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. <Read more ...>
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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. <Read more ...>
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1901
1901-01-29: Governor Blake proclaims King Edward VII as King of Great Britain and Colonies on the Cricket Ground.
(Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.) <Read more ...>
Li Hung Chang (or Li Hongzhang) (1823 – 1901) was a Chinese politician, general and diplomat of the late Qing dynasty. See more on Wikipedia. <Read more ...>
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