And in particular four of its foundation stones. This first one lives on a small island, 30+ miles southwest from Hong Kong:

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This 1866 map of Hong Kong's north shore was originally printed in the 1867 edition of The Chronicle and Directory for China, Japan, & the Philippines. Thank you to Peter Crush for compiling and sending in this digital copy.

The highlight of his first visit was the construction of the new Taikoo dockyard [1] at Quarry Bay. On this next visit, four years later, he could show it as a going concern.

He took several photos of ships under repair, both up on the slips and down in the dry dock:

Two rounds of reclamation ago, the Star Ferry pier was at the junction of Connaught Road and Ice House Street. Here's how it looked when it opened in 1912: