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*[http://www.lib.hku.hk/database/ The Universities of Hong Kong Libraries Digital Initiatives] includes
**[http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/index.jsp Hong Kong Government Reports Online 1842-1941] Click on 'Table of Contents' to see the titles available. Includes the ''Hong Kong Government Gazette'' 1842-1941 and the ''Blue Book'' 1871-1940. ([https://gwulo.com/hong-kong-blue-books Details of ''Blue Books''] gwulo.com.) Earlier editions of the ''Blue Books of Statistics'' are available at the National Archives, Kew record series CO 133, commencing with CO 133/1, for 1844.
***In addition, [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22+Hongkong+Blue+Book%22%29&sort=titleSorter ''Hongkong Blue Book for the year…''] broken range from 1887 to 19191925; plus [https://archive.org/details/hongkongbluebook1920hong/page/n3 1920], including [https://archive.org/details/hongkongbluebook1920hong/page/72 "List of Officers"] page 73. Archive.org.
**[https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/collection/k0698b414/ Hong Kong & the West until 1860]
**[https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/collection/b8515n36q/ China Through Western Eyes] Originally covered the period until 1911, although the date of publication may have been later, but this may no longer apply. Includes titles about missionary work. Some items may be extracts only, and are classified Resource Type: Article
*[https://archive.org/details/chinatomepartial0000hahn/page/n7 ''China to Me : a Partial Autobiography''] by Emily Hahn 1944. [https://archive.org/details/chinatomepartial00hahn 2nd file], [https://archive.org/details/chinatome00hahn 3rd file] 1944 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Hahn became a New Yorker magazine writer. The latter half of the book covers her experiences in Hong Kong under Japanese control. [http://www.librarything.com/work/144031/reviews/86980107 About the book] librarything.com. "classic memoir of her years in China remains remarkable for her insights into a tumultuous period and her frankness about her personal exploits. A proud feminist and fearless traveler, she set out for China in 1935 and stayed through the early years of the Second Sino-Japanese War..."
:[https://archive.org/details/hongkongholiday0000unse/page/n327 ''Hong Kong Holiday''] by Emily Hahn 1946. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/hong-kong-ingrams/page/n1/mode/2up ''Hong Kong''] by Harold Ingrams 1952 Archive.org. A volume in the Colonial Office's series ''The Corona Library'' published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofhongkon0000enda/page/n5/mode/2up ''A History of Hong Kong''] by G B Endacott 1964, first published 1958. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/eastern-entrepot-endacott/page/n5/mode/2up ''An Eastern Entrepôt. A Collection of Documents Illustrating the History of Hong Kong''] by G B Endacott 1964 HMSO. Archive.org
