John H. Cannan, mercantile assistant, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1845 to 1850. He was employed by the mercantile house, Turner & Co., as an assistant in 1850. He sat in the Committee of Management of the Society for Relief of Sick and Destitute Foreigners in 1850. Spring Gardens was listed as his address in 1850.
Selected Bibliography: Bridgman, Elijah Coleman (Ed.), Chinese Repository, Vol. 14, January to December, 1845. Canton: 1845. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, 1850.
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