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£1,000 for the collection. At the same time they visited Mr. G. R. Sayer, formerly Director of Education in the Government of Hong Kong and author of a history of the first years of the Colony's existence, and advised the Government to make an offer of a further £1,000 for his collection of over 400 prints and drawings of China coast subjects, Mr. Sayer having previously intimated that he would be willing to sell.
Offers were made to and accepted by both collectors, and at the end of the year arrangements were in hand for packing the collections for transport to Hong Kong where they will be looked after by the Government until such time as there is suitable accommodation for them to be hung permanently.