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- ↑ "The Hongkong Government Gazette" (PDF). 7 November 1891. p. 1013.
- ↑ "Jurors List for 1905" (PDF).
- ↑ "Report of the Commission Appointed by His Excellency the Governor to Enquiry into and Report on the Administration of the Sanitary and Building Regulations Exacted by the Public Heatlth and Buildings Ordinance 1903, and the Existence of Corruption Among the Officials Charged with the Administration of the Aforesaid Regulations" (PDF).
- ↑ "MESSRS A. S. WATSON & CO. LTD". Hong Kong Daily Press. 22 February 1933. p. 6.