Official and general correspondence

Title

Official and general correspondence

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 600 / 11

Summary

Correspondence for the period October 1925 to December 1929, with two items dated July 1896 and [February 1930]. The letters dated 1929 mainly relate to the establishment of the Hong Kong Branch of the English Association.

Includes letters from:

Anderson, John, 1928 (addressed jointly to Cecil and Penelope Clementi)

Buxton, 1st Earl (Sydney Charles Buxton), with enclosures relating to the KCMG, 1925

Gollan, Sir Henry Cowper, seven letters, with enclosure (extract from the Salary Commission's draft report dealing with Government House), with seven copy letters from Clementi to Gollan, 1929

Hornell, Sir William Woodward, with covering letter from W.B. Finnigan and a copy of Clementi's reply, 1929

Lau, Pak Tun, with enclosure (printed copy of his Tsz poems, in Chinese, with covering letter from his uncle), 1926

Knight Anstey, J.C., with enclosure (typescript notes on the origin of the word 'Tea'), 1929

Pickford, Alfred D., with enclosure (warrant authorising Clementi to act as Patron and Chief Scout for Hong Kong), 1925

Russell-Brown, Claude, 1926

Simpson, Robert K.M., two letters, with enclosure (transcript of Clementi's lecture to the inaugural meeting of the Hong Kong Branch of the English Association, 5 Nov 1929, on 'The Story of the Word Tea'), with a copy letter from Clementi to Simpson, 1929

Wilkinson, P.S., with enclosures relating to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England and Clementi's selection for admission as a Knight of Grace (includes a booklet about events organised by the Order of St. John to coincide with the Empire Exhibition of 1924), 1924, 1926

Wong, Yam Pan (address by Wong Yam Pan and others on the occassion of Clementi's visit to Cheung Chau), 1926 (in Chinese, with draft English translation)

Yeung, Kan Tung (in Chinese), with covering letter from W.B. Finnigan, 1929

Also includes:

The Wanhsien Epic, reprinted from the Central-China Post, 1926

'Landing Operations at Mirs Bay', cyclostyled map and instructions for a military exercise to be held on 8 Feb 1927

The Colony's Waterworks, printed address by Clementi to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, 5 Sep 1929

guest list for a dinner hosted by Mayor and Mrs. Earnshaw in honour of Cecil and Penelope Clementi, with related photograph, 5 Oct 1929

Instructions passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, dated 19th January, 1888, as amended by the Instructions, dated 7th July, 1896, 1896

menu for a dinner hosted by Sir Shouson and Lady Chow in honour of Prince George and Cecil and Penelope Clementi, 13 Mar 1926 (some in Chinese)

small booklet containing a calendar for the year 1930 interspersed with sketches of Chinese characters and scenes, inscribed 'Hong Kong December 1929'. Front cover shows a drawing of R.N. Libia (some in Chinese and Italian)

newspaper cutting from [ The South China Morning Post] about Cecil Clementi's departure from Hong Kong, [Feb 1930]

Date

1896, 1925-1930

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box