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COLLECTIONS.
VII. MUSEUM
56. The City Hall Museum Collection consists of an interesting assortment of named fresh water shells, a number of marine shells and corals, minerals, a few specimens of mammals, birds and reptiles, and a miscellaneous assortment of specimens, all of historic interest to the Colony or to countries adjacent to the Colony.
57. The Collection has been placed in storage pending the erection of a building suitable for its public exhibition. A Report on a new Museum for Hong Kong was published in Sessional Paper No. 1 of 1938.
58. The Chater Collection of Porcelain, bequeathed to the Hong Kong Government by the late Sir Paul Chater, consists of 17th, 18th and 19th century wares, imitating a small group of Chinese ceramics of the K'ang-hsi period of the Ch'ing dynasty and, in the opinion of an expert Committee, is by no means representative of Chinese Ceramic art. There are two dishes of the Cheng-te period of the Ming dynasty.
59. The Collection of Porcelain has been stored during the year in the remaining part of the old City Hall. Arrangements have been made to transfer the Porcelain to the Central Store at North Point early in 1940 when the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club vacates its present premises.
60. The Chater Collection of Pictures, also bequeathed to the Hong Kong Government by the late Sir Paul Chater, comprises oils, water colours, ink and pencil drawings and etchings, mezzotints, aquatints, engravings, lithographs and photographs, all of great interest to the Colony and many of historical value.
61. In the absence of any suitable repository for the whole Collection, those pictures which could not be given wall space at Government House have been distributed to the University and the Colonial Secretariat.
62. Expert examination of the pictures in the Collection revealed serious deterioration in their condition which was attributable to the ravages of the climate, insects, moulds, etc.
63. Government was advised that the pictures could be restored and with expert care and maintenance saved from further deterioration.
64. The work of restoration was carried out by Mr. E. A. von Kobza-nagy at a cost of $3,500 and the pictures are now in excellent condition.
65. Mr. E. A. von Kobza-nagy was appointed Honorary Curator of the Chater Collection of Pictures; his duties are to visit and inspect the Collection four times in every twelve months, making one inspection between October and March and three inspections between April and September and, after each visit, to present a report to Government of the result of his inspection, including therein any recommendations with a view to the proper preservation of the Collection.
Provision has been made in the 1940-41 Estimates for an underground concrete shelter to be built in the Stores compound at North Point to store these Collections in the event of an emergency.
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COLLECTIONS.
VII. MUSEUM
56. The City Hall Museum Collection consists of an interesting assortment of named fresh water shells, a number of marine shells and corals, minerals, a few specimens of mammals, birds and reptiles, and a miscellaneous assortment of specimens, all of historic interest to the Colony or to countries adjacent to the Colony.
57. The Collection has been placed in storage pending the erection of a building suitable for its public exhibition. A Report on a new Museum for Hong Kong was published in Sessional Paper No. 1 of 1938.
58.
The Chater Collection of Porcelain, bequeathed to the Hong Kong Government by the late Sir Paul Chater, consists of 17th, 18th and 19th century wares, imitating a small group of Chinese ceramics of the K'ang-hsi period of the Ch'ing dynasty and, in the opinion of an expert Committee, is by no means representative of Chinese Ceramic art. There are two dishes of the Chengte period of the Ming dynasty.
59. The Collection of Porcelain has been stored during the year in the remaining part of the old City Hall. Arrangements have been made to transfer the Porcelain to the Central Store at North Point early in 1940 when the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club vacates its present premises.
60. The Chater Collection of Pic'ures, also bequeathed to the Hong Kong Government by the late Sir Paul Chater, comprises oils, water colours, ink and pencil drawings and etchings, mezzc-tints, aqua-tints, engravings, lithographs and photographs, all of great interest to the Colony and many of historical value.
61. In the absence of any suitable repository for the whole Collection, those pictures which could not be given wall space at Government House have been distributed to the University and the Colonial Secretariat.
62. Expert examination of the pictures in the Collection revealed serious deterioration in their condition which was attributable to the ravages of the climate, insects, moulds, etc.
63. Government was advised that the pictures could be restored and with expert care and maintenance saved from further deterioration.
64. The work of restoration was carried out by Mr. E. A. von Kobza-nagy at a cost of $3,500 and the pictures are now in excellent condition.
65. Mr. E. A. von Kobza-nagy was appointed Honorary Curator of the Chater Collection of Pictures; his duties are to visit and inspect the Collection four times in every twelve months, making one inspection between October and March and three inspections between April and September and, after each visit, to present a report to Government of the result of his inspection, including therein any recommendations with a view to the proper preservation of the Collection.
Provision has been made in the 1940-41 Estimates for an underground concrete shelter to be built in the Stores compound at North Point to store these Collections in the event of an emergency.
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