S.L. Vesey, builder, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1846.
Selected Bibliography: Hong Kong's First [online]. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846, 1848 and 1850.
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Contractor
Vesey and a Mr. Milne, presumably his partner, were referred to as carpenters of Queen's Road in the February 17, 1844 issue of Friend of China. The story was about a burglary that took place at their premises. Two men were wounded, one severely. The raiding party was said to be 30-man strong. The same newspaper did not speak favorably of the carpenters/contractors, "M/s Milne and Vesey are contracted to government to fix the drains but week after week nothing is done and now the hot weather is almost upon us. They should not turn over the soil now and expose us to the noxious disease-causing fumes in the decomposing granite subsoil. We prefer instead to rely on the Police Superintendent sluicing the drains daily." The report was filed on the March 30, 1844.
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