CO129-473 - Individuals - 1921 — Page 91

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The University of British Columbia.

Faculty of Applied Science

office of the Dean.

Vancouver,

CANADA.

November 30, 1921.

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John W. Evans Esq.,

Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau,

2, Queen Anne's Gate Buildings,

Westminster,

London, S.W.1.

My dear Dr. Evans:

With further reference to your letter of October 21, regarding

a Geological Survey of the Colony of Hongkong would it be satisfactory

if this were undertaken by the staff of the University of British Columbia.

The members have all had extended field experience with the Geological

Survey of Canada, and are in fact the best men trained by the Survey,

namely Dr. S.J. Schofield, Dr. M.Y. Williams, and Dr. W.L. Uglow. It

hould be impossible for any one of us to spend two or three seasons in

the field, as the field season coincides with the University session,

but it might be possible, if this were satisfectory, for each to spend

e season on the work until completed. One great advantage in this from

the standpoint of the geological work would be that each hes specialized

in a different line, Schofield in Physical and Structural Geology,

Williams in Palaeontology and Stratigraphical, Uglow in Mineralogy and

etrography, while my work has been largely regional, reconnaissance,

ni economic. There is an advantage in having the field viewed, and

he province studied, by several men with different view points, and as

are all together here, there would be no difficulty in correlating

nd unifying the work. The problems would interest us as we are ctually specializing on Pacific problems, both on account of their bering on and relationship to the Province of British Columbia, and

connection with the Pacific Investigations Committee of the Research puncil, Ottawa. This Committee is the result of the Pan Pacific

ientific Congress and is intended to cooperate with similar committees ppointed by the countries bordering the Pacific. Upon this committee

e have geological representatives.

P.T.0.