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In members the Society has hovered between the 400 and 500 mark. The total membership at the end of 1966 was 423, including 64 life members. During the year 50 new members joined, including 5 life members. There was, however, a loss of 63 members most of whom resigned on leaving the Colony. To offset this loss there were two encouraging features. Ten ordinary members, some of whom were leaving the Colony, showed their continuing interest by becoming life members, and it is hoped that more members will follow this excellent example. It is also gratifying to note that in the first three months of this year the Society has already gained 28 new members.
3 April, 1967
J. R. JONES
10 January
LECTURES 1966
Mr. Peter Kam-on Wong
"Fighting Crickets of South China - a historical review"
Annual General Meeting
14 February
Mr. Lee Yen
"Oracle Bones"
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28 March
4 April
25 April
Miss Helen Lowenthal
16 May
Professor John J. Nolde
"Tumult and Turmoil on the South China Coast in the Early 19th Century"
"Trade with the East and Its Influence on 18th Century European Taste"
Professor Gerald S. Graham
"Safeguarding the Route to China
Challenge of the Dutch 1816 - 1847"
"Charles Elliot and Hong Kong"
18 July
Mr. Austin Coates
8 August
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26 September
Major A. M. MacFarlane
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The
"Birds and Man in Hong Kong - Bird Protection and Conservation"
Mr. Jen Yu-wen
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"The travelling Palace of the Southern Sung in Kowloon