Gwulo - Old Hong Kong

The Jurors List project – finished at last!

2026-06-06T23:00:00+0800

Back in July 2010 I sent out a newsletter titled: Untapped history - can you help?

I’d found that the old Jurors Lists were valuable resources for researching Hong Kong’s history, but the scans of the original documents were difficult to search. Here’s a sample page from the 1940 Jurors list:

Imagine squinting your way through pages and pages like that, trying to find a building name. Wouldn’t it be great if we could convert them to a text format like this:

c	Coleman, Thomas	Blacksmith, H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld.	On premises.
c	Collaco, Francis Joseph	Clerk, H. K. Electric Co., Ld.	4 Liberty Avenue, Homuntin
c	Collaco, Francisco Cecilio	Clerk, H.K. & Shanghai Bank	159 Prince Edward Road, Kowloon.
c	Colls, John Baxter	Assistant, Butterfield & Swire	On premises.
c	Conceicao, Jose Maria de	Clerk, J. P. Klink	8 Tung Cheong Building, Kowloon.
c	Connolly, Francis	Foreman, Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld.	4 Braemar Terrace, Quarry Bay.

That would be so much easier to search, and also expose the lists to a wider audience by making them accessible to Google, Bing, etc.

I asked Gwulo’s readers for help: if they could type up a scanned page and email it to me, I’d assemble all the parts into a year's list and post it here on Gwulo. The first list we completed together is the Jurors List for 1894.

Naively I thought we’d complete the project in a year or so. Instead, it has taken nearly 16 years!

That's partly because the amount of work to process a list varies immensely. The shortest list is from 1856, and fits on a single printed page:

While the longest is the 1940 list I mentioned above. It runs to 84 pages!

So it has taken a while, but we have finally typed up all 1,769 pages. On Tuesday I posted the last list here on Gwulo, and I’m very happy to report we now have searchable text copies of the Jurors Lists from 1854 right through to 1941.

Thank you to Hong Kong University for making the scanned copies of the original lists available as part of their Hong Kong Government Reports Online (HKGRO) project. We couldn't have started without them.

And of course a huge thank you to everyone who has given their time to type up pages from the lists to help future researchers. I’ll post a full list of everyone who contributed below.

Best wishes,

David

List of the contributors who have typed up pages.

(At one point I recorded names, and at others I recorded peoples’ account names on the Gwulo website, so I apologise for the mix of formats. I hope I’ve caught everyone, but if I missed you please let me know and I’ll update the list.)

Albatross325
Allison
Ana
annelisec
Annhw
billagee1
BM
Bozworth
Carla
Chris
cxlet3
da70
David
David Gresswell
davidlui
Dede
Eric
Francesca
Gary
Grace
hkspace_wl
Hoito
Hoyin
iyom
Jill
jlee
Jo
John
joreed
joybot
Kate
kathrynsa
Katie
Klaus
leemym
LizB
MBasto
Michael
Michelle
Miu Shin
Moly
Neville
patricia
Paul
Peter
PeterC
Phil
pxb09
SandyHamilton
Sean
Serena
Shyama
simoncopley
siweiluozi
Stephen
Stephen Rapley
Strathcorran
strickja
tkjho
Tony
wingcli2015

New on Gwulo: 2026, week 22

2026-05-31T02:00:00+0800

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

General

Voume 5 of my book series Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell is back in stock at Amazon UK (affiliate link).
Dr Patrick Hase's upcoming talk in London has been rescheduled from 13 June @ 2:30pm to 20 June @ 2:15pm - full details & how to book.
A list of scanned copies of publications related to Eurasians in Hong Kong
Hu Shih's whirlwind visit and talks in Hong Kong (1935)
If you visit the Gwulo website and look at the top of your web browser, you'll see that the browser tab now shows the Gwulo logo, making it easier to spot if you have many tabs open.
Readers ask:
- Looking for any memories of sailing on the Fairstar cruise ship
- Is the 1990s address '180 Nan Shan Village Sai Kung' given in the Probate for Christopher Paul D'Almada E Castro the same as the present-day '180 Nam Shan San Tsuen Road'?
- Where was the exact location of the Quan Lee Shipyard or Quanlee Shipyard? It is believed to have been somewhere in Yau Ma Tei.
- Is the lady in the photo below Princess Alexandra from the UK, or Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands?
  
  Undated - Stephen WONG Yuen Cheung with Princess Alexandra, by Yipski

Places

Kowloon
- Kai Tak Airport
  - RHKAAF Operational Base (Kai Tak Airport, 2nd Location) [1979-1992]
  - Government Flying Service Headquarters/Forward Operating Base (Kai Tak Airport, 3rd Location) [1992-????]
  - Kai Tak Reclaimed Runway Main Airport Fire Station (3rd Location) [1993-????]
Hong Kong
- Cable Hut, Harlech Road [????- ]
- Dina House (2nd generation) [1983- ] and Ruttonjee House [1983- ]
- Lok Sing Centre [c.1977- ]
- Pokfulam Reservoir Road [c.1870- ]
- Sai Ying Pun Post Office, 1st Location [c.1964-c.1967]
- Wanchai Beer Hall [1937-????]
- Victoria Park, Fast Food Kiosk [????- ]
- Public toilets
  - Birds Bridge underground toilet [????-????]
  - Canal Road Latrine & Bathhouse [????-c.1970]
  - Staunton Street underground toilet [????- ]
  - Wellington Street underground toilet [????- ]
- Old houses in Tai Hang
  - 3 School Street, THIL 55 [????- ]
  - 4 School Street, THIL 56 [????- ]
  - Corner of Shepherd Street, THIL 68 [????- ]
  - 8 Shepherd Street, THIL 139 [????- ]
  - 16 Sun Chuen Street, THL 40 [????- ]
  - 30 Sun Chuen Street, THL 8 [????- ]
  - 31 Sun Chuen Street, THL 167 [????- ]
Outlying islands
- 1, 2 & 3 Tung Wan Road, Cheung Chau [????- ]

People & Organisations

(To see other pages on Gwulo that mention them, first click their name below to visit their page, then click their 'What links here' tab.)

Arthur Sydney BLISS [1909-1941], clerk with the H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. He served in the HKVDC but was killed in the fighting in Dec. 1941
Sir George Ferguson Bowen GCMG PC [1821-1899], Governor of Hong Kong
Edith Muriel BRAY (née CAMPBELL) [1892-1974], wife of Methodist missionary Arthur Henry Bray
Jean Baptist IPEKDJIAN (aka JB) [1900-1974], diamond trader, and his wife Dorothy Inez IPEKDJIAN (née JONES) [1907-1972]

Photos

Repulse Bay Waltz, by danielwettling

1958 - Maryknoll Sisters' School, by essarem

HMS Carlisle, by danielwettling

Nathan Road, by danielwettling

Gloucester Road circa early 1971, by philk

Aircraft carrier, by danielwettling

Repulse Bay beach, by danielwettling

Flight deck & aircraft, USS Enterprise, by waghorn41

HSBC Demolition c.1981.jpg, by marlowe

"Cha Tse City", by Joseph

Victoria Gap Lookout 1960s, by h9430500

Newly built HSBC apartment blocks later demolished to make way for new flight paths, by IDJ

PB \ LL 006, by tngan

1970s Yee Wo Street (Overhead View), by moddsey

1920s Visitors at Peak Hotel, by moddsey

Army Air Corps 656 Squadron Bell 47 Sioux AH1 Kai Tak airport RAF side, by waghorn41

RAF C130 Hercules XV212 Kai Tak airport RAF side, by waghorn41

RHKAAF Spitfire VN485, by waghorn41

1982 - Tiger Moth over Central, by essarem

Alexander Findlay SMITH [1844-1926], by h9430500

Arrival at Kai Tak, by waghorn41

Studies of the aircraft, by waghorn41

Reception / party, by waghorn41

1937 Junction of Fenwick Street and Lockhart Road, by moddsey

Dina House - 1965, by h9430500

Cheung Chau island remains of a prewar house, by IDJ

Ligoniel and The Farm - RBL 101 (2nd generation) 1960s, by h9430500

Ligoniel and The Farm - RBL 101 (2nd generation) 1953, by h9430500

Number 35 Barker Road - residence of JB Ipekdjian and Dorothy, by h9430500

1900 Peak Hotel, by Klaus

Peak Hotel, the Peak, Hong Kong Island. = 山頂酒店1912, by Klaus

Dodwell's Ridge Camp Soccer Team vs The Technique United, by h9430500

1933 Cable Hut, Harlech Road, by moddsey

Prince of Wales building, by danielwettling

Whitfield barracks 1960's, by danielwettling

Tram turnaround, Causeway Bay, by danielwettling

KCR Terminus 1968, by danielwettling

Connaught Road, by danielwettling

Hilton Hotel, by danielwettling

Senior Aircraftman Ian Pursey, aircraft engine mechanic and designated ‘air test observer’, in flying kit, by waghorn41

Wessex over the harbour with view of TST, by waghorn41

Wessex helicopters in-flight view, by waghorn41

Groundcrew versus Aircrew football match for the ‘Bendum Mendum’ trophy. HAECO hangars in the background., by waghorn41

Old General Post Office, by danielwettling

The Pink House - 2005, by h9430500

Falconridge - 2005, by h9430500

Falconridge and Richmond House (3rd generation), by h9430500

CLP admin offices+ St George apartments-newly built1941 , by IDJ

STORE NORDISKE cable repair ship owned by Danish telecommunications company , by IDJ

STORE NORDISKE Danish tele communications cable ship on long term mooring at Causeway Bay-1959, by IDJ

Former Sharp Street tram depot, by danielwettling

Dehavilland Venom FB4 WR539, previously on display outside the squadron offices, outside the hangar dismantled for return to the UK., by waghorn41

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New on Gwulo: 2026, week 20

2026-05-17T02:00:00+0800

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

General

Too Hot for Comfort - War Years in China 1938-50: extracts from Bill Ream's memoir of the war years in Hong Kong.
What the chimneys on the wartime stoves above Quarry Bay looked like.
Hedda Morrison's photos of Hong Kong from 1946-7
Readers ask:
- Looking for any information, photographs, memoirs, documents about the Greek population of Hong Kong from the 19th to the 20th century.
- What is the origin & purpose of these concrete footprints?
  
  Concrete footprints 2, by Crusader79
- Looking for information about Hong Kong artist Cheung Chung Tak (張宗德?):
  - Does anyone know who Cheung Chung Tak was, and whether he was a well-known artist in Hong Kong?
  - Was it common in the 1970s for Hong Kong artists to travel abroad and paint in front of live audiences?
  - Does anyone have records of similar paintings or exhibitions organised through 73 Lorne Street, Auckland around that period?
    
    oil painting-Autumn Rowollan Down, by Dacman

Places

Kowloon
- CLP Fa Yuen Street Substation [????- ]
- Jam Fair Department Store, Kowloon [1969-1991]
Hong Kong
- Bercenhus (later Wai Yuen) - 68 Deep Water Bay Road (RBL 667) [c.1955-c.1975]
- Builders' Rendezvous, Vicon Building, AIL 152 [????-????]
- Kaza, 1-3 Sik On Street, (IL-7612 & IL-7331) [c.1932- ]
- Former Government Logistics Depot at North Point [c.1930-c.1990]
- Sai Ying Pun Post Office (second location) / Fire Services Married Quarters [1968- ]
- Shing Wong Street
New Territories
- Chun Hing Terrace, Yin Kong Village [????- ]
- Shaw's Movietown [c.1963- ]
- Tsuen Wan Slaughter House [c.1983- ]

People & Organisations

(To see other pages on Gwulo that mention them, first click their name below to visit their page, then click their 'What links here' tab.)

Joseph Coleman HUGHES [????-????], assistant with Holliday Wise & Co.
Sir George William DES VOEUX, GCMG [1834-1909], Governor of Hong Kong
Sotirios Patazi PATTARA [????-????], manager at Café Wiseman
WW2: Stanley Camp internees:
- Nicolas S DRACOULIS [c.1916-????], Greek mariner
- John Dinsmore JOHNSTON (aka Jack) [1912-1989], missionary
- William George Bertram REAM (aka Bill) [1912-1999], missionary
- Joseph Ernest SANDBACH [1898-1991], minister and missionary
- Edward Harold SMYTH [c.1881-1955], merchant, and country dancing master!

Photos

City hall, by Jayzee

1953 - the Builders' Rendezvous signage, by essarem

Villa Blanca - 47 43a 43b Barker Road, by h9430500

The Peniel Mission Church on Cheung Chau and a Chinese School adjacent to it, by Klaus

“Fairyland” at Deep Water Bay, by h9430500

Photos of "Leonard" 4-6 Pollock's Path [????- ], by h9430500

queensway traffic, by danielwettling

Harry Mason Hillier , by Klaus

Number 35 Barker Road - residence of JB Ipekdjian and Dorothy, by h9430500

Anti opium procession, by danielwettling

Murray parade ground, by danielwettling

View over parade ground to Murray Barracks and Headquarters House, by danielwettling

Peak Club, by danielwettling

View from Belevedere House on the Peak, by danielwettling

1958 - seawall of Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter, by essarem

13 Streets, To Kwa Wan, by Jeremy Austin

Military in the New Territories-October 1949, by IDJ

1950s Ma On Shan, by moddsey

From the air, by waghorn41

Shaw Bros Movietown site in Clearwater Bay, by waghorn41

Behind RAF Kai Tak, by waghorn41

Towards Kwun Tong – RAF Kai Tak on the right, by waghorn41

Towards Lion Rock – RAF Kai Tak on the left, by waghorn41

Sunset, by waghorn41

Sai Kung Marina, by waghorn41

Ned Kelly’s, Silvermine Bay, by waghorn41

Margaret (Chan?) from Ned Kelly’s Last Stand at Ned Kelly’s at Silvermine Bay, by waghorn41

New buildings at the praya, by Klaus

RANCHI-P&O liner-Kowloon wharf-1935, by IDJ

1945 Royal Naval Dockyard, by moddsey

HMS Tamar Wreck site [1941-????], by h9430500

Sir George William Des Vœux 1887, by Klaus

Hong Kong chair carriages, by Klaus

Ligoniel and The Farm - RBL 101 (Garden) in 1968, by h9430500

"Group at Hong Kong. King Kalakua", by Admin

Terrace in front of the photo, the Peak in the background, by danielwettling

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New on Gwulo: 2026, week 19

2026-05-05T04:00:00+0800

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

General

Argyle Street POW Association Directory (1968)
Argyle Street POW Association Directory (1977)
Connections of Botanic Gardens with the world, 1884
In the previous newsletter I asked for your help to let friends know about my talk in London on 25 April. I'm happy to report we had a full house, so a big thank you to everyone who helped spread the word. Thanks also to the Friends of East Asia for hosting us. (Their next event in June looks at another aspect of Hong Kong's history - see their Forthcoming Events page for details.)
Photos from the 25 April talk:
Several people have asked if I could give a talk in North England, somewhere in the Manchester - York area. Is that something any other readers would be interested to attend?
Readers ask:
- When was the war crimes investigative / interviewing team set up in Hong Kong after WW2?

Places

Kowloon
- 17-21 Ferry Street [????- ]
Hong Kong
- Four-Storey Building at 187-191 Connaught Road West [c.1900-c.1981]
- Hang Lung Centre [c.1975- ]
- Peak Gardens [1972- ]
- Tai Hang Market (2 Wun Sha Street, Tai Hang) [????-????]
- 455 The Peak, R.B.L. 150 [c.1923-c.1948]
New Territories
- 30 Ma Wo Road, Tai Po [????- ]
- Pine Hill (松山小築), Castle Peak Road [????-c.1992]
- Silverstrand Bay (銀線灣)
Outlying Islands
- Peng Chau Government Building [1960- ]
- Peng Chau Pier (Old/Public), First version [c.1955-c.2002], and Peng Chau Public Pier, current version [c.2004- ]
- Peng Chau Police Post [1965- ]
- Peng Chau Public Toilet and Bath Room, Wing On Side Street [????- ]

People & Organisations

(To see other pages on Gwulo that mention them, first click their name below to visit their page, then click their 'What links here' tab.)

Ellen PETERSEN [1840-1878]
Missionaries
- George Washington GREENE [1852-1911]
- Robert Alexander JAFFRAY (aka Zhai Fumin, 翟輔民) [1873-1945]
- Winifred Mary KIRK (née STUBBS, aka Winnie) [1885-1957]
- Albert Henry VAN ETTEN [c.1900-1940] and wife Florence Kathleen VAN ETTEN (née KING) [1899-1988]
WW2: Armed forces
- Roger Dyrck LAMBLE [1921-????], HKRNVR
WW2: Stanley Camp internees:
- George Leslie ANDREW [1912-2000], banker, and wife Gladys Esther C. ANDREW (née COLLARD) [1917-????], nurse
- Harry Albert GREENWOOD [c.1916-????], ship's officer
- Alice Lauretta HALL [c.1881-????] and husband Charles Mylius HALL [c.1881-????], proprietors of an oriental goods, art and curios shop called "The Caravan" in the Peninsula and Gloucester Hotels
- Malcolm Leuchars HARDIE [1909-1948], seaman
- Sarah Smith LOGAN (née VIRTUE) [1879-1944], housekeeper of the Repulse Bay Hotel

Photos

Union Church, by danielwettling

Labourers shifting a sandhill 1920's, by danielwettling

Ellen Petersen's grave 2, by jill

Mount Kellett map 1909, by Klaus

Mt. Kellett Houses c.1895 annotated, by Klaus

102 Waterloo Road, by philk

1910s Shek Tong Tsui and Kennedy Town Waterfront, by moddsey

Kwong Tung Hotel in Shek Tong Tsui, by danielwettling

1930s Whitty Street Tram Terminus (1st Location), by moddsey

1910s Hill Road (Looking North), by moddsey

1965 Whitty Street Tram Terminus, by moddsey

Queens Road Central, by danielwettling

HMS Berwick, by danielwettling

Advert for No. 1 Cameron Villas 1889, by Klaus

Dragon Boat Bar in the Hilton, by kittylui

22 Mt. Austin Road and Ewo Mess 1964, by Klaus

1976 aerial photo peak, by Klaus

Tin Hau Temple Shau Kei Wan, by Klaus

Tam Kung Temple, Shau Kei Wan, by Klaus

Walvick cottage NKIL 166 in isolation before the RAF's intrusion, by IDJ

Walvick cottage a pictorial history, by IDJ

BOAC to Hong Kong the Dragon Route newly qualified stewardess about to depart. , by IDJ

First passengers to Kai Tak via BOAC Canadair Argonaut class landplane, by IDJ

Junk with defensive ancient cannons , by IDJ

Inauguration engraving at Tai O, by tngan

1950s Betty Clemo Tours Shop, Ladies' and Gents' Tailors, by moddsey

1950s China Night Bar, Restaurant & Night Club, by moddsey

1950s China Night Bar, Restaurant & Night Club, North Point, by moddsey

1950s Savoy Restaurant & Night Club, Central, by moddsey

30 Ma Wo Road, by philk

Old House at Wong UK, by philk

Yucca de Lac, by philk

LO Chung-Wan, by helenwan

View on the peak, by waghorn41

1919 Government Map of Cheung Chau European Reservation, by Aldi

1959 - Pottinger Street, by essarem

Yick Yuen (奕園), Lantau, by waghorn41

Hennessy Road, by philk

Ma Wan Pier in 1976 and 2024, by wongchungman

Man Wai and Man Cheong Buildings, by Klaus

Help please in identifying wartime photos for book on Lisbon Maru Incident., by h9430500

29 Conduit Road ('Sai-Uk') residence of Ho Kom Tong (painting), by root69

View from 29 Conduit Road ('Sai-Uk') residence of Ho Kom Tong, by root69

29 Conduit Road ('Sai-Uk') residence of Ho Kom Tong, by root69

Garden of 29 Conduit Road ('Sai-Uk') residence of Ho Kom Tong, by root69

Entrance steps to 29 Conduit Road, by root69

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Video: Hong Kong treasures at the UK's largest postcard fair

2026-04-13T23:00:00+0800

A look at recent purchases, with topics ranging from Typhoon Wanda to the Royal Navy in fancy dress, earwax removal to steam trains in Wanchai, and lots more besides. (If you don’t see the video below, please click here to watch it on Youtube.)