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This map of Hong Kong and the New Territories was printed in Hong Kong c1933 by the local printers Noronha & Company. It is based on a map printed in London c1920 by Waterlow & Sons Limited.
The road to Sha Tau Kok has been completed and there is no longer a railway line. Many places are shown such as The Royal Observatory above Tsim Sha Tsui, The Magnetic Observatory near Kam Tin and the Lo Wu Ferry in the New Territories. The tract of land to the north east of the border is called NSIN NGON (SUN ON).
There are the References at the bottom of the page, Main Roads, Streams, Railway, Police Stations (in red) and Navigation Lights, Wireless Telegraph Stations and International Boundary.
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The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group
Delfino Noronha (1824-1900) ran a printing press in Hong Kong from 1844, Noronha and Co., a quasi-government printer, which later on became the actual Hong Kong Government Printer. He was also involved in the first regular ferry between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon though this was apparently little more than a weekend pleasure launch to his “country house” in Yau Ma Tei.