The Island House

This is a folk book. Built in 1905, Island House was built as the residence for the first British Police Magistrate appointed in 1898. It was also the official residence of the District Officer (North) and residence of District Commissioners for the New Territories. Island House had been resided in by a total of 15 District Commissioners since 1949. The last resident of the Island House was Sir David Akers-Jones, who became Chief Secretary in 1985. So the lamp was lit, and the papers burned, and Alfy waved the flimsy, flaming torch bravely for a minute or so, that the watchers in the island house might just catch a glimpse of them and of their position. An answering light was soon flashed back by the girls, so they knew that their own had been seen.