Panorama of Hong Kong from Government House, showing the Fleet for North China Expedition

So much in this picture

The date is Thursday 1st March 1860 (can anyone tell the time from the shadow position of chimneys on Building F?) , all the ships and soldiers in the harbour are off to burn Beijing down to the ground because of interference in the European Opium  trade.... How many ships are there?

The Building key, corrections welcome.  

References mainly taken from the Map of A.F. Alves 1862

A Roman Catholic Cathedral – being reconstructed after a fire

B Wellington Street

C Harbour Master’s House on Peddar Hill

D Masonic Hall (1^st Generation) Lot 31 / 34 [1846-????]

E Commercial Bank of India –failed in 1866

Above E, where the shoreline starts to turn is the Original Central Market

Going along Queens Road from E to F we have the following four buildings

Turner & Co

Bowra & Co

Royal engineers Office

F Exchange Building / Court House (later Supreme Court) and Land Offices

To the left of F across the street is the first Hong Kong club building

G Post Office (1^st Generation on Peddar) Jan 1846- 1864

H Rustomjee & Co: Keying House / Oriental Hotel [1845-1868]

The Building work across the street from H is thje start of construction for the Agra Bank - Building on SE cnr of QRC & Wyndham St [1862-1920]

I Crosby’s Store/Lane Crawford

J George Duddell Building, Offices of Thomas Hunt and Co? later Jardines

Opium Dealer and holder of first Hong Kong Opium Monopoly with Alexander Mathieson in march 1845 (Their monopoly only lasted 3 months) By the age of thirty six George Duddell had made his fortune in Hong Kong by becoming an influential property owner. He was also government auctioneerA special Land committee set up in 1850 to examine excessive rents found half the land involved belonged to George Duddell.  He then 'retired' to England in 1858

K Dent & Co

L Lindsay & Co (From 1845 Map) – Mercantile Bank of India [1857-????]

M Russell & Co

N Victoria Buildings/Mercantile Bank

O Harbourmasters Office?

P ?  - Part of Wardley House?

Q Wardley House?

R Murray Battery

S Cricket Pitch/Chater Garden

T Augustine Head (Beaconsfield) –Now Court of Final appeal

Above this building on the Waterfront is a stone Wall – This is the back wall of the Royal Battery

U Central Government Offices

V North Barracks 1843-1960

W Murray House –Officers Mess

X Murray Barracks Block A 1843-1962

Y St Johns Cathedral

Z Murray Barracks Block B

1 Flagstaff House

To the right of Flagstaff are tents where Victoria Barracks will be built Scandal Point [????- ]

Just to the Left the Roof of Wellington Barracks can be seen

2 East Point – Jardine Matheson & Co compound

To the left in the middle of the bay is Kellet Island

3 Seamans Hospital

4 Offices Quarters Bungalows

5 Kennedy's Horse Repository - Garden Road

6 Telegraph Station

7 HSBC Manager's House and Sub-Manager's House - IL 580 [1861-1935]

[Source of images: Wellcome Collection, see https://wellcomecollection.org/works/b5rpcqbj]