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which is at the disposal of students in my department at

Hong Kong University and to others.

A specimen copy of the

Hong Kong Naturalist is enclosed to show what type of

publication it is.

In order to make possible the maintenance of the Hong

Kong Naturalist on this basis it has been necessary to establish

personal contacts with scientists in many Universities in the

far East, and at home. During the last four years I have

spent several weeks in Java, Malaya, the Philipines and China

and have made personal contacts with persons on the staff of

Universities, Fisheries, Botanic Gardens, and Scientific

Institutions of all kinds and these contacts have been

maintained by subsequent correspondence.

In China itself

I have visited Universities and Scientific Institutions in

Canton, Amoy, Nanking, Peiping; I have also been invited to

р lecture in Canton, the Philipines, Canada and California.

I know personally a number of American Scientists, many of

whom have given me valuable assistance.

As a result of four years work scientists in a number

of Universities and research institutions are at work on

material collected by my organisation in Hong Kong. The

results are published quarterly in the journal for which I

am responsible and go to many leading institutions in China

and other Asiatic countries, and in Europe and America.

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