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of the field work collected to date had to be worked out,
and the University authorities in charge of the work considered
it advisable to await the completion of the War Office
topographical maps of the Colony before they made their final survey. It is proposed to complete the work in the winter of 1932/33, and provision is made for the expenditure to be
incurred in 1932.
I would invite the attention of Hon. Members to
sub-head 12. I do not know if any of them have visited
the Imperial Institute it is well worth a visit but if
they have I am sure that they must have been very much ashamed
at the wretched display made by the Hong Kong Court. I think
that if Hong Kong has a court at all it should look after it, and,
without indulging in anything lavish or extravagant, make it
worthy of our Colony. For the sum of £200 it will be possible
to provide one panorama and various minor improvements. If
Hon. Members agree to the inclusion of this sum, I propose to
approach the two Chambers of Commerce with a view to enlisting
their support in the matter of providing exhibits characteristic
of the Colony.]
Whilst appreciating the value of the "Hong Kong
Naturalist" from the point of view of making a permanent
record of the flora and fauna of the Colony, Government considers
that it should limit its contribution to £100. A somewhat s
similar item, which appears on the next page of the Estimates, is
the "History of Hong Kong". The gentleman who had undertaken
to do the work resigned his appointment of Reader in History
at the University of Hong Kong. The work isiin abeyance until
fresh arrangements can be made, and the provision has been
omitted
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