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Klaus
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I think the stone-built chair-shelter that replaced the matshed shelter is shown here, so the date should be mid 1901 or a bit later.

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Date picture taken
1 Jul 1901
Tags
Victoria Peak
Peak Tram
Image from Flickr
Author(s)
Des. White
Gallery
1900s Hong Kong
Shows place(s)
The Peak Tram, upper terminus [1888- ]
The Peak Hotel (2nd generation) [1890-1938]
Stone chair-shelter / Peak Cafe / The Peak Lookout [1901- ]
Peak Hospital [1889-c.1931]
Formosa - RBL 79 [c.1901-1954]

Comments

I think in front of the Upper Terminus of the Peak Tram and beside the steps leading up to the Peak Hotel is the postbox at Victoria Gap. The pillar box may have been temporarily relocated there whilst the stone chair shelter was being constructed.

Very well spotted! This likely is the postbox. The original place of the postbox was on the left side of Mount Austin Road (see early photos). When Harlech Road was constructed (opened in 1904), it had to be relocated. Possibly the position you spotted was also not used very long, it certainly had to be relocated again when the Peak Hotel Garage was constructed.