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Tait's Cairn - Who was Tait?

Submitted by Bozworth on Sun, 2017-10-15 11:54

Tait & Co. were granted a lease of land in Amoy by the British in 1852.

Mr Tait was the Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish consul in Amoy that year and was notorious as the main exporter of coolies.

Tait & Co. was established in Anping, Tainan, Taiwan, in 1867 for the opium trade. 

So is this the Tait after which the cairn is named?  Did he spend time in Hong Kong?  Who thought it a good idea to honour a slave trader?  Information on this is so hard to come by.

 

Evidence of the area that a place name refers to

Submitted by C on Tue, 2015-01-13 19:30

My friend is doing a project and is looking for textual evidence of the area (or boundary of the area) that a place name refers to.  For example, what area does the place name "Wan Chai" include or describe?

For now, he is working on three place names -- Wan Chai, Pok Fu Lam and Ngau Tau Kok.  The evidence can be historical or current, but cannot be graphic or based on maps.  If you come across such pieces of evidence, please post them here.  Thank you!

In addition, you can share your opinion about the boundaries of these or any other place names.

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