港史文本 - HK In Texts: Sessional Papers

SESSIONAL PAPERS LAID BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG 1932

Table of Contents

1. Colony's Water Supply

Wastage, Meterage and Rider Mains

2. Estimates of Expenditure

Abstract Showing the Differences Between the approved Estimates for 1932 and the Estimates of Expenditure for 1933

3. Government Launches

Report of the Committee to inquire into the Question of

4. Jurors

List for 1932

5. Retrenchment Commission

Report of, and Government Commentary thereon

HONG KONG.

No.

1932

COLONY'S WATER SUPPLY.

EFFORTS TO CHECK WASTE. UNIVERSAL METERAGE: RIDER MAINS.

1. Prior to the year 1889 the Colony's water supply was derived from the Pok- fulam Reservoir. The storage capacity of this reservoir was only 66 million gallons, and the daily quantity of water which it could supply, in a season of abundant rain- fall, was probably not more than one million gallons; considerably less in dry seasons. Owing to the inadequacy of this supply the water was distributed, for the greater part of each year, on the intermittent system. The result of this most unsatisfactory system was then, as always, a scanty supply and a relatively enormous waste of water. A rate of 2% covered the use of all water.

2. In 1889 the new Tytam works were completed, and, with an improved supply, it was considered desirable that an Ordinance should be passed regulating the Colony's water supply. The Waterworks Ordinance of 1890 (No. 16 of 1890) was accordingly passed on the 21st July, 1890.

3. As early as 1883 Mr. Osbert Chadwick, C.M.G., M.Inst. C.E., M. Inst. M.E., had, at the request of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, submitted suggestions for a proposed Water Ordinance for Hong Kong. In his memorandum dated 5th April, 1883, Mr. Chadwick, dealing with the question of the waste of water, which it was desired to check, wrote:

* * *

At present the payment of 2 per cent on the annual assessed rental of a tene- ment, entitles the inhabitant to provide himself with whatever pipes and service he

He may pleases. He

use water to any extent without paying more than a person who has a single tap and uses it for strictly domestic purposes only. Now if this state of things be allowed to continue, and if a minority are allowed to use and waste water absolutely without control, the supply, even when enlarged to the utmost extent practicable, will not suffice for this and for the ordinary wants of the com- munity. *The only practically effective method of checking wanton and extravagant abuse of water, without unduly restricting its reasonable and legitimate. is to make the payment for water more or less proportional to the quantity used by each consumer, in short to impose such water-rates as will ensure to all, for a moderate sum, the quantity of water strictly necessary for their daily domestic wants, whilst extra payment is demanded for that used for purposes of trade or luxury. * * * The payment for water, according to quantity and manner of using is thoroughly equitable. The statement that the unstinted use of water like light and air, should be free to all mankind is based on sentiment, not logic. Water rates are charged, not for the water itself, but for the cost of storing and conveying it to the dwelling of the consumer.]'

use,

4. Under Ordinance No. 16 of 1890 a free house service was allowed to every tenement on which rates (which included a water rate of 2 per cent. on assessed rental) were paid. This free unmetered supply was granted contrary to the recommenda- tions in Mr. Chadwick's Memorandum of the 5th April, 1883, and also in his Memor- andum of the 12th January, 1890, on the original draft of Ordinance No. 16 of 1890. In this latter Memorandum he wrote:

* *

"If proper precautions be not taken, waste may assume very serious proportions. It may far exceed the actual consumption.*

A single tap, not a large one, flowing continuously, will discharge about 7,500 gallons in 24 hours, or about 1 per

cent of the total Pokfulam supply. A mere dribble amounts to 1,000 gallons a day. Waste may be prevented, with more or less success, in various ways. An intermittent supply cannot be numbered among these, because it rather increases than diminishes. waste, besides being most inconvenient and insanitary.'

5. Mr. Chadwick then dealt with the several ways in which economy in the use of water might be attained. He favoured meterage. "Under the meter system waste cures itself. The minimum amount of inspection is necessary. * * The con- sumer is free to use as much water as he pleases; when and how he likes. The check is the account at the end of the quarter.

* I therefore recommend the adoption of the meter system for the City of Victoria, and generally throughout the Colony of Hong Kong".

6. His proposals in brief outline were:

(1) All house services to be metered and a meter rent to be charged.

(2) Water rate to be levied on all tenements which can receive water, and a free allowance of water to be made to each tenement based on its water rate.

(3) Public taps to be erected at convenient distances along the streets. Occupiers of premises not provided with house services to obtain their water supply from these taps.

7. The draft Ordinance had contained the following clause (Clause 16):

"The Water Authority may direct that the supply of water taken or used by or through any service shall be measured or regulated by means of a meter or otherwise as may be provided by any regulations made hereunder".

8. This clause had been approved by the Sanitary Board and the Executive Council, but as it was regarded as indicating the Government's intention to insist on the general use of meters it was opposed by the Unofficial Members of Council on the ground that it would inflict a hardship on landlords who would have to pay for water wasted by their tenants. The draft Ordinance was therefore amended, and a free unmetered supply continued to be given to all rated tenements. The water position was, therefore, not materially improved, even with the addition of the Tytam works, and the Colony had still to be supplied for a great part on the unsatisfactory and wasteful intermittent system.

9. In a report, dated 7th August, 1894, Mr. Chadwick again thus reverted to the question of waste:

"It should be made clear to the public that the scarcity of water which has occurred, and the demand which has consequently arisen for the expenditure of large sums of money for new works, sums which will have to be paid by the people, are mainly, if not entirely, due to waste of water; a loss of public property which it is in their power to prevent"

10. The position continued to grow more serious from year to year. Water famines had occurred annually with three exceptions ever since the opening of the Tytam Reservoir, and at length, when a water famine of great severity prevailed in 1901-2, while Mr. Chadwick was in Hong Kong (he having been sent out by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to report on the Sanitary Condition of the Colony), he was requested to submit also recommendations on the best means of conserving and augmenting the Colony's water supply. His Report on the Sanitary Conditions in the Colony, dated 10th April, 1902, was published as Sessional Paper No. 17 of 1902. In that Report he again stressed the importance of waste prevention and the general introduction of meters. "Though the gross consumption of water is not great," he wrote, "especially for a tropical town, and though there may be but little negligent waste, there is evidence to show that there is much wanton waste. Now, inspection, no matter how perfect, is practically impotent to check wanton waste The only way to check wanton waste is to measure the consumption of water in each tenement, by means of meters, and to charge an adequate price for all water con- sumed, over and above a prescribed quantity. *

I venture to believe that if meters were introduced, together with a proper scale of charges, the consumption

* *

of water would be so reduced that the necessity for restriction would never recur. or at least be a rare, instead of a normal, occurrence. *

* * * I therefore unhesitatingly recommend the introduction of meters in every case in which there is an internal house service.

11. In this report Mr. Chadwick repeated a suggestion made in his report of the 7th August, 1894, viz. that if restriction had to be adopted it would be best to shut off all unmetered house services, a supply being obtainable only from public taps tempor- arily erected for the purpose. "Only houses provided with meters would be allowed to retain a constant supply, and then a proper price for water would bring about the required economy. In connection with the difficulty in shutting off house services, due to the easy accessibility of the stopcocks, which could be easily opened by un- authorized persons, Mr. Chadwick now proposed that, as it would be many years before the occasional introduction of an intermittent supply could be avoided, an effort be made to render that system of supply generally less objectionable. therefore suggested that house services, instead of being connected directly to the principal mains, be connected, in blocks, to subsidiary or rider mains of small diameter laid parallel to the principal mains, one on each side of the street. In this way the town could be divided into groups of blocks of convenient size, the water supply to which could be turned off and on, independently, in rotation. Thus No. 1 block group would receive water from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m., No. 2 from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., and so on. The principal mains would always be charged, and metered services would thus enjoy a constant supply. Mr. Chadwick suggested the use of rider mains not for tenement houses only nor for any one section of the community but for all unmetered house services so that these might be readily shut off as soon as restriction became necessary and supplies had to be obtained from public taps.

12. Mr: Chadwick's report on the water supply of Hong Kong, dated 18th April, 1902, was published as Sessional Paper No. 20 of 1902. In that report he again em- phasised the importance of universal meterage in the prevention of waste. "I will again repeat", he wrote, "that the universal use of meters, coupled with an appro- priate price for water over and above a certain quantity, is the only efficient means of checking waste."

13. Following on Mr. Chadwick's reports of the 10th and 18th April, 1902, the Waterworks Consolidation Ordinance of 1902 was passed on the 13th August, 1902. the two Chinese Members of the Legislative Council dissenting.

14. This Ordinance provided—

Clause 5. "It shall be lawful for the Water Authority to disconnect the service to any tenement, and to refuse to reconnect the same unless the owner shall give an undertaking to pay quarterly to the Colonial Treasurer the amount due for excess consumption and for meter rent, as ascertained in accordance with the provisions of any Regulations made hereunder. If any owner declines or neglects to give such undertaking within a period of fourteen days from the date of notice in writing having been served on such owner by the Water Author- ity, or within such extended period as may be conceded by the Water Authority. it shall be lawful for the said Water Authority to disconnect the service of the said tenement as aforesaid: Provided that,

(1) In the case of any tenement house in the City of Victoria, the Water Au- thority shall disconnect the service within a period of fourteen days from the date of notice in writing having been served on the owner by the Water Authority, or within such extended period as may be conceded by the Water Authority, and shall refuse to re-connect the same, and shall also refuse to connect any new service unless such owner shall have obtained the previous consent of the Governor in Council; and

(2) In no case shall the Water Authority disconnect any service until in his opin- ion there shall be established an adequate provision of public fountains.”

15. Immediately after the passing of this Ordinance a petition, addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, was submitted by the Chinese community, object- ing principally to the above Section of the Ordinance. The petition, which was

forwarded to the Secretary of State in Governor's Despatch No. 384 of the 29th August, 1902, represented-

(1) that in the general rate paid by Petitioners was included the rate chargeable for water, which had for same years been supplied to their residences and places of business by means of a system of house service:

(2) that the new Ordinance made several material alterations in the existing law with regard to the supply of water, which were likely to inflict great hard- ship on and do injury to the Chinese inhabitants of the Colony :

(3) that clause 5 of the new Ordinance contained the most objectionable altera- tion of all that the effect of this Clause would be that the Water Authority would be bound to disconnect the water service from every Tenement house', and that the Ordinance directed him to refuse to connect any new service unless the owner of the "Tenement house' had obtained the previous consent of the Governor in Council: that the Petitioners "venture to predict that the effect of the clause as passed will be that the water service of each and every "Tenement house' in the City of Victoria occupied by Chinese will be summarily cut off with a very small chance of any re-connection or of the connection of any new service to any such being sanctioned by the Governor in Council":

(4) that the effect of the new Ordinance would be to give to the wealthier classes a full and ample supply of water for all purposes, while the occupiers of "Tenement houses' would at all periods of the year and even in the rainy sea- son have to carry every drop of water they may require from the street hydrants to their quarters:

5) that in lieu of the very drastic measure contemplated in clause 5 of the Ordi- nance Petitioners suggested the adoption of the Rider-main system as pro- posed by Mr. Chadwick in this Report of the 10th April, 1902, "so that the occupants of "Tenement houses' may at least be supplied with an intermittent supply during the period which will elapse before the gathering ground and reservoir capacity of the Colony have been sufficiently increased to admit of a constant supply. This would at least enable occupiers of "Tenement houses' to avail themselves of a water service whilst the reservoirs are full to overflowing":

(6) that these rider-mains would provide "a permanent and not a temporary arrangement for the purpose of supplying 'Tenement houses' with a constant. or an intermittent supply or being entirely closed according to the rainfall":

(7) that the owners of "Tenement houses" would bear the cost of the laying of

the rider-mains :

(8) that Petitioners asked that the Ordinance be returned for amendment and "that Section 5 be amended by the insertion of a provision authorizing the connection of "Tenement houses' with the water supply by means of the system suggested by Mr. Osbert Chadwick so as to allow such Tenement houses' a constant or an intermittent supply of water as circumstances may permit".

16. In forwarding the Ordinance and the petition to the Secretary of State, the Governor (Sir Henry Blake), in despatch No. 384 of 29th August, 1902, explained the conditions, as regards the supply of water to dwellings, existing up to the date of the passing of the Ordinance. Within the City of Victoria water for domestic purposes was supplied without check or restraint of any kind, to both European and Chinese houses, through services laid on to the houses: any house could have its service: meters were fixed only in the case of supplies for trade or non-domestic purposes. Outside the City of Victoria and in Kowloon the supply of water to Chinese houses was entirely by means of public fountains: services for the supply of water for do- mestic purposes were permitted to European houses only, and in all cases meters had to be fixed. It had, he explained, become apparent that something should be done to conserve the water supply. The experience gained in Kowloon had shown that the most

effective way to check waste was to make the occupants of tenement houses obtain their supply from street fountains.

17. At a meeting of the Chinese Commercial Union held on the 14th November, 1902, it was resolved that in the event of tenement houses being served by rider mains the cost of laying these mains should be met by a special tax on the owners of Chinese houses in the districts concerned and that the cost of maintenance should be met by a permanent tax of 1% on the rateable value of houses in these districts.

18. The Secretary of State was informed by the Governor by cable on the 15th November that the entire expense of the rider main system would be borne by the owners of property affected.

19. The Ordinance and the petition having been referred to him by the Secretary of State, Mr. Chadwick reported in a Memorandum dated 19th February, 1903. He pointed out that the rider main system had been suggested by him "to mitigate the evils of an intermittent supply of water, always serious, but more so when the system of distributory pipes is not, as in the present case, expressly designed for this system of water distribution". He reiterated the advantages of the rider-main system in such circumstances, including these two important advantages--

(1) "In the event of a water famine water could be supplied to groups of houses

in rotation for such periods as the Water Authority shall prescribe.' (2) "Any tenement might, on the owner thereof accepting a supply by meter, and being responsible for payment of the bill for water consumed, remain in connection with the permanently charged main; realizing the advantages of a constant supply, even during a period of scarcity.'

20. Mr. Chadwick recommended that the rider-main system be introduced. "Its effect will," he stated, "be threefold. First, it will mitigate the evils of the inter- mittent system, and secondly it will be a permanent improvement, inasmuch as it will facilitate the detection of waste. Thirdly, it will greatly facilitate the voluntary introduction of meters. Any tenement wishing for a constant supply at all seasons may remain connected to the principal main."

21. Mr. Chadwick was, however, definitely of the opinion that universal meterage should be the ultimate goal. "I maintain," he wrote, "that the meter system is the only system of rating which is thoroughly efficient and equitable."

22. The Secretary of State for the Colonies telegraphed on 11th March, 1903, stating that he was prepared to approve rider-mains.

23. The amended Ordinance (No. 16 of 1903) contains the following clauses relating to rider-mains:

Clause 11. The cost of constructing any rider-main shall be borne in equal shares per tenement by the owners of the tenements which such rider main is design- ed to serve, whether services to such tenements are subsequently connected with it or not. The cost of disconnecting any service from any principal main and con- necting it with any rider main shall be borne by the owner of the tenement to which such service is laid. The Water Authority shall determine what tenements are de- signed to be served by any rider main, and the cost of such rider main shall be apportioned by the Water Authority among the owners of such tenements. The cost of the rider mains and connections shall include a sum not exceeding fifteen per cent on the cost of the labour and materials to defray the cost of supervision and other charges."

Clause 12. "Any person owning or occupying any tenement may construct a service thereto for the supply of water from the waterworks. The construction of the service and the nature, size and quality of the materials and fittings shall be in ac- cordance with regulations, and, on the completion thereof to the satisfaction of the Water Authority, it shall be connected by the Water Authority to the Waterworks subject to payment of the fee specified for such connexion in the regulations, and in the case of any tenement situate outside a rider main district, or in the case of any

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tenement situate within a rider main district in respect of which the sanction of the Governor in Council for a connexion with any principal main has been obtained, sub- ject to the owner giving the undertaking required by section 5:

Provided always that,-

(1) in the case of a tenement situate within a rider main district, the service to any tenement shall be connected with a rider main unless the sanction of the Governor in Council for a connexion with any principal main shall have been obtained; or

(2) in the case of a tenement situate outside the City of Victoria or situate in Kowloon or the New Territories, save and except when so directed by the Governor in Council, the Water Authority shall be under no obligation to connect the service with the Waterworks where in the opinion of the Water Authority there is an ade- quate provision of public fountains.

24. The Ordinance was confirmed in Secretary of State's despatch No. 416 of 17th November. 1903.

25. The laying of the Rider-mains was commenced in 1904 and was completed in 1906. In all 28.35 miles of mains were laid, and 7,291 tenements were connected, at a total cost of $212,802.13. The amount collected from the owners of property was $222,069.96, leaving a balance of $9,267.83. The tax of 1% on the rateable value of tenement houses, which landlords of property in the rider main areas were prepared to pay for the maintenance of the rider mains, in addition to the first cost of installing these mains, has never been levied, and the cost of maintenance has at all times been borne by Government.

26. At the time Rider mains were sanctioned the Colony's water supply was ob tained from three Reservoirs :

Pokfulam (1863-1871) Storage capacity,

Tytam (1889-1897)

Wongneichong (1899)

Total:

66,000,000 galls. 384,800,000

30,340,000

481,140,000 galls.

27. The population of Hong Kong island was then (1901 census) 283,905. The storage capacity therefore provided 1.695 gallons per head.

28. Since that date the following additions have been made to the Colony's water storage capacity:

Storage

Completed

capacity

(gallons)

Tytam Byewash Reservoir.

1904

22,370,000

Tytam Intermediate Reservoir

1907

195.914,000

Kowloon Reservoir

1910

352,500,000

Tytamtuk Reservoir

1917

1,419,000,000

Sheklaipui Reservoir

1925

116,000,000

Shing Mun Reception Reservoir

1926

33,150,000

Kowloon Byewash Reservoir..

1931

185,000,000

Aberdeen Upper Reservoir

1931

178,000,000

Total additions since 1902

2,501,934.000

Total present storage capacity of all

Reservoirs

2,983,074,000

29. The total storage capacity in each census year was as follows:

Population

Census

years.

(Excluding

Total Storage

Storage capacity

New Terri-

Capacity

per head

tories)

(gallons)

1911

376,000

1,051,924,000

2.798

1921

542.003

2,470,924.000

4,559

1931

750,846

2,983,074,000

3,973*

*In addition there is the Shing Mun Catchment Area on which there is no

reservoir but which represents a considerable storage.

30.--METERS IN USE.

Year

City of Victoria

Hill District

Kowloon

Total

Supply

1906...

831

163

301

1,295

Restricted

1907.

1,005

164

313

1,482

Do.

1908...

1,070

165

343

1,578

Constant

1909.

1,139

169

346

1,654

Restricted

1910.

1,181

169

374

1,724

Do.

1911...

1,222

174

394

1,790

Do.

1912.

1,280

171

396

1,847

Do.

1913:

1,382

180

431

1,993

Do.

1914.

1,487

178

462

2,127

Do.

1915.

1.582

184

502

2,268

Do.

1916..

1,695

184

494

2,373

Do .

1917....

1,717

177

496

2,390

Do.

1918.

1,777

179

495

2,451

Do.

1919.

1,838

181

547

2,566

Constant

1920....

1,877

183

584

2,644

Do.

1921.

1,969

192

676

2,837

Do.

1922.

2,057

202

721

2,980

Restricted

1923.

2,272

161

872

3,305

Do.

1924.

2,777

187

1,042

4,006

Do.

1925.

3,499

246

1,240

4,985

Do.

1926...

3,239

242

1,563

5,044

Do.

1927..

3,266

245

1,937

5,448

Do.

1928....

3,532

251

2,777

6,560

Do.

1929..

3,748

265

3,555

7,568

Do.

1930.

4.183

268

4,426

8.877

Do.

1931.

5,329

270

5,696

11,295

Do.

No. 1932

HONG KONG.

ABSTRACT SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN THE

APPROVED ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR 1932

AND THE

ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR 1933.

Increase.

Head 1.-Governor.

Personal Emoluments.

Stipulated Increments

1,770

Transferred from:-

Higher Rate of Exchange Acting Pay

...

Cadet Service.......

646

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

6,404

Junior Clerical Service...

2,612

Total

11,432

Total

Increase.

11,432

Personal Emoluments

Deduct Increase

Net Decrease

Estimates 1932 Estimates 1933

Decrease 1933

Decrease.

..S

26,987 12,000

...$

38,987

Decrease.

38,987

11,432

27,555

$ 209,720 182,165

27,555

Increase.

Decrease.

Cadet Service.

Transferred to Departments

...$ 755,321

Increase.

Decrease.

Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff.

Transferred to Departments

...$

.$ 409,634

Increase.

Decrease.

Junior Clerical Service.

Transferred to Departments

...S 973,480

Increase.

Decrease.

Head 2.-Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature.

Personal Emoluments.

New Posts

Stipulated Increments

...$

5,800 Higher Rate of Exchange 12,081

40,951

Transferred from:-

Cadet Service... Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

1.50,442

73,089

Junior Clerical Service...

42,012

Total

$ 283,424

Total

.$ 40,951

Increase.

100

Other Charges.

Decrease.

Sub-Head,

3. Electric Fans and Light... ...$

100

5. Incidental Expenses...

200

...

Office Equipment

500

...

Transport

130

Total

930

9. Twenty Steel Cabinets

Special Expenditure.

Personal Emoluments Other Charges... Special Expenditure

Total

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

2,940

Increase.

Decrease.

$ 283,424

40,951 930

2,940

.$ 286,364 41,881

41,881

.$ 244,483

.$ 323,429 78,946

...$ 244,483

Decrease.

Increase,

Decrease.

Head 3.-Secretariat for Chinese Affairs.

Personal Emoluments.

New Posts

Stipulated Increments ... Overtime Allowances Language Allowances

10,471

6,768

Changes in Personnel Higher Rate of Exchange.

2,350 21,98ï

120

Transferred from:

Cadet Service...

Junior Clerical Service...

143,209 34,510

Total

.$ 195,138

Total

24,331

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

Conveyance Allowances

600

3. Incidental Expenses...

Total

680

Personal Emoluments Other Charges

Total

Deduct Decrease...

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Increase.

$ 195,138 680

$ 195,818 24,331

...$ 171,487

...$ 199,425 27,938

$ 171,487

Decrease.

24,331

Increase.

101

Head 4.-Treasury.

New Posts

Stipulated Increments

Rent Allowances

...$

Personal Emoluments.

27,279 Higher Rate of Exchange

13,380

Transferred from:-

Cadet Service...

71,096

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

24,249

Junior Clerical Service...

78,524

Total

$ 214,576

Total

Sub-Head.

2. Conveyance Allowances

3. Incidental Expenses...

Transport

6. Upkeep of Car

Total

Other Charges.

900

250

500

1,730

Special Expenditure.

7. Office equipment 8. Motor Car...

19,310 2,900

Accounting machines

Total

22,210

Total

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges...

Special Expenditure

Total

Increase.

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

New Post...

Stipulated Increments

Rent Allowances

Acting Pav

Transferred from:

Decrease.

$ 24,364

Increase.

Decrease.

$ 214,576

24,364

1,730

22,210

24,000

238,516 48.364

48,364

.$ 190,152

305,732 115,580

$ 190,152

Head 5.-Audit Department.

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff Junior Clerical Service...

Total

Personal Emoluments.

.$ 24.364

...$ 24.000

24,000

Decrease.

480 2,923

Higher Rate of Exchange Changes in Personnel

14,000

4,286

24 3,809

Error in 1932 Estimates

226

15.428

22,128

44,792

Total

..$

18,512

102

Increase.

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges...

Total

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

...

Share of Home Expenditure...$

5. Transport and Travelling

Total

Increase.

Decrease.

44,792

18,512

3,861

...$

44,792

22,373

22,419

...$ 119,473

97,054

22,419

Decrease.

3,711

150

3,861

Increase.

Decrease..

Head 6.-District Office, North.

Personal Emoluments.

Stipulated Increments Language Allowance

..$

2,270

120

Higher Rate of Exchange Changes in Personnel

មន

6,448 42

Transferred from:

Cadet Service

37,164

Junior Clerical Service...

23,358

Total

62,912

Total

..$

6,490

Sub-Head.

3. Electric Lights and Fans 5. Local Public Works...

Uniforms

Total

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges

Total

Deduct Decrease...

Net Increase

Estimates 1933

Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Other Charges.

200

1,000

1,250

Increase.

Decrease.

62,912 1,250

6,490

64,162

6.490

6,490

57,672

84,539

26,867

..$

57,672

103

Increase.

Decrease,

Head 7.-District Offiçe, South.

Stipulated Increments

Transferred from:

Cadet Service

Junior Clerical Service...

Total

Personal Emoluments.

2,297

Changes in Personnel Higher Rate of Exchange

5.822

35,072 9,400

46,769

Total

5,870

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

Local Public Works... Transport

3,500

400

Total

3,900

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges...

Total

Deduct Decrease...

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Increase.

Decrease.

46,769 3,900

5,870

50,669

5,870

44,799

58,443

13,644

44,799

Increase.

Decrease.

Head 8.-(A)-Post Office.

New Posts Stipulated Increments Rent Allowances Overtime Allowances Transferred from:

Cadet Service......

Senior Clerical Staff

Total

4,244

11,308

Personal Emoluments.

Changes in Personnel Higher Rate of Exchange

192

Acting Pay

...

1,950

Abolition of Posts

•

43,440

33,088

..$

94,222

Total

Sub-Head.

2. Transit Charges...

Total

Other Charges.

8,356 16,612 1,902

17,000

43.870

Sub-Head.

35,000.

6. Mail Bags &c.

850

Stamps

1.000

12.

Uniform & Equipment

1,000

35,000

Total

2.850

Personal Emoluments Other Charges...

Total

...

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Increase.

New Posts

Stipulated Increments

Overtime Allowances

Total

Sub-Head.

8. Duplicator

Total

104

Increase.

Decrease,

94,222

*35,000

43,870 2,850

.$ 129,222

46,720

82,502

.$ 531,094

448,592

82,502

Head 8.-(B)-Wireless.

Personal Emoluments.

4,200

6,866

Changes in Personnel Higher Rate of Exchange

4,100

...$

15,166

Total

Personal Emoluments Special Expenditure

Total

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase...

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Increase.

Special Expenditure.

1,045

Date Stamp

1,045

Total

Increase.

Decrease.

15,166

7,280

1,045

800

16,211

8,080

8,131

$ 164,735 156,604

$8,131

Head 9.-Import & Export Office.

Decrease.

4,876 2,404

7,280

800

Decrease.

New Posts

Stipulated Increments

Rent Allowances

Personal Emoluments,

.$ 9,128 Abolition of Posts

960

11,299

462

Changes in Personnel Higher Rate of Exchange

1,977

31,767

Acting Pay

286

Transferred from:

Cadet Service

77.034

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

5,503

Junior Clerical Service ..

$6,224

Total

$ 189,936

Total

34.704

Increase.

105

Other Charges.

Decrease.

Sub-Head.

6. Conveyance Allowances 26. Opium Shops

Sub-Head.

240

Candles & Batteries for Search-

...

20,000

ing purposes...

...

300-

Cleaning Materials & Washing

100

Electric Light, Fans & Heating

8. Incidental Expenses...

100

9. Laboratory Stores

500

Overtime Allowances to Clerical

Staff

200

16.

Uniforms for Revenue Officers

and Messengers

2,000

18.

Fuel

20.

17. Electric Fans and Light

19. Incidental Expenses

Miscellaneous Stores

21. Packing Expenses & Carriage..

22. Purchase of Raw Opium, etc.... 24. Repairs and Renewals

400

9,000

250

6,000

120,000

200

25.

Transport

200

Statistical Branch.

27.

Book Binding

29.

Electric Light and Heating

200

...

31.

Incidental Expenses...

100

32. Miscellaneous Stationery...

200

34.

Uniforms for Coolies and

Messengers

200

Total

...$ 20,240

Total

$ 140,100

Special Expenditure.

35. Motor Car

36. Thompson Gun

Total

3,500

Motor Car...

1,000

4,500

Total

6,000

...

Increase.

Personal Emoluments Other Charges... Special Expenditure

Total

Deduct Decrease...

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Increase.

Decrease.

.$ 189,936 20,240 4,500

34,704 140,100 6,000

.$ 214,676 180,804

$ 180,804

33,872

$ 836,309 802,437

$ 33,872

Head 10.-(A)-Harbour Department.

Personal Emoluments.

Decrease.

New Posts

Stipulated Increments Language Allowances Rent Allowances

5,856 23,277

Abolition of Posts

12,049

Changes in Personnel

12,112

180

Higher Rate of Exchange

74,111

552

Rent Allowance

...

Overtime Allowances

2,122

Transferred to Other heads

48 2,442

Acting Pay

5,009

Transferred from:

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff Junior Clerical Service ...

43,361

59.415

Total

...$ 139,772

Total

...$ 100,762

Increase.

106

Decrease:

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

2. Chain Cable

5. Conveyance Allowances

6. Drawing Material

Sub-Head.

22,960

Fuel & Coal for Launches

...$

1,920

Coal for Officers...

37,000. 1,500

250

11.

...

Incidental Expenses...

250

Electric Fan and Light

100

16.

Repairs to Launches...

20,000-

12.

Moorings

2,000

17.

Slipway, Yaumati

1,000

13. Raising Moorings

8,000

20.

Transport 21. Uniforms

1,000

Total

35,230

Total

61,750

Sub-Head.

22. Training Expenses) for G.M.S.$

Special Expenditure.

Sub-Head.

2,500

31. Police Launch

10,000

23. Filing Cabinets

690

Instruments...

...

1,330-

24. Drawing Table

Internal Parts, Police Launch

8,000

25. Two Buoys...

5,000

Motor for H. D. 9

11,600

26.

One Buoy

2,500

Boiler for S. D. 2

20,000

27. Block for Buoy

750

Boiler for No. 2 Police

20,000

28. Lighting for Buoy

2,350

S. D. 2 Repairs

10,000

29. Fire Launch Buoys

1,620

Spare Parts, Kerosene Motor...

1,150

20.

Two Reversible Buoys

2,200

Conversion or Moorings

40,630-

32.

Infectious Diseases Launch

50,000

Electric Radiator

100

33.

Dynamo .:!

2,315

Hawser

350

34.

Spare Parts...

950

35. Two New Motors

20,000

Total

90,920

Total

...$ 123,160.

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges

Special Expenditure

Increase.

Total

Deduct Increase

Net Decrease

Estimates 1932 Estimates 1933

Decrease 1933

Stipulated Increments

Total

Increase.

Decrease.

.$ 139,772 35,230 90,920

100,762

.$ 265,922

61,750 123.160

$ 285,672

265,922

19,750

$1,298,865

1,279,115

19,750

Head 10.-(B)-Air Services.

Personal Emoluments.

200

Higher Rate of Exchange

200

Total

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

2. Upkeep of Aerodrome 6. Electric Fans & Light

2,200

2,000

Total

...

4,200

...

Decrease.

...S

4,805

4,805,

Increase.

7. Subsidy

Total

107

Special Expenditure.

...$ 100,000

Personal Emoluments Other Charges

Special Expenditure

Total

...$ 100,000

•

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1933

Estimates 1932

Increase.

Increase 1933.

Instruments

Total

Decrease.

...$

3,120

...S

3,120

Increase.

Decrease.

200

4,805

4,200

100,000

3,120

.$ 104,400

7,925

96,475

.$ 149,282

52,807

96,475

Head 11.-Royal Observatory.

Decrease.

Personal Emoluments.

New Post...

Stipulated Increments

1,150 1,716

Changes in Personnel...

..$

18.823

Transferred

from Junior Clerical

Service

2,000

Acting Pay

572

Total

5,438

Total

18,823

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

Maintenance

of Instruments

5. Incidental Expenses...

and Plant

3,400

Upper Air Research Subscrip-

tion

Laboratory Expenses

1,800

Maintenance of Lithographic

Plant

400

Maintenance of Time Service...

Maintenance of Magnetographs

100

1,200

Total

...$

3,400.

Total

...S

3,619

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges

Total

Deduct Increase.......

Net Decrease

Estimates 1932

Estimates 1933

Decrease 1933

Increase.

Decrease.

5,438 3,400

18,823 3,619

8,838

22,442 8,838

€A

13,604

88.160 74,556

13,604

Increase.

Stipulated Increments Language Allowances Rent Allowances Drivers Allowances... Transferred from:

Junior Clerical Service

Total

Sub-Head.

3. Coal, Oil & Fuel`

Rent of Stations...

11.

Repairs...

Stores

•

Total

108

Head 12.-Fire Brigade.

Decrease.

Personal Emoluments.

5,266

Changes in Personnel

1,800

120

Higher Rate of Exchange

12,276

300

Acting Pay

1,210

240

Error in 1932 Estimates

13,509

...$

19.435

Total

15.376

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

3,000

2. Clothing

...S

1,000

•

780

10. Repairs to Floating Engines...

1,000

2,000

1,000

6,780

Total

2,000

Special Expenditure.

14.

13. Motor Fire Cycle

Extension Ladder

6,000 Drilling Machine

1,225

Tender

15. Pedestal Hydrants

6,000

Pedestal Hydrants...

16.

17.

Automatic Sprinkler.. Conversion of Wheels

3,500

Hydrant Valves

2,000

Turbine Pump...

...

18. Fire Extinguishers

330

Water Tower

19.

Smoke Helmets...

1,300

Total

20,355

Total

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges

Special Expenditure

Total

Deduct Increase

Net Decrease

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Decrease 1933

Increase.

...

Increase.

Decrease.

...$

19,435

15.376

6,780 20,355

2,000

84,366

46,570

$ 101,742

46,570

55,172

308,793

363,965

55,172

Head 13.-Supreme Court.

1,000

6.000

12,000

1,466

3,900

60,000

84.366

Decrecse.

Personal Emoluments.

New Posts

Stipulated Increments

1,200

Changes in Personnel

...$

5,081

Higher Rate of Exchange

58 28.063

Acting Pay

1,844

Transferred from :

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

27,079

Junior Clerical Service...

34,860

Total

70,064

Total

28,121

Increase.

Sub-Head.`

6. Incidental Expenses

Total

109

Other Charges.

150

Special Expenditure.

Sub-Head,

12. "Laws of England"

Total

Increase.

Decrease.

Personal Emoluments...

Other Charges

Special Expenditure

Total

...

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

$ 70,064 150

$ 28,121

250

70,214

28.871

28,371

..$

41,843

.$ 251,143

209,300

Increase 1933

...$

41,843

Increase.

Head 14.-Attorney General's Office.

Decrease.

250

Decrease.

Personal Emoluments.

Stipulated Increments...

1,423

Transferred from:

Higher Rate of Exchange Changes in Personnel

10,286

Cadet Service

30,000

Abolition of Posts...

6,900

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

3,437

Total

$ 34,860

Total

..$

17,210

Increase.

Decrease.

Personal Emoluments

Deduct Decrease

34,860 17,210

17,210

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

17,650

67,840

50,190

Increase 1933

17,650

Increase.

Head 15.-Crown Solicitor.

Decrease.

Personal Emoluments.

Stipulated Increments...

9,530

Transferred from:

Higher Rate of Exchange Acting Pay

...$

17,538 3,375

Junior Clerical Service...

3,400

Total

12,930

Total

20,913

Personal Emoluments

Deduct Increase

Net Decrease

Estimates 1933

Estimates 1932

Decrease 1933

110

Increase.

12,930

Decrease.

$ 20,913

12,930

ពួក

7,983

62,685

70,668

7,983

Increase.

Decrease.

Head 16.-Official Receiver's Office.

Stipulated Increments

Transferred from :-

Junior Clerical Service...

Total

Personal Emoluments

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Increase.

Personal Emoluments.

672

Higher Rate of Exchange Changes in Personnel

...$

3,429

2,325

12,925

13,597

Total

...$

5,754

Increase.

Decrease.

...$

13,597

5,754

7,843

32,484

24,641

7,843

Head 17.-Land Registry.

Decreasc.

Personal Emoluments,

Stipulated Increments

...$

3,417

Transferred from:

Higher Rate of Exchange Changes in Personnel

15,000

2,325-

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

22,124

Junior Clerical Service...

15,567

Total

41,108

Total

17,325

Sub-Head.

3. Office Equipment

Total

Special Expenditure.

2,000

Personal Emoluments Special Expenditure

Total

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1933

Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

111

Increase.

$ 41,108

2,000

43,108

17,325

25,783

74,387

48,604

...$

25,783

Decrease.

17,325

Increase.

Decrease.

Head 18. Magistracy, Hong Kong.

New Post...

Stipulated Increments

Acting Pay

Transferred from:

Cadet Service

-Junior Clerical Service

Total

Sub-Head.

5. Transport 6. Uniforms

Total

7. Law Books...

Total

Personal Emoluments.

.$ 1,200

2,547

Higher Rate of Exchange. Changes in Personnel

9,688

1,714

Overtime Allowance

61,236 23,280

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges

Special Expenditure

89,977

Total

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

230

3. Fees for Interpretation Incidental Expenses... Vehicle Hire

270

Total

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1933

Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Special Expenditure.

130

Total

...S

9,738

100

...

150

300

Increase.

Decrease.

89,977 270

9,738

300

130

90,377 10,038

10,038

80,339

82,613 2,274

..$

80,339

112

Increase.

Decrease.

Head 19.-Magistracy, Kowloon.

Personal Emoluments,

New Post...

Stipulated Increments

1,200

2,502

Higher Rate of Exchange Changes in Personnel

Transferred from:

Holiday Work Allowance

Cadet Service

32,500

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

6,500

Junior Clerical Service

10,872

Total

53,574

Tota!

Personal Emoluments Other Charges....

Total

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Other Charges.

Vehicle Hire

Total

Increase.

Decrease,

53,574

5,604 30

53,574

5,634

47,940

50,057

2,117

47,940

明

5,571

5,604

Increase.

Decrease.

Head 20.-Police Force.

New Posts

Stipulated Increments Rent Allowances

Overtime Allowances

Medal and Other Allowances

Language Allowances

Transferred from:

Cadet Service

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

Junior Clerical Service...

Error in 1932 Estimates...

Total

Personal Emoluments.

82,698

Abolition of Posts

12,171

61,053

Changes in Personnel

26,914

1,556

Higher Rate of Exchange

281,090

282

Acting Pay

7,316

309

Language Allowances

2.394

Medal Allowances

156 312

36,000

59,308

139,981

6,032

.$ 389,613

Total

...$ 327,959

Increase.

Sub-Head.

2. Ammunition

113

Other Charges.

Decrease.

Sub-Head.

9,500

Upkeep of Arms...

的

4. Bedding

Cleaning Materials

7. Clothing

9. Conveyance Allowances

4,200

Coal

1.800

2,000

200

10.

Coolie Hire...

100

17,300

20.

Passages

10,000

360

Rent of Married Quarters...

10,440

15. Incidental Expenses, Remand

33. Anti-piracy Guards ...

4,000

Home

1,000

17.

Light and Fans

5,000

18.

Medals...

500

21. Petrol, Oil, etc....

5,000

22. Photography

500

23.

Rations for Indian Police

1.000

24.

Rent of Stations

2,148

25. Repairs to Motor Cars

1,000

27.

Secret Service

3,000

31,

Telegrams ...

200

Total

50,908

Total

28,340

34. Two Photo Cabinets

35. Fire Extincteurs

36. Weighbridge

37. Rifles

38.

Revolvers

•

39. Motor Cycles

Total

Special Expenditure.

Handcuffs...

640

Duplicator...

860

Bicycles

1,000

Motor Cycles

5,000

Traffic Lights

5,000

6,860

Revolvers

Loaders

Ordinances

19,360

Total

Personal Emoluments Other Charges...

Special Expenditure

Total

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

•

Increase.

Decrease.

.$ 389,613

327,959

50,908 19,360

28,340

29,810

$ 459,881 386,109

$ 386,109

73,772

.$ 3,149,131 3,075,359

73,772

1,400

2,000

18,500

2,000

420

4,000 1,250

240

28,340

Increase.

Decrease.

Head 21.-Prisons Department.

New Posts

Stipulated Increments Language Allowances Separation Allowances Acting Pay

Transferred from:

Junior Clerical Service

Total

Personal Emoluments.

5,400

15,817

Changes in Personnel Higher Rate of Exchange

..$

400

Personal Allowances

2,095 78,364 160

365

4,113

14.045

40,140

Total

80,619

Increase.

114

Other Charges.

Decrease.

Sub-Head.

2. Arms & Ammunition

250

Clothing &c. for Staff

...$

1,000

16. Photography

200

Clothing for Prisoners

2,000

Fuel

2,000

11.

Gratuities & Prisoners

400

13.

Light

1,000

Total

450

Total

6,400

Sub-Head.

21. Printing Machines 22. Ruling Machines

Total

Increase.

Personal Emoluments Other Charges... Special Expenditure

Total

Deduct Increase

Net Decrease

Estimates 1932 Estimates 1933

Decrease 1933

New Posts

Stipulated Increments Language Allowances Rent Allowances Overtime Allowances

Transferred from:

....

Special Expenditure.

..$

32,571

Linotype Machine

12,000

Sewing Machine

44,571

Total

Increase.

Decrease.

...$

40,140

80,619

450 44,571

6,400 33,400

85,161

$ 120,419

85,161

35,258

942,910

907,652

35,258

Head 22.-Medical Department.

Personal Emoluments.

...S

20,500

12,900

33,400

Decrease.

..$ 56,954 34,128

Abolition of Posts

...$

Changes in Personnel

7,157 19,164

180

Higher Rate of Exchange

133,682

1,026 772

Personal Allowances

3,142

Acting Pay

1,957

Error in 1932 Estimates

1,262

3.293

34,942

...$ 131,295

Total

$ 166,364

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff Junior Clerical Service

Total

SubHead.

2. Conveyance Allowances

5. Board for House Officers

8. Bonuses

18. Provisions for Patients

20. Transport

25. Washing

34. Fuel and Light

42. Conveyance Allowances 49. Fuel and Light

Total

...

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

1,130

4. Bedding and Clothing

..S

4,000

362

15. Maintenance of lunatics

4,000

1,200

16. Medical Comforts

300

10,000

19. Rent of premises for Dispensaries,

250

&c....

9001

1,000

21. Upkeep of Hospital Equipment.

200

&c....

1,000

100

22. Upkeep of X-Ray Apparatus

1,800

200

24. Ventilation

150

26. Conveyance Allowances

140

14,442

Total

12,290

Increase.

Sub-Head.

52 Centrifuge

53. Microscope

54. Repair & Calibration of Instru- ments, Analytical Laboratory...

Total

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges...

Special Expenditure

Total

Deduct Increase

Net Decrease

Increase.

Estimates 1932

Estimates 1933

Decrease 1933

115

Decrease.

Special Expenditure.

1,530

800

Equipment for V. D. Microscope

.6,000 300

500

2,830

Total

6,300

Increase.

Decrease

$ 131,295 14,442 2,830

$ 166,364

12,290

6,300

...$ 148,567

$184,954

148,567

འ

36,387

$1,628,764 1,592,377

Head 23. Sanitary Department.

36,387

New Posts

Stipulated Increments Rent Allowances

Language Allowances

19,228

23,477 1,056

240

Transferred from:

Personal Emoluments.

Higher Rate of Exchange Changes in Personnel

Rent Allowance

Abolition of Posts Acting Pay

Cadet Service

39,482

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

12,800

Shorthand Allowance

180

Junior Clerical Service...

86,064

Total

..$ 182,527

Total

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

8. Crematorium Transportation Ex-

penses

9. Disinfectants

Sub-Head.

2. Advertisements

Decrease.

68,637 18,597 72 4,404 996

92,706

300

1,500

6. Coal for Official Quarters

200'

2,000

12. Dust and Water Carts, Upkeep of

100

10. Disinfecting, Cleaning Apparatus..

500

13. Exhumation, Recurrent...

2,945

17. Incidental Expenses

650

14. Fuel and Blacksmiths' Forges

18. Light...

2,500

20. Night-Soil Receptacles

200

22. Rat Poison, Traps, etc....

500

25. Scavenging Villages...

200

23. Rent of Quarters for Inspectors, &c

210

27. Transport...

100

24. Rent of Quarters for Scavenging

29. Workshop Apparatus

100

Coolies

600

26. Scavenging Gear

1,000

28. Uniforms for Staff...

500

Animal Depots & Slaughter Houses:

30. Fuel

250

31. Incidental Expenses

200

32. Light...

100

33. Motor Meat Vans. Running Ex-

penses

500

Total

11,010

Total

4,195

Increase.

35. 2 Morris Touring Cars

36. 2 Clocks

37. Conversion of two Chassis into

Water Wagons

38. Portable Electric Air Compressor

for Tyre Pumping

Total

116

Special Expenditure.

9,257 100

2 Motor Vans...

5,000

400

.$ 14,757

Total

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges...

Special Expenditure

Total

Deduct Decrease...

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Increase.

Decrease.

$ 182,527 11,010 14,757

92.706 4,195 50,000

.$ 208,294

$ 126,901

126,901

81,393

.$ 1,114,897 1,033.504

81,393

Decrease.

30,000

30.000

Decrease.

Increase.

Head 24. Botanical & Forestry Department.

Personal Emoluments.

New Posts

Stipulated Increments.

564 1,232

Changes in Personnel Higher Rate of Exchange ...

5.314

Language Allowances

360

Rent Allowances

120

Transferred from:

Junior Clerical Service...

4,746

Total

7,022

Total

5,887

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

2. Brushwood Clearing

2,000

Total

2,000

Special Expenditure.

16. Repairs to Cabinets

Total

1,000

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges...

Special Expenditure

Total

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase...

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Increase.

Decrease.

..$

7,022

5,387

2,000

1,000

10,022

5.387

5,387

4,635

$ 133.705

129,070

4,635

Increase.

New Posts

Stipulated Increments

Rent Allowances

Transferred from:

Cadet Service...

Junior Clerical Service...

Total

117

Head 25.-Education Department.

Personal Emoluments.

36,630

Abolition of Posts...

55,527

552

28,000

Changes in Personnel

Higher Rate of Exchange Rent Allowances

Acting Pay

18,163

$ 138,872

Total

Other Charges.

Decrease.

23,132

641

161,046

96 4,038

188,953

Sub-Head

Sub-Head,

6. Conveyance Allowances

175

2. Allowances to Examiners

100

7. Electric Fans & Light

200

10. Incidental Expenses.

200

9. Equipment

200

20. University Fees

6,260

12. Medical Expenses

500

21. Uniforms...

394

13. Prizes

100

24. Contribution

to Advisory Com-

14. Pianos, Upkeep of ...

mittee

600

17. Students, Fees

2,660

Grant to Wah Yan College

18. Students, Maintenance...

1,840

Hok Hoi Library

8,316 500

22. Capitation Grants

23. Compensation to Railway

27. Subsidies to N. T. Schools...

Total

37,500

287

5,000

48.498

Total

16,370

Special Expenditure.

28. Building Grants

- $

29. Equipment

30. Laboratory Grant

11,500 1,158 6,500

Furniture. Junior Tech. School...

5.000

Total

19,153

Total

5.000

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges...

Special Expenditure

Total Deduct Increase

Net Decrease

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Decrease 1933

...

Increase.

Decrease.

138.872

188,953

48.498 19,153

16,370

5,000

.$ 206,523

210,328

206.523

3.800

$2,042,296 2,046,096

3,800

Increase.

118

Head 26.-Kowloon Canton Railway.

Personal Emoluments.

Decrease.

New Posts

Stipulated Increments

4,676 7,678

Abolition of Posts

2.588

Changes in Personnel

14,231

Overtime Allowances

500

Higher Rate of Exchange

17.918

Acting Pav

289

Overtime & Other Allowances

559

Transferred from:

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

10,700

Junior Clerical Service...

44,324

Total

68,167

Total

35,282

Sub-Head.

2. Advertising

8. Conveyance

10. Furniture

Allowances...

...

11. Goods Wagons-Repairs

11. Lubricants

20 Power, Fans & Light

26. Stations, Buildings, etc.

Total

Sub-Head,

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

3. Ballast

700

4. Bridgework

250

6. Coal

1.500

32. Uniform

9. Formation...

4.500

740

1,788

9,515

Special Expenditure.

450

200

10,000

500

Total

11.650.

34. Electric Lighting

5,670

Lo Wu Water Supply

2.500

35. Painting Shop...

12,200

Boiler...

82,400

36. Flush System

3,600

Fencing at Yard, Hunghom

10,500

37. Furniture

1,650

Repairs to Carriage Shed

2,600

38. Taipo Pier-Repairs

10,000

Repair to Staff Quarters

800

39. Protection Works

300

Staff Quarters, Shatin

1,800-

40. Locomotive boilers-reconditioning

34.286

Taipo, Filling in

1,200

41. Rewiring Workshops

9,000

Shelter, Yaumati

1.100

42. Cable Workshops

6,850

43. Shelter, Fanling

1,200

Total

84,756

Total

52,900

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges...

Special Expenditure

Total

Deduct Decrease...

Net Increase

Estimates 1933.

Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Increase.

Decrease.

68,167

85.282

9,515

11.650

84,756

52,960

.$ 162,438

99,882

99,832

62.606

$1,021,631

959,025

62.606

Increase.

119

―

Head 27.-Defence.

A.-Volunteer Defence Corps.

Personal Emoluments.

Decrease.

Stipulated Increments

Leave Pay

227

Changes in Personnel

6,557

Higher Rate of Exchange

4,686

Instructors' Allowances

Transferred from:-

1,020

Junior Clerical Service...

2,838

Total

10,642

Total

4,757

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

3. Ammunition

1,420

4. Armoured Car & M. G. Section ...$

7. Camp Expenses

700

5. Band Allowances

9. Engineer & Signals Co....

250

10. Flying Section

12. Fuel and Light

17. Uniform

500

400

150

2.000

13. Machine Gun Troop Grant

2,300

16 Transport

560

Total

5.280

Total

...S

3,050

19. 2 N. F. Boxes, Machine Gun 21. Vickers Guns & Spare Parts

22. Armoured Car...

28. 2 Motor Cycles

24. 4 D. P. Lewis Guns

25. Sights & Mountings

26. M. G. Foresights

27. Binoculars

28. Paillasses...

29. Range Finder

30. Switch Boards, etc.

Total

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges...

Special Expenditure

Total

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1935

Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Special Expenditure.

...$

20. Range Finder...

169

421

Saddling

900

20,000

Improvements to Camps

1,500

2,915

"C" Trench Set Corps Signals

3,620

1,306

Gestetner Duplicator

700

Revolvers...

2,020

745

. 991

1,124

1,406

29,061

Total

8.909

Increase.

Decrease.

10,642

4,757

5,280

3,050

29,061

8,909

44,983

16,716

28,267

$ 161,216

132,949

$ 28,267

Head 27.-Defence.

B. Military Contribution.

Estimate 1932

Estimate 1933

Decrease 1933

$ 6,366,567 5,832,271

.$ 534,296

Increase.

120

Head 28.-Miscellaneous Service.

Decrease.

Sub-Head

Sub-Head.

S. Colonial Medical Fund

1,630

15. Oversea Mechanical

Transport

Council...

258

21. New Territories Agricultural Asso-

Congress of Prehistorians Hanoi-

Expenses of Delegate

3. Crown Agents' Commission... 6. British Engineering

250

5,000

Standards

ciation

1,000

Association

20. Society for the Protection of

Children

2,000

7. Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical

Diseases, London

857

29. Broadcasting

8,700

32. Newspapers & Periodicals

1,000

Colonial Advisory Medical and

Sanitary Committee...

300

33. New Year Bonuses to Chinese

Employees

3,000

9. Imperial Institute Entomology,

Londen...

...

142

38. Government Gazette

2,500

10. Imperial Institute

857

40. Miscellaneous Papers

4,500

Rent Allowances :

11. Imperial Institute, Exhibits of

Hong Kong...

1,856

43. Senior Officers...

15,000

44. European Subordinate Officers

15,000

47. Re-verification of Standard Weights

and Measures

12. Institution of Civil Engineers, Committee of Deterioration of Structures

exposed

Sea

1,715

Action

571

48. Stationery Prisons Dept.

15,000

51. Telegrams...

5,000

International Health Office. Paris 13. League of Nations Health,

Organisation, Eastern Bureau...

600

785

16. Royal Asiatic Society

18. Seamen's Hospital Society

14. London School of Hygiene and

Tropical Medicine

17. School of Oriental Studies, London

Institution

Society of Comparative Legislation

285

Tropical Diseases Research Fund City Hall, Hong Kong...

1,000

1,200

22. Hong Kong Naturalist

285

31. Language Study Allowances

5,000

42. Purchase of Upkeep of Type-

writers, Calculating Machines...

2,000

49. Stationery, Other Services

5,000

50. Contribution in connection with

signalling Messages to Ob- servatory

214

University of Hong Kong, School

of Chinese

25.000

Total

76,303

Total

51,478

Total

Deduct Decrease...

Net Increase

Estimates 1933

Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Increase.

Decrease.

...$

76,303

$/SF

51,478

.$. 24,825

...$1,477,306

1,452,481

24,825

Increase.

121

Head 29.-Charitable Services.

Sub-Head,

3. Aberdeen Industrial School

...$

....

Increase.

Total

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1933

Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Sub-Head,

11,750 1. Sundry Charitable Allowances and

Pensions (already allocated) ...$

11,750

Total

Increase.

11,750 5,002

Decrease.

5,002

.$ 6,748

.$ 182,510

175,762

6,748

Head 30.-Charge on Account of Public Debt.

Net Decrease

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Net Decrease

Sub-Head

1. Civil Pensions Retiring Allowances

and Gratuities

Total

Deduct Decrease...

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Decrease.

5.002

Decrease.

Sub-Head.

1. Interest at 31% on Consolidated Inscribed Stock Issues of 1893 & 1906 (£1,485,733) and Crown Agents' Charges = £52,158 Sink- ing Fund on above at 1/-%

-£14,857 6s. 8d.

Total

...$ 191,473

...$ 1,781,834 1,973,307

$ 191,473

191.478

.S 191,473

Head 31.-Pensions.

Sub-Head.

2. Police Pensions (Ord. 11 of 1900)..$ 3. Widows' and Orphans' Pensions

(Ord No. 15 of 1908)

.$ 212,000

$ 212,000

Increase.

...$ 212,000 26,000

.$ 186,000

...$ 1,894,000 1,708,000

.$ 186,000

Total

Decrease

26,000

Decrease.

20,000

6.000

26.000

Increase.

122

Head 32.-Public Works Department.

Personal Emoluments.

Decrease.

New Posts

Stipulated Increments ...

Language Allowances

Overtime and Similar Allowances

79,706 68,201

Abolition of Posts

...$

40,654

360

3,970

Rent Allowances

...

120

•

Transferred from :-

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

58,985

Changes in Personnel

Higher Rate of Exchange Acting Pay

Transferred to Other heads...

Personal Allowances

Rent Allowances

20,792

265,129

4,600

7,000

2,000

Junior Clerical Service..

147,866

Transferred from Loan Works

94,974

Transferred from Other heads

2,557

Imperial Int. Com. Co.

Total

37,805

$ 494,544

Total

.$ 340,199

Other Charges.

Sub-Head.

2. Conveyance Allowances...

9,190

4. Electric Fans and Light

4.000

6 Library

500

7. Lifts, Maintenance...

1,000

11. Uniforms

3,000

13. Motor Cars & Lorries, Running

Expenses

4,000

14. Steam Rollers, Running Expenses

2.000

15. Quarry Plant, Running Expenses

2,500

18. R. T. O. Repairs Stores etc.

10,000

Total

36,190

Special Expenditure.

21. Transmitting Equipment 22. Receiving Equipment 23. Amplifier

.$ 205,742

19. Harbour Surveying...

..$

10,000-

68,578

500

Alteration to W/T Transmitter Spare Generator, etc.

20.000

15,000

24. Underground Land Line 25. Portable Testing Sets 26. Coil Winding Machine 27. Dove Tailing Machine 28. Workshop Equipment 29. Petrol Rollers...

30. Steam Rollers 31. Bitumen Sprayer 32. Time Recorders

33. 24 Garden Seats

Total

24,000

2,000

480

2,200

2,000

Band Saw...

Lathe...

Motor Mower

Theodolite...

Types & Palettes

1,000

1,500

2,700

2.400.

500

5.500

20,000

2,000

3,200

950

...$ 337,150

Total

53,100

Personal Emoluments Other Charges.... Special Expenditure

Total

Deduct Decrease...

Net Increase

Estimates 1933

Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Increase.

494,544 36,190 337,150

.$ 867,884 393,299

...$ 474,585

.$ 2,809,699 2,335,114

$474,585

Decrease

$ 340,199

53,100

393,299

肆

Increase.

123

Head 33.-Public Works, Recurrent.

HONG KONG.

Sub-Head

1. Buildings

2. Communications

3. Drainage

4. Lighting

6. Water Works

7. Miscellaneous

56,000

49,000

1,500

15,000

11,000

16,000

Total

$ 148,500

KOWLOON.

Sub-Head.

S. Buildings

9. Communications

11. Lighting

14. Miscellaneous

Total

Sub-Head.

15. Buildings

16. Communications

17. Drainage

18. Lighting

Total

Sub-Head.

22. Buildings

23. Communications

24. Drainage

Total

Sub-Head.

7,000 13. Water Works

5,500

6,000

2,000

20,500

NEW KOWLOON.

3,500

2,500

500

1,000

7,500

NEW TERRITORIES.

Decrease.

30,000

Total

30,000

Sub-Head.

5,500 27. Miscellaneous 20,000

...$

1,500

200

25,700

Total

1,500

Hong Kong Kowloon New Kowloon New Territories

Total

Deduct Decrease

Net Increase

Estimates 1933 Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

Increase.

Decrease.

...$ 148,500

20,500 7,500 25,700

30,000

1,500

$ 202,200 31.500

31,500

$ 170,700

...$1,692,500

1,521,800

$170,700

Head 34.--Public Works, Extraordinary.

Estimates 1933

Estimates 1932

Increase 1933

..$ 3,667.923

2,173,545

.$1,494,378

Increase.

124

RECAPITULATION.

Total Estimate 1933

Total Estimate 1932

Increase 1933...

...$ 34,699,247

33,981,661

...$ 717,586

Decrease.

Personal Emoluments :-

Personal Emoluments :

New Posts

$ 358,064

Higher Rate of Exchange

...$ 1,406,787

Stipulated Increments

425,933

Changes in Personnel

155.416

Overtime Allowances

13,193

Abolition of Posts

127.015

Language Aliowances

4,318

Personal & Similar Allowances

3.512

Rent Allowances

5,768

Transferred to Other heads...

6.885

Transferred from Loan Works

94,974

Acting Pay

13,201

Imperial Int. Com. Co....

37,80.5

Military Contribution

534,296

Error in 1932 Estimates

4,454

Public Debt

191,473

Miscellaneous Services...

24,825

Other Charges...

6.612

Public Works Recurrent

170,700

Charitable Services...

6,748

Pensions

186,000

Special Expenditure

335,623

Public Works Extraordinary...

1,494,378

Total Increase

$ 3,162,783

Total Decrease

$ 2.445.197

Deduct Decrease

2.445,197

Net Increase.....

717,586

HONG KONG.

No. 1932

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE WHOLE QUESTION OF GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES.

The Committee considered that their terms of reference could be conveniently grouped under three heads as follows:-

1. To advise whether Government launches were being used to the best

advantage,

2. To advise whether the launches were being maintained in the most

economical manner,

3. To advise if any economy could be effected in the numbers or maintenance

of the launches.

Two meetings were held and all the information required from the Harbour Depart- ment or other Departments has been readily placed at our disposal.

We are of the opinion that all the Government launches are usefully employed with the possible exception of those attached to the Government Marine Surveyor's Office. These form the subject of recommendation number 3.

Referring to Head 2 above we consider that the present method of maintaining the launches is satisfactory and calls for no comment.

With reference to Head 3, should the Government adopt the suggestions made in our recommendations numbered 3 and 4 it is anticipated that a saving will be effected.

The following recommendations and comments are submitted for the consideration of the Government :-

1. We recommend that items 21 to 26 of Head 13A of the Estimates for 1932

be retained in the Estimates and the work carried out.

2. We recommend that when a Police Department launch is replaced-pro- bably No. 7 or No. 9-the question of providing a stand-by launch having internal combustion engines be considered, on account of the economy in fuel.

3. We recommend that the number of launches allowed for the use of the Government Marine Surveyor's Office-excluding the launch of the Assistant Government Marine Surveyor, Yaumati-be reduced from four to three. The remaining launch to be considered as a reserve launch, and used only in the case of breakdown or refit of one of the other three.

Also that a Conveyance Allowance (not necessarily a Motor Allow- ance) be given to each Surveyor actually employed on ship survey duties up to a maximum of ten allowances.

This arrangement to be regarded as experimental for a period of twelve months.

4. We recommend that the second or Night Boat crew of the M/L Lila be

abolished.

5. We wish to record that certain unofficial members of the Committee note that the maximum salaries of the Government launch crews are higher than those paid by Commercial firms, and it is desirable to keep the salaries of Government crews as near as is practicable to an equality with those paid by Commercial firms.

6. We endorse the policy of the Harbour Master in the matter of fuel for

launches.

7. We are agreed that the present allowance of stores issued to launches may stand, but recommend that constant checking and supervision be main- tained.

8. We are agreed that the present arrangements for repairs to launches are

satisfactory.

11th December, 1931.

(Sd.)

G. F. HOLE, Chairman.

D. BURLINGHAM.

G. R. SAYER.

R. M. DYER.

C. G. S. MACKIE.

I dissent from recommendation No. 3 above and recommend the following:-

"That one launch be removed from the Harbour Department establishment of launches and in the event of one of the Government Marine Surveyor's launches breaking down, either the M/L Lila or the Assistant Govern- ment Marine Surveyor's (Yaumati) launch be used in place".

D. BURLINGHAM.

1. I dissent from recommendation No. 3 above and recommend the following

That a complete reduction be made of two of the four launches attached to the Government Marine Surveyor's Office and that the question of the necessity of adjusting the travelling allowances to the Government Marine Surveyors be left for the consideration of the Government".

2. As regards recommendation No. 1, while on grounds of economy I feel bound to support it, I desire to record my regret that it should be necessary to spend so large a sum on repairs to S.D. 2-a type of vessel which is inconvenient for the work required

of it.

3. As regards recommendation No. 6 my understanding is that this refers to the substitution of Diesel for coal-burning engines.

G. R. SAYER.

15th December, 1931.

HONG KONG

TO WIT.

NAME IN FULL.

HONG KONG.

JURORS LIST FOR 1932.

I.-SPECIAL JURORS.

OCCUPATION.

No.

1932

ADDRESS.

Alves, José Miguel Arclibutt, Geoffrey Samuel Bellamy, Leonard Charles

Fenton.....

Biggar, David MacDonald Blaker, Cedric

Botelho, Antonio Alexandrino

Rosello

Brayfield, Thomas Henry

Gordon

Brown, Charles Bernard Cassidy, Philip Stanley.... Cheng Shou Jen.....

Churn, Samuel Macomber.. Cock, Edward................ Compton, Albert Henry Crapnell, Frederick Harry Courtney, Frank McDougal Danby, James Denisou Davies, Edward James Davies, Leonard John Dodwell, Lewis Gordon

Selwyn

Drake, Robert Norris Dunbar, Lambert.

Franklin, Arthur Cawte Ferguson, Archibald Hill Fleming, John

Goggin, William George. Gray, Herbert Castell Greig, Kenneth Edward Hall, Frederick Charles.......... Hancock, Herbert Richard

Budd

Hills. Herbert Stuart

Ho Kom-tong

Ho Leung

Ho Wing

Jessen, Johann Hinrich Johnson, Marcus Theodore

Joseph, Joseph Edgar Kan Tong-po

Kinlock, David Robertson

Lauder, Paul

Lay Kam-fat

Li Tse-fong.....

J. M. Alves & Co., Ld......

1 & 2 Minden Villas.

Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ld.... On premises.

H.K. Tramways, Ld. Manager, Chase Bank Director, Gilman & Co., Ld.

Botelho Bros.

Carmichael & Clarke, Ld.

Chartered Accountant, Linstead & Davis. Merchant, J. D. Hutchison & Co... Bank of China, Ld.

Union Trading Co., Ld.

H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. David Sassoon & Co., Ld.

H.K. & Kowloon W. & G. Co., Ld.. National City Bank of New York Butterfield & Swire

Manager, H.K. & Shanghai Bank Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ld.

Dodwell & Co., Ld. Mercantile Bank, Ld. Flour Broker.............. Analyst

Chartered Bank

Lowe, Bingham & Matthews Bank Line, Ld...................

Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld. Taikoo Dockyard .............

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld..

Stewart Bros.

Exchange Broker....

Banker

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld....................

Compradore, H.K. & Shanghai Bank Jebsen & Co.

Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. Merchant.

Bank of East Asia, Ld. Chartered Bank

Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld Bank of Canton, Ld.............. Bank of East Asia, Ld.

Little, Alexander Colbourne..... Little, Adams & Wood..........

358 The Peak.

On premises.

35 Granville Road, Kowloon.

Flywheel, Tai Po.

176 The Peak. 299 The Peak.

102 Robinson Road. 53 Conduit Road. On premises. H.K. Club. Peninsula Hotel. 408 The Peak, 363 The Peak. On premises. 364 The Peak.

273 The Peak. Peninsula Hotel.

Exchange Buildings.

13 Percival Street,

Charter House, 17 Peak Road.

293 The Peak.

195 The Peak. Union Building. Quarry Bay. 507 The Peak.

286 The Peak. Hong Kong Club. 7 Caine Road. On premises. On premises. 38 Stubb's Road.

On premises. Hong Kong Hotel. On premises.

360 The Peak.

On premises.

16 Mosque Street.

On premises.

5 Aighburth Hall, May Road.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

Mackichan, Alexander

Somerled

Miskin, Geoffrey

Murphy, Lewis Newton.. Ohl, Rene Joseph Francois

Laurnet

Oliver, Roland Edward Henry Pearce, Thomas Ernest.... Plummer, John Archibald. Priestley, Horace Hugh

Hepworth

Rocha, João Maria da Rodgers, Robert....

Roza, Carlos Augusto da Russell, Donald Oscar Schultz, Henry Louis

Seth, John Hennessey

Shaw, Thomas Henry Robert. Sheppard, John Oram Shields, Andrew Lusk. Silva-Netto, Antonio

Ferreira Batalha....... Soares, Adao Maria Lourdes Stanton, William Tellinghast. Sturt, Herbert Rothsay.... Sum Pak-ming

Taggart, James Harper...... Tester, Percy Waddington, William Janson. Warren, John Percival Wong, Joseph Mow Lam Wood, Gerald George

.....

Leigh & Orange. Gilman & Co., Ld. H.K. & Shanghai Bank.

Messageries Maritimes Co. Caldbeck, Macgregor & Co., Ld. J. D. Hutchison & Co. Bradley & Co., Ld.

Directer, Arnhold & Co., Ld. Merchant

Exchange Broker.

Roza Bros....

W. R. Loxley & Co.

Asst. General Manager, Standard Oil

Co., of New York Perey Smith, Seth & Fleming Butterfield & Swire

Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld. Shewan, Tomes & Co.

Silva-Netto & Co...... Merchant Dunbar & Co.

China Underwriters, Ld. Bornemann & Co. Hong Kong Hotel.. Tester & Abraham

P. & O. Banking Corporation, Ld. Dodwell & Co., Ld.

A. S. Watson & Co., Ld................. Leigh & Orange

On premises. 104 The Peak. On premises.

9 Stubb's Road. 457 The Peak. 299 The Peak. 515 The Peak.

5 Macdonnell Road. 3 Robinson Road.

137 The Peak.

3 May Road. On premises.

Altadena, The Peak.

Derpdene, Deep Water Bay. On premises.

1A Hatton Road, Hong Kong.

16 Peak Road.

298 Boundary Street, Kowloon. Exchange Building.

Jardine's Bungalow.

512 The Peak.

On premises.

9 Stewart Terrace, The Peak.

519 The Peak,

301 The Peak. On premises. On premises.

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NAME IN FULL.

II.-COMMON JURORS.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

Abbas, Abbib

Abbas, Abdul Hamid Abbas, Abdul Rahim. Abbas, Yakub..... Abesser, Peter

Ablong, Alfred Ernest Abraham, Edgar Shooker... Abraham, Ezra Abraham, Jon Macoyer. Abraham, Reuben Adam, James

Adams, William Balgowan Ainslie, Ernest James Alabaster, James Wilfred Alarakia, Ismail Mohamed Alexander, Tom Graham

Spottiswood... Allan, David Joseph

Allgood, Henry Patrick Alltree, Leonard...

Almeida, Julio Hyndman Alouco, Deus-Dedit Antonio Alves, Alberto

Alves, Alvaro Alvares Alves, Antonio Luis

Alves, Arthur Alvaro

Alves, Braz

Alves, Darius Caesar Selavisa. Alves, Joao Antonio Selavisa. Alves, Jose Maria Machado Ammann, Erik Ammann, Huge

Amery, Samuel Chant Paddon Anderson, Charles Graham

Anderson, George Anderson, James Albert

Guthrie

Anderson, John Edgar Anderson, John Frazer Anderson, William......

Andreson, Birgir Owrum Andrews, Arthur Albert Andrews, Charles Frederick... Angeles, Godofredo Angus, George Ian

Annetts, Amos

Antioquia, Jose Bunag Antonio, Ernesto.... Arber, John

Arculli, Omar el...... Armstrong, William Arnold, George William Arnold, Morris Hadrian Atkins, Albert Edwin Atwell, Richard Erskine Aucott, Ernest Frank

Clerk, Lowe, Bingham and Matthews... Assistant Secretary, H.K. Club Asst., H.K. & K'loon W. & G. Co., Ld... Godown Superintendent, Texas Co., Ld.. Accountant, Connell Bros. Co...... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Exchange Broker

Broker, Tester & Abraham

Clerk, Blackmore & Blackburn, Ld. Share Broker, Tester & Abraham Shipwright, H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co.,

Ld.

Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard...

Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld.

On Premises.

216 Wanchai Road. 10 Yin Wah Street. On premises.

540 Nathan Road, Kowloon. On premises.

99 Waterloo Road, Kowloon. 55 Granville Road, Kowloon. 5 Liberty Avenue, Homuntin. 8 Torres Buildings, Kowloon.

On premises. Quarry Bay.

14 Broadwood Road.

Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... On premises.

Clerk, Chartered Bank

Asst., Mackinnon & Mackenzie

21 Cochrane Street.

.....

On premises.

Storekeeper, H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co.,

Ld.

Asst. Wharf Manager, Holt's Wharf Sub-Manager, fepulse Bay Hotel Assistant, Standard Oil Co...... Assistant, Standard Oil Co......

J. M. Alves & Co., Ld.

Share Broker.............

Merchant, A. L. Alves & Co...... Assistant, Union Insurance Society of

Canton, Ld.

Secretary, H.K. Engineering & Con-

struction Co., Ld.

Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld... Hughes & Hough, Ld............. Broker

Assistant, A. Goeke & Co. Attorney, A. Goeke & Co.

| Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard..

Manager, Assurance Franco-Asiaticque... Marine Surveyor, Anderson & Ashe

Assistant Engineer Works Manager,

Taikoo Dockyard

Director, Anderson Music Co., Ld................ Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Co., Ld. Managing Director, Anderson Music Co.,

Ld.

Manager, Thoresen & Co., Ld. Chief Inspector, Peak Tramways, Ld. Assistant, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld..] Book-keeper, Thoresen & Co., Ld. Assistant Engineer, China Light &

Power Co. (1918), Ld.

Asst. Eng. Supt., Jardine, Matheson

* Co., Lả.

Asst., H K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... Clerk, Mercantile Bank

...

Manager, Advertising and Publicity

Bureau, Ld.....

Manager, Arculli & Sous..... China Light & Power Co. (1918), Ld. Advertising Assistant, Vacuum Oil Co. Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld................. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld...... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Shipping Manager, Jardine, Matheson

* Co., L.

On premises.

Windsor Lodge, Austin Avenue, On premises.

13 Carnarvon Road, Kowloon.

32 Granville Road, Kowloon. On premises.

On premises.

41 Granville Road, Kowloon.

On premises.

145 Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong. 145 Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong. On premises.

On premises. On premises. Quarry Bay.

23 Kai Tack Bund, Kowloon City. Knutsford Hotel.

Quarry Bay.

Empress Lodge.

2 Taikoo Terrace, Quarry Bay.

Harbour View, Kowloon, Ocksen Cottage Victoria Road. 15 Bowen Road.

2 Arran Street, Kowloon. 578 Nathan Road,

9 Humphrey's Building.

Armend Building. On premises.

30 Granville Road, Kowloon.

6 Middle Avenue, Kowloon.

140A Kennedy Roal.

C. L. P. Staff Quarters' Tai Wan. 4 Torres Building, Kowloon. No. 6, Causeway Hill.

On premises.

368 The Peak.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

A—Continued.

Austin, David

Austin, Frank

Auvache, James Edwin

Babbidge, Henry George Bacci, Emile

Bailey, Henry Preston

Bailey, William Charles Baker, Edward Oliver. Balman, Cyril Walter Ballantyne, Donald Lindsay... Baptista, Cezar Antonio

Octaviano Barber, Norman Charles Barclay, Thomas Charles Barker, Paul England Barnes, Francis Henry Barradas, Duarte Augusto... Barradas, Jose

Barradas, Vasco Maria Barringer, Thomas Cunning-

ham

Barros, Antão Vasques Barrow, John Edward

Barry, Frederick Charles Barton, Maurice William Basto, Antonio Hermenegildo. Basto, Bernardino

Basto, Carlos de Azevedo. Basto, Charles Henry

Basto, Luiz Eduardo

Beattie, James William Beaty, George D.

Beaumont, Richard Dudley. Beck, Ernest Jacobsen Beck, Terence Christopher

Thomas

Becker, Anicet

Bell, Michael Robson...

Beltrao, Manuel Roza Benham, Harold Dudley

Benjamin, Charles Benjamin, Vivian

Benson, Charles Henry.. Bensou, Oscar Rowan

Bentley, John.....

Berg, Sverre

Bergaust, Marius Berruex, Marcel Bertram, John William

Besseling, Albert Jean

Bilkvist, Knud Arne Beutzen. Bird, Alfred John Bird, Cecil Bewley

Bird, George

Bishop, Sidney Frank

Peak Hotel.

Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld. | On premises. Manager, S. J. David & Co., I.d................... Supt., British Wireless Marine Service

Diver, Taikoo Dockyard Manager, Sennet Freres

Electric Engineer, General Electric Co.

of China, Ld.

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Manager, American Milk Products Corpn. Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Assistant Manager, Chase Bank.

Clerk, H.K. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Bradley & Co....... Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld. Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ld. ...! Chief Clerk, Singer Sewing Machine Co.. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld...... Broker

Knutsford Hotel.

Quarry Bay.

Lauriston Hotel, Bowen Road.

Repulse Bay Hotel. On premises.

Harbour View Hotel, Kowloon. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon. Woodbury, Pokfulam.

Ou premises.

Lauriston Hotel, Bowen Road. On premises.

Ava Mansions, May Road. 31 Granville Road, Kowloon. On premises.

Middle Road, Kowloon.

Clerk, Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank St. Joseph's Building, Block C.

U. S. Trade Commissioner Bookkeeper, Bradley & Co., Ld.

Assistant Engineer, China Light & Power

Co. (1918), L

Secretary, H.K. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld... Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Architect, Raven & Basto Share Broker.............. Assistant, G. U. da Roza

Architect, Little, Adams & Wood Chiropractor

Inspector, Star Ferry

Terminal Superintendent, Texas Oil Co... Assistant Acct., Mercantile Bank Sugar Boiler, Taikoo Sugar Refinery....

Assistant Secretary, Green Island Cement

Co., Lư.

Export Manager, Arnhold & Co, La Draughtsman, H.K. Whampoa Dock

Co.. Ld.

Clerk, Messageries Maritimes Co. Mercantile Assistant, David Sassoon &

Co., Ltd. Broker Broker

General Manager, American Express Co. Assistant, Carroll Bros.

Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Managing Director, Berg & Co., Ld............ Assistant, Thoresen & Co, Lil. Assistant, Ullmann & Co. Assistant Engineer, China Light &

Power Co. (1918), Ld. Sub-Accountant, Nederlandsche Handels

Maatschappij

Manager, Netherlands Harbour Works ... Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld.... Watchman, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant Engineer, Green Island Cement

Co., Ld....

Peninsula Hotel.

2 Caine Road.

C.L.P. Staff Quarters' Tai Wan. Peninsula Hotel.

196 The Peak.

49 Cumberland Road, K'loon Tong. Taipo Road.

21 Granville Road, Kowloon. On premises.

10 Queen's Road East, 1st floor.

241 Nathan Road, Kowloon.

On premises.

113 The Peak.

11 Gordon Road, Whitefield.

Cement Works, Kowloon. 15 Village Road, Happy Valley.

On premises.

9 Nanking Street.

16 Fung Tai Terrace, Happy Valley. 10 Ice House Street. Exchange Building. 14 Peak Road.

11 Jordan Road, Top fl., Kowloon. On premises.

Bergslien, Stubbs Road. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon. On premises.

C. L. P. Quarters' Tai Wan.

On premises. On premises. Kingsclere Hotel. On premises. Quarry Bay.

Cement Works, Kowloon,

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

B-Continued.

Bitzer, Conrad

Black, Alexander Wylie

Black, Charles

Black, Colin Charters Black, Donald.................

Blackburn Leslie, James Blackett, William Charlton Blackmore, Ernest Wilfrid Blair, Kenneth George Blair, Leslie

Bollard, John Joseph Cyril

Bond, Charles

Bond, Gerald Hollingsworth... Bone, David

Botelho, Alvaro Alberto Botelho, Augusto Caesar

Botelho, Noe Ulysses

Bough, Henry Charles

Bougon, Eloi Edouard Boulton, Sydney....... Bourne, Walter Hargreaves Bovill, Elliott Russell Karslake Bower, Albert....... Bowes-Smith, Aubrey Maurice Bowker, Arthur Cecil Irvine Boyd, Leslie Coutts... Bradbury, Bertram Walter....

Bradbury, Norman.... Bradford, Thomas Fisher Braga, Paul..... Brandt, George Louis

Brearley, Arthur.............

Bree, William George Brennan, Alfred Francis Brewin, Joseph Irvin Mark ... Britto, Frederico Maria..... Brodie, Douglas Campbell Brook, Joshua Brostedt, Augustus

Brouwer, Jan Reinier

Brown, Arthur R. Brown, Frank Leader. Brown, George Ernest Brown, John Coghill...

Brown, John McIntyre.. Brown, Patrick Brown, Robert Burns Brown, Walter Herbert. Brown, William Joseph....... Browne, Heury Davenport Bruce, Douglas Gordon..... Brunger, Tjalling Willem

Buchanan,

David Buchanan, Robert Buggy, William John Bulloch, James

Buman, Fritz

Bitzer & Co.

Assistant, China Navigation Co., Ld. Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co Steamship Agent, Furness (Far East), Ld. Chartered Acct., Percy Smith, Seth &

Fleming

Engineer, Blackburn & Blackburn, Ld.... Organ Builder Civil Engineer

Merchant, Blair & Co.

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld..... Assistant, Imperial Chemical Industries

(China), Ld....

Manager, Gande, Price & Co., L‹. Architect, Dension, Ram & Gibbs ....... Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co. Secretary, Fumigating and Disinfecting

Bureau, Ld....... Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Assistant, Renters, Ld. Agent, Charbonnages du Tonkin. Watchman, Taikoo Dockyard. Architect, W. H. Bourne..... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Manager, Palace Hotel...... Exchange Broker

Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Assistant, J. Manners & Co., Ld. Butchery Supt., Dairy Farm I. & C. S.

Co., Lt.

Assistant, Reuters

Wharf Engineer, Holt's Wharf Director, H.K. Used Cars, Ld. Principal, Brandt & Co.

Engineer, H.K. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld... Assistant. Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld...... Assistant, Texas Co., Ld....... Moulder, H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld......................... Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Marine Representative, Vacuum Oil Co... Asiatic Traffic Manager, Canadian

National Railways..........

Chief Acet., Nederlansche Handel-

Maatschappij ...

Assistant, Davie Boag & Co. Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Co., Ld Boilermaker, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.....

H.K. & Shanghai Bank

►

Sales Manager, Wallace Harper & Co., Ld. Butcher, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co. Ld... Assistant, H.K. &.Shanghai Hotels, Ld.. Acet, China Light & Power Co., Ld....... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.............. Assistant, Nederlandsch Indische

Handelsbank

Clerk, American Express Co..... Assistant, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld.. Timekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard Supt., Dairy Farm Ice & Cold Storage

Co., Ld.

Manager, Deutsche Farben-Handelsge-

sellschaft Waibel & Có....

15 Felix Villas, Pokfulum. On premises. On premises. On premises.

2 Humphreys Building.

55 The Peak.

St. George's Hotel.

280 Prince Edward Road, Kowloon.

13 Broadwood Road. On premises.

499 The Peak.

8 Norfolk Road, Kowloon Tong. Huntington, Stubbs Road. Quarry Bay.

6 Austin Avenue, Kowloon.

93 Wong-nei-chong Road. 19 Mosque Street.

10 Peace Avenue, Homuntin.

1 Felix Villas, Pokfulum.

Quarry Bay.

4 Burneston House.

On premises.

On premises. Prince's Building. 167 The Peak, On premises.

249 Prince Edward Road, Kowloon. Derrington Hotel, Bowen Road. Windsor Lodge, Austin Avenue. 12 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon. 286 Prince Edward Road, Kowloon. Peak Hotel.

On premises.

300 Prince Edward Road, Kowloon. On premises.

29 Jordan Road, Kowloon. On premises.

53 Wong-nei-chong Road.

Repulse Bay Hotel.

11 Tregunter Mansions. On premises.

17 Bowen Road.

Matsubara Hotel, Ice House Street.

On premises. On premises.

27 Kai Tak Road, Kowloon City. 10 Peking Road, 3rd floor, Kowloon. 23 Homuntin Street, Kowloon. CL.P. Staff Quarters. On premises. On premises

12 Tregunter Mansions, May Road. 8 Carnarvon Building, Kowloon. On premises. Quarry Bay.

Claymore, Pokfulam.

Rockhill, Sassoon Road.

- 6

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

B-Continued.

Bundred, James Watson Bunje, Henry Ferdinand Burch, Francis Richard........... Burling, William John Burrell, Frank........................ Bursley, Allan John

Burton, Arthur Louis Lovelace

Bush, Eldred Drummond Bush, James Daniel

Bush, Lewis W......

Butcher, James Douglas Butler, Edward

Butler, Reginald Charles Butlin, Strathmore Tatham Butt, Abdula..

Butterfield, William Arthur Buyer, William Nicoll

Marine Surveyor, Goddard & Douglas Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.... H.K. & Shanghai Bank ...

Cashier, H.K. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Butterfield & Swire

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Wharfinger, H.K. & Kowloon W. & G.

Co., Ltd.

...

Manager, E. D. Bush & Co... Manager, Yue Lee Yuen.. Manager, Millington, Ld.... Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Supt. Engineer, Holt's Wharf. Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Chartered Accountant, Linstead & Davis. Sales Manager, Yue Lee Yuen Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld...... Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld...

Peninsula Hotel. On premises. On premises.

Empress Lodge, Kowloon. Ön premises.

On premises.

6 Humphrey's Building. 26 Kai Tack Road. 18A Macdonnell Road. Marble Hall.

253 The Peak.

Glenthorne, Kimberley Rd., Kowloon. H.K.E.C. Qtrs, 9 Causeway Hill. 505 The Peak.

13 Morrison Gap Road. On premises. On premises.

Calcar, Leonardus Petrus van. Assistant, Nederlandsch Indische

Calman, Alexander Milne......

Cameron, Peter Weatherdown

Grant...

Cameron, Ronald Valiance Campbell, E.

Campbell, Harvey Reed

•

Campbell, Robert Armour.... Campos, Henrique Maria Canney, Joseph Stanislas Canning, James Robert.. Carbonnel, Bertram Carlos, Cesar Villa..

Carnac, Percival Sidney

Rivett

Caro, Valentine Carpenter, Bruce King Carroll, Anthony Henry Carroll, William Joseph Carvalho, Alfonso Carlos

Homem de.................. Carvalho, Duarte Euterio de... Carvalho, Fernão Henrique de Carvalho, Gustavo Adolpho Carvalho, Marcus Antonio Carver, Joseph Peter.. Castle, Gordon

Castro, Alberto Edward

Henrickson

Castro, Antoine Piu Castro, Egydio Maria. Henrickson

Castro, Henrique Armando Castro, Hilario

Castro, José Maria D'Almada. Cate, Gerard Louis ten

Bruggen

Cave, Leonard James....

Handelsbank

Shipbuilder, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Assistant, Carroll Bros.

Assistant, China Navigation Co., Ld..... Assistant Manager, St. Francis Hotel Sub-Acct., National City Bank of New

York

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.. Clerk, Chartered Bank of I. A. & C. Sugar Boiler, Taikoo Sugar Refinery. Assistant, S. Moutrie & Co., Ld.. Manager, Dodge & Seymour

Clerk, Far East Oxygen & Acetylene Co.,

Ld.

Electrician, Green Island Cement Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.......... Assistant, Dollar Steamship Line Principal, Carroll Bros. Broker, Carroll Bros.

Assistant, G.U. da Roza Assistant, Botelho Bros. Assistant, Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ld. Assistant, Botelho Bros. Assistant, Botelho Bros. Assistant, Andersen, Meyer & Co., Lil.... Assistant Cargo Supt., H.K. & Kowloon

Wharf & Godown Co., Ld.................

Asst., Nederlandsch Indische Maatschappy Assistant, Standard Oil Co......

Assistant, H.K. Rope Manufacturing

Co., Ld.

Salesman, Sander, Wieler & Co Foreman, Orient Tobacco Manufactory Assistant, Bank Line, Ld.

Sub-Acct., Nederlandsche Handels

Maatschappij

Assistant, Mustard & Co., Ld.

Aigburth Hall.

On premises.

14 Bowen Road. On premises. On premises.

9 Tregunter Mansions. A.P.C. Installation, North Point. 10 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon. On premises.

17A Cameron Road, Kowloon. On premises.

On premises.

Cement Works, Kowloon. Installation Tai Kok Tsui. 9 Tregunter Mansions. 16 Macdonnell Road. 14 Bowen Road.

2 Dorset Crescent.

35 Granville Road, Kowloon.

1 Kimberley Road, 2nd floor. On premises.

589 Nathan Road. Savarin House, Kowloon.

Claremont Hotel.

3 Mosque Junction. 5 Wing Lok Building.

27 Jordan Road, 2nd floor, K’loon. 143 Waterloo Road.

On premises.

21 Jordan Road, Kowloon.

On premises.

2 Pratt Building.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

C-Continued.

Chak Tai-kwong

Chalmers, James Calder

Chan Chi-lan

Chan Chiu-ting

Chan Chung-ngok Chan Iu-key Chan Ping Chan Ping-shu Chau Po-sang.

Chan Sik-chan Chan Shiu-bung Chan Shiu-wa... Chan Shui-tsun Chan Tzse-yuen. Chau Wing-fook

Chan Yat-fung Chan Yiu-nam Chang, Matty Fat Chang Sam-chong Chao Chi-chen Chan Fook-ng.....

Chan K. William Chan Man-chi..............

Chau Nam-cheong Chau Shau-nam Chen Kim-chung Chen Tsai-ming..

Cheng Kwong

Cherrill, Richard Ingolsby Cheung Tat-chiu Cheung, Garch

Cheung Hok-chau

Cheung Nam-to

Cheung U-pui........ Chia Peng-long Childe, Edgar Ronald Chin, David George. Chiu Cherk-tung

Choa, J.

Choa Po-yen

Choa Po-min

Chou Sung-waung

Chow Cho-wan

Choy Nai-sing

Choy Sai-piu

Christensen, Engelhardt Chu Po-yan...

Chun Ham, Charles Ruther-

ford

Chun Wing-keu

Chung Chee-ling

Chung Chu-ling. Chung Wai-lam

Church, C. J..............

Clark, Douglas Edward.....

Assistant, Fuji Paper Co..... Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.....

Manager, Chung Hwa Steel Products

Co., Lủ.

Assistant, A. G. Pile.

Assistant, Gay Kee

Clerk, Dollar S. S. Orient Line Draughtsman, Palmer & Turner Clerk, Sun Life Assurance Co., Ld. Compradore, National Aniline &

Chemical Co., U.S.A.

Asst. Manager, Charles Morton & Co. Clerk, Phoenix Assurance Co., Ld Assistant, Seunet Freres

Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld... Compradore, A. Goeke & Co, Assistant Compradore, Banque Franco-

Chinoise

Clerk, Grose & Co..

Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld.. Clerk, Dollar S.S. Line

Acct., The Ault & Wiborg China Co...... Manager, China Trading Co. Chief Accountant, National Commercial

and Savings Bank, Ld........ Manager, Handicraft Distributing Co...... Assistant, Cheong Wing S. S. Co., Ltd...

Clerk, A. G. Hewlitt & Sons

Assistant, H.K. Amusements, Ld. Cashier, Ho Hong Bank, Ld. Accountant, Ho Hong Bank, Ld..

Assistant, Furness (Far East), Ld... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co.

Accountant, Dragon Motor Car Co. Assistant, Fung Tang Kee ..... Draughtsman, A. G. Hewlitt & Sons... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.............. Book-keeper, Reiss, Massey & Co., Ld.... Asst. Secrety., China Underwriters, Ll... Clerk, Java-China-Japan Lijn Clerk, Far East Oxygen & Acetylene

Co., Ld..

Assistant Compradore, Nederlandsche

Indische Handelsbank

Compradore, Nederlandsche Indische

Handelsbank

Broker

Manager, Commercial Press, Ld...

2 Perfection Place.

Quarry Bay.

89-91 Hennessy Road, 2nd floor. 33 Stanley Street, 1st floor.

On premises.

7 Mow Lam St., 1st floor. Yaumati. 71 Leighton Hill Road, 1st floor. Gloucester Building.

64 Bonham Road.

257 Queen's Road, East.

8 St. Francis Street, Wanchai. 14 Gresson Street, 1st floor. 2 Fung Wang Terrace. Un premises.

On premises.

4 Fly Dragon Terrace, 1st floor. 19 Parkes Street, 2nd floor, Kloon. 202 Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon. 58 Robinson Road, 2nd floor. On premises.

67 Peel Street, 1st floor. 8 On Hing Terrace.

67 Tak Ku Ling Road, 2nd floor,

Kowloon City.

300 Lockhart Road, 2nd floor. 33 Wellington Street, 1st floor. Chinese, Y.M.C.A.

Seekeen Terrace, 2nd floor, Cause-

way Bay.

On premises.

162 Hennessey Road.

37 Yiu Wah Street, 1st floor. Pedder Building.

24 d'Aguilar Street, 2nd floor. On premises.

214 Johnston Road. R.B.L. 159 Lower Road. On premises.

On premises.

29 Robinson Road.

21 Seymour Road.

Exchange Building.

73 Seen Keen Terrace, Causeway

Bay.

Compradore, Holland China Trading Co. Chinese, Y.M.C.A.

Secretary, The Sun Co., Ld......... Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld. Merchant, Americau Flour Co. Assistant, A. C. Franklin

Office Assistant, Williamson & Co....... Compradore, Douglas Lapraik Co.. Agent, Universal Pictures Corporation of

China

Proprietor, Colonial Electric Co.... Local Manager, American Asiatic

Underwriters

Director, Advertising & Publicity Bureau Merchant, J. D. Humphreys & Son

3 Caine Road.

250 Wanchai Road, 2nd floor.

3 Kimberley Villas, Kowlon. 307 Lockhart Road, 2nd floor.

67 Causeway Bay Road. 18 D'Aguilar > treet..

31 Caine Road, 3rd floor. 31 Caine Road.

On premises. The Peak Hotel.

On premises.

NAME IN FULL.

C-Continued.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

Clark, Harry Bingham

....

Clark, John Caer

Clark, Milton Ona

Clark, Walter Charles

Clark, Ritchard Ferguson

Cleland, Dudley Fitzwarrine

Chichester

Clemo, Alfred Bertram

Banker, H.K. & Shanghai Bank.... Architect, Clark & Iu

Attorney, Standard Oil Co.....

Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery

On premises.

8 Peak Mansions.

Peninsula Hotel. On premises.

Asst. Manager, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld.. 118 The Peak.

H.K. & Shanghai Bank

Assistant, China Light & Power Co.

(1918), Ld.

Clemo, Frederick Charles...... Superintendent, China Light & Power

Clow, Donald

Coates, Alfred Edward Cochrane, David........................ Cochrane, Martin Nesbit Coelho, Alvaro José Cole, A. W.

Coleman, Stanley William......

Coleman, Thomas

Collaço, Francisco Cecilio. Collis, John Richard Colman, Hugh Frederick

Charles

Comrie, Richard Conråd Connell, Herbert Cook, Stewart Sellars Cooke, John Turnbull Cooper, Dossabhoy Hormasjee

Cooper, Hugh Glen

Cooper, John Sisson St. George.........

Cordeiro, Luiz Gonzaga Cordeiro, Procopio Antonio Corlett, Donald Alexander

Cornell, William Arthur Costa, Frederico Guilherme

Meira da

Costa, Lourenço Antonio da. Coulson, Ernest William

Coulthart, John Cousins, Ralph Hutchison

Cox, Albert Rowland Cox, Harold

Cox, Ralph Ashley

Craig, Robert Gilchrist

Crawford, John Donglas

Hamilton.....

Crichton, William

Croawell, Charles Frederick.....] Crofton, Christopher

Crookdake, Jouathan......

Co. (1918), Lử.

Inspector, H.K. Tramways, Ld. Clerk, H.K. Tramways, Ld.

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Clerk, H.K. Electric Co., Ld.

Kiln Burner, Green Island Cement Co.,

Ld..

Supt. Elec. Eng., Western Electric Co.

of Asia

Blacksmith, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co.. Lư.

Clerk, H K. & Shanghai Bank Shipping Clerk, Bank Line, Ld..

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, Standard Oil Co..... Manager, Connell & Co. Assistant, Davie, Boag & Co. Assistant, Gilman & Co. Arratoon V. Apear & Co., Ld. & Patell

Co.

Shipbuilder, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Acting Manager, Imperial Chemical

Industries (China), Ld.

Clerk, H.K. & Shangbai Bank Clerk, Palmer & Turner

Assistant General Agent, States Steam-

ship Co.

Architect, Palmer & Turner

Book-keeper, Jardine Engineering Corpn. Assistant, Standard Oil Co.......

Asst., Dairy Farm, I. & C. Storage Co.,

Ld.

Sec., H.K. Rope Manufacturing Co., Ld. Assistant Shipyard Manager, Taikoo

Dockyard

H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank

Assistant Manager, South British Ince.

Co., Ltd.

Chief Draughtsman, H.K. & Whampoa

Dock Co., Ld.

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire...

Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard Salesman, J. D. Hutchinson & Co.... Assistant Engineer, China Light & Power

Co. (198), Ld.

Engineer, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Lủ.

Croucher, Ncel Victor Amor... Broker

On premises.

Kau Pui Shek Sub-Station.

C.L.P. Staff Quarters' Tai Wan. 1 Morton Terrace, Causeway Bay. 2 Yue Kwong Terrace, A.P.C. Installation, North Point. On premises.

1 Lâu Pi Street, Causeway Bay.

Cement Works, Kowloon.

I Lock Road, Kowloon.

On premises. On premises. 195 The Peak.

On premises.

Peak Hotel.

55 Wyndham Street.

On premises.

77 Bonham Road, Top floor.

On premises.

Repulse Bay Hotel. On premises.

17 Jordan Road, Kowloon.

Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon. Peak Hotel.

1 United Terrace, 1st floor. 3 Kimberley Road.

18B Macdonnell Road. Hong Kong Club.

Quarry Bay.

Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 8. 103 The Peak.

On premises.

On premises. Quarry Bay.

713 Nathan Road.

C. L. P. Staff Quarters' Tai. Wau..

On premises.

Hong Kong Club.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

C-Continued.

Cruz, Alvaro da. Cruz, F. de la................

Cruz, Florencio Maria da Cruz, J. M. de la

Cullen, Fred.

Cunha, Bernardino Maria

Cardoso da

Cunha, Frederico Mathias Cunningham, Albert Laing. Cunningham, William Curreem, Abdul........................... Currie, Norman Meluroy

Curtis, Walter Shillito

Vaughan

Cutcher, Ernest Stanley

Clerk, Union Waterboat Co., Ld. Sanitary Inspector, United States Public

Health Service

Assistaut, H.K. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld.. Clerk, United States Public Health

Service

Store-keeper, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

14 Knutsford Terrace.

2 Victory Avenue, Kowloon, 59 Kowloon Tong.

2 Victory Avenue, Kowloon.

On premises.

Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... On premises. Clerk, Chartered Bank

Clerk, Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.......... Assistant, Arculli & Sons

Managing Director, David Boag & Co.,

Ld.

Electrical Engineer, Duro l'ump &

Engineering Co..

Butcher, Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold

Storage Co., Ld...

3 Carnarvon Road, Kowloon, 28 Kai Tack Road.

Quarry Bay.

58 Kennedy Road.

On premises.

8 Dorset Crescent, Kowloon Tong.

21 Fungtai Terrace, Wongneichong,

D'Almeida, Jose Maria Dale, Eric George............. Dalziel, James MacDonald Dand, Arthur Anderson.... Dangerfield, Lewis Andrew Danks, Edward

D'Aquino, Enens Goulartt

D'Aquino, Jose Goulartt Darling, Robert Davidson, Alexander. Davidson, Gerald Lloyd Davis, Johu Pierson Augustine

Davis, Thomas D'Azevedo, Alexandre

Antonio

D'Azevedo, Victor Felix

Deacon, Stuart Deans, William D.

D'Eca, Alberto Mario Decker, Harvey Leroy Denham, William Douglas

Denison, W. Ellery Dhunji Moosabloy...

Dick, James Gold

Dick, John Dimond, Aubrey Kieran

Dinsdale, Herbert Suelson Divett, Geoffrey Edward Dobernecker, Heinz Docherty, Edward,..

Dounell, John................

Dorsser, Johannes Adrianus

van

Manager, Barnett & Foster. Civil Engineer, Leigh & Orange Store Keeper, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld.... Draughtsman, W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld.... Accountaut, P. M. Pinguet & Co. Agent, L. Everett Incorporated Clerk, Netherlandsche Indische Commer-

cial Bank,

Clerk, C. E. Warren & Co., Ld. Assistant, Williamson & Co. Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard Banker, H.K. & Shanghai Bank.............

Assistant, Mackintosh's, Ld.

11 Hart Avenue, Kowloon. On premises. On premises.

2 Kent Road, Kowloon Tong. 5 Kent Road, Kowloon Tong. Kingsclere Hotel, Kowloon.

3 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloou. 15 Hankow Road, Kowloon. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon. Quarry Bay.

On premises.

Naval Yard.

Asst. Engineer, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld. On premises.

Assistant, Nederlandsche Handels

Maatschappij

On premises.

Clerk, Canadian Pacific Steamship, Ld.... 1 Edward Building, Prince Edward

H.K. Electric Co., Ld.....

Farm Supt., Dairy Farm I. & C. S.

Co., Ld.

Authorised Clerk, Moxon & Taylor Assistant, The Texas Co., Ld. Assistant, Imperial Chemical Industries

(China), Ld.

Assistant, Chase Bank...

Manager, Currimbhoy & Co., Ld. Sawmiller, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Lủ.

Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co. Manager, Repulse Bay Hotel H.K. &

Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Assistant, James H. Backhouse, Ld. Assistant, A. S. Watson & Co, Ld. Salesman, Sander, Wieler & Co.................... Shipwright, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Lự.

Engineer, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld...

Sub-Accountant, Netherlandsche Handel

Maatschappij

Road, Kowloon. On premises.

Lamma View, Pokfulam. 22 Ashley Road.

10B Dragon Terrace.

Peak Hotel.

9 Magazine Gap Road. On premises.

On premises.

27 Humphreys Building, Kowloon.

Repulse Bay Hotel. On premises.

31 Peking Buildings, Kowloon. Lyttleton Road, 5 Basilea.

On premises. Seamen's Institute.

On premises.

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NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

D-Continued.

Drake, William Stanley. Dransfield, Albert Draper, Thomas John Dreyer, Holger ...

Drollette, George Washington. Drude, Robert.... Drummond, Neil.. Drummond, Neil..

Merchant, Gordons

Timekeeper, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Assistant, Standard Oil Co...... Impt. Manager, Shewan, Tomes & Co.... Supervisor, Singer Sewing Machine Co... Assistant, Standard Oil Co.. Assistant, Davie Boag & Co., Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery

Duckworth, Ferdinand Farrant H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Duclos, Gordon

Dudman, William Forest Duff, Stephen Harold.................. Duggan, Edward Wilfred Dulley, Hugh William

MacPherson

Dunbar, John Campion. Duncan, George

Duncan, George, Jr.

Duncau, Llewellin Arthur

Robert ....

Duncan, Robert Kirkwood Dunlop, Robert Paterson Dunn, Samuel...................

Dunnett, Bertram Leonard

William.

Agent, Singer Sewing Machine Co.............. Mechanic, Far East Aviation Co., Ld. Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank Manager, American Express Co.

Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ld Assistant, H.K. Electric Co., Ld.. Coppersmith, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co.

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard... H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Broker

Knutsford Hotel. On premises. Hong Kong Club.

7 Lyeemoon Building, Kowloon. I.L. 2425, Conduit Road. 92 Nathan Road, Kowloon. On premises.

Ou premises.

H.E.C. Quarters, No. 2 N.P. 3 Tregunter Mansions.

1 Prince Edward Road, Kowloon. Repulse Bay Hotel.

10 Tregunter Mansions.

8 The Peak. Kingsclere Hotel.

On premises.

1 Highburgh Terrace, K'loon Docks.

On premises. Quarry Bay.

Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 2. 19 Felix Villas, Pokfulam.

Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... 21 Humphreys Building, Kowloon.

Durrschmidt, Henry Charles... Assistant, Standard Oil Co........

Peninsula Hotel.

Eastman, Alfred Leonard

George

Assistant, H.K. & Kowloon Wharf &

Godown Co., Ld.

Godown Co., Ld

Commercial Bank

Easterbrook, Frederick James. Architect, H.K. & Kowloon Wharf &

Ebrahim, E. ..... Edgar, Aubrey Jacob

Edgar, Joseph Jacob... Edgar, Sydney

Edie, Archie Walker Hay. Edwards, Frank

Edwards, Ronald Alfred Egge, Walter

Euren, Guenther von Elkins, Charles Henry

Ellams, George Ernest Elliott, Francis Storry Ellis, Arthur Cecil.....

Ellis, Felix Maurice Endert, Carel Johan

Evans, Comvay Evans, James

Everett, Arthur George.... Ewin, Hugh Lionel Frede: ick

Godown Co., Ld.

Cashier, Currimbhoy & Co., Ld...

Broker, Ellis & Edgar

Assistant, John Manners & Co., Ld. Broker, Ellis & Edgar

Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

Peninsula Hotel.

3 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon.

On premises.

Flowerburn, Stubbs Road. Flowerburn, Stubbs Road. 39 Stubb's Road.

Assistant, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co... On premises.

Engineer, Dodwell & Co..... Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Manager, Win. Meyerink & Co. Assistant, Jebsen & Co. Wharfinger, Holt's Wharf

H.K. C. & M. Steamboat Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld... Insurance Manager, New Zealand

Insurance Co., Ld...... Stockbroker, Ellis & Edgar. Manager, Nederlandsche Indische

Handelsbank

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld................ Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld...... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld

Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

796 Wong Nei Chong Road.

22 Humphreys Building, Kowloon. On premises.

1 Ho Tung Mansions, Hankow Road. Hong Kong Club.

North Point Installation.

9 Branksome Towers, May Roal. 455 The Peak.

Stubbs Road.

On premises.

73 Seen Keen Terrace, Can-eway Bay. On premises.

On premises.

Fantham, Harry Hugh

Farmer, Clarence Leimpter

...

Wharfinger, H.K. & Kowloon Wharf &

Godown Co., Ld........ Douglas Lapraik & Co.

Phillip House, Kowloon.

9 King's Park Drive, Kowloon.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

F-Continued.

Farrell, Albert Edward. Farrell, Robert Emmet Fawcett, Ronald Alfred. Feimann, Hermann.. Feldman, Solomon

Felshow, William Charles.. Fenton, George Sydney Ferguson, Jobr. Ferguson, Malcolm

Ferguson, James Carson Fergusson, Thomas.....

Fernandes, Francisco Ernesto

Carajota

Fernandes, J.

Fernandez, Menino...

Ferreira, Alberto Francisco Fevre, Philip Flagler le... Field, William Valentine.

Field, Bevan Clarence Figueiredo, Eduardo José de........

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Engineer, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld. H.K. & Shanghai Bank

Merchant, Dolwell & Co., Ld...... Manager, American Milk Products Co. Architect, Little, Adams & Wood Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Electrician, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard

Cargo Supt., H.K. & Kowloon Wharf &

Godown Co., Ld...................

Book-keeper, Dollar S.S. Co. ..... Assistant, Jebsen & Co. Share Broker..........

Clerk, H.K. Electric Co., Ld..

On premises. On premises. On premises.

Claremont Hotel, Kowloon.

14 Felix Villas, Pokfulam. 27B Nathan Road.

On premises.

On premises. Quarry Bay.

1 King's Park Building.

154 Belcher Street, Kennedy Town. On premises.

Fernandez Bungalow, K'loon Tong. 61 Parke Street, Top floor, Kloou.

General Manager, Texas Co. (China), Ld. On premises. Harbour Representative, Peninsula

Hotel

Assistant, Thos. Cook & Son, Ld. Merchant, Hughes & Hough, Ld.

Figueiredo, Guilherme Alves... Engineer, Seimens China Co. Figueiredo, Heurique Alberto

de.........

Figueiredo. Manuel Augusto... Fincher, Ernest Charles Fincher, Edward Francis Finnie, John

Fisher, James Alfred....

Fischer, Willie Georg Fook Yu-chnen

Fonseca, José Maria Foraita, Walter

Forbes, Duncan Douglas Forbes, Donald

Ford, William Falconer,

Forder, George Fountain, Herbert John... Fox, Henry Leslie Fox, John Ariel.................... Fox, Samuel John Henry Franco, Francisco Maria, Jr, Fraser, Archibald Dick Fraser, Alexander Stewart Fraser, David James ... French, John Johnston Frost, Richard Yarworth Funck, Ernst Fung Chik-man

Fung Iu-cheung

Fung Kai-leung

Fung Pak-ngok

Fung Tsz-nam

Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld.

Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon. Lauriston.

2 York Road, Kowloon.

1 Kimberley Road, Kowloon.

3 Liberty Avenue, Homuntin.

Accountant, Green Island Cement Co., Ld. 65 Waterloo Road. Assistant, Gilman & Co., Ld...................... Assistant, Gilman & Co., Ld.

Assistant Shipyard Manager, Taikoo

Dockyard....

Clerk, Benjamin & Potts

Merchant, Reuter Brockelmann & Co....

| Assistant, Gay Kee

Assistant, Standard Oil Co........... Assistant, A. Goeke & Co.

Manager, Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ld. Assistant, Bank Line, Ld.

Assistant, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Assistant, Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. Piano Tuner, Anderson Music Co., Ld. Assistant, H. Skott & Co.

Clerk, Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming. 1.K. & Shanghai Bank Clerk, Messageries Maritimes Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard. Assistant, Standard Oil Co......

General Agent, States Steamship Co...... H.K. & Shanghai Bank

Asst., Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.C.), Ld. Assistant, Jebsen & Co.

Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co... Sub-Accountant, Bank of Canton, Ld.. Clerk, Java-China-Japan Line Compradore, Reiss, Massey & Co., Ld. Clerk, Vacuum Oil Co...

6 Torres Building, Kowloon. 6 Torres Building, Kowloon.

Quarry Bay.

29 Elgin Street.

1 Thorpe Manor, May Road.

On premises.

10 Robinson Road.

On premises.

Macdonell Road, 13A. 173 The Peak.

Hong Kong Office. On premises.

94A Nathan Road, Kowloon. 4 Leighton Hill Road.

63 Robinson Road.

On premises. 7 Homuntin St.,

Quarry Bay.

Kowloon.

Laichikok Installation.

6 Thorpe Manor, May Road. On premises. On premises.

On premises.

403 Hennessy Road.

3 Third Street.

On premises.

234 Wanchai Road.

11 Kwong Ming Street, 1st floor.

Wanchai.

Gaan, Martin Jose

Gahagan, Cyril Edwin Gardner, John

H.K. Electric Co., Ld.................

Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.......

Acet., British-American Tobacco Co., Ld. 2 Observatory Villas, Kowloon.

H.K.E.C. Qts. No. 8 Causeway Hill. Quarry Bay.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

G-Continued.

Gardner, John

Gardner, Joseph..

Gardner, Louis

Asst., Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Assistant, Imperial Chemicals Industries

(China), Ld.

Gardner, William Frederick ... Asst., Union Ince. Socty, of Canton, Ld...

Garrett, Guy Watkins Garrod, Stanley Hall......

Gascon, Antonio............. Geall, William James Geare, Iltyd Henry

Gee, Charles Mcqueen Gerloff, K.

Gerrard, George... Gibson, James Smith. Gibson, Lloyd.......

Gilbert, Geoffrey Fitzgerald... Gidley, Sydney Gittins, Samuel Victor Gittins, William Minto Gladstone, Arnold Francis Glover, Francis Harry

Goldenberg, Charles Archibald Goldenberg, Isaac Levy Goldenberg, William Goldin. Constantin.......... Golecki, Anton

Gomes, Angusto Conceicao Gomes, Francisco Xavier Gomes, José

Gomes, José Hyppolito Gomes, Luiz Braz Gomes, Maximiano Antonio... Gonella, Ugo

Goncalves, Julio Augusto... Gooch, William Ponder............. Goodall, Donald MacGregor... Goodman, Reginald James

Goodwin, David Alexander Goodwin, Frank............

Gordon, Alan Grant Gordon, James Miller Gordon, Vyner Reginald Gosby, Herbert Jacques Gow, David Grimmond

Graça, José Athanasio

Maria de

Grady, John

Grant, James Norton. Grant, Peter Strachan

Gray, Robert

Gray, Samuel..........

Gray, Samuel Alexander Greaves, Alexander Claude Greenberg, Isaac Green, Douglas Samuel Green, Samuel Ebenezer Green, Sydney George Greenwood, Ephraim. Greenwood, Stanley

H.K. & Shanghai Bank

Passenger Agent, Canadian Pacific

S.S. Co.

Service Manager, (Gascon Motor Co.).... Asst. Engineer, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld. General Manager, Vacuum Oil Co....... Manager, National Aniline & Chemical Co. Assistant, Jebsen & Co. Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard J. S. Gibson

Auditor, Chase Bank Assistant, Arnhold & Co., Ld................... Clerk of Works, Leigh & Orange Salesian, Manufacturers Life Ince. Co... Electrical Engineer, W. Jack & Co., Ld.. Sub-Manager, H.K. & Shanghai Hotels Asst. General Manager, H.K. Tramways,

Ld.

Assistant, N. S. Moses & Co., Ld.. Broker

Merchant, N. S. Moses & Co., Ld. House Manager, Star Theatre... Clerk, Jebsen & Co.

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.. Clerk, Banque de l'Indo-Chine Assistant, Arnhold & Co., Ld..

Asst., II.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... Accountant, William C. Jack & Co., Ld... Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co... Architect, Hazeland & Gonella Assistant, Botelho Bros. Sub-Acct., National City Bank of N.Y Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld... Storekeeper, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Director, W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld. Assistant Engineer, H.K. & China

Gas Co., Ld.................

On premises.

11 Glenealy.

On premises. On premises.

On premises.

2 Kwong Wah Road, Ho Mun Tin. On premises. Peninsula Hotel. On premises. On premises. Quarry Bay. On premises. Peninsula Hotel.

15 Village Road, Happy Valley. 208 Lockhart Road.

23 Ashley Road, Kowloon. 17 Kent Road, Kowloon Tong. Peninsula Hotel.

359 The Peak,

284 Prince Edward Road, 18 Prince Edward Road.

7 Torres Buildings, Kowloon. 32 Wing Lok Building. On premises.

On premises.

2 Cambay Building, Ground floor. 79 Wong-nei-chong Road. On premises.

7 Kintsford Terrace, Kowloon. 10 Peking Road, 2nd floor, K'loon.. 16 Broadwood Road.

558 Nathan Road, Kowloon. Peninsula Hotel.

1 Ava House, May Road.

Ou premises. Knutsford Hotel.

On premises.

Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld..... 8 The Peak. Member, Furness (Far East), Ld.

Secretariat Asst., H.K. Tramways, Ld.... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co, Ld. Chief Clerk, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Lt.

Assistant, Lammert, Bros.

Asst. Engineer, China Light & Power

Co. (1918), L

Manager, Arts & Crafts, Ld. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard

Engineer, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Lil.

Banker, H.K. & Shanghai Bank Broker

Assistant, American Mill Products Co. ... Asst., Dunlop Rubber (China) Co, Ld.... Asst., H.K. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Branch Manager, China Electric Co., Ld. Mechanic, H.K. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld... Butcher, Dairy Farın, I. & C. Storage

Co., L.

On premises.

22 Peak Mausions.

North Point Installation.

On premises.

12 Lochiel Terrace, Kowloon.

C.L.P. Staff Quarters', Tai Wan.. On premises.

On premises. Quarry Bay.

On premises. On premises.

2 Excelsior Terrace.

18 Granville Road, Kowloon. 54в Nathan Road, Kowloon. 54B Nathan Road, Kowloon. On premises.

13 Braemar Terrace.

14 Essex Crescent, Kowloon Tong..

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

Address.

G-Continued.

Gregory, Cyril

Gregory, Haik Matthews Gregory, Harry Arratoon

Gregory, Stanley Oswald ...... Griffin, William George..... Griffiths, Wilson Leyshon...... Grimble, Eric George Norton.. Grimes, Thomas Edward Grose, John Francis

Grossart, Armin...............

Grossman, Edward......

Assistant, Daily Farm Ice & Cold

Storage Co, Ld.......... Merchant, T. M. Gregory & Co....... Assistant, Dairy Farm Ice & Cold

Storage Co., Ld...... Manager, Kelly & Walsh, Ld......... Asst, Engineer, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld. Acting Accountant, National City Bank. Grimble & Co. ...

Works Dept., Butterfield & Swire Sharebroker

Assistant, Bitzer & Co...... Exchange Broker........

Grotenhuis, Dick Arnold ten. Assistant, Nederlandsch Indische

Grover, Lafayette Chace....... Groves, Walter Montgomerie.

Guston, Henry Thomas...... Guterres, Augusto Arthur dos

Santos Guterres, Luiz Eperanca Guterres, Jose Candido

Guterres, Joaquim Jeronymo.

Gutierrez, Luis Augustus Gutierrez, João Baptista Gutierrez, João Jose ....

Haase, Kurt

Hachiuma, Senzo

Hailey, Guy

Hale, William Eric

Hall, George Albert Victor Hall, Grey Martell...

Hall, William Hallgren, Haimer

Halsey, Alfred Olney, Jr.

Hammond, Herbert William Hampton, Horatio Hamson, Arthur Bird Hansen, Wallace John Harbord, A. H.

Harper, Andrew Wallace

Handelsbank

Teller, American Express Co., Ld... Assistant, H.K. & Kowloon Wharf &

Godown Co., Ld.

Manager, W. A. Hannibal & Co.........

Clerk, A. A. Lopez Accountant

Assistant, China Provident Loan &

Mortgage Co., Ld. Representative, Manufacturers' Life

Insurance Co.....

Asst., Union Ince. Socty, of Canton, Ld... Clerk, W. A. Hannibal & Co............. Bookkeeper, The Bank Line, Ld. .....

Merchant, China Import Export & Bank

Co., Ld.

Clerk, Mitsui Busan Kaisha H.K. Electric Co., Ld..

Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld. Architect, Hall & Hall

Sub-Manager, National City Bank of

New York

Architect, Hall & Hall... Manager, Swedish Trading Co. Sub-Accountant, National City Bank of

New York

Traffic Supt., H.K. Tramways, Ld. Assistaut, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Assistant, Wallace Harper & Co., Ld. ... Merchant, John Manners & Co., Ld....... Accountaut, Lowe, Bingham & Matthews. Managing Director Wallace Harper &

Co., Ld.

Harriman, Gilbert Archibald .. Broker

Harris, Frederic Thomas

Harris, Richard Vittorie

Harris, Sidney Samuel Harris, William Douglas Harrison, Albert Edward Harrison, Cyril George Harrop, Joseph

Harteam, Hasim.

Hartig. Gottliev

Wharfinger, H.K. & Kowloon W. & G.

Co., Ld.

Assistant, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.,

Ld.

Chemist, Green Island Cement Co., Ld.... Sub-Acct., National City Bank of N.Y... Engineer, Naval Yard

Assistant, S. Moutrie & Co....... Merchant, James H. Blackhouse, Ld...... Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Principal, Kruse & Co.

Hartley, Frederick Matthews. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co, Ld..............

3 Humphreys Buildings.

3 Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon.

Claremont Hotel.

13 Macdonnell Road. On premises. Repulse Bay Hotel,

108 The Peak. On Premises.

55 Conduit Road.

Ellenbud Villas, Sassoon Road. 1 Branksome Towers.

Ava House, 1 May Road. Peninsula Hotel.

62B Nathan Road. Hong Kong Club.

21 Cameron Road, Kowloon. 7 Ashley Road, Kowloon.

22 Granville Road, Kowloon.

9 Ashley Road, Kowloon. Union Building.

3 Carnarvon Villas, Kowloon. 49 Wing Lok Buildings, 2nd floor.

20 Lyeemun Building. On premises.

H.K.E.C. Quarters, 3, North Poiut. 7/9 Cameron Road.

7 Norfolk Road, Kowloon Tong.

31 The Peak.

91 Robinson Road.

3 Pokfulam, G. L. 2381.

Derrington Hotel.

2 Fung Fai Terrace, Top floor. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon..

4 Leighton Hill Road. On premises. On remises.

28 Prince Edward Road, Kowloon. 10 Ice House Street, 16 Macdonnell

Road.

12c Carnarvon Road, Kowloon.

On premises.

10 Hart Avenue, Kowloon. Repulse Bay Hotel.

St. George's Hotel.

13 Essex Crescent, Kowloon Tong, On premises.

13 Fung Wong Terrace. On premises. On premises.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

H-Continued.

Hartridge, Sydney Horace Harvey, Arthur Vere... Harvey, David

Haslett, W. B.

Hassan Dallah

Hast, Victor Mayor Hatch, Herbert Hatt, Charles Hausamann, E.

Hawes, William Robert....... Heard, Augustine John Purcell Hedley, George Pattinson...... Hedley, William Pattinson Heitmeyer, Horst ..... Hellwig, A...

Hemsworth, Garrett Moore Henderson, George Henderson, Reid........... Hepburn, Robert Kirke..

Herdman, Andrew Elliott... Heron, Arthur William

Herridge, Frank Gordon Hersee, Alfred Stauley

Herschend, Borge Hetchel, O........ Hewlitt, Arthur George Hickling, Clement Chinery Highet, Ian Hugh Campbell... Hill, David Smith Hill, Fred Arthur

Hillier, Wilfred Samuel.. Hirst, William Walter Hislop, D. K..... Ho Chung-chow.

Ho Ki

Ho Sang-hong

Ho Sze-kam

Ho Shiu-que

Ho Tung-sang, Hoare, John

Hoare, Robert Edward Holbrook, Eric Lawrence Holland, Edward Lester Holmes, Charles Ellwood Hope, Stewart Horridge, George Redvers

Hosie, Edward Lumsden

Houghton, Samuel James...... Howard, Henry John Howard, Frank Andrew

Howard, Samuel

Howard, William James Howe, Albert George

Howie, Hames Jerbert

William

Inspector, H.K. Tramways, Ld... Air Pilot, Far East Aviation Co., Ld. Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Shipyard Manager, Brandt & Co.,

Shipyard, South China Bldg. & Repairing Works, Ld.

Assistant, Harry Wicking & Co.... Asst., H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Engineer, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld. Resident, Manager. Keller, Kern & Co.,

Ld.

Engineer, Far East Aviation Co., Ld. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Assistant, Central Agency, Ld. Assistant, H.K. & W'poa Dock Co., Ld... Merchant, Reuter, Brockelmann & Co. Manager, Advertising & Publicity

Bureau

Agent, Canadian National Railways Carpenter, H.K. & W'poa Dock Co., Ld. Acting Wharf Manager, Holt's Wharf Manager, Commercial Union Assurance

Co., Ld.

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire

Craft Supt., H.K. & Kowloon W. & G.

Co., La

Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co. Assistant Secretary, H.K. & Shanghai

Hotels

Assistant, John Manners & Co., Ld. Merchant, F. Feld & Co....... Architect

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire H.K. & Shanghai Bank Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant, Duro Motor Co., Lil. Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co., Ld.. Manager, Steam Laundry Co., Ld. Assistant, Thomas, Cook & Son Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Compradore, Arnhold & Co., Ld. Hos, International Confidential

Service

Compradore, Alex. Ross & Co. (China),

Ld.

Assistant, Wallem & Co...... Assistant, Gay Kee

Office Gunner, Mackinnon, Mackenzie

& Co.

Assistant, H.K. & W'poa Dock Co., Ld... Accountant, H.K. & Shanghai Hotels... Works Supt., H.K. & China Gas Co., Ld. Asst., Dodwell & Co., Ld. Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard..... Assistant, Imperial Chemicals Industries

(China), Ld.

Secretary, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Clerk of Works, Palmer & Turner... Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Cashier, Chase Bank.....

Share Broker...........

11 East Point Terrace. 9 Magazine Gap Road. 41 Humphreys Building.

To Kwa Wan,

6 Pickem Street, Kowloon. On premises.

120 Whitfield, Top floor. On premises.

Peninsula Hotel.

5 Prince Edward Rd., K'loon Tong, Jardine's Bungalow, East Point. 2 Waverley Terrace. On premises.

9 Felix Villas, Pokfulum.

3 York Road, Kowloon Tong. Repulse Bay Hotel. On Premises.

Highlands, Austin Avenue, K'loon.

On Premises.

On premises.

29 Humphreys Buildings. On premises.

Peninsula Hotel.

On premises.

3 Aigburth Hall, May Road.

37 Humphreys Buildings.

On premises.

H.K.E.C. Quarters, 3 North Point. 1 Chatham Road.

la Robinson Road.

262 Prince Edward Road. Overbays, Deepwater Bay. 59 High Street, 3rd floor. 42 Kennedy Road.

31 Wyndham Street, Top floor.

34 Li Po Leung Path, West Point. 224 Wanchai Road. On premises.

On premises. Cosmopolitan Dock. Huntingdon, Hong Kong. On premises. 173 The Peak. Quarry Bay.

137 The Peak.

On premises.

9 Kent Road, Kowloon Tong. 4 Yue Kwong Terrace.

Peninsula Hotel.

16 Macdonnell Rord.

Freight Clerk, Canadian Pacific S.S. Co... 3 Tak Shing Street, Kowloon. Wilkinson, Heywood & Clark

15 Macdonnell Road.

Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co.

7 Cameron Road, Kowloon.

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NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

H-Continued.

Huang, Sydney Hulbert, George Raymond

Hume, Donald William

Humphreys, Alfred David...... Humphreys, George Carlton... Humphreys, John David Hung, A. J. Hung Hing-fat

Hung Ho-chiu

Hunt, James Hubert Hunt, John Herbert

Hunter, Henry James Hunter, James

Hyde, Charles Frederick Hyde, James

Hyde Lay, Alexander

Hyde, William

Manager, Hanley & Co.

Radio & Electrical Engineer, Williamson

& Co.

Chief Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery

Co., Ld.

Asst., Dodwell & Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Merchant, J. D. Humphreys & Son Manager, St. Francis Hotel..

Assistant Compradore, H.K. & Kowloon

W. & G. Co., Ld.

Compradore, Meyerink & Co.

On premises.

Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

Woodside, Quarry Bay. Claremont Hotel. On premises. On premises.

On premises.

88 Robinson Road.

Engineer, Jardine Engineering Corpn. Ld. 3 Saifee Terrace.

Secretary

Marine Engineer, Bradley & Co.

Supt. Fittings Dept., H.K. & China Gas

Co., Lư.

Banker, H.K. & Shanghai Bank

Clerk of Works, H.K. & Kowloon Wharf

& Godown Co., Ld.

Merchant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Engineer, H.K. Rope Manufacturing

Co., L

Hyndman, Henrique Antonio. Clerk, Mercantile Bank of India

Hyndman, Henry

Clerk, H.K. & Shanghai Banking Corpn.

Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

On premises.

Ou premises.

31 Humphreys Building.

3 Armend Buildings, Kowloon.

31 Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon. 33 Leighton Hill Road. On premises.

Ildefonso, Lucio Rivera Inch, Arthur

Ingram, Archibald William

Ip Fook Ling

Ip Hang Fong

Ip Hin Fong Ireland, Alexander... Ireland, Hubert Upshon Ismail, Sheik Hassan... Ismail, Sheik Rumjahn.. Iu Tak-chung....

Clerk, American Express Co.

577 Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Assistant Superintendent, Texas Oil Co. On premises. Secretary

Clerk, Lane, Crawford, Ld..

Agent's Manager, Compagnie Optorg Asst., Compagnie Optorg

Engineer, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld.... Asst., Butterfield & Swire

Clerk, National City Bank of New York.

Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

10 On Wo Lane.

417 Hennessy Road, Ist floor. 20 Lan Kwai Fong. On premises. On premises.

410 Hennessy Road.

Asst., H.K. & K'loon W. & G. Co., Ld... 3 Moreton Terrace. Civil Engineer, J. Caer Clark.......

..11 Kennedy Street.

Jack, Lawrence

Jack, Richard Maxwell. Jackson, Cyril

Jaffer, Miller Haijimalomed... James, Charles Patrick Fitz

Gerald

James, Leslie Keir... Jeffery, Thomas Vernon Jeffreys, Arthur Charles Jenkins, Alan Frederick Jenner, Frederick James Henry

Jensen, Carl Valdemar ..... Jesus, Arturo Gregorio de

Jex, Starling

Jex, Thomas Carrick..

Assistant, Standard Oil Co..... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. ... Asst., Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage

Co., L....

Chief Clerk, Currimbhoy & Co.

Chief Clerk, Dollar S.S. Line....... Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld............. Inspector, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld. Mercantile Assistant, Dodwell Co., Ld.... Boatswain, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Lủ.......

Engineer, Andersen Meyer & Co. Typist, American Express Co.

278 Prince Edward Road. North Point Installation.

Claymore, Pakfulum. Ou premises.

5 Minden Villas. 103 The Peak.

404 Lockhart Road, 3rd floor. On Premises.

Two Bays, Repulse Bay.

On premises.

8A Boundary Street, Kowloon, 35 Wing Lok Building, Nathan Road,

Kowloon.

Assistant, Union Trading Co., Ld.......................... 7 York Road, Kowloon Tong. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld...... On premises.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

J-Continued.

Jiro, Metoki

Johannessen, Reidar

Johnson, Rickard Seymour Johnson, Rolf... Johnson, William Daniel Johnstone, Alan Colville Johnston, George Gordon...... Johnston, William Murray

Jones, Edward

Jones, Henry Stephen Jones, Joel Russell

Jong. Hendrick Bungenberg de Jong, Rohan de Josselin de Joseph, Ellis

Joseph, Felix Alexander Joseph, Harry Bernard

June, James Kim Fook....

Kader, Abdoul Rahim Kailey, William Kastmann, Karl Keeley, Bernard James Keith, Allan

Keith, David Luckie

Keller, Harry

Kelly, George..

Kekwick, Harrison Andrew Kempton, John Kennedy, Frederick Patrick... Keown, Richard McArthur Kerley, Victor George

Kern, Ernest

Kew, Arthur James

Kew, Cecil

Key, Maurice Frederick Khan, Juman

Kilby, Donald Frank..

Kinchin, Alert Victor.....

King, Dudley Leonard

King, James Joseph Osborne. King, Marion Bailey Kinghorn, John Richard Kinnaird, John Daniel Kirby, Augustus Montillmon.. Kirkwood, Robert Kitchell, Armin Kitchell, Omar

Knight, John Stephen Knigt, Thomas Leonard Ko Leong-hoe Ko Yau-cheong Komor, George Fernaui Kooter, Jacob Blaauw Kotewall, Robert Hormus...

Kovner, George Euthymus

Director, Ito & Co. Manager, Wallem & Co. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Principal, R. Johnson & Co. .... Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank Engineer, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Assistant, John Manners & Co., Ld. Time-keeper, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Manager, Connell Bros. Co.

...

Assistant, Holland China Trading Co. Shipping Clerk, Java-China-Japan Lijn... Assistant, Grosse & Co.

F. A. Joseph.....

Broker, A. P. Greaves..

138 Kennedy Road. 3 Luna Building. On premises.

5 Bowen Road. 103 The Peak. Knutsford Hotel. On premises.

On premises.

18 Conduit Road.

104 Waterloo Road, Kowloon..

20 Lyeemun Building.

5 Aigburth Hall.

4 Felix Villas.

50 The Peak.

4 Felix Villas.

Asst., H.K. & K'loon W. & G. Co., Ld... 3 & 3a Ashley Road, Kowloon..

Clerk, Chartered Bank..... Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Assistant, John Manuers & Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld... Secretary, Green Island Cement Co., Ld. Shipwright, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Merchant, Keller, Kern & Co., Ld.. Stenographer, Freight Department,

Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ld....... Sworn or Official Measurer Electrician, H.K. & W'poa Dock Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld............ Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard Electrical Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Merchant, Keller, Kern & Co., Ld.......... Assistant, Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ld. ... Assistant, American Express Co. Secretary, Chamber of Commerce

On premises.

Laicbikok Installation

7 Queen's Road Central. Taikoktsui.

Cement Works, Kowloon.

On premises. Peninsula Hotel.

20 Staunton Street. 13A Macdonnell Road. On premises. On premises. Quarry Bay.

7, Hankow Road, Kowloon. Roadside, Pokfulam. 1 Cumberland Road. 8 Castle Terrace. Peak Hotel.

Assistant, H.K. & K. W. & G. Co., Ld... 1 & 3 Ashley Road, Kowloon. Assistant, Nestle & Anglo-Swiss

Condensed Milk Co.

Stables Manager, H.K. Jockey Club

Stables

Secretary, China Provident Loan &

Mortgage Co., Ld.

Jeweller, G. Falconer & Co. (H.K.), Ld. Secretary, Dragon Motor Car Co., Ld. Assistant, China Navigation Co., Ld. Godown Manager, Davie Boag Co., Ld.... Attorney, Standard Oil Co Engineer, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld......... Stock Broker, O. Kitchell & Co...... Stock Broker, O. Kitchell & Co...... Transhipping Clerk, Dollar S.S. Co. Manager, H.K. Motor Accessory Co..... Managing Director, Ho Hong Bank Stenographer, Reiss, Massey & Co.

Komor & Komor

Staff, Wallem & Co......... Principal, R. H. Kotewall & Co.

Engineer, General Electric Co. of China

Ld.

Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

On premises.

196 The Peak. On premises.

3 Yue Kwong Terrace, Hong Kong..

On premises. On premises. 5 May Road.

On premises.

34 Leighton Hill Road.

64 Leighton Hill Road.

8 Sung Yee Street, Kowloon City.

3 Norfolk Road, Kowloon Tong.

5 Moreton Terrace.

25 Shelley Street.

292 Prince Edward Road.

10 Hart Avenue, Kowloon, Hatton House, Kotewall

26 Conduit Road.

59 Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Road..

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

K-Continued.

Kristofersen, Proitz Kroeger, Alfred

Krogh-Moe, Josef Kuelps, Fritz Kunihiro, Mitsuji Kutzback Wilhelm. Kwan Sit-kwan

Assistant, Thoresen & Co., Ld. Asst. Manager, Deutsche Farben-Han-

delsgesellschaft Waibel & Co. Superintendent, Thoresen & Co......... Book-keeper, Jebsen & Co..... Managing Director, Oriental Trading Co. Assistant, Carlowitz & Co.

Clerk, Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ld.

10 Carnarvon Road, Ground floor.

R.B.L. 174 Pokfulum. Is Peak Mansions. On premises.

2 Village Road.

5 Luna Buildings, Kowloon, 20 Wing Fung Street, Wanchai.

Labrum, George Beresford Labrum, Victor Charles... Lacon, Bernard John....... Lafleur, Franciscus Hucertus

Joseph Alphonsus

Lai Im-tong

Lai Shuk-chuen

Laing, John

Lam Kwok-tsoi

Lam Kwong-sik.... Lam Ming-fan Lam Shun-sang

Lam Tit-hong

Lam Wan-po

Lam Yau-tak

Lamb, George Frederick

Lamb, Harry James Lambelet, Adrian Lammert, Alfred Herbert Lammert, Lionel Eugene Landolt, Joseph Savage.. Landsbert, Albert Leslie

Lane, Alfred James Lanepart, Herbert Edward Langley, Charles William....... Langston, Arthur Golden Lapsley, Robert Larssen, Karsten

Lau Yuk-wan...... Laurel, Francisco Paulo... Lauritsen, Christian

Law, Colin James Drummond. Law, Robert Colville. Lawrence, George Alfred

Lawrie, John Ferguson.... Lawson, John Antony Lawson, James Wheeler

Leach, Arthur

Lebert, William Henry Leckie, William Fletcher Lee Chin-fen

Lee Chung-chee.....

Lee Chung-ping.. Lee, F. W.

Lee, George

Lee, John Stirling

Printers Secretary, Ye Olde Printerie, Ld. Master Printer, Ye Olde Printerie, Ld.... Manager, Jardine Engineering Corpu, Ld.

Manager, Holland China Trading Co. Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Manager, S. C. Lay & Co. .... Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard

Store Keeper, Taikoo Sugar Refinery

Co., L.

Clerk, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. Secretary, Kowloon Motor Bus Co., Ld... Assistant, A. Goeke & Co.

Clerk, Sun Life Assurance of China

5 York Road, Kowloon Tong. Essex Crescent, Kowloon Tong. Mt. Davis, Pokfulam.

88 Nathan Road. Union Building.

375 Hennessy Road, 2nd floor. Quarry Bay.

1 Murray Place, Quarry Bay. On premises.

731 Nathan Road, 1st floor. On premises.

Gloncester Building.

Asst. Compradore, American Express Co. 2 Tak Shing Street. Principal, Fook Tei Co.

Inspector, British Wireless Marine

Service

Manager, Arthur & Co. (Export), Ld.... Assistant Manager, Chase Bank

Assistant, Furness (Far East), Ld..........! Auctioneer, Lammert Bros

Assistant, Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld. Electrical Engineer, Reiss, Massey

& Co. Architect

Merchant, Y. T. King & Co. Assistant, Central Agency, Ld. H.K. Electric Co., Ld.........

Asst., H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.... Managing Director

Banker, Hong Nin Savings Bank, Ld. ... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Managing Director, Dragon Motor Car

Co., Ld.

H.K. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Manager, S. W. Factory, A. S. Watson

& Co.

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, Reiss Massey & Co., Ld. Asst. Supt. Engineer, Jardine, Matheson

& Co., Lả.

Sales Manager, Vacuum Oil Co. Manager, Java-China-Japan Lijn Asst., Union Ince. Socty, of Canton, Ld... Asst., H.K. & K'loon W. & G. Co., Ld... Assistant Engineer, Palmer & Turner ... Compradore Department, Holt's Wharf... Sales Manager, New Zealand Perpetual

Forests, Ld.

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. H.K. & Shanghai Bank

42 Western Street, Ground floor.

Y.M.C.A., Kowloon. Cecil Hotel.

Lauriston, 1 Bowen Road. On premises.

16 Peak Mansions. 581 Nathan Road.

1 York Road.

On premises.

11 Nanking Street.

5 Lyeemun Terrace, Kowloon. 287 The Peak, On premises.

7 Peak Mausious.

29 Wongucichong Road, 579 Nathan Road, Kowloon.

18 Macdonnell Road. On premises.

On premises.

Aerated Water Factory, North Point. On premises.

193 The Peak.

3 Dorset Crescent, Kowloon Tong. 269 The Peak.

1 Stewart Terrace, The Peak. On premises.

5 & 5a Ashley Road, Kowloon, No. 1 Prince Terrace. 241 Nathan Road, 2nd floor, K'loon.

1 Beautiful Terrace. Ou premises. On premises.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

L-Continued.

Lee, Joseph William.... Lee, Koon Kang Lee Kwok-cheung Lee Lemm Ping... Lec, Phillip Sydney

Lee, Richard Charles. Lee, Rodney Lee Shiu-kai.

Lee Wa-chue

Lee Woon-tsoi

Lee Yook-quan

Legge, Gilbert Barnet

Leiper, Gerald Andrew..

Leitao, Eduardo Ignacio Read. Leite, Luis Augusto Pitter Lenox, Ian Donald.

Leong Yue-sang.

Leung Po-shan

Li Chi-hung

Li Chor-chi

Clerk, Java-China-Japan Lijn Chief-Accountant, Bank of East Asia Engineer, Gay Kee Assistant, A. J. Lane.

Merchant, China Mercantile Co., Lad................. Civil Engineer, Leigh & Orange... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Manager, R. H. Kotewall & Co... Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co. Asst. Cashier, Bank of Canton, Ld.

On premises.

4 Peking Road, Kowloon. 1 Sharp Street, East.

11a Cameron Road, Kowloon. On premises.

On premises.

26 Conduit Road.

16 Bowring Street, 1st floor, K'loon. 3 Lau Lee Street.

Chinese Agent, Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld. 2 Edward Buildings, Kowloon. G. Legge & Co.........

Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld. Assistant, Dairy Farm I. & C. S. Co., Ld. Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Engineer, Yue Sang & Co. Clerk, Lane, Crawford, Ld.

Levkovich, Basil Ivanovitch... Engineer, Texas Co., Ld.

Li Kam-hi

Li Po-chun Li Shu-fong Li Sui-wing Li Tung Li Yin... Liang Han-chih

Liew Peng-kong Lim Seow-chong

Linennen, Frederick

Litton, John Letablere

Lo In

Lo Kan

Lo Kim-san.........

Lo Kum-ying

Lo Ming-yue

Lo Yam-man Lo Yuk-tong

Lobel, Frank

Loh Meng-choon

Long, Joseph Cecil Longfield, Stuart Lopes, Arthur dos Anjos Lopes, Carlos Augusto Lopes, Duarte Ferrer.... Lopes, Secondino Antonio Lorimer, William Gourlay. Louey Gar-chong Louey Sui-tak

Low, George

Low Hok-kwong

Low, Victor Thomas Lowcock, Henry. Lowe, H. J. D.

Lowrie, John

Loynes, Walter Cyril..... Lu Chung-ching....

Accountant, E. D. Bush & Co. Sub-Accountant, Ho Hong Bank Canadian Government Office

Financier

Sub-Accountant, Bank of Canton, Ld. Compradore, Davie, Boag & Co., Ld... Accountant, Bank of East Asia, Ld. Broker, Kruse & Co.

Representative, Manufacturers' Life

Insurance Co. ·

Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld.... Assistant, Ho Hong Bank, Ld........

On premises.

103 The Peak.

6 Devon Road, Kowloon Tong.

8 Middle Road, Kowloon. On premises.

18 Arbuthnot Road.

365 Hennessy Road.

United Terrace, Homuntin.

68 National Bldg., Causeway Bay. 37 Kai Tack Bund.

2nd floor, 132 Yee Kuk Street, Shamshiupo, Kowloon.

Strathallen, 39 Robinson Road. 2 Tramway Path,

On premises.

497 Nathan Road, Kowloon.

2 Jllumination Terrace.

775 Nathan Road.

23 Man Cheong Fong Terrace, Happy

Valley.

Assistant, Dairy Farm, I. & C. S. Co., Ld. 6 Gresson Street.

Assistant, Benjamin & Potts.... Clerk, H.K. Jack & Co

Managing Director, H.K. Amusements Compradore, Bodiker & Co. Clerk, Dollar S.S. Line

Compradore, Reuter Brockelmann & Co.. Assistant, G. U. da Roza

Managing Director, Bakilly & Co., Ld.... Import Manager, Arnhold & Co., Ld.. Assistant Chemist, Taikoo Sugar

Refinery Co., Ltd. Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Hong Kong Electric Co., Ld. Broker

Assistant, Bank Line, Ld. Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Accountant

Account., P. & O. Banking Corporation... Manager, Kowloon Motor Bus Co., Ld.... General Manager, Kowloon Motor Bus

Co., Ld.

Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co. Cashier, Vacuum Oil Co.

Engineer, Palmer & Turner Secretary, Chinese Estate. Ld. Director Manager, Imperial Chemicals

Industries (China), Ld..

Office Gunner, Mackinnon, Mackenzie

& Co.

Mercantile Assistant, Dodwell & Co................. Sub. Manager, National Commercial &

Savings Bank, Ld......

3 Tak Ching Street, Kowloon,

On premises.

16 Village Road.

56 Queen's Road East.

97 Caine Road.

6 Cumberland Road, Kowloon Tong. 21 Village Road.

19 Kennedy Road.

9 Branksome Towers.

33 Village Road, Top floor. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

H.E.C. Quarters, 1 Duddell Street.

7 Rutland Quadrant, K'loon Tong.

4 Soares Avenue, Homuntin. 16 Kuutsford Terrace. 288 Prince Edward Road. Kingsclere, Kowloon. Pioneer Building, Kowloon.

Pioneer Building, Kowloon.

39 Bute Street. Gr. floor, Kowloon. Sam Lok Yuan, Sai Yueng Street,

2nd floor, Kowloon.

14 Boundary Road, Kowloon. 26 Conduit Road.

407 The Peak.

On premises. 328 Lockhart Road.

67 Tunglowan Road, Ground floor,

National Building, H.K.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

L- Continued.

Lubeseder, Hans

Lueer, Heinrich

Luhring, Hans Lui Chung-sun Luk Kung-pa

Luk Kung-po

Luk, Oiwan....

Lunny, James Francis

Luz, Alvaro Augusto da

Luz, Archibaldo Maria da.............. Luz, F. J. da

Luz, Henrique da

Assistant, China Export and Import and

Bank, Co., Ld.

Salesman, Deutsche Farben-Handels-

gesellschaft Waibel & Co....... Assistant, Kruse & Co.

Assistant, J. M. Alves & Co., Ld. ... Clerk, F. Feld & Co. Clerk, G. E. Huygen

Chinese Ince. Manager, New Zealand

Ince. Co., Ld.

Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Clerk, H.K. & Shanghai Bank Clerk, Dollar S.S. Line

Meter Superintendent, China Light &

Power Co., Ld.

Assistant, H.K., Canton & Macao

Steamboat Co., Ld........................

Luz, José Maria de Lourdes.....' Assistant, Standard Oil Co......

Lyle, David....

Lyon, David

Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.....

Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Installation Engineer, China Light &

Power Co., Ld.

229 Nathan Road, Kowloon,

R.B.L. 174, Pokfulam. 38/40 Kennedy Road.

43 Caine Road, Ground floor. 197 Hennessy Road, 2nd floor. 197 Hennessy Road, 2nd floor.

14 Arbuthnot Road. On premises.

On premises.

2 Peace Avenue, Homuntin.

311. Nathan Road, Top floor, Kiloon.

16 Macdonnell Road.

4 Saifee Terrace.

Quarry Bay.

8 The Peak.

C.L.P. Staff Quarters, Tai Wan.

Ma Wai-but

Ma Wai-lum

Macadam, David James MacArthur, Andrew MacArthur, Neil...................... Macaskill, Kenneth Roderick.. Macaulay, Alastair Murray Macdonald, Joseph.. Macdonald, J. B.

Macdonald, Thomas Rose...... Macdougall, Robert Ernest Macey, Leslie William Robert

Macfarlane, Alexander

Macfarlane, Malcolm..

Macfarlane, William

Chief Cashier National Commercial &

Savings Bank, Ld...................

Secretary, A. B. Moulder & Co., Ld........ Assistant, Central Agency, Ld. Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard.... Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard...

Asst., H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Chartered Accountant, Lowe, Bingham

& Matthews

Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld...] Storekeeper, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Engineer, Dairy Farm I. & C. Storage

Co., Lủ.

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire

Engineer, Dairy Farm I. & C. Storage

Co., La.

Machado, Francisco Antonio... Assistaut, China Provident Loan &

Mortgage Co., Ld.

MacIndoe, Andrew......

Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard..

Macintosh. Neil Mackenzie

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire

Mackay, Charles

Mackenzie, Alexander

Mackenzie, Allan

Timekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard

Assistant, Standard Oil Co.... Assistant, Dairy Farm Ice & Cold

Storage Co., Ld.................

Mackenzie, Andrew Neilson... Assistant Engineer, H.K. & Kowloon

Mackenzie, David.

Mackenzie, John Murdo

Mackenzie, Kenneth Mackintosh, Frederick

Alexander..

MacKnight, John

Maher, Francis William

Wharf & Godown Co., Ld. Engineer, H.K. & Kowloon Wharf &

Godown Co., Ld....... Asst., Marine Dept., Canadian Pacific

S.S. Co., Ld.

Banker, H.K. & Shanghai Bauk...

Manager, Mackintosh's, Ld. Manager, Mustard & Co., Ld.... Shipwright Diver, H.K. & Whampoa

Dock Co., Ld.

22 Kennedy Road, Hong Kong. 49 Bonham Road. 20 Peak Road. Quarry Bay.

Quarry Bay.

On premises.

North Point Installation.

On premises. Hong Kong Club. 106 The Peak.

On premises.

Ice Works, East Point, On premises.

Claremont Hotel,

24 Granville Road. Quarry Bay.

On premises. Quarry Bay.

13 Homuntin Street.

29 Canton Road, Top floor.

32 Humphreys Building, Kowloon.

2 United Terrace, Homuntin. On premises.

270 The Peak. Claremont Hotel.

On premises.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

M--Continued.

Major, Harry Richard Mak Kam-vuk Malterre, J. HI.. Mandracchia, Joseph Mann, George Carl

Mann Kwong-wong

Manners, John

Manning, Ernest.....

Mausfield, William Robert.. Manton, Alfred Joseph Manuk, Malcolm

Marçal, Henrique Oscar.......

Markar, Cassim Gaful Marques, Francisco Luiz Marques, José Daniel Marques, Luiz Zeferino.. Marriott, Henry..

Marshall, Daniel...... .Marshall, George Vincente

Tarik

Marshall, Herbert Marshall Marshall, James Gray Marshall, Walter Leonard..

Martin, Alfred Edgcombe...... Martin, Alfred John James Martin, Thomas Archdale...... Massey, Brian Phillips Masson, John Robertson. Matchin, William James

Mathieson, Neil

Matthews, Charles Buchan Matthews, William Maunder, Frank Gordon Maurice, Mathew Stephen Maxwell, John Jex May, George Thomas May, Leon

May, Oscar......

Mayhew, John Wesley

Maynard, David Macrum

McAvoy, Dennis George McCormack, John McEachran, Alexander

Redford McEwan, James Dodds. McFarlane, John McFerran, David

McIntosh, James Stuart

McKay, Douglas Desmond McKay, Hugh Stewart McKechnie, Hugh McKellar, Alexander..

McKelvie, John....

McKenzie, William Louis......

Asst., Union Ins. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Assistant, St. George's Hotel Per Pro. Manager, Chase Bank Assistant Manager, Java, China &

Japan Line......

Secretary, National Commercial &

Savings Bank, Ld...... Merchant, J. Manners & Co., Ld. Assistant, J. D. Hutchison & Co. Asst., Union Ince. Socty, of Canton, Ld... Traffic Inspector, H.K. Tramways, Ld.... Secretary, Dairy Farm I. & C. Storage

Co., Ld.

Clerk, Netherlandsche Indische

Commercial Bank

Clerk, Holland-China Trading Co....... Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Asst., H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld........ Clerk, Chartered Bank

Sergt. of Police, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Assistant, H.K. and China Gas Co., Ld...

Assistant, S. J. David & Co. Salesman, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Chief Manager, J. G. Marshall & Sons. Assistant General Manager, Standard

Oil Co..........

Per pro Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co...... Clerk, Vacuum Oil Co...... Assistant, E. D. Sassoon and Co., Ld. H.K. & Shanghai Bank Management, Butterfield & Swire Engineer, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Draughtsman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Chief Accountant, Thomson & Co. Clerk, American Express Co.

On premises.

16 Pokfulam, 1st floor. On premises.

18 Lyeemun Buildings.

On premises.

K.I.L. No. 1685, Prince Edward Rd.. On premises.

19 Babington Path. On premises.

476 Lockhart Road, 2nd floor.

Peninsula Hotel,

558 Nathan Road, Kowloon. 355 Lockhart Road, H.K. On premises.

On premises.

2 Soares Avenue, Homuntin.

On premises. On premises.

Knutsford Hotel.

13 Bowen Road.

7 Seen Keen Terrace, Causeway Bay.

18 Peak Road.

On premises.

64A Nathan Road, Kowloon.

...

7 Branksome Towers.

On premises.

►

Asst., H.K. & K'loon W. & G. Co.. Ld........... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Secretary, Credit Foncier d'Extreme

Orient

Manager, Bodiker & Co.

Assistant, Standard Oil Co.... Assistant, U. S. Trade Commissioner. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard

Assistant, China Navigation S.S. Co. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Engineer, Dairy, Farm I. & C. Storage

Co., Ld.

Chief Draughtsman, H.K. & Whampoa

Dock Co., Ld........... Freight Clerk, Dollar S.S. Line Electric Engineer, H.K. Electric, Co., Ld. Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Assistant, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.,

Ld.

Boilermaker, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

On premises.

North Point.

Hong Kong Club.

284 Lockhart Road.

1-3 Ashley Road, Kowloon. On premises.

102 Waterloo Road.

Ellenbud Villa, Sassoon Road.

Friston Cottage, May Road. Ava Mansions,

On premises. Quarry Bay.

On premises.

Ice Works, East Point.

On premises.

9 Tregunter Mansions. II.E.C. Quarters, 9 Causeway Hill.. On premises.

On premises.

Chartered Accountant, H.K. Telephone

Co., Ld.

On premises.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

M-Continued.

McLaggan, James Ormiston...

McLean, William McLeod, George... McNeillie, David

McPherson, John Livingston.. McTavish, Hector McEwen..

Mead, Richard George Usher.. Meadows, Robert Samuel

Meffan, Henry Alexander Meffan, Norman Dunn Melchers, Carl Gerhard.. Mellis, George Meunier, Paul..... Meyer, Joseph George Middleton, Frederick Barnard

Tindal

Miles, William

Milden, Thomas....

Millar, Gavin Hamilton Millard, Cyril Edwin.....

Miller, David Charleton Miller, Horace Morgan Miners, Charles R. Minu, Abdul Karim Mitchell, John.

Mitford, Eric

Mody, Felix Hurley

Mohammed, Abdul Gunni.. Mok Ching-um

Mok Kon-sang

Mok Robert

Mok Siu-sek

Mok Tat-huen

Monaghan, Thomas

Christopher

Montalto de Jesus, Diniz

Alecto

Montargis, Maurice Jean

Baptiste......

Monteiro, Francisco Xavier Moore, Brinsley John de Heez. Moore, Edward Moosa, Sheikh Mustapha Morhaus, Johan Maarten

Mornhinweg, Alfred Morris, Joseph Wheeler Morris, Walter James

Morrison, Robert

Morse, Arthur........ Morton, Charles

Morton, Howard Peter Mose, Carlo.................... Mow Fung, Edward

Mow Fung. Fred

Draughtsman, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard. Secretary, Chinese Y.M.C.A Met. Chemist, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Lư.

Outfitter, Wm. Powell, Ld. Assistant, Dairy Farm Ice & Cold

Storage Co., Ld...................

Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard...... Partner, Melchers & Co.

Jeweller, Falconer & Co., Ld.

On premises. Knutsford Hotel. Quarry Bay. Quarry Bay. On premises.

On premises.

1 Moreton Terrace.

Braemar, Pokfulam, On premises. . Quarry Bay.

532 The Peak. On premises.

Asst. Manager, Charbonnages des Tonkin. Feninsula Hotel. Assistant, Mackintosh's, Ld.

Clerk, Far East Oxygen & Acetylene

Co., Ld.

Butcher, Dairy Farm I. & C. Storage

Co., Ld.

Sub. Manager, H.K. & Shanghai Hotels,

Ld.

Assistant, Pentreath & Co.

Store-keeper, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Lu.

Act. Agent, Canadian Pacific S.S. Co. Wharfinger, H.K. & K. W. & G. Co., Ld. Assistant, Inst. Engineer, Texas Oil Co. Clerk, H.K. Electric Co., Lal.

Chief foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Asst. Engineer, H.K. Tramways. Ld.

Exchange Broker..

Clerk, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant Compradore, Holts Wharf Compradore, Butterfield & Swire Clerk, U. S. Trade Commissioner Assistant, Gay Kee

Manager, Chau Yne Teng

6 King's Park Building, Kowloon.

On premises.

228 Wanchai Road.

Hong Kong Hotel. Hong Kong Club.

On premises. Peninsula Hotel. On premises. On premises.

8 Lamont's Lane, 2nd floor. On premises.

11 Dragon Terrace, 2nd floor Cause-

way Bay.

Repulse Bay Hotel.

410 Hennessy Road, 2nd floor.

K. I. L. 2298 Sai Yeung Choi Street. 43 Robinson Road.

168 Hennessy Road, 1st fl., Wanchai, On premises.

3 Lee Yuen St. East, 1st & 2nd fls.

Catering Supt., Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld. 456 The Peak.

Clerk, Dollar S.S. Line

Exchange Broker Assistant, Botelho Bros.

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant, J. E. Joseph

Accountant, Nederlandsch Indische

Handelsbank

Engineer, Chien Hsin Engineering Co. Passenger Agent, Dollar S.S. Line..... Overseer, H.K. Land Investment &

Agency Co., Ld..... Boilermaker, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

H.K. & Shanghai Bank

Manager, Charles Morton & Co....................... Asst., H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld..... Managing Director, Der A. Wing & Co.,

Ld. Banker & Co.

1 The Albany.

7A Bowen Road,

10 Hart Avenue, Kowloon. On premises.

Quarry Bay.

91 Austin Road, Kowloon.

Sun Rise, Stubbs Road,

16 Chatham Road.

2 Lyeemun Buildings, Kowloon.

24 Conduit Road.

On premises.

257 Queen's Road, East. On premises.

229 Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Castle Peak.

Whiteaway Laidlaw Building.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

M-Continued,

Muir, David

Muir, Henry Menzies Muller, Haus Herbert Mundy, Hector Herbert.. Munro, Donald

Manton, Douglas William...

Minuze, Albert Murdoch, Arthur Murphy, Edward Owen.. Murray, Gilbert Ramsey

Murray, Ian Norman

Assistant, Fitting Dept., H.K. & China

Gas Co., Ld.

Assistant, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., Clerk, Seimens China Co. Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard... Executive Engineer, China Light &

Power Co., (1918), Ld.. Master Mariner, Anderson & Asbe....... Acct., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Id. Accountant, H.K. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld. Meter Supt., China Light & Power

Co. (1918), Ld.

Distribution Engineer, China Light &

Power Co. (1918), Ld.

Muskett, William Herbert Basil Clerk, H.K. Electric & Co., Ld.. Mylo, Arthur

Architect, Little, Adams & Wood

On premises. On premises.

7 Duddell Street. 3 Zetland Street. Quarry Bay.

24 Somerset Road, Kowloon Tong. 113 Caine Road. 192 The Peak, Empress Lodge.

C. L. P. Quarters, Kowloon Tong.

C. L. P. Quarters, Kowloon Tong. Homeville, Wanchai Road. 96 Nathan Road.

Naef, Walter

Naess, Birger

Nagai, Kanao.......

Nagel Dr. Theodore,

Nazarin, Razee

Neale, Frederick Hardy.... Neave, Cecil

Nelson, Charles Cowley Nemazee, Mohamed Neves, Florindo José.. Neves, João Maria... Ngan Shing-kwan Nicholson, Leslie Frere.... Nijhoff, Bonno Harm...

Nisbet, George

Nish, Hugh.....

Normington, Fred.

Noronha, Eduardo Antonio Noronha, Guilherme Antonio. Noronha, Jose Eduardo...... Noronha, José Maria

Norris, Edgar Charles

Nowers, William Arthur

Arnhold& Co., Ld.

Assistant., Karsten Larssen & Co.,

(H.K), Ld.

Clerk, Toyo Menka Kaisha, Ld...... Traveller, Deutsche Farben-Handels

Gesellschaft (Waibel & Co.)... Accountant, Harry Wicking & Co.. Wireless Dept., Butterfield & Swire Assist., H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. Engine Works Manager, Taikoo Dockyard. Merchant, H. M. H. Nemazee Clerk, Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ld.. Clerk, Chartered Bank................. Managing Partner, China Motor Bus Co. Engineer, H.K. & China Gas Co., Ld. ... Assistant, Nederlandsche Handels-

Maatschappij ..... Storekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant Official Measurer

Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld................ Clerk, Green Island Cement Co., Ld........... Clerk, China Light & Power Co., Ld. Assistant, H.K. Amusements, Ld..... Secretary, Crédit Foncier d'Extrême-

Orient

Electrical Engineer, General Electric

Co. of China, Ld................ Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.

...

17 Lyeemun Buildings, Kowloon,

9 Cameron Road.

36 Kennedy Road.

Mountview, Sassoon Road.

13 Matheson Street. On premises. On premises. Quarry Bay.

On premises.

5 St. Joseph's Building. 319 Nathan Road. 61 Kennedy Road, On premises.

16 Conduit Road. Quarry Bay.

Kirkmaiden, Prince Edward Road,

Kowloon.

Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 7.

8 Gordon Terrace, Kowloon.

8 Gordon Terrace, Kowloon. 23 Ashley Road, Kowloon,

27 Ashley Road, Kowloon.

Claremont Hotel, On premises.

O'Brien, Michael

Odell, Harry

Odland, Sverre

Oei Kang-tjivan.........

Oei Tjong-teong....

Offenberg, Cor

Ogley, Wilfred Clarence

Broker

Broker, Francisco Xavier Anacleto da

Silva

Assistant, Karsten Larssen & Co.

(H.K.), Ld.....

Manager Director, Kian Gwan Co.

India, Ld........

Manager Director, Kian Gwan Co.

India, Ld.......

St. Francis Hotel.

R.B.L., 218 Pokfulam.

10 Hart Avenue.

Sunrise, Stubbs Road.

31B Peking Building, 2nd floor,

Nathan Road.

Shipping Clerk, Java-China-Japan Lijn... On premises. Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld.

15 Hankow Road

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

●—Continued.

O'Hoy, Suey Len Okamoto, Tatsuzo

Olaes, Alberto Ambrosio Olesen, Marcus Peter.....

Oliveira, Oscar Mirandolino

dos Santos

Oliver, George Kenneth Omar, Ramsem Mohomed Omar, Usuff Mohomed O'Neill, William... Orchard, William Edwin Ormiston, James Ortlepp, Friedrich Osborne, Alfred Richard Osborne, Patrick William

Osmund, Alberto José

Osmund, Arthur Frederick Osmund, Cesar Henry Osmund, Ernest Edgar Osmund, Luiz Augusto... Oswald, William Robert Overy, Hubert Owen, Edmund Owen, George Henry

Ozorio, Eurico Maria.. Ozorio, José de Graça

Compradore, Dollar S.S. Line Partner, Chuwa Yoko

133 Hennessy Road.

1 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon.

Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld.. 1 Granville Road, Kowloon. Accountant, Texas Oil Co.....

Banoo Building, 7 Hankow Road,

Kowloon.

Clerk, Green Island Cement Co., Ld..... 14 Ashley Road, Kowloon. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, Ellis & Edgar

Clerk, H.K. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld... Agent, Reuters, Ld....

Electrician, H.K. Electric Co., Ld....... Engineer, Reiss, Massey & Co., Ld. Merchant, Bornemann & Co.. Timekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard Attendant, Central Showroom, H.K. &

China Gas Co., Ld.

On premises.

447 Hennessy Road, Top floor. 3 Tin Lok Lane.

7 Duddell Street.

87 Waterloo Road, Kowloon. 15 Humphreys Building. 180 The Peak. Quarry Bay.

125 Pai Tai Street. 9 Hart Avenue.

I Liberty Avenue, Homuntin.

Assistant, Standard Oil Co., Ld.. Assistaut, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld...] Clerk, Green Island Cement Co., Ld................... 564 Nathan Road, Kowloon. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co, Ld...] Asst., Union Ince. Socty, of Canton, Ld... Draughtsman, Taikoo Dockyard... Manager, Wm. Powell, Ld... Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld.

Office Assistant, Williamson & Co.... Clerk, Chartered Bank...

1 Liberty Avenue, Homuntin. Union Building, Quarry Bay.

21 Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon. 12 Braemar Terrace. Y.M.C.A.,

Kowloon.

7 Middle Road.

Asst., H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... On premises.

Pak Min-zay

Palmer, Alfred James Palmer, George Thomas Palmer, Henry Thomas.. Panizzi, Joseph Vincent Pang Kok-sui. Pang Kwok-fatt..

Par Kin-wong...

Parker, Andrew Marshall ......

Parkinson, James Dawson

Parry, John Edward

Llewellyn

Parsons, Harry McCleery.. Parsons, Thomas Riddle.

Parton, Francis Leopold Pasco, Boris

Paterson, Thomas Garner. Pan Lai-chee

Pao Lin-li

Paul, Alfred Frank........ Payne, George Richard. Payne, Oscar Birkett.. Pearson, Alfred Edward...

Pearson, Harold Aubrey

Peers, William Edgar

Pendergast, William John.............

Manager, Chinese Trading Co.

7 Stanley Street, 1st floor.

Asst., Union Insce. Socty, of Canton, Ld. On premises. Assistant, Bradley & Co., Ld.... Store-keeper, Taikoo Dock Yard

Asst., Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ld. Ship Broker, George Grimble & Co...... Assistant, George Grimble & Co. Assistant Compradore, American

Express Co.

General Agent, Passenger Department,

Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. Assista t Engineer, China Light &

Power Co., Ld.

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld...... Assistant, Reiss Massey & Co., Ld... Garage Manager, H.K. & Shanghai

Hotels, Ld.

Wharfinger, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Bookseller, Brewer & Co., Ld............

Consulting Engineer, Anderson & Ashe... Clerk, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld..

China Travel Service H.K. Electric Co., Ld.

Ticket Clerk, Canadian Pacific S.S. Id. Designer, Arts & Crafts, Ld. Draughtsman, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Ld.

Manager, Swedish-Chinese Export &

Import Co., Ld.

Electrical Engineer, H.K. Electric

Co., Ld.

Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.............

67 Nathan Road. Quarry Bay.

On premises.

13 Man Chung Fong Terrace. 328 Hennessy Road, Wanchai.

23 Bonham Strand, West.

On premises.

C.L.P. Staff Quarters, Tai Wan.

Ou premises.

35 Nathan Road, Kowloon,

Repulse Bay Hotel. Quarry Bay.

On premises. 14 Conduit Road.

On premises.

5 Fung Wong Terrace. 82 Morrison Hill Road.

19 Fung Tai Terrace, Happy Valley. On premises.

On premises.

2 Tregunter Mansions.

Derrington, 3 Bowen Road. Quarry Bay.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

P-Continued.

Pentreath, George Artis Peoples, David Percy, Vickers

Pereira, Carlos Eduardo Roza. Pereira, Charles Michael Emil. Pereira, Firmino Maria Pereira, João Patricio Pereira, Thomas Maria Perrin, Norman James Perry, Arthur Henry Allan Perry, Silas Shalome... Pestonji, Rustom

Peters, William Henry Petherick, Vivian

Pethick, Harry Hathaway. Petrie, James

Peuster, Paul Oscar Philip, Jean Pierre Philippens, Adolphe Philips, Alexander Roy

Henderson

Philipson, Frederick Pile, Arthur George Pinguet, Paul Maurice Pinna, Carlos Luis.......

Pinna, Germano Angusto de.....]

Pinna. Jose Mathias

Pinna, Luiz Gonzaga....

Pinna, Mario Francisco.

Manager, Pentreath & Co. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard Engineer, Reiss Massey & Co., Ld....................... Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Book-keeper, David Sassoon & Co., Ld.... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Asst., Shewan, Tomes & Co

Clerk, National City Bank of New York Manager, Thos. Cook & Son, Ld. Mechanic, H.K. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld.. Bill & Exchange Broker, S. S. Perry Share Broker, Benjamin & Potts Assistant, Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld..... Wharfinger, H.K. & Kowloon Wharf &

Godown Co., Ld.

Attorney, Standard Oil Co........ Assistant, Davie Boag & Co., Ld. Assistant, John Manners & Co. Assistant, Messageries Maritimes Cie Assistant, Orient Tobacco Manufactory...

Work Manager, Taikoo Sugar Refinery... Callender Cable Co.

Architect

Merchant

Clerk, Chartered Bank.... Assistant, Nederlandsche Handel

Maatschappij

Clerk, Chartered Bank..

Asst., Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Clerk, Far East Aviation Co., Ld. Pinna, Sebastião Francisco de Assistant, Harry Wicking & Co.

Pintos, Cecilio Paulo... Piovanelli Alfonso G. Pittendrigh, William McKenzie Plummer, George Arthur

Lawrence

Plummer, John Archibald

Hugh

Politi, Menache Elie. Polson, John Callander Pomeroy, Henry William Pomeroy, John Bernard Pooler, John

Poon Kam-kei..............

Poon Ping-chung, Henry Popple, Alan

Price, Eliezer Richard Prince, Athole Vere Prophet, David L.

Provan, James Doig Pryce, Charles

Pun In-tat

Clerk, Holland-China Trading Co. Manager, H.K. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld.... Merchant, Pittendrigh & Co.

Asst., Union Insurance Society of

Canton, Ld......

Assistant, Bradley & Co., Ld. Broker, A. H. Potts & Co. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.

Clerk, Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming..... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Assistant, Mustard & Co., Ld. Shroff, Nestle & Anglo Swiss

Hong Kong Club. Quarry Bay.

30 Cumberland Road, Kowloon Tong.. 2 Cambay Building, Kowloon. 5 Nanking Street, Kowloon. 2 Cameron Road, Kowloon. 1 Rednaxella Terrace, Hong Kong. 5 Saifee Terrace, Top floor. Repulse Bay Hotel. Harbour View. On premises.

8 Humphreys Building, Kowloon. 28 Kai Tack Road, Kowloon.

246 Nathan Road.

18 Peak Road,

On premises.

5 Tak Shing Street, Kowloon. On premises.

On premises. On premises.

4 Ashley Road, Kowloon. Miramen, Deep Water Bay. 17 Jordan Road, Kowloon.

I Kimberley Road, Kowloon. 25 Jordan Road. On premises.

21 Jordan Road, Kowloon.

1 Kimberley Road, Kowloon. 562 Nathan Road, Kowloon. Peninsula Hotel. On premises.

Union Building.

575 The Peak.

18 Humphreys Building. Quarry Bay.

230 Wanchai Road. 302 Nathan Road.

11 Dragon Terrace, Causeway Bay.

Condensed Milk Co. Assistant, H.K. Amusements, Ld. Book-seller, Kelly & Walsh, Ld.......... Assistant Secretary, Chamber of Commerce Marine Engineer, Williamson & Co. Chartered Acct., Linstead & Davies Engineer, H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. Accountant, Canadian Pacific S.S., Ld... | 2 Basilea, Lyttelton Road. Civil Engineer, Clark & Iu

346 Lockhart Road, Wauchai, 1st fl. 10 South View Building, Kowloon.. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon. No. 4 Luna Buildings. 13A Macdonnell Road. Sassoon Villas, Pokfulam. On premises.

14 Chima Terrace.

Quan Shu John Quark, Francis William... Quie, Joseph Leslie

Quinlan, Edward

Chief Accountant, Bank of Canton, Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld...... Secretary, Humphreys Estate & Finance

Co., Ld.

Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld.

65 Caine Road, 2nd floor. On premises.

8 Shouson Hill, Deep Water Bay. 24 Fung Tai Terrace.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

Rahumed, Abdul Kadir. Railton, Eric Wilfrid.... Railton, Manning Leonard Railton, Norman Leslie

Howard

Rakusen, Manassah Ralphs, Andrew John

Ramage, Leslie George Edgar. Ramsay, Allen Barrie Ramsay, Peter Walter

Robertson

Ramsay, Robert Albert

Ramsay,

Thomas

Randall, Benjamin Cutler Jr... Randall, Herbert Wells..... Rapley, Frederick Louis

Rasmussen, Vohu Agnes

Jens Jorgensen

Ratten, John Richard

Clerk, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld..............] Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld.

Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld.. Sub. Manager, Sennet Freres Owner British Bicycle Co.

118 Hollywood Road, 1st floor. On premises. 304 The Peak.

304 The Peak.

7 Duddell Street.

32 & 34 Johnston Road.

Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... On premises. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.....................

Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard...............

Engineer, H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co.,

Ld.

Naval Architect, Williamson Co..... Accountant, Benjamin & Potts Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld.

Asst. Acet., H.K. & China Gas Co., Ld.

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld...... Mercantile Assistant, Dairy Farm

I & C. Storage Co., Ld.

Raven, Arthur Robert Fenton. General Works Manager, H.K.

Raven, Oscar Boulthee Raworth, Arthur Basil

Raymond, Edward Maurice Reasou, H.

Rees, Horace Peter

Reid, Alan

Reinecke, Albrecht Reis, José Manuel...... Remedios, Alfredo Frederico

dos

Remedios, Carlos Augusto dos Remedios, Edmundo Alberto

dos Remedios, Fernando Eduardo

d'Almada

Remedios, Francisco Xavier

d'Almada................

Remedios, Hermillo

Hermegildo

Remedios, Jorge Maria

Ozorio dos

Remedios, José Julita dos Remedios, José Maria

Vandenberg..... Remedios, Luiz Eugenio Remedios, Luiz Gonzaga Remedios, Maximiano Antonio dos

Revie, John

Rew, Tommy James Ribeiro, Angelo Cecilio Vieira. Ribeiro, Antao Emmanuel...... Ribeiro, Carlos de Vieira Ribeiro, Fernando Alfredo

Vieira Ribeiro, Francisco Ranl..... Ribeiro, Francisco Xavier

Vieira... Ribeiro, Frederico Francisco...] Ribeiro, João Chrysostomo

Vieira

Quarry Bay.

On premises. Hong Kong Club,

7 Braemar Terrace. 1 Prospect Place. On premises.

On premises.

47 Granville Road.

Engineering & Construction Co., Ld. 2 North View Bungalow, Shaukiwan

Architect, Raven & Basto

Electrical Engineer, General Electric

Co. of China, Ld. Financier

Burner, Green Island Cement Works.. Cutter, Wm. Powell, Ld..... Sub-Acct., Chartered Bank Bornemann & Co.......

Clerk, H.K. & Shanghai Bank

Clerk, II.K. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, General Electric Co. of China.

Accountant, Kelly & Walsh, Ld.

Assistant, Union Trading Co., Ld..........

Acct., General Electric Co. of China......

Ruttonjee & Co.

Road.

37 Humphreys Buildings.

377 The Peak. Exchange Building, Claremont Hotel.

16 Fung Fai Terrace. 294 The Peak.

On premises.

2 Saifee Terrace.

On premises.

7 Nanking Street, Top fl., Kowloon,

1 The Albany, Hong Kong.

6 Peace Avenue, Homuntin.

11 Queen's Terrace, Top floor,

Homuntin.

On premises.

Chief Clerk, Mercantile Bank of India, Ld. 7 Middle Road, Kowloon. Clerk, H.K. & Shanghai Bank

On premises.

Asst., H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... On premises. Clerk, Banque Franco-Chinoise Assistant, Standard Oil Co.

Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld....... Asst., H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... Clerk, Mercantile Bank of India Assistant, Texas Co. (China), Ld. Assistant, Standard Oil Co....... Assistant, Standard Oil Co.....

On premises.

7 Liberty Avenue,

4 Observatory Villas. On premises.

160 Johnstone Road,

14 Granville Road.

20 Granville Road. 5 Carnarvon Villas.

Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld...! 12 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon. Clørk, American Express Co.

Dist. Accountant, Texas Co., Ld. Assistaut, Dodwell & Co., Ld..............

Clerk, H.K. & Shanghai Bank

2 St. Joseph's Terrace.

2 Carnarvon Road, Kowloon. 6 Hanoi Road, Kowloon.

On premises.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

R-Continued.

Ribeiro, José Antonio da

Costa Vieira Ribeiro, João Francisco Vieira. Ribeiro, Jorge Alberto Vieira. Ribeiro, Julio Carmo Vieira ... Ribeiro, Luiz Antonio Vieira.

Ribeiro, Luiz Gonzaga Ribeiro, Oscar Francisco, Jr... Ribeiro, Vicente Rogerio Vieira Richmond, John Fletcher Riddell, Thomas William Rigg, William Hyslop Brown. Riggs, Charles Butler Ritchie, Archibald

Robb, David Scott...

Roberts, Charles Collingwood. Roberts, Frank Durell Roberts, Roberto Maria

Robertson, Cameron de Saille.. Robertson, Leslie Gillett Robertson, John

Robertson, William

Robertson, William Gordon Robinson, Jack Fraser

Robinson, John Lancaster. Robinson, Karl Henry Robinson, William George Rocha, Antonio Maria Barros

da..... Rocha, Claudio Lisola Rocha, Epiphanio Maria da

Rocha, Ignacio, Loyola

Rocha, José Estevão Rocha, Luiz Antonio da Rocha, Kuy Marcos da Rodger, George Sinclair

Rodger, John

Rodgers, Herbert Austin

Rodrigues, Alberto Antonio

Maria

Rodrigues, Antonio Joseph Rodrigues, Carlos Augusto

de Carvalho

Rohner, George Wilhelm

Rollin, Adolthe

Rome, Louis de

Rosario, Luiz Gonsaga

Ross, Cecil Philip

Ross, Frederick White

On premises.

Assistant, Jebsen & Co. Assistant, Maxim & Co. Manager, Maxim & Co. Merchant, Maxim & Co. Accountant, Nestle & Anglo Swiss

Condensed Milk, Assistant, G. U. da Roza Assistant, Lane, Crawford, Ld. Asst., Union Ince. Socty. of Canton, Ld... Union Building. Assistant, Standard Oil Co........ H.K. & Shanghai Bank Banker, H.K. & Shanghai Bank. Wharf Manager, Holt's Wharf

5 Hart Avenue, Kowloon. 6 Minden Avenue, Kowloon.

1 Observatory Villas, Kowloon.

Chartered Accountant, Lowe, Bingham

& Matthews Accountant, Lowe, Bingham &

Matthews

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Assistant, Butterfield & Swire Asst., Jardine Engineering Corporation,

Ld.

Secretary, H.K. Breser & Distillers, Ld.. Banker, H.K. & Shanghai Bank.............. Assistant, Hong Kong & Kowloon

W. & G. Co., Lt

Accountant, American Express Co., Ld. Director, Pure Cane Molasses Co., Ld. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire

Merchant, Alex. Ross & Co. (China), Ld. Manager, Texas Oil Co.

Assistaut, Alex. Ross & Co., (China), Ld.

Clerk, Kai Tack Motor Bus. Co., Ld.............. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Assistant, China Provident Loan &

Mortgage Co., Ld.

Clerk, British American Tobacco Co.,

Ld.

15 Wing Lok Bldg., 1st fl., K'loon, 7 Gordon Terrace, Kowloon. 6 Knutsford Terrace,

Peninsula Hotel.

On premises.

Highlands, Austin Avenue, K'loon.

On premises.

Un premises.

9 Nanking Street, 3rd floor. On premises. On premises.

Kingsclere Hotel. Kingsclere, Kowloon. 166 The Peak. On premises.

4 Tregunter Mansions. Peninsula Hotel. 11 Carnarvon Road.

37 Jordan Road, Kowloon. 5в Chancery Lane.

222 Wanchai Road.

5 Gordon Terrace.

Clerk, British-American Tobacco Co., Ld. 2 Granville Road, Kowloon.

Book-keeper, G. U. da Roza

Manager, J. M. da Rocha & Co. Workshop Superintendent, H.K.

Tramways, Ld.

Asst., Central Agency, Ld.

Accountant, H.K. Land Investment Co.,

Ld.

Asst., Union Ince. Socty, of Canton, Ld... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld......

1 Robinson Road.

3 Robinson Road.

1 Russell Street.

19 Granville Road.

The Lookout, Taipo.

Union Building. On premises.

Accountant, Union Trading Co., Ld....... 8 Liberty Avenue, Homuntin.

Assistaut, Nederlandsche Handel

Maatschappij

Manager, Banque Franco Chinoise Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld

Rosa, Crispiniano Ignacio da. Clerk, Dodwell & Co., Ld.

Thomson

Ross, John Kennedy Ross, Leslie

Ross, Sydney Hampden....

Rosselet, Charles Simon.... Rouban, Michael John

Claims Clerk, Dollar S. S.

4 Humphreys Buildings.

On premises.

H.E.C. Quarters, IA Causeway Hill.

202 Jordan Road, Kowloon.

101 Austin Road, Kowloon.

Assistant, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co... On premises.

Jeweller, Falconer & Co., Ld................

Merchant, Alex. Ross & Co. Architect, Little Adams & Wood Chartered Accountant, Percy Smith,

Seth & Fleming

Secretary, H.K. Amusements, Ld Bookseller, Kelly & Walsh, Ld.....

On premises.

4 Tregunter Mansions, May Road. On premises.

Morningside, Shek O. 4 Dragon Terrace. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

R-Continued.

Rounds, Kenneth Karl

Roza, Alfred William da Roza, Carlito Vicente

Roza, Edmundo Duarte da......

Roza, Gustavo Uriel da........... Roza, Julio Henrique da Rozario, Arthur Cornelius. Rozario, Daniel Anthero

Sub-Accountant, National City Bank of

New York

Principal, Roza Bros.

Clerk, Chartered Bank............... Incorporated Accountant, Lowe,

Bingham & Matthews

Principal

Clerk, Chartered Bank....

Derrington Hotel.

15 Antrim Villas, Chatham Road. 28 Robinson Road.

On premises.

2 Essex Crescent. 138 Caine Road.

Clerk, National City Bank of New York.. 29 Ashley Road. Assistant, Botelho Bros.

Rozario, Eduardo Jose Maria do Assistant, Texas Co. (China), Ld.

Rozario, Luiz Alberto

Ruffin, Lewis Holt......

Rull, Marcelino Joseph Rumjahn, Dawood Rumjabu, Sirdar Ahmet Russell, George Henderson.... Russell, John Russell, Moses Ruttonjee, Jehangir Hormusjee Ryan, Lionel Ernest Norwood.

Saenger, Willy

Salmet, Ernest Manuel...

Sakurai, Tetsujiro Salter, Sidney Charles

Sample, Edmund Frederick

Ronald.........

Samy, Arthur Poonoo

Samy, Abdul Rhaman

Mahomet

Samy, Arthur.......... Sander, Roland Sanderson, William

Sandstrom, Earl Russell Sanger, Richard ............. Sauerbeck, Helmut

Saunders, William

Sayce, Kelly

Sebmidt, Richard

Schrueder, William Adriaan... Schwob, Rudolf Hugo Scott, Harry Hodge Scott, Leonard Gordon Searle, Edward Valentine...

Seath, William Petrie

Seidler, Herbert ..........

Seitz, Clayton L.

Selk, Ernest Frederick Sequeira, Augusto Dario Sequeira, Carlos Maria Sequeira, Secundino dos

Santos Seth, Harold Sen Kon-chi Sewell, George William

Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ld.... Sub-Accountant, National City Bank of

New York

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld........... Book-keeper, Gande, Price & Co., Ld. Asst., Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Tailor, Mackintosh & Co., Ld... Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.... Trader

Merchant, H. Ruttonjee & Son Agent, Canadian Pacific S.S.,

Ld.

Assistant, Keller, Kern & Co., Ld.......... Clerk, H.K. Engineering & Construction

Co., Ld.

Managing Director, Cherry & Co.

St. Joseph's Building, Block C. 4 Carnarvon Road, Kowloon. 6 Morrison Gap Road.

18 Peak Road. On premises.

2 Tin Lok Lane, 2nd floor. On premises. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, Quarry Bay.

St. George's Hotel. 7 Duddell Street.

On premises.

Kowloon Tong.

On premises.

6 Hau Fong Lane.

Mercantile Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. 8 Felix Villas.

Architect, Denison Ram & Gibbs Architect

Meter Inspector, China Light & Power

Co., Lil.

Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co. Book-keeper, Sander Wieler & Co. Superintendent Engineer, Jardine,

Matheson & Co., Ld......

Accountant, National City Bank of N.Y. Attorney, Standard Oil Co........ Asst., Oriental Tobacco Manufactory Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Book-seller, Sayce & Kelly.. Manager, Carlowitz & Co. Assistant, Java, China & Japan Line Branch Manager, Siemens China Co.. Engineer, H.K. Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. Superintendent, Peak Tramway Co., Ld. Electrical Engineer, Jardine Engineering

Corporation, Ld................. Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Merchant, Alex Ross & Co.

District Manager, American Asiatic

Underwriters

Secretary

Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Assistant, Standard Oil Co.

Assistant, Standard Oil Co...... Merchant, Himly, Ld.

Broker

On premises.

88 Bonham Road.

1 Warren Street.

88 Bonham Road, Hong Kong.

2 Hankow Road.

1 Carnarvon Buildings. 267 The Peak. 458 Peak.

On premises. On premises.

18 Ice House Street. On premises. On premises. 4 Minden Avenue. On premises. Repulse Bay.

10A Carnarvon Road. On premises. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

On premises.

Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

5 Rutland Quadrant.

1 Soares Avenue.

22 Wing Lok Building, Kowloon.

On premises.

10 Ice House Street.

Merchaut, Robertson, Wilson & Co., Ld.. On premises.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

S-Continued.

Shamy, A. P.

Sharpe, Walter Benjamin Shaw, John Archibald Shaw, Joseph Hilton...

Shea, Edward Francis

Shea, John Frederick

Sheepshanks, Richard David

William

Sheik, Abdool Hamid Sheridan, Harold Joseph Sherry, John Patrick Shervell, Frederick John Shewan, Ian Winchester Shi Kum-kwai

Shim, R..... Shing Fan-lam Shum, S. F.

Silkstone, Albert Edmund.............. Silva, Ambrosio Cesar da...... Silva, Antonio Francisco

Paula da

Silva, Armando Maria da Silva, Arnaldo Heitor Silva, Arthur Luis..... Silva, Francisco Britto

Peres da

Silva, Francisco Xavier

Anacleto da Silva, Francisco Xavier

Maria da...

Silva, Frederico Eugenio .... Silva, George Honorio da

Silva, John Maria

Silva, José Maria Machado

Nolasco

Silva, Marciano Antonio da. Silva, Pedro Nolasco da Silva, Reginaldo Maria

Gomes da

Silva, Ricardo Crescencio da... Simmonds, Ernest William

Simmons, Benjamin William... Simmons, John Henry

Simmons, William Frederick Simon, Carl

.....

Simoes, Manuel Augusto Simpson, Andrew Macfarlane

Singer, Vinzenz

Skinner, Donald.....

Skinner, Leslie Douglas Sleap, Sidney Alfred... Sloan, James

Smith, Arthur William

Smith, Albert James Victor...

Smith, Eric Grant...

Smith. Featonby Stafford.

Clerk, William Meyerink & Co. Tuner, Anderson Music Co....... Assistant, Standard Oil Co.

Asst. China Light & Power Co., Ld....... Stenographer, Canadian Pacific S.S., Co. Asst. Manager, Wallace Harper & Co.,

Ld.

Assistant, Gilman & Co. Clerk, Dollar S.S. Line Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Manager, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld. Shipyard Manager, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co........ Chief Clerk, H.K. & China Gas Co., Ld. Agent, Life Insurance, Asia Insurance Co. Sub. Manager, Bank of China, Ld...... Manager Director, Canadian

Confectionery..

Manager, Moutrie & Co, Ld.

550 Nathan Road. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

2 Branksome Towers.

C.L.P. Staff Quarters, Tai Wan. 27 Kai Tack Road, Kowloon.

On premises.

Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon. 55 Lee Garden Street. Repulse Bay Hotel, On premises. Quarry Bay. Hong Kong Club. On premises. On premises.

53 Wong-nei-chong Road, Top floor..

40 Queen's Road Central. 270 Prince Edward Road.

Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... 5 Nanking Street, Kowloon.

General Electric Co. of China, Ld

9A Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon Tong..

Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... 23 Jordan Road, Kowloon. Assistant, Linstead & Davis Clerk, Chartered Bank..

Clerk, H.K. & Shanghai Bank

Broker

Assistant, Nederlandsche-Handel

Maatschappij

Clerk, Green Island Cement Co., Ld... Engineer, Electric Co., Ld....... Clerk, Banque Franco-Chinoise

Broker

Clerk, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld............. Broker

Asst., Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld. Asst., Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Assistant, Fitting Supt., H.K. & China

Gas Co., Ld.

Engineer, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld................... Resident Supt., Kai Tack Motor Bus. Co.,

(1926) Ld.

Secretary, H.K. Tramways, Ld...... Travelling Salesman, Deutsche Farben

Handelsgesellschaft Waibel & Co. Assistant, Standard Oil Co....... Shipbuilder, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., Lal.

Managing Engineer, Chien Hsin

Engineering Co., L‹l.

Marine Supt., Jardine, Matheson & Co.

Ld.

Asst. Engineer, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld. Asst. Sec., H.K. Jockey Club

Sugar Boiler, Taikoo Sugar Refinery... Purchasing Manager, H.K. & Shanghai

Hotels, Ld..

District Engineer, China Light & Power

Co. (1918), Lư.

Assistant,

dwell & Co., Ld......

3 Duddell Street, 1st floor.

13 Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon.

On premises.

Chung Tin Building.

27 Cameron Road, Kowloon.

3 King's Terrace, Kowloon.

5 Kimberley Road, 2nd floor. On premises.

Exchange Building.

5 Ashley Road, Kowloon. Exchange Building.

9 Liberty Avenue. On premises.

On premises. On premises.

10 Jordon Road, Gr. floor, Kowloon.. 15 Peak Mansions.

9 Felix Villas.

4 Saifee Terrace, Kowloon.

On premises.

39 Humphreys Building.

On premises.

114 The Peak.

On premises.

263 Kowloon Tong.

C. L. P. Staff Quarters, Tai Wan. Peninsula Hotel.

Manager, British-American Tobacco Co. 19 Peak Mansions.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

S-Continued.

Smith, Frederick Stanley

Winfield

Smith, James Smith, Octavius Arthur Smith, Raymond Walter

Smith, William Forsythe

Soltau, Bernhard Soares, Charles Maria Soares, Francisco Xavier Soares, Joannes Alves de

Vasconcellos

Soares, Joaquim Rocque Sommerfelt, Allister Sorby, Vincent Dare

Sorrible, Paul Andrew Sousa, Duarte Eleuterio de Sousa, Eduardo Valerio Maria

Botelho de

Sousa, Eduardo Valerio Maria

Ricci de

Assistant, Dodwell & Co...... Shipping Clerk, Bank Line, Ld...................... Manager, Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ld. Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld.

Asst. Engineer, China Light & Power

Co. (1918), L.

Assistant, Bodiker & Co....... Clerk, Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming.. Clerk, H.K. & Shanghai Bank

Assistant, C. A. da Roza..... Clerk, Dodwell & Co., Ld.

Chartered Accountant, Linstead & Davis. Electrical Engineer, H.K. Electric Co.,

Ld.

Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co. Secretary, Union Waterboat Co., Ld...

Assistant, China Auction Rooms....

Auctioneer, China Auction Rooms...

Sousae, Wilhelmino Inno Jose. Clerk, H.K. Electric Co., Ld.

Soutar, Francis

Souza, Casimiro Marcelino Souza, Eduardo Paulo

Souza, José Francisco

Souza, Luiz Carlos de Rozario. Souza, Marcus Antonio Rozario

Speirs, Edwin John

Spradbery, Ernest Joseph

James

Stabb, Edgar William Stabb, George Wilking. Stalker, Archibald .......

Stainton, Thomas Fletcher

Stanesby, Sydney John

Cleave Stanley, Frank

Stanton, John Reginald Leslie Stark, Charles Crawford Starling, Robert Archibald Stehr, H....

Stevenson, Allan

Stephen, George..

Stewart, Allan Brown

Stewart, Ronald Lindsay

Stewart, Charles Edward

Stewart, Donald.......

Stewart, Gilbert Hugh

Stewart, William Alfred

Stillard, Roger

Stock, Robert. Stoker, William

Stokkink, Albertinus..

Stone, Albert Edward Stone, Harold Edmund

Stoneham, Herbert Frederick.. Stonell, Harry Walter

Clerk, Taikoo Doekyard Clerk, Chartered Bank.... Clerk, Netherlandsch Indische

Handelsbank

Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co. Clerk, H.K. & Shanghai Bank Assistant, Union Insurance Society of

Canton, Ld.....

Asst. Acct., H.K. & Kowloon Wharf

& Godown Co., Ld.

Engineer, H.K. Rope Manufacturing

Co., Ld.

Banker, H.K. & Shanghai Bank H.K. & Shanghai Bank Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard

5 Luna Building.

6 Victory Avenue, Homuntin. On premises.

H.E.C. Quarters, No. 4 Causeway

Hill.

C. L. P. Staff Quarters, Tai Wan. On premises.

27 Jordan Road, Kowloon. On premises.

2 Liberty Avenue, Kowloon,

21 Ashley Road. 196 The Peak.

530 The Peak.

Claremont Hotel.

23 Cumberland Road, Kowloon Tong.

39 Granville Road.

22 Johnston Road, Ground floor. Quarry Bay.

6 Ashley Road, Kowloon.

25 Jordan Road, 3rd floor, K'loon.

34 Ice House Street.

On premises.

Union Building.

Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

23, Homuutin St., Kowloon. On premises. On premises. Quarry Bay.

Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Co., Ld. On premises.

Clerk, H.K. Electric Co., Ld....... Insurance Assistant, South British

Insurance Co....

Assistant, China Underwriters, Ld... Local Manager, Vacuum Oil Co..... ................... Elect. Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld... Manager, Siemssen & Co...... Sub-Acet., P. & O. Bank, Ld............... Manager, Dairy Farm, I. & C. S. Co., Ld. Merchant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ld... Asst., Union Ince. Society of Canton, Ld. Assistant, H.K. Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. Assistant, Gilman & Co., Ld...... Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.. Assistant, Davie, Boag & Co., Ld... Banker, H.K. & Shanghai Bank Merchant, David Sassoon & Co., Ld........ Assistant, H K. Electric Co., Ld. Acting Manager, Nederlandsche Handel-

Maatschappij

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Engineer & Manager, H.K. & China

Gas Co., Ld.

Clerk, Holts Wharf.

·Assistant, Dairy Farm Ice & Cold

Storage Co., Ld.......

Peak Hotel.

9 Branksome Towers.

12 Tregunter Mansions, May Road. 274 The Peak.

9 Braemar Terrace, Quarry Bay. 109 The Peak.

41 Humphreys Building, Kowloon. Domum, Sassoon Road. 351 The Peak. On premises. Cosmopolitan Dock. 7 Pratt Buildings. Quarry Bay. On premises.

On premises.

European Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

9 Magazine Gap Road.

On premises.

Y.M.C.A., Nathan Rd., Kowloon.

Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

S-Continued.

Strafford, Cecil Stuart, John

Sturgeon, James Bassindale...

Suckling, Percy Herbert

Sue, Thomas

Manager, China Light & Power Co., Ld. Sub-Manager, Chartered Bank Draughtsman, H.K. & Whampoa Deck

Co.. Ld....

General Manager, H.K. & Shanghai

Hotels, Ld.

Acct., Andersen, Meyer & Co., Ld. Sueur, Willem Hendrik le...... Cashier, Nederlandsche Handels

Suda, Hajime

Suffiad, Abdul Gaffoor Sullivan, Arthur Leslie. Sullivan, Charles Daniel

Des Voeux

Summers, Alexander William. Summers, Charles Henry Sun, George

Sun She-chuen Sunley, John Maltby Sutcliffe, James Harvey Svendsen, Lorenz

Swales, John Russell..

Swan, Thomas Sweeney, James Napier

Sweet, Stephen Athol Szente, Laszlo

Tai Pak-choi Tai Tung-pui.......... Tam Hung, Joseph

Tam Pak-shiu.... Tam Yung-ling Tang Chi-man Tang Eng-hooi

Taplin, Robert William. Tarrant, John Arthur Tate, George William

Tavares, Alberto Eduardo......

Tavares, Alfredo Augusto

Tavares, Arthur Richard

Tavares, Augusto Maria Tavares, Carlos Eugenio da

Silva

Tavares, Fernando Jose

Tavares, José Filipe... Taylor, Archibald John.

Taylor, Robert

Teale, Henry

Tebbutt, Henry Jemson Terdre, Charles Bentley Tetzel, Charles

Thadain Gunomal Tikamdas... Tham Khai-hong Thomas, William Henry.

Maatschappij...

Manager, Fuji Paper Co., Ld........ Clerk, British-American Tobacco Co., Ld. Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co, Lu....

Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Gale & Co.,

Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard Secretary, China Entertainment & Land

Investments.

Assistant, Messrs. Sang Kee................. Cashier, Manufacturers' Life Insurance... Banker, H.K. & Shanghai Bank Manager, Deutsche Farben-Handelsge- sellschaft Waibel & Co...................... Assistant Accountant, Mercantile Bank

of India

Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard... Shipbuilder, H.K. & Whampoa Dock

Co., L.......

Ship-builder, W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld. Merchant, Komor & Co.

Clerk, Wm. Meyerink & Co. Architect

Assistant, China Provident Loan &

Mortgage

Compradore, American Express Co. Assistant, East Asiatic Trading Co. Manager, The Lewton Co. Manager, Ho Hong Bank H.K. & Shanghai Bank Secretary, A. S. Watson & Co., Ld. Asst. Works Manager, Taikoo Sugar

Refinery Co., Ltd.

Clerk, Alex. Ross & Co. (China), Ld.............. Assistant, Nederlandsche Handels

Maatschappy....

Clerk, Dodwell & Co., Ld.

Assistant, Bradley & Co., Ld......

29 Kent Road, Kowloon Tong. Charterhouse, Peak Road.

On premises.

Peak Hotel.

11 Lyndhurst Terrace.

On premises.

Top floor, 1 King's Terrace, Kowloon. 4 Fly Dragon Terrace. 105 The Peak.

On premises. On premises. Quarry Bay.

On premises.

4A Des Voeux Road, Central. Empress Lodge.

On premises.

16 Macdonnell Road.

Hong Kong Club. Quarry Bay.

Ou premises.

Y.M.C.A.. Kowloon.

292 Prince Edward Road.

38 Lower Lascar Road.

58 Bonham Road.

407 Queen's Road West, Top floor. 22 Caine Road. On premises.

51 Wyndham Street, Ground Floor. 18 Devon Road, Kowloon Tong. On premises

On premises.

Woodside, Quarry Bay.

6 Caine Road.

556 Nathan Road.

3 Minden Avenue.

4 Caine Road.

Clerk, Holland China Trading Co.......... 4 Caine Road.

Assistant, H.K. Rope Manufacturing Co.,

Ld.

Accountant, Reiss, Massey & Co. Assistaut Engineer, Green Island

Cement Co., Ld...................

Acting Works Manager, Green Island

Cement Co., Ld..... Wharfinger, Holt's Wharf Architect, Palmer & Turner H.K. & Shanghai Bank

Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Manager, Chotirwall & Co........ Salesman, Kian Gwan Co. India, Ld................... Port Captain, Dollar S.S. Co.

12 Robinson Road.

4 Hart Avenue, Kowloon.

Cement Works, Kowloon.

Cement Works, Kowloon. On premises.

White Cottage, Taipo. On premises.

7 Warren Street, On premises.

15 Whitfield Road, 1st floor. 1 Kimberley Villas.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

T-Continued.

Thomerson, Godfrey Thompson, Edgar

Thompson, George Edward

Foster

Thomson, George Bowman

Smith

Thomson, Julius..... Thomson, James Downie

Thwaites, Charles

Tillery, William Campbell Tinson, Arthur Cecil...

To King-man

Tobias, Lewis Albert.... Toelke, Adolf.. Tollan, Duncan

Tolmie, George William Tong Cheung-ying Tong Shiu-lun Tong Sok-pui Toppin, James

Tracey, Fred Dillingham Travers, Gilbert................ Triggs, Clifton James Tsang Fook

Tsang Hsih-tsun Tsui Shiu

Tsung Po-tong

Tsoi Wing-kai Tully, John

Turner, Michael William Turner, William........

Tyrrell, Robert

Tyson, Frederick, Hunter....

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld...... On premises.

Elect. Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld...] Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 5.

Acct., H.K. & China Gas Co., Ld..................

Acet., H.K. & Kowloon W. & G. Co. Accountant, Chase Bank

Assistant Secretary, Dairy Farm I. & C.

Storage Co., Ld.

Oriental Auditor, Canadian Pacific

S.S. Ld.

Engineer, H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. District Engineer, China Light & Power

Co., (1918), L........

Assistant, Swedish Chinese Export &

Import Co.

Optician, N. Lazarus & Co........ Assistant, A. Goeke & Co. Engineer, H.K. Telephone Co.. Ld. Sub. Accountant, Chartered Bank Clerk, Lane Crawford Ld. Manager, Wai Cheong Co.

Sales Manager, China Electric Co........ Asst., H.K. Rope Manufacturing Co., Ld. Attorney, Standard Oil Co....... Asst., H. K. & S'hai Bank, Engineer, Peninsula Hotel Principal, Tsang Fook Piano Co. Clerk, Siemens China Co. Clerk, W. K. Jack & Co.

2nd Compradore, H.K. & Shanghai Bank. Clerk, Pentreath & Co.

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. H.K. & Shanghai Bank

Chief Civil Engineer, Green Island

Cement Co, Ld......

Clerk, American Express Co. Attorney, Standard Oil Co......

On premises.

Repulse Bay Hotel. Peninsula Hotel.

245 Prince Edward Road.

3 Thorpe Manor, May Road. On premises.

C. L. P. Staff Quarters, Tai Wan.

11 Fung Shan Terrace.

17 Felix Villas.

On premises.

13 Fifth Street, Sai Wan Ho. 554 Nathan Road, Kowloon.

On premises.

7 Peace Avenue, Homuntin.

300 The Peak.

Peninsula Hotel.

On premises.

3 Lock Road, Kowloon.

On premises.

51 Queen's Road East, 1st floor. On premises.

On premises.

108 Carnarvon Road, Kowloon. Peninsula Hotel.

18 Peak Road.

U Sze-wing..... Ulderup, John.. Un Hew-fan

Compradore, Dodwell & Co., Ltd. Per pro, Jebsen & Co......... Secretary, Bank of Canton, Ld.

53 Wongneichong-Road. Peninsula Hotel.

20 Somerset Road, Kowloon Tong.

Van Wylick, Gabriel...

Vas, George Augusto

Veit, W.

Veliki, Basil Sergievitch-

Moyseenks

Victor, Joao Thome Videro, Jean

Vieira, Bernardino Senna Voigt, Bruno Heinz

Volkoff, Medas

Architect, Credit Foncier d'Extreme

Orient

9 Peak Mansions,

floor.

Assistant, Yokohama Specie Bank, Ld.... 313 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Top

Assistant, F. Feld & Co., Ld.

Struc. Engineer, Leigh & Orange Clerk, H.K. & Shanghai Bank Proprietor, Cafe Pavilion Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ltd.

Salesman, China Export-Import & Bink

Co., Ld.

Assistant, Standard Oil Co.,

4 Shouson Hill.

On premises.

96 Nathan Road.

21 Stafford Road, Kowloon Tong.

305 Prince Edward Road.

2 Ashley Road.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

Wade, Rowland Heury Dennis.

Wahab, Abdul Majid..

Wai Chi-man

Waid, John.....

Wai Man-wei Walch, Leon David Walker, John. Walker, Vernon

Wallace, Robert Cooper...... Waller, Prosper Alexander Waller, Stephen Richard Walsh, Maurice St. John

Warnock, William Oliver Warren, Delbert Fred Warren, Leslie Beal Waser, Henry-Otto Watson, Hugh Cameron

Watson, James Alexander Watts, John

Way, Harry

Assistant, Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank,

Kowloon Branch

Clerk, Dollar S.S. Line

Clerk, Thomson & Co....... Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery Cashier, H.K. Telephone Co., Ld. Manager, J. Ullmann & Co....... Assistant, Jockey Club Stables ....... Chief Asst. Engineer, H.K. Tramways

Co., Ld.

Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard..... Clerk, Benjamin & Potts.... Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld................ Merchant, British American Tobacco

C., Ltd.

Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard..... Commissioner Immigration for Canada ... Merchant, Warren & Co., Lad...... Manager, H.K. & Shanghai Hotels, Ld... Veterinary Surgeon, Dairy Farm

I. & C. Storage Co., Ld..

Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard

Assistant Manager, American Express

Co.

Architect, Hall & Hall......

Way, Herbert Castle Barton... Assistant, Union Insurance Society of

Way, John Roy

Way, Joseph Pang

Way, William Kenneth..

Webb, Reginald Charles Webster, Arthur......

Wei Wing-chak Weight, William Alfred Weill, Maurice Weir, Walter Wei Tat

West, Sydney. Wheeler, Allan Whipps, Laurence Alfred White, Alexander Robert

James

White, Claude Elesworth White, Edmund Herbert

Patrick,

White, Ernest Percival.........

White, George Henry

White, Harold Frank..... White, H. D. White, John Paul

....

Whiteley, William Henry White, R. J. Whitham, James Percival...... Whitta, Frederic Vivian Whyte, James Jardine Wilkie, Lum

Wilkinson, Arthur Charles Wilkinson, Frederick James...

Wilkinson, William Robert Willemse, Josephus Marimus

Petrus

Canton, Ld.

Clerk, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Salesman, Manufacturers' Life Ince. Co... Assistant Passenger Agent, Dollar

S.S. Line

Manager, Dunlop Rubber Co... Electrical Engineer, H.K. Electric Co.,

Ld.

Mercantile Asst., Shewan Tomes & Co.... Assistant, Thos. Cook & Son, Ld. Share-broker, L. Weill & Co. Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard Assistant, Messrs. Sang Kee Assistant, Harry Wicking & Co. Assistant, Thos. Cook & Son Assistant, Butterfield & Swire

Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co., Ld... Sales Manager, H.K. & S'hai Liotels, Ld.

Assistant Accountant, H.K. & Shanghai

Hotels, Ld.

Engineer, Hong Kong & Shanghai

Hotels, Ld.

Draughtsman, H.K. & Whampoa

Dock Co., Ld.....

Salesman, Arts & Crafts, Ld. Electrical, Branch, Naval Yard Time Keeper, Hong Kong & Whampoa

Dock Co., Ld.

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld...... Merchant, S. Howard

Stock-broker, Wright & Co. Director, H. K. Used Cars, Ld. Timekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard Merchant, Wing On, Ld.

Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co., Ld. Assistant, Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold

Storage Co., Ld................

Clerk, H.K Land Investment Co., Ld....

Assistaut, Asiatic Petroleum Co.

On premises. 304 Praya East. On premises. On premises. On premises. On premises. On premises.

4 Broadwood Road. Quarry Bay.

Diocesan Boys School. On premises.

250 The Peak. Quarry Bay.

Peninsula Hotel Room 516. 19 Broadwood Road. Hong Kong Hotel.

Sassoon Villa, Pokfulam. Quarry Bay.

Peninsula Hotel.

37 Bonham Road,

On premises.

Kingsclere Hotel, Kowloon.

8 Yue Kwong Terrace, 2nd A., H.K.

35 Bonham Road. Claremont Hotel.

Causeway Hill Quarters, No. 1. 5 Shelley Street, 2nd floor. Peak Hotel.

R.B.L. 218 Pokfulam. Quarry Bay.

4A Des Voeux Road, Central, Repulse Bay Hotel.

7 Dunbar Villas, Kowloon. Ou premises.

Y.M.C.A., Kowloon.

3 Prat Building, 2nd floor, Kowloon.

315 Nathan Road.

13 Braemar Terrace, Quarry Bay.

On premises.

St. George's Hotel.

On premises.

St. George's Hotel.

72B Nathan Road.

Philip House, Mody Road, Kowloon.. Quarry Bay.

O'Brien Road, Wanchai Section A.,

Inlard Lot No. 2781.

1 Robinson Road

1 King's Terrace, Gr. fl., K'loon. 9 Yu Kwong Terrace.

On premises.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

W-Continued.

William, Sansby.. Williams, Tiffany Bernard Williams, William George

Williamson, Stuart Taylor Wilson, Charles Robert.... Wilson, Ernest

Wilson, Gordon Harold. Wilson, Herbert.

Wilson, Thomas Burlington Winterfeld, Curt von.. Wipperman, Heinz Edward

Witchell, George Bernard.... Witkamp, Adrianus Wolf, Ernest

Wolf, George Morton Dudley

David

Wong, Charles

Wong Chor-leung

Wong, Fred Victor

Wong Fuk-shan........

Fitter, Reiss Massey & Co., Ld............. Assistant, Standard Oil Co. Travel Representative, American.

Express Co.

Principal, Williamson & Co. Engineer, H.K. Electric Co., Ld. Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard

Merchant, Robertson Wilson & Co. Timekeeper, Taikoo Sugar Refinery General Agent, Dollar S.S. Co. Assistant, Jebsen & Co. Assistant, Carlowitz Co.

Engineer, W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld Accountant, Java-China-Japan Lijn Asst., Keller, Kern & Co., Ld.

Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co. Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Clerk, National City Bank of New York. Clerk, Thomson & Co......... Printer. A Ying & Co......

Wong, Herbert Charles Percy Electrician, China Light & Power Co.

Wong Hok-yan

Wong, James Chang Ling

Wong, James Ning

Wong Kai-cho

Wong Katt-chin...

Wong King-ko

Wong Kwok-king Wong Lan-wai Wong Oi-kut

Wong, Peter Wong, Peter S. Wong Ping-kwan Wong Sik-chung

Wong Tak Kwong.

Wong Tat

Wong, Thomas

Wong Tik-wan

Wong, William

Wong Woon-pin

Wong Yew-mun.......

Woo Lai-tin

Woo Tack-shiu

Woo Ting-chang Wood, Cyril Frederick

Woodhouse, Cyril John.... Woolley, William John... Worrall, Godfrey Clare. Wotherspoon, William Wondenberg, Gerardus Wright, Charles Andie

Wright, Robert Wright, William.. Wuest, Alois

Wuthrich, F. F........

(1918), Ld.

Compradore, Loxley & Co. Asst. Engineer, Holts Wharf

Assistant Cashier, Bank of East Asia Compradore, Holland China Trading Co. Manager, Wing On Life Assurance Co.,

Ld.

Broker, Nestle & Anglo-Swiss

Condensed Milk Co. Clerk, H.K. Laud Investment Co. Accountant, Fook Tei Co. Managing Director, A. B. Moulder

& Co., Lủ.

Assistant, A. S. Watson & Co., Ld... Mustard & Co., Ld.

Engineer, Dodwell & Co., Ld...................... Compradore, H.K. & Kowloon Wharf &

Godown Co.. Ld.

Manager, Fung Tang Kee

Compradore, Swedish-Chinese Export &

Import Co.

Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co. Clerk, H.K. Jack & Co.

Assistant, A. S. Watson & Co., Ld. Merchant, Great Eastern Hotel

Clerk, Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., Ld. Manager, Woo Bros.

Assistant Manager, Woo Bros. Representative, Huntley & Palmer, Ld.... Electrical Engineer, China Light &

Power Co., Ld.

Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld. Clerk, Lowe Bingham & Matthews Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.. Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard

Assistant, Holland China Trading Co. Assistant, Imperial Chemical Industries

(China), Ld....... Clerk, Taikoo Dockyard

Shipping Manager, Dodwell & Co., Ld... Salesman, Deutsche Farben-Handels- gesellschaft Waibel & Co...... Accountant, Nederlandsche Indische

Handelsbank

6 Mosque Street. 458 Peak Road.

6 Lincoln Road, Kowloon Toug. 53 The Peak.

H.E.C. Quarters, 11 Causeway Hill. Quarry Bay.

67-69 Des Voeux Road, Central. On premises.

6 Luna Building, Kowloon.

On premises.

2 Longsight Villas, Victoria Road,

Pokfulam.

2 Kent Road, Kowloon Tong. 17 Cameron Road.

2 Hankow Road, Kowloon.

On premises.

15 Fung Wong Terrace. 61 High Street.

29 Ashley Road.

60 Wai Ching Street, Top floor.

544 Nathan Road, 1st floor.

34 Village Road, Happy Valley. 7 Kent Road, Kowloon Tong. On premises.

355 Nathan Road.

K.I.L. 2203 Duke St., K'loon Tong.

28 Davis Street.

382 Hennessy Road, 1st floor. 80 Caine Road,

27 Seymour Road.

38A Bonham Road.

1 Stafford Road, Kowloon. 27 Bonham Road.

31 Granville Road. Pedder Building.

97 High Street.

39 Kai Yau Road, Kowloon City. On premises.

50 Whitfield, North Point.

361 Des Voeux Road West, 2nd fir. On premises.

90 Kennedy Road. 90 Kennedy Road. Dcdwell & Co., Ld.

C.L.P. Staff Headquarters, Taiwan. 97 Waterloo Road.

On premises.

Quarry Bay.

Kowloon Hotel, Nathan Road.

12 Braemar Terrace, Quarry Bay. Quarry Bay.

9 Tregunter Mansions.

1 Longsight Villa.

Marble Hall.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ADDRESS.

Xavier, Antonio Maria Xavier, Carlos Eugenio

Xavier, Domingos Xavier, Faustino Antonio...... Xavier, Frederico Antonio Xavier, Hermenegildo Maria. Xavier, Hymocrates Hermypo Xavier, Hypolito Maria

Favacho

Xavier, Jose

Xavier, José Paulino..

Xavier, Michael Anthony

Xavier, Paulo Maria

Xavier, Pedro Nolasco

Xavier, Pedro d'Alcantara

Clerk, P. & O. Banking Corporation ...... 2 Saifee Terrace, Top floor. Clerk, H.K. & Shanghai Bank, Kowloon

Branch

No. 1 Checker, Dollar S.S. Line.. Merchant, Xavier Bros., Ld. Merchant, Xavier Bros., Ld. Clerk, H.K. Tramway Co., Ld. Assistant, Reiss, Massey & Co.

Clerk, Chartered Bank Merchant, Xavier Bros., Ld. Clerk, Chartered Bank Architect

Clerk, C. E. Warren & Co., Ld.

21 Jordan Road, Kowloon, 1st floor.

35 Mosque Junction.

16 Macdonnell Road.

20 Johnston Road, Wanchai. 14 Granville Road.

22 Jordan Road, Kowloon. 16 Macdonnell Road.

6 Cameron Road, Kowloon. 16 Macdonnell Road. 41 Ashley Road.

Asst., H.K. Rope Manufacturing Co., Ld. 1 St. Joseph's Building,

Managing Director, H. K. Printing

Press, Ld.......

Xavier, Reinaldo G. Xavier ... Supt. of Workshop

Robinson Road.

12 Humphreys Avenue, Kowloon. 4 Hanoi Road, Kowloon.

Yamauchi Shigeyoshi

Yan Leung

Yau Kam-fe

Yeung Kwong chai

Yip Kin-son

Yinchi Kudoh... Yong James

Young, Allan Cameron

Young, Benjamin Alfred Young, C. P.

Young, David

Young Fuk-lam

Young, Kenneth Philip Young, Robert

Young, Thomas

Yu Chik-yin

Yu Kan-hing

Yung, Morrison Brown....

Yvanovich, Philipe Autonio...

Partner, Chiwa Yoko

Clerk, Banque de Franco Chinoise.. Merchant, James Yau & Co.

Assistant, Swedish Chinese Export &

Import Co.

Manager, Whampoa Sam & Co. Clerk, Ito & Co.

Engineer, China Light & Power Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld.... Assistant, J. M. Alves & Co., Ld. Chief Manager, C. P. Young & Co. Storekeeper, Taikoo Dockyard Clerk, Java-China-Japan Liju Assistant, J. M. Alves & Co., Ld. Assistant, Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ld. Foreman, Taikoo Dockyard.....

11 Austin Avenue.

On premises.

2 Lock Road, Kowloon,

3 Kin Sau Lane, 1st floor.

On premises.

138 Kennedy Road.

6 Lock Road, 2nd floor, Kowloon. North Point.

30-32 Mongkok Rd. Kowloon, Top fl. 3 Lyndhurst Terrace. Quarry Bay.

On premises.

7 Po Hing Fong. Top floor. On premises.

Quarry Bay.

Engineer, China Light & Power Co., Ltd. C. L. P Staff Quarters, Tai Wan.

Secretary, Lepack & Co., Ld. Manager, Lepack & Co., Ld. General Manager, Asia Coal &

Briquetting Co., Ld. ....

Assistant, J. D, Hutchison & Co.

On premises.

3A Boshan Road.

Soares Avenue, Kowloon.

Zimmern, Andrew

Zimmern, William Alfred

Assistant, Benjamin & Potts Broker, F. Kew & Co.......

5 Seymour Terrace. 14 Arbuthnot Road.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

Hong Kong, 2nd March, 1932.

D. W. TRATMAN,

Clerk of Councils.

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No. 1932

HONG KONG

THE REPORT

OF THE

RETRENCHMENT

COMMISSION

AND

GOVERNMENT'S COMMENTARY

THEREON

PRINTED BY NORONHA AND COMPANY

5 & 6, DUDDELL STREET, HONG KONG

INDEX

PAGE.

Do.

Letter from the Commissioners

Public Works Department

Do.

Harbour Department

Attorney's General Office

Registry, Supreme Court; Crown Solicitor;

Land Office; Official Receiver

Report

Commentary

Report

... 10

Commentary

Report

Commentary

.Report

Do.

Commentary

Magistracies

Report

Do.

.Commentary

... 40

Medical Department ......

Report

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Do.

Commentary

Sanitary Department

Do.

Fire Brigade

Do.

District Offices

Do.

Botanical & Forestry Department

Do.

Royal Observatory

Report

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Commentary

.Report

.Commentary

Report

Commentary

..Report

... 15.

... Commentary.

Do.

Report

Commentary

... 41

Post Office

Do.

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs

Do.

Report

Commentary

Report

Commentary

Imports & Exports Department

. Report

Do.

Commentary

Audit Department

Report

Do.

Police Department

Do.

...Commentary

Report

Commentary

Prison Department

Do.

Colonial Secretary's Office

Do.

Cadet Service

Do.

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

Do.

Junior Clerical Service

Do.

Kowloon-Canton Railway

Do.

Education Department

Do.

Treasury

Do.

Appendix to Commentary

Report

.Commentary

Report

Commentary

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Commentary

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Commentary

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Commentary

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Commentary

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Commentary

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SIR,

HONG KONG, 4th May, 1931.

We have the honour to state that we were on the 11th of July, 1930, appointed by Your Excellency under the Public Seal of the Colony to consider :-

(1) The sufficiency of the existing staff of the Government Service and its effective

employment.

(2) The possibility of reducing such staff by re-distribution of work or by abandon-

ment of unnecessary work.

(3) The possibility of extending the method of temporary engagement of Government

officers for particular duties.

(4) The sources from which the personnel of Government offices should be supplied

and the terms of service.

(5) The possibilities of economy in the general administration of the Government or

in any branch of the Government Service.

2. We have held ninety-nine meetings and examined fifty-three witnesses, the majority of whom were members of the Government Service. A number of private persons did however give evidence before us at our request; and, by placing their expert know- ledge at our disposal, were of great assistance to us in our deliberations on the technical departments.

3. Shortly after we were appointed we inserted notices in the European newspapers of the Colony, asking members of the public to come forward with, or to send in to us in writing, recommendations and suggestions whereby economies might be effected in the ad- ministration of the Government. The response was disappointingly meagre.

4. We now have the honour to submit to Your Excellency our Report.

5. In conclusion ve desire to place on record our appreciation of the valuable assist- ance we have received from Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham, our Secretary, and Miss G. Ezra, our Stenographer, as well as from Mr. T. Dallin of the Government Audit Department, who has been in attendance at practically all the meetings held by us.

H. E. SIR WILLIAM PEEL, K.C.M.G., K.B.E.

Governor, etc.

Hong Kong.

We have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your Excellency's most obedient servants,

M. J. BREEN, (Chairman).

J. J. PATERSON,

J. SCOTT HARSTON,

W. N. T. T'AM.

THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

The Public Works Department is the largest of the Government Departments, includ- ing as it does thirteen sub-departments, some of which are larger than an ordinary depart- ment. It is the department with which the public in one way or another most frequently comes in contact. Also it is the one which spends more money than any other. For these reasons it is not unnatural that it should be the target for a good deal of criticism, both justifiable and unjustifiable.

2. The department consists of a Director of Public

Works, the Assistant Directors of Public Works, one for Hong Kong and one for Kowloon and New Territories, and thirteen sub-departments-Architectural, Drainage, Electrical, General Works, Port Development, Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Office, Roads Piers and Bridges, Waterworks (Maintenance), Waterworks (Construction), Crown Lands, Surveys, Valuations and Resumptions, and Accounts and Stores. In charge of each sub-department is an executive engineer, except for Waterworks (Construction) where there is an Assist- ant Director of Public Works, and except also for Crown Lands, Surveys, and Accounts. and Stores, for each of which there is a Superintendent, and Valuations and Resumptions which consists (European staff) of one engineer and one overseer only.

3. The first thing that struck the Commissioners was the unwieldiness of this con- glomeration of departments all grouped under the one head. In no other Colony of any size are Waterworks, Crown Lands, or Surveys for instance, under the Director of Public Works. In many Electricity is a department by itself. The natural result of putting so much under one head of department is that he cannot possibly be expected to cope with the work; re-organization is as important as, and is the first step towards, retrenchment.

4. In the course of their investigations the Commissioners observed a tendency on the part of many of the witnesses from the Public Works Department to refrain from responding to the evident necessities of the situation in regard to retrenchment: some being merely reticent and others frankly obstructive. After making every allowance for the circumstances the Commissioners feel that a considerable amount of time might have been saved had the witnesses in question been less secretive In certain instances sugges- tions put forward by the Commissioners, which would obviously have met the difficulties referred to by the witnesses, were received with extreme diffidence.

5. As a commencement the Commissioners recommend the severance from the Public Works Department of the two Waterworks offices, Maintenance and Construction. One of the reasons why the water question has been so mismanaged in the past is because the head of the Water Department has been only one (albeit an important one) of twelve other sub-departmental heads competing for the time and attention of the Director of Public Works, with the result that his views have failed to filter through to the Chief Executive.

6. The Commissioners realize that their proposal to set up a new department may appear to be the reverse of retrenchment, but the money spent, in order to bring water to the Colony and to store it during the drought of 1929, sufficiently demonstrates the result of neglecting this all important question. They feel strongly that a settled programme should be prepared and definitely adhered to, so that there shall be no recurrence of the untoward happenings of that year.

7. The new Waterworks department should be organized as at present into Construc tion and Maintenance, the latter under an executive engineer responsible to the head of the Waterworks Department, the former under the direct control of the head. The Com- missioners do not recommend any reduction in the staffs of these two sub-departments. Hong Kong is behindhand with present requirements, instead of being 5 years ahead as is. considered the minimum by water authorities elsewhere There is a full ten years' pro- gramme in front of the department.

8. An indirect result of taking Waterworks out of the Public Works Department is to relieve the Public Works Department Unallocated Stores of having to 'carry' the large amount of Waterworks stores. By Colonial Regulations Unallocated Stores of the Public Works Department may not exceed 4 lakhs; of this 4 lakhs Waterworks takes up about 2 lakhs, which leaves a quite insufficient margin for the remaining sub-departments

9. Opportunity should be taken of the re-organization of the administration of the Waterworks office to put upon a proper basis the method by which payment is made for water consumed. As from 1st January 1927-the year of the first existing Public Works Loan-the Colony's water should be price costed. A valuation should be put upon the value at that date of the waterworks- reservoirs, machinery, land etc. To the cost of interest and sinking fund charges in respect of the 1927 and subsequent loans for water- works should be added all incidental expenses that are incurred in delivering water to the individual, e.g., salaries, pensions, and passages of staff, maintenance of office buildings, etc., etc. It will then be possible to see exactly how much it costs to produce a gallon of water. This gallon of water should be sold as a commercial article; sufficient being charged to cover its cost of production. As a corollary there will be no water rate,— except for water required for public purposes such as street cleansing,--no free allowance, and the rider main system will have to be abandoned.

10. Before dealing with the remaining sub-departments in detail there are certain general recommendations which concern them all. The first in fact will affect all Govern- ment departments. That is that the financial year be altered from 1st January-31st December to 1st April-31st March. For accounting and ordinary administration purposes the dates are immaterial, but from the engineering standpoint they are most important. The winter months October to March are the dry months and hence the best building months. Whether it is building a new house or re-decorating an old one, building a road or cutting down a hill, the work can best be done when a continuous spell of fine weather can be relied on. In tendering, the contractor takes into his calculation the number of wet days there are likely to be, when no work is being done by his workmen who have to be paid all the same. But a more serious objection is that with the financial year ending on 31st December all maintenance contracts automatically come to an end. Work stops right in the middle of the dry season. If the same contractor gets the contract for the succeed- ing year all is well, but that is by no means the rule-quite rightly. The result is that several valuable days or even weeks are lost. The change over would not be difficult, whereas the saving would be considerable.

11. Another general recommendation is that the system of direct labour and the execution of small works by the various departments of the Public Works Department should be extended. Direct labour is used by the Roads Maintenance, the Waterworks and the Electrical departments, and a commencement has been made with the repairing of Government furniture at the Government store. This system should be extended. Wherever there is a steady demand for a standard article such as a door or a chair, or where there is a continuous stream of minor repairs, whether it be to a grating or to a motor car, it is cheaper to employ direct labour. It is only when there is an intermittent demand that the advantage lies with the "tender" system. A word of warning must how- ever be added. Strict control should be exercised to ensure that under the guise of direct casual labour, there is not included personnel which should appear in and be paid from Personal Emoluments. Another irregular proceeding of a somewhat similar nature is the inclusion in the Estimates under Loan Works of permanent staff engaged on loan works. Such staff should be shown under the Personal Emoluments sub-head of the department to which they belong.

12. On the subject of tenders and contracts the Commissioners have three recom- mendations to make. The first is that the list of contractors should be kept by the Chairman of the Tender Board, under whose control and custody should also be the tender box (at present it is with the Chief Clerk at the Secretariat); the box to be opened only in his presence and that of one other member of the Board. Secondly, that tenders for large contracts should be called for in three successive issues of the Government Gazette. This will ensure that all who wish to tender will have the opportunity of so doing. Thirdly, that where a penalty is incurred by a contractor the matter should be reported to the Board, which after consideration of the circumstances would make recommendations to the Government. It must be remembered that money due to Government under a penalty is public money and should not be remitted except with the authority of the Governor in Council. It is understood that the system of payment of a bonus to a contractor for work completed in good time has recently been adopted in the Public Works Department. The Commissioners endorse the system.

13. It was said in paragraph 11 that where there is an intermittent demand the "tender" system is more advantageous. This applies equally to personnel. If there is a

programme of constructional work extending over a considerable period of years, as in the case of waterworks, it is probably cheaper to employ a permanent staff. But where there is no such programme, it is very much cheaper to have a small staff sufficient for maintenance work and minor constructional works, e.g., markets, latrines, etc., and when any big work is undertaken, such as a hospital, to let the work out to private enterprise. Otherwise it will be found that as soon as the large work is completed the department will be saddled with the cost of a large staff far in excess of normal requirements. That to a certain extent is the position in the Public Works Department to-day. It must also be re- membered that once an officer has come on to the permanent establishment it is exceedingly difficult to get rid of him, and that even then a continuing liability for pension remains. An alternative method of dealing with large contructional work is for Government to do the work itself but to engage for it special staff, (as has been done by the Singapore Municipal Council with singular success), for which a higher rate of salary than the usual would have to be paid owing to the empolyment being strictly temporary. On the com- pletion of the work the staff would return to England. The danger here is that this strictly temporary staff on its special salary tends to get itself transferred on to the permanent establishment, carrying with it its special rate of salary. This has happened in the past.

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14. Alphabetically the first of the sub-departments is the Architectural. The work of this department is the maintenance of all Government buildings and the construction of large new ones. On maintenance work two engineers and seven Overseers engaged. The greater part of this work as regards the time it takes is of a finicky and trivial nature, such as repairs to door knobs, etc. To employ qualified European engineers on such work is extravagant. One engineer is required to supervise the maintenance work generally but the other should be dispensed with. It would seem logical that the main- tenance branch of the Architectural office should take over the care of Government furniture, at present done by the Stores branch of the Accounts and Stores sub-depart- ment, but the Commissioners did not go fully into this question. The Government should consider which would be the most economical.

15. On the constructional side of the sub-department there are six engineers (excluding the Executive Engineer), and four overseers. Bearing in mind what has been said above on the employment of staff for major new works, and the fact that there will be very little new work of any sort undertaken in the course of the next few years, this staff is too large. It should be reduced by three engineers and two overseers. If, however, the new Government Civil Hospital and Gaol are proceeded with, it may be found cheaper to have these 'extraordinary' works completed by the Architectural office, which has already done much of the preparatory work. instead of letting them out to private architects. In that case an immediate reduction of one engineer only should be made; the remainder of the reductions being effected on the completion of the buildings.

18. The recommendations made above envisage that the Architectural Office shall take over the construction of smaller buildings at present done by the General Works office. It is proposed that that anomalous sub-department shall be abolished and its work split up amongst the sub-departments to which it properly belongs.

17. A sub-department that is closely akin to the Architectural is the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Office; for whereas the Architectural Office is concerned with the erection of Government buildings, the Buildings Ordinance Office is concerned with private buildings. No building can be erected or altered in the Colony unless the plan in respect thereof has been passed by the Buildings Ordinance Office. Clearly this is a depart- ment which occupies a most responsible position. The Buildings Ordinance Office also takes action in the case of structures which are in a dangerous condition. Witnesses, both members of the Government and of the public, in giving evidence regarding this depart- ment stressed two things. The first was the large amount of work unnecessarily thrown on to it by faultily drawn up plans sent in by private architects. This results largely from the fact that a number of persons whose names appear on the Hong Kong list of Authorised Architects have no qualifications and are architects only in name. The Commissioners recommend that no person should be permitted to practice as an architect in the Colony unless he has obtained the degree of A.R.I.R. A.,-examinations for which are held in Hong Kong,—or a foreign diploma of equal standing. A clause to this effect should be inserted in the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance. The second point stressed by witnesses was the incomprehensible state into which the Buildings Ordinance had got as a

result of amendment and re-amendment, with the additional difficulty that departments such as the Medical and Fire Brigade would, under cover of vague phraseology in the Ordinance, stipulate for fulfilment of somewhat fantastic requirements before they would consent to a plan being passed. The remedy for both these evils is the same. The complete re-drafting of the Buildings Ordinance. A special Committee, on which should be representatives of leading local firms of architects, should be appointed for the work. There might well be incorporated in the revised ordinance provisions for payment of a fee for passing a plan, and of penalty fees in the case of incorrectly drawn up plans. Power should also be given to the Governor in Council to censure an architect who erects a faultily constructed. building, and to suspend or remove his name from the list of Authorised Architects in the event of his repeating the offence. The requirements of the Medical and Fire authorities should be clearly set forth, so that there would be no ambiguity. Thereafter the Director of Public Works, as Building Authority, would decide whether those requirements had been complied with or not.

18. The same or a similar Committee might also go into the question of contracting and sub-contracting. As many witnesses have said, it is the sub-contracting system as it exists in Hong Kong, that is responsible for so much shoddy building. The law should, if possible, he tightened up considerably in this respect, and modern methods enforced to the exclusion of the obsolete and dangerous ones now prevailing.

19. For the present the Commissioners do not consider that the large staff of six engineers and ten overseers in the Buildings Ordinance Office can be cut down. When there is a new ordinance the staff can be reduced. It is essential that the revision should not be delayed.

20. The Architectural and Buildings Ordinance Offices should be considered as one office for the purpose of circulation of staff. The heads of both should be fully qualified architects. The title 'architect' might well be substituted for that of 'engineer' in the case of senior officers of these sub-departments. Such a nomenclature would be more in accordance with reality, or what should be reality.

21. It has already been stated that the existing General Works Office should be abolished and its work split up amongst other sub-departments. With minor building construction handed over to the Architectural Office there is left drainage, road construc- tion and miscellaneous works. The former should be taken over by the present Drainage Office; roads construction by the present Roads Maintenance Office. The present division. of roads work into two separate sub-departments is ludicrous, especially when it is realised that the surfacing of a new road is done by the maintenance and not by the constructional (i.e., General Works) Office, with the result that road construction estimates are mislead- ing. The regrouping proposals of the Commissioners do not stop here. They advocate the amalgamation of the enlarged Roads and Drainage offices into one sub-department. This combined sub-department, which might well take the title of 'General Works' Office, should take over the execution of miscellaneous works, which fell to the present General Works Office. The work of the Roads and Drainage offices is so closely allied that the placing of it under one head should have good results. It will be necessary to retain an engineer in charge of each of the old sub-departments, but their positions will not be of such respon- sibility as that of the present executive engineers. They will simply be engineers of some seniority, with the executive engineer of the combined sub-department responsible for the whole.

22. None of the personnel of the existing General Works Office should be taken over by the new combined sub-department; it should be disposed of by termination of employ- ment or absorbtion elsewhere into the Public Works Department as vacancies occur. Con- structional work by the Public Works Department will for the next few years be negligible; on the other hand maintenance work will have to continue. The proposal amounts in effect. to a reduction in the Roads and Drainage offices.

23. There is included in the Roads sub-department, staff to carry out repairs to Government vehicles at the motor repair shop at Wanchai. This shop undertakes not only minor repairs but major ones as well. This is a bad case of duplication, for at the Railway workshops at Hunghom there is of necessity a far larger workshop, which, apart from rail- way works, repairs Government motor vehicles. There is not a sufficiently large number of

Government vehicles to justify two sets of expensive repair tools and machinery. The Wanchai shop should deal with minor repairs only, anything of a major kind being sent over to Hunghom. This will mean transporting badly damaged vehicles across the harbour, but the cost of this will be negligible compared with the present duplication. Reductions will have to be made in the staff of the Wanchai shop. The post of Mechanical Engineer, for which in any case there appears to be little justification, should be abolished. The shop should be in charge of one European overseer; at present there are two.

24. The Electrical sub-department is divided into two sections, one dealing with lighting, telephones, etc., and the other with wireless and broadcasting. The latter is under the Post Master General, though directly administered by the Electrical Engineer, who thus owes a double allegiance to the Director of Public Works and the Post Master General. This dual control of one sub-department is not logical and is bound to be detri- mental to efficiency. It is therefore recommended that the whole of the Electrical Office should be taken out of the Public Works Department and placed under the Post Office, of which it would form a sub-department. The Commissioners are unable to make recommendations regarding the staff of this sub-department as they understand that negotiations are proceeding between the Government and the Imperial Wireless and Cables Company with a view to the transference to the Company of the greater part of the Colony's wireless service. Only when it is known exactly what wireless work will still have to be done by the Government will it be possible to make staff arrangements.

25. They would however suggest for the consideration of Government the question of the disposal of the Government's telephone service to the Telephone Co. if satisfactory terms can be arranged. It might also be found cheaper to let out to contract the mainten- ance of Government lifts. At present this work is carried out by the Electrical depart-

ment.

26. Of the engineering departments proper there remains the Port Development. The Commissioners have already reported to Government their views on the future ad- ministration of the harbour, and also on the necessity for proceeding with a survey of the harbour without delay. If it is not found practicable to employ on this survey the two qualified officers who are already in the Government service, it will be necessary to engage qualified men from outside the service. Their engagement should be strictly of

a temporary nature.

27. The Vehicular Ferry Piers scheme is another 'extraordinary' work. This is being executed by the permanent staff of the Port Development sub-department. For the future it is recommended that works of this nature should either be carried out by specially engaged temporary staff, or the whole work, if of sufficient magnitude, entrust- ed to a firm of British contractors of world wide repute.

28. Apart from the Vehicular Ferry Piers the department has in hand only one constructional work; and this will be finished by the end of the year. All that will remain will be maintenance work. For this a staff of one engineer and two overseers is con- sidered sufficient. The remaining posts of executive engineer, two engineers, and three overseers should be abolished. The engineer in charge of the reduced Port Development. sub-department should be at the disposal of the newly constituted Harbour Board.

29. The two sub-departments of Crown Lands and Surveys can conveniently be taken together. They are closely allied, and at one time formed a single unit. They should again be amalgamated under the headship of a properly qualified surveyor. The logical place for such a department is not in the Public Works Department but rather with the Land Office. The Land Officer was however reluctant to take the sub-department whilst all witnesses from the Public Works Department were equally reluctant to see it leave. them. The Commissioners make no recommendation on this point.

30. The most noteworthy feature about the personnel of these two sub-departments, and of the Surveys Office in particular, is the growth in the number of Chinese surveyors, who are reported as being highly satisfactory.

Their number has risen from 8 in 1926 to 35 in the present year. There has been no correspending reduction, in fact no reduction at all, in the number of European surveyors. The result is that the office is greatly over- staffed. A reduction of 6 out of 9 European surveyors should be made forthwith.

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will leave the combined sub-departments with a total senior European staff of seven officers; not an ungenerous allowance, and quite sufficient to supervise the Chinese survey staff, some of whom are still comparatively inexperienced. In a few years it should be possible further to reduce the European staff in this office.

31. The Valuations and Resumptions Officer, half of whose work is for the Estate Duty Commissioner, should as soon as the resumption work in New Kowloon has been completed, a matter of five years or so, be absorbed into the Assessor's office. For the present it is essential that he should be in close and constant touch with the Public Works Department.

32. The Commissioners received complaints of delays by the Crown Lands Office in dealing with applications for land. This they found to be the fault not of the individual- officers but rather of the unwieldy system, whereby an application has to be referred to numerous other sub-departments, such as Drainage, Waterworks, etc., before a decision is arrived at. It would be far simpler if areas for development were mapped out in zones in advance. This would enable an application for a site in the area to be speedily granted without the present multiplicity of reference; whilst at the same time publication in the Government Gazette from time to time of the zone areas would prevent applications for sites in areas not available. The 'zoning' should be in the hands of a standing Zoning Committee under the Chairmanship of the Director of Public Works, and with expert unofficial representatives serving on it

33. The combined Crown Lands and Surveys Office should take over more respon- sibility than it does at present. It should for instance deal with all quarries, quarry leases, sand permits, temporary leases and annual permits in connection with encroachments on Crown Land, without reference to a higher authority, except where a matter of policy is involved. Lease plans should also be signed by the Superintendent. Regarding sand permits the Commissioners would draw attention to the fact that the sand resources of the Colony are being rapidly depleted. The whole matter requires careful but immediate attention; meanwhile the permit fees should be considerably raised.

34. The Superintendent of Accounts and Stores should remain with duties substan- tially as at present, but the organization of his sub-department should be examined by tinancial and stores experts, who, in consultation with the Director of Public Works and the Superintendent, would evolve the most suitable system of accounting and store keeping. In this connection the Commissioners would remark that on several occasions they called for exact figures. In practically every instance they were assured that the figures would readily be forthcoming; but in no case were they. Figures indeed were produced after an interminable delay-but they were of little or no use. The Commis- sioners believe indeed that the Water and Railway Departments are the only two depart- ments which keep their accounts on a proper basis. The need for cost accounting is imperative. Such a system, which should also provide for the keeping of simple accounts by sub-departments, would cost no more in staff or labour than the present system, which is wholly unreliable and altogether fails to reveal the true position. The salaries etc. of the officers of the Senior and Junior Clerical Staffs would have to be charged to the various departments before the costing figures could be arrived at.

35. On the matter of accounts the Commissioners heard a great deal of evidence regarding the Allotment Voucher system. This system was devised as a check on the expenditure of money by executive engineers. Unfortunately it appears to have been abused, more in the Hong Kong than in the Kowloon section of the Public Works Depart- ment. Steps should be taken to remedy this by sub-dividing shared votes and by making quarterly allocations in advance. An executive engineer is a responsible officer and paid as such. If he cannot be trusted with responsibility in the spending of public money his services should be dispensed with. To fetter him as is now done only makes for delay.

36. The Commissioners understand that the formation of a central store, with a branch at Kowloon, for all Government departments, except the Medical, has been pro- posed. They do not consider that such a scheme is likely to result in any saving; on the other hand a general store to be of any use would have to be centrally located, which would be uneconomic.

37. There remains the directorate.

The Director of Public Works has to assist him two Assistant Directors of Public Works (exclusive of the Assistant Director of Public Works in charge of Waterworks, Con- struction), a Technical Secretary and a Secretary. The Commissioners recommend that the two posts of Assistant Directors of Public Works be abolished and replaced by one Deputy Director of Public Works. The Technical Secretary should be retained, but he should be a more junior officer than the present holder of the post. For the Secretary should be substituted a Chief Clerk, who should be a Class I officer of the Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff, to control the Correspondence Office, which appears to be somewhat neglected. The first thing that requires attention here is the filing system-the present one being far too cumbersome and detrimental to efficiency.

38. The Technical Secretary would do most of the "hack" work of the department, such as scrutinising allotment vouchers, adjustment of votes, and financial matters general- ly in connection with votes and estimates.

39. The Deputy Director would carry out the greater part of the routine matters that are now done by the Director. He would keep in general touch with matters of policy and sub-departmental works and contracts, (though more from the clerical and financial than the constructional standpoint), sign all cheques, and deal with all subordinate and clerical staff matters and programmes of work. As deputy to the Director of Public Works he would have power to authorize work on open votes, and local store purchases.

40. The Director would deal with all matters of policy with the Government on the one side, and the executive engineers on the other. He would normally only deal directly with the senior European staff. He would have power to authorize work on open votes up to a total of $500 in respect of each specific work, and similarly to authorize local store purchases up to $500 and to accept tenders up to $1,000, without prior reference to the Colonial Secretariat; subsequent notification being sufficient.

41. The Commissioners, though admitting that the head quarters staff is fully occupied under the present organization of the department, feel justified in recommend- ing reductions in that staff on three grounds. Firstly, there is the diminished amount of work with which the department as a whole will have to deal; secondly, there is the re- commendation for the entire severance from the department of Waterworks; and thirdly, is the fact that much of the congestion of work at the central office is caused by faulty organization. The broad outline given above of the duties of the Director and the head- quarters staff indicates the lines on which reorganization must take place. There should be decentralization of responsibility; not enough is given to the executive engineers. Some of those who appeared before the Commission showed a reluctance to accept re- responsibility. It cannot be too strongly emphasized that responsibility is а necessary adjunct to the office of Executive Engineer.

Under the grouping of sub-departments as advocated by the Commissioners the relative importance of executive engineers will be greatly enhanced. To make the scheme workable they must be entrusted with full control of their sub-departments. The directorate will dictate policy; the execution of the work should be for the engineers in charge. The work of the central office can be further alleviated, without throwing any more on to the sub-departments, by requiring the public to correspond direct with the head of the sub-department concerned and not through the directorate, as at present. The sub-departmental head will only need to consult the Director if some matter of policy is involved. Minuting, in cases where the sub-departmental head is the origin of complete information, should be done by the Executive Engineer concerned, on the original C.S.O. file, which should then pass through the Director or Deputy Director of Public Works, who would merely initial the minute if he agreed with it, otherwise he would write a following minute containing his own observations and recommendations. This would save duplication of minutes and files, would give the Colonial Secretary fuller information, and would also give him an insight into the capabilitities of the Executive Engineers. This system already obtains within the Secretariat. Executive engineers should also be per- mitted to spend up to $250 on local purchases for works already approved by the Legis- lature, without having to obtain special authority.

42. The Commissioners while unable to go too closely into the details of the sub- ordinate staffs, foremen, messengers, coolies, etc., of the sub-departments came to the conclusion that a reduction of 20% of the existing subordinate staff, corresponding to that made in the engineer and overseer grades, should be recommended; exactly how

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and where the reductions should be effected being left to the discretion of the sub- departmental heads. They will make recommendations regarding the clerical establish- ment elsewhere in their report.

43. Summarising the recommendations as a whole;-Waterworks will be entirely detached, and its financial policy put upon a proper basis; there will be a net reduction of 21 senior officers and 11 overseers, or about 30% and 12% respectively of the approved establishments; and by the process of amalgamation the number of sub-departments will be reduced from thirteen to seven. These sub-departments should be officered by experts. To-day is the day of specialists. It is bad policy to have an officer one day in the Surveys Office, the next in the Drainage Office, and the day after in the Architectural Office. Promotion and acting appointments should, with the exception of junior engineers on their first tour of duty, take place within the sub-departments, and not according to seniority in the Public Works Department as a whole. Selected officers would have to be earmarked for command; but their number is so small as not to affect the general rule. The problems of the Public Works Department of Hong Kong are largely municipal. It would be well if its administration were in conformity with municipal practice.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT.

The staff of the Harbour Department, particularly as regards the Europeans, has grown considerably within the last five years, and whilst the Commissioners fully recognize the desirability of efficiency, they also realize that there is a point where efficiency becomes uneconomical, and in their opinion this point has been passed. There is moreover the danger that too rigorous regulations may discourage shipping from using the port.

2. The executive of the department consists of the Harbour Master, the Deputy Harbour Master and the Assistant Harbour Master. Prior to 1925 there was a Harbour Master and Assistant Harbour Master. The Commissioners are not satisfied that the posts of both Deputy and Assistant Harbour Master are necessary, and they recommend that they be re-amalgamated into one post; leave requirements notwithstanding. The Harbour Master should be relieved of a certain amount of work by the transference to the Police- Court of all non-technical cases, which at present come before him as Marine Magistrate.

3. In 1923 there were in all twenty three clerks, none of whom were European. In 1931 the authorised establishment consists of five European clerks, one Stenographer and thirty-five clerks and shroffs. Such a large increase is not in the opinion of the Com- missioners justified. Of the five Europeans two are in the Harbour Office proper, one in the Government Marine Surveyors' Office, one in the Shipping Office, and one vacant post. The Commissioners consider that the Stenographer is unnecessary and that one European clerk in the Harbour Office and one in the Government Marine Surveyors' Office, making a total of two European clerks, to be quite sufficient for the work to be done. Reductions should also be made in the Junior Clerical Staff. This will be reported on generally elsewhere.

4. The Harbour Master gave it in evidence that the increase in 1930 in the number of Boarding Officers from five to seven was made, not at his request, but at the instance- of the River Steamers' Commission. It is recommended that the number of five be reverted to.

5. A table is attached showing the amount collected in licence fees for junks and cargo boats and the number of inspectors in each of the past ten years. To justify the increases in the number of inspectors in 1926 and 1927 it was claimed that the appoint- ment of these inspectors would more than pay for their salaries. The figures do not seem to bear out this claim. It was explained in evidence that had not the number of inspectors been augmented the revenue would have dropped, owing to there being fewer large vessels in the waters of the Colony, and that the collection of fees from sampans and small craft was laborious and expensive. The Commissioners consider that the in- fliction of severer penalties, such as confiscation of the offending owner's craft, for non- payment of licence fees would lead to more prompt payment of fees, and so relieve the work of the inspectorate in rounding up defaulters. In any case the post of Chief Assistant Inspector should be abolished.

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6. The Government Marine Surveyor's Department shows the most notable increase in personnel. In 1923 the authorised establishment of European Surveyors was four-in 1925 it was increased to six, in 1927 to eight, and it is now fourteen. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, understaffing. Witnesses both from the department itself and from shipping firms stated that the work in former years was 'skimpily' done. Secondly, the desire of the Hong Kong Government to obtain for its passenger certificates world wide recognition, which could only be secured through prior recognition by the Board of Trade. A representative of the Board of Trade was sent out from England at the request of the Hong Kong Government and as a result of his recommendations, published as Sessional Paper No. 5 of 1927, an increase in surveyors from eight to fourteen was authorised. It should here be remarked that for general purposes there are three classes of Passenger Certificate issued; Class III for river steamers, Class I for coastal trade and Class IA for world wide trade. It was recognition of the last that was sought. When the Board of Trade's representative was in the Colony he expressly stated that the Board was not concerned with the Hong Kong Class I and Class III certificates. The increase of six surveyors was therefore prima facie for Class IA survey work.

7. In 1930 ten ships were surveyed for this class of certificate and the fees collected by Government in respect thereof were $13,000. There seems to be small prospect of any marked increase in the future in the number of ships taking out Class IA certificates. To maintain an additional six European surveyors for ten ships would be the height of extravagance. But in fact the six surveyors were not wholly for the IA certificate survey work.

8. At the time when the Board of Trade's representative was making his investiga- tions the Harbour Master considered that his staff of eight surveyors was insufficient for the ordinary work of the department. The Board's representative included in his re- commendations extra staff sufficient to cover the requirements of the Harbour Master. fearing that if this were not done, the extra surveyors engaged primarily for IA certi- ficate work would be taken from this work and employed on the ordinary work of the department.

9. The Commissioners consider that the Harbour Master was wrong in his estimate of the staff requirements of the Government Marine Surveyor's department; and that as a result of his wishes having been met the department is now overstaffed. The Commis- sioners do not advocate the abandonment of the IA certificate, but they are of the opinion -after having heard expert evidence of a number of witnesses both from the Govern- ment Marine Surveyor's staff and private shipping and surveyors' firms,-that a reduction can safely be made from fourteen surveyors to ten without the efficient carrying out of the surveys of ships for IA certificates being in any

any way jeopardised. The posts of Draughtsman and two Tapemen should also be abolished.

10. It was said in the opening paragraph that too rigorous regulations may dis- courage shipping from using this port. An instance of this occurs in the case of surveys of coastal ships. Hong Kong has as yet no regulations of its own for these, for the promulgation of which provision is made in section 10 (6) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance. Draft regulations have been drawn up and are being considered by the Marine Surveyor's department. Meanwhile however an attempt is being made to raise the standard required of coastal ships to that required by the Board of Trade at home. Were- the Marine Surveyor's Department not over-staffed it is probable that this would not have occurred. Publication of the Hong Kong Regulations should be made as soon as: possible.

11. The work of the Marine Surveyor's Department could be lightened by having annual instead of bi-annual surveys in the case of non-passenger carrying launches, with the right reserved to the Government Marine Surveyor to examine a launch at any time should he have grounds for considering this to be necessary. Also Government might at its discretion grant recognition to certificates issued by firms

firms of private surveyors in respect of launch surveys.

12. The Commissioners were struck by the inadequate scale of the fees charged for ship surveys of various kinds. Whilst they do not consider that it should be the policy of Government to make a profit out of the Government Marine Surveyor's department, they do consider that the fees charged should bear some relation to the cost of running the department. With this recommendation it is understood the Harbour Master agrees.

To do this it will be necessary to price-cost the department,-this the Harbour Master should undertake under expert Treasury supervision, and the Government should then fix the fees proportionately. Where work is done for foreign non-local firms the fees should be sufficiently high to ensure that the cost of the services rendered will be more than covered.

13. It may be that the Yaumati Slipway constitutes an economy; the Commissioners considered the point at length, but in the absence of any comprehensible figures were unable to come to a conclusion. This sub-division of the Harbour Office should be price costed, and then a decision arrived at, as to whether (a) the slipway should not indeed be enlarged to take all Government launches, and to undertake machine repairs, or alter- natively, (b), be closed entirely except for such accommodation as is needed for stores. It cannot be economic to play at repair work. Either all Government launches should be wholly repaired at the slipway or no repairs be undertaken at all.

14. A matter which came to the notice of the Commissioners is the payment of overtime in connection with surveys of ships and emigration work. They would point out that the system is one very liable to abuse. Supervision should be exercised to keep it down to the minimum.

15. Summarised the reductions amount to eight Europeans out of a total of thirty- three, or about 24%. This does not include the reduction in the Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff, which would bring the figure up to 31%. The reductions in the Asiatic Staff are confined to the clerks, this being the only branch in which there has been any

increase.

16. The Harbour Department is a revenue producing one. As already indicated all its separate sub-departments, Marine Surveyors, Junk Inspectors, the Slipway, etc., should be separately price-costed so as to show the true relation between receipts and expenditure, in order that it can be seen from direct and reliable records exactly how money is received and expended.

LICENCE FEES.

BOATS AND JUNKS.

1921-1929.

Boats.

Junks.

Total

No. of Junk

Inspectors.

1921

$102,427

$46,910

$149,337

1922

106,539

52,910

159,449

1923

111,600

55,681

167,284

OT FA

1924

118,176

57,999

176,175

1925

119,153

51,458

170,611

1926

115,406

52,103

167,509

1927

116,380

52,390

169,770

1928

115,498

49,951

165,452

1929

116,604

49,729

166,333

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

Numerically the smallest of the Government Departments, consisting as it does of the Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General and the Stenographer. The time of the Attorney General is fully occupied with the drafting of legislation, and the answering of the multifarious legal conundrums that come to him as principal law officer of the Government. The work of Director of Public Prosecutions falls largely to the lot of the Assistant. Not only does he usually appear for the Crown in criminal cases at the Sessions and in important preliminary hearings before the Magistrates, but he daily devotes some hours to acting as legal adviser to the Police Department. No reductions are therefore recommended.

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REGISTRY, SUPREME COURT; CROWN SOLICITOR; LAND OFFICE;

AND OFFICIAL RECEIVER.

These four legal departments are taken together because there has always been a certain amount of interchange of officers between them : Deputy Registrars of the Supreme Court have acted as Official Receivers, Land Officers as Crown Solicitors, and Assistant Crown Solicitors as Deputy Registrars, etc.-The Commissioners recommend that this principle be adhered to, and that the officers of these four departments should be regarded as transferable from one department to another as the exigencies of the service. require. This will be of particular importance where home leave arrangements are concerned. Each of the four departments however does different work, and the Com- missioners are satisfied that there is little, if any, overlapping. A certain amount is unavoidable, for it is difficult, particularly for a non-legal department to say exactly where, for example, the jurisdiction of the Crown Solicitor ends and that of the Land Officer begins.

2. The Registry staff consists of the Registrar, one Deputy Registrar, one European Accountant, three bailiffs and fourteen Asiatic interpreters and clerks. The Supreme Court Ordinance No. 3 of 1873 provides for a Registrar and two Deputies. Formerly there were two Deputies, one of whom performed the duties of accountant. The Com- missioners consider that the present arrangement of one Deputy only and an European accountant, should be continued. There are vacant the posts of one Class III officer of the Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff and one Stenographer. These posts should be abolished and the approved establishment correspondingly reduced.

3. The Crown Solicitor has nominally two assistants but as often as not one is seconded to another department. The duties of the Crown Solicitor and his assistant or assistants are wide, for there is not a Government department that does not at some time or other seek his advice. That the work is so well done is largely due to the zeal and long hours of overtime put in by the present holder of the post. There are three Chinese clerks, the same number that there was 10 years ago. The post of Stenographer is at present vacant with the result that much of the typing and correspondence is done by the Crown Solicitor himself.

4. At first glance it would appear that in the Land Office there was occasion for retrenchment. In 1931 the staff of this department consisted of a Land Officer, Assistant Land Officer and five Chinese clerks. In 1931 there are twelve Chinese clerks, a Class II officer of the Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff, who is practically an Assistant Land Officer, a Stenographer, Assistant Land Officer and Land Officer. It was pointed out to the Commissioners that up to 1921 there had been no increase in the staff for 25 years. The work of the Land Office consists chiefly in deeds registration and the issue of Crown leases. Though there has been no substantial increase in the former, the number of Crown leases issued has grown to such an extent that in the first half of 1930 more Crown leases were granted than in any single previous year. As in one day a clerk can engross only one or two leases, it can be readily understood why there should have been such an increase in the clerical establishment. Not only does Crown lease have to be engrossed, but before its actual issue there is often considerable correspondence. Cor- respondence generally has increased, notably in the number of C.SO. files that are sent, at times apparently somewhat unnecessarily, to the Land Officer to deal with. It was stated that the Stenographer writes between 2,000 to 3,000 letters per annum. In addition, the Land Officer was in 1927 made Registrar of Marriages. This work takes the whole time of one clerk; moreover it not infrequently happens that there are cases involving difficult points of matrimonial law. The Commissioners are satisfied that no reductions can safely be made. It is of the utmost importance that the Deeds Register be kept and entered by a responsible officer whilst the issue of Crown Leases is a source of revenue to the Government.

5. The present holder of the substantive post of Official Receiver was appointed in 1927. This was at a time when there was a very large number of bankruptcies; the arrears of which are only just being cleared off. Formerly, the duties of the post were frequently performed by the Registrar of the Supreme Court. The Commissioners re- commend that, when in three years' time, the present holder retires the post should not be filled, but that the duties of it should be performed by the Registrar. In the event of there being an abnormal increase in the number of bankruptcies it would be economical to engage on a temporary basis a solicitor either locally or from home.

MAGISTRACIES.

The only comment that the Commissioners have to make here is that it is unnecessary to fill the post of Magistrate's clerk at the Central Magistry with a legally qualified or legally trained officer. An officer of Class II or at the top of Class III of the Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff is sufficient provided that the magisterial bench is filled by an efficient person.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

After most careful consideration the Commissioners feel unable to recommend any reduction in this department. Considering the density of the population, probably higher than in any other city in the world, it would seem that if anything too little public health work is done. At most they recommend that the extensive schemes-at any rate so far as regards those involving the expenditure of extra money--for reorganizing the Medical and Sanitary Services be deferred until more prosperous times. It is only two years since a medical man, the Hon. Dr. Wellington, was brought to the Colony for the specific purpose of reorganization. And it is still more recently that the first fundamental step towards the stamping out of malaria was taken by the appointment of a Malariologist. The Commissioners hesitate to recommend that the post should be abolished.

2. The Medical Department has for some years past employed Chinese as medical officers. This practice should be extended to the Bacteriologist's and the Government Analyst's sub-departments. At both only the head should be an European. The assist- ants, one at the former office and three at the latter, should be replaced by Chinese. The substitution of Chinese for European Nursing Sisters should be pushed on as rapidly as suitable local recruits are obtainable.

3. In addition there are certain steps that can and should be taken whereby the Colony would receive better value than it does at present for the money spent on public health, without in any way increasing expenditure. And that is by greater co-ordination. between the various medico public health authorities. There are the Government medical service, the private practitioners, the University, the Chinese hospitals and dispensaries, the Sanitary Board and the Sanitary Department. The aim of all is the same, the health of the people. Let them take counsel together as to how best they may achieve their aim. Admittedly a difficult question. But with tact and goodwill much more can be done than is the case at present.

4. The Commissioners understand that the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services has already submitted to Government his recommendations for the reorganization of the health service in Hong Kong, and that his report is being considered by a Committee. It would be idle therefore for the Commissioners to go into this matter in detail. They would however stress the point that it is wasteful to have two separate authorities within Government for health work.

5. The Commissioners know it has been suggested that the Medical Department should obtain surgical, medical and gynecological specialists. The University already has eminent experts in each of these branches, and the Commission can see no necessity why the posts should be duplicated. The fact that Government medical officers eligible for these posts should not be forgotten.

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6. Government should take up with the University authorities the question of the ordering of 'extras' and the supply of dressings, the cost of which has to be borne by Government, for University ward patients in the Government Civil Hospital. They are ordered far more lavishly by the University professors than by the Government prac- titioners. The practice should cease.

7. With the exception of Victoria Hospital the catering in Government hospitals is done by contract. The question of whether it would not be cheaper to do it department- ally, which it is understood has been the experience at Victoria Hospital, should be gone into.

8. The Commissioners are of the opinion that the fees at present charged in Govern- ment hospitals for medical attendance and operations are too low. They understand that their revision is already under consideration.

9. The Commissioners have already reported to Government their views on the desirability of building a new Government Civil Hospital.*

SANITARY DEPARTMENT.

For the work to be done the Commissioners do not consider that this department is overstaffed. In their opinion there are only two methods by which retrenchment can be effected. Firstly that street cleansing be done by contract. The Head of the Sanitary Department stated that this would be much cheaper than the present system of doing the work departmentally, though he doubted whether it would be done as efficiently. The risk of this cannot be avoided if savings are to be effected.

2. Secondly the replacement of European Sanitary Inspectors by Asiatics. This policy has been adopted in Malaya, and has proved satisfactory. There the only Euro- peans are the chief inspectors. It is claimed for the European that he has greater integrity and is more reliable. He is however very much more expensive. The Com- missioners recommend that the scheme be given a thorough trial. It might be necessary in the first instance to obtain through the Malayan authorities a nucleus of Asiatic inspectors from that country.

3. The Commissioners considered the question of incinerators and the flushing of streets with sea water. They were glad to learn from the Head of the Sanitary Depart- ment that the latter is already practiced with the consequent relief to the water supply. Regarding the former they regard the capital cost as prohibitive. They would moreover point out that the evil of dumping refuse at sea is mild compared with that of discharg- ing sewage direct into the harbour, without first passing it through a septic tank.

4. They would invite the attention of the Head of the Sanitary Department to the fact, that limitation of the number of hawkers involves Government in the cost of in- carceration of those persons, who commit the offence of hawking without a licence.

FIRE BRIGADE.

The Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade who is also the Inspector General of Police,- thus effecting a saving in the salary of Chief Officer,-has already reduced the number of 2nd class firemen from 80 to 60 and of motor drivers from 35 to 32. The Com- missioners do not recommend any further reductions, either in the European or Chinese personnel, as the Fire Brigade is an essential service.

DISTRICT OFFICES.

The two District Offices are both small departments with but one executive head for each, and a total of three European land bailiffs between them. The Chinese staff is proportionately small. The Commissioners do not consider that there is a possibility of any reduction here.

BOTANICAL AND FORESTRY DEPARTMENT.

This is another small department which appeared to the Commissioners to be run most economically. The area to be looked after is the whole of the Island and the New Territories, scattered throughout which are Government plantations. In addition the Botanical and Forestry Department performs work for and advises other departments, notably the District Offices, on all matters appertaining to trees, etc. No reductions are recommended.

ROYAL OBSERVATORY.

Hong Kong is one of the few Colonies which has an Observatory department of any size functioning as a self-contained unit. But Hong Kong is peculiarly situated geographically, and as a result has to perform weather reporting services for the large amount of shipping that uses the South China seas. Depending as it does for its very existence on shipping it is but right that the Colony should undertake this work.

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2. There is a tendency however on the part of the Observatory staff to devote a part of their time to taking magnetic and other observations which, though no doubt of great interest to international meteorological institutions, are of no benefit either to Hong Kong or to local shipping. Such work should not be undertaken, for if it is, there is the danger that the proper functions of the Observatory will be neglected. Moreover it necessarily entails the purchase of expensive instruments; those for the magnetic hut at Au Tau for example cost $8,000 in addition to $12,000 for the building. The Observatory should confine its activities to work for mariners.

3. The Commissioners recommend that on a vacancy occuring, which will probably be soon, on the retirement of the present Director, the post of junior assistant should be filled by a Chinese. In due course the post of Chief Assistant should also be held by a Chinese.

POST OFFICE.

One small reduction has already been effected in the Post Office by the abolition of the post of Inspector of Postmen. Beyond this the Commissioners are unable to recom- mend any reductions. Apart from local postal work, the Hong Kong Post Office has to deal with a vast amount of transit mail between south and north China, and China and all other parts of the world. The mails must be dealt with expeditiously. The Post Office staff is not too large. When a new Post Office is built in Kowloon; central distribution of letters should be instituted, as it has been on the Hong Kong side. This system is economical in postmen.

SECRETARIAT FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS.

The duties performed by the staff of this department are multifarious, extending as they do from liaison work between the Government and the Chinese community to inspection of factories. It is evident that work of the latter description, in fact all social welfare work, will increase in the near future. It is right that Hong Kong should progress in this direction; moreover, there is the League of Nations with its various committees and missions continually urging that more be done. It is probable that the staff will tend to grow larger rather than smaller. There is however one small reduction that should be made, and that is the post of the European Police Sergeant attached to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs for inspection of boarding houses. That work could be adequately performed by the ordinary staff of the department.

2. A system of voluntary censorship accompanied by a bond or cash deposit, might be substituted for the present form of censorship control, in the case of the larger and more responsible Chinese newspapers. A reduction in the censorship staff could then be effected.

3. Payment of compensation for 'fung shui' should be discontinued.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS DEPARTMENT.

With the exception of the Treasury the Imports and Exports Department is the largest revenue collecting of all the Government departments. The staff is however chiefly occupied in the prevention of smuggling and evasion of excise duties. Hong Kong is so situated that it is peculiarly easy for the smuggler of opium, liquor and tobacco to bring his wares into the Colony. The staff of eighteen European and ninety-six Chinese Revenue Officers is not too large for the work to be performed. The more that smuggling can be prevented the greater will be the revenue. It was for this reason that the Com- missioners informed the Government last September that they agreed to the building of a new launch for the department.

2. No reduction is recommended in the staff of the Statistical Branch.

AUDIT DEPARTMENT.

Numerically not a large department, but an important one, auditing as it does the accounts of all Government departments. It has expanded little during the last twenty years, certainly not in proportion to the increase in the Colony's revenue and expendi-

ture.

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It would therefore be unwise to try to force any drastic retrenchment department. Such a course would only lead to a less careful scrutiny of the Colony's book keeping with the consequent risk of fraud.

2. There does not appear to be any sufficient reason for the employment of an European lady stenographer, and it is recommended that the post be abolished. The Auditor stated that he would be willing to release three Chinese clerks, provided that he could select the three to go. This is but reasonable, and the Commissioners recommend that it be done.

3. The Senior Clerk in the department is a member of the Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff and therefore liable to transfer to another department The Com- missioners are of the opinion that to transfer the senior clerk of a department in which he has spent many years does not make for efficiency, and that the holder of the post should not be regarded as available for transfer.--This applies to all Government departments. As this will deprive him of his opportunity for promotion to one of the higher posts in the Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff, it will in time be necessary to raise the post from Class I to a Special Appointment. The post of Examiner should be retained.

POLICE DEPARTMENT.

The labours of the Commissioners as regards the Police Department were consider- ably lightened by the helpful attitude of the Inspector General of Police, who came before them with a comprehensive scheme of retrenchment which showed a saving of about two lakhs. It is largely this scheme, with the important addition dealt with in the next paragraph, which the Commissioners recommend.

2. The approved establishment of posts in the executive branch is ten posts. A reduction of two should be made. The Hong Kong Police Force has proportionately to Asiatics a very large number of Europeans. It does not therefore require the same pro- portion of European commissioned officers as do other Crown colonies, where the European contingents are comparatively small.

3. The main feature of the Inspector General's retrenchment scheme is the replace- ment of thirty British police by an equal number of Russians. This accounts for a saving of nearly a lakh in personal emoluments, to which must be added a not incon- siderable saving in passages, pensions, etc. The police to be replaced are those per- forming the duties of section sergeants; the least responsible work of the European contingent, and performed by the most junior officers. To employ on it highly paid Europeans is extravagant, but neither Indians nor Chinese would, according to the In- spector General of Police, be satisfactory. On the other hand, Russians, being domiciled in China, are cheap. and experience with them as anti-piracy guards has shown that they would be eminently suitable. Only men with a knowledge of English would be employed. The higher posts of inspector, sub-inspector, and Crown sergeant in the European con- tingent would be reserved for British officers. The Russian police would be recruited on a temporary basis. If therefore it were desired at a later date to revert to an all British European contingent there would be no difficulty in doing so.

4. The Commissioners, with the exception of the Chairman, advocate the adoption of the proposal set forth in paragraph three above, the Hon. Mr. Paterson desiring to add that he has had experience of Russians in Shanghai and has found them to be most satisfactory.

5. The Chairman dissents from the proposal, and in lieu thereof recommends that the reduction of the thirty posts could and should be effected by a re-organization of the duties of section sergeants who should be mounted on motor cycles, thus enabling each officer to cover a greater number of sections than he can at present when he proceeds on foot.

6. Further reductions in the European contingent of one Inspector, two Sub- Inspectors, one Sergeant, eight Lance Sergeants and the replacement of one Russian Sergeant (paid at the same rate as a British Sergeant) by a temporary Russian constable, are recommended.

7. To enable these reductions in the European contingent to be carried out it will be necessary to increase the hours of duty from six to eight per diem, and to lengthen the qualifying period for leave from four to five years. Regarding the former this will principally affect the section sergeants, whom it is proposed by three of the Commissioners should be Russians, -as all other ranks already perform in actual practice eight or more hours daily. Regarding the leave question, the agreements of service of European police stipulate for a five years' tour of duty, but it has been the practice in recent years to grant leave after four years Apart from the extra cost in respect of passages, this entails an increase in the total number of the contingent. On the first two tours five years should be served, thereafter leave could be granted every four years. The Com- missioners do not consider that this will involve any hardship. Non-commissioned police officers have the the privilege of retiring on pension at the age of forty-five years, ten years before their colleagues in other branches of the Government Service.

8. The proportion of Europeans to Asiatics in the Hong Kong Police is high. But after going fully into the matter the Commissioners are unable to recommend any altera- tion in this respect. Owing to the geographical situation of the Colony and a land frontier also easy to cross, the chances of escape for a criminal are very much greater than they are in a city at home or in other colonies. A fairer comparison would be with Shanghai --though the difficulties there are far greater-which has an European contingent double the size of that of Hong Kong.

9. In the Indian contingent it is recommended that when the present two Assistant Superintendents retire, the two posts should be abolished without any increase being made in the number of inspectors and sub-inspectors. Other reductions advocated are the substitution of a sergeant major for a sub-inspector at the Police Training School, the abolition of two posts of sergeant, eleven lance sergeants, twenty-one constables and the replacement of forty-one constables by thirty-six guards. The difference between a con- stable and a guard is that the former is trained in policework, the latter, who is usually an ex soldier, is not. The pay of the two is the same, but the guards are engaged on a temporary basis, and consequently have no passage, pension or leave privileges. In some of the outlying districts there is little police work to be done; all that is required is a patrol or sentryman. There are already fifty guards in the Police Force. By a re- arrangement of their duties their number need be increased by nineteen only in order to fill the thirty six posts from which forty-one Indian Police will be withdrawn-i.e. there will be a reduction of twenty posts and a partial saving in emoluments in nineteen more.

10. Reductions of fifty one constables, one lance sergeant, and the substitution of one sergeant for one sergeant major in the Police Training School in the Cantonese con- tingent are recommended.

11. The Northern Chinese contingent should be reduced by eighteen constables.

12. In the clerical and interpreter staff there is little that can be done. One post of interpreter (Class IV) and one of telephone clerk (Class IV) should be abolished, as should also the two posts of Indian teacher and Chinese teacher at the Police Training School. The Commissioners are satisfied that there would be greater efficiency, in addition to economy, if the services of the European Assistant Storekeeper were dispensed with; the post being filled by a locally recruited Portuguese.

13. Miscellaneous reductions recommended are the abolition of one post of Chinese motor mechanic, two boatmen and thirteen coolies.

14. The Commissioners considered the question of handing over to the military certain of the frontier stations. They are of the opinion that it would not be practicable to do so.

PRISON DEPARTMENT.

In Hong Kong there is roughly one warder to every four prisoners, and one European warder to every fifteen prisoners. In Shanghai the figures are eleven and one-hundred- and-one respectively, and in Singapore eleven and thirty-two respectively. Hong Kong therefore has proportionately by far the greatest staff, both European and Asiatic, of the

three cities. The Superintendent stated that had he a properly laid out gaol he could look after treble the number of prisoners with practically the same staff. But against this it has to be borne in mind that in Shanghai down to 1928, under infinitely worse conditions than obtained in Hong Kong, the prison staff was far less than it is in Hong Kong, and now with the new gaol in Shanghai, is less still.

2. The Commissioners have already reported to Government their views on the necessity of building a new gaol, * but they wish once again to stress the important point that the site of the prison should not be on valuable land, nor on land difficult, and there- fore expensive, to develop. In view of this Government should approach the Air Ministry as to the possibility of the utilization of the original site at Ngau Shi Wan, where some three lakhs has already been spent in piling. Failing this, the piece of land lying in the next bay to the east should be considered. It is capable of easy development, has a water supply, and would allow of all transport being handled from the sea. It is essential that the Police Training School should be nearby.

3. The existing plans of the new prison also need to be thoroughly revised in the light of modern prison construction. The Commissioners were not impressed with the lay out. It must be remembered that it is cheaper both in cost of construction and of staff, besides making for greater efficiency in the control of the prison, to build one tall building, as is done successfully elsewhere, than to build several low ones. Accommodation is made for sixty European warders. As has already been stated, there can be no necessity for this number; doubly so when the Police Training School is alongside. Furthermore, the accommodation such as it is, is not suitable for European warders living in a hot climate. The number of married men at present is twenty-four, and it does not seem reasonable to suppose that a man, wife and, say, two children, can be put in a two roomed flat.

4. Even allowing for the unsatisfactory lay out and condition of Victoria and Laichi- kok prisons the Commissioners are of the opinion that the European warder staff should be reduced by one Principal Warder and nine Warders. The Superintendent stated that this reduction could be effected with some loss of security, if the number of prisoners in each of the halls at Laichikok were increased from sixty-seven to seventy-four. This should be done. At the same time he requested that he be allowed to engage twenty Indian Guards in place of the ten Europeans. As the initial salary of a Guard is only $240 per annum the Commissioner agree to this being done. It will tend to allay the fears of the Superintendent, which however the Commissioners. are satisfied are un- founded. They fail to see where the loss of security arises, subject to what is said in the next paragraph as to the type of Indian now employed.

5. The proportion of Europeans to Indians is far too high. The reason for this, according to the Superintendent, is the fact that the latter are not sufficiently reliable to be put in charge of parties. In Shanghai the Indian gaol staff do this work. It would seem therefore that the Indian warder in Shanghai is better material than he is in Hong Kong. This is most likely due to the method of recruitment. Shanghai recruits its gaol staff in India; Hong Kong engages them locally, which perhaps means that all those Indians who have been dismissed from other employment find their way into the Prisons service. The Hong Kong Police recruit their Indians in India, and obtain a satis-- factory type of man. Arrangements should be made for the Prisons Department to recruit there at the same time. It should then be possible largely to replace by Indians: European warders, whose numbers will in any case be reduced on the completion of the new gaol.

6. At present acting pay is granted to Indian prisons officers if they act in a post higher than their own, even if only for one day. The minimum qualifying period for acting pay should be four months, the same as it is for other Government Departments. The saving effected would not be very great, but it would relieve the Superintendent and the Treasurer of a certain amount of "paper" work.

7. There do not appear to be adequate reasons for the employment of two European hospital supervisors. One post should be abolished.

8. The Trades Instructors, Chinese, of whom there are three, have not apparently proved a satisfactory experiment. Two of the posts should be abolished.

*Not reproduced.

9. If and when a new gaol is built, the Treasurer should be required to consider and advise on the financial aspect of gaol printing. In the Commissioners view this aspect of the question has never yet been adequately considered by Government. This view, they are of the opinion, is borne out by the so called financial arguments put forward by Government to Legislative Council on 23rd September, 1929, (vide Hansard 1929 pages 240-245), in support of the proposal to erect a reinforced concrete printing shop in a prison, which obviously should be shortly torn down.

down. Printing unlike other prison industries requires an European technical supervisory staff (there are five such posts at Victoria gaol), and expensive machinery.

10. Reduction in the prison population is desirable from many points of view, including that of effecting an economy in the running of the Prison Department. The Commissioners consider that a not inconsiderable reduction could be effected, if the Police were to devote less time than they do at present to the arrest, detention, and charging of offenders of such petty "crimes" as crying out wares in crowded streets (where pandemonium already reigns), and touting for motor cars; provided that a real public nuisance is not being committed. The sentences imposed on such persons are trivial, a few days at most, but whether it be one day or one year, the prisoner has to be entered on the prison records, washed, given a suit of prison clothes, etc., all of which takes up the time of more than one officer. Then again an extension of the system of binding over by Magistrates in the case of first offenders might also relieve the prison, without leading to any increase in crime. There appears to be no pro- vision in the Magistrates' or any other ordinance to require a person who has been bound over on first conviction to report himself to the police at stated intervals. The insertion of such a provision might incline the Magistrates to use this power of binding over more frequently than they do at present. The two suggestions made in this para- graph should be considered by the Inspector General of Police and the law officers of the Crown concerned. Habitual offenders should be treated as such and either receive longer terms of imprisonment, thus saving the expense and trouble of repeated readmission into gaol, or be banished. Banishment procedure should in any accelerated.

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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

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The staff of this office has grown enormously within the last ten years. to some extent be accounted for by the increased activities of the local Government resultant on the political awakening of China, and the stream of missions and enquiries sent out by the League of Nations. But even after making

But even after making full allowance for this, the Commissioners consider that much can and should be effected in the way of retrench- ment by re-organization. Despite its large staff more overtime is worked in this office than probably in any other Government department. Without re-organization therefore no reduction will be possible. It must be re-organization not only of the internal working of the Office but of the division of the work of Government between the Secretariat and the departments.

2. The fault may be summed up briefly as "over-centralization". The amount of trivial matters (which cannot be of interest to the Colonial Secretary's Office), that come to it from departments is amazing. Possibly each of them occupies only a minute or two of the time of the Assistant Colonial Secretaries, but on the other hand it means a considerable amount of work for the clerical staff,-making up the file, card indexing it, entry into a register every time it comes in or goes out of the office. Multiply this several times, and it will readily be understood why there is such a large clerical staff. There are in addition many matters not of a trivial nature which are dealt with by the Secretariat, but which should really be dealt with in toto by the head of the department concerned. The Commissioners would stress again the point that they made in their report on the Public Works Department that heads of departments all appeared to the Commissioners to be anxious and willing to accept full responsibility for the running of their departments, but the Colonial Secretary's Office apparently will not let them have it.

3. Having diagnosed the malady it is necessary to prescribe the cure. Firstly, heads of departments should be permitted to incur expenditure on all ordinary items of a uniform kind which have been approved by Legislative Council, without having to obtain prior authority from the Secretariat. The Treasurer always keeps a watchful

eye on the spending of money, and notifies heads of departments if he considers that they are exhausting too rapidly or too early in the year any of their departmental votes. To give effect to this recommendation all that will be necessary will be to reduce the number of items excluded from the General Warrant. Power to do this is contained in

Colonial Regulation No. 262.

4. Secondly, all ordinary matters which involve the expenditure of public money should be dealt with direct by the Treasurer and the head of the department concerned. Only in cases where policy is involved, or where there is a disagreement between the Trasurer and the head of the department, or between heads of departments, should reference be made to the Colonial Secretary's Office. It will be sufficient to enumerate a few of such matters. Rent and house allowances, passages, pensions, indents on and all correspondence with the Crown Agents, etc., etc.

5. Thirdly, there are other matters in which neither the Secretariat nor the Treasury are concerned. These should be solely within the competence of heads of departments. The personal files of officers who are confined to one department, e.g. policemen, revenue officers, should be kept in the departments, only when some point on which information or a ruling by Government is required should they go to the Secretariat. The leave of such officers should be approved by the head of the depart- ment, it being sufficient to forward the name and other particulars concerning the officer, to the Treasurer and to the Secretariat for transmission to the Colonial Office and Crown Agents.

6. Finally, permits for occupying land should be dealt with by the Superintendent of Crown Lands and Surveys. The setting out of "zones", as advocated in the Com- mission's report on the Public Works Department should, save in very few instances, do away with the necessity for referring to the Colonial Secretary as to whether a certain lot is available or not for sale.

7. With the Secretariat and the business of Government organized in accordance with the recommendations made above it will not be necessary to have such a large staff. The Commissioners are of opinion that three Assistants, one Cadet of consider- able seniority, one of about ten years' service and one junior Cadet should be adequate. To facilitate the work the Chief Clerk should in future be recruited from the Registry of the Colonial Office. The division of work amongst the Assistants should be between (a) matters which are municipal in nature, and (b) those which are

are governmental or political in nature. In the clerical staffs, Senior and Junior, a reduction of twenty per cent. should be made.

CADET SERVICE.

The number of Senior posts in the Cadet Service was recently increased from five to seven. The Commissioners recommend, as they did regarding the posts of Senior Masters and Senior Mistresses in the Education Department, that these posts be not automatically filled on a vacancy occurring, but only when an officer sufficiently qualified and efficient to be deserving of such promotion is available. These promotions should be made strictly on merit and not seniority.

SENIOR CLERICAL & ACCOUNTING STAFF.

The Commissioners recommend that there be a reduction of twenty per cent. in the various approved classes on the Establishment. This figure has already been recom- mended for the Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff of the Colonial Secretary's Office.

2. Sufficient attention does not appear to have been paid to the recruitment of this staff, which leaves much to be desired, as is evidenced by the recent dismissal of two officers from it. Unless men are already thoroughly trained in clerical or accounting work and of good character they should not be engaged locally. There may be an apparent saving in the cost of passage out from England in the first instance, but this is more than offset by the extra expense which naturally falls. on Government when it employs inefficient officers. Recruitment should be through the Crown Agents, who have years of experience and who have a far wider field of selection, than has the local Government. In making the foregoing recommendation the Commissioners appreciate the fact that there are some very efficient officers in the Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff who have been engaged locally.

3. It should be possible to effect an ecomony in Stenographers by employing one officer half time in two different departments. It is only in the largest departments that there is sufficient work to keep a stenographer continuously occupied. Stenographers. should only be allowed to departments where it is shown that a Chinese typist would not be competent or suitable for the work required.

JUNIOR CLERICAL SERVICE.

A reduction of twenty per cent. should be made in the approved establishments of the different classes. A reduction to this extent has already been recommended in the case of the Colonial Secretary's Office.

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

The present staff of the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway could with but slight augmentation probably run the whole of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, both British and Chinese sections. On the other hand, the comparatively small British section could not in the opinion of the Commissioners be run with a smaller staff. Whatever the length of the line, it is necessary to have at least one of various kinds of railway officials and engineers.

2. Nevertheless there are two economies which the Commissioners recommend, and which they consider will at the same time lead to great efficiency. The first concerns the post of Manager. This is combined with the post of Engineer of Ways and Works. It would be a better arrangement if the post of Manager were com- bined with that of Traffic Manager, and a separate Engineer of Ways and

and Works appointed, (an engineer is already seconded for this post from the Fublic Works Depart- ment during the absence on leave of the Manager). There would still be two officers. performing the duties of three posts, but there would be a slight saving in salaries, and a more logical distribution of duties.

3. The second recommendation affecting staff which the Commissioners make, is that the two posts of Traffic Inspectors at present filled by British officers be filled in future by Portuguese. One of the two officers concerned is already over the retiring age. There will be a considerable saving not only in salaries but in the cost of passages and pensions. The Commissioners, whilst realizing that a certain amount of defrauding of the railway by persons travelling without tickets is inevitable, are quite satisfied that more could be done to check the practice. The Traffic Assistant should supervise the work of the Traffic Inspectors and Collectors, by himself inspecting on the trains several times a week. The subordinate staff knowing this would be more active than they are at present. The more rigorous prosecution of offenders and strong disciplinary measure against the railway staff would also tend to discourage this form of malpractice.

4. The Kowloon-Canton Railway is the one Government department which appears to keep its accounts in a proper manner. The Commissioners would however urge that the land used by the Railway should be revalued and a record kept, in case at any future time the British section is amalgamated with the Chinese section.

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

INTRODUCTION.

The Commissioners wish to acknowledge the assistance given to them in their con- sideration of these most difficult problems of education by the Acting Director of Educa- tion, who spared no effort to lay before the Commissioners evidence which might facil- itate their task. They would also record their apppreciation of the aid given to them by the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Sir William Hornell, Kt.. both in evidence and in the submission of memoranda.

2. Owing to the apparent lack of a settled Government policy in past years, the Commissioners have approached this controversial subject with diffidence, but feel that if any effective retrenchment is to be obtained they must necessarily submit recommenda-

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tions of an economic nature for reorganisation. They consider that the lack of a settled policy is in measure due to the Government permitting this important Depart- ment to be administered by Acting Directors, who possibly have felt their responsibility to be limited, owing to the uncertainty of their tenure of office.

THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.

3. The Commissioners hold strongly the view that the Director of Education should be chosen pre-eminently for his administrative ability and for his knowledge of Chinese, and not because his length of service in the Department as Head or Assistant Master in the schools gives him the position through seniority. The Director ought to be one having considerable standing in the eyes of the public, the Councils, and the Government. He should be above all schools, not of one. It is not to be expected that a master who has spent perhaps fifteen years in a common-room will, if promoted to the Directorship, be an unbiassed critic of his former colleagues. Nor is he likely to be free from prejudice against educational methods other than his own, or against the methods and organiszation of the denominational schools in the Colony, which must necessarily be governed according to the principles and financial circumstances of the religious denomination to which they belong. It is essential that the Director should be above all party, broad minded, a good administrator, and therefore a good disciplinarian.

4. Knowledge of Chinese is also in the opinion of the Commissioners essential.* Without it the Director, in his final decisions on educational and financial policy, is forced to rely entirely upon the reports of the Vernacular Inspectors concerning those schools in the Colony where Chinese is the sole medium of instruction, and where the staff has no knowledge of English. As the granting of Government subsidies is based on the Inspectors' reports, a Director of Education who has no proficiency in Chinese necessarily takes upon himself the responsibility of spending public money without a personal knowledge, either of the principles inculcated into the minds of the students, or of the methods of teaching in these schools. This is an undesirable condition of affairs especially in view of the fact that these students number some forty thousand; which number is likely to be greatly increased in the future.

INSPECTORS OF ENGLISH SCHOOLS.

5. What has been said in regard to the qualifications necessary for the Director of Education applies in very great measure to the Inspectors of English schools. It would appear that seniority is the sole qualification at present considered necessary for the holding of these positions, but in the view of the Commissioners, Inspectors should be able to command the respect of all members of the Department for their high qualifica- tions, their breadth of outlook, as well as for their variety of teaching experience. These positions should be filled by appointment from England. This will not involve any unjust curtailment of the prospects of the masters in the Department in view of the following facts, viz. :-that the positions of the Headmasters have of recent years been greatly enhanced as regards prestige and salaries; that in addition three senior master- ships with special salary have been created; and that all officers of the Department have now the privilege of a through scale of salary, whereas until recently they were divided into Class I and Class II, which frequently resulted in an officer having to wait several years at the top of Class II until a vacancy occurred in Class I. There is a tendency- for masters to look upon the office posts as their right; but the Commissioners have had no great evidence of the general eagerness of the masters to fit themselves for the higher- administrative posts by, for example, attaching themselves to the Board of Education while on home leave, or pursuing any course of studies during that period.

6. The Commissioners feel that, in view of the evidence placed before them as to the amount of actual inspecting work carried out during the year, there is no justification under conditions at present prevailing for two Inspectors of English schools. Accord- ing to the Report of the Director of Education for the year 1929 all English-teaching schools, both Government and non-Government, were "visited" at least once during the year. They are not satisfied that such visits represent in all cases thorough inspections, as from the evidence before them it would seem that the greater part of the time of these Inspectors of English Schools is taken up with office work. The Commissioners consider that the employment of such officers at a maximum rate of £1,300 per annum to do office work is totally uncalled for. They recommend that the Director of Educa-

tion should have only one Inspector of English Schools; and, in place of the second Inspector, an officer, either a junior Cadet officer or a specially selected member of the Senior Clerical and Accounting staff, as secretary. The Director of Education would thus be relieved of a great amount of clerical work which now devolves upon him, and would therefore have more time to devote to matters of educational policy. and to acquiring a more thorough knowledge of all those schools, both English and Vernacular, which come within his jurisdiction.

7. The Commissioners would further suggest that when the finances of the Colony permit, and in accordance with the custom in England, a woman Inspector of Schools might prove a valuable acquisition.

INSPECTORS OF VERNACULAR SCHOOLS.

8. Though the Commissioners hesitate to criticize salaries they feel very strongly that the Inspectors of Vernacular Schools and the Head Teacher of the Vernacular Middle School should not have been allotted sterling salaries. Elsewhere in this Report the Commissioners have put forward their proposals concerning the future of the Vernacular Middle School; but in regard to the above-mentioned officers they would urge the Government that, as the opportunity occurs, steps should be taken to remedy this matter of sterling salaries.

FEES AT GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

9. It is the considered opinion of the Commissioners that too much is done for secondary education and too little for primary. The former could be curtailed with- out any detriment to the Colony. The method in which this should be done is by raising the fees at Government secondary schools. At present the fees bear no relation to the cost of providing the education. These should be raised until the gap between the two is appreciably reduced.

In order to do this it will first

be necessary to price-cost the department and the schools. Encouragement should be given to intelligent boys and girls, whose further education will benefit the community, by the provision of a number of free scholarships.

GRANT IN AID SCHOOLS.

10. The basis on which grants are paid should be rationalized. Under the present system those non-Government schools known as Grant in Aid Schools (English,) almost all of which are denominational, receive a Science Grant, a University Examination. Grant, and a Capitation Grant. The Capitation Grant is calculated on the average yearly attendance, and is based on a graduated scale, namely $50 per pupil in the Higher classes, $30 per pupil in the Remove classes, and $20 per pupil in the Lower Classes. This differentiation according to the class of the pupil naturally encourage schools to place as many boys as possible in the higher classes, not always with proper regard to their scholastic ability. The Commissioners do not consider the amounts of the grants. allowed to these schools excessive. The Grant in Aid Schools do very satisfactory work in the Colony, and according to the Report of the Director of Education for 1929 nearly five thousand pupils were that year being given instruction therein. In view of the fact that they are cheaper to run than those schools entirely maintained by the Government, the suggestion has been made to the Commissioners that the Government should increase its financial assistance to these schools rather than develop its own schools. The need of the present is for curtailment of expenditure; but although the Commissioners con- sider that, when the Colony's finances improve, the Grant in Aid Schools should receive increased financial aid to permit of further development, they maintain that the Govern- ment should retain its own schools, and should endeavour to make them models by which the standard of non-Government schools should be judged. It can readily be understood that the difference in expenditure between Government and Grant in Aid Schools is largely accounted for by the differences in the method of recruitment of staff and the conditions of service. In place however of the existing graduated Capitation Grant it is recommneded that a flat rate of $30 per head be paid. To continue payment of larger grants, in respect of the senior classes, would be to place non-Government secondary schools in an unduly favourable position, vis à vis the corresponding Govern- ment schools with their greatly increased fees.

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS, EXAMINATIONS GRANTS AND FEES.

11. The Commissioners find that in all those schools, whether Government or non- Government, where secondary education is provided, the pupils are entered for the Hong Kong University Junior Local, Senior Local, and Matriculation Examinations. The University fee for each candidate is $12 for the Junior Local, and $20 each for the Senior Local and Matriculation examinations. The Government pays these entrance fees for all candidates from Government and all candidates from Grant-in-Aid Schools, this being in addition to the Local Examinations Grants awarded annually to each of the Grant-in-Aid Schools concerned. In the Report of the Director of Education for the year 1929 the following figures are given :-

$ 14,450

Local Examinations Grant to Grant-in-Aid Schools Entrance Fees to Local Examinations for Grant-in-Aid Schools In the Government schools 92 pupils were presented for the

Senior and Matriculation Examinations at a Government in Fees of

7,715

1,840

122 pupils were presented for the Junior Local Examina-

tions at a cost to Government in Fees of

1,464

In the Government schools all pupils in the two senior classes are obliged by regula- tion to enter for these examinations. A great number of the pupils who take the Matriculation examinations have no intention of entering the University even if they obtain their matriculation certificate. In case of failure the pupil is at liberty to present himself again the next year, again at the expense of the Government; and indeed there seems no obstacle to his continuing to do so indefinitely.

12. The Commissioners have considered the evidence before them and make the following recommendations :-

(a) That in future the entrance examination fees for all University examinations should be paid by the candidates themselves. Should the Government find itself unable to comply with this recommendation then they strongly urge that all students who present themselves more than once for the same examination should after the first time pay their own entrance fees.

(b) That the Junior Local and Senior Local Examinations be abolished, and that the University be approached by the Director of Education with a view to instituting an ex- amination for a School Leaving Certificate. The Matriculation examination should remain as a means of entry to the University, and should be only for those who have every intention. if they pass of proceeding to the University. As the system of entering all pupils in the Senior classes for the University Examinations would appear to be of value in preventing possible over-attention to brilliant pupils at the expense of the backward, the schools should, in view of the recent high percentage of failures in the University Examinations, endeavour by a high standard of annual examination to prepare for the outside examina- tions only those who have a reasonable prospect of passing.

(c) That the Vice-Chancellor of the University be approached with a view to restrict- ing to a reasonable minimum the study of Chinese classics necessary for the Local Examinations.

SUBSIDIZED SCHOOLS.

13. The Commissioners have already stated that in their opinion too much is spent on secondary or higher education in proportion to the amount spent on elementary or primary education. They would therefore deprecate a policy of curtailment of subsidies to private vernacular schools. Rather they would urge an increase of subsidies as soon as the finances of the Colony permit. The ultimate ideal to be kept in view is free elementary education for all.

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF HEADS OF SCHOOLS.

14. In the larger schools the Head has the services of a clerk, and, if the present system remains operative, the same method should be applied to Belilios Public School,

where the Head now utilizes the full time services of a Mistress. Under existing con- ditions the Heads of Schools in addition to their ordinary scholastic duties are respon- sible for:

(a) The drawing up of the monthly pay-sheets and payment of the teachers"

salaries.

(b) The collection of pupils' fees, and the payment of these into the Bank.. (c) The disbursement of moneys in account of the school monthly bills.

The Commissioners understand that these financial duties are a source of aggravation to to the Heads of Schools, especially in large schools with an attendance roll of over six hundred pupils, and a large staff of teachers of varying salary grades. They consider that these duties more properly belong to the clerical staff of the Education Office.

(a) The duty of the drawing up of the monthly pay-sheets has only of recent years. devolved upon the Heads of Schools.

the Heads of Schools. This devolution adds unnecessarily to the burdens of the Heads by making them share unduly in the financial responsibility of the Depart--

ment.

(b) In regard to the collection of pupils' fees by the Heads of Schools, the Com- missioners consider that the present plan is cumbersome and ill-managed. During the sessions of the Commission it was tentatively proposed by the Commissioners that the pupils' fees should be paid at the Head Office instead of at the Schools, but the proposal was condemned as too difficult of execution. The Commissioners consider that the proposal is not impossible of execution. In the British schools the pupils have for long- paid their fees termly not monthly; thus the payment of these at the Head Office should present no great obstacles. It was stated that in the case of Chinese schools it would. not be practicable to collect fees termly, and that therefore the monthly payments by hundreds of pupils or parents at the Head Office would present a formidable labour to the clerical staff at the office. Nevertheless, the Commissioners feel strongly that the proposal should not be dismissed as impracticable. Every pupil is registered at his or her school under an Admission Number, (which should remain the same throughout the pupil's school life), and the Department could issue a receipt bearing the name of the School. the admission number of the pupil, the amount of payment, and the name of the month for which payment was made. This receipt should be presented by the pupil at the school, say, not later than the fifth of each month, and a check kept by each class- teacher in the class-register. The admission numbers of absentees or defaulters could be reported to the office by the Heads of Schools at a fixed date later in the month, and thus a check kept upon the payment and receipt of fees. This system of collection of fees would necessitate holding school entrance examinations before the beginning of the The payment of school fees at the Head Office is in accordance with the system in vogue in England, where fees are paid at the educational centres.

term.

(c) The Education Office should carry out the payment of school monthly bills. The present method proved itself unsatisfactory when there was a few years ago embezzlement of public moneys allotted for the payment of the monthly bills at Queen's College.

HOURS OF WORK IN SCHOOLS.

15. The Commissioners have had for their information the time-tables of each member of the Department, and as a result of their scrutiny of these time-tables the following observations and recommendations are made:-

(a) The number of teaching periods per week in proportion to the number of correction periods allotted to each teacher is in some schools or sections of schools far too small, and points to considerable over-staffing. This applies particularly to Queen's College, King's College, and the Chinese Staff at Belilios Public School. In one case a full-time teacher has only ten teaching periods per week, in others some teachers have up to fourteen hours for corrections weekly; while in one school under a European Head three of the non-British Staff had no teaching time-tables at all. The Com- missioners consider that the Heads of Schools have not all shown the necessary strictness in seeing that a full day's work is done by all the members of their staff, but blame must also be attached to the Inspectors of English Schools for inadequate supervision of the time-tables. It is recommended that in no school should the correction period for any full-time member of the staff exceed five hours weekly.

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QUEEN'S COLLEGE AND KING'S COLLEGE

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16. In pursuance of a policy of encouraging the spread of elementary education. rather than of giving increased impetus solely to the spread of higher education, the closing of Queen's College, and the sale of the building and site is recommended. present King's College should be renamed Queen's College, and should be a purely secondary school for boys, with graduate masters only. The present Queen's College is an unsuitable building, and owing to the age of the fabric is expensive to maintain, and the Commissioners can see no necessity for the provision of two large colleges, each providing secondary as well as elementary education, at such close quarters to each other. The name of Queen's College commands respect in the minds of the Chinese and the College has a long tradition, whereas King's College is as yet in its infancy. The latter is built to accommodate 1,000 pupils, but as it is unlikely that it would be, from the beginning of the new scheme, filled to capacity by secondary classes, it has been suggested elsewhere that one section of the building be temporarily set aside for the Government Training College. As an alternative there might he temporarily some elementary classes.

17. The graduate masters at present at Queen's College should be transferred to King's Collge, though some economy should be effected in staff by the amalgamation of the classes and the raising of the maximum number per class to 35. The Commissioners consider that for this education of senior boys the employment of men teachers is advis- able. When the present Headmaster of King's College retires there would not be any necessity to fill this appointment. it carries with it a salary of £1,100 to £1,300.

18. It will probably be necessary at some future date for Government to build a primary school to serve the western district of Hong Kong and to care for the primary classes of King's and Queen's Colleges. The building of such a school should be financed out of the sale of the present Queen's College site, which is extremely valuable.

VICTORIA BRITISH SCHOOL AND QUARRY BAY SCHOOL.

19. These are mixed primary schools which prepare British children for secondary education at the Central British School, Kowloon. The schools are at comparatively close quarters, and in proportion to the number of pupils are very expensive to the Govern- ment to maintain. A considerable proportion of the pupils of Victoria British School are children of Government servants. In the view of the

In the view of the Commissioners the expenditure upon these two schools does not warrant the maintenance of both in the same area, and they recommend the closing down of the Victoria British School and the amalgamation of the pupils with those of Quarry Bay School, where there is sufficient accommodation, and where the school itself is of more modern construction. It might be necessary to transfer one member of the Staff from Victoria British to Quarry Bay School. Transport is now

so excellent that it will entail no hardship for the children, who formerly attended Victoria British School, to go to Quarry Bay School. It might be possible in the future for the Government to open a primary school to serve the western districts of Hong Kong.

20. The building and site of Victoria British School could either be sold, or form the site of a new and much needed District School to serve the Chinese population of the eastern districts of Hong Kong.

VERNACULAR MIDDLE SCHOOL

21. The Commissioners have considered the evidence which has been laid before them on the subject of this school, and have come to the conclusion that under present conditions the school is a luxury. In the scope of its work it is not different from King's College, to which it is in close proximity Greater attention is paid to the Chinese Classics, but English is also taught. The Commissioners feel that the policy of the Government in vernacular education should follow that of the Nationalist Government of China, and that the somewhat special education, which is given at the Vernacular Middle School, should not be provided by Government. However praiseworthy it may be to preserve the classics it is not the business of Government to do so. The primary con- cern of Government in education is to give to its youthful citizens the mental training that will enable them to earn their bread and butter. Even if it be maintained that the

Chinese Classics form a necessary part of the education of Chinese youths, it would seem better to raise the standard of Chinese in Anglo-Chinese schools which are attended by the many, than to concentrate on one school which is attended by the comparatively few. The school costs Government $47,000 per annum, exclusive of the cost of pension rights, etc., of the staff. The Commissioners suggest that the school be handed over to private interests. There are many Chinese gentlemen of standing in the Colony and elsewhere who are interested in the school. Doubtless they will see that it is maintained.

MEDICAL OFFICERS OF SCHOOLS.

22. The Commissioners recommend that the posts of two Medical Officers of Schools and three School Nurses be abolished. When money is scarce many desirable things have to go, in order to preserve the essential things. In the opinion of the Commissioners the Medical Officers of Schools are desirable but not essential. They would substitute another system, whereby every new pupil would be required to produce a medical certificate, which should be in a standard form, before he would be permitted to enter school. This scheme would tend to bring the schools more directly under the agis of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services, and would aid him in his plans for the betterment of the general health of the Colony.

CONDITIONS OF HOME LEAVE.

23. One of the reasons why European staff is expensive is because they go home on leave every four years, which in addition to the cost of passages entails the employment of a larger staff than would otherwise be required. The position is aggravated by the fact that officers wish to go home in the spring,-irrespective of when they are actually due for leave.--and return in the autumn. As a result the department is overstaffed in the winter, when very few officers are away on leave. The Commissioners appreciate the desirability from the health point of view of going home in the summer, but they would point out that every summer the teaching staff of the Education Department receive eight weeks' leave, which enables them to avoid the worst of the hot weather in Hong Kong. It would be no great hardship to require them to take their home leave when it became due, irrespective of the time of the year.

TRAINING AND STUDY LEAVE FOR BRITISH TEACHERS.

24. The Commissioners record with regret their disapproval of the existing agree- ment whereby this Colony bears the expense of a year's training in education in England for University graduates after they have been appointed by the Crown for service in Hong Kong. Such a scheme would seem to be somewhat one-sided, unless the Government offered to refund training fees to those candidates who, when they are appointed by the Crown for service in Hong Kong, have already taken the year's training course at their The Commissioners consider that under no circumstances should the Hong Kong Government finance the training of teachers in England in preparation for service in Hong Kong.

own expense.

25. It has been observed that an officer of the Education Department has recently been granted study leave, and study fees up to the maximum of £50. Presumably this study leave will exceed in length the ordinary vacation leave. The Commissioners feel that if an officer's services can be spared for study leave without incurring extra expense to the Government in the employment of a temporary teacher for that period. then either the Department is over-staffed, or the loss of the officer's services must be detrimental to the best interests of the pupils, who are supposed to depend upon the good offices of the Crown.

26. The Commissioners would suggest that in future such officers as are appointed from England should only be appointed if they are already fully qualified, and should not be permitted to obtain these qualifications during their service in the Government and in whole or part at Government expense.

CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT OF LADY TEACHERS.

27. The contract between the Crown and an officer of the Education Department is for a probationary period of three years. At any time during her service, whether

during or after the probationary period, a lady teacher is required by her contract to resign

to resign on marriage, thereby terminating her appointment.

Provi- sion is made in the terms of contract that if this resignation falls within the three year's probationary period, the lady teacher is required to refund the whole of her passage money from England to Hong Kong. From the evidence before them the Commissioners gather that this proviso has of late years only been partially or not at all enforced. They would recommend however that in consideration not only of the loss of the refund of passage money, but of all the other expenses borne by the Government in passages for freshly appointed candidates, additional payment of medical fees, travelling expenses of candidates in England, and Crown Agents departmental charges, this provision should in future be rigidly enforced and that the whole of the passage money should be refunded. by any officer resigning before the completion of the three years' probationary period.

APPOINTMENTS TO HEADSHIPS AND SENIOR POSTS.

28. The Commissioners are of the opinion that the officers appointed to the Head- ships of those Government schools which provide secondary education should

should be graduates, chosen for their high qualifications and for ability, instead of solely on account of seniority. Merit should replace length of service as the criterion for promotion, and the qualifications of the officer appointed should be appropriate to secondary educa- tion. The Commissioners also consider that the special salaried posts of Senior Masters and Senior Mistresses should be filled by appointment according to qualifications and merit, not according to seniority only. They deprecate,-as being calculated in certain circumstances to lead to a lack of efficiency and consequently to a position the reverse of economic, an arrangement by which these posts may be allotted to unqualified officers because of their length of service. For example, the senior mistress of Central British School should be specially appointed on merit to that position, as she has under her control and supervision girls receiving a secondary education. Moreover these four Senior posts should only be filled if there are mistresses qualified and capable of filling them. The Commissioners desire especially to impress upon the Government this recommenda- tion. The principle of selecting and earmarking a nucleus of officers for higher adminis- trative command is just as important in the Education Department, as it is in other Government departments and other walks of life.

TRAINING OF TEACHERS.

29. The Retrenchment Commission in its terms of reference was advised by His Excellency the Governor to explore any means by which those Government officials who are recruited from England, paid on a sterling basis, eligible for leave and passages, and pensionable on retirement, could be satisfactorily replaced by Chinese. It is the consider- ed opinion of the Commissioners that a very considerable portion of the work now under- taken by highly paid European officers could be done by Chinese; but, and here is the important qualification, the transition cannot be immediate, as the training at present offered to Chinese is not altogether satisfactory. The principle methods of training are:-

(a) A course at the Technical Institute.

(b) A course of training at the University under the ægis of a Professor of Education and an Educational officer who performs the part-time duties of a Master of Method, and

(a) At the Technical Institute night classes are held in a number of subjects. The instructors are in most cases those members of the Education Department who are willing to accept the remuneration of $5 per hour. Into these classes are admitted, regardless of previous education, students at all stages of learning and with widely differing know- ledge of English They are taught together and left to imbibe what they can of the teacher's wisdom. Examinations at the end of the course qualify the student for a Technical Institute Certificate. This method of training is neither thorough nor valuable. In particular it fails to provide any system for the practice of teaching under guidance. The majority of students are at work during the day, and during the course graded according to their knowledge of English.

are not

(b) The course of training at the University is for four years, and the method of recruitment of Chinese University graduate masters for Government schools under this

system is, in the opinion of the Commissioners, both wasteful and unpractical. Accord- ing to the evidence of the Director of Education there is no "natural supply" of Univer- sity graduate teachers for Government schools; consequently Government has found it necessary to provide scholarships in order to induce students to take the University course in Education. Each of these "Students in Training" costs Government $1,355 a year in respect of fees and allowances. But 'wastage' is high, and the actual cost at the end of the four years' course works out at about $10,000 per head. This is clearly an inordinately expensive scheme. At the conclusion of the course the graduate is bound by the terms of his agreement to serve in a Government school for two years. But in actual fact the Government has little or no control over the graduate if he refuses to carry out his part of the contract, nor has it any ineans of enforcing the refund of the subsidy should the student fail either to qualify, or to fulfil the prescribed term of years, at the University. There are at the present moment twenty-two of these subsidized students in training at the University. The expense incurred by the Government since the adoption of this scheme is out of all proportion to the number of Chinese graduate teachers now in the Department. Further, the methods of training do not appear to supply the actual practice in teaching which should be the important feature of an educational course.

30. The Commissioners recommend that the following arrangements be substituted for those now in operation.

(a) The closing down of the Technical Institute classes.

(b) The abolition of the subsidy to students in training at the University.

(c) For the training of all teachers for Government schools a Training College should be established with a full time qualified staff, and a two years' full time course of training.

The College could be lodged, until such time as a separate building can be provided, in one part of King's College. It should be under a whole time Head, who should not be in addition a Headmaster of a school. If necessary he should, on appointment and before the College is opened, be allowed a period of leave to study up-to-date methods of train- ing in England. The staff, which should be English and Chinese, could be recruited from among the highly qualified men and women at present in the Department. There should be no separate course of training at the University, but the University graduates should take a post graduate one year's course at the Government Training College to qualify as teachers In the case of the University graduates the Government might pay a part or the whole of their tuition fees for this one year's course, and might grant them an allowance to cover their other expenses, such sum to be decided upon by the Director of Education in collaboration with the Vice-Chancellor of the University. For both the two years' training course and the one year's post-graduate course, certificates should be issued on the result of an examination in the practice and theory of teaching.

31. The Commissioners wish to emphasize the point that while the head of the Training College should be an officer of the Government, the closest relations should be maintained between the College and the University. It should be possible for the officer to arrange with the University for the students to attend lectures thereat. On the other hand, all the students should have the maximum of experience in actual teaching. The head of the Training College should have every facility from the Education Department for distributing his students through the schools of the Colony, in order to practice teaching, not only under the eye of the College staff, but of the teaching staff in the schools. These methods are adopted by training institutions in England, and the introduction of the same methods to this Colony would enable the Government to draw upon a supply of far better equipped teachers in the future, than has hitherto been the case. The Commissioners are of the opinion that while the heads and senior masters of the Government schools should for some time to come be recruited from England, the Hong Kong University graduate teachers should be encouraged to remain in Government service, with a view to taking up in the future some of the higher posts in the Education Department.

32. If it be possible in the future, a preferential scale of salary should be given to the graduate Anglo-Chinese teachers, to distinguish them in status from the non-graduate Anglo-Chinese and Vernacular teachers. The Commissioners would suggest that in future, when appointments are made to the posts of non-graduate Anglo-Chinese and Vernacular

teachers, the scale of salary should be $720-$4,800 per annum, which scale is equivalent to that paid to the Junior Clerical establishment of the Government.

33. The benefits of the present salary scale of $1,800-$6,000, with pension for Anglo-Chinese masters, should be more widely advertised than hitherto. The Com- mission was informed that these figures if more widely known would offer an inducement to graduates to enter Government service after their University course.

PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR LOCAL CHILDREN.

34. It has come to the notice of the Commissioners that the parents of a considerable number of Chinese students who attend schools in Hong Kong are not domiciled in the Colony. The Colony's schools are maintained by the taxpayers either directly or indirectly, and it is only reasonable that, since they bear the financial burden, their children should in all cases have the preference in admission into schools and the grant- ing of free places and scholarships. Any proposal for retrenchment in education at once affects the children of the Colony's taxpayers, and the Commissioners would favour any practical scheme for obliging those who, not being domiciled here, use the educational facilities provided by the local Government, to bear a proportionately greater share of the expenses (either in increased fees or some other method) than those resident in Hong Kong. No grants should be paid to grant in-aid schools in respect of the children of such "absentee" parents. An exception to this being made in the case of British sub- jects living in an outport who send their children to be educated here.

THE TAXPAYER AND THE COST OF EDUCATION.

35. Education, like public health services, is quantitative. Much or little, or even none at all, can be spent on it, according to the wishes of the community. Administra- tive services on the other hand have to be provided up to a certain minimum. The community should therefore be put in a position to realize what it means in dollars and cents to provide education. The way in which this could be done would be to allot annually to education a fixed lump sum, say, equal to half of the present expenditure of the Education Department, out of the general revenue of the Colony. Then if the public, functioning through the Board of Education, wished to extend education the necessary funds should be raised by an education rate, which the Board would have power to impose, subject to an over-riding veto in the Governor At present the Board has neither power nor responsibility. The Commissioners recommend that a scheme on these lines be adopted. At the same time the Board should be made more representative than it is at present, and its deliberations given full publicity.

REDUCTION OF STAFF.

36. The Commissioners here put forward a scheme for the reduction of staff con- sequent upon the re-arrangements outlined as follows:--

(i) The number of the classes in Government schools, with the exception of the two senior classes in the secondary schools, should be increased, where space allows, up to a maximum of 35 instead of 30. Such classes should not be subdivided for teaching purposes.

(ii) The Heads of Schools should take an active part in the teaching of the Senior

classes.

(iii) The number of correction periods should be limited.

(iv) The closing down of Queen's College and the transfer of the secondary classes to King's College will lessen the number of European masters required. (v) The closing of Victoria British School and the amalgamation of its pupils with those of Quarry Bay School will involve the possible transfer of one member of the staff from Victoria British School to Quarry Bay School.

(vi) The closing down of the Vernacular Middle School.

37. The scheme for reduction of staff is drawn up on these lines:

(a) The services of those temporary mistresses, especially of those who are either

(i) Unqualified teachers,

(ii) Married women not dependent for their living upon their teaching work, (iii) Wives of Government servants (unless exceptionally highly qualified)

should wherever and as soon as possible be dispensed with.

In view of the findings of the Salaries Commission it may be generally considered that Government servants are adequately paid, and the Commissioners are therefore opposed even to the temporary empolyment of the wives of these servants except in a special emergency, and then only if these ladies have high qualifications.

These temporary mistresses who are retained in the service of the Department should without exception be paid on a dollar salary, and on a uniform scale as laid down by the Salaries Commission.

(b) The abolition of the posts of Head Master of Queen's College and at least five of the European staff on amalgamation of Queen's College and King's College.

(c) The provision in the estimates for 1931 for the appointment of six British masters should be abolished. If, however, any of these appointments have already been made, the Government should take no steps whatever to fill any vacancies caused by the retirement on pension or resignation, until this retrenchment of six has been effected.

(d) There should be a reduction of at least 20% of the Chinese Vernacular teachers.

(e) There should be a reduction of at least 20% of the Portuguese and Chinese teacher of English subjects.

(f) The posts of Pianist, Teacher of Singing, Boxing Instructor, two Carpentry Instructors, two Needlework and one Portuguese teacher should be abolished. These are all teachers of 'extra' 'subjects, instruction in which should be paid for by the pupils themselves. It is better that teachers in these subjects should arrange with the parents as to their fees, otherwise they will draw their salaries even though there may be no one taking their particular subject.

THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL, KOWLOON.

38. Although the question as to the future of the Diocesan Boys' School, Kowloon, has not been specifically referred by the Government to the Commissioners, and although they have been given to understand that the matter is sub judice, they feel it incumbent upon them to sound a grave note of warning in this connection, as the subject has been forced upon them by the Head Master, the Rev. Mr. Featherstone.

39. They would first of all note that the Government has advanced to the Diocesan Boy's School the sum of $175,000 and that at present the School Authorities are in de- fault as regards the payment of sinking fund and interest. The Commissioners regret to have to record their opinion that adequate safeguards have not been taken for the security of these public funds, and they consider that in future any such advances of money or grant of land by the Government should only be made with the express sanction of the Legislative Council.

40. It would seem also to the Commissioners a matter for regret that a site so fine and extensive, and indeed possibly the best, in the residential portion of Kowloon, should have been allotted for the purpose of building this school: the lack of policy on the part of the Education Department would here again appear to be demonstrated. Two of the finest sites in the Colony (i.e. the Diocesan Boys' School, Kowloon, and St. Stephens' College, Stanley), have been allotted to denominational schools, while the Government has not only built King's College—at a cost of one million dollars-in what one may term a back street of Hong Kong and without adequate or suitable surroundings, but also proposed to build a new Central British School, likewise at the cost of one million dollars, in a place remote from the inhabitants whose children it is proposed to educate therein, and near the purlieus of Old Kowloon City.

41. The population of Kowloon numbers about 300,000. For the education of the sons of the Chinese section of this population the Government has provided one out-of- date District School at Yaumati, which is one of the most congested areas in the peninsula. It may be remarked in passing that not even this much provision is made for the education of the Chinese girls. Further, while cognisant of the fact that the Diocesan Boys' School has filled an important place in the educational life of the Colony, the Commissioners cannot but wonder how Government reconciles its liberality in granting to the school this large site (covering as it does twenty three acres) and the sum of $175,000, while it permits the Central British School, where 240 boys and girls are educated, to be housed in a jumbled up collection of wooden huts with no proper school amenities.

42. The Commissioners even at this late date would suggest that it might yet be possible to take over the Diocesan Boys' School as the new Central British School, sell that portion of the ground not required and, with part of the one million dollars which it is at present proposed to spend on the erection of the new Central British School, to provide instead a school for the Diocesan Boys in a building and situation more com- mensurate with the resources of that institution, and on a less ambitious scale than the existing building. From an inspection of the present premises it can be realised that the School has been built and the grounds laid out in the most lavish manner, with the result that the upkeep will be a heavy annual charge, and one which will very likely and from time to time cause applications to be made for further aid from the public funds of the Colony. Although such assistance on the part of the Government might be considered a laudable action, the Commissioners feel that it would be unfair to finance only one single institution when it might mean neglect of the elementary education of those thousands for whom the Government at present does nothing, though the Commission considers that it will be compelled to do so in the future. The Commissioners would at this juncture point out that they can find no record in the Reports of the Director of Education or of the Inspectors of English Schools of these officers having in any way commented upon the heavy expenditure on buildings by the Diocesan Boys' School, nor do they appear to have foreseen a possible default in the repayments to the Government, although they must have had sufficient details and statements of account to have realised the financial situation of the institution in question

43. The Commissioners would finally suggest that, if such an arrangement can be arrived at, the proceeds of the sale of the site of the present Central British School, together with the balance, after providing for the Diocesan Boys' School, of the one million dollars proposed for the erection of the new Central British School, be earmarked in the future, and as the finances of the Colony permit, to provide establishments which will be necessary for the provision of elementary education for the children of the Chinese residents of the Kowloon peninsula.

TREASURY.

Considered purely as a department the Treasury is not in the opinion of the Com- missioners overstaffed. The amount of revenue received over the counter at the Treasury is about 12 lakhs monthly and for each payment a receipt has to be given at the time. The Commissioners are glad to learn that it is proposed to instal machines for the issue of these receipts. Not only will this enable some reduction in clerical staff to be made, but it will enable receipts to be issued with the minimum of delay. Apart from this the Commissioners do not recommend any reduction, as they feel that it would only result in. a loss in efficiency and hence in revenue.

2. The Commissioners consider that enough importance has not been attached in the past to the post of Treasurer, and that it is probably due to this that he has not taken his proper place in the administration of the Colony. The functions of the Treasurer are most important. Not only is he the financial adviser to Government, but he is the custodian of the Government's money. He should therefore warn Government if he considers that any proposed expenditure is financially undesirable, and in the event of his expressed opinion being over-ruled he should request the Government to forward his representations to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The fact that he is a servant of the Government should not mean that he is only to give his opinion on financial matters when it is asked. He should give it whenever, in his capacity as Treasurer, he deems it necessary.

3. The Commissioners in their report on the Colonial Secretary's Office have re- commended that a number of matters hitherto dealt with by that office should in future be dealt with by the Treasury. These will mean an increase of work for the Treasurer, as will also the recommendation made in paragraph two above. To cope with this effectively it will probably eventually be necessary to appoint an Assistant Treasurer, who would relieve the Treasurer of much of the routine work, and who, being au courant with the Treasury policy, could act for the Treasurer at a moment's notice, should the necessity arise.

4. The Commissioners urge most strongly that surplus balances be remitted regularly- and immediately to England as is required by the Secretary of State. Not to do so as has happened in the past, is to gamble in exchange, which is the reason always given for Government not fixing exchange in respect of its commitments.

5. The Commissioners do not agree with the opinion that to fix exchange is to gamble. Consistently to settle, or consistently to refrain from settling, would over a period of years allow the law of averages to come into operation, and would show the same result. On the other hand to fix exchange enables the Government, whose revenue is in dollars, to know in advance how many dollars it will require in respect of all its commitments, both silver and sterling. If sterling be available in London for the Government's gold commitments this point is of course met, but if it be not available and contracts for supplies be entered into, to be paid later out of dollar revenues not yet in the Treasury, then exchange should be settled when the transaction is authorised.. Care should be taken to obtain competitive rates when settling.

6. The liability for Widows' and Orphans' pensions should be shown in the statement of the Colony's Assets and Liabilities. The method of doing this is to show the pro- spective pensions of officers' widows and half the contributions (which they are entitled to withdraw on resignation or retirement) of bachelors. To show the contributions as revenue. and to ignore the liability is unsound finance.

7. The Assistant Assessor should have a knowledge of Chinese. The assesesment should also be more thoroughly overhauled.

4th May, 1931.

(Signed)

M. J. BREEN (Chairman)

J. J. PATERSON

J. SCOTT HARSTON

W. N. T. T'AM.

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THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMENTARY ON THE REPORT.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

Paragraphs 5-9.-As the Commissioners state, the severance of the Water Works Office from the Public Works Department and the creation of a wholly independent Water Works Department is the reverse of retrenchment. Government is not therefore prepared to consider the proposal at the present moment. They appreciate the value and desirability of price-costing water; but here again increased expenditure would be the immediate result, for to do this properly would entail the engagement of extra staff. The suggestion is however being carefully examined. To charge the consumer the full production cost of the water he consumes is a matter of policy, in which connection its effect on the poorer sections of the community should not be lost sight of.

The Government feels constrained to express its disagreement with the views ex- pressed in the latter part of paragraph 5. The Government is unaware of any occasion on which the views of the Water Department on any matters of importance have failed to 'filter through to the Chief Executive'. Where the Government has declined to accept the views of the Water Department there have been reasons which at the time appeared adequate, and the position of the head of the Water Department would cer- tainly have been no stronger had his department been separated from the Public Works Department.

Paragraph 10.-This proposal has received careful consideration. It is doubtful if the change in the financial year would have any appreciable effect on the speeding up of the work, while there are obvious disadvantages in the proposal, the calendar year being the most convenient for statistical purposes. The disadvantages of this proposal appear to outweigh the advantages, and it is therefore not proposed to adopt it.

Paragraph 11.-Government is satisfied that the further extension of the system of departmental execution of small works would be uneconomic, entailing as it would capital outlay for workshops, etc. The Government considers that the present system is more economical than that suggested by the Commissioners.

Paragraph 12.-The Chairman of the Tender Board, to whom this paragraph has been referred, considers that no advantage would be gained or

economy result by adopting the first and third suggestions. Government concurs. The second is already the invariable practice. The third suggestion is in direct conflict with the policy of entrusting heads of departments and sub-departments with responsibility, which is stressed so strongly elsewhere in the Report.

Paragraph 13.-Government is in general agreement with this paragraph, but each work will have to be dealt with on its merits. The second section of the Shing Mun Water Works scheme, for example, will probably be carried out by temporary staff,. whilst the hydrographic survey of the harbour is being done by temporary staff special- ly engaged by Government for the purpose.

Paragraphs 14-16.-Government is satisfied that the present system whereby the care of furniture is attended to by the stores branch is the most satisfactory. There is only one engineer engaged on maintenance work. The normal requirements of the office are four engineers in addition to the Executive Engineer. This is the position today, for three engineers are engaged on loan works. On the termination of those works they will either be absorbed into vacancies in the Public Works Department that may then exist, or their services will be dispensed with. It is anticipated however that the construction of a new Gaol, Government Civil Hospital, Mental Hospital, Infectious Diseases Hospital and other large works will keep them fully occupied for the next few years.

Paragraphs 17-19.-Considerable progress had been made in the revision and re- drafting of the Ordinance before the Retrenchment Commission's Report was received. The suggestions of the Commission are being considered in connection with the new

Ordinance, and the technical members of the Authorised Architects Committee will be consulted on proposed amendments in the Ordinance. It is not considered desirable. to confine the list of authorised architects to persons who hold the certificate of A.R.I.B.A. No such provision exists in England. In view of the importance of safe- guarding the public against dangers to life and health the Government must demur to the use of the word 'fantastic' with reference to the requirements of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services and the Head of the Fire Brigade.

It is doubtful if Government rules and regulations could eradicate the system of sub- contracting.

Paragraph 20.-The two offices are so considered. The title Architect has been substituted for that of Engineer.

Paragraphs 21-22.-The General Works Office will be abolished, though the arrangements for the transference of its work amongst the Architectural, Drainage and Roads Offices will take a short time to complete.

The question of reductions in the staff at present allotted to the General Works Office cannot be decided until experience of a few months has shown how the Roads and Drainage Offices can deal with the extra work that will be thrown on to them. It is however anticipated that no large reductions will be possible, for whilst Government is not itself embarking on an extensive constructional programme, there is considerable building development going on especially on the mainland, which involves the provision of drains and drainage systems, and improved streets and roads. It is on account of this rapid development that the Government does not feel able to agree to the amalgamation at present of the Roads and Drainage Offices which deal with very specialized spheres of work.

Paragraph 23.-On the island there are 77 Government motor vehicles, exclusive of motor cycles, and on the mainland 47. The matter has been gone into very care- fully, and the solution which appears to Government to be the most economical is to concentrate the repair of all Hong Kong vehicles at the Wanchai workshop, and all Kowloon vehicles at the Hunghom workshop. The Manager, Railway, states that for the railway to undertake major repairs of all vehicles he would require an additional European mechanic, while, as the Commissioners realize, a workshop for minor repairs would still be necessary on the Hong Kong side. The transport of motor vehicles, especially such heavy vehicles as road rollers, from Hong Kong to Kowloon would be expensive and unsatisfactory. The advantages of the present system in the daily super- vision and adjustment of Government vehicles seem to have been inadequately appreciated by the Commissioners. It is proposed to retrench the post of European Workshop Mechanic at the Wanchai shop, but it is considered necessary to retain the post of Mechanical Engineer. It may ultimately be found that the best solution will be to place on both sides of the harbour the workshops, so far as motor vehicles are concerned, under one officer. This possibility is still being investigated, and the whole question should be further considered when the Vehicular Ferry is in existence.

Paragraph 24.-Government does not consider the suggestion to put the Electrical Department under the Postmaster General to be sound. The department deals with many matters outside the sphere of the Postmaster General.

Paragraph 25.-The question of letting out to contract the maintenance of Govern- ment lifts is being explored. It is not considered desirable to dispose of the Government's telephone system.

Paragraph 26.-One qualified officer formerly in Government service has already been appointed for this work on a temporary basis.

Paragraph 27.-The method of carrying out large 'extraordinary' works has been dealt with under paragraph 13 above.

Paragraph 28.-The continuance of the Port Development sub-department, and the staff required for it, will be considered on the conclusion of the Vehicular Ferry scheme. It should however be noted that the present executive staff of this sub-department consists, so far as maintenance and minor constructional works are concerned, of only one Engineer and one Executive Engineer, and a considerable part of the time of the latter officer is devoted to the Vehicular Ferry scheme a loan work.

Paragraphs 29-30.-The Crown Lands and Survey Offices have been re-amalgamated, and a reduction of three European posts, Superintendent of Crown Lands, Second Assistant Superintendent of Crown Lands, and one Surveyor-effected. In view of the fact that Brigadier Winterbotham, who was specially sent out by the Colonial Office to inspect the survey offices of Crown Colonies, reported that the staff of the survey office of Hong Kong should be increased by one European surveyor, it is not considered that further reductions beyond those indicated above should be made.

Paragraph 31.-Government agrees with this recommendation, which does not however call for any action at present.

Paragraph 32.-There was a Town Planning Committee, doing work similar to that suggested for a Zoning Committee, which ceased to meet after May 1923. Since that date land sales and development have been in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee. The Government regrets that it can envisage no advantage from a permanent zoning committee such as. is suggested by the Commissioners. Further town planning schemes are now being prepared and when they are ready they can be scrutinized. by a specially appointed Committee. There is no need for a permanent committee; it is only when large new areas, not hitherto considered, are opened up for development that such a body is required.

Paragraph 33.--Action has been taken in accordance with the recommendations in this paragraph, except that it is considered desirable for the Director of Public Works to continue to sign lease plans.

Paragraph 34.-The Treasurer and Auditor have been instructed to go into this matter as soon as time permits.

Paragraph 35.-The allotment voucher system was instituted as a result of executive engineers incurring unauthorised expenditure. The system does not relieve them of responsibility. Allocations in advance are already made, and Engineers are, so far as the Government is aware, not unduly fettered by the present system.

Paragraph 36.-Whilst Government does not propose to proceed with a central store at present owing to lack of funds for the capital expenditure involved, it does not share the views of the Commission that several small stores, each with their own separate staffs, are more economical than one large store.

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Paragraphs 37-41.-As soon as the post of Technical Secretary has been vacated. by its present holder the salary of the post will be made the same as that of an engineer at present it is the same as that of executive engineer-and a more junior officer appointed. The same remarks apply mutatis mutandis to the Secretary. garding the amalgamation of the two Assistant Directors of Public Works into one Deputy Director of Public Works, Government is inclined to doubt the wisdom of the sug- gestion. Were the recommendation of the Commission to be adopted it would still be necessary to have one officer co-ordinating all the work on the Island, and another all the work on the mainland. The officers selected would probably be the two senior executive engineers. It is not difficult to imagine that in a few years these senior executive engineers would have grown into Assistant Directors of Public Works, in addition to which Govern- there would also be the higher salaried Deputy Director of Public Works. ment agrees that the Director of Public Works should be relieved of the signing of cheques, and that Assistant Directors of Public Works and Executive Engineers should be given increased authority as regards expenditure, subject to a definite limit. The Director of Public Works is preparing concrete proposals which will then be scrutinised by the Treasurer and Auditor. The Commissioners appear to have misconceived some- what the position of Executive Engineers. They are in full control of their sub- departments. The first two sentences of paragraph 40 state exactly the position of the

Director of Public Works as it is to-day. Executive Engineers already correspond with the public direct and are encouraged to do so. To permit Executive Engineers to minute direct in C.S.O. files would, except in routine cases, lead to delay and con- fusion. The Secretariat should deal with the head of the department after he has settled his views with his subordinates, and not with subordinate officers. The proposals of the Commissioners would tend to be subversive of discipline within the Department.

Paragraph 42.-Instructions have been given that vacancies are not to be filled, except where absolutely necessary, and the Director of Public Works has been instructed. to explore to the utmost the possibility of replacing the European Subordinate Staff by Chinese officers.

Paragraph 43.-The Crown Lands and Surveys, Architectural, Buildings Ordinance, and Electrical Offices are each specialist and closed sub-departments, so also to all intents and purposes are Waterworks and Port Development; this accounts for every sub- department except Drainage and Roads. Specialisation is thus an accomplished fact.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT.

Paragraph 2. The hearing of non-technical cases by the Harbour Master takes on an average ten to fifteen minutes a day. To transfer these cases to the Central Magistracy would not therefore do much to lighten the work of the Harbour Master. But even apart from this consideration Government is not prepared to put back the clock to the extent that would result from a reduction of three to two executive officers. The reason for the increase in 1925 from two to three was that two officers were insufficient. It is only necessary to call to mind the unsatisfactory arrangement whereby an Assistant Superintendent of Police, the Magistrate's Clerk, or an officer borrowed from the Royal Navy, performed the duty of Assistant Harbour Master during the absence on leave of either the Harbour Master or Assistant Harbour Master, to realise what a retrograde step it would be to revert to an executive staff of two. Moreover subsequently to 1925 the Harbour Master has had assigned to him the duties of Director of Air Services, which already involve a considerable amount of work. This work will tend to increase year by year. It is understood that the Harbour Master was not questioned as to the work performed by his two Assistants.

Paragraph 3.-With the gradual increase in the size of the department and the greater amounts collected in fees, it was found that the work of accountant and office assistant was too much for one officer, and in 1929 the Treasurer minuted "In opinion the Accounts branch of the Harbour Office is so large and important that an European Accountant is necessary". As a result the combined post was divided into two separate posts. There is a third European clerk in the Clearance Office. It is con- sidered desirable to have a European in this office to deal with European masters and agents entering and clearing their ships. The officer in question is a Probationer on the scale $1,200 to $1,560 per annum. There is also a European clerk in the Government Marine Surveyor's Office, the work of which has increased considerably. The steno- grapher is considered necessary for the handling of the confidential work of the head office, in addition to taking notes of meetings, etc. Government does not consider it possible to reduce the Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff in the Harbour Department below this establishment of five, without undue sacrifice of efficiency.

Paragraph 4.-Government finds itself unable to agree with the Commissioners. As. a result of the appointment of the two additional Boarding Officers there has been a great improvement in the matter of overloading of ships. To jettison this work just when it is beginning to have a good effect would be unwise. Nevertheless, in order to meet. the views of the Commission so far as possible, on the occurrence of a vacancy in any of the seven posts it will be left unfilled, until it can be seen whether or not an appreciable decline in efficiency results.

Paragraph 5.-The table attached to the Report shows that during the period 1921- 1929, revenue, in respect of junks and boats, reached its maximum in 1924 with $176,175 when there were five junk inspectors, and that in 1929 when there were seven inspectors it had dropped to $166,333. In the former year however there were 16,770 boats paying licence fees and 4,365 junks (exclusive of foreign trading junks which pay a reduced fee based on the number of trips to Hong Kong). In 1929 the

figures were 17,862, and 4,003 respectively.

A junk is larger than a boat and pays a higher fee; on the other hand it takes just as much time to collect the fee from a boat as it does from a junk. Also the average size of the boats paying fees (which vary ac cording to the size of boat) had diminished in the period 1924-29. The conclusion that follows is that approximately the same amount of revenue has had to be collected from a greater number of vessels. That the appointment of junk inspectors is a paying proposition is also borne out by the following statistics:-

In 1921 the Yaumati Junk Office was taken over by the Harbour Office from the Police. The revenue collected by this office rose from $3,048 in 1920 to $18,000 in 1921. On 1st August, 1923, the Shaukiwan Junk Office was taken over. The revenue rose from $16,886 in 1922 to $22,945 in 1924, (the first full year under the Harbour Office). In 1926 Aberdeen was taken over with the result that the revenue rose from $13,671 in 1925 to $16,513 in 1926. The initial salary of an Assistant Junk Inspector is $2,000. In face of these facts Government feels that to adopt the recommendation of the Commission would only result in an equal, if not greater, falling off in the revenue. They are prepared however to meet the views of the Commissioners to the extent that the post of Assistant Chief Junk Inspector will be left vacant experimentally on a vacancy occurring. Confiscation of a junk or boat, usually the sole means of liveli- hood of the owner, for failure to pay a licence fee of a few dollars, would be regarded as excessively harsh treatment.

Paragraphs 6-9.-It has been decided that, on the retirement next year of the Government Marine Surveyor, there is to be no recruitment to fill the vacancy that will result. The question of further reductions is still under consideration. Singapore, which has recently followed the example of Hong Kong in seeking world wide recog- nition for its class IA passenger certificates, has been asked for information as to the details of the staff of its Marine Surveyor's Office and of the work done. It must however be remembered that it was at the special request of this Government that the Board of Trade sent out a representative to report on the staffing of the Government Marine Surveyor's Department, with a view to the recognition by the Board of Trade of the Hong Kong class IA passenger certificate, and that if the Government is not prepared to accept the recommendations of the Board of Trade's representative, a not unnatural result would be for the Board of Trade to withdraw its recognition from the Hong Kong certificate. That is a contingency which this Government would not be prepared to accept.

Paragraph 10.-The Hong Kong Regulations will be published as soon as the draft has been revised to bring them into line with the recommendations and agreements reached at the Simla Conference. It would have been useless to publish them before the findings of the Conference were ready.

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Paragraph 11.-In 1929 there were inspected only twenty-five non-passenger-carry- ing launches; and of these twenty-five only those built of wood were surveyed twice

over to private surveyors yearly. It would hardly be worth while to hand over inspection of twenty-five launches out of a total of over 400. Government does feel able to accept the certificates of private surveyors in respect of passenger-carrying launches.

Paragraph 12.-The cost of the Government Marine Surveyor's Department is roughly $250,000 per annum. The estimated revenue of the department for 1932 on the present scale of fees is $78,500. If all fees were trebled there would still be an appreciable gap between revenue and expenditure. Government, however, considers that any attempt at the present juncture to make the Government Marine Surveyor's Depart ment self supporting by increased survey fees would be a grave mistake. The position will be further considered when the state of the shipping industry improves. The question of reducing the personnel is, as stated under paragraphs 6-9 still being con- sidered.

Paragraph 13. This matter has been referred to the Treasurer, who is not yet in a position to report. Detailed examination of accounts is involved and will necessarily. take some time.

Paragraph 14.-No overtime is worked except on special request from dockyards, agents, or owners. The amount of fee payable to the officer was fixed by the Salaries Commission.

Paragraph 16.-The Harbour Department is primarily a department to control and regulate vessels and shipping in the harbour, and only secondarily a revenue producing It would in Government's opinion be most unwise to reverse this order.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

It is proposed to effect an economy not mentioned by the Commissioners by re- placing the Assistant Attorney General by a Cadet Officer with legal training in 1932.

REGISTRY, SUPREME COURT; CROWN SOLICITOR; LAND OFFICE;

OFFICIAL RECEIVER.

Paragraph 2.-The recommendation regarding the Deputy Registrars has been adopted and the necessary amending ordinance to the Supreme Court Ordinance, sub- stituting the words "one or more" for "two" Deputy Registrars passed its third reading on the 3rd September last. There are no vacant Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff posts. One is filled by the Accountant, one by the clerk to the Chief Justice, and the stenographer has been replaced by a Confidential Assistant and Stenographer.

Paragraph 5.-The Commissioners do not appear to have taken into account the important work done by the Official Receiver as Registrar of Trade Marks. The revenue from this is in the neighbourhood of $11,000 per annum, and is expected to be almost doubled with the recently increased fees. Fees in respect of bankruptcy proceedings reached the then highest total of $7,837 in 1926, a year of many business failures. For the first three months only of this year the figure was $8,892. These figures are mentioned not as an excuse for retaining the post of Official Receiver on the grounds that it is a means of obtaining more revenue, but to show that unless there is the substantive post, bankruptcy work is bound to be neglected to the inconvenience of the community. It is properly work for which a Government is expected to provide. The position will however be reviewed on the retirement of the present holder.

MAGISTRACIES.

Government concurs in this recommendation.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

Paragraph 2.-A vacancy has recently occurred in the Bacteriological Office by the transfer to British Guiana of Dr. Minett. The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services has been instructed to endeavour to obtain a Chinese for the post of Assistant and it is hoped that he will be successful. It will not be easy to find a trained Chinese analyst, but the co-operation of the University is being sought. It is obvious however that the requirements of Government alone for trained analysts are not large enough to make it worth the while of the University to institute any special course of training.

The gradual replacement of European by Chinese Nursing Sisters has been and will continue to be Government's policy. In the printed draft Estimates for 1932 it will be seen that the establishment of European Nurses has been reduced by four.

Paragraph 3.-The Government while in sympathy with the idea underlying this paragraph is not aware of any practical scheme of economy which can be evolved there- from.

Paragraphs 5 and 6.-It is not the intention of Government to obtain specialists. The three University professors in medicine, surgery, and obstetrics and gynaecology, are now definitely attached to the Medical Department as Government Consultants.

This regularisation of their position will enable the Medical Officer-in-Charge of Govern- ment Civil Hospital to draw their attention to any apparent extravagance in the order- ing of extras" in exactly the same way as he does in the case of other Medical Officers under him.

Paragraph 7.-The catering for all Government hospitals, including Victoria Hospital, is by contract. Government is satisfied that this is the cheapest method.

Paragraph 8.-Fees in Government hospitals for operations and treatments have recently been raised. It is not considered desirable to raise the fees for medical attendance; these were increased in 1929.

Paragraph 9. The building of a new Government Civil Hospital will be undertaken as soon as funds can be made available.

SANITARY DEPARTMENT.

Paragraph 1.-Government does not consider it desirable to have street cleansing done by a contractor. The system was tried before, and the results were not satisfac- tory. Street cleansing is most important from the health point of view.

Paragraph 2. Government is prepared to give the scheme a thorough trial as re- commended by the Retrenchment Commission, and has given instructions to the Head

of the Sanitary Department accordingly. The replacement of Europeans by Asiatics. will have to be gradual, and the experiment carefully watched, if it is to prove the success which Government hopes it will be.

Paragraph 4. It is very necessary to limit the number of hawkers-13,748 licences were issued in 1929,—and to control those who are licensed.

No comments.

FIRE BRIGADE.

DISTRICT OFFICES.

No comments.

BOTANICAL AND FORESTRY DEPARTMENT.

No comments.

ROYAL OBSERVATORY.

Paragraph 2. It is impossible to serve shipping adequately without doing a certain amount of work beyond the sending out of storm warnings and weather reports. The Government is not prepared to admit that the work of the Observatory has been unduly extended.

Paragraph 3.-Government is in agreement with the Commission regarding the desirability of filling the posts of assistants with Chinese if efficiency can be ensured. Enquiries have been made at Siccawei and the University of Hong Kong, and it has been found that a trained Chinese Observatory Assistant is unobtainable. The question of training up a school or university graduate, with an aptitude for the work, is being explored. It may be stated however that past experience in other places shows that it has been difficult to obtain Chinese sufficiently reliable in this class of work.

POST OFFICE.

The recommendation contained in the last two sentences will be borne in mind when a new Post Office has been built in Kowloon. This desirable work will, however, have to wait for more prosperous times.

SECRETARIAT FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS.

The reduction recommended in paragraph 1 has been effected. Very little time is spent on the censoring of responsible Chinese newspapers. So far as Government is aware no monetary or other valuable consideration is given for "fung shui" (lit. wind and water. In Chinese religion a favourable influence attaching to certain objects or localities).

No comments.

IMPORTS & EXPORTS DEPARTMENT.

AUDIT DEPARTMENT.

The reductions recommended in paragraph 2 have been effected.

Whilst admitting that there are advantages in making every department watertight so far as its senior clerks are concerned, it is considered that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. It would for instance involve practically duplicating senior clerical posts, in order to provide for leave and sickness contingencies. Senior clerks are, so far as is possible, left in the department for the work of which they are most suited, but the needs of the service as a whole must be considered more important than the wishes of individual departments.

POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Paragraph 2.-Government is not prepared to accept this recommendation at the present time.

At most it can undertake to consider the matter further when retire- ments take place. In view of the present disturbed state of South China and of the activities of communistic agents it would be unwise to effect any reduction in the executive of the Police Force.

Paragraphs 3-5.-Government prefers the proposition put forward by the Chairman to that of the Unofficial Members. The Inspector General of Police has gone carefully into the question as to how far section sergeants can be replaced, or rather reduced, as a result of the use of motor cycles. He finds that ten only can be so reduced. In the crowded central district of Victoria with its steep narrow streets it is not possible to use motor cycles, and in the Tsim Sha Tsui district the continuance of foot patrols is considered preferable. It should be noted that in no city in the world have foot patrols been supplanted by motor cycle police. It is solely in the interests of economy that Government is willing to give the scheme a trial.

The remainder of the recommendations of the Retrenchment Commission has been generally adopted.

PRISON DEPARTMENT.

Paragraph 1.-The Superintendent of Prisons has been instructed to visit Shanghai, Singapore and Taiping to ascertain at first hand how the prisons in those places are administered with an apparently much smaller staff than that of Hong Kong.

Paragraph 2.-The site for the gaol has been decided upon on the advice of a Committee specially appointed for the purpose To reopen the question now would only lead to further delay. It is hoped to commence the building next year.

Paragraph 3.-The Director of Public Works and the Superintendent of Prisons have been instructed in accordance with the recommendations contained in this paragraph.

Paragraph 4.-Government approves of the reduction of the European staff by ten. In view of the recent occurrences at Victoria Gaol it has however been considered advisable to spread this reduction over a period of two years. It has also been found necessary temporarily to increase the number of Indian warders by ten, in addition to the twenty here recommended. There are fifty Indian warders overdue twelve months or more for leave, and there is no prospect of catching up with the arrears of leave unless these ten men are engaged.

Paragraph 5.-The Superintendent of Prisons is making arrangements to recruit his Indian staff in future through the Hong Kong Police direct from India.

Paragraph 6.-This has been adopted, and extended to the European Prison staff:

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Paragraph 7.-With the opening early next year of the new female prison at Laichi- kok it will be necessary to station one European hospital supervisor at Laichikok to look after the two prisons there. This will leave one at Victoria Gaol. No reduction can therefore be made.

Paragraph 8.-The recommendation has been carried out.

Paragraph 9.-The Treasurer to whom the matter was referred is fully satisfied as to the relative cheapness of Gaol printing to printing by a private firm working for profit.

Paragraph 10.-The proportion of prisoners convicted for petty offences is very small; for instance only 1% of the prison population is in gaol for hawking offences, of which there are many kinds. The public would be the first to complain if police action was not taken against the commission of petty offences. The question of binding over first offenders and requiring them to report at regular intervals has recently been dealt with by the Juvenile Courts Committee, and is bound up with the question of Probation Officers and a Reformatory. Both these matters are receiving the close attention of Government. Habitual offenders have always been treated as such. Banishment pro- cedure is as expeditious as possible. "Long procedure" is in the interests of the suspect.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

Paragraphs 1-6.-Government accepts the criticism that there has been over centralisation" in the Secretariat. Permits to occupy Crown land, rent allowances, house allowances, dental treatment allowances, indents on the Crown Agents, have been removed from the Coloniay Secretary's Office either wholly or to the greatest extent possible. On the other hand it has been found that Colonial Regulations, which are imposed on all Crown Colonies, prevent decentralisation in such matters as the appointment of officers, unless they are non-pensionable, i.e., in receipt of a salary of $300 or less per annum.

Paragraph 7.-Government considers three Cadet Officers in addition to the Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary to be the minimum requirement. The staff is based on a full day's work for each officer under normal conditions, and unfortunately overtime is the rule rather than the exception. The Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff and Junior Clerical Service have already been dealt with. It is interesting, however, to note that a 20% reduction on these heads is recommended, though in the opening paragraph it is stated that more overtime is worked in this office than probably in any other Govern- ment department. A few years ago, as a result of persistent sickness in the Colonial Secretary's Office staff, an office rule had to be made, that no clerk,-with the exception of a few, who took it in turns, to attend to the receiving and despatching of documents. and other essential business, should remain in the office after 6 p.m.

CADET SERVICE.

Government concurs in this recommendation, which is in accordance with its policy.

SENIOR CLERICAL AND ACCOUNTING STAFF.

Paragraph 1.-Apart from the recommendation in this section of the Report for a general reduction of 20%, the following specific reductions have been recommended under the different departments :-

Harbour Office-Four officers or 67% of the Senior Clerical and Accounting

Staff in the department.

Supreme Court-Two officers or 67%.

Police Department-One officer or 12.5%.

Colonial Secretary's Office

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Public Works Department

.20% each.

For the following departments it has been recommended that no reductions at all be made:-

Attorney General; Crown Solicitor; Land Officer; Magistracies; Treasury; Post

Office; Imports & Exports Office; Medical and Sanitary.

Taken together these specific recommendations work out at 18%. Detailed enquiry has been made into the work done by each individual member of the Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff. As a result a reduction of 15% has been made. Government is satisfied that to go beyond this would seriously jeopardise the working of departmental machinery. As it is, it has only been possible to attain this figure by a number of officers, who are due for home leave, not applying for it, or being delayed twelve months or more.

Paragraph 2.-At the time the Retrenchment Commission was sitting two locally appointed officers were dismissed; this evidently influenced the Commissioners when they were writing their report. Government is well satisfied with the results it has obtained from locally recruited European clerical staff, particularly has this been the case with the Probationer class,-young men of under 20 years of age, many of them sons of Government servants. Moreover, it is an exceedingly cheap method of recruitment. A thoroughly trained man will not come out from England except at a comparatively high salary; in addition to which there is, as the Commissioners remark, the cost of his passage or passages (if he is married), and if he is unsatisfactory return passages home have to be provided. In the case of the two locally appointed officers who were dis- missed, Government had no such liability.

Paragraph 3.-The number of stenographers has been reduced to eleven, which includes a special new post in the Police Department which has recently been created. Leaving this out of account, there is an actual reduction of six out of sixteen posts.

The question of sharing stenographers by departments has been considered, but it is only practicable to a very limited extent.

The possibility of employing Chinese lady stenographers is still being explored.

JUNIOR CLERICAL SERVICE.

A bald recommendation for a 20% reduction, without any indication as to where or how the reduction is to be made, is not very helpful. The only indication that has been given is that no reductions at all are to be made in certain departments. The Imports and Exports Department (including the Statistical Branch) with more than eighty clerks is one of these. If there is to be no cut in a department with such a large clerical staff, a far larger cut than 20% will have to be made in other departments, if a general reduction of 20% is to be obtained. The Commissioners apparently did not examine the heads of departments, who gave evidence before them, as to how their respective clerical staffs were employed.

The Subordinate Staff Board composed of the Treasurer, Post Master General, Head of the Sanitary Department and the Second Assistant Colonial Secreary went into this question most carefully, department by department, and officer by officer. They have only recently concluded their enquiries, and as a result a saving of only thirteen posts has been found to be possible.

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

The recommendation in the second paragraph will receive the sympathetic considera- tion of Government when the present Manager of the Railway retires. Similarly the question of promoting a Chinese (rather than appointing a Portuguese) to the post of Traffic Inspector will be considered on the retirement of the officer referred to by the Commissioners. The Traffic Assistant has important administrative duties to perform; to require him to inspect on the trains 'several times a week' would result in the dis- organization of the traffic department. Surprise visits are found to be sufficiently efficacious. The revaluation of the railway lands, as recommended in the final paragraph, has been taken in hand.

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

Paragraphs 3 and 4.-It is, as it always has been, the aim of Government to appoint as Director of Education the most suitable officer, be he a Cadet or an officer who has spent his entire service in the department.

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Paragraph 5.-To state that seniority has been the sole qualification for the posts of Inspectors of English Schools is incorrect. The senior of the two present Inspectors was not the most senior master in the department at the time of his appointment, and there is a master senior to the present second Inspector. Seniority is one of the factors to be taken into account when considering competing claims for promotion. To fill these appointments from England would be expensive, and, in Government's opinion, to appoint a man from England with no experience or understanding of the peculiar and part- icular problems of Hong Kong would hardy be likely to prove a success. The strictures on the masters contained in the last sentence are unjustified..

Paragraph 6.-The greater part of the time of the Inspectors is taken up with visiting schools and the Government accepts the view of the Director of Education that the work of inspection requires two officers. The appointment of a further officer as a Secretary is not at present necessary.

Paragraph 7.-A good suggestion, but unfortunately not one which it will be possible to adopt in the immediate future.

Paragraph 8.-This had already been acted upon before the Report of the Re- trenchment Commission was received, though the existing rights of sterling salaried

officers cannot be diminished.

Paragraph 9.-The question of raising the fees at Government secondary schools is being considered by the Director of Education and by the Board of Education.

Paragraph 10.-Government proposes to introduce flat rate grants of $40 and $35 per capita for boys and girls respectively in Anglo Chinese Schools and $12 per capita in Vernacular Schools in 1932. The proposal of the Commissioners, so far as Anglo- Chinese Schools are concerned, would have resulted in an increased cost in the current year of a little over $7,000-though two schools, St. Joseph's and the Diocesan Boys' School would have suffered decreases. The rates to be put in force next year would, had they been adopted this year, have led to an increase of approximately $47,000. Government is satisfied that the grants are well earned. Its only regret is that the present financial situation prevents it from increasing the grants still further.

Paragraph 12. (a) At present Government, in addition to paying the examination fees of pupils, also makes a grant in respect of the number presented. The amounts paid out in grants are considerably larger than the amounts paid out for fees. The Commissioners have recommended that payment of the latter should cease. Govern- ment prefers to abolish the grants, and to continue to pay the fees. This will be done next year.

(b) It is hoped to institute next year a school leaving certificate examination. The Matriculation and Senior Local will then cease to be school examinations; whether the Junior Local examination will also be abolished has yet to be decided. The Board

of Education proposes, and Government concurs, that on the inception of the school leaving certificate examination, Government should pay the fee for each entrant from Grant-in-Aid schools once only.

Paragraph 13.-The 1929 figure of $100,000 for subsidies to elementary verna- cular schools which was reduced to $95,000 in 1930 and to $80,000 in 1931, has been restored in the Estimates for 1932.

Paragraph 14.-The proposals contained in the sub-paragraphs (a) (b) (c) were all referred to the Treasurer. The amount of work thrown on the heads of schools is small, since it is divided up amongst many, whereas to concentrate it all on the head office would be to over-burden that office. The probable result of carrying out the Com- missioner's recommendations would be an increase in the Head Office staff without any corresponding decrease in the staffs of the schools.

Paragraph 15.-To lay down one hard and fast rule for the different categories of Government schools does not appeal to Government. It prefers to leave the arrangement and supervision of school time-tables to the Director of Education and his Inspectors, by whom all teachers' time-tables have to be passed.

Paragraphs 16-18.-These far reaching proposals have received the anxious consideration of the Government. The unsuitability of the present Queen's College. building has long been recognized, but the Government is far from satisfied that the proposals of the Commissioners represent the best possible solution of a difficult educational problem, which involves consideration of the facilities available in the eastern end of Victoria and in Kowloon. At present a different, but almost equally far reaching scheme affecting more than one Government school and involving the sale of the site of Queen's College, is under consideration.

Paragraphs 19-20.-Victoria British School is to be closed at the end of the year. It is proposed to use the building as a technical school as recommended by the Com- mittee on Technical Education.

Paragraph 21.-The question of Chinese studies at the University, with which is bound up the future policy regarding the Vernacular Middle School and regarding Chinese as a compulsory subject in the Senior Local and Matriculation examinations, is at present being investigated by a special Committee. Until this Committee has reported it is not proposed to take any action.

Paragraph 22.-The fees chargeable for this service have been revised and the net cost of this work is now estimated at $9,555 per annum. Government hopes for an extension, as soon as funds permit, rather than a cessation. The recommendation of the Commissioners seems to be based on the fallacious assumption "once healthy always. healthy". The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services is in close touch with the Medical Officers of Schools who are under his direct control.

Paragraph 23.-The arrangement of the leave programme of his staff must for the most part be left to the head of the department, as recommended by the Commissioners in paragraph 5 of their report on the Colonial Secretary's Office. The Director of Education will no doubt bear the recommendations of the Commissioners in mind.

Paragraphs 24-26.-The system referred to in this paragraph was reluctantly ac- cepted by Government, as it was impossible to obtain a sufficient number of trained teachers in any other way. It is hoped that when it is again necessary to recruit there will not be such a dearth of trained teachers willing to come to Hong Kong.

Paragraph 27.-This matter has already been under consideration by the Secretary of State who has ruled that the marriage of such officers is a necessary incidence of their employment.

Paragraph 28.-Seniority is one of the factors to be taken into account when the filling of the higher posts is being considered; qualifications and merit are other con- siderations. A balance has to be struck between the three, and this balance the Government endeavours to achieve in its selection. There is no such post as Senior Mistress, Central British School.

Paragraphs 29-33.-There is in Hong Kong a large number of private unaided vernacular schools; it is the teachers of these schools that the Technical Institute teachers' classes are intended to, and do, benefit. These teachers are poor; their pay may be as. low as $20 per month. They cannot afford a University course nor would the majority be able to give up their working day to attend a Training College. To abolish the Technical Institute teachers' classes would be to deprive this class of person of the only opportunity it has of improving itself, and indirectly it would affect some thousands of school children. From the taxpayers' point of view the classes are remarkably cheap; 262 (nine being Government teachers) adult Chinese were in 1930 given instruction at a cost of $9,697, i.e., only $37 per head. The statement that no actual practice in teach- ing is given is incorrect. Whilst admitting that the system whereby Government has to pay the cost of training its Chinese University graduate teachers is not ideal, Govern- ment, after considering the matter carefully on more than one occasion, is satisfied that

it is in present circumstances the best possible. The salaries paid by Government are already well known amongst the Chinese community, but they are apparently not sufficiently attractive to induce young men in any number to undergo the four years. course at the University at their own expense. To raise salaries would be more ex- pensive than the present scheme. The Commissioners state that allowing for "wastage" the cost to Government works out at $10,000 per head. Unfortunately they do not mention how they arrive at this figure, which is nearly double that which Government is satisfied is more correct. Since the inception of the scheme the following are the figures:-

Numbers.

33 graduates teaching under the scheme

Cost to Government.

$151,515

2 non-graduates teaching in Government schools 12 teachers dismissed, resigned, deceased after service 29 studentships cancelled

3,000

39,760

87,325

$281,600

Assuming for the moment that the 29 failures are a dead loss and adding their cost to that of the 47 teachers who, subsequent to training, actually received appointments in schools in the Colony, the average cost of the 47 works out at just under $6,000 per head. But these 29 are not all a dead loss. Eight completed the course at their own expense and are now teaching in the Colony, two more who did not complete the course are also teaching in the Colony. Adding these ten to the 47, the average cost of 57 teachers comes to less than $5,000 each. If European Masters are to be replaced by Chinese, it is essential that provision should be made for ensuring a regular supply of the latter. The scheme put forward by the Commission to set up a training college for Government teachers only, with a head who would not be, in addition, a head- master of a school and with a highly qualified staff, sounds the reverse of cheap. Nor is any practicable suggestion made as to how the present difficulty of recruiting graduates, without subsidising their university training, is to be surmounted. The Government is at present exploring the possibility of attracting University graduates by the offer of a one year's course of special training

Paragraph 34.-The desirability of this proposal is open to question and the Govern- ment after full consideration in Executive Council is unable to adopt it.

Paragraph 35.-This matter has been considered in Executive Council which was not in favour of the proposal. The Board of Education as at present constituted does very useful work and it is not considered desirable to make its meetings public. It is already sufficiently representative of educational interests.

Paragraph 36.-With the exception of that in sub-section (1), which Government does not feel able to adopt, all the proposals in this paragraph have been dealt with elsewhere in the Report on the Education Department.

Paragraph 37 (a).—It is the Government's view that teachers should only be ap- pointed on educational grounds. The material is very good. They are all

all paid in

accordance with the recommendations of the Salaries Commission.

Paragraph 37 (b). See paragraphs 16-18.

(d) & (e). This will have to depend on the scheme referred to under paragraphs. 16-18 above and on the future of the Vernacular Middle School. It is however difficult to see how any reduction in these lower grade, and therefore cheaper, teachers is to be effected, without depriving a corresponding number of children of education.

(f). The posts of Boxing Instructor, Pianist and two Needlework Teachers have been abolished. There is no teacher of Portuguese. It is not considered desirable to abolish the posts of Carpentry Instructors.

Paragraphs 38-43.-Government is in touch with the authorities of the Diocesan Boys' School and negotiations are proceeding. It would be premature at this stage to make any disclosure. The Executive Council is being kept fully informed. Incidentally it may be remarked, with regard to the last sentence of paragraph 39, that the loan of $175,000 to the Diocesan Boys' School was made with the full knowledge and con- currence of the Secretary of State, the Executive Council, and of the Finance Com- mittee which contains all the Unofficial Me nbers of the Legislative Council. The reference to the proposed new Central British School is based on inadequate information. Government is unaware of the source from which the Commissioners derived the erroneous idea that the cost was to be one million dollars, while the site was selected after consultation with the Board of Education, including the representative of the Kowloon Residents' Association, and with is concurrence. The cost is estimated at about half a million dollars for the buildins necessary to enable the present school buildings to be evacuated, but the finances o the Colony will not permit of the early commencement of the work, however desirable.

TREASURY.

Paragraph 1.-It is proposed to purchase two machines next year, and though it is too early to give any definite undertaking it is hoped to effect a saving of six clerks as soon as the machines are in full working order.

Paragraph 2.-The Government has at all times been willing to accord full value to the importance of the Treasurer's post. The extent to which that importance can be realized in practice must depend largely on the personality of the holder of the post.

Paragraph 3.-It is proposed on the completion of the Census to appoint the officer who is in charge of that work, a Cadet Officer of sixteen years seniority and with previous experience in the Treasury, as an Assistant Treasurer.

Paragraph 4.-This is the policy of Government.

Paragraph 5.-The recommendation contained in this paragraph is a matter which has as ardent advocates as it has opponents. Admittedly last year with the drop in the value of the dollar Government would have gained had it fixed exchange. On the other hand when the dollar tends to rise the effect might easily be disadvantageous to the Colony. The Government as at present advised is not prepared to accept this recom- mendation of the Commission.

Paragraph 6. It is difficult to see what would be gained from adopting this sug- gestion. The liability for Widows' and Orphans' pensions is unlimited. Any figure purporting to show this liability would therefore be quite hypothetical,

Paragraph 7.-Government shares the opinion of the Commissioners that the assess- ment of the Colony needs a thorough overhaul. The Assessor's branch of the Treasury is being specially strengthened for the purpose. The transfer to the Assessor's Office of all valuation work for Government is contemplated, as soon as the major resumption work in New Kowloon is completed. This will not be until the end of next year at the earliest. It is not improbable that the staff will have to be further augmented later on. Government also agrees that the Assistant Assessor should have a knowledge of Chinese But even more important is a knowledge of valuation and assessment work. tunately no officer has hitherto been found with both qualifications.

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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,

HONG KONG, 1st October, 1931

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APPENDIX TO COMMENTARY.

Whilst some of the recommendations in the Report can readily be reduced to terms. of dollars and cents, many, including some of the most important and far reaching, cannot be so expressed. The Commissioners themselves refrained generally from giving monetary values to their proposals. Several of the recommendations are still under consideration, and in a few cases recommendations which had been accepted at the time the Commentary was written, have had to be reconsidered in the light of subsequent developments.

Such figures as it has been found possible to give, on those sections of the Report on which a decision has been reached, are appended below. They must not be taken as a summary of the Report and Commentary.

Recommended by Accepted by

Commission.

Government.

Public Works Department

$ 58,050

$38,850

Police Department

158,163

114,663

Prison Department

32,000

27,000

Senior Clerical & Accounting Staff

46,200

38,100

Junior Clerical Service

139,340

10,380

Education Department

81,625

52,105

$ 515,378

$ 281,098

Sessional Papers - 1932