Tait & Co. were granted a lease of land in Amoy by the British in 1852.
Mr Tait was the Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish consul in Amoy that year and was notorious as the main exporter of coolies.
Tait & Co. was established in Anping, Tainan, Taiwan, in 1867 for the opium trade.
So is this the Tait after which the cairn is named? Did he spend time in Hong Kong? Who thought it a good idea to honour a slave trader? Information on this is so hard to come by.
Geo P. Tate
Tate's Cairn. Named after George P. Tate, suryeyor-in-charge of the initial New Territories Survey.