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The present day Museum of Medical Sciences at Caine Lane. Probably taken from Caine Road, roughly looking east.

www.grs.gov.hk/ws/hip/en/port.html "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" www.grs.gov.hk/ws/hip/common/img/record/013.jpg

Brisish flag rising ceremony at Tai Po hoisted by Hong Kong Governor as formal possession of New Territories (New Territory as printed on the invitation card) on 17 April 1899.

This British flag-raising ceremony at Tai Po was taken on 16 April 1899. According to the information from the Public Records Office, Government Records Service (www.grs.gov.hk/ws/hip/en/port.html) , this photo was taken in another meeting on 2 August 1899. "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."