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Hong Kong's original Peak District was named the "Hill District". It included Mount Austin (with Victoria Peak), Mount Gough, Mount Kellett and the area around Magazine Gap.〔(PRO 1888 map )〕 Many homes were for summer use only, to escape the heat of Central, and were referred to as "bungalows". Over time, they were given names, especially when the bungalows were rebuilt in brick or stone as substantial mansions, allowing them to better withstand the damage from typhoons. The accessible land on the Peak was first divided by Government into plots called Farm Lots (FL). Later, Rural Building Lots (RBL) were introduced. All lots were numbered in the order they were made available to the public. By this we can see how The Peak developed.〔(hong Kong Public Records Office "Buildings - Peak" )〕 == 1860s - the earliest days == In 1860 Governor Robinson, age 35, had a path cut wide enough for sedan chairs starting at what is now Robinson Road, just above the Botanical Gardens, then climbing to Victoria Gap (today called Old Peak Road) and on to the top of Victoria Peak (today called Mount Austin Road). At the time, the hillside was bare rock. The Signal Station〔(Signal Station - Hong Kong Public Records Office )〕 at the top of Victoria Peak, for the signalmen, was the very first house on the Peak. In 1860, a path was also laid from Victoria Gap down to Pok Fu Lam Village in 1863. A small Military Hospital called the Sanatorium was built 1860 as an experiment, on a flat area below the signal station and facing toward Mt. Kellett. Unfortunately, the higher elevation did not help the 17 patients recover any faster than elsewhere in Hong Kong, and so the Sanatorium was abandoned.〔The United service magazine, September 1867〕 Then, Granville and Matilda Sharp (after whom Matilda International Hospital is named), lived there in the summers of 1866 and 1867, until, as she wrote, "the Governor wanted it".〔Matilda : her life and legacy by Joyce Stevens Smith〕 Governor MacDonnell did want it. The Sharps were turfed out and the Sanatorium purchased from the Military. The first Mountain Lodge was built〔(Public Records Office - The "first" Mountain Lodge )〕 in about 1867, as the summer residence of the Governor. Police Station No. 6 was built at Victoria Gap, in 1869, two years later, just across the road from what is now the "Peak Lookout" restaurant. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「First houses on the Peak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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