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During the year additional accommodation has been provided in the chemical laboratory by the removal of the store room from the laboratory itself to a small room outside the main building.
The space thus released has been utilized for analytical balances for which, previously, there was insufficient room.
The teaching of Physical Chemistry has been developed by Mr. R. Ashton Hill as far as possible with the resources at his command. An endeavour must now be made to provide him with equipment and suitable laboratory accommodation for the development of practical work in this important branch of Chemistry.
I take this opportunity of expressing my thanks to Mr. Hui Pak Mi, B.A., the Honorary Demonstrator, for his valuable and welcome assistance with the instruction in practical chemistry throughout the session.
REPORT
G. T. BYRNE, Professor of Chemistry.
REPORT ON THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY
FOR THE YEAR 1931.
The Library received for the purchase of Books and Periodicals a grant of $7,500, an increase of $3,000 over the previous annual grant. The maintenance grant of $1,080 in- cluded the cost of certain book binding, book cases, and other equipment, repairs, etc.
The number of volumes, Government publications, pamph- lets, etc. received into the Library up to December 31st, 1931 was 27,947. This figure does not include the Morrison Collec- tion of over 2,000 volumes. The total accessions of volumes, Government publications, etc. for 1931 have been 965. Of these 694 volumes, Government publications, pamphlets, etc. have been received as gifts and 183 volumes have been purchased. 88
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volumes made by binding periodicals are included in these figures.
The Library has subscribed to 154 literary, medical and scientific periodicals and others have been kindly donated.
The gifts include useful Government publications received from the Government of Hong Kong and from Governments of all parts of the world. The Vice-Chancellor, Sir William Hornell, c.1.E., M.A., has donated some valuable books to the Library during the year. Various publications of value have been presented by Mrs. J. Fenton and W. M. Kay, Esq., M.A., by Members and Societies of the University, Consulates and Residents of the Colony, the British Museum, the Carnegie Institute of Washington, the Carnegie Endowment for Inter- national Peace, the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Learned Societies and by other Universities and Institutions.
New author card catalogues of the General Library and of the Medical Section are nearing completion. The entries in the old author card catalogues had been made in different ways by different people.
Good progress has been made with the new shelf list, the books being arranged on the Library shelves according to the numbers of the Dewey Decimal Classification and the Cutter Sanborn Author Tables.
Many new author, subject and title entries have been added to the dictionary card index during the year.
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It is most essential that provision be made at the earliest opportunity to provide the Library with suitable accommodation for expansion and the funds necessary for equipment. present General Library accommodation of three rooms has the best central position for all purposes, and when any space, near the Library in the Central Building, at present occupied by other Departments in vacated, it is hoped that such space will be allocated to the Library for expansion.
February 4th, 1932.
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M. E. M. RING,
Librarian.
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