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Hong Kong, Kowloon, and the New Territories
Hong Kong, Around & About. 2nd Edition Revised and Enlarged.
- Author: PEPLOW, S.H. and BARKER, M.
- Publication place: Hong Kong,
- Publisher: Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd.
- Publication date: 1931.
- Physical description: Quarto (220 by 145mm), title, folding map, 196pp., index, original quarter cloth, title to upper board, title on label to spine.
- Inventory reference: 1734
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Chapters include: Hong Kong, Kowloon, and the New Territories; The Administration of the New Territories and of the City; Some Characteristics and Customs of the Chinese; Domestic and Village Life; The Rites and Ceremonials of Family Life; Some Beliefs & Gods of South China; Some Chinese Festivals; Some Legends, Charms & Superstitions; Pirates, Typhoons and disturbances; Appendix. Some Place Names and Their Meanings. The folding map "Hong Kong and the New Territory" shows roads and the Kowloon-Canton Railway.
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