Vol. 22, 1982

Structure and Function in an Urban Organization: the Mutual Aid Committees (in 1970s HK). Origin and Development of the Political System in the Shanghai International Settlement (concentrates on period 1849-1865). The Strike and Riot of 1884: A HK Perspective. The New Constitution and China's Emerging Legal System in Perspective (constitutional and legal history of China, 1949-1982). Two Chinese Domestic Murders (in England in 1920s, and implications on early Chinese immigration to UK). Phonology of a Cantonese Dialect of the NT: Kat Hing Wai. Saikung, the Making of the District and its Experience during World War II (from oral history sources). The HK Amateur Dramatic Club and its Predecessors (with calendar of all amateur stage productions in English in HK 1841-1940). Village Education in Transition: the Case of Sheung Shui (village education in early c20). The Po Tak Temple in Sheung Shui Market (and its role in local politics, includes translation of its rules). The Attempt to Assassinate the Governor in 1912. Problems of the China Trade a Century Ago: Two Letters on Transit Passes (1879, letters transcribed and analysed). The Village Watch in the HK Region. Village Rules: Firecrackers in the Settlement of Disputes and in Token of Fines. Canton Water Pines (Glyptostrobus Pensilis, Lamb) at Tai Hang Village, NT (further to Vol. 12). More About the Tung Chung Fort (further to Vol. 19)    (1983) 

Vol. 23, 1983

Field Trip to Maryknoll House, Stanley, by the RAS, Dec 8 1984 (notes on history of house, especially during World War II). So Kon Po: Notes for a Visit Made by Members of the Society, 26 Nov. 1983. Notes on the So Kon Po Valley and Village. Disfunction of Chinese Rural Society (comments on perpetual tenancy). The Self-Perception of Buddhist Monks in HK Today. Notes on Some Chinese Customs in the NT (notes prepared in 1949-1955). Of Hongs and Tongs and all that Jazz: A Note on Lexical Borrowing from Chinese in English with Special Reference to HK (with list of borrowed words). The Islands Around HK (text of a talk given in 1937). Secular Non-Gentry Leadership of Temple and Shrine Organisations in Urban British HK (mostly in early-mid c20). Business Ideology of Chinese Industrialists in HK (contemporary). Variation Technique in the Formal Structure of the Music of Taoist Jiao-shi in HK. Dog Divination from a Dunhuang Manuscript. An Ode on HK Composed by the Mayor of Canton in 1845. Relics of HK and China in British Army and Regimental Museums. An Imperial Chinese Banner Preserved in Kendal, England (relic of First Anglo-Chinese War). A Relic of St Francis Xavier (preserved at Coloane, Macau). A Ch'ing Cannon from Wyndham St HK. Chue Mo Ping: A Fever Reported from Villages in the HK Region, and its Cure, Together with Other Village Remedies for Excess Heat. The Kwun Yam Tung Shan Temple of East Kowloon 1840-1940 (the history, management, and abandonment of the temple). A Community Shooting Bungalow near Chinkiang, and its Library about 1905. "Ancestral Images": A Bibliographical Note (bibliography to be added to the book "Ancestral Images"). Old Hau Wong Temple, Sha Tin (plan and history). Traditional NT Farming: Manuring. The Cultivation of the "Incense Tree" (Aquilaria Sinensis).   (1985)  

Vol. 24, 1984

Temple Oracles in a Chinese City (Tsim, their use and history). Notes on the History of Tsuen Wan (from oral sources, mostly refers to early c20). HK Island Before 1841. State Regulation of Prostitution in HK, 1857-1941. The Pearl River Oyster Industry In and Around Deep Bay. The Structure and Operation of Kei Wais (saline fish-ponds). The Shanghai Municipal Council, 1850-1865. The Chinese "Yue Lan" Ghost festival in Japan: A Kobe Case Study, 4 Sep. 1982. Traditional Tea Growing in the NT. Cheung Ah-lum: a Biographical Note (the Esing bakery proprietor, scene of the 1857 poisoning episode). J.T. Woods in HK (the Australian priest-scientist, 1885, with transcript of his descriptions of HK). Lime-making on Tsing Yi (translation of account by operator of a kiln). Wai Cheung, a Kind of Rural Leader in the c19 HK Region. Village Shops in the HK Region (late c19). HK Hilltop Retreat for Cross and Lotus (Reichelt and Tao Fung Shan, 1930s). Diocesan Boys School 70 Years Ago (by an Old Boy).    (1988)

Vol. 25, 1985

Tan Tse Tao: A Contemporary Chinese Faith-Healing Sect in HK. The Government Cemetery at Happy Valley. Kau Sai: An Unfinished Manuscript (the text of a book left unfinished at her death detailing Barbara Ward's lifetime of study of the boat-people in HK). The Cult of the Dead in Ancient Rome and Modern China: A Comparative Analysis. Found in a Pennsylvania Attic: Letters from China 1903-1906 (from an American lady missionary to an old schoolfriend: includes the text of the letters). A New Source for Chinese Trade to Japan in the Seventeenth Century (the East India Company's papers). The Decline of Tiu Chung as a Chinese New Year Flower. The Country Boy who Died for HK (Sgt. Major J.R. Osborn). A Republican Book of Receipts in United College Library (payments made in connection with the swearing of allegiance to Sun Yat-sen of Commander-in-Chief Chen Chiung-ming, 1920, and the subsequent military operations at Swatow). The Nixon Scroll (details of a Tang scroll from Tunhuang owned by the RAS, and now loaned to the Fung Ping Shan Museum).  (1987)

Vol. 26, 1986

Immigrant and Social Ethos: HK in the Nineteen-eighties (the social anthropology of recent arrivals from China in HK). J.J. Francis, Citizen of HK, a Biographical Note (a prominent c19 lawyer and public figure). H.T. Jackman (1874-1928), Engineer, Public Works Department. The HK Botanical Gardens: a Historical Overview (1844-1985). Observations at the Jiu Festival at Shek O and Tai Long Wan, 1986 (a festival in two pre-British villages of HK Island). The Minorities of Southern China: a General View. Hainan Island, a Brief Historical Sketch. A Sense of History (reprints of 34 short articles on c19 HK, and associated matters, by Rev. C. Smith originally printed in various publications). More About the Kowloon Walled City (further to Vol. 20). Lantern Festival, Cheung Chau, 10 Feb. 1971. Visit to Mitsukoshi Department Store, Muromachi, Tokyo, June 1986.    (1988)

Vol. 27, 1987

China in the Eyes of French Intellectuals (from the c18 to the modern period). Kowloon Walled City: Its Origin and Early History (from construction of the wall in 1847 to the last War). A Middleman for All Seasons: Snapshots of the Significance of Mok Man Cheung and his "English Made Easy" (a 1904 book designed to teach English pronunciation to HK Chinese, with details of the life of the writer). Confused Gods: Huang Daxian (Wong Tai Sin) and Huang Yeren at Mt. Luofu (confusion between the popular HK God, Wong Tai Sin, and a different deity with a similar name). Official and Oral Traditions about HK's Newest God (beliefs current in HK about Wong Tai Sin). The British (Protestant) Cemetery at San Pedro, Makati, Manila, Philippines. A Hoklo Wedding (ethnographic description of a boat-peoples' wedding, 1988). A Sense of History, Part II (reprints of 32 short articles on c19 HK, by Rev. C. Smith, originally printed in various publications: see also Vol. 26). The HK History Project (details of the HK Oral History and document collection project). Tam Kung: His Legend and Worship. The Cannon in the Kowloon Walled City. HK's own Boat People (the indigenous boat-people of HK Island). Visit to the Iwataya Department Store, Fukuoka, Japan. Notes on Temples and Shrines, HK Island.    (1990)

Vol. 28, 1988

Pirates in the Pear River Delta (late c18 and early c19). A Brief History of Technical Education in HK. Not So Calm an Administration: the Anglo-French Occupation of Canton, 1858-1861. Through Historical Records and Ancient Writings in Search of the Giant Panda (considers whether the Panda is mentioned in ancient Chinese writings, and, if so, under what name). The First Child Labour Law in HK (early c20 concern about child labour). Legends and Stories of the NT: Tai Po (reprint of 1935 article: with following two articles, further to Vols 13 and 14). Legends and Stories of the NT: Castle Peak (reprint of 1935 article). Ts'in Fuk (reprint of 1938 article on the Coastal Evacuation of 1662-1669). A Sentimental Journey into the Past of the Chan and Jong Families (late c19 and c20 memoirs of immigrant Chinese families in Hawaii, and their native place in Chung Shan County). "The One Bright Spot in Shanghai": a History of the Library of the North China Branch of the RAS (1857-1948) (see also Vol. 20). The Man the Emperor Decapitated (NT Legends about Ho Chen). The Archives of the Basel Mission (extracts of two documents showing the light the archives throw on local S. China history). The Lanterns of Chuko Liang (NT traditional hot-air balloons). A Silver Bracelet with an Ancient Greek Coin found in Wewak, E. Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. The Tai Sheung Lo Kwan Temple, Chai Wan. The HK Milling Company's Failure. A Traditional NT Latrine. A Note on Rice Hullers. A Glimpse of the Land Settlement at Shek Pik Village, Lantau Island, HK (chi tsai, and the application for registration under the Block Crown Lease, 1900-1905).    (1990)

Vol. 29, 1989

In the Steps of Lu Pan: Reminiscences of Building in HK (the building trade in HK from the 1950s). HK, 26 Jan. 1841: Hoisting the Flag Revisited (discussion of the flag-raising ceremony at HK, and its participants: see also Vol. 12). The Jade Emperor and His Family, Yu Huang Ta Ti (discussion of a group of deities, their history and worship). The Fukienese Wang Yeh (Ong Ya [Hokkien]) (Pestilence Deities and Folk Heroes from Fukien and Taiwan). The Kiukiang Incident of 1927 (by an eye-witness, from a manuscript of 1944). HK, December 1941 - July 1942 (an eyewitness account of the fall of HK, and the first months of internment, from a manuscript of 1942). Joss Stick Manufacturing: a Study of a Traditional Industry in HK. Cheung Shan Kwu Tsz, an Old Buddhist Nunnery in the NT and its Place in Local Society (plan of the nunnery, its history, and the history of the district in which it stands, especially in the c19). Thalia and Terpsichore on the Yangtze: a Survey of Foreign Theatre and Drama in Shanghai, 1850-1865 (includes the text of all newspaper reviews of the period). John Fryer's Early Years in China: I, Diary of his Voyage to HK (text of diary, 1861, with short analysis). The Dangs of Kam Tin and their Jiu Festival (description of ritual and details of village society as shown by it). Notes on the Robert Hart Papers at the University of HK Library (includes calendar of the papers). A Song from Sha Tau Kok on the 1911 Revolution. The Mutual Defence Alliance (Yeuk) of the NT (transcript and translation of documents relating to establishment of a Yeuk). More on the Man the Emperor Decapitated (more NT legends of Ho Chen: further to Vol. 28). The White Tiger (ritual at the opening of a new opera theatre or matshed). British Chinese Labour Corps Labourers Buried in England (from First World War). The History of HK, from a Village to a City (references to HK Island in Chinese historical sources). Tai Yu Shan (Lantau Island) from Chinese Historical Records. Tung Lo Wan (Causeway Bay from Chinese Historical Records).   (1991)

Vol. 30, 1990

The Old Popular Culture of China and its Contribution to Stability in Tsuen Wan. Studies on HK Jiao Festivals (lists academic studies of these festivals). The "Syrian Brilliant Teaching" (a history of Nestorianism in China, especially Nestorian Archbishop Adam, 780s, and his translations). China on the Brink of War (extracts from memoirs of an eyewitness to events in China, including Nanking in 1937, HK in 1938, and Shanghai in 1939-1941, from manuscript written in 1944: see also Vol. 29). John Fryer's Early Years in China: II. First Impressions of HK (description written 1861, with short analysis; see also Vol. 29). The Offering to the White Tiger in Cantonese Opera (ritual at the opening of a new opera theatre or matshed: further to Vol. 29). Clues to the Life and Academic Achievements of one of the most Famous c19 European Sinologists - James Legge, 1815-1897. HK Hongs with Long Histories and British Connections (notes on HK business history). Ta Kwu Ling, Wong Pui Ling and the Kim Hau Bridges (early c20 history of this district, with translation of document, 1922). A Village War in Sham Chun (translation of document of 1875, with notes on village war in area in c19). Sha Tau Kok in 1853 (translation of description of that year). The Buddha, the Heavenly True Warrior (note on an obscure deity). Altar Images from Hunan (further to Vol 18). T'i Shen: a Substitute for a Person (images used as substitutes for a person suffering from disease). The Making of a Husk-grinder. The British Merchantman "Norna" (the wreck of the "Norna" in 1862, and the heroic rescue of its crew). Report on Visit to Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance, Mid Autumn Festival, 1992 (with notes on history of festival). Sojourners in Xiamen: Notes on the RAS Visit. (1993)

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