promptly done by Captain Thomas. These boats navigate mostly at night leaving and entering a crowded Harbour, which greatly increases the ever present dangers of navigation.
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It is appreciated that those who were responsible for drafting the Piracy Re- gulations have done their utmost to give as free access to boats as possible, but it must be patent to all that grilles constitute a very grave danger in event of panic, to which Chinese passengers are particularly prone. We most of us remember the burning of the "HANKOW" which even when lying alongside the wharf with free and easy access to decks and gangways, resulted in a very large and regrettable loss of life. Again the stranding of the "POWAN" on Ma Wan Island was a casualty accom- panied by loss of life, and obviously if grilles had been erected on these two vessels,
the results might have been appalling.
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I mention this as it seems to me the best course of action is to adopt any means which will prevent pirates getting on board, and which may in the course of. time lead to the gradual elimination of barriers below deck, it is with this object in view therefore, that I submit this scheme. The unsatisfactory position of affairs on the Canton Delta and the flouting of the British Flag together with the serious menace to the lives of Captains, Officers, Engineers and crew is a common and unpleasant topic, not only in this Colony, but in the Far East generally, and I think it behoves us to leave no stone unturned to press the Government to embark without delay upon such Harbour work as the Chamber considers essential and which will in the future be of benefit generally.
It may be thought by some, that the present Piracy epidemic is but a passing phase and that there is no call for permanent preventative measures such as suggest- ed in this I am not in agreement, as I think that the general change in Chinese mentality generally calls for regulations and restrictions which were not necessary some 10 or 20 years ago. Apart from this consideration however, I am strongly of opinion that the depot will be a valuable asset to one of the chief branches of the Colony's shipping business.
This particular depot will of course, take some time to build, perhaps a matter of 18 months, but the sooner it is started, the sooner it will be completed, and it will have the added effect of setting an example to other places, such as Canton, where in the course of time it might be possible for the Authorities to arrange similar berthing facilities.
Apart from piracy it has got to be remembered that the Depot would play a very important part in the health of the Colony, inasmuch as it will provide an excellent opportunity for medical inspection of the greater bulk of the passengers arriving from Canton. At present for instance, there is a small-pox epidemic in Canton, and so far as my knowledge goes, thousands of passengers are arriving in this Colony every day without any medical inspection whatsoever, and it would seem that Hong Kong opens its doors to all and sundry, whether they be afflicted with disease or otherwise. This in itself, calls for the gravest considera- tion, and it is generally thought that we must regard small-pox as being one of the epidemics inseparable from China, at least for many years to come..
In like manner the Excise and Revenue Department should welcome this scheme, as in searching ship's baggage and passengers they will have their labours largely centralised, and without doubt it should lead to economy in time and con- sequently number of staff, to say nothing of the inestimable advantage of improved control. I am not overlooking the question of the railway which in due course will bring many passengers to the Colony, but it should be a comparatively simple matter to arrange examination of Chinese arriving at stations on the Kowloon Peninsula. To cover cost of building and maintenance the Government could charge a small fee for every passenger passed through the Depot, this would in due course be collected from the Shipping Companies concerned who would make a surcharge on the passage tickets to recoup themselves.
Turning to the plan, you will note from Sketch No. 4 that the depot has been shown as projected from the Praya, and in the vicinity of Des Voeux Road; in ex- planation I would say that this in no way indicates or suggests the possible site, it is merely shown to illustrate how it would abut on the Praya, if it was eventually suggested to erect same in such manner. On the question of site, I do not wish to speak, as this is a subject which calls for very careful consideration of facts which are outside my knowledge.
knowledge. Admittedly the Praya would be the most suitable place and it should be erected somewhere adjacent to the new ferry piers which the Government have under consideration.
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In my original sketches a two-storey building was shown with examination rooms on the ground floor and on the upper storey. Mr. Bird suggested that possibly a two storey building in front of the present buildings on the Praya might raise certain objections in the way of outlook from present property holders. I do not know myself that this is any great disadvantage but I leave it to those more qualified to judge. A two-storey building would of course economise in space, but on the other hand would have the disadvantage of passengers having to move up and
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down staircases, which in view of the fact that all carry baggage with them, might lead to difficulties.
As regards the regulating of inward ocean steamers from Singapore or else- where, it would be a simple matter for them to anchor in the quarantine ground until such time as passengers have been mustered and examined. As regards coasters employed almost entirely in the passenger trade, particularly to Swatow on which route piracies have occurred, there is no reason why such vessels should not embark their passengers at the depot in the same way as river steamers: this however, is a matter which can be decided as soon as the main issue has been determined.
The slight inconvenience experienced by Shippers in conforming with the rules will be more than set off by the increased traffic, inasmuch as the safer you make the transport, the more people will travel. It is recognised at the moment that passengers do not travel as often as usual between the Colony and Canton on account of fear of interference by pirates, but once the route is made safe and they are assured that no pirates will be able to board the vessel, confidence will be restored with resulting increase of revenue.
To turn again to the plan on the table, Sketch No. 1 shows the general view as from the Praya; it will be noted there is a concrete wall some 6 feet high (which should be much higher) surmounted by railings entirely closing the land side of the depot, entrance only being possible through entrance gates.
No. 2 shows the side elevation of the building erected on concrete piles together with general arrangement of windows, this of course is only a rough idea.
I would ask you to now consider Sketch No. 4 which shows the block plan. The general idea is to build piers in the manner indicated each of which will give three berths for steamers. The outer berth will accommodate a steamer 300 ft. long and the side berths somewhat smaller vessels. The length of vessels running to Canton at the moment is about 250/300 feet to West River ports and Kongmoon 190-250 feet. It is suggested that the steamers would load at their ordinary piers, and would proceed up to a berth assigned to them at an appointed time to embark passengers.
Should it be decided to erect the depot on the Praya it will of course take up sites where private piers are now situated, and to get over this difficulty the Govern- ment would have to erect Government piers at some other portion of the Praya for the use of Companies which have had to give way in the interests of the public generally, this again becomes a matter of arrangement calling for a certain amount of give and take on both sides.
To continue arriving at the berth the crew would be mustered on the upper deck, the ship thoroughly searched for possible stowaways, and the crews quarters gone through with a view to possible smuggled arms. Some hour or so before allotted time of departure, the passengers would congregate in rooms shown on Plan 3, regarding which I shall give particulars later. After examination they would pass down on to the ship alongside their particular rooms, and the vessel immediately proceed to her destination:
One of the advantages to my mind of this scheme of building, is that the Colony would not have to invest money in development which may not be required for some time to come, inasmuch as piers can be added as required for the expansion of trade. At the present moment the number of passengers river steamers arriving. and leaving per diem are as follows: Arrivals 8, Departures 7; and the number of passengers as given by the Harbour Office are, Arrivals 2,600, departures 2,577, or say 5,200 in all. It then becomes merely a question of how many berths should be recommended if it is agreed to erect the depot; roughly speaking we should allow for 10,000 passengers.
In sketch No. 4 you will find a buoyed area is shown. I have marked this out to 1,000 feet, and would suggest that this be made an entirely prohibited area for traffic both by day and night: this is a matter however, which would have to be thoroughly gone into with the Harbour Authorities: but without a prohibited area the whole scheme is useless. It would likewise allow steamers arriving and depart- ing to come up and swing, and so greatly facilitate their berthing at the depot. Each building would be equipped with signals effective both by day and night in order to
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signify what Company's steamer was to come alongside, and what berth she was to take up.
You will notice that I have allowed for a small police jetty and quarters, which will be found to the right of Sketch No. 3. There, I consider a berth for the fire float might be reserved and possibly on the other side accommodation for the new rescue tug. In such part of the depot would be your general control, your telephones, etc., etc., and everything necessary for the general management of the property.
Turning to Plan 3, I will explain how same would operate. In the first place, passengers leaving for a certain steamer would be advised by the Boarding House Keepers and runners and by signs, illuminated or otherwise, of what examination room to proceed to; they could come an hour, or two hours if necessary, before the departure of the vessel. You will notice that the two rooms on the right and left will accommodate 570 people each; that the outer room will accommodate 760 These numbers represent the sitting accommodation of the rooms, and in front of each seat has been arranged a low platform, some two feet high, on which each passenger would deposit their hand baggage. Within this well lit room, inspectors would walk along, open the packages, thoroughly examine them, search the passen- gers and let them pass out on to the steamer for which they are destined.
At the corners of each pier will be found grilles which will entirely isolate the berth from other rooms, so there can be no possible confusion with regard to passengers going on the wrong vessels. You will also see offices arranged for the ordinary work connected with the depot, men's and women's lavatories, also a useful office for police. It would be necessary for this depot to be brilliantly lit and I would suggest that round each examination room a raised light gallery be built, round which an inspector could walk during the time passengers are assembled there, and from a position of vantage supervise the work carried out by his subordinates. The foregoing remarks deal with the departure of a vessel.
On arrival, the procedure is simply reversed, except that the examination would be conducted not only by Police but by Excise and a qualified medical officer, the latter as a preventive against passengers suffering from infectious
disease passing into the Colony. A medical Officer's apartment has been provided.
I don't know gentlemen that there is anything I can usefully add in way of explanation, except to say that the plans have allowed ample room for the easy handling of passengers, and I would draw your attention to the vacant space between the first two rooms, which has been left there with a view to dealing with heavy luggage. This could be sent on ahead as is done by Europeans when travelling, stacked together, properly labled and examined in the same way as is done in most parts of the World, it could then be transferred to the steamer and locked up in pro- perly arranged baggage rooms.
I am hopeful that this proposal, if it is approved by your Chamber, may be the means of suggesting to the Public Works Department the basis of a depot which they can work out in exact detail, and I feel most strongly that some such organiza- tion will be of lasting benefit to the general control of the Harbour and may largely assist the various departments in regulating the passenger traffic of the Colony".
Nothing seems to have transpired in this connection until Mr. John Duncan presented his report on Harbour Improvements in December, 1924. In discussing
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"The underlying principle of this proposal is the control of river boat passenger traffic with a view to assisting the suppression of piracy, the Excise and Revenue Department in the searching of passengers and their baggage and the control of the spread of disease.
The scheme was discussed on the 15th July last in conference with the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe (Captain Superintendent of Police), the Hon. Mr. A. E. Wood (Acting Secretary for Chinese Affairs), Mr. D. Lloyd (Superintendent of Im- ports and Exports), and Lieut.-Comdr. Hake (Acting Harbour Master).
It was ascertained that the scheme would not allow of any improvement on the present methods regulating the traffic concerned. Its introduction would meet with much opposition from Shipowners due to the fact that each steamer with cargo to
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load or unload would require to berth at least three times, thus requiring them to keep up steam in port for a much longer period than would otherwise be necessary. Due to the fact that the hours of departure and arrival of the vessels employed on the river trade are about the same times (11 p.m. to 4 a.m.) almost each steamer would require a separate berth. As the scheme holds no provision for dealing with cargo, the berths would thus be vacant for the greater part of the day. The scheme in proportion to its usefulness would therefore be very expensive. It was also ascertained that the searching of cargo is just as important as the searching of passengers and that a scheme is considered essential for their proper control. Re- commendations are made later in this report".
This was again touched upon in a special joint Meeting of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce held at the City Hall on the 3rd March, 1925. At this Meeting Mr. Duncan amplified his report and there was a general discussion afterwards, when Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher "inter alia" is reported as follows:
"Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher emphasized the urgency of the vehicular ferry and mentioned that the scheme at Hong Kong Central suggested by Mr. Duncan included a reclamation which would require a considerable amount of filling. The present owner of East Point was anxious to remove the whole of the hill and was asking for a place in which he could put the spoil. It would be most useful at the. Hong Kong Central reclamation and would be available to the Government at a much cheaper rate than material obtained elsewhere. It would suit both the Government and Mr. Lee Hy San to come to an agreement in the matter. It would assist the Government if the Chamber would consider this question at an early date, and put forward their views on the scheme which was, in a sense, Mr. Sutherland's scheme as now amended by Mr. Duncan. There were many complications, for example, the rights of the marine owners, which the Government could hardly ask the Chamber of Commerce to go into but the Government would welcome an expression of opinion on the main question whether the Chambers thought it advisable to have a large area in front of the present praya for steamers piers, at which passenger traffic would be controlled on the lines suggested by Mr. Sutherland, as modified by Mr. Duncan. He asked the Chambers to consider these two points the ferries and the passenger depot as of great urgency".
It will be noted therefore that the scheme in general, certainly at that time, was being seriously considered by the Government, but was apparently shelved with many other Harbour improvement matters.
I think a further word of explanation might assist the Commissioners in considering the benefits to be derived from a Passenger Depot. It will be noted that the scheme, as originally put forward, was not acceptable to a committee of Government Officers for reasons expressed in Mr. Duncan's resume, but with all due deference to the Members of the Conference who considered same, I am not in agreement with their finding which is somewhat as follows:-
"In the first place it is suggested that the scheme would not allow of any im- provement on the present methods regulating traffic".
This however, need not be further considered as the principle of better control would seem to have already been more or less accepted by the Government, judging from Mr. Fletcher's remarks:-
"The members of the Conference considered that much opposition would be met with from shipowners for reasons expressed in the foregoing."
In reply to same I would say that ship-owners were sounded by me personally prior to putting forward the proposal and that I met with no opposition, but, on the other hand, considerable encouragment from all; in fact, the then Chairman of the Steamboat Company, which concern would be the one most affected, was quite in agreement.
"Vessels would require to shift three times."
This is not correct inasmuch as they would proceed on arrival immediately along- side the depot, discharge their passengers and go to their own piers and not move until
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they left to take up their passengers on their outward voyage. This really at the most, can only be regarded as two shift, and in view of the very small margin of time required to discharge their passengers and take them on, the extra time under steam is infinitesimal.
The matter of berths and times of departure is a subject of detail. There is one point, however, which is of great importance. In sounding the Government before put- ting forward the plan, so far as my memory serves, I was told not to embody any regula- tions with regard to cargo as the Government were not prepared to deal with same, so that it was with considerable surprise that I find one of the many differences between my scheme and that put forward by Mr. Duncan was that he considered the searching of cargo as important as the searching of passengers. I am not, of course, overlooking the fact that Mr. Duncan provides for more wharves and of a different type. With all due deference I would say, however, that the general and efficient searching of cargo arriving into the Colony is an utter impossibility and no possible good could result of searching say at West Point, unless the Government are perpared to provide adequate searching facilities for the hundreds of thousands of tons handled on the large establishments on the Kowloon side. As a matter of fact, it is generally thought that the import of arms is greater by ocean carriers than local vessels.
Again the question of dealing with cargo makes a prohibited area impossible, and it is this prohibited area, such as shown on the plan, which is the main feature of the Depot Scheme, providing as it does complete immunity from connection with cargo boats, sampans and other native craft notorious for smuggling and from which suspicious charac- ters would undoubtedly embark and leave vessels at the Depot. In fact, without such pro- hibited area, I do not consider the scheme effective.
It must, of course, be borne in mind that piracy has recently been committed on vessels bound for this port as well as vessels which have left. We have for some time past considered that pirates make a point of travelling several times on ships on which they have designs and this has been confirmed in evidence in the "SUNNING” case and a close inspection inward and outward would be an undoubted deterrent to them.
The inward examination so far has only been touched upon as far as River Traffic is concerned, but I can see no good reason why the Coast Steamers should not, if necessary, go to the Depot, although I do not think this absolutely necessary. As an alternative I would suggest that as an adjunct to the Depot, passenger tenders be used. These would be boats not unlike the present "Star" ferries and besides being available for Depot work, they would no doubt be a valuable acquisition to the new ferry services which are under consideration. The general procedure would be for coast boats to arrive, hoist the neces- sary flag and passengers would not be allowed to leave except by the Depot Passenger tender.
As a greater convenience and to obviate unnecessary movement of passengers, a smaller depot might be erected at a suitable position on the Kowloon side.
In making recommendations on the point I consider that I need not touch upon the question of expense except to say that arrangements could no doubt be made for steamship companies to make a surcharge on passage tickets so that the depot, up to a point, would be self-sup- porting. In any case, it may be said that the expense is insignificant when it is generally understood that the complete Harbour Improvements scheme entails an expenditure of between eight to ten million Sterling.
It must be remembered that Chinese Officials both North and South are extremely exercised with regard to the ravages of pirates and to the existing state of brigandage and lawlessness, particularly as it is affecting trade to such a serious extent that the funds from taxation are greatly diminished.
There is an undoubted desire on the part of the better thinking Chinese to improve the conditions of travel and to ensure greater safety of transit of goods.
The ideal arrangement would be for passengers to go through a depot at all ports of embarkation in a similar way to what I am suggesting for Hong Kong, and it would be fitting that the Crown Colony should set the example for China Ports where it is not un- likely the Authorities with the assistance of the Consul and Customs Authorities would fall into line in the general improvement for the safety of the travelling public.
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The Commissioners will now have grasped the position of the scheme at date and it is for them to say whether they consider the inauguration of a thoroughly up to date Pas- senger Depot, an important factor in the prevention of piracy.
In doing so, I would ask that the suggestion be regarded from a broad point of view and with due regard to the general improvement of Harbour conditions for years to. come. It, to my mind, serves no purpose to turn down suggested improvements for such reasons that ships will have to shift once or twice more than at present or some such trifling detail. I think I can say with conviction that Shipowners in Hong Kong would be only too glad to co-operate in any working scheme which would lead to a better organisa- tion of passenger trade and of the Harbour generally, particularly as they will reap con- siderable benefit.
From over twenty years' experience of shipping work here, I have not found that those in charge of shipping interests have ever been backward in considering general im- provements, in fact, their general attitude has been quite to the contrary.
I have been courteously supplied by the heads of Government departments with certain information as to the methods employed in dealing with Passengers leaving and arriving in the Colony and for the sake of record would quote the letters as follows:---
Under date 30th December the Acting Health Officer writes as follows:-
"With reference to your letter of 18th December relating to s.s. "SUNNING” Piracy Commission, I regret that I cannot give you any useful information.
1. There is no medical examination of passengers on steamers plying between
Hong Kong, Canton and Delta Ports.
2. There is no medical examination of passengers bound for China Coast Ports, such as Swatow, Amoy or Shanghai or for ports South of Hong Kong such as Kwong Chow Wan, Haiphong, Saigon, Bangkok. The passengers arriving in Hong Kong from these ports are medically examin- ed only when such ports have been declared 'infected' by Governor in Council.
3. All ocean going vessels carrying more than 20 emigrants bound for destina- tions other than Japan, Formosa, China, Indo-China and Philippine Islands come under the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance. The Asiatic crew and emigrants on these vessels are all medically examined before vessels sail. Your Mr. F. V. Osmund can give you full particulars of method adopted.
"There is no search for arms etc., carried out in connection with the medical examination. The Revenue Authorities act quite independently of the Emigration Authorities'.
The Superintendent of Imports and Exports under date the 20th December, gives the following information:-
"In reply to your letter of 18th December, I have to refer you to the Captain Superintendent of Police. This Department has nothing to do with Piracy Preven- tion, and only takes action in the case of definite information being obtained that arms are being taken off to a ship.
"2. Cargo arriving in the Colony is only examined if there is suspicion that contraband is concealed in some particular lot.'
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I am particularly indebted to the Police for a very full report on the present systém of inspecting passengers which will be invaluable to the Commissioners in comparing 1 what might be done with a proper up to date Depot, with what is being done to-day under very difficult circumstances, and granted that they agree the importance of search cannot be over-estimated; the present unsatisfactory nature of the procedure due, I thoroughly admit, to lack of facilities, cannot but be regarded with misgiving as to its effectiveness:
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The report is as follows:-
"In reply to your letter of December the 18th last, requesting information as to the method of search of local river and coasting steamers, I beg to forward the following three notes which correspond to the three headings given in your letter:
(a). Present system of inspecting passengers and baggage on steamers plying
between Hong Kong, Canton and Delta Ports.
The searchers go to the wharf three or four hours before the ship is due to leave; they go on board and any passengers that may be there are told to go on shore with their luggage. When that has been done the ship is then searched under the supervision of a European Police Officer. In the meantime, one man is posted on each gangway to prevent any person coming on board, another on the seaward side of the ship to prevent people boarding the ship from sampans. After the ship has been searched all men except the man on duty on the seaward side, go on to the wharf where they search all passengers and their luggage.
If found correct they are allowed on board the ship. The searchers remain until such time as the ship is well clear of the wharf. The man on duty at the seaward side leaves the ship at the last minute. All people coming on to the wharf, whether passengers or otherwise, and their belongings, are searched, unless they produce an exemption permit signed by the Captain Superintendent of Police. A female searcher is also on the wharf to search females but she does not search luggage.
All grilles are locked when the ship sails. The number of searchers on each wharf is from ten to fifteen. The same procedure is taken with the Douglas, O.S.K., coasting steamers and the s.s. "Hydrangea”.
(b) Search of Ocean going vessels, to and from Overseas Ports, including
Straits Settlements and ports south of Hong Kong.
All deep sea ships operating under the Piracy Prevention Ordinance searched. This, of course includes all such vessels bound for ports south of Hong Kong such as Kwong Chau Wan, Pak Hoi, Haiphong, Hoihau and Fort Bayard.
At the Water Police Station there are ten Chinese male searchers and one Chinese female searcher, all acting under a European Lance Sergeant for work in connection with the search of ships under the Piracy Prevention Ordinance.
An arrangement is in force between the Harbour Department and the Water Police, whereby information concerning times of intended departure of ships is com- municated from the former to the latter. The European Lance Sergeant and his squad of searchers then go off and search the ship. All passengers in all classes are searched; also crews' quarters and any places on the ship likely to be used for smug- gling purposes. All luggage is searched and the searchers write their respective num- bers on each article of baggage they search. When necessary, the Indian Guards assist in the search, but they are only called upon when the number of passengers is great and time does not permit of a proper search by Police. When the search is completed, the European in-charge reports the fact to the Captain, supervises the locking of the grilles and sees the Indian Guards at their posts and is the last to leave the ship previous to slipping the cable.
As regards other out-going deep sea vessels there is no systematic search, such vessels only being searched when searchers are available and time permits, but some of these ships are searched by the Revenue Authorities. There are no regular Police searchers on ships running to and from the Straits Settlements and Java.
(c) Available information as to search at other ports.
The Indian Guards employed on ships under the Piracy Prevention Ordinance do not carry out any search of passengers in the port of Hong Kong, nor at Macau where a search system similar to that in Hong Kong is carried out. At all other ports within the piracy zone the Indian Guards on board search all passengers board- ing. The search is generally carried out under the supervision of a European Officer of the ship.
There are three ships which usually run from the South, which are fitted with grilles and carry guards. These are the s.s. "Borneo", "Mingsang'' and the s.s. "Taming". No search is made of passengers or baggage at Singapore or other
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Malayan ports. Passengers and baggage joining those three ships at intermediate ports, i.e., (Haiphong, Hoihow and Kwong Chau Wan), are searched by Indian Guards.
Other ships in the passenger trade from Malaya and beyond are not fitted with grilles and carry no guards. They do not call at any ports between Singapore and Hong Kong and pass through Hong Kong without taking on any Passengers.
The vessels in the coolie trade between Java and ports in the Piracy Zone are all Dutch. They are fitted with grilles and carry a guard of ten Javanese soldiers under a Dutch Military Sergeant.
2. I am informed by the Superintendent of the Imports and Exports Depart- ment that his staff does not search cargo except with a view to protection of Revenue and his men only board out-going ships for search when special information has been received. There is no examination of in-coming cargo.
3. I regret that this reply has been unavoidably delayed".
As already explained, the berthing of steamers and examining of passengers by the Police and Health Authorities, possibly also by the Revenue Department, is purely a matter of detail and organization, but in order that the Commissioners may grasp the volume of the traffic to be coped with, I would quote hereunder letters exchanged with Commander Hole, Harbour Master, and I cannot see from the statistics afforded, any reason why the passenger trade could not be conducted on the lines of my suggestion.
Letter to the Harbour Master:
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We have been requested by the Commissioners on the "SUNNING" Piracy investigation to submit our views on the present Piracy Regulations and to make any suggestions we may have for the suppression of the present evil. In this connection, we shall be glad if you can provide us with the following statistics :—-
1. Numbers of River Steamers arriving and departing each day in Hong Kong
from Canton and ports of the Canton Delta including Kongmoon.
2. Estimated number of Chinese passengers conveyed inward and outward by the said vessels. Inward and outward passengers being shown separately.
3. Can you inform us approximately, the number of passengers leaving or arriving by Coasting Steamers calling at yours within the zone covered by the Piracy Regulations?
4. We should be glad of approximate numbers of steerage passengers arriving
in the Colony from Overseas ports, such as America, Java, Singapore, etc and the numbers departing.
These particulars may be stated either per diem or per annum".
Reply from Harbour Master
Answers to Questions.
No. 1
"River steamers to and from ports of Canton Delta including Kong-moon:
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Week-days.
Arrivals.
Departures.
About 14 steamers.
About 14 steamers.
Sundays.
About 8 steamers.
About 8 steamers.
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No. 2
Estimated number of passengers carried each day.
}
Week-days.
Inward.
Outward.
Approx. 3,200 passengers.
Approx. 2,750 passengers.
Daily total.
Daily total.
Sundays.
Approx. 2,500 passengers.
Approx. 2,300 passengers.
Daily total.
Daily total.
No. 3
Passengers carried by coasting steamers calling at ports within the Piracy
Zone.
Arrivals per Annum
Approx. 151,212 passengers.
Departures per Annum. Approx. 72,412 passengers.
No. 4
Steerage passengers only from and to Overseas Ports such as America, Java,
Singapore, etc.
Arrivals per Annum
Approx. 208,656 passengers.
Departures per Annum. Approx. 220,344 passengers.
There are various considerations which would have to be discussed such as the examination of Passengers arriving and departing on ocean going steamers, but I cannot see any real difficulty in establishing an organization which will be of material benefit to the Colony, not only in prevention of piracy, but in many other respects.
I appreciate that the proposal as put forward possibly goes beyond the scope of your reference, but at the same time other matters of importance are so interlocked with considerations of search that it is impossible to separate them.
Finally I would touch upon what I regard as a point of more than ordinary im- portance. The Commissioners will perhaps agree that it is more than likely that in years to come we shall from time to time have recurrences of labour troubles in the Colony. With the experience of 1922 and 1925 before us I would say that if we had had at that time, particularly in 1922, a central Depot where labour in the form of Strike-breakers could have been housed, fed and protected and kept immune from intimidation, it would have gone a long way to have kept the work of the Colony going, particularly in the Harbour. I consider therefore that some central Depot as is suggested, would in times of industrial unrest prove a valuable and suitable base or headquarters and would prove of inestimable benefit.
Your commissioners are so well versed in local conditions that it is only necessary for me to throw out the suggestion for them to grasp the far reaching advantages of the idea in view.
Will you kindly lay these views before the Commissioners with the assurance I shall be pleased to supplement same verbally should they desire.
Enclosing plans of the Depot in question,
I am, dear Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Sgd.)
R. SUTHERLAND
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P.S. Since writing the foregoing, I have received from the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, notes from his files embracing further information of what has been done in connection with bringing the Depot Scheme to the notice of the Government and I attach hereto copy of the Memorandum received.
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Minute of a Joint Meeting of the General Committee and Shipping Sub-Com- mittee of the Chamber of Commerce held on 14th November, 1923, and attended by the Chief Superintendent of Police, the Harbour Master and the Crown Solicitor :
The following discussion took place on Mr. Sutherland's letter of 26th October, 1923, putting forward his depot scheme.
Mr. Wolfe said that such a scheme was bound to be more efficient and probably more economical and he was entirely in favour of it.
The Chairman (Mr. D. G. M. Bernard): My proposal is that the Chamber should send a letter to the Government.
The Meeting approved the Chairman's proposal subject to any views expressed by the Steamboat Company.
At a General Committee Meeting held on 25th February, 1924, the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak intimated that the Steamboat Company would be willing to fall in with such a scheme provided the Government compensated them for wharves taken
over.
Extract from Mr. Bernard's speech as Chairman at the Annual Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held on 24th March, 1924:-
"In view of the fact that pirates generally embark as passengers, after surreptitious- ly conveying arms on board-sometimes possibly amongst the cargo-Mr. Sutherland has put forward a scheme for a central embarking and disembarking station for all passenger vessels trading with the Canton Delta. The Committee approves the idea in principle as a means for facilitating the work of the police in searching intercepting opium and arms smugglers and other undesirables, besides aiding the public health service in times of epidemic. The proposal is one which cannot be adopted without due consideration of shipping conditions as a whole, or without due regard to the practical and economical working of the steamers concerned. These are factors which would need to be provided for in developing the scheme, and, if it can be made to dovetail into existing shipping organizations without injuring economic working, the proposal has much to commend it.”
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At a Joint Meeting of the General Committee and the Shipping Sub-Committee, held on 3rd March, 1924, Mr. Sutherland developed his scheme in a memorandum, and as a result of the Meeting a letter was addressed by the Chamber to the Government on the 10th March, 1924, which contained the following sentence :-
I am to state that after a full discussion at a Joint Meeting of the General Committee and the Shipping Sub-Committee, held on March 3rd, the Chamber ap- proves these proposals in principle and would welcome the practical development of such a scheme, with due regard to general conditions affecting shipping.
In acknowledging this letter under date 25th March, 1924, the Colonial Secretary
wrote:
"I have laid this before His Excellency the Governor, who desires me to ex- press his appreciation of Mr. Sutherland's work in putting forward the scheme and to say that the matter will receive careful consideration.
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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
Sir,
HONG KONG, 14th February, 1927.
"Sunning" Piracy Commission.
We have not replied to your letter of December the 7th 1926-requesting us to send a Report stating our views on the Anti Piracy Ordinance, as we were waiting for the Commissioners selected to conduct the enquiry as to the Piracy of the Sunning to sit.
Our opinion has always been that the services and usefulness of the Indian Guards which steamers have to carry, under the Piracy Prevention Ordinance, are not com- mensurate with the amount paid to them as wages, monthly, and that they might be dispensed with: and that the money now paid as wages by the different Steamship Companies, would be better used towards the expenses of running small armed Cruisers supplied either by the Royal Navy or by the Colony, patrolling between Hong Kong and Bias-Bay, and also in the Canton River.
If it were known that an armed Cruiser might be any where in the vicinity of the tracks of Coast or River Steamers, we feel convinced that the activities of the Pirates would be likely to be greatly curbed.
Captain A. H. Stewart, who is on the Commission, will be able to speak more fully on this matter for us.
We have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servants,
(Sd.) DOUGLAS LAPRAIK,
General Managers,
Douglas Steamship Co., Ld.
A. G. GRANTHAM, Esquire,
Secretary,
"Sunning" Piracy Commission,
Colonial Secretary's Office.
Appendix II.
WIRELESS AND OTHER SIGNALS.
Memorandum by Lieut.-Commander G. F. HOLE, R. N.
Evidence was taken from the various witnesses as to the use of Wireless Telegraphy as an anti-piracy precaution. All were agreed that Wireless Telegraphy, if available for use at the time of a piracy, would be a guarantee of help eventually arriving. Unfor- tunately it has been proved by all recent piracies of ships equipped with Wireless Tele-
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graphy, that this apparatus has been the first objective of the pirates and on no single occa- sion has opportunity been given of calling for help by this means. It therefore becomes apparent that wireless telegraphy, as now operated, is of no value as an anti-piracy fitting, and it is necessary to seek other means for making it an efficient safeguard. To this end two schemes have been put forward :-
(a) A system.of Negative signals.
(b) An automatic distress call.
(a) The system of Negative Signals was put forward by Mr. L. H. King (Hong Kong Government Electrical Engineer), who proposed that it should be worked in the following
manner:
All ships coming into the Hong Kong wireless telegraphy area, having established communication with Cape D'Aguilar, should give this shore station their call sign and O.K., say every four hours, and the non receipt of such message would be taken as a call for help.
Although Mr. King stated that this extra traffic could be adequately dealt with by his present staff several difficulties would arise :-
(1) Expense of such messages to owners.
This might however be overcome by Government foregoing the present minimum charge on messages or by, if possible, arranging to accept these calls free of charge as in the case of meteorological reports.
(2) Break down of wireless telegraph apparatus due to causes other than
piracy.
This could be guarded against by the carrying by all ships of an emergency coil set. (3) The necessity for very careful organisation for "relaying" such
messages.
As a ship might be pirated within a few hours of leaving port, say Singapore, and before having established wireless telegraph communication with Hong Kong, it would be necessary to obtain the co-operation of all coast Wireless Stations from Singapore to Shanghai, and also of all ship stations, in order that each ship might be passed on from one station to another (by direct or relay communication) in an unbroken chain. The weak point in this chain would be ships in Class II and Class III, which do not keep continuous wireless telegraph watch owing to carrying, in the case of Class III ships, only one fully qualified operator. This difficulty might however be overcome by the employment of Wireless "Watchers" such as are now being trained in Hong Kong.
It is interesting to note that since the s.s. "Sunning" was pirated this system has been tried. The s.s. "Anhui", on a voyage from Singapore to
, on a voyage from Singapore to Hong Kong, suspecting that she had pirates on board, established communication with Hong Kong at 900 miles, and kept up regularly timed signals until her entry into port.
(b) Automatic Distress Call. This system would necessitate the casing in of the wireless telegraph transmitter in a bullet proof case, so as to render it immune from being tampered with by pirates. On the bridge or in other suitable position would be placed the Automatic Call apparatus, also encased in a bullet proof chest, which, when put into action by the pulling of a single cord, would automatically send out distress signals until such time as the mechanism ran down,-power being derived from the ship's en- cased transmitter.
A demonstration of one of these Automatic Call machines was given before the Commissioners and it is claimed that this invention :-
(1) Once set in motion by a single movement will be impossible to stop unless :
(a) The electric leads, which should be enclosed in steel tubes, are cut.
(b) The steel chest is broken open and the mechanism smashed.
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Will automatically send out the ship's call sign, signal of distress, and latitude and longitude of ship's position for five minutes at an average of about 40 seconds per cycle, even when the Key and all parts of the ship's wireless set, necessarily exposed in the Wireless cabin for ordinary work, have been put out of action by the pirates.
(3) The latitude and longitude can be altered by the officer of the watch at inter- vals, to correspond with the progress of the ship, by the adjustment of four levers, and that the action of setting the whole mechanism in motion automatically locks up and prevents access to the levers governing such adjustments.
The weak points of both these schemes are that at present in Hong Kong the carrying of wireless telegraphy apparatus is not compulsory. In the case of ships registered in the United Kingdom, the carrying of wireless telegraphy is compulsory, vide Merchant Shipping (Wireless Telegraphy) Act, 1919. (9 and 10 Geo. 5, c. 38.) in which it is enacted that "every seagoing British ship registered in the United King- dom being a passenger steamer or a ship of sixteen hundred tons gross tonnage or upwards shall be provided with a wireless telegraphy installation" etc. etc., Board of Trade reserving authority to make exemptions under certain conditions.
Should wireless telegraphy be considered an indispensable part of a ship's anti- piracy fittings, which is the opinion of the Commissioners, it should be made compulsory. This however is a matter for consideration as a set of K.W. suitable for river craft would cost about £300, and higher powered sets pro rata. The Automatic Distress call me- chanism is however cheap, estimated at £15 or £20, but the expense of installation would come on the encasing of the ship's transmitter in a bullet proof container.
Both systems have their advantages and disadvantages and it is the opinion of the Commissioners, that to provide an efficient safeguard both systems should be adopted concurrently.
Acetylene flare signal.-A system of signals has been put forward by Mr. T. E. Jackson, Assistant Government Marine Surveyor by which a very brilliant acetylene gas light, fixed in position at the fore-mast head, may be ignited by a bell push or other suitable contrivance placed in various positions in the ship. It is so constructed that once ignited it cannot be put out without climbing the mast and break- ing up the mechanism. The exhibition of such light would be a signal that the ship had been pirated and was in need of assistance. No attention should be paid by other ships to any signal from the ship exhibiting such a light, saying that the exhibiting of such a light had been done in error, as should the pirate notice such light, it is almost certain that they would force the master or other officers at the pistol's point to make an O.K. signal to any ship that closed.
Appendix III.
THE MINORITY REPORT.
MINORITY REPORT of the COMMITTEE appointed by HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR to consider certain proposals with regard to the prevention of piracy.
We the minority members of the Committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor to enquire into certain further proposals with regard to the prevention of piracy have the honour to submit the following report and recommendations.
In September 1924 The Honourable The Colonial Secretary wrote to The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, The Chinese Chamber of Commerce and The Combined China Coast Officers Guild stating that "certain further proposals" with
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regard to the prevention of piracy were at present under consideration and asking each of such bodies to nominate a representative to serve on a Committee with certain Govern- ment officials to consider the proposals put forward and to make recommendations thereon to the Government.
their
The three bodies so named nominated Neilage Sharp Brown, Chau Tsun Nin and Tom Turnbull Laurenson respectively the signatories hereto as nominees. The first meeting of the Committee was held on Friday the 5th of December 1924 at which the Assistant Harbour Master, Commander Conway Hake, R.N.R. presided. It was explained by the Chairman at the outset that the "certain further proposals" which the Committee was appointed to consider were principally proposals for the amendment of the Piracy Prevention Regulations, and that the Committee were not to be allowed to discuss the general question of piracy prevention apart from the regulations. In these circumstances the signatories knowing the general opinion of those whom they represented, felt themselves compelled to refer the matter back to them before proceeding further with the discussion. The bodies referred to were of the opinion that the existing regulations were most unsatis- factory and that no revision of them would be effectual for the purpose of the sup- pression of piracy and that unless the whole subject was considered, and all
all avenues explored, no good purpose could be served by the signatories continuing on the Com- mittee and that if wider discussion which such bodies contemplated was not to be allowed it would be better if their representatives should withdraw from the Committee and go thoroughly into the matter themselves and submit a minority report. At the adjourned meeting of the Committee the Chairman again made it clear that the wider consideration was outside the scope of the Committee and the signatories hereto accordingly withdrew.
Although both the Shipowners and the Personnel on the Ships from the outset have realized the many defects of the existing Ordinance they have unquestionably given the system more than a fair trial. They cannot, however, continue to willingly subscribe to a system which from experience they are convinced is wrong.
The Regulations. It is strongly urged that it is the province of the Navy to protect commerce particularly British commerce against the depredations of pirates. Under the Regulations the responsibility for the defence of the local Mercantile Marine is thrown upon the owners and the officers of each vessel. The idea of a merchant ship of the class plying in the Canton Delta or on the coast having
the coast having "a citadel fortified garrisoned defended" (vide Report of Sui An Piracy Commission) is as impracticable as it is absurd. It is accepted as axiomatic that it is the duty of the master and his officers to defend their ship but it is submitted that adequate protection from piractical attacks from within the ship is utterly impracticable in the case of vessels employed on the trades in question. Vessels constructed for commercial purposes to carry passengers and cargo from one port to another cannot be converted into fortresses. It is common ground that the element of surprise is always inevitably present in the case of such attacks. The most that can be hoped for or attempted is the defence of the bridge and engine room for a sufficient time to enable the officers to send out distress signals from the bridge. The finding of the Commission appointed to enquire into the "Sui An" Piracy goes to show that if the, then Piracy Prevention Regulations had been carried out to the letter and the strongest possible fight put up "the bridge could only have been held for a sufficient time to have robbed the attack of its element of surprise, and opportunity would have been furnished to inflict damage upon the attackers and to send up signals of distress. It is probable that the bridge could not have been finally held against the determined assault by a large party of armed men". With one exception every recent piratical attack from within the ship has been successful in spite of the existing Regulations. The exception referred to is the case of the "Tai Lee" in April 1924. She was then the mother ship of her convoy and carried eight armed Indian Guards in charge of two European Sergeants, in addition to the six armed Indian Guards attached to the vessel and signed on articles.
The pirates launched the attack upon the engine room and, control having been gained, they drew the fires with the intention of causing the vessel to drift ashore where a considerable body of pirates well armed were waiting ready to loot the vessel and murder anyone who resisted.
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Fortunately the vessel did not drift ashore, but was carried down mid-stream with the current. The pirates seeing that their object was defeated made no attack on the bridge but jumped over-board and swam to the shore. It is said that several were shot as they were swimming away but this is doubtful as it was a dark night and it was impossible to be certain of the results.
The "Sanning" another vessel of the convoy turned around and tried to stand by, but she could render no assistance whatever, in fact she only became an additional target for the rifles of the disappointed desperadoes on shore who fired at both vessels until they were out of range.
It is considered that if it is necessary to retain certain of the Regulations until Naval patrols (hereinafter referred to) are provided, it certainly is not necessary to stiffen the existing Regulations but on the contrary they should be considerably modified and all that is required is that the bridge and the engine room and stokehold entrances should be protected, and the officers armed.
Grilles. The grilles are a real source of danger. They interfere with the access of the passengers to the boats and in all probability will be the cause of great loss of life in the event of a vessel carrying them incurring any maritime casualty. The Re- gulations so far as they relate to grilles are in direct opposition to the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts. The Board of Trade requirements as to the Survey of Life Saving Appliances 1920 par. 160 are as follows "Proper provision must be made for access of passengers to the embarkation deck and for controlling and martialling them. and finally embarking them in the lifeboats in the shortest possible time". The present requirements under the Piracy Prevention Regulations are to keep all passengers other than those of first class below the bridge deck, which in all river steamers is also the boat deck. In the case of river steamers all access from the main or lower deck is cut off from the next deck above or from the saloon deck by means of locked spar gratings across the companionway. Passengers in the second class accommodation on the saloon deck aft are separated from the first class passengers forward and from the deck above by means of locked gratings and grills. No officers or guards are below the bridge deck, that is the deck above those on which the majority of the passengers (in many instances over 1000) are carried. In the event of a panic arising from fire collision or other maritime casualty the people below decks would be unable to reach the boat deck because of the locked grilles. The ships officers in the event of a collision would be fully occupied with their respective duties and therefore unable to attend to the unlocking of the grilles. If the guards had keys it is unlikely that they would have sufficient pre- sence of mind or sufficient initiative to do anything of us. In some steamers which come within the purview of the Regulation there are something like 30 locks to unfasten before all the grilles can be opened. No means of releasing bolts simultaneously is feasible in ships of the class concerned. Furthermore owing to the grills the crews of these vessels would have the greatest difficulty in getting to the boats themselves. In the event of an outbreak of fire or a collision and a serious loss of life occurring owing to passengers being penned below, who would be held responsible: the Hong Kong Govern- ment who framed the Regulations or the Owners and their Officers who were compelled to carry them out?
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Indian Guards. There are approximately 900 Indian Guards employed at a cost to the shipping companies of some $270,000 per annum. Neither owners whose property is at stake, nor officers whose lives are at stake have the slightest confidence in them. Their training is inadequate and their discipline is bad and their bad discipline affects the discipline of the other members of the crew. These guards although nominally on the ship's articles are paid through the Police and consider themselves as police and resent receiving orders from the ship's officers. In an appendix hereto a number of cases is quoted, showing the bad discipline and inefficiency of the Guards. This list of cases is by no means exhaustive but merely illustrative of the matter raised in this paragraph.
It is the opinion of both the owners and the officers (as it is the generally accepted view all the world over) that the Master of a vessel should have complete control over all members of his crew at all times when the vessel is at sea, and it is felt
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strongly that the police element should be entirely eliminated and that any Regulations or assistance received by a ship in the British Mercantile Marine should come from the Navy and in certain matters from the Harbour Department and not from the Police. Whilst in port the Indian Guards consider themselves as being off duty and they take no part in searching the people who come on board whilst the vessel is in port. It is the unanimous opinion of shipowners and officers that the Guards could and should be dispensed with from the ships.
Police Searches. The searching and examination of passengers embarking on vessels about to leave the colony is a proper function of the police. The Police searches however are inadequate. The number of cases of ships which have been pirated by passengers who embarked with their arms is well known. Coastal and River steamers are frequently in Hong Kong for 12 hours at a time and during the whole of this time cargo and baggage is being discharged and loaded. The ship's officers cannot possibly be expected to search the people who are constantly coming and going yet the police only come on duty on the various wharves some two to three hours before the ship is due to sail. It is submitted that an adequate number of police should be on duty on the wharves the whole time, also that the Water Police should be strengthened and provided with additional suitable Harbour craft to be used in supervising and examining passengers embarking on vesels in the stream. At present Police supervision and examination of such passengers is hopelessly inadequate. This doubtless will entail a considerable in- crease in the strength of the police force and consequently increased expense. It is sub- mitted however that it is as much the duty of the Government to protect life and property on board ship by taking precautionary measures whilst ships are in port as it is to protect life and property ashore.
Whampoa to Canton. Owing to the silting up of the Tai Mei Barrier a number of vessels have to be lightened at Whampoa and the cargo so taken out has to be carried from thence to Canton in native craft.
The greatest difficulties are being experienced in inducing the owners of native craft to carry such cargoes owing to their fear of pirates.
The regulations of course cannot apply to such craft and the only defence that can be afforded to such craft must be supplied by patrols.
The Convoy System. It is not contended that the convoy system has proved entirely valueless, but experience has shown that it is a serious interference with trade as the speed of the convoy is necessarily reduced to the speed of the slowest vessel in the convoy. The result is obviously unfair to those Companies which have spent large sums in improving their vessels to cope with increased competition and also tends to stop fur- ther development.
Wireless. It is considered desirable that the Government should obtain from the owners of all vessels carrying a Hong Kong passenger certificate trading in the danger zone an assurance that the necessary steps are being taken to provide and equip such vessels with Wireless Telegraphy. A reasonable time should be allowed for installation and the education of operators.
Continuous Discharge Papers and Also 24 Hours Articles. are considered desirable and it is recommended that a special formed to go fully into the matter with the Harbour Master.
Both these reforms committee should be
Generally. Speaking generally defence from within can never of itself be ultimate- ly successful. The utmost that can be hoped for is the defence of the bridge and engine room until signals of distress can be communicated to a patrolling vessel in the neigh- bourhood and it is submitted that with adequate patrols all that is necessary in merchant vessels is protection of the bridge and engine room and the arming of officers. Once pirates know that although they may be able to overcome resistance in the ship itself they will not be able to get away, piracy will cease.
Patrols. The suppression of piracy in the adjacent waters is essentially a duty of His Majesty's Navy. An efficient service of patrols would not merely protect commerce from attacks from without but would also act as absolute deterrent to attacks from within.
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In a speech made by him in Shanghai (1924) Admiral Sir Arthur Leve- son stated that the placing of armed guards on river boats was of little practical service and that increased patrols were in his opinion the only remedy, and that he was taking steps to increase the patrols on the Yangtsze.
The signatories hereto have taken up the question of Naval patrols with the Senior Naval Officer West River Patrols and his report is with the approval of the Commodore appended hereto.
Two observations only need be made on the substance of that Report.
First that it would appear from the Report that that portion of H.M. Naval forces which is stationed in adjacent waters is not adequate for the many and varied duties which devolve upon it and second that the report deals practically entirely with River traffic.
It is urged that a system of patrols on the lines indicated by the officer in ques- tion and a coastal patrol within the Danger Zone to be formulated by the Naval Authori- ties should be instituted at once. If the Estimates for His Majesty's Navy do not permit of the immediate construction of the indicated craft by the Navy it is urged that the Hong Kong Government might fittingly apply to this purpose the surplus shipping control funds as yet unappropriated to any particular purpose, or if these are unavailable for the time being, in the interests of the general trade of the Colony the Hong Kong Government should accept responsibility.
It is not within the competence of the signatories to this report to elaborate a comprehensive scheme of naval patrols.
It is however most strongly urged that an adequate patrol system on the lines sug- gested by the Senior Naval Officer West River Patrols and a coastal patrol are the only solutions of the existing state of affairs and that the Hong Kong Government should therefore at the earliest possible moment seek the advice and assistance of H.M. Naval Authorities at Hong Kong in formulating a scheme, in which event the signatories hereto will if invited be willing to render any assistance in their power.
Summarized briefly, if the guards are withdrawn, Grilles removed, (except those around the Engine Room and Stokehold entrance, and Bridge) an adequate fleet of Patrol craft provided, and Police Supervision, both ashore and in the Harbour materially re- inforced, there should be little to fear from the possibility of Piratical attacks in the fu- ture.
Co-operation Between Hong Kong Authorities and the Royal Navy. While the Navy is primarily responsible for the suppression of Piracy-in these and other waters— if the best results are to be obtained it is of vital importance that they should obtain the maximum co-operation and support not only from the shipowners and those who man the ships but also from the Harbour Department and the Police. The activities of the latter, however, should be confined entirely to protective measures ashore and to the ex- amination of passengers prior to embarkation. That the Local Government have not kept the Naval Authorities fully posted of information in their possession is exemplified in an incident which took place on the 2nd January of this year. It appears from information received by the Police that 20 pirates were supposed to have left Hong Kong by an un- known ship for Shanghai their object being to attack an unknown vessel on the return journey from Shanghai to Hong Kong The Shipping Companies were requested by the Police to warn the Masters of steamers trading on that particular route. As the informa- tion was somewhat meagre, on enquiring from the Naval Authorities as to whether they could provide anything of a more definite nature it transpired that the Police. had not passed on their information to the Navy. They knew nothing about it! The foregoing only serves to illustrate the need for closer co-operation between the Local Government
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and the Naval Authorities, and, to ensure the greater effectiveness of such co-operation, the appointment of a Naval representative on any committee convened to deal with mat- ters relating to Piracy prevention is most desirable.
NEILAGE S. BROWN,
(Sgd.)
Representative Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
(Sgd.)
T. N. CHAU,
Representative The Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
(Sgd.)
T. T. LAURENSON,
January, 1925.
Representative Combined China Coast Officers & Engineers
Guilds.
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NOTES ON PIRACY AND ITS PREVENTION.
By the Senior Naval Officer in Charge of West River Patrols.
(Commander M. R. J. Maxwell Scott, D.S.O., R.n.)
These notes refer purely to piracy in the waters between Canton, Kongmun and Hong Kong and the Delta in between, the question of sea-going trade on the China coast
is not touched upon.
(1) The only permanent cure for piracy in these waters is an efficient local Government determined to put down crime and having the necessary resources in men and money to keep up a river patrol and a trained body of police and detectives. The goodwill of the local gentry and village headsmen is also necessary, whether it is obtained spontaneously or by fear of consequences.
(2) During the last nine months conditions in Kwangtung Province have been chaotic and there has been no law or order throughout the country districts. In March last conversations were opened with the Chinese Officials with a view to getting their agreement to the British Naval Forces co-operating with their appointed representative against the pirates. After a good deal of patience and negotiation Dr. Sun's Government agreed to co-operation. It was obvious from the start that the Chinese officials were suspicious of our motives and there was and is a strong party against co-operation with a foreign power. However after various delays a start was made and the Pearl River area was dealt with and considered clear by the end of April. The intention was then to carry on and deal with each troublesome area in turn, but every sort of obstacle began to arise and the Canton situation dominated the whole question. The British Naval Forces were practically tied hand and foot to Canton and the defence of the great interests there. Starting with the Shameen bomb outrage and progressing through the Shameen strike to the Volunteer Arms question, which concluded with the burning of parts of Can- ton and the disarming of the Canton Merchant Volunteers, there was hardly a breathing space during which any extensive campaign against the pirates could be even considered. As fast as one crisis was past and attention turned to anti-piracy another crisis arose in Canton.
(3) In spite of all this interruption a great deal has been done to deal with the piracy evil. General Li Fook Lum, the appointed Chinese official to deal with the pirates, has been enormously handicapped by want of men and money and especially gunboats or armed launches. An even greater handicap is the tremendous jealousy between all the various provincial troops and their commanders. All districts are parcelled out between these military commanders who extort what is possible out of their areas. They are much too busy doing this to have time or inclination to bother about pirates who do not damage their own pockets and in many cases no doubt contribute to their fortunes as
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the price of being left alone. Consequently if any other General shows signs of moving or taking action in their personal area they at once suspect him of designs on their posts and put every possible obstacle in his way, going as far as fighting him if they feel strong enough. There is no doubt whatever that much of the piratical trouble is due to their soldiers who pirate one day and resume soldiering the next. Even if they do not take an active part in piracy they do not take any active steps against it and no doubt are com- pensated accordingly
However, during the last three months further action has been taken in several areas by General Li Fook Lum and a fair number of pirates and their leaders have been rounded up and, in many cases, shot. Like all Chinese operations they do not appeal to our ideas of efficiency but in the present state of the country they are as much as can be expected and personally I am surprised at the amount of energy and zeal shown. Pro- vided the situation in Canton remains quiet these operations will continue and should have a great effect on the whole question, but there is always the danger that other Generals will become even more jealous of Li Fook Lum and neutralise his efforts.
(4) The British gunboats have been very actively employed whenever the political situation has been sufficiently quiet, in patrolling, searching for, and attacking pirates and their craft. A good deal of success has been obtained but they can never deal with the gangs that work entirely from the shore, attacking small craft and then retiring into the hills or their lairs up small creeks. Their value must consist chiefly in preventative work and backing up General Li Fook Lum's forces from the water side when he attacks an area. It is their presence which undoubtedly puts the necessary stiffening into his soldi- ers on these occasions. Also by tracking down and dealing with all suspicious steam launches met a great deal of potential piracy is prevented and fear instilled in the pirates' minds. The whole essence of success in this work is uncertainty of movement, it is no use having a regular schedule which the pirates can observe and make their plans accord- ingly.
(5) The Hong Kong Government fitted out 4 armed launches for convoy work which are manned by Naval ratings under the command of a Naval officer. These craft are by on means ideal for the work, they draw too much water and most of them are too slow. They have however been very useful indeed, not only for convoying but for patrol work in between and were particularly welcome during the periods when the gunboats have had to be concentrated at Canton.
PREVENTION OF PIRACY-PRESENT SYSTEM.
(1) At present shipping is protected: against piracy by the following methods.
(a) British gunboats. These are distributed about the rivers and the Delta accord- ing to signs and information received. They are a mobile force which can be switched to any area required. Piracy suppression is by no means the only duty they have to perform, Canton and the other Treaty ports have all got to be looked after and protect- ed in case of need. Chinese military have often to be dealt with and turned off British launches, etc. The Flag has to be shown in other ports and British interests in general protected.
(b) Armed Launches. At present these are tied down to convoying the Hongkong- Kongmun river steamers. They run on a regular time-table and convoy ships through the most dangerous areas. In between their convoy work they patrol adjacent waterways. As long as they are with a convoy no piratical attack is likely to be made but I am con- vinced that they can be far more efficiently employed with equally good protection to the river steamer and far better protection to the many small craft under the British flag if convoying is abolished and efficient patrolling instituted instead. At present every pirate and local inhabitant knows exactly when the convoy and its guard launch will pass and can make their plans to pirate a tow before or afterwards in perfect safety.
(c) Armed Guards on board ships. When piracy became serious it was obvious that some means of protection had to be provided and against internal piracy in particular. The danger of any well-found ship being successfully attacked from the outside was, and in my opinon is, very small indeed, provided she was in the hands of efficient officers. I should be very sorry to try an attack on any of the river steamers by means of launches
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or junks as long as the river steamer was under weigh and under control and the officers wide awake.
It therefore came to a question of convoys or armed guards. To convoy the re- gular river steamer traffic and also the sea-going ship traffic to Canton and Kongmun means a very large number of fast convoy craft continuously employed. Also as the speed of the convoy is that of its slowest ship a great deal of inconvenience is caused to the better found vessels. On the
the other hand to let all ships proceed independently and yet be safe means a large number of armed guards on each ship. At the time no convoying launches were available and it was found quite impracti- cable to get the necessary Naval Officers and ratings to man any large number of laun- ches. I therefore suggested that the cheapest and safest method to adopt was to make the Canton and Kongmun River Steamers sail in convoy, a large and efficient armed guard being placed in one steamer in each convoy. These were to be armed with machine guns and be available not only to protect their own vessel but also to go to the help of any vessel belonging to the convoy if attacked. This system was adopted and continues to the present time. It has certainly been effective in preventing piratical attacks but it has also aroused a good deal of discontent amongst ships' officers and owners who do not like the guards or the delay caused to the better found, ships.
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(d) Grilles. The original system of grilles was greatly extended. whilst undoubtedly very valuable against internal piracy the extended use of grilles is inconvenient from many of the officers and owners point of view. Also it has the serious defect that in case of a collision any hitch in opening the necessary grilles may result in enormous loss of life, although the obvious retort to that argument is that unless a river steamer can be beached at once or outside assistance is at hand, the loss of life is bound to be great in any case. Still the mere fact that the passengers would feel that they were cooped up like rats would precipitate a panic and hinder the ship's staff.
(e) Police inspection and searches. Is undoubtedly most valuable and should be continued. Practically all attempted piracies have been on outward bound ships from Hong Kong and strict searching at that end is a necessity. The Customs at Kongmun are also very efficient in supervising their end.
ALTERNATIVES TO THE PRESENT SYSTEM.
In my opinion the only alternative to the present system is to increase the number of armed launches available. If another 5 armed launches were provided and manned by R.N. Officers and men then the carrying of large armed guards and the sailing in convoy could be abolished. The system of grilles could also be very much decreased.
With the present 4 armed launches plus 5 additional armed launches a system of efficient patrols could be instituted covering the Pearl River and from Wangmun to Kong- mun. The number would not be sufficient to cover the West River above Kaukong unless the patrol line elsewhere was weakened. It would also leave the open sea gap between Hong Kong waters and the Bocca Tigris forts and Wangmun but as river steamers are generally in sight of each other in these parts a successful attempt to pirate them there should be very difficult. It would leave the Macao traffic to itself as at present.
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With a permanent patrol as suggested not only would river steamers and seagoing traffic be as safe or safer than at present but all the enormous tow traffic would be a great deal better protected. It must never be forgotten that there is an enormous trade carried on in junk bottoms towed by launches. Many of these launches fly the British flag and a very large proportion of the traffic on these two main routes is en route to or from Hong Kong. Once this patrol was in working order I consider that
(1) Sailing in convoy could be abolished.
(2) Large armed guards on board ships abolished.
(3) The grille system reduced to protection of the bridge and Engine Room and
cutting off the 1st class from the remainder.
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Some armed protection would still be necessary on board and a proper system of signals to attract the attention of the patrols whilst passing through the intervals between patrol vessels instituted for use in case of need.
One great source of weakness in all attempts to deal with internal piracy is the personnel of the ships. The hands of the Captains should be strengthened as much as possible and inefficient officers got rid of. It is criminal to trust the lives of passengers to officers who are not always in a fit state to deal with any situation that may arise. Similarly the crews should be carefully picked and a proper system of discharge books instituted with a certain system of identification. The compradores have a great deal too much control over matters which should be in the captains hands and the captains' tenure of their appointments on the second class steamers is far too precarious to expect a really efficient and suitable officer to accept command of such steamers.
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APPENDIX RELATING TO INDIAN GUARDS.
11th February, 1924.-s.s. "Wing On".
his rifle down the stokehold.
Guard No. 359 whilst asleep on duty dropped
13th February, 1924.-Guard No 281 discharged after having been under the influence
of drugs for 48 hours.
16th February, 1924.-Guard No. 52 incited the other guards to refuse to carry out their orders and argued with the chief officer with regard to his hours. On February 18th this guard left the ship without notice to the Captain or the Chief Officer.
29th February, 1924.-Guard No. 607 was drunk when the vessel left Hong Kong.
6th March, 1924.-Guard No. 428 was found asleep in a saloon passenger's chair 45
minutes after going on duty.
16th March, 1924.-Guard No. 607 was drunk whilst on duty in Hong Kong and interfer-
ed with the crew, Compradore's staff and the Purser.
February, 1924.-M. V. "Fook Sing". The Captain reported a sergeant to Capt. Blox- ham for insubordination, insolence and mutinous conduct. The sergeant was transferred to another ship.
7th March, 1924.-s.s. "Hydrangea". Rolla Khan Indian Guard on this vessel was charged before the Marine Court with being absent from duty. This guard had been granted one hour's leave whilst the vessel was in Swatow and he failed to return before the vessel sailed. This guard was sentenced to one month's im- prisonment with hard labour
11th March, 1924.-s.s. "Sui Tai". Guard No. 650 was at 10.50 a.m. found fast asleep whilst on duty on the bridge either under the influence of drugs or drink. This guard had previously been reported.
19th March, 1924.-s.s. "Szechuen". After leaving Canton all the Indian guards who
should have been on duty were found asleep in their bunks.
12th April, 1924.-s.s. "Chung On". Three guards who should have been on duty were found by the Captain asleep in the mess room. On the previous Tuesday one of the guards failed to join the ship before leaving Hong Kong.
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20th April, 1924.-8.s. "Borneo". Two Indian Guards went ashore at 8 p.m. the pre- vious evening and failed to turn up although the Captain kept back the depar- ture of the vessel until 6.35 a.m.
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29th April, 1924.-s.s. "Kanchow". Galem Ali Indian Guard on the above vessel charged at the Marine Court for absenting himself from his ship without leave. Inspector Shannon said that the guard reported that he had missed his boat at 10.45 a.m. on the 24th. He said that it was the third time he had missed his boat in two months and he had been dealt with departmentally. The Defendant told the Harbour Master that he went ashore at noon on the 23rd and was due back at midnight but could only get across by hiring a sampan for $3 and he could not afford that. He waited till morning when the boat had left. Inspec- tor Shannon said that the man had a bad record. The Defendant imprisoned for one month with hard labour.
10th November, 1924.-s.s. "Soo Chow". The guards were ordered to go through firing practice in accordance with the regulations. Three of the guards completed their firing practice. It was then observed that the fourth guard had not fired but his place was taken by one of the guards who had already finished his prac- tice. The fourth guard was then ordered to go through the firing practice. when he stated that he had no knowledge whatever of firearms.
13th December, 1924.-s.s. "Taming". An attempt to smuggle arms on this vessel was discovered by the officers. Several Chinese suspected of being concerned were chased by the ship's officers, and two Guards Nos. 383 and 386 were standing near the gangway by which the fugitives escaped made no attempt to arrest them or bar their progress.
22nd December, 1924.-s.s. "Fatshan".
'Fatshan". At 11 p.m. the Second Officer was in charge of the bridge. The European sergeant in charge of the Police Guard walked on to the bridge. He was told by the Second Officer he was not allowed on the bridge. The sergeant then charged the Second Officer with being drunk. The Second Officer immediately sent for the Captain and the Chief Officer who order- ed the Sergeant off the bridge. The matter was reported to the Captain Super- intendent of Police. The Second Officer was subsequently asked by the Police Department if he would accept an apology.
MEMORANDUM ON THE MINORITY REPORT.
BY
Lieut.-Commander L. J. PITCAIRN JONES, D.S.Ç., R.N.
GENERAL HEAD QUARTERS
SOUTH CHINA COMMAND,
Wednesday, 9th March, 1927.
Sir,
In compliance with your request of 3rd March, I have the honour to submit for the consideration of the Commission the attached remarks on the paper on certain pro- posals with regard to the prevention of piracy, known as the "Minority Report".
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2. I wish to make it clear to the Commission that the views expressed are my personal views and are derived as much from the evidence which has been placed at the disposal of the Commission, as from any experience I may have as a naval officer: and while I have no reason to suppose that they would not endorse them, they cannot be taken as an official expression of the views of the Naval Authorities on the station.
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3. I feel that an apology is due to the Commission for the length at which I have expressed myself: but the Minority" Report is not an easy paper to answer briefly.
The Hon. Mr. E. R. HALLIFAX, C.M.G., C.B.E.,'
Chairman of the "Sunning" Piracy Commission.
I have, etc..
(Sd.) L. J. PITCAIRN JONES, Lieut. Commander, (R.N.)
REMARKS ON THE "MINORITY" REPORT.
General. The "Minority" Report appears to lay itself open to the two following general criticisms:-
A. It appears to base its contentions on the erroneous assumption that the duty of defending a merchant. ship against piratical attack lies primarily with the Royal Navy in the second place with the Government; and in the third place, (and this only touched upon once in the whole Report, and is at once dis- missed as being impracticable), -with the master and officers of the ship. B. Its criticisms are almost entirely destructive, and it is difficult to read it with- out gathering the impression that the underlying object of the paper is to foist every vestige of the responsibility of merchant ships' officers and owners on to the shoulders of the Government or of the Royal Navy, and even to avoid the expense involved in taking any special precautions which may be recom- mended to them.
2. With regard to A, I would submit that the defence of any individual merchant ship against piracy, either external or internal, must rest. primarily with that ship's officers. Both in Law, and (in bye-gone days at any rate) in practice this was clearly recognised: indeed, for the master and crew not to resist piratical attack by every means in their power is an offence still punishable by Law, (enacted in the days of Charles II). Of course, the peculiar form of attack which we know as "Internal" piracy was not con- templated by the framers of this Law, but the law remains on the Statute Book, and the principle involved (of Resistance) is the same.
3. With regard to B, it is an historical fact that merchant ships were commonly armed in the days when piracy flourished, as the most obvious counter to this menace, thereby clearly implying a recognition of the responsibility of owners to assist their officers in carrying out this duty.
I would therefore suggest that the order of degrees of responsibility should be amended as follows:----
(i) The master and ship's officers, the owners being morally bound to give them such support, (in the way of anti-piracy fittings, guards &c.) as may be considered necessary. In the United Kingdom at the present day this entails nothing, in China unfortunately a good deal, but the responsibility is there in either case.
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(ii) The Royal Navy, which is bound to render all the assistance in its power, should the menace assume such dimensions as to be beyond the power of those most directly concerned to cope with it, and
(iii) The Government, should the steps contemplated by the Royal Navy involve political considerations outside the competence of the Naval Authorities to arrange, (e.g. attack on pirate bases situated in Foreign Territory) or measures involving special civil legislation (e.g. police search of passengers &c.)
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I have dealt with this subject at some length because there appears to be a certain divergence of opinion on it at present: and whether my contentions be considered correct or not, it is of great importance to have this point clearly defined in the minds of all concerned with the prevention of piracy.
4. Regulations.To go into the Report in detail, the paragraph dealing with the Regulations starts by strongly urging "that it is the province of the Navy to protect commerce... .against the depredations of pirates."
The Royal Navy-amongst other duties has of course the responsibility for taking all steps reasonably possible to suppress piracy.
Against external piracy a great, deal can be, and has been done by the Patrol system now in force in the Delta. External piracy of a sea-going ship is so improbable as to require no further remarks.
5. Against internal piracy, in my opinon, the Royal Navy can do but little. It is purely a question of internal organisation in each particular merchant ship, and I would lay it down as a broad principle that, in existing circumstances internal piracy can only be countered by internal measures.
6. The only measures that occur to me which the Royal Navy could take to render this form of attack less attractive, are :-
(a) Exterminate known pirate strong holds.
(b) Patrol off seaward approaches thereto.
7. With regard to (a) this involves political considerations, and though un- doubtedly the most effective of all methods of dealing with the trouble, at the present time it would seem to present peculiar difficulties*. I shall have some remarks to make on (b) in connection with the Report's section concerning (patrols.
8. The remainder of the section of the "Minority" Report under consideration, ("Regulations") devotes itself to proving the uselessness of the present Regulations. En passant it is worth noting, that the finding of the "Sui An" Piracy Commission quoted, "the bridge could only have been held for a sufficient time to have robbed the attack of its element of surprise, it is probable that the bridge could not have been finally held......" has not been borne out either by the expert evidence which has been heard by the "Sunning" Commission or by the actual events which occurred on board the s.s. "Sunning".
9. The conclusion to which the Report comes on the subject of the Regulations is that "if it is necessary to retain certain of them until Naval Patrols (hereinafter mentioned) are provided,.....they should be considerably modified, and all that is required is that the bridge and engine room and stokehold entrances should be protected and the officers armed".
10. From this I infer that the authors of the Report would have no objection to the total abolition of the Regulations, and with this I very much agree. By enacting regulations, (some of them of dubious legality), the Government has tacitly assumed a certain share of a responsibility, which is in nowise theirs. In any case, it is clearly impossible for the Government to lay down a completely different set of regulations for every individual ship that plies the China Seas, though a kind of attempt is made to do this by means of the "Scheme of Defence". But that is what would be required in order to get the maximum value out of the various measures in use or suggested. Careful con- sideration must be given to the peculiarities of individual ships, their officers, crews, the run on which they are employed and, in short a variety of details. What might be a very efficient and adequate set of precautions to adopt in one ship or even in one part of the same ship might well be inappropriate, vexatious and even dangerous in another.
*Since the above was written operations of this nature were carried out against certain villages in Bias Bay
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11. The men who are in the best position to judge of the most suitable form of defence for any particular ship are surely her own officers, who not only know their ship, and the practical working of her, but also are those who will perhaps risk their lives, should the anti-piracy precautions fail.
12. Grilles. The next section of the Report deals with grilles and advocates their abolition, stressing the point that they contravene the Board of Trade regulations with regard to free access to the Life Boats. Here again it is a case for deciding upon the most suitable positions for grilles to be placed in individual ships. There can be no doubt that grilles intelligently placed may be of great value, while badly placed grilles may not only contravene the Board of Trade Regulations, but also actually may assist the pirates, by giving a false sense of security.
13. Guards.-The Report states that "it is the unanimous opinion of ship owners and officers that guards could and should be dispensed with". This appears to me a very extraordinary statement, and, so far as the officers examined by the Commission were concerned, not entirely borne out. Of course, the quality of the guards, and their dis- position about the ship both on duty and off duty enters the problem considerably. The fact that so far they have never succeeded in preventing a piracy is certainly a strong point in the "Minority" Report's argument: but I cannot help thinking that a system of sentries would be one of the most efficacious obstacles to Internal piracy, if men of the right type could be produced. There can be no doubt that the present system of dual control of the guards is most unsatisfactory from the point of view of the sea-going ship.
14. Police Search.-The Report next considers Police search, which is considered inadequate. Police search undoubtedly militates against successful piracy, and if it could be carried out efficiently at every port of call might prove a very serious obstacle, but Hong Kong, and possibly Bangkok and Kwong Chow Wan, being the only ports where it is carried out at all, the pirates can and do embark at any other port in China.
It is no good therefore relying on Police search to stop piracy. Would the owners be prepared to sacrifice the time, which would be necessary to detain ships, while the last stages of the thorough search advocated are carried out?
15. Convoy System.The Report points out that the convoy system is not entirely valueless, but that it is a serious interference with Trade, and unfair to companies which have fast craft. These remarks do not apply to the class of piracy, under special con- sideration, viz., Internal piracy in sea-going ships, as it is clearly impracticable. In the river it has been superseded by a system of patrols, which I understand is working satis- factorily at present.
16. Wireless. The report approves of fitting wireless to all passenger ships. There is no doubt that wireless is of value in reporting piracies or attempted piracies, or for warning ships of information being received after they have sailed of pirates being on board. It is possible that it can be further utilised to advantage in conjunction with an "automatic" transmitter, or by the introduction of "Negative" reports: but I do not see that it carries us much further towards the prevention of piracy.
17. On continuous discharge papers and also 24 hours articles I do not consider myself qualified to express an opinion.
18. The Report's conclusion that "once pirates know that......they will be unable to get away piracy will cease" is presumably correct, which leads to a consideration of the question of patrols.
19. Patrols. The Report states, "An efficient service of patrols would not merely protect commerce from attacks from without, but would also act as an absolute deterrent from attacks from within". Attacks from without do not occur to sea-going ships.
20. I fail to see how patrols are going to prevent piracy from within. Presumably it is not intended to suggest patrolling the whole 1438 miles from here to Singapore and the 1396 miles from here to Taku, as that is manifestly impossible. In any case there is nothing to shew patrolling craft that a ship is in the hands of pirates, unless by wireless she has been able to give the alarm, and summon the nearest patrol to her assistance.
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21. I imagine that what is advocated is a system of patrols off Bias Bay (for example) or other known piratical haunts. In this connection we know from the "Hsin Fung" episode the action likely to be taken by the pirates, and it appears that the lives of all foreigners on board a ship in the hands of pirates would be most seriously jeopardised, should she fall in with one of His Majesty's ships. Whether the pirates would actually carry out their threats to murder foreigners or not, I leave it to those better conversant with Chinese mentality than myself to decide: the patrol vessel would have no choice but to recapture the ship regardless of threats.
22. Apart from other considerations, should the pirates carry out their presumed threat and kill the foreign hostages, with the most reliable witnesses silenced they would stand a chance of never being identified, by throwing their firearms away and mingling. with passengers. They would also very likely cause further damage and increase their chances of escape in the confusion by the time honoured expedient of setting the ship on fire into the bargain.
23. The above remarks apply with almost equal force to the case of meeting a ship anywhere in the open sea. I presume that this aspect has received the careful considera- tion of the authors of the "Minority" Report, but I should like this point confirmed by them, and a definite statement that in their opinion the risk to valuable lives is a legitimate one to incur. I refrain from discussing the technical difficulties, such as type of ship suitable, numbers required, expense &c., which stand in the way of the adoption in practice of even a very limited patrol system outside the rivers: but they are consider- able.
24. It is these considerations which lead me to the conclusion, opposed to that of the Minority Report, that internal piracy can only be countered by internal organisa- tion and methods.
25. There is no doubt that the personal element of the various masters and officers enters very largely into the problem. It seems clear that the majority do not at present consider that anti-piracy action is any direct responsibility of their own. The first essential to combat successfully this form of piracy is to make it very clearly realised, that the master is just as much responsible for the safety of his ship from piracy as from fire or any other peril of the deep. To me it seems that one might just as well expect the Hong Kong Fire Brigade to put a fire out on board a ship 500 miles away, as expect the Hong Kong Government or Royal Navy to be responsible for the behaviour of passengers. in a similar position.
26. The difficulty that here arises is that as the master depends for his living on the owners, he may well hesitate to put forward suggestions for alterations in, additions to his anti-piracy equipment on the ground of involving them in extra expense, and it is here that the active co-operation of the owners becomes of such vital importance. I cannot believe however that where life and death are involved, as it appears they soon may be, that small considerations of expense-hardly hit as the firms have been by the boycott &c., will be allowed to stand in the way: and in any event I am convinced, that any steps taken voluntarily on carefully considered lines by those most directly concern- ed, will be more effective than those which result from the present system, of which the outstanding features are divided responsibility and lack of co-operation.
27. The "Minority" Report quotes Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson, K. C. B in support of its contention that guards are useless and its suggestion for increased patrols. "In a speech made by him in Shanghai (1924) Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson stated that the placing of armed guards on river boats was of little practical service, and that increased patrols were, in his opinion, the only remedy, and that he was taking steps to increase the patrols on the Yangtse". This speech was actually delivered at It had Shanghai in November, 1923, and in no way referred to Internal piracy. reference to the peculiar set of circumstances at that time prevailing on the Yangtse whence the Admiral had recently returned, viz. the sniping at and holding up of ships by the armed forces of the various generals then bickering with each other-a different question. The remark about armed guards was in reply to a suggestion that we
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28. It is curious that the "Minority" Report should have failed to take into con- sideration the essential differences between the conditions which Admiral Leveson was reviewing when he made the statement attributed to him, and those which form the subject of the report. The Hong Kong Daily Press on the other hand clearly recognised the differences in a leader on an exactly similar speech made by Sir Arthur Leveson at a dinner given to him by the British Chamber of Commerce at Hankow on 25th October, 1923, when he "opposed the placing of guards on board ships as being useless and a cause of provocation".
The Paper* adds, "The Admiral was referring of course to the ships on the Yangtse......The problem in the upper reaches of the Yangtze is not the same as in the waters of South China. In the North it is generally a case of the soldiers of some political faction firing upon steamers lawfully plying up and down the river. In South China the state of lawlessness, which so unfortunately prevails, exposes river steamers to attacks by gangs of pirates travelling on ships in the guise of peaceful passengers &c......it would be interesting to hear the views of the [my italics] Commander-in-Chief on the subject of the armed guards these ships are compelled by law to carry for their own protection in the waters of the Canton Delta, and in the iron grilles which have to be provided on such ships as a means of preventing pirates getting from one part of a ship to another"
29. The remainder of the Report deals with a Report on the West River condi- tions by the Senior Naval Officer, West River: and advocates increased patrols. Here where external piracy of tows &c. is simple and where there is a possibility of external attack on steamers, patrols are unquestionably of great value. The numbers of gun- boats, launches etc., which can be allocated for this duty however depends upon the Admiralty.
30. I note that in summarizing the Report is in favour of retaining grilles around the engine room and stokehold entrance and bridge: and the great value of these (especially those on the bridge) has been borne out by the evidence at the disposal of the Commission. To this I would like to point out the great importance in ocean going vessels, at any rate, of keeping foreign 1st class passengers and ship's officers grilled off wherever it is at all feasible. No doubt in some ships their construction renders this impossible; but unless this is done, it undoubtedly places a very strong card in the hands of the pirates in the opportunity that it gives them to seize hostages as a guarantee of their wishes being acceded to by the master of the ship.
31. The concluding remarks of the Report as to the need for the fullest co- operation between Hong Kong Government, Royal Navy, owners and officers must meet with the approval of everyone concerned,
*Weekly Edition: November 10, 1923, page 532.
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