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China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain and China, Part I: 1841–1951

This collection consists of despatches and correspondence between the colonial governors of Hong Kong and the British Colonial Office, as well as letters and telegrams of other British government departments and organizations from 1841 to 1951.

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China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain and China 1841–1951 presents a collection of British government documents on colonial Hong Kong, spanning a period of over a century. Digitized from the British Colonial Office records grouped under the CO 129 Series titled "War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Hong Kong, Original Correspondence,” the collection consists of despatches and correspondence between the governors of Hong Kong and the Colonial Office, as well as letters and telegrams of other government departments and organizations such as the Foreign Office, Home Office, and War Offices.

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China and the Modern World

Reading Level: 1301L—+

Product Type: Primary Sources

Content Types: Government Documents, Manuscripts

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Citation: CO 129/529/1:  Diocesan Boys' School and Orphanage: appeal for money: 1931 Jan. 2-1932 May 10. The National Archives, Kew
CO 129/1 Treaty between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China, August 29, 1842 Despatches, Offices and Individuals. The National Archives, Kew.
CO 129/1: ‘Supplementary Treaty between her Majesty and the Emperor of China’, October 8 1843. Despatches, Offices and Individuals. The National Archives, Kew.
CO 129/1: ‘Supplementary Treaty between her Majesty and the Emperor of China’, October 8 1843. Despatches, Offices and Individuals. The National Archives, Kew.
CO 129/23: Sir J Davis to Earl Grey, 26th February 1848. ‘The “Blue Book” of Hong Kong for 1847, and reporting on the State of the Colony’. Despatches: 1848 Jan.-Mar. The National Archives, Kew.

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