As an experiment I'll split the newsletter and "New on Gwulo" into two separate posts / emails, with the newsletter sent at the weekend and the "New on Gwulo" sent mid-week. I'll use this new format until the end of February, then ask for feedback on whether it is an improvement or not.

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We'll take a tram ride from west to east, looking out at 1910s Hong Kong as we go.

A couple of things to watch for. First, notice how the trams change shape. They start the decade with just a single deck, then later add an open upper deck, and finally acquire a canvas roof. This view catches the first transition from single- to double-deck:

Time for the annual round-up of the last year, and a look at the plans for the year ahead.

2017 in numbers

Vroom! 

The number of people reading Gwulo grew significantly over the last year.

Here are the website figures first, with the number of people visiting the website rising 29% from 148,000 to 191,000:

In the last newsletter for 2017 we'll wrap up a photo we've looked at a couple of times before, then flip it over to see if you can help identify an unknown school.

Here's the photo again, a view looking east from the Peak, taken around 1904: