year. He has taken over much of the work of distribution of our publications in Hong Kong.
Membership
Local paid-up ordinary members of the Society numbered 290 at the beginning of March; there were 33 overseas ordinary members, and altogether 172 life members: that is we have a membership of nearly 500. During the year we have 19 resignations, 4 deaths, and 16 notices returned with "address unknown" marked on them. May I remind you to please let us know if you are changing your address or leaving Hong Kong during the year. Hong Kong nowadays is too large for us to know all our members personally and be aware of their movements within and outside the Colony, unless they let us know themselves.
Library
Our Library stocks have continued to grow during the year, details being provided by Mr. Tony Rydings, our Honorary Librarian, in a separate report tabled this evening. I acknowledge with gratitude gifts of books from Father Teixeira, Prof. Carrington Goodrich and Dr. James Hayes. I also would underline Mr. Rydings' comments about the scanty use made of this library, although it is very conveniently placed in the town. I think you would find it worth paying a visit to see just what we have, for yourselves.
Arts Centre
As a result of tonight's voting we will be leaving the Arts Centre. I would like to say here that we have enjoyed our association with it and the publicity it has helped to bring to the Society. We will continue to observe its progress with considerable interest and we are glad that we have been of some help in supporting the project financially, even though our contribution has been very modest in terms of the enormous sums required to bring it to completion. I would also like to thank our treasurer, Mr. David Gilkes, for the great amount of time he has given to representing this Society on the Arts Centre committee, and like him we all regret that we are not financially in a position to avail ourselves directly of the services which will undoubtedly benefit Hong Kong's public as a whole.
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year. He has taken over much of the work of distribution of our publications in Hong Kong.
Membership
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Local paid-up ordinary members of the Society numbered 290 at the beginning of March; there were 33 overseas ordinary mem- bers, and altogether 172 life members: that is we have a member- ship of nearly 500. During the year we have 19 resignations, 4 deaths, and 16 notices returned with "address unknown” marked on them. May I remind you to please let us know if you are changing your address or leaving Hong Kong during the year. Hong Kong nowadays is too large for us to know all our members personally and be aware of their movements within and outside the Colony, unless they let us know themselves.
Library
Our Library stocks have continued to grow during the year, details being provided by Mr. Tony Rydings, our Honorary Libra- rian, in a separate report tabled this evening. I acknowledge with gratitude gifts of books from Father Teixeira, Prof. Carrington Goodrich and Dr. James Hayes. I also would underline Mr. Rydings' comments about the scanty use made of this library, al- though it is very conveniently placed in the town. I think you would find it worth paying a visit to see just what we have, for yourselves.
Arts Centre
As a result of tonight's voting we will be leaving the Arts Centre. I would like to say here that we have enjoyed our association with it and the publicity it has helped to bring to the Society. We will continue to observe its progress with considerable interest and we are glad that we have been of some help in supporting the project financially, even though our contribution has been very modest in terms of the enormous sums required to bring it to completion. I would also like to thank our treasurer, Mr. David Gilkes, for the great amount of time he has given to representing this Society on the Arts Centre committee, and like him we all regret that we are not financially in a position to avail ourselves directly of the services which will undoubtedly benefit Hong Kong's public as a whole.
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