E. R. Belilios bought Rockyda and redeveloped it into Des Voeux Villas about the same time he bought The Eyrie (above Mountain Lodge) for his own summer home. That is when the lot number seems to have changed from FL 64 to RBL 53.
It was later subdivided
PRO lists two renewal requests in 1947 to extend the 75 year leases.
RBL 53 - Des Voeux Villas 3 - Section A - RBL 518
RBL 53 - Des Voeux Villas 4 - Section B - RBL 656
The British Library-India Office Select Materials
None of the photos below are available online. What a tease. But if you're there you can go and look at the actual album.
Photographs Album details for shelfmark Photo 1116/2 Crofton Collection: 'Hongkong, Suez Canal, Pompei, Ceylon, West River.' Photographers: Zangaki, Colombo Apothecaries Company and others unknown Contents: 77 prints Albumen prints, silver developing-out paper Provenance: Passed from OIOC European Manuscripts 11 October 2002. Letters and papers from this collection can be found at OIOC Mss Eur F440. Notes: Collection comprises Photo 1116/1-6. Subjects: Description: Half-leather and red buckram album (uniform binding to Photo 1116/1), measuring 362x268mm and stamped 'Hongkong Suez Canal Pompei Ceylon West River' in gold on front cover. The contents of the album can be broken down as follows:
Prints 1-48 Views mainly of Hong Kong, with a few of Canton, 1890s.
Prints 49-53 Views on the Suez Canal by Zangaki, 1870s.
Prints 54-57 Views of Naples and Pompeii.
Prints 58-67 Views of Ceylon
Prints 68-77 Hand-tinted views of the West River, China
Photo 1116/2(1) Canton. Examination Hall.
Photo 1116/2(2) Hong Kong from the harbour, abt. 1890.
Photo 1116/2(3) Hong Kong, house at the Peak, 7 Des Voeux Villas, 1893.
Photo 1116/2(4) Hong Kong, houses at the Peak, 7 Des Voeux Villas, abt. 1893.
Photo 1116/2(5) Hong Kong. Frost at the Peak, January 1893.
Photo 1116/2(6) Hong Kong. Frost at the Peak, January 1893.
Photo 1116/2(7) Hong Kong. Frost at the Peak, January 1893.
Photo 1116/2(8) Canton. No. 282. This view shows the rural district of Chinese with paddy fields lying on the foreground.
Photo 1116/2(9) Hong Kong Central Market in course of construction, abt. 1893.
Photo 1116/2(10) Central Market, Hong Kong, completed 1895.
Photo 1116/2(11) Central Market, Hong Kong, completed 1895.
Photo 1116/2(12) Central Market, Hong Kong, completed 1895 [interior view].
Photo 1116/2(13) Central Market, Hong Kong, completed 1895 [interior view].
Photo 1116/2(14) Cattle slaughter house, Hong Kong, 1895.
Photo 1116/2(15) Slaughter Houses. Sheep and Pig Depot, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong, 1895.
Photo 1116/2(16) Pig Depot, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong, 1895.
Photo 1116/2(17) Typhoon in Hong Kong, 5 October 1894. Launch wrecked at Yau-ma-ti pier.
Photo 1116/2(18) Typhoon in Hong Kong, 5 October 1894. Launch wrecked at Yau-ma-ti.
Photo 1116/2(19) Typhoon in Hong Kong, 5 October 1894. House fronts blown out (Queen's Rd. west).
Photo 1116/2(20) Typhoon in Hong Kong, 5 October 1894. Cargo boats and launch 'Dakin' ashore, north end of Yau-ma-ti. Tank of Kowloon Waterworks in foreground.
Photo 1116/2(21) Typhoon in Hong Kong, 5 October 1894. House wrecked Praya Central.
Photo 1116/2(22) Typhoon in Hong Kong, 5 October 1894. Verandah blown down, Queen's Rd. Central.
Photo 1116/2(23) Typhoon in Hong Kong, 5 October 1894. House wrecked, West Point.
Photo 1116/2(24) Typhoon in Hong Kong, 5 October 1894. The Bath House, Victoria Recreation Club.
Photo 1116/2(25) Typhoon in Hong Kong, 5 October 1894. Hong Kong harbour, after the typhoon.
Photo 1116/2(26) A walk in Hong Kong, Easter 1891 or 2. Shaukiwan to Cape D'Aguilar. Shaukiwan.
Photo 1116/2(27) A walk in Hong Kong, Easter 1891 or 2. Shaukiwan to Cape D'Aguilar. Road from Shaukiwan.
Photo 1116/2(33) Kowloon Waterworks, Hong Kong, completed 1896. Engine house.
Photo 1116/2(34) Kowloon Waterworks, Hong Kong, completed 1896.Boiler house.
Photo 1116/2(35) Kowloon Waterworks, Hong Kong, completed 1896.The gathering ground.
Photo 1116/2(36) Kowloon Waterworks, Hong Kong, completed 1896.The gathering ground.
Photo 1116/2(37) Kowloon Waterworks, Hong Kong, completed 1896.The gathering ground.
Photo 1116/2(38) Public Works Department Staff, Hong Kong, April 1897.
Photo 1116/2(39) 7 Des Voeux Villas, Mt. Kellett, Hong Kong, abt. 1893.
Photo 1116/2(40) A shooting party in Chinese territory near Hong Kong.
Photo 1116/2(41) 7 Des Voeux Villas, abt. 1893.
Photo 1116/2(43) Stanley, Hong Kong.
Photo 1116/2(44) British gunboat, Hong Kong harbour.
Photo 1116/2(42) Tai Mo Shan (abt. 3500 ft), 26 Dec 1891. L. Gibbs, E.M. Hazeland, J.L. Prosser, D. Wood, L. Barff, C.H. Gale.
Photo 1116/2(46) [Hens and pigs on doorstep at] Wong-ma-kok, abt. 1895 [Hong Kong].
Photo 1116/2(47) [?]Russian cruiser, Hong Kong harbour, abt. 1895.
Photo 1116/2(48) H.B.M.S. 'Centurion', flag ship China Station [at Hong Kong p>File HKRS156-1-113
R.B.L. NO. 518 (FORMER R.B.L. NO. 53 SEC. A) NO. 166 MOUNT KELLET ROAD & NO. 3, DES VOEUX VILLAS, THE PEAK - APPLICATION FROM CAPTAIN W.A. DOUST FOR RENEWAL OF 75 YEARS CROWN LEASE IN RESPECT OF - , 20.05.1947 - 11.02.1961
File HKRS156-1-129
R.B.L. NO. 656 (FORMERLY R.B.L. NO. 53, SEC. B) - NO. 167, MT. KELLET ROAD - "DES VOEUX VILLAS" NO. 4 - APPLICATION FROM MR. SUNG KWONG FOR RENEWAL OF CROWN LEASE IN RESPECT OF - , 24.09.1947 - 11.02.1961
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