FARM NOTES

By K. GIARM

CONTENTS OVERVIEWS THE PATTERN OF LIFE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IN ANNEX: TONG AND TSO IN THE NEW TERRITORIES RURAL LEADERSHIP IN THE HONG KONG REGION: VILLAGE AUTONOMY IN A TRADITIONAL SETTING CHINESE CUSTOMARY LAW IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OF HONG KONG ANNEX: CUSTOMARY LAW CASES EDUCATION AND MANAGEMENT IN RURAL SOUTH CHINA IN THE LATE QING TRANSITIONS A CHINESE VILLAGE ON HONG KONG ISLAND FIFTY YEARS AGO: TAI TAM TUK, VILLAGE UNDER THE WATER OLD WAYS OF LIFE IN KOWLOON: THE CHEUNG SHA WAN VILLAGES THE OLD POPULAR CULTURE OF CHINA AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO STABILITY IN TSUEN WAN COMMUNITIES CHEUNG CHAU 1850–1898: INFORMATION FROM COMMEMORATIVE TABLETS NOTES AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE CHEUNG CHAU COMMUNITY A MIXED COMMUNITY OF CANTONESE AND HAKKA ON LANTAU ISLAND THE SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-CLAN VILLAGE SAN PO TSAI (LITTLE DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW) AND CHILD BETROTHALS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OF HONG KONG FROM THE 1890S TO THE 1960S ANNEX: DOCUMENTATION FOR CHILD BETROTHALS, SAN PO TSAI, AND THE SALE, PLEDGE, “PRESENTATION”, AND ADOPTION OF CHILDREN GEOMANCY AND THE VILLAGE FENG SHUI AND ROAD WORKS AT TONG FUK VILLAGE, SOUTH LANTAU, IN ANNEX: A CEREMONY TO PROPITIATE THE GODS AT TONG FUK, LANTAU, THE NEW TERRITORIES TWENTY YEARS AGO: FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF A DISTRICT OFFICER