If you're looking for more information about F H Wallace, and he spent time in Hong Kong, I suggest you make a page for him (http://gwulo.com/node/add/person), so he doesn't get lost in this page of general Qs&As.
Sorry to trouble you! Was having another look at the post that I made some time ago confirming my personal details and those of my son Tim (who is still serving in the HKP). Decided to make a few minor additions but .....in the process of so doing I seem to have lost the whole thing. My question, is it missing pending approval of the amendment by your good self ....or has it gone forever and will therefore require a complete redraft on my part?
Sorry for that - as you guessed it had got stuck waiting for approval. You can now edit it (and any other of your material) without needing any approval: http://gwulo.com/comment/30788#comment-30788
On a related note I've just posted a photo of children taken in Stanley Camp. If you can recognise anyone, please could you leave a comment there? http://gwulo.com/node/34044
Finally, you were mentioned a few days ago in the "72 years ago" diaries. A belated happy birthday!
Hi David , Just been reading Stepehens comments and I need to contact him about another ship flag mystry that is unrelated to China, is that possible please.
My grandparents were living on Plantation road for seveal years around 1910. I have some old photos and letters from that period. I just wonder how welcome this old information it is for habitants of the city today. I have understood that this was a period of great poverty for the native population and great wealth for a few europeans on their behalf. Maybe people really hate every reminder of the sad time of colonialism? Should I back off and let bygones be bygones?
Gwulo's readers will enjoy learning more about your grandparents and their time in Hong Kong. Please go ahead and share what you know, and let us know if you have any questions we can help with.
Thank you for bringing my attention to the typo in my Cheung Chau comment David. I've now posted the revised copy.
In a day or so I will be getting the final PDF proofs of Asia Betrayed: How Churchill Sacrificed The Far East To Save England.. I wonder if you'd care to have a look at it?
Read the sample: the few photos brought back too many memories of a time long past. Good effort by you and those that assisted in the publication.
Just ordered 2 copies. Could you be so kind to sign both copies.
The book will be used to provide substantiation to my proposed documentary on Hong Kong which I am preparing. Proposed to visit and film the 'battle areas' in late May 2018.
May need a guide to show me around as HK has gone through a tremendous change which I am presuming has affected the areas intended to visit.
Perhaps Ms Annemarie Evans RTHK or you may be around?
Should you respond to my request, could you do so to my email address.
Best for now. Keep safe, in good health and enjoy life around you.
David, I have several photos I wish to upload, but I have never understood what are "tags" so I leave that blank. Do you want tags? if so please tell me what sort of wording is appropriate.
If you have the text, or can convert the scan to text, that's the best option. Then simply paste the text into a Forum post: https://gwulo.com/node/add/forum/2
If you can't get the text then:
- If it's a short document, say 10 pages or less, please upload them as photos
- if it's a longer document in PDF format, please send it to me by email and I'll add it to the site.
Sorry, David, I am obviously not familiar with the inner workings of your site, so need to trouble you further.
I have two documents of three pages each (as photos). When I uploaded them the pages appeared in a random order, which is no good for the reader (I deleted the upload). How to ensure they stay in order when uploading?
I believe the same may happen with groups of photos.
Thanks for persevering! We can lay them out on a a page to show them in the order we'd like. If you can upload one set of three, I'll show you how it looks to see if it's ok for you.
Thanks for the upload. All photos are connected with the Tonnochy Ballroom. We have a "Place" page for that (https://gwulo.com/node/37563), so first I linked the photos to the Place (here's how: https://gwulo.com/node/37329). That means if a reader arrives at the photo, they have a way to get to the Place's page.
David, I just uploaded some photos which included some unintended duplicates. I clicked "remove" by these but the programme is requiring an image before it will upload. Guidance, please.
I am glad to see that you have created a good web site for gwulo stuffs and you have been maintaing this very well so far. I have also noticed that you sell books for your precious collected photos. By guessing, to order book printing you might need to place an order for at least 1000 books or more, as for the min order qty, if printed too many and salability of a new book is not good enough, cash flow is thus affected. Now you can order photo book making in China by visiting the web site of www.meipian.cn by which you can order as many photo books or few as you wish, they are now offering good discounts that you might not able to resist with. You don't have to worry about the min order qty as typically required by traditional printing factory.
The www.meipian.cn is run by NanJing Blue Whale Company and being supported by the mother company of the listed company of Tencent. Up to 2017, Meipian have the 20,000,000 customers in total and I am one of those. I usually use Mepian to keep my photos for my travelling records and comments, at times, I use it to write factory quality inspection reports to record defects and my compaints to factory manager for the produced construction products.
In the Meipian photo book creation platform, you can plug in max 100 photos and multiple text fields of pages of documents - sizable enough for general purposes of publishing.
If you would try Meipian, I would expect you can publish more book titles such as ancient map of hong kong and etc since min order qty and price concern can both be compromised.
Thanks for the tip. I'm happy with the current printer for the next volume of Old Hong Kong Photos ..., but I'll keep Meipian in mind if I have any smaller side projects.
Hi, I have commented on 2 of the old pillboxes waiting approval. I also wanted to attach some updated photos but couldn't see how to do that. Please advise!
I happened on a post about Tak Sun School (posted by Francis Tsui). I wanted to upload a photo of myself and my story to the same site, but couldn't. Instead my post came up as a separate post.
How can I repost the photo and story to the one and same thread?
as you have seen, I‘m currently uploading Public Works Reports. I use an OCR software that makes it quite easy converting text, only e.g. annotations and tables are difficult (and mostly don’t appear in the uploads).
Recently, I added the reports for 1890, 1891 and 1892 (please add the latter to the list of reports). For the next weeks I will convert the reports for 1893-1896 as well as for 1889. I couldn't find earlier ones that show more than the expenditures during a year on two pages - not really helpful for our purposes.
Thank you very much for adding these, they're useful for all sorts of searches about lots, buildings, streets, etc.
One small tip - please can you write the title in the format "1893 Public Works Department Annual Report", so that it appears in the right place in the list at https://gwulo.com/public-works-annual-reports. You can always include the literal name of the document at the start of the OCR'd text.
I had already done most of the 1896 PWD report - I have uploaded it here
Klaus what OCR software do you use? The one I was using did not like the font used in government reports for the 1890s and earlier and would jsut return gibberish
Herostratus, I use https://www.onlineocr.net/. This is a free online tool that allows you to convert one page documents (see also my post on Gwulo).
Currently I'm working on the 1889 report (a short one). I downloaded the report as .pdf file, converted each page using Photoshop into a .jpg file and used the tool on the website to convert page by page. This report needs hardly any corrections - this makes it much easier than retyping.
Example:
New Slaughter-House, Extension of Cattle DepOt and Depots for Pigs and Sheep.
A Committee consisting of The Honourable 0. CHADWICK, the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, and the Surveyor General, having been appointed to report on the question of a site for the proposed new Slaughter- House and Depots for Pigs and Sheep, recommended that these should be erected at Kenneclytown immediately to the -south west of the present Cattle Depot. This site has the great. advantage of concentrating the depots and slaughter-houses for cattle, sheep, and pigs in one locality. A plentiful supply of water which is essential for these purposes, can be obtained from the large nullah which traverses this site, supplemented when necessary by the Pokfularn aqueduct. These establishments should be placed under the supervision of a European Inspector, residing on the spot whose duty it will be to see that the sanitary regulations are strictly enforced. With this precaution, combined with an efficient system of drainage, and an ample supply of water, the sanitary condition of the locality will be amply guaranteed. A survey has been made of the site and the working drawings of the slaughterhouse, and pig and sheep depOts, are now in hand.
You can sign up for a free account and convert the whole PDF in one shot, skipping having to separate it into individual pages first.
I managed to get some of the tables out by rotating them into portrait mode first, then OCR, saved as a WORD doc & then C&P, e.g. for 1982
Appendix A
HONGKONG WATER WORKS, 1892.
MONTH.
POKFULAM.
TYTAM.
Wongneichung
and Mint
Dam Reservoirs,
Quantity
Distributed.
Grand Total.
—
II
...
4
Quantity in
Reservoir on
1st of Month.
Discharge
into
Tunnel.
Collected
in
Streams.
Consumption.
Quantity in
Reservoir on
1st of Month.
Discharge
into
Tunnel.
Collected
from
Streams.
-Consumption.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
January, ........................
52,793,180
23,830,200
...
22,549,500
273,000,000
47,856,000
14,539,570
62,395,570
7,642,000
92,587,070
0.52
February, ......................
35,449,244
21,767,400
...
20,593,000
229,000,000
44,996,000
11,616,526
56,612,526
4,331,000
81,536,526
1.25
March,...........................
19,983,706
13,681,400
1,039,600
14,721,000
186,000,000
54,814,400
8,526,358
63,340,758
4,909,000
82,970,758
3.90
April, .............................
14,250,017
15,191,840
1,269,160
16,461,000
131,000,000
48,501,600
16,546,524
65,048,124
•
6,245,000
87,754,124
11.59
May, ..............................
66,330,180
23,706,120
...
21,909,000
164,000,000
49,222,700
22,491,776
71,714,476
7,437,000
101,060,476
8.57
June, ..............................
66,041,118
25,962,120
...
24,427,000
179,000,000
57,976,400
18,492,856
76,469,256
6,738,000
107,634,256
34.38
July, ...............................
66.330,180
27,641,520
98,880
27,740,400
312,000,000
43,713,000
33,946,225
77,659,225
8,192,000
113,591,625
10.78
August, ........................
66,041,118
26,930,880
1,237,120
28,168,000
312,000,000
50,265,000
29,124,148
79,389,148
9,466,000
117,023,148
12.09
September, ...................
66,330,180
23,760,280
705,320
24,465,600
312,000,000
42,343,900
32,182,927
74,526,827
8,612,000
107,604,427
7.00
October, ........................
66,330,180
17,281,000
5,842,000
23,123,000
312,000,000
55,233,200
15,663,967
70,897,167
6,106,000
100,126,167
0.02
November, .....................
60,548,932
16,088,000
2,089,600
18,177,600
281,000,000
59,454,000
12,276,832
71,730,832
6,613,000
96,521,432
0.34
December, ......................
Total,..............
52,793,180
17,336,000
693,000
18,029,000
236,000,000
59,999,400
13,227,165
73,226,565
3,982,000
95,237,565
0.51
...
253,176,760
12,974,680
260,364,100
...
614,375,600
228,634.874
843,010,474
80,273,000
1,183,647,574
90.95
Appendix B
HONGKONG RAINFALL, 1853 TO 1892
[Diagram not printed].
Appendix C
HONGKONG RAINFALL, 1853 TO 1892.—For Months of September to May (inclusive) 273 days.—For Months of October to April (inclusive) 212 days.
[Diagrams not printed].
Appendix D
HONGKONG- WATER WORKS, 1892
MONTH.
POKFULAM SUPPLY.
TAITAM SUPPLY.
Wongneichung
and
Mint Dam
Waters supplied
by Meter.
TOTAL SUPPLY.
Grand Total.
Mean
Minimum
Temper-
ature
0° Fah.
REMARKS.
City of Victoria. Unmetered.
Hill District.
Metered.
City of Victoria. Unmetered.
Metered.
Unmetered.
Metered.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
January, .................
22,295,500°
254,000
57,850,570
4,545,000
7,642,000
80,146,070
12,441,000
92,587,070
55.3
2 Fires.
Febuary, .................
19,892,000°
6
701,000
51,778,526
4,834,000
4,331,000
71,670,526
9,866,000
81,536,526
57.8
March,....................
14,327,00(r
5.
394,000
58,097,758
5,243,000
4,909,000
72,424,758
10,546,000
82,970,758
57.9
1 Fire.
April, .....................
16,015,000*
o
446,000
58,075,124
6,973,000
6,245,000
74,090,124
13,664,000
87,754,124
66.5
2 Fires.
May, .......................
June, .......................
21,090,000*
23,735,000*
5
.8
819,000
692,000
67,593,476
72,388,256
4,121,000
4,081,000
7,437,000
6,738,000
88,683,476
96,123,256
12,377,000
11,511,000
101,060,476
107,634,256
72.1
76.3
1 Fire.
1 „
July, .....
26,385,400°
f4
1,355,000
70,720,225
6,939,000
8,192,000
97,105,625
16,486,000
113,591,625
77.6
August, ..................
25,955,504
1,257,496
955,000
73,330,148
6,059,000
9,466,000
100,543,148
16,480,000
117,023,148
76.6
2 Fires.
September, .............
22,863,820
1,102,780
499,000
70,273,827
4,253,000
8,612,000
94,240,427
13,364,000
107,604,427
74.0
1 Fire.
October, .................
20,484,470
1,474,530
1,164,000
61,941,167
8,956,000
6,106,000
83,900,167
16,226,000
100,126,167
67.3
November, .............
15,897,010
1,238.590
1,042,000
64,591,832
7,139,000
6,613,000
81,727,432
14,794,000
96,521,432
65.8
1 Fire.
December, . ............
16,496,683
988,317
544,000
69,005,565
4,221,000
3,982,000
86,490,565
8,747,000
95,237,565
65.5
3 Fires.
Totals,.........
245,437,387
6,061,713
8,865,000
775,646,474
67,364,000
80,273,000
1,027,145,574
156,502,000
1,183,647,574
14 Fires.
Appendix F.
CITY OF VICTORIA WATER WORKS.
Analyses before and after Filtration of the Taitam Water 1892, Grains per imperial gallon.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
b a
b
a
b
a
b
a
b
a
b
a
b
a
b a
b
a
b
a
b
a
b
a
-
-
--
General appearance, ..............
C
C
D C
D
C
D
C
T
C
T
C
S.D.
C S.D.
C
S.T. 0
T
C
S.D.
C
S.D.
0
Appearance in 24" tube,........
P.Y.
P.Y.
P.Y. F.Y.
P.Y.
P.Y.
P.Y.
P.Y.
Y
C
...
P.Y.
T
C Y
C
P.Y. F.Y.
Y
C
F.Y.
C
S.T.
C
Total solid matter dried at 212° F., .....................................
3.6
4.5
3.1
4.2
2.5
4.2
3.4
3.9
3.1
3.4
3.6
4.2
3.4
4.2 2.8
3.4
3.4 3.9
2.8
3.9
2.0
3.6
2.5
3.1
Chlorine, ..................................
.6
.6
.0
.6
.6
.6
.7
.7
.7
.7
.6
.6
.7
.7 '.6
.6
.6 .6
.6
.6
.6
.6
.6
.6
Hardness (chalk grains), .......
.9
1.7
.9
1.7
.8
1.8
.8
2.0
.9
1.9
.9
1.8
1.0
1.7 .9
1.8
1.0 1.7
.8
1.4
1.0
1.9
.9
1.9
Free Ammonia, .......................
.0021
None
None
None
.0014
None
None
None
.0007
None .0014
None
.0014
None .0007
None
.0014 None
.0021
None
None
None
.0014
None
Albuminoid Ammonia,...........
.0028
.0014
.0028 .0014
.0035
.0014
.0021
.0014
.0056
.0021 .0056
.0028
.0056
.0042 .0021
.0014
.0042 .0014
0056
.0014
.0014
None
.0042
None
Oxygen absorbed in 4 hours,
.001
None
.003 .003
.014
None
.017
.013
.027
.017
.023
.008
.027
.018 .026
.021
.016 .007
.015
.009
.019
.009
.011
.008
EXPLANATION.-C indicates clear. D deposit. T turbid. V yellow. S.D. slight deposit. S.T. slightly turbid. P.Y. pale yellow. F. Y. faint yellow.
Results in column b are before filtration, in column a after filtration.
Appendix G.
HONGKONG WATER WORKS 1892.
Colonial Government Institutions and Buildings supplied by Meter.
I have seen the recent war diaries. My father Guy Walker was a prisoner of war and you were sent his diary notes by someon from the Masonic Lodge. If you type in Guy Walker the information will come up. Please add these to your war diaries.
thank you so much for a wonderful magazine. By subscribing to your website I have finally found a very long lost dear friend. Is it possible to email her directly rather than going through your website as I am concerned information might not be protected.
Please send me an email (david@gwulo.com) with a link to the page with your friend's comment on, and their username on the Gwulo website, and I'll forward it to your friend for you so they can see your email address and get in touch directly.
today, I created an event for the visit of the Prince Of Wales in 1922 with many photos. But it seems to have vanished as I can't find it any more. Please help.
Regards, Klaus
Update: it re-appeared, don't know why. When I do advanced search and tick "event", its there. Is there any other easier way to find events? Possibly an additional entry in the menu on the left.
One problem remains: how to insert a photo to my comment (Addendum: HMS Renown)?
today, I created an event for the visit of the Prince Of Wales in 1922 with many photos. But it seems to have vanished as I can't find it any more. Please help.
I'm not sure what caused that, but glad to see it has fixed itself.
Is there any other easier way to find events? Possibly an additional entry in the menu on the left.
I've added an Events section to the menu on the left.
One problem remains: how to insert a photo to my comment (Addendum: HMS Renown)?
That was my mistake in the configuration. It should be fixed now.
Comments
I've sent a message to
I've sent a message to Annelise.
If you're looking for more information about F H Wallace, and he spent time in Hong Kong, I suggest you make a page for him (http://gwulo.com/node/add/person), so he doesn't get lost in this page of general Qs&As.
Regards, David
Hello David
Sorry to trouble you! Was having another look at the post that I made some time ago confirming my personal details and those of my son Tim (who is still serving in the HKP). Decided to make a few minor additions but .....in the process of so doing I seem to have lost the whole thing. My question, is it missing pending approval of the amendment by your good self ....or has it gone forever and will therefore require a complete redraft on my part?
Regards,
Dick Worrall
Pending approval
Hi Dick,
Sorry for that - as you guessed it had got stuck waiting for approval. You can now edit it (and any other of your material) without needing any approval: http://gwulo.com/comment/30788#comment-30788
On a related note I've just posted a photo of children taken in Stanley Camp. If you can recognise anyone, please could you leave a comment there? http://gwulo.com/node/34044
Finally, you were mentioned a few days ago in the "72 years ago" diaries. A belated happy birthday!
Regards, David
contact
Hi David , Just been reading Stepehens comments and I need to contact him about another ship flag mystry that is unrelated to China, is that possible please.
re: contact
I have forwarded your email address to Stephen.
Regards, David
Some old stuff from old HK
Hi David.
My grandparents were living on Plantation road for seveal years around 1910. I have some old photos and letters from that period. I just wonder how welcome this old information it is for habitants of the city today. I have understood that this was a period of great poverty for the native population and great wealth for a few europeans on their behalf. Maybe people really hate every reminder of the sad time of colonialism? Should I back off and let bygones be bygones?
Johan
re: Some old stuff from old HK
Hi Johan,
Gwulo's readers will enjoy learning more about your grandparents and their time in Hong Kong. Please go ahead and share what you know, and let us know if you have any questions we can help with.
A good start would be to create pages for your family members who lived in Hong Kong: https://gwulo.com/node/add/person
Here's how to upload a photo: https://gwulo.com/node/2076
Regards, David
Thank you for bringing my
Thank you for bringing my attention to the typo in my Cheung Chau comment David. I've now posted the revised copy.
In a day or so I will be getting the final PDF proofs of Asia Betrayed: How Churchill Sacrificed The Far East To Save England.. I wonder if you'd care to have a look at it?
Thanks again, John.
Cheung Chau
Thanks for posting the Cheung Chau / Churchill info. I'll hold off on reading the proofs, but look forward to seeing the finished book in print.
Regards, David
The Book
Read the sample: the few photos brought back too many memories of a time long past. Good effort by you and those that assisted in the publication.
Just ordered 2 copies. Could you be so kind to sign both copies.
The book will be used to provide substantiation to my proposed documentary on Hong Kong which I am preparing. Proposed to visit and film the 'battle areas' in late May 2018.
May need a guide to show me around as HK has gone through a tremendous change which I am presuming has affected the areas intended to visit.
Perhaps Ms Annemarie Evans RTHK or you may be around?
Should you respond to my request, could you do so to my email address.
Best for now. Keep safe, in good health and enjoy life around you.
Tony
Uploading photos
David, I have several photos I wish to upload, but I have never understood what are "tags" so I leave that blank. Do you want tags? if so please tell me what sort of wording is appropriate.
Thanks and regards,
Gordon
re: Uploading photos
Gordon, if you'd like you can read a short introduction to using tags, but most times I leave the tags blank too.
Regards, David
Uploading photos
Thanks, David, I can see that tags are useful, so will bear this in mind.
Regards, Gordon
Uploading
David, if I wish to upload a document, as opposed to a photo, do I need to photograph the document or can you accept scanned pdf?
re: Uploading
If you have the text, or can convert the scan to text, that's the best option. Then simply paste the text into a Forum post: https://gwulo.com/node/add/forum/2
If you can't get the text then:
- If it's a short document, say 10 pages or less, please upload them as photos
- if it's a longer document in PDF format, please send it to me by email and I'll add it to the site.
Regards, David
Uploads
OK, thanks David.
Uploads
Sorry, David, I am obviously not familiar with the inner workings of your site, so need to trouble you further.
I have two documents of three pages each (as photos). When I uploaded them the pages appeared in a random order, which is no good for the reader (I deleted the upload). How to ensure they stay in order when uploading?
I believe the same may happen with groups of photos.
Thanks for persevering! We
Thanks for persevering! We can lay them out on a a page to show them in the order we'd like. If you can upload one set of three, I'll show you how it looks to see if it's ok for you.
Regards, David
I have uploaded the three
I have uploaded the three pages, which should be on one page in numerical order of the jpg nos.
Tks
Thanks for the upload. All
Thanks for the upload. All photos are connected with the Tonnochy Ballroom. We have a "Place" page for that (https://gwulo.com/node/37563), so first I linked the photos to the Place (here's how: https://gwulo.com/node/37329). That means if a reader arrives at the photo, they have a way to get to the Place's page.
Then I added a comment to the Tonnochy Ballroom page and added the photos in the right order, so it looks like this https://gwulo.com/comment/44101#comment-44101 (Here's how to add a photo to the text: https://gwulo.com/node/1929).
Dragon boats, Tai O
David, I just uploaded some photos which included some unintended duplicates. I clicked "remove" by these but the programme is requiring an image before it will upload. Guidance, please.
re: Dragon boats, Tai O
It looks like you might have already solved this. If not, please add a "please delete" comment to the duplicate, and I'll remove it.
I cannot find the photos - 11
I cannot find the photos - 11 altogether of dragon boats. I'll start again and be careful not to load duplicates.
OK, done now, David, plus a
OK, done now, David, plus a few miscellaneous pics.
Suggestion of alternate source of book printing
Dear David
I am glad to see that you have created a good web site for gwulo stuffs and you have been maintaing this very well so far. I have also noticed that you sell books for your precious collected photos. By guessing, to order book printing you might need to place an order for at least 1000 books or more, as for the min order qty, if printed too many and salability of a new book is not good enough, cash flow is thus affected. Now you can order photo book making in China by visiting the web site of www.meipian.cn by which you can order as many photo books or few as you wish, they are now offering good discounts that you might not able to resist with. You don't have to worry about the min order qty as typically required by traditional printing factory.
The www.meipian.cn is run by NanJing Blue Whale Company and being supported by the mother company of the listed company of Tencent. Up to 2017, Meipian have the 20,000,000 customers in total and I am one of those. I usually use Mepian to keep my photos for my travelling records and comments, at times, I use it to write factory quality inspection reports to record defects and my compaints to factory manager for the produced construction products.
In the Meipian photo book creation platform, you can plug in max 100 photos and multiple text fields of pages of documents - sizable enough for general purposes of publishing.
If you would try Meipian, I would expect you can publish more book titles such as ancient map of hong kong and etc since min order qty and price concern can both be compromised.
Regards.
John
re: Suggestion of alternate source of book printing
Dear John,
Thanks for the tip. I'm happy with the current printer for the next volume of Old Hong Kong Photos ..., but I'll keep Meipian in mind if I have any smaller side projects.
Regards, David
Adding photos to comments
Hi, I have commented on 2 of the old pillboxes waiting approval. I also wanted to attach some updated photos but couldn't see how to do that. Please advise!
Adding photo and story to post I come across
Hi David,
I happened on a post about Tak Sun School (posted by Francis Tsui). I wanted to upload a photo of myself and my story to the same site, but couldn't. Instead my post came up as a separate post.
How can I repost the photo and story to the one and same thread?
Thank you.
Felix Chanduloy (Petit Prince)
re: Adding photo and story to post I come across
Hi Felix,
After you've uploaded the photo, here's how to insert the photo into a comment or a new post: https://gwulo.com/node/1929
Regards, David
Uploading photo
Thanks. Did it! Felix Chanduloy
Public Works Reports
Hi David,
as you have seen, I‘m currently uploading Public Works Reports. I use an OCR software that makes it quite easy converting text, only e.g. annotations and tables are difficult (and mostly don’t appear in the uploads).
Recently, I added the reports for 1890, 1891 and 1892 (please add the latter to the list of reports). For the next weeks I will convert the reports for 1893-1896 as well as for 1889. I couldn't find earlier ones that show more than the expenditures during a year on two pages - not really helpful for our purposes.
Regards, Klaus
re: Public Works Reports
Hi Klaus,
Thank you very much for adding these, they're useful for all sorts of searches about lots, buildings, streets, etc.
One small tip - please can you write the title in the format "1893 Public Works Department Annual Report", so that it appears in the right place in the list at https://gwulo.com/public-works-annual-reports. You can always include the literal name of the document at the start of the OCR'd text.
Regards, David
re: Public Works Reports 1892
David, I changed the title of the 1892 report, but it still doesn't appear in the list you mentioned. What's wrong? Klaus
re: Public Works Reports 1892
Thanks Klaus. I'd missed adding that to one the list - fixed now.
I had already done most of
I had already done most of the 1896 PWD report - I have uploaded it here
Klaus what OCR software do you use? The one I was using did not like the font used in government reports for the 1890s and earlier and would jsut return gibberish
PWR's
Herostratus, I use https://www.onlineocr.net/. This is a free online tool that allows you to convert one page documents (see also my post on Gwulo).
Currently I'm working on the 1889 report (a short one). I downloaded the report as .pdf file, converted each page using Photoshop into a .jpg file and used the tool on the website to convert page by page. This report needs hardly any corrections - this makes it much easier than retyping.
Example:
New Slaughter-House, Extension of Cattle DepOt
and Depots for Pigs and Sheep.
Just try it. Klaus
User name change?
David,
how can I change my user name? Currently it’s kesayian@aol.com. I,would instead like it to be kesayian.
Thank you.
onlineocr.net
Klaus,
You can sign up for a free account and convert the whole PDF in one shot, skipping having to separate it into individual pages first.
I managed to get some of the tables out by rotating them into portrait mode first, then OCR, saved as a WORD doc & then C&P, e.g. for 1982
MONTH.
POKFULAM.
TYTAM.
Wongneichung
and Mint
Dam Reservoirs,
Quantity
Distributed.
Grand Total.
—
II
...
4
Quantity in
Reservoir on
1st of Month.
Discharge
into
Tunnel.
Collected
in
Streams.
Consumption.
Quantity in
Reservoir on
1st of Month.
Discharge
into
Tunnel.
Collected
from
Streams.
-Consumption.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
January, ........................
52,793,180
23,830,200
...
22,549,500
273,000,000
47,856,000
14,539,570
62,395,570
7,642,000
92,587,070
0.52
February, ......................
35,449,244
21,767,400
...
20,593,000
229,000,000
44,996,000
11,616,526
56,612,526
4,331,000
81,536,526
1.25
March,...........................
19,983,706
13,681,400
1,039,600
14,721,000
186,000,000
54,814,400
8,526,358
63,340,758
4,909,000
82,970,758
3.90
April, .............................
14,250,017
15,191,840
1,269,160
16,461,000
131,000,000
48,501,600
16,546,524
65,048,124
•
6,245,000
87,754,124
11.59
May, ..............................
66,330,180
23,706,120
...
21,909,000
164,000,000
49,222,700
22,491,776
71,714,476
7,437,000
101,060,476
8.57
June, ..............................
66,041,118
25,962,120
...
24,427,000
179,000,000
57,976,400
18,492,856
76,469,256
6,738,000
107,634,256
34.38
July, ...............................
66.330,180
27,641,520
98,880
27,740,400
312,000,000
43,713,000
33,946,225
77,659,225
8,192,000
113,591,625
10.78
August, ........................
66,041,118
26,930,880
1,237,120
28,168,000
312,000,000
50,265,000
29,124,148
79,389,148
9,466,000
117,023,148
12.09
September, ...................
66,330,180
23,760,280
705,320
24,465,600
312,000,000
42,343,900
32,182,927
74,526,827
8,612,000
107,604,427
7.00
October, ........................
66,330,180
17,281,000
5,842,000
23,123,000
312,000,000
55,233,200
15,663,967
70,897,167
6,106,000
100,126,167
0.02
November, .....................
60,548,932
16,088,000
2,089,600
18,177,600
281,000,000
59,454,000
12,276,832
71,730,832
6,613,000
96,521,432
0.34
December, ......................
Total,..............
52,793,180
17,336,000
693,000
18,029,000
236,000,000
59,999,400
13,227,165
73,226,565
3,982,000
95,237,565
0.51
...
253,176,760
12,974,680
260,364,100
...
614,375,600
228,634.874
843,010,474
80,273,000
1,183,647,574
90.95
HONGKONG RAINFALL, 1853 TO 1892.—For Months of September to May (inclusive) 273 days.—For Months of October to April (inclusive) 212 days.
[Diagrams not printed].
MONTH.
POKFULAM SUPPLY.
TAITAM SUPPLY.
Wongneichung
and
Mint Dam
Waters supplied
by Meter.
TOTAL SUPPLY.
Grand Total.
Mean
Minimum
Temper-
ature
0° Fah.
REMARKS.
City of Victoria. Unmetered.
Hill District.
Metered.
City of Victoria. Unmetered.
Metered.
Unmetered.
Metered.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
gallons.
January, .................
22,295,500°
254,000
57,850,570
4,545,000
7,642,000
80,146,070
12,441,000
92,587,070
55.3
2 Fires.
Febuary, .................
19,892,000°
6
701,000
51,778,526
4,834,000
4,331,000
71,670,526
9,866,000
81,536,526
57.8
March,....................
14,327,00(r
5.
394,000
58,097,758
5,243,000
4,909,000
72,424,758
10,546,000
82,970,758
57.9
1 Fire.
April, .....................
16,015,000*
o
446,000
58,075,124
6,973,000
6,245,000
74,090,124
13,664,000
87,754,124
66.5
2 Fires.
May, .......................
June, .......................
21,090,000*
23,735,000*
5
.8
819,000
692,000
67,593,476
72,388,256
4,121,000
4,081,000
7,437,000
6,738,000
88,683,476
96,123,256
12,377,000
11,511,000
101,060,476
107,634,256
72.1
76.3
1 Fire.
1 „
July, .....
26,385,400°
f4
1,355,000
70,720,225
6,939,000
8,192,000
97,105,625
16,486,000
113,591,625
77.6
August, ..................
25,955,504
1,257,496
955,000
73,330,148
6,059,000
9,466,000
100,543,148
16,480,000
117,023,148
76.6
2 Fires.
September, .............
22,863,820
1,102,780
499,000
70,273,827
4,253,000
8,612,000
94,240,427
13,364,000
107,604,427
74.0
1 Fire.
October, .................
20,484,470
1,474,530
1,164,000
61,941,167
8,956,000
6,106,000
83,900,167
16,226,000
100,126,167
67.3
November, .............
15,897,010
1,238.590
1,042,000
64,591,832
7,139,000
6,613,000
81,727,432
14,794,000
96,521,432
65.8
1 Fire.
December, . ............
16,496,683
988,317
544,000
69,005,565
4,221,000
3,982,000
86,490,565
8,747,000
95,237,565
65.5
3 Fires.
Totals,.........
245,437,387
6,061,713
8,865,000
775,646,474
67,364,000
80,273,000
1,027,145,574
156,502,000
1,183,647,574
14 Fires.
Appendix F.
CITY OF VICTORIA WATER WORKS.
Analyses before and after Filtration of the Taitam Water 1892, Grains per imperial gallon.
January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October.
November.
December.
b a
b
a
b
a
b
a
b
a
b
a
b
a
b a
b
a
b
a
b
a
b
a
-
-
--
General appearance, ..............
C
C
D C
D
C
D
C
T
C
T
C
S.D.
C S.D.
C
S.T. 0
T
C
S.D.
C
S.D.
0
Appearance in 24" tube,........
P.Y.
P.Y.
P.Y. F.Y.
P.Y.
P.Y.
P.Y.
P.Y.
Y
C
...
P.Y.
T
C Y
C
P.Y. F.Y.
Y
C
F.Y.
C
S.T.
C
Total solid matter dried at 212° F., .....................................
3.6
4.5
3.1
4.2
2.5
4.2
3.4
3.9
3.1
3.4
3.6
4.2
3.4
4.2 2.8
3.4
3.4 3.9
2.8
3.9
2.0
3.6
2.5
3.1
Chlorine, ..................................
.6
.6
.0
.6
.6
.6
.7
.7
.7
.7
.6
.6
.7
.7 '.6
.6
.6 .6
.6
.6
.6
.6
.6
.6
Hardness (chalk grains), .......
.9
1.7
.9
1.7
.8
1.8
.8
2.0
.9
1.9
.9
1.8
1.0
1.7 .9
1.8
1.0 1.7
.8
1.4
1.0
1.9
.9
1.9
Free Ammonia, .......................
.0021
None
None
None
.0014
None
None
None
.0007
None .0014
None
.0014
None .0007
None
.0014 None
.0021
None
None
None
.0014
None
Albuminoid Ammonia,...........
.0028
.0014
.0028 .0014
.0035
.0014
.0021
.0014
.0056
.0021 .0056
.0028
.0056
.0042 .0021
.0014
.0042 .0014
0056
.0014
.0014
None
.0042
None
Oxygen absorbed in 4 hours,
.001
None
.003 .003
.014
None
.017
.013
.027
.017
.023
.008
.027
.018 .026
.021
.016 .007
.015
.009
.019
.009
.011
.008
EXPLANATION.-C indicates clear. D deposit. T turbid. V yellow. S.D. slight deposit. S.T. slightly turbid. P.Y. pale yellow. F. Y. faint yellow.
Results in column b are before filtration, in column a after filtration.
Appendix G.
HONGKONG WATER WORKS 1892.
Colonial Government Institutions and Buildings supplied by Meter.
Department.
Name.
Consumption
in
Gallons.
When first
measured
during 1892.
Departmental Total Gallons.
Grand Total
Gallons.
Botanical & Afforestation,....
Garden Road, ....................
1,008,000
January
Albany Road, ..........
62,000
January
Robinson Road, ................
173,000
January
1,243,000
Educational, ...............................
Victoria College, ...............
167,000
March
167,000
Fire Brigade, ..............................
No. 5 Station, ...................
169,000
January
169,000
Gaol Department, .....................
Victoria Gaol,. ..................
6,272,000
January
6,272,000
Government Offices,..................
Govt. Office & Stables, .
1,340,000
February
1,340,000
Harbour Department, ................
Harbour Office,.................
102,000
January
Harbour Wharf, ................
394,000
January
Harbour Quarters, ............
154,000
January
650,000
Medical Department, ................
Civil Hospital, ..................
3,275,000
January
Lunatic Asylum, ...............
361,000
March
Medical Quarters,..............
165,000
April
Mortuary, .........................
648,000
February
4,419,000
Mountain Lodge, .......................
23,000
January
23,000
Police Department, ...................
Central Station, .................
1,803,000
April
No. 1
,,
176,000
January
No. 2 //
95,000
January
No. 3 73
113,000
January
No. 5 7,
118,000
January
No. 7 77
658,000
January
No. 8 ,.
217,000
January
Pokfulam „
54,000
April
Mount Gough Station, .....
31,000
August
Police Wharf, ....................
403,000
January
3,668,000
2,752,000
June
Post Office, Treasury and
Supreme Court, . ....................
2,752,000
Registrar General, ......................
Chinese Recreation Gd.
200,000
August
200,000
Sanitary Board, .........................
Central Market, ................
5,615,000
January
Western Market, ..............
211,000
January
Taipingshan Market, ........
219,000
January
Saiyingpun Market,...........
90,000
January
Sokonpo Market, ...............
128,000
January
Wanchai Market,.................
..... Chinese Recreation Gd..
602,000
January
Latrine, .........................
30,000
January
Public Laundries,................
194,000
March
Vaccine Institute, ..............
23,000
January
7,112,000
28,045,00
re: User name change?
I've changed your username to kesayian
Thank you.
Thank you.
PWD Report 1893
David, please also add PWD Report 1893 to the list of reports. Regards, Klaus
re: PWD Report 1893
Hi Klaus, sorry for missing that one - it's added to the list now.
Regards, David
How do I get marriage records
How do I get marriage records? I'm interested in the marriage of Mary Elenor Lindblom to Anton Grondahl . She was my Dad's Aunt
re: How do I get marriage records
There are some suggestions on this page: https://gwulo.com/node/9376
War Diaries
I have seen the recent war diaries. My father Guy Walker was a prisoner of war and you were sent his diary notes by someon from the Masonic Lodge. If you type in Guy Walker the information will come up. Please add these to your war diaries.
Thank you
Janise Rutherford
duaghter of Guy Walker
Contacts
thank you so much for a wonderful magazine. By subscribing to your website I have finally found a very long lost dear friend. Is it possible to email her directly rather than going through your website as I am concerned information might not be protected.
many thanks
Janise Rutherford
re: Contacts
Dear Janise,
Please send me an email (david@gwulo.com) with a link to the page with your friend's comment on, and their username on the Gwulo website, and I'll forward it to your friend for you so they can see your email address and get in touch directly.
Regards, David
Vanished post
Hi David,
today, I created an event for the visit of the Prince Of Wales in 1922 with many photos. But it seems to have vanished as I can't find it any more. Please help.
Regards, Klaus
Update: it re-appeared, don't know why. When I do advanced search and tick "event", its there. Is there any other easier way to find events? Possibly an additional entry in the menu on the left.
One problem remains: how to insert a photo to my comment (Addendum: HMS Renown)?
P.S. It would work in this comment.
re: Vanished Post
Hi Klaus,
today, I created an event for the visit of the Prince Of Wales in 1922 with many photos. But it seems to have vanished as I can't find it any more. Please help.
I'm not sure what caused that, but glad to see it has fixed itself.
Is there any other easier way to find events? Possibly an additional entry in the menu on the left.
I've added an Events section to the menu on the left.
One problem remains: how to insert a photo to my comment (Addendum: HMS Renown)?
That was my mistake in the configuration. It should be fixed now.
Regards, David
re: Vanished Post
Thank you David, everything fixed. Suggest you share the information about the events menu in your next "what's new letter"
Regards, Klaus
P.S. The preview option is really helpful (know that from wikipedia)