North Barracks [c.1846-????] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

North Barracks [c.1846-????]

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Submitted by annelisec on Wed, 2010-09-08 16:10
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed: 
c.1846-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Victoria Barracks

 

Looking East From Glenealy

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Submitted by David on Mon, 2020-07-13 13:31.

I've added c.1846 as a completion date, based on these notes from StephenD:

The chapter and verse is in TRANSACTIONS OF THE MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF BOMBAY for 1847 and 1848, the first article - “Contributions to the Military Medical Statistics of China”, by John Kinnis, M.D., Deputy Inspector General of Her Majesty's Hospitals.

He notes two permanent barracks, both begun in 1844 and first occupied in 1846: Murray and North Barracks [...]