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The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society is an academic journal which publishes articles on the history, archaeology, literature, language, religion and art of South Asia, the Middle East (together with North Africa and Ethiopia), Central Asia, East Asia and South-East Asia.
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as the Royal Asiatic Society, was established, according to its royal charter of 11 August 1824, to further "the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia."
Journal articles. Hayes, James W. (1962). "The Pattern of Life in the New Territories in 1898" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 2: 75– 102. ISSN 1991-7295. Hayes, James W. (1963). "Cheung Chau 1850-1898: Information from Commemorative Tablets" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 3: 88– 106.
The journal has been published under three different names during its 130-year history. The journal was first founded in 1877 by a group of British colonial administrators in Singapore and published as the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (JSBRAS) and published at six-monthly intervals by the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (SBRAS).
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The society was founded in Singapore in 1877 as the Straits Asiatic Society by a small group of expatriates led by Archdeacon (later Bishop) George Hose.In 1878, having sought and obtained an affiliation with the RAS, it became the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society with 150 founding members, many of whom were colonial administrators.
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"Observations at the Jiu festival of Shek O and Tai Long Wan,1986" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 26: 78– 101. ISSN 1991-7295. Chan, Wing-hoi (1989). "The Dangs of Kam Tin and Their Jiu Festival" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 29: 302– 375. ISSN 1991-7295.