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Long Du Society booklet cover

Date Published

:  Letter - Business
:  Traditional
:  AI

Long Du membership booklet cover

Image Courtesy of: Kira Brown

Full translation:

Hong Kong Heungshan Lungdu Tung Shan Tong – Membership Register
Member No. 110: Brother Fong Kam-man


Right-hand column (vertical, large characters):
方金滿兄
Brother Fong Kam-man 

Centre (small characters):
字第百十號
Character No. 110 

Left-hand bordered column (vertical):
梨事
香港
邑隆
都同善堂名份簿

This reads as:
Charity Register of the Heungshan Lung-du Tung-shan Tong (Hong Kong Tung Shan Benevolent Association)

Breaking that down:

梨事 — “Pears’ matter” (shorthand for a type of charitable or fraternal section).

香港 (Heung Gong) — Hong Kong.

邑隆都 (Lung-du, Heungshan) — Refers to the Lungdu region of Heungshan (香山), today’s Zhongshan in Guangdong province.

同善堂 (Tung Shan Tong) — “Hall of Common Benevolence,” a common name for charitable or fraternal societies.

名份簿 — “Register of Membership” or literally “Record Book of Names and Titles.”