Vol. 11, 1971

The Taipings at Ningpo: The Significance of a Forgotten Event (the implications of the Taiping occupation of Ningpo, 1861-1862). The Debate on National Salvation: Ho Kai versus Tseng Chi-tse (debate in HK over the future of China, 1887). Letters from China 1835-1836 (transcript of letters from a European merchant resident at Canton). Chinese Voluntary Associations in SE Asian Cities and the Kaifongs in HK. The Emergence of a Chinese Elite in HK (mid c19). The District Watch Committee: "The Chinese Executive Council of HK" (c19). A Brief Survey of Sung-type Pottery Finds in HK. A Short History of Military Volunteers in HK (c19-c20). The Colony of HK (reprint of article from The China Review, 1874, by Prof. James Legge, mostly on HK in the 1840s and 1850s). Visit to Tung Lin Kok Yuen, and Other Places on HK Island (with notes on places visited). Rope-making and Dyeing/Calendering on Ap Lei Chau, HK (oral evidence of traditional methods). Charcoal Burning in HK (oral and other evidence of traditional practices). What Inspired Sir J. Bowring's Hymn? (further to Vol. 9). Ceremonies of Propitiation Carried Out in Connection with Road Works in the NT in 1960 (ethnographic description).     (1971)

Vol. 12, 1972

Chinese Medicine and its Contribution to Modern Medical Science. Some c19 Water Colours of Canton and the Far East. Raja James Brooke and Sarawak: An Anomaly in the c19 British Colonial Scene. The Establishment of the Tsungli Yamen: A Translation of the Memorial and Edict of 1861. Sir J.H. Stewart Lockhart: Colonial Civil Servant and Scholar (HK Cadet from 1878, Colonial Secretary HK, 1895, later, Commissioner, Weiheiwei). A Historical Review of Housing Conditions in HK. Traditional Chinese Regional Architecture: Chinese Houses (predominantly from N. China, and Hakka houses). The Origins of HK's Central Market and the Tarrant Affair (scandals in HK, 1847). Archaeology in HK and S. China (a report written in 1938, listing finds to that date). Three Chinese Deities: Variations on a Theme (discussion of three different deities, and the process of canonisation - Tai Sui, Fa Chu Kung and Cheng Ho). Who Hoisted the Union Jack? (discussion of the takeover ceremony for HK, 1841). China's Earliest Printing (a charm from the 750s). Unusual Trees in HK: The Canton Water Pine. A Note on Agricultural Change in HK (the change from rice to vegetables, and the social consequences). Letting Go the Wooden Goose (note on a local custom). Programme Notes for the Visit to Pokfulam, HK Island, 29 July 1972.    (1973)

Vol. 13, 1973

Transactions of the China Medico-Chirurgical Society, 1845-46. The Yaumatei Typhoon Shelter, HK 1900-1915 (the debate over its construction). The Kam Tin Gates (removed after the 1899 anti-British fighting, and returned in 1925). Early Steamships in China. Persians, Arabs, and Other Nationals in T'ang China. Swatow (Ch'auchow) Horizontal Stick Puppets. Five c19 Kwangtung Art Catalogues. Legends and Stories of the NT: Kam T'in (reprint of article from The HK Naturalist 1935-36, with note on the author, Sung Hok-p'ang). Notes on Chinese Temples in HK (foundations of temples in 1840s). "Ling Chih" at Canton, 27 May 1886 (transcript of contemporary account). Hai Jui: Ming Patriot, Spark for Revolution, and God. Another Volonteri Map? (includes transcript of French account of HK, 1875). W.T. Mercer (1822-1879) HK's Poet Laureate? (poems by the HK Colonial Secretary 1854-1867). Old Bills of Lading (McMullen Collection) (calendar of the collection, which was donated to RAS in 1972). Visit to the Sukhothai Sites in Thailand (Feb. 1973). Deep Bay Marshes (use of mud-scooters).    (1974)  

Vol. 14, 1974

The Paper Chase: Archives and the Public Records Office of HK (established 1972). Adventurers in HK: The Marquis de Morèés and David de Mayrena (c19 scandals). Dogs and Horses in Ancient China (Shang and Chou dynasties). The Craft of God Carving in Singapore. "Oh for the Joys of England": Lt O. Bridgeman's Letters from China and HK 1842-1843. Fr. E. Gherzi SJ, 1886-1973 (meteorologist of Zikawei Observatory to 1954). Notes on the Sources of de Mailla, Histoire Géénéérale de la Chine. The Monuments of Vientiane and Luang Prabang (report of RAS Visit Jan. 1974). The HK Region: Its Place in Traditional Chinese Historiography and Principal Events Since the Establishment of Hsin-an County in 1573. Do Words from Extinct Pre-Chinese Languages Survive in HK Placenames? (reprint of article, with revisions, originally from The HK Gazeteer, 1958, with list of words believed to be pre-Chinese, with suggested translations). Legends and Stories of the NT: Kam T'in (continued from Vol. 13, reprint of article originally from The HK Naturalist, 1935-1938). The European Grave on Shek Kwu Chau, HK (1845). "Fung Shui" Woodlands. Unusual Trees in HK: The Cassia Bark Tree. Traditional Farming Techniques and their Survival in HK. Programme Notes for Visits to Places of Interest in HK and Kowloon, 1974.    (1975)

Vol. 15, 1975

A HK Spirit Medium Temple (contemporary, with discussion of mediums and possession rituals, etc). Merchant Organisations in Late Imperial China: Patterns of Change and Development. China's Economic Planning and Changing Geography (water control and railroad construction in China post 1949). Incident between the Hong Merchants and the Supercargoes of the British East India Co. in Canton 1811. The Great Plague of HK (1894). Notes on Chiuchow Opera. Condition of the European Working Class in c19 HK. The Employment of Foreign Military Talent: Chinese Tradition and late Ch'ing Practice. The Pacific Oyster Industry in HK (contemporary description). Captive Surgeon in HK: The Story of the British Military Hospital HK, 1942-45 (memoirs of the Senior Medical Officer). The Pottery Kilns at Wun Yiu, Tai Po (early c20 references to). The Noon Day Gun (reference to Jardines taking over the gun in 1870). The German Congregation in HK until 1914. The RAS Photographic Survey of HK (position paper). Boat People's Ceremonies Observed from Island House, Tai Po (wedding ceremonies). Chief Marshal T'ien, Patron of the Stage, of Musicians, and Wrestlers, E. and S. China. Chang Yu-tang and an Old Hanging Scroll from Cheung Chau (2 translations of biographies of the mid c19 local military commander, and references to surviving inscriptions and calligraphy). Hung Hom: an Early Industrial Village in Old British Kowloon (c19 history). Typhoon Preparations, 1903 (transcript of account of precautions taken by sampans).   (1977)

Vol. 16, 1976

Reflections on the Comparative Study of Modernization in China and Japan (in late c19). The Teochiu: Ethnicity in Urban HK. Interethnic Interaction - a Matter of Definition: Ethnicity in a Housing Estate in HK (Teochiu and Hoi Luk Fung people). "Patterned Bands" in the NT of HK (weaving and use of Hakka hat ribbons). A Hawaiian King Visits HK, 1881. In Search of the Chinese Name for "Li Sun" (Chan Lai-sun, a member of Li Hung-chang's staff, merchant, and secretary-interpreter to the Hawaiian king's visit to China in 1881). Chan Lai-sun and his family: a c19 China Coast Family (see above). Notes on Friends and Relatives of Taiping Leaders (especially in HK). Operation and Maintenance of a Road System in W. China, 1942-46 (the transport work of the Friends Ambulance Unit, China Convoy). Land and River Routes to W. China: with Special Reference to the Upper Yangtze (c19). In the Path of the Ancient Mon: Pagan, Pegu, and Nakom Pathom. A Report on Social Research in the NT of HK (position paper of 1963, by Maurice Freedman, printed after his death). Visit to the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals' Museum, 2 Oct. 1976. Political and Pugilistic Freemasonry? (Chinese freemasons in USA as a front for triads). Sandalwood Mills at Tsuen Wan (transcripts of early c20 references to). Chinese in the Volunteer Forces of HK (further to Vol. 11). A Missing Chinese Library? (present whereabouts sought for a Chinese library collected in 1911, by a US traveller). Notes on Ho Chung, a c19 Artist in Kwangtung. Chinese Preserved Monks (embalmed monks venerated after death). Preliminary List of the Baker Collection of NT Genealogies in the British Library. The Occurrence of Troides Helena (Linn.) in HK (butterfly).    (1977)

Vol. 17, 1977

Brunei: A Historical Relic (history and descriptions of Brunei). Behind Japanese Barbed Wire: Stanley Internment Camp, HK, 1942-45 (reminiscences of an inmate). A Journey to Yenan 1946 (reminiscences). Two Essays on the Ch'ing Economy of Hsin-an, Kwangtung (the first is on perpetual tenancy, the second on taxlordism - including sections on the old divisions of the County below the sub-district. Both concentrate on the c19). Under Altars (the deities and arrangements of the floor-level altars found in some HK and Macau temples). Social Organization and Ceremonial Life of Two Multi-Surname Villages in Hoi-p'ing County, S. China, 1911-1949. "Little Fujian (Fukien)" Sub-Neighbourhood and Community in North Point, HK (contemporary sociological study). Cheung Chow - Long Island (reprint of article originally from The HK University Journal of Law and Commerce, 1929: description). Memories of the District Office South, HK (by W. Scholfield, the District Officer in the 1920s: written in 1958). Notes for the RAS Visit to Tai Mo Shan, 3 April 1976 (climate and botany). Notes for a Visit to the Tang Family Graves 11 Dec. 1976. RAS Visit to Tsuen Wan 10 Dec. 1977: A Village War (notes on the 1860s war between Tsuen Wan and Shing Mun, with notes on places connected with the war). The Rural History Project in Yuen Long and Field Notes on the Social History and Fung Shui of Kam Tin. Bean Skim: A Product of Blood and Sweat (translation of an account by an old worker in this traditional trade). Four Chinese Banks Fail, Partners Blame Head (transcript of article from The Washington Post Metro, Feb. 1978, of failure of Chinese money lending associations in USA). Two Letters from Wartime China (transcripts of letters from missionaries at Pakhoi, 1938-1939). A Further Note on Feng Yun-shan and Güétzlaff (further to Vol. 16 on friends of Taiping leaders). Reptiles New to HK. The Public Botanical Garden of HK (transcript of first regulations as to use). Birds of Tai Mo Shan. Occurrence of the Frogs Rana Paraspinosa and Rana Spinosa in HK. A Village War (further to above).     (1978)

Vol. 18, 1978

The reform of Military Education in Late Ch'ing China, 1842-1895. Altar Images from Hunan and Kiangsi (notes on a collection of c19 images from this area, with their special characteristics). Is Face the Same as Li? A Critical Note on Agassi and Jarvie "A Study in Westernisation". Ancestors in the Spring: the Qingming Festival in Central China (analysis of references to traditional practices). The Politicization of Chinese Craft Organizations in Post World War II HK (KMT and left-wing rivalries in the trade union movement in HK). Shiwan Pottery Explored (mostly the history of the kilns). Village Government in China (transcript of Columbia MA thesis of 1933, giving description of contemporary findings). Woodblock Printing, an Essential Medium of Culture Inheritance in Chinese History (history, and traditional printing practices). Missing Maps: Sowerby's "Sport and Science on the Sino-Mongolian Frontier" (references to an unpublished compass traverse map of 1908-1912). Brook's Gecko Found in Macau. Mud Skis, or Scooters, Deep Bay, HK. The Saintly Guo (Sheng Gong) (his worship in HK and elsewhere, further to Vol. 17 on "Little Fujian"). The Immortal Fan (his worship at Wun Yiu in HK, and background). Ancestral Images (translation of an article, further to the article on Altar Images from Hunan, above). Marble Hall (description of the c19 residence of Sir P. Chater). Distribution of Forts and Guard Stations on Lantau Island during the Late Ch'ing Period. The Cannons on the Wall of the Tung Chung Fort, Lantau Island, HK. The Fat Tong Mun Fort (or the Tung Lung Fort) (history). First record of the Pelobatid Frog Leptobrachium Pelodytoides (Boul) in HK. Two Bibliographical Notices (two c19 books with references to authors' manuscript amendments).    (1980)

Vol. 19, 1979

The United States and the Question of HK 1941-1945 (views on HK's status after the War). The Chinese Maritime Customs Remembered: An Appeal for Oral History on HK. The Maryknoll Mission, HK 1941-1946 (eyewitness account). "Religion in a Chinese Town": Chinese Religion Rediscussed (Review Article). Religious life in Present-Day Taiwan: A Preliminary Report. Copying HK's Historical Inscriptions (position paper). A Study of the Ch'ing Forts on Lantau Island from Chinese Sources. Two Examples of Chinese Religious Involvement with Islam (Muslims worshipped in Chinese traditional religion, and worship offered to girl who committed suicide when brother converted to Islam). The Temple of the Supreme Ruler, near Sung Wong Toi, Kowloon (with discussion of possible connection with the court of the last Sung Emperor). More Notes on Tsuen Wan (notes for visit by RAS in 1978, to temples, and to meeting hall of Chun Hung Kau sect in Tsuen Wan, with notes on the sect and its history). Disturbance of Fung Shui on Tsing Yi Island 1977-1978 (reaction to, and ceremonies undertaken). The Nam Pak Hong Commercial Association of HK 1868-1968 (transcription and translation of history of Association, 1960).  (1981)

Vol. 20, 1980

Chinese monasteries, Temples, Shrines and Altars in HK and Macau. Persistence and Preservation of Hakka Culture in an Urban Situation: A Preliminary Study of the Voluntary Association of Waichow Hakka in HK. The HK Riots of October, 1884: Evidence for Chinese Nationalism? Silk and Silver: Macau, Manila, and Trade in the China Seas in the c16. Fung Shui, an Intrinsic Way of Environmental Design, Illustrated by the Case of Kat Hing Wai in the NT of HK. Symbolism of the New Light (in the Taoist liturgy, and as compared with the Christian ceremonial of the Easter candle). Rediscovering Our Social and Cultural Heritage in the NT (the importance of studying local history and anthropology, and the value of the NT in this). A Hakka Wedding in HK (in May 1979). China and the Beholder (difficulties of discovering anything about China by going there). Chinese Religious Involvement with Islam (further to Vol. 19). More About the Tung Lung Fort (further to Vol. 18). Distribution of Temples on Lantau Island (list of all temples known). The Kowloon Walled City (from Chinese Sources). Tuen Mun from Chinese Historical Records. Is Chun Fa Lok the old name for Tsing Yi? A Tun Fu Ceremony in Tai Po District 1981. Lychees of Tsang Shing County, Kwangtung (notes on a special variety of lychee). Local Reactions to the Disturbance of Fung Shui on Tsing Yi Island, HK, 1978-1980 (further to Vol. 19). Another Missing Library (a library presented to a monastery in Chekiang in c16, described in 1933: seeks information on whether it still exists). Yet Another Library (the McLeavy Brown Library, Korea, late c19). A Missing Chinese Library (further to Vol. 16). Maryknoll in China (further to Vol. 19). Library of the North China Branch RAS (held now in the Shanghai Library). The Popular Culture of Late Ch'ing and Early c20 China: Book Lists Prepared from Collecting in HK. A Bibliography of Taoism in Oriental Languages.    (1983)

Vol. 21, 1981

Massachusetts (reprint from Chater-Cosmo Transactions, 1980, and further to Vol. 14). The Yung Muk Tong Factories in Macau (notes on books of Yung Muk Tong from early c20). Letters from World War II (from HK to relatives in Macau). Folk Medicine in Borneo: Diagnosis and Cure. Another Look at Land and Lineage in the NT c. 1900 (study of perpetual tenancy). Religious Response to Modernization in Taiwan: the Case of I-kuan Tao. The Public Records Office of HK (position paper: holdings and categories). HK and China in the Village World (village politics, and villagers' views of Westerners). The Chinese Church, Labour and Elites and the Mui Tsai Question in the 1920s. Residential Mobility and Kinship Ties among Urban Chinese Families in HK. Education as a By-product of Fish Marketing (the schools organised by the Fish Marketing Organisation, HK). Juan Yüéan's Management of Sino-British Relations in Canton, 1817-1826. The HK Origins of Dr Sun Yat-sen's Address to Li Hung-chang (study of Sun's education in HK). Bro. Tsang Lai Shun in Traditional Funerals (in NT, with summary of ritual in 1950s). Traditional Rice Farming in Shatin (notes on yields). Funeral Pots from an Ancestral Grave.   (1982)

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