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main subjects of research were the history of Chinese relations with Yunnan during the T'ang period and the ethnic problems connected with the state of Nanchao; Chinese and Indian influ- ences on early south-east Asian government systems; problems of communication between the English East India Company and Chinese officials at Canton in the early nineteenth century; academic and popular western concepts of China and the Chinese in the nineteenth century; relations between Ch'ing officials and western entrepreneurs in the latter half of the nineteenth century; activities of Chinese revolutionaries in Hong Kong between 1895 and 1911; documentary sources illustrating China's external rela- tions in the late Ch'ing period; British policy in China between 1894 and 1902; the early history of the Communist movement in China; modern Sino-Japanese relations; and aspects of south-east Asian history since 1870.
Members of the Department of Modern Languages continued their research into problems of 'pidginization' and 'creolization' in Asia and published further articles on the Portuguese dialects of south-east Asia and the Luso-Hispanic dialects of the Philippines.
Research in the Department of Mathematics was carried out in pure mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics, where an experimental sampling investigation of a model regression situation was started. The demand for consultative services on outside research problems continued to exceed the supply.
The major research interests of the Department of Medicine lie in the fields of diseases of the blood, liver and spleen. An investiga- tion of the occurrence of polycythaemia in hepatocellular carcinoma was completed and an investigation of hypoglycaemia in the same tumour nears completion. A survey of the distribution of Cooley's anaemia in China was finished, but observations on the incidence of other haemoglobinopathies continued. The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery continued research previously undertaken. Tuberculosis of bones and joints is still one of the most frequent conditions treated in this section of the University and a great part of the research activity is related to this field. An analysis of 300 cases of tuberculosis of the spine treated with anterior spinal fusion between 1955-60 was completed, and showed the very satisfactory results obtained with this type of treatment. On the experimental side the department contributed to the knowledge of the spread of