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Public sedan chair in Hong Kong, ca 1870

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There are no cabs in Hong Kong; sedan chairs are the only public conveyances. The newly arrived resident seldom takes kindly to this substitute for tthe wheeled vehicles of home, and is for a time affected with a sentiment of compassion towards the unfortunate men who bear him on their shoulders. This, however, soon wears off: he feels the necessity of rest after a hard day's work in a hot trying climate, and marks the happy contented faces of the sturdy chair bearers who clamour, all unconscious of degradation, for the favour of his regular patronage, and for the trifle which is to be paid for his fare^[1].

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According to Section 17 in Chapter 528 (Copyright Ordinance) of the Law of the Hong Kong, the copyright of this work had expired in Hong Kong. This is either because the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author dies had already ended, or the work is of unknown authorship and the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first made has ended. Please also see Wikipedia:Copyrights.

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^ A Hong Kong Sedan Chair, Illustrations of China and Its People, John Thomson 1837-1921, (London,1873-1874)

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