THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1905.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 233.
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The subjoined correspondence concerning the re-organisation and enlargement of the Hongkong Court at the Imperial Institute, is published for general information.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to place a collection of articles of Hongkong and South China production and manufacture in the hands of the Registrar General.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th April, 1905.
IMPERIAL INSTITUTE
OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM, THE COLONIES AND INDIA.
F. H. MAY,
Coloniat Seeretari,
IMPERIAL INSTITUTE ROAD, LONDON, S.W.
1st March, 1905.
SIR,I have the honour to send herewith a report on the Hongkong Court of the Imperial Institute, including a statement of the present condition of that Court and of the additions which are required to bring it into conformity with the other Colonial Courts at the Imperial Institute, many of which have been recently reorganised on the same general plan as that indicated in the accompanying report.
When I had the pleasure of discussing this subject with you in London, I understood that you agreed with me that the Hongkong Court might advantageously be employed not only to illustrate the products, resources and present condition of the Colony, but also in some measure to indicate the natural resources of the Chinese Empire, and especially of those products of China which pass through the port of Hongkong.
Mr. TUTCHER has twice visited the Imperial Institute and has been through the report with me. He has also carefully inspected the Hongkong and other Courts at the Imperial Institute which he was shown by the Superintendent, Mr. W. G. FREEMAN, who gave him much information respecting the details of arrangment, etc.
You will understand that many of the proposals contained in the report are made by way of suggestion only, and that they are subject to revision and addition on the part of those who possess the requisite local information.
I venture to suggest to you the desirability of somewhat extending the area of the present space allotted to the Hongkong Court, which should be at least doubled in order to include the additional exhibits and to show these better than is possible in the present cramped space.
I observe that the Colony appears to contribute a total annual sum of only £36. 178. Od. to the general expenses of the Imperial Institute and the upkeep of the Court, and I also suggest that this contribution should be correspondingly increased.
His Excellency
Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, K.C.M.G.,
Government House, Hongkong.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
WYNDHAM R. DUNSTAN.
COLONIAL COLLECTIONS OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.
THE HONGKONG COURT.
The work of the Imperial Institute is to display and illustrate the natural resources and industries of the Colonies and India, to promote by scientific and technical investigation the commercial utilisation of the raw materials of the Empire, and to supply full information concerning the Colonies and Dependencies and their resources.
In 1903 the Imperial Institute was transferred by Act of Parliament to the control of the Board of Trade.