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Meeting at Ping Shan between Sir Henry Blake and the gentry and elders of the New Territories communities

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-08-12 21:48

Also availabe at the Public Records Office, Government Records Service

Text on the Public Records Office website:

Meeting at Ping Shan between Sir Henry Blake and the gentry and elders of the New Territories communities at which the Governor explained the principles upon which the leased territories would be governed. Sir Henry Blake reading his address to the gentry and elders. Mr. Stewart Lockhart is on his left, with the interpreter facing the camera, Friday 4 August, 1899.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899
Tags: 
New Territories
Governor Sir Henry Arthur Blake

1899-08-02_Meeting_at_Tai_Po_Market

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-08-12 21:31
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899

Original from the UK National Archives, also availabe at the Public Records Office, Government Records Service

Text on the Public Records Office website:

Meeting at Tai Po Market between Sir Henry Blake and the gentry and elders of the New Territories communities at which the Governor explained the principles upon which the leased territories would be governed. Gentry and elders assembled to greet the governor and his party, 2 August, 1899.

No_06_Hong_Kong_Hotel_by_Lai_Afong

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-07-25 19:32
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1893

Photo from the Afong Studio (Lai Fong died already in 1890), from Wikimedia Commons

This is the new North Wing of the Hongkong Hotel, probably taken 1893-1894.

Tramway Managers House next to Engine House.jpg

Submitted by gw on Sat, 2021-07-10 19:01
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899

Extract from https://gwulo.com/atom/29731.

Please see comments at https://gwulo.com/node/55079

Victoria Gap with Peak Tram Engine House ringed

Submitted by gw on Sat, 2021-07-10 18:53
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1893

Extract from subject photo at https://gwulo.com/node/55079. Please see comment on that page.

Douglass Castle

Submitted by Paulo on Wed, 2021-06-23 17:05
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1890

Victoria Gap

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2021-06-19 13:01
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1895

Detail cropped from this photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/40486

Arrival of Commissioner at Sham Chun

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-06-17 22:38

Photo taken on the 17th or 18th March, 1899.

For the story behind this photo see: The Anglo Chinese Boundary 1898

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899
Tags: 
New Territories
boundary

The Delimitation Commissioner at the ferry near Sham Chun.

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-06-17 22:34

Photo taken on the 17th or 18th March, 1899.

For the story behind this photo see: The Anglo Chinese Boundary 1898

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899
Tags: 
New Territories
boundary

The Delimitation Commission at the source of the Sham Chun River.

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-06-17 22:28

Photo taken on the 17th March, 1899.

For the story behind this photo see: The Anglo Chinese Boundary 1898

 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1899
Tags: 
New Territories
boundary

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