From the Chronicle & Directory for 1913
PILLAR BOXES
8.-Pillar Boxes in Hongkong and Kowloon are placed in the following Districts and places, and are cleared daily at the hours marked thereon, except on Sundays and holidays, when one clearance only will be made at the first hour indicated on each.
|
District |
No. of Pillar Box. |
Locality |
|
IN HONGKONG PEAK |
||
|
14 |
1 |
Victoria Gap. |
|
14 |
2 |
Mount Kellett. |
|
14 |
3 |
Junction of Mount Gough Road with road to Aberdeen. |
|
14 |
4 |
Junction of Plantation Road and Mount Gough Road. |
|
14 |
5 |
Magazine Gap. |
|
CITY OF VICTORIA |
|
|
|
12 |
6 |
East Point junction of Percival Street and Praya. |
|
5 |
7 |
Junction of Queen's Road East and Arsenal Street. |
|
12 |
8 |
East Point junction of Percival Street and Praya. |
|
13 |
9 |
Junction of Queen's Road East and Arsenal Street. |
|
13 |
10 |
Praya East, No. 2 Police Station. |
|
11 |
11 |
West Point. Near No. 7 Police Station. |
|
10 |
12 |
Junction of Robinson and Bonham Roads. |
|
9 |
13 |
Junction of Albany, Robinson and Garden Roads. |
|
13 |
19 |
Park View |
|
9 |
20 |
Ladder Street |
|
6 |
21 |
Macdonell Road |
|
2 |
26 |
Peddar Street Ferry Wharf |
|
6 |
27 |
Lower Tram Station |
|
IN KOWLOON |
|
|
|
15 |
14 |
Cosmopolitan Dock. |
|
15 |
15 |
Hung-Hom Dock. |
|
15 |
16 |
Yaumati Police Station. |
|
15 |
17 |
Yaumati Gas Works. |
|
15 |
18 |
Junction of Cameron and Carnarvon Roads. |
|
15 |
25 |
Kowloon Ferry Wharf |
|
IN COUNTRY DISTRICTS |
|
|
|
16 |
22 |
Pokfulam. |
|
17 |
23 |
Kowloon City. |
|
12 |
24 |
Quarry Bay. |
NOTE: It looks as if some pillar letter boxes have different numbers compared to the e.g. 1892 numbering.
See also Colonial Postboxes | Gwulo