January 1964 after more than 31 years in the Government clerical service. His gifts were presented at the Christmas Eve party, when the opportunity was taken also to present to Mr. Li Chung-kan, Executive Officer, Class I, who had recently retired, a small gift from the more senior members of the Department. Although Mr. Li had left the Department in 1956, he had previously been 25 years in the Land Office and so deserves a place in the story.
Premises
191. The move of the Companies and Trade Marks Registries from the 11th to the 6th floor of the Central Government Offices (West Wing) in August 1963 as already mentioned in paragraphs 96 and 99 enabled a general re-organization to take place of the space available on the 11th floor. The Official Receiver's and Accounts Offices were trans- ferred to the West Corridor, the Land Office expanded into the former Official Receiver's Office, and the Accounts Office was converted, partly into the Bookbinders' Room, and partly into a Microfilming Room. The Land Office search area was greatly expanded and the Strong Room altered to facilitate the issue of records direct to the public through a large hatch let into the wall. Lastly, the Department's Library and Amenities Room, which was reluctantly converted into offices in July 1962, was reinstated in another and more central part of the Department's premises.
Photostat Section
192. The Department has a Photostat Section equipped with a Photostat machine Model 4 Type P, capable of copying plans, coduments, registers, etc., up to four feet by three feet in size, and a Verifax copier capable of taking up to six foolscap copies from one matrix. The Photostat machine, which was installed at the beginning of 1957, and had been in constant use since then, was thoroughly overhauled in October 1963. This resulted in some reduction of total output from the machine, but thanks to greatly increased use of the Verifax machine the total volume of work done in the Section rose considerably and the total of fees col- lected from the public rose slightly to $9,524.50. Altogether 2,495 photo- stat and 6,911 Verifax copies of documents, etc., were made, the latter requiring 7,083 matrices and 21,463 sheets of copying paper. Most of the copies were made for the use of the Department and other Govern- ment Departments. The fees collected are included in the figures for the fees of the branches supplying the copies.
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