RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1961 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/vd6724704 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch RASHKB and author Vol. 1 (1961) ISSN 1991-7295 1 THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY The Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society was originally founded in 1847, but it ceased to exist at the end of 1859. Exactly a century later, on December 28, 1959, it was resuscitated with the approval of the parent society in London - The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The Royal Asiatic Society was founded in March 1823 "for the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts, in relation to Asia". It received its Charter of Incorporation as a royal society from George IV on August 11, 1824. The Royal Asiatic Society is the oldest and most important Society of its kind in Europe, and its standing as the doyen of Societies promoting the study of Asia has been maintained by the devotion of generations of eminent scholars, explorers and others who have contributed through its Journal, in public addresses and in many other ways, a rich harvest of knowledge, both academic and practical, in the service of Western understanding of the East. A large part of the Society's work has always been done through its branches and affiliated Societies in the East. Branches were formed at Bombay and at Madras about 1838, and in Ceylon in 1845. The Hong Kong Branch followed in 1847, the North China Branch at Shanghai in 1857, the Japanese in 1875, the Malayan in 1878, and the Korean in 1900, etc. etc. THE HONG KONG BRANCH grew out of a Medico-Chirurgical Society founded in 1845. This Society, however, in accord with the contemporary spirit of inquiry and the enthusiasm for better knowledge of Asia in general and China in particular, had contemplated setting up a Philosophical Society; but the movement ended in the establishment of the Asiatic Society with laws drafted by Andrew Shortrede, Editor of the China Mail, framed on the model of those of the Royal Asiatic Society. Sir John F. Davis, the Governor, by reason of his known literary and scientific acquirements rather than his official rank, was asked to be President. He suggested that the Society should seek to be admitted as a Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society with which, as a founder member, he was in close touch and with whose active President, the Earl of Auckland, he had discussions on these lines before he left England. So in January 1847 the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society was founded, and all the members of the Medico-Chirurgical Society who wished to join were admitted without ballot or entrance fee on condition of their Society's apparatus and books being handed over to the new body. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1961 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/vd6724704 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch RASHKB and author 34 Vol. 1 (1961) ISSN 1991-7295 errant may be said to have had an ideology, it had more affinity with Taoism than with any other school of thought. True, in their altruism and devotion to duty they showed some resemblance to the Mohists, but they did not share the austerity of the latter. Indeed, the Mohists despised the knights errant and did not think them worth mentioning. It was to Taoism that some knights errant turned for guidance, as recorded in the biographies of several of them. This is hardly surprising: both Taoism and knight errantry came into being before Confucianism became the established official ideology, and both emphasized individualism and freedom from social bonds. To risk a generalization: if the obverse side of the Chinese character is represented by Confucianism—moderate, realistic, and conservative, then its reverse side is represented by Taoist philosophy, knight errantry, and various unorthodox artists and writers: romantic, individualist, and rebellious. It seems to me that it is the obverse side that is familiar to the West while the reverse side is perhaps not so well known and deserves more attention. To come back to the history of knight errantry; the early Han emperors, though they paid lip service to Confucianism, actually ruled largely by Legalist methods. It is therefore not surprising that they took strong measures to suppress the knights errant. I have already mentioned that Kuo Chieh's father was executed by order of Emperor Wen. In the next reign, Emperor Ching ordered the execution of many others. And Emperor Wu, as we have seen, ordered the execution of Kuo Chieh and his family. Yet in spite of such suppression, many knights survived, although not all of them lived up to the high ideals of true knight errantry. In later periods, knights errant continued to exist. For instance, the poet Li Po (A.D. 701-762) was a knight errant in his younger days and killed several people by his own hand. In still later periods of history, we also read of people described as being knights errant or behaving in a knightly manner. Sometimes this means no more than that someone behaved in a chivalrous, altruistic way, without necessarily using force or breaking the law. On the other hand, the more swashbuckling knights either degenerated into mere outlaws or became professional bodyguards. As we are concerned here with literature rather than history, I shall give no more examples of historical knights but turn to descriptions of knight errantry in literature. 7 According to the "Biographies of knights errant". See Lao Kan, "Yu-hsia, a type of knights errant in the Han dynasty", Bulletin of the College of Arts, National Taiwan University, No. 1. Li T'ai-po shih-chi (SPPY), chüan 31, 5a. See Arthur Waley, The poetry and career of Li Po (London, 1950), p. 6. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1961 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/vd6724704 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch RASHKB and author 10 Vol. 1 (1961) ISSN 1991-7295 39 and defeated government troops again and again. They were eventually persuaded to capitulate to the government, and took part in the victorious campaign against another rebel Fang La.1 However, some modern historians believe that after they had helped the government forces, Sung Chiang and his followers were themselves liquidated in their turn. Be that as it may, the exploits of Sung Chiang and his followers soon became the subject of popular legends told orally. These grew in number and came to be written down. At first only short accounts were written, but later, towards the end of the Yuan period, about 1300, the different stories were joined together to form one long romance, possibly by Shih Nai-an, who has been identified with the dramatist Shih Hui, styled Chun-mei.2 By then, the number of heroes involved had grown from the original thirty-six to a hundred and eight. The romance continued to be enlarged and revised by various hands during the Ming period, until it became a work of 120 chapters, published about 1620. Then, at the beginning of the Ch'ing period, in 1644, the critic Chin Sheng-t'an took the first seventy chapters, added a new chapter at the end as well as commentaries, and published it as the "Fifth Work of Genius" in Chinese literature. This edition achieved immense popularity, and it is this truncated version which most Chinese readers have read and which has been rendered into English. 21 Meanwhile, some stories about knights errant found their way into the drama of the Yuan period. The plays of this period were classified by subject under twelve categories, one of which was "long swords and clubs". This obviously corresponded to the two categories of stories "long swords" and "clubs" mentioned earlier. In particular, some stories about Sung Chiang and his followers not included in the Shui-hu chuan were given dramatic treatment in Yuan times. For instance, there were at least a dozen Yuan plays about Li K'uei, one of the followers of Sung Chiang and one of the most colourful characters in popular literature.22 Two of these plays are still extant.23 They present with great gusto this rough-mannered, quick-tempered outlaw with a heart of gold. In plays of later periods, Li K'uei and other 4a. 18 Sung-shih* (SPPY), chüan 22, 3a; chüan 351, 11b; chüan 353, 1 Mou Jun-sun, "On the tombstone inscription of Chê K'ê-ts'un and Sung Chiang's end" 牟潤孫,折可存墓誌銘考証兼論宋江之結局, Bulletin of the College of Arts, National Taiwan University, No. 2. 20 Sun K'ai-ti, Chung-kuo t'ung-su hsiao-shuo shu-mu 孫楷第,中國通俗小說書目 (Peking, 1957), p. 181. + 21 Chu Ch'üan, T'ai-ho cheng-yin p'u 朱權,太和正音譜 (reprinted together with the Lu kuei pu 錄鬼簿, Shanghai, 1957), p. 135. 22 For the titles of these plays, see Fu Hsi-hua, Yuan-tai tsa-chü ch'üan-mu 傅惜華,元代雜劇全目 (Peking, 1957), pp. 406-7. 23 There is another Yuan play in which Li K'uei appears, but only as a subsidiary character. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1961 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/vd6724704 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch ORASHKB and author 110 Vol. 1 (1961) ISSN 1991-7295 The Association's clinic at 117 Wanchai Road is a small-scale operation which dispenses Western medical treatment on the school premises every Sunday to 120-150 patients. No charge is made, drugs and injections being completely free. The Association now has in view a much larger project in the field of medicine, namely a HK$3,000,000 hospital to be constructed, it is hoped, at the end of Cheung Sha Wan Road (off Castle Peak Road), Kowloon. Half a million dollars has already been pledged; a government subsidy of another half a million dollars, plus a free grant of the necessary land, is under negotiation; and, once plans have been firmed up, the Association expects little difficulty in raising the remaining million and a half dollars from Buddhist laymen. It is to be a public hospital of 150 beds, of which 30 will be entirely free, with priority for refugees. There will also be an out-patient department for treatment of the poor families of this heavily industrialized area. The Medical and Health Department of the Hong Kong Government will control the standards in the same way as for other private hospitals, but the actual management will be the responsibility of the Buddhist Association. The plan is to incorporate a nursing school, where graduates of the various Buddhist primary and secondary schools can be placed for nurses' training. The medical staff will be recruited from among locally qualified physicians, e.g., graduates of the Hong Kong University Medical School. The physicians now acting as advisers on this project are prominent in the profession in Hong Kong: Drs. F. I. Tseung, Renald Ching, Peter Fok, T. Y. Li, David Wong, and Sir S. N. Chau. Three of them are Buddhists. 2. HONG KONG AND MACAU REGIONAL CENTRE OF THE WORLD FELLOWSHIP OF BUDDHISTS 世界佛教聯誼會港澳分會 This acts as the "foreign relations" arm of the Hong Kong Buddhist Association (with which it has an interlocking directorate rather than a formal connection). It was established in June 1951 to discharge four specific functions: (1) to organize delegations to represent Hong Kong and Macau at future World Buddhist Fellowship Conferences (the first Conference had been held in Ceylon, June 1950) (2) to assist and entertain foreign Buddhists visiting Hong Kong and Macau (3) to answer inquiries from abroad about Buddhist activities in Hong Kong and Macau Macau has one large Buddhist monastery, the Po Chai Chi, which is classified as Ch'an and has about 20 monks (this is a monastery often visited by tourists, since the first commercial treaty between China and the United States was signed there in 1844). There are also a number of hermitages (perhaps a dozen), most of which are said to be chai tong. One, however, the Kung Tak Lam, serves as a study centre, where lectures are given by well-known dharma masters. The Macau Po Kok Buddhist Association, founded in 1949, also fosters Buddhist studies. At least one primary school is operated by a Buddhist nun with the support of devout laymen. Buddhism does not seem as vigorous in Macau as it is in Hong Kong, the most obvious reasons being its small size, limited wealth, and extreme exposure to political pressure. Furthermore, the influence of the Catholic Church has been paramount there for four hundred years. This has necessarily reduced the potential strength of the lay Buddhist movement. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1961 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/vd6724704 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch RASHKB and author Vol. 1 (1961) ISSN 1991-7295 125 It is not in my power at present to offer to the Society an exact Catalogue of the Collection, but the enclosed Memorandum will convey a general idea of its nature and extent. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, GEO. THO. STAUNTON, Portland Place, March 20, 1823. The Memorandum which accompanied this letter gives a very rough idea of the scope of the collection which he offered to the Society. It comprised a total of 186 separate works which Staunton divided under ten headings viz: Class Works 1 Chinese Classics 15 2 Dictionaries 22 3 - - 4 Native Superstitions 17 5 Arts and Sciences 23 6 Travels and Geography 9 7 Poetry, Plays and Novels 30 8 History and Biography 14 9 Laws and Government 7 10 Books on Christianity 24 - Miscellaneous 186 The Collection was actually deposited with the Asiatic Society in January 1824. From the card index of the present library of the Royal Asiatic Society at 56 Queen Anne Street it is possible to discover the titles of most of these works, though unfortunately the cards of the Chinese works are not arranged in any significant order. I list below the titles of just a few of these works which I jotted down at random during a recent visit to the library of the Royal Asiatic Society in London. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1962 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/9s166f47f 98 J. W. HAYES approval. This authority, with powers of discretion, was given to the D.O. to help preserve the traditional way of managing land within the clan, and to provide a cheap and impartial arbiter in case of dispute. 13 In Shek Pik village the TSUI, CHEUNG, HO and CHI clans owned 1.1, 0.39, 0.55, and 0.04 acres of agricultural land in 1898. With the exception of the HO clan, they were intact in 1959. The TSUI tso probably dates from the fifteenth generation, and is therefore three hundred years old. The FUNG clan in Fan Pui owned 9.2 acres in 1898 but this was sold in 1953. 14 At Fan Pui I dealt with a disputed case of ownership in which the defendant stated that eight lots totalling 9,581 square feet of agricultural land had been specially set aside as joss and oil fields (shen you tian). Fields are also set aside for the worship of earth spirits. At Cheung Kwan O village in 1898 the two clans of CHAN and NG administered 1.41 acres of agricultural land under the name of a to tei wui. The rentals were originally devoted to the maintenance of the to tei or earth spirit who looked after the village, but for many years the revenue has simply gone to the clans. Many other cases are known at Mui Wo and Tung Chung. 15 See Chapter III (iii) and (iv) of H. B. Morse The Trade and Administration of the Chinese Empire (Shanghai, Kelly and Walsh, 1908) which is based on an article by Byron Brenan "The Office of District Magistrate in China” Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society XXII, (1897-98), 36-65, and incorporates his own wide experience of China and her officials in the course of over thirty years' service in the Imperial Maritime Customs. Brenan himself (1847-1927) had served in China from 1866 and was H.B.M.'s Consul-General in Shanghai 1898-1901. Of the district magistrate Brenan wrote, "The magistrate is the unit of government; he is the backbone of the whole official system; and to ninety per cent of the population he is the Government"; op. cit. p. 37. 16 Papers 1899 p. 583. The text of the stone tablet outside the Tin Hau temple at Kat O, referred to elsewhere in the article, uses this picturesque phraseology. Contrasting their sorry lot beside the power of the yamen officials they had written in their petition to the Viceroy "We, civilians, whose lives are cheap as ants... who are we to start a lawsuit against the district yamen's worms?" An interesting feature of this inscription is that it follows the customary form of Ch'ing document in which reference is made in the text to other papers, by summary or quotation, instead of the western method of adding enclosures. See John K. Fairbank, Ch'ing Documents, an introductory syllabus, (Harvard University Press 1952) p. 21. 18 When I asked an old gentleman who graduated sau choi in 1896 about extortion and venality among magistrates, he replied in distinctly extenuating tones "Some did; but then they had so many people to look after". He observed that there were some rich districts in Kwangtung in which a magistrate had to do nothing to obtain money as it came rolling into the Office in the way of presents, inducements, additions to land and other taxes etc., whilst there were others which were so poor that the magistrate could squeeze very little from them even if he tried very hard. This is curiously echoed in Morse, Trade and Administration p. 92 “In Kwangtung we (the Imperial Maritime Customs) have regularly applied to ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1964 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/qz20zx09r LIBRARY 145 History, Science, the Arts and Nature in Sarawak (1961-62). (Reprinted from Sarawak's Annual Report). Sarawak, 1962. Exchange. Japan Quarterly. Vol.X, Nos.2-4, Vol.XI, No.1. Tokyo, 1963-64. Exchange. Journal of the Asiatic Society. Vol.I, Nos.1-4. Vol.III, No.2. Vol.IV, No.1. Calcutta, 1959-62. Exchange. Journal of Asiatic Studies, The. Vol.VI, Nos.1-2. Seoul, 1963. Exchange. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Parts 1-2, Parts 3-4, 1963. London, 1963. Exchange. Korea Journal. Vol.3, Nos.2-5, 9-12. Vol.4, Nos.1-2. Seoul, 1963-64. Exchange. Korean Report. Vol.III, No.2. Washington, 1963. Exchange. Lishi Yanjiu. Vol.6, 1962. Vols. 1-2, 4-6, 1963. Exchange. National Library of Wales Journal, The. Vol.XII, No.4. Vol.XIII, No.1. Supplement, Series II, No.23. Aberystwyth, 1962-63. Exchange. Bangkok, 1963. Presented. Exchange. Exchange. Sarawak Museum Journal, The. N.S. Vol.X, Nos.19-20. Sarawak, 1962. SEATO Record. Vol.II, No.3. Sinologica. Vol.VII, Nos.2-4. Basel, 1963. Sociologie, Science du Langage. Vol.XVI, Nos.1-4. Vol.XVII, Nos.1-3. (Bulletin Signalétique 21) Published by the Centre de Documentation du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. París, 1962-63. Exchange. Tôhô Gakuhô, The. (Journal of Oriental Studies: Published by the Research Institute for Humanistic Studies). No.33. Kyoto, 1963. Exchange. Transactions of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Parts I-VI. Hong Kong, 1847-59. (Microfilm copy). Purchased. Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Vol.XXXVIII. Vol.XXXIX. Seoul, 1961-2. Exchange. Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies. N.S. Vol.III, No.2; Vol.IV, Nos.1-2. (Combined issue). Taiwan, 1963-64. Exchange. What's On in Hong Kong. 2nd Year, No.2. Hong Kong, 1964. Presented. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1965 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/s752cj653 24 T. HARRISSON and carved wood have also survived there. Some fifty rush mats and wrappings survived under late neolithic or early metal burials in the West Mouth of the Great Cave. PUBLICATIONS Many smaller caves have been studied; and many others are available for study - over fifty. But there is no point in constantly repeating work that is very costly. Rather we seek constantly to define and re-define the project, so as to add new data, modifying or widening ideas — in preference to multiplying the established points. So far, about fifty papers have been published on the Niah results in Asian Perspectives (annually), Archaeological Newsletter, Journal Royal Society of Arts (a general review to 1963), Man (three papers), Oriental Art (Oxford), Artibus Asiae (Switzerland), Bijdragen (Holland), and the Geographical Journal (Royal Geographical Society, London). The full background and a long series of technical reports are published in the last eight issues of the Sarawak Museum Journal (Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia). The S.M.J. papers include specific contributions from Dr. R. Brothwell of the British Museum, Miss J. Clutton-Brock of the Institute of Archaeology, Dr. Calvin Wells of the Norwich Museum, Dr. D. A. Hooijer of Leiden and Professor G. H. R. von Koenigswald of the University of Utrecht, Dr. W. S. Solheim of the University of Hawaii, Drs. R. Inger and Wayne King of Chicago, the Earl of Cranbrook and Miss Pat Aldridge (now Dr. P. Marshall) of the University of Hong Kong. While those who have made specialist studies on the spot, working in Kuching, include Lord Medway (both here and at the University of Malaya), Dr. Alastair Lamb (glass beads), Dr. Solheim with Mrs. Lindsay Wall (prehistoric earthenware), Mrs. E. Moore in association with Miss Mary Tregear at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Yueh and other early porcelains), Mr. Benedict Sandin and Mr. R. Nyandoh (links to cave and other Niah folklore), Mr. Geoffrey Barnes (burial rites), Mr. J. Revers (U.S. Peace Corps; topography), Professor N. Haile (geology; now of the University of Malaya), Mrs. Barbara Harrisson and her husband. Work of this sort involves multiple cooperation, as has already been well demonstrated by the University team from Hong Kong working on Lantau Island. In 1965-66 we hope to get additional outside help from Dr. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1968 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/66833948d The Library 179 of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society up to 20th May, 1968, is copied from the catalogue. A list of the other contents of the library, including periodicals, scrolls, tape-recordings, and other materials will be compiled and published in due course. It is also intended to issue annual supplements to the list of books and periodicals. LIST OF BOOKS 'ABD ALLAH IBN 'ABD AL-KADIR, Munshi. The voyage of Abdullah; a translation from the Malay, by A. E. Coope, with notes and appendices. Singapore, Malaya Publ. House, 1949. ABEL, Clarke. Narrative of a journey in the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817; containing an account of the most interesting transactions of Lord Amherst's embassy to the court of Pekin... London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1819. ADAMS, Arthur. Travels of a naturalist in Japan and Manchuria. London, Hurst and Blackett, 1870. ALEXEIEV, Basil M. The Chinese gods of wealth: a lecture delivered at the School of Oriental Studies, University of London, on 26th March, 1926. [London] School of Oriental Studies, 1928. ALLEY, Rewi Peking opera: an introduction through pictures by Eva Siao and text by Rewi Alley. Peking, New World P., 1957. ANDERSON, Æneas. A narrative of the British embassy to China in the years 1792, 1793 and 1794... London, Debrett, 1795. ARLINGTON, L. C. Chinese women's coiffure. [Shanghai, China Society of Science and Arts, 1929] Reprinted from the China journal, v.11, 1929, pp. 4-10, 69-76 and 119-126. Presentation copy signed by the author. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1974 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/x633mp077 1972 HKS $17,915 $ 8,050.00 2,733.74 3,786.50 TTI 994.00 Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, 4,899 Postage, Lecture Expenses, etc.) Entrance Fee to Hong Kong Arts Centre Balance, being surplus of Income over Expenditure transferred to Accumulated Funds 4,940.83 ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1973 Journal and other Publication Expenses +++ Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting Dinner, Symposium and Outings) Purchase of Books ... --- +++ ++ - 2,776 Receipts from Members for activities Thailand Trip Less Expenditure 1972 $ 1,350 Life Memberships +++ + HK$ $ 1,628.50 4,355 11,192 Annual Membership 1973 210 Annual Membership 1974 paid in 1973 Sale of Publications + 10,953.96 150.00 4,126.05 3,066.00 Income Received + $33,050.00 28,970.70 4,079.30 +++ 7,200.00 1,114 Bank Interest Received 4 + 2,007.08 2,874 Dividends Received 1 TT -IT ... 4,273.84 200 Sundry Receipts 200.00 +++ ILL ILL 5,513.40 1,550 Balance, being deficit of Expenditure over Income transferred to Accumulated Funds TI $25,621 $30,484.73 $25,621 $30,484.73 REPORT OF THE HON. AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, HONG KONG BRANCH We have examined the above Balance Sheet with the books and have obtained all the information and explanations we required for the purpose of our audit. In our opinion, the said Balance Sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Society's affairs as at 31st December, 1973, according to the best of our information and explanations given to us and as shown in the books of the Society. Hong Kong, 1st March, 1974. Wong, Tan & Co., Hon. Auditors, Chartered Accountants. Certified Public Accountants. Page 15 Page 16 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1975 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/j0995146d INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1974 1973 HK$ 1974 HK$ $ 1,629 Life Memberships $ 1,995.87 $ 8,050 Journal and other Publication $ 9,619.00 Expenses 3,787 Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting Dinner, Symposium and Outings) 10,954 Annual Membership 1974 14,230.84 4,990.60 Annual Membership 1975 paid in 1974 150 4,126 Sale of Publications 1,400.09 994 Purchase of Books 3,066 3,882.00 Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, Advertising, Lecture Expenses, etc.) 4,941 Entrance Fee to Hong Kong Arts Centre 7,200 8,331.52 Thailand Trip 4,079 2,007 Bank Interest Received 5,513 4,230.17 4,274 Dividends Received 4,612.22 200 Sundry Receipts 200.00 $30,485 $30,581.19 Balance, being Surplus of Income over Expenditure transferred to Accumulated Funds $30,485 $30,581.19 D. A. GILKES, Hon. Treasurer. REPORT OF THE HON. AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, HONG KONG BRANCH We have examined the above Balance Sheet with the books and have obtained all the information and explanations we required for the purposes of our audit. In our opinion, the said Balance Sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Society's affairs as at 31st December, 1974, according to the best of our information and explanations given to us and as shown in the books of the Society. Hong Kong, 22nd March, 1975. Wong, Tan & Co., Hon. Auditors. Chartered Accountants. Certified Public Accountants. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1976 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/hq382988q 3 who is organising the trip, Drs. L. B. and S. Thrower, and Mr. Michael Webster. Publications The 1974 Journal is now in process of distribution and many of you who were members also in that year, will have received your copies already. During the year our fifth symposium: Hong Kong: the Interaction of Traditions and Life in the Towns was published and I understand is selling quite well. Also published this year are the proceedings from the immediately preceding symposium organised by Professor L. B. Thrower on: The Vegetation of Hong Kong: its Structure and Change. The publication of Professor Loft's symposium on Fauna is I understand expected very shortly - it has all been proof read and returned to the printer. Part of the 1975 Journal has already gone to the printer and I understand that it should be ready for distribution at the end of the year. Arts Centre As a Constituent Society Member of the Hong Kong Arts Centre, your Society continues to be very ably represented on the Arts Centre Committee by Mr. David Gilkes, our Hon. Treasurer (who will also soon be explaining the Balance Sheet to you). The Arts Centre is due for completion in February 1977 and it should become a focal point for the Arts in Hong Kong. Your Society expects to play an increasing role in the Centre and already tangible benefits have been received through our Constituent Society Membership. Would you note, by the way, that if you are yourself an independent member of the Arts Centre you can save the Society money by informing the Centre of your R.A.S. membership. If you send your Centre membership card together with the Royal Asiatic Society membership card to the Centre for confirmation, we can claim $10 for each such member off the bill we must pay annually to the Centre for our Membership as a Society. You will appreciate the fact that since our payment is calculated on the basis of our membership figure the more members we have the more we have to pay. Library With the closing of the British Council Library in the Gloucester Building, new arrangements had to be made for housing the ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1976 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/hq382988q 1974 $9,619 Expenses 4,991 Secretarial Assistance HK$ INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1975 1974 8,331 Journal and other Publication Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting, Dinner, Symposium and Outings) Purchase of Typewriter Photo Survey Expenses Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, Advertising, Lecture Expenses etc.) Annual Subscription to Hong Kong Arts Centre $1,996 Life Memberships HK$ $11,088.75 + 14,261 Annual Memberships 18,135.44 1,400 Sale of Publications 5,496.00 6,223.97 6,420.00 3,882 Receipts from Members for Activities 5,130.00 1,200.00 677.75 4,230 Bank Interest Received 4,188.39 4,612 Dividends Received 7,767.18 ... 4,195.71 200 Sundry Receipts 200.00 $30,464.00 + 7,640 $30,581 Balance, being Surplus of Income over Expenditure transferred to Accumulated Funds $30,581 6,862.67 $56,024.93 $56,024.93 REPORT OF THE HON. AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, HONG KONG BRANCH We have examined the above Balance Sheet with the books and have obtained all the information and explanations we required for the purposes of our audit. In our opinion, the said Balance Sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Society's affairs as at 31st December 1975, according to the best of our information and explanations given to us and as shown by the books of the Society. Hong Kong, 19th March, 1976. WONG, TAN & Co., Hon. Auditors, Chartered Accountants, Certified Public Accountants. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1976 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/hq382988q The Library of the Hong Kong Branch Royal Asiatic Society Report for the Year 1975-1976 With the closing of the British Council Library in the Gloucester Building, new arrangements had to be made for housing the Branch's collection of books and periodicals. Once again we must acknowledge our deep gratitude to the Representative of the British Council, who has allowed us to keep part of the collection in the Council's Library since 1968. The rather unsatisfactory division of the Branch's Library between two locations continued, all the books now being housed in the Library of the Public Records Office by kind permission of the Archivist; and the periodicals (bound volumes and unbound parts) and pamphlets in the Library of the University of Hong Kong. At the same time the Council approved a slight revision of the library rules, to reflect these changed circumstances, and a circular was sent to all members in Hong Kong explaining the new arrangements. In spite of this, usage of the Library remains at a low level. It has not been possible so far to issue a further supplement to the Library Catalogue, as is intended, though most of the books received in the past two years have now been catalogued, and are available for use. We have been fortunate in the acquisition of some important gifts. In June Mr. A. H. Forsyth presented seven books relating to China, mostly out of print and therefore particularly welcome. One of the last acts of the late Dr. J. R. Jones on behalf of the Society was the presentation of a bound set of the Journal of the North China Branch of the Society, of which he was for many years an active member. Starting with the Journal of the Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society (precursor of the N. China Branch), no. 1, June 1858, the set is almost complete to v. 73, 1948, the last volume published. While there have been no purchases of books, the Library continues to grow as a result of the many useful exchanges established with other institutions, and a number of volumes of periodicals received in this way have recently been bound. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1976 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/hq382988q 90 ELIZABETH L. JOHNSON loom does not appear to have been part of the inventory of Han Chinese material culture, this leads one to speculate that the Hakka may have learned the technique through contact with pre-Han people in the hill areas of Kwangtung where they settled. This is, at least, one possible explanation for their use of this technique. NOTES 1 The research reported here was done in Kwan Mun Hau Village, Tsuen Wan, during 1975-76, following my dissertation research which was done in the same village in 1968-70. The work was supported by the Joint Centre on Modern East Asia, at York University in Toronto. 2 Recent research reports on Tsuen Wan include: Graham E. Johnson, "Leaders and Leadership in an Expanding New Territories Town", The China Quarterly, March 1977, pp. 109-125. Elizabeth L. Johnson, "Women and Childbearing in Kwan Mun Hau Village", in Women in Chinese Society, Margery Wolf and Roxane Witke, eds., Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1975. An exhibit of patterned bands, and Szechwan peasant embroideries, was held at the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology from April 15-June 15 of this year, with the title "Chinese Peasant Textile Arts: Kwangtung and Szechwan Provinces". The exhibit was prepared by the students of Anthropology 431. 3 I wish to express my gratitude to my informants in Kwan Mun Hau Village, who not only introduced me to the subject of patterned bands but were also very patient in supplying me with information about them. I should also like to thank my very able research assistant, Jennifer Woon Chi-yee. 4 Dr. James Hayes has raised the interesting question of whether the bands used on these occasions would be woven in the colour and style of the wife's or the husband's village or would always be red (a lucky colour). Unfortunately I cannot answer this question without further research. 5 Some of the mountain songs were learned while others were sung in a kind of spontaneous repartee between two groups, often of men and women. The form of the wedding and funeral songs was learned, but the content varied according to the feelings which the individual singer wished to express. 6 See: James Hayes, "Itinerant Hakka Weavers", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch. Vol. 8, 1968, pp. 162-165. Aijmer, in his article "Expansion and Extension in Hakka Society” (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch, Vol. 7, 1967, pp. 42-79 (p.48)) mentions home weaving of fabrics, but this was apparently not done in Tsuen Wan, at least in recent memory. 7 For a general study of this phenomenon, see Aijmer, op. cit. 8 G. W. Skinner states that this was also true of Szechwan peasant embroideries. G. William Skinner, "Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China, Part I" The Journal of Asian Studies, vol. xxiv, no. 1, November 1964, pp. 3-44 (p.40) Page 105 Page 106 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1977 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/np198x23n INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1975 1974 $ 9,619 Expenses 4,991 Journal and other Publication Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting, Dinner, Symposium and Outings) Secretarial Assistance Purchase of Typewriter 8,331 7,640 $30,581 HK$ 1974 $1,996 Life Memberships $30,464.00 14,261 Annual Memberships 1,400 Sale of Publications 5,496.00 6,420.00 1,200.00 677.75 3,882 Receipts from Members for Activities 4,230 Bank Interest Received 4,612 Dividends Received 7,767.18 200 Sundry Receipts HKS $11,088.75 18,135.44 ... 6,223.97 5,130.00 4,188.39 4,195.71 200.00 4,000.00 Balance, being Deficit of Expenditure over Income transferred to Accumulated Funds 6,862.67 $56,024.93 $30,581 $56,024.93 Photo Survey Expenses Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, Advertising, Lecture Expenses etc.) Annual Subscription to Hong Kong Arts Centre Balance, being Surplus of Income over Expenditure transferred to Accumulated Funds D. A. GILKES, Hon. Treasurer. REPORT OF THE HON. AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, HONG KONG BRANCH We have examined the above Balance Sheet with the books and have obtained all the information and explanations we required for the purposes of our audit. In our opinion, the said Balance Sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Society's affairs as at 31st December 1975, according to the best of our information and explanations given to us and as shown by the books of the Society. Hong Kong, 19th March, 1976. WONG, TAN & Co., Hon. Auditors, Chartered Accountants, Certified Public Accountants. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1978 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/8g84t8593 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1977 1976 HKS $16,353 Expenses ... 2,244 Journal and other Publication Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting, Dinner, Symposium and Outings) ... $19,200.00 1976 $ 2,064 17,365 8,863 HK$ Life Memberships (Note 1 on p. 10) $ 3,450.00 Annual Memberships (Note 1) 17,588.19 Sales of Publications 5,720.15 2,232 Receipts from Members for Activities 2,850.00 7,200 Secretarial Assistance 3,269.50 7,200.00 3,374 Bank Interest Received 2,842.78 4,577 Dividends Received 2,746 Office Equipment 200 Sundry Receipts 5,230.46 225.00 1,253 Purchase of Books 500.00 7,241 4,600 Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, Advertising, Lecture Expenses, etc.) 6,345.20 2,962 Annual Subscription to Hong Kong Arts Centre Balance, being Deficit of Expenditure over Income transferred to Accumulated Funds 2,808.12 4,000.00 $41,637 $40,714.70 $41,637 $40,714.70 D. A. GILKES, Hon. Treasurer. REPORT OF THE HON. AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, HONG KONG BRANCH In our opinion, the above Balance Sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and fair view of the Society's affairs at 31st December 1977 and of its income and expenditure for the year ended on that date. WONG, TAN & Co., Hon. Auditors, Chartered Accountants, Certified Public Accountants. Hong Kong 8th March 1978. 11 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1979 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/2801w5938 XV INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1978 HK$ 1977 HK$ $15,300.00 $ 3,450 Life Memberships (Note 1) 17,588 Annual Memberships (Note 1) 5,720 Sales of Publications +++ $ 1,040.00 19,313.92 6,458.38 +++ +++ + 2,920.00 6,600.00 1,064.15 2,850 Receipts from Members for Activities 2,843 Bank Interest Received 5,231 Dividends Received 2,400.00 ... 1,602.34 +++ 5,795.89 225 Sundry Receipts 403.03 +++ 762.00 Tours-Amount received 1977 $19,200 3,270 Journal and other Publication Expenses ** Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting, Dinner, Symposium and Outings) 7,200 Secretarial Assistance Office Equipment H 500 Purchase of Books +++ Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, Postage, Stamp Duty, Telephone, etc.) 6,545 9,253.60 4,000 Annual Subscription to Hong Kong Arts Centre 4,060.00 Rent for Library in Hong Kong Arts Centre HI $40,715 3,420.00 $43,379.75 2,808 $40,715 from Members $103,700 ** Amount paid out 103,700 Balance, being Deficit of Expenditure over Income transferred to Accumulated Funds +++ 6,366.19 $43,379.75 D. A. GILKES, Hon. Treasurer. REPORT OF THE HON. AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, HONG KONG BRANCH In our opinion, the above Balance Sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and fair view of the Society's affairs at 31st December 1978 and of its income and expenditure for the year ended on that date. Wong, Tan & Co., Hon. Auditors, Chartered Accountants, Certified Public Accountants, Hong Kong. 22nd March, 1979. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1979 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/2801w5938 # THE LIBRARY OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY # REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1978-1979 As a result of the removal of our library to the Hong Kong Arts Centre, it is good to record a spectacular increase in the use made of the collection. Although the increase in number of books borrowed is largely due to a few enthusiastic members, this is a notable improvement over previous years, and makes the expenditure in time, effort and money worthwhile. It is of course hoped that more members will take advantage of this facility, which is one of the benefits of membership. We are glad also to note that our collection has grown at a higher rate than in previous years. 35 volumes were purchased, compared with 30 last year, and eight books were donated. We again express thanks to Messrs. C. Haffner, B. D. Johnson and B. Mellor for their kind donations. Even more important were gifts of back issues of periodicals, which helped to fill gaps in our sets. These included: American Oriental Society. Journal, vols. 77-87, Journal of oriental studies, vols. 1-6 and five other titles from Lady Ride, and Siam Society. Journal, vols. 50-55, and Siam Society. Natural history bulletin, vols. 20-25 from Mr. J. H. Kinoshita. These additions brought the size of the collection as at 31st December 1978 to: Books* 558 Pamphlets 49 Bound periodicals 531 in 407 1,014 *including 38 in Chinese During the year a second supplement to the printed catalogue of the library was distributed to members resident in Hong Kong. xvi ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1980 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/kh04md207 INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST December, 1979 1978 1978 H.K. Currency H.K. Currency $ 15,300 Journal and other Publications $ 15,380.00 Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting, Dinner, Symposium and $ 1,040 Life Memberships 500.00 19,314 Annual Memberships 19,130.96 6,458 Sales of Publications 2,920.00 Outings) 5,486.00 8,799.85 ++ --- 6,600 Secretarial Assistance 6,000.00 2,400 Receipts from Members for Activities 5,550.00 1,064 Office Equipment 1,603.00 Bank Interest Received 2,251.40 762 Purchase of Books 1,861.95 5,796 Dividends Received 8,490.19 LLI JL Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, 403 Sundry Receipts 536.80 LLL 9,254 Postage, etc.) 7,017.70 Tours: Amount received 4,060 Annual Subscription to Hong Kong Arts Centre 4,060.00 3,420 Rent for Library in Hong Kong Arts Centre 3,000.00 from members Amount paid out $217,693.00 217,693.00 --- (6,366) Balance, being surplus of Income over Expenditure transferred to Accumulated Funds ++ 2,453.55 $ 37,014 $ 45,259.20 $ 37,014 $ 45,259.20 REPORT OF THE HON. AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, HONG KONG BRANCH In our opinion, the above Balance Sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and fair view of the Society's affairs at 31st December, 1979 and of its income and expenditure for the year ended on that date. 17th March, 1980. KWAN WONG TAN & FONG Hon. Auditors. Chartered Accountants, Certified Public Accountants, Hong Kong ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1981 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/ff36bt18m ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1981 H K Currency H.K. Currency 1980 H.K. Currency 1980 $41,550 Journal and Other Publications $41,335.00 $2,250 Life Memberships 6,415 Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting, Dinner, Symposium and Outings) 19,201 19,201 Annual Memberships 3,374.00 15,343 Sales of Publications 4,505 Receipts from Members for Activities 7,800 7,800 Secretarial Assistance 7,800.00 19,758 Bank Interest Received 1,132 Purchase of Books 2,188.00 1,093 Dividends Received Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, Postage, etc.) 6,042.84 2,600 Donation Received 12,113 38 Sundry Receipts $500.00 19,497.06 $500.00 19,497.06 12,678.93 2,585.00 19,191.02 3,509.90 200.00 Annual Subscription to Hong Kong Arts Centre 3,500 3,500 3,500.00 44,850 Rent for Library in Hong Kong Arts Centre (44,850) 3,000 3,000.00 $75,510 $67,239.84 10,722 $75,510 Tours. Amount received from members Amount paid out Balance being Deficit of Expenditure over Income transferred to Accumulated Funds 8,996.93 $67,239.84 BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST DECEMBER 1981 1980 LIABILITIES Accumulated Funds HK Currency 1980 $113,183 140,000 Balance as at 1st January 1982 Add Net Surplus on Sales of shares $242,461.08 $44,371 ASSETS Quoted Investment Cost at 1st January 1981 Add: Purchase of Shares: 253,183 242,461.08 61,086 (10,772) Less Excess of Expenditure over Income in 1981 TIT (8,996.63) 242,461 233,464.15 Sundry Creditor - Printing Charges for Journal 28,000 38,000.00 105,457 105,457 H K Currency — Hang Seng Bank Ltd. 34,272.00 Hong Kong Electric (Holdings) Co. Ltd. 24,192.00 Hong Kong Land Co. Ltd. 23,790.00 Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation 28,893.60 Less: Cost of Shares Sold 111,147.60 111,147.60 7 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1982 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/mk61z420p xix ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1982 1981 HK$ $41,335 Journal and Other Publications $34,300.00 HK$ $ 500 Life Memberships + $ 3,920.00 3,374 + + Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting, Dinner, Symposium and Outings) 19,497 Annual Memberships + 20,547.20 4,218.50 12,679 Sales of Publications.. · 14,383.74 7,800 Secretarial Assistance 8,400.00 2,188 Purchase of Books + + 2,308.00 2,585 Receipts from Members for Activities 19,191 Bank Interest Received 3,130.00 21,384.03 6,043 Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, Postage, etc.) 10,035.80 3,510 Dividends Received 200 Donation Received י 4,146.90 200.00 3,500 Annual Subscription to Hong Kong Arts Centre + 4,200.00 81 Sundry Receipts 117.20 3,000 Rent for Library in Hong Kong Arts Centre Tours: Amount received from members $2,850.00 Purchase of Equipment + + I 5,792.20 Amount paid out 2,000.00 850.00 $67,240 8,997 $71,666.50 $67,240 Balance being Deficit of Expenditure over Income transferred to Accumulated Funds 2,987.43 $71,666.50 $71,666.50 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1983 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/j9607p61v xvi ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY -- HONG KONG BRANCH INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1983 SUBJECT TO AUDIT 1982 $ 34,300 Journal and Other Publications H.K. Currency $29,402.00 1982 H.K. Currency $ 3,920 Life Memberships.. $ 383.20 4,218 8,400 Secretarial Assistance Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting, Dinner, Symposium and Outings) 10,045.50 8,603.30 20,547 Annual Memberships 14,384 Sales of Publications 3,980 34,246.21 9,210.32 Receipts from Members for Activities 7,010.00 2,308 Purchase of Books 5,542.70 21,384 Bank Interest Received 10,036 Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, Postage, etc.) 8,707.70 4,147 Dividends Received 4,200 Annual Subscription to Hong Kong Arts Centre 200 Donation Received 4,200.00 117 Sundry Receipts 16,570.83 4,037.57 200.00 28.50 2,412 Rent for Library in Hong Kong Arts Centre 3,000.00 5,792 Purchase of Equipment 1,300.00 2,987 Balance being Deficit of Expenditure over Income transferred to Accumulated Funds $71,666 Balance being surplus of Income over Expenditure transferred to Accumulated Funds 885.43 $71,686.63 $71,666 $71,686.63 $71,686.63 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1984 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/5h73wh572 xvi H.K. Currency $29,402.00 1982 ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1983 $34,300 Journal and Other Publications.... 1982 H.K. Currency Activity Expenses (Annual General 4,218 Meeting, Dinner, Symposium and Outings). 10,045.50 $ 3,920 Life Memberships. 20,547 Annual Memberships 14,384 Sales of Publications $ 383.20 35,246.21 9,210.32 8,400 Secretarial Assistance 8,603.30 2,308 Purchase of Books. 1 5,542.70 3,980 Receipts from Members for Activities 21,384 Bank Interest Received. 7,010.00 Г P 16,570.83 4,038 Dividends Received 4,037.57 I P 10,036 Stationery, Postage, etc.) 8,707.70 Annual Subscription to Hong Kong 200 Donation Received. 117 Sundry Receipts 200.00 28.50 4,200 Arts Centre.. 4,200.00 2,412 Rent for Library in Hong Kong Arts Centre.. 2,987 Balance being Deficit of Expenditure over Income transferred to Accumulated Funds 3,000.00 5,792 Purchase of Equipment. 1 I г 1,300.00 $71,666 Balance being surplus of Income over Expenditure transferred to Accumulated Funds 885.43 $71,686.63 $71,666 $71,686.63 However, to follow the exact instructions given and to improve readability, the text should be formatted into a proper table and Markdown headers. 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Currency Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting, Dinner, Symposium and Outings). 10,045.50 4,218 $ 3,920 Life Memberships. 20,547 Annual Memberships 14,384 Sales of Publications $ 383.20 35,246.21 9,210.32 8,400 Secretarial Assistance 8,603.30 2,308 Purchase of Books. 1 5,542.70 3,980 Receipts from Members for Activities 21,384 Bank Interest Received. 7,010.00 16,570.83 4,038 Dividends Received 4,037.57 I P 10,036 Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, Postage, etc.) 8,707.70 Annual Subscription to Hong Kong Arts Centre.. 4,200.00 200 Donation Received. 117 Sundry Receipts 200.00 28.50 4,200 Arts Centre.. 4,200.00 2,412 Rent for Library in Hong Kong Arts Centre.. 2,987 Balance being Deficit of Expenditure over Income transferred to Accumulated Funds 3,000.00 5,792 Purchase of Equipment. 1 I г 1,300.00 $71,666 Balance being surplus of Income over Expenditure transferred to Accumulated Funds 885.43 $71,686.63 $71,666 $71,686.63 However, the exact HTML output as per the original request without any table formatting is maintained as the first response. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1984 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/5h73wh572 xviii ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st December 1984 1983H.K. Currency $29,402Journal and Other Publications..$43,997.70H.K. Currency 10,046Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting, Dinner, Symposium and Outings).$383Life Memberships. $34,246Annual Memberships$1,615.31 $31,041.05$9,210Sales of Publications $9,633.82$13,575.50 $8,603Secretarial Assistance$12,000.00 $7,010Receipts from Members for Activities$8,750.00 $16,571Bank Interest Received.$5,543Purchase of Books. $1,481.30$9,620.01 $4,038Dividends Received$4,211.24 $8,708Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, Postage, etc.)$11,209.31 $200Donation Received$300.00 $4,200Annual Subscription to Hong Kong Arts Centre.$4,200.00 $29Sundry Receipts$3,000Rent for Library in Hong Kong Arts Centre. $3,000.00 Balance being Deficit of Expenditure over Income transferred to Accumulated Funds$24,292.38 $1,300Purchase of Equipment.$885 $71,687 Balance being surplus of Income over Expenditure transferred to Accumulated Funds$89,463.81 $71,687 $89,463.81$89,463.81 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1985 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/gt54s866x xvi ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st December 1985 1984 H.K. Currency 1984 H.K. Currency $43,998 Journal and Other Publications $49,610.00 13,576 Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting, Dinner, Symposium and Outings) $1,616 Life Memberships 31,041 Annual Memberships $2,000.00 27,618.54 11,610.60 9,634 Sales of Publications 9,329.35 12,000 Secretarial Assistance 17,250.00 8,750 Receipts from Members for Activities 7,140.00 1,481 Purchase of Books 1,795.50 9,620 Bank Interest Received 12,664.91 4,211 Dividends Received 4,879.80 11,209 Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, Postage, etc.) 5,293.30 300 Donation Received 4,200 Annual Subscription to Hong Kong Arts Centre 3,000 Rent for Library in Hong Kong Arts Centre 24,292 1,000.00 Purchase of Equipment I 11,030.00 $89,464 $97,589.40 $89,464 Balance being Deficit of Expenditure over Income transferred to Accumulated Fund 33,956.80 $97,589.40 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1986 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/jq08c7063 xiv H.K. Currency $52,000.00 1985 ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1986 $49,610 Journal and Other Publications.... 1985 11,611 Activity Expenses (Annual General Meeting, Dinner, Symposium and Outings).. 48,595.50 17,250 Secretarial Assistance 1,796 Purchase of Books. 24,750.00 4,723.20 Sundry Expenses (Printing, Stationery, Postage, etc.) 5,293 Removal Charges (Library) 14,115.33 2,000.00 $ 2,000 Life Memberships. 27,619 Annual Memberships 9,329 Sales of Publications 7,140 Receipts from Members for Activities 12,665 Bank Interest Received. 4,880 Dividends Received Donation Received. L + L T J H.K. Currency $ 2,000.00 37,160.00 11,580.11 50,745.00 4,932.57 5,318.79 200.00 + 1,000 Rent for Library in Hong Kong Arts Centre. 33,957 Balance being Deficit of Expenditure over Income transferred to Accumulated Fund. 34,247.56 11,030 Purchase of Equipment. $97,590 $146,184.03 $97,590 $146,184.03 === Page 15 Page 16 ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1990 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/d79206299 Hase, Chek Lap Kok organized by Philip and Sharon Bruce, Fung Ping Shan Museum (x2) organized by Michael Lau, Parsee Building and Parsee Temple organized by Geoff Roper, Lam Tsuen Ta-Chiu festival organized by Dr. Patrick Hase. Shataukok visit (x2) organized by Dr. Patrick Hase, and a visit to the Chinese University of Hong Kong with its Arts Gallery organized by myself. Without detracting from the other lectures I would like to mention that we were very privileged to have Dr. Wang Gangwu, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, to speak on the occasion of our 30th Anniversary, followed by a Chinese dinner at the City Hall restaurant.* I must confess it came as a surprise to find that it was 30 years since our rebirth. I think that all those who heard Dr. Wang's lecture on this occasion would agree that his lecture was as stimulating and thought provoking as you would ever wish to hear. It will, incidentally, we hope, be published in a future edition of our Journal. Overseas Tours From time to time members have asked us to organise tours overseas, and in response to this we have recently circulated a proposal for a visit to South Korea, where we would hope to meet up with the Royal Asiatic Society there. Unfortunately although many members have expressed interest, the final numbers who have definitely said they will go are below what we think is financially viable, and unless there is a strong interest in this trip within the next day we will be cancelling it. I am grateful to Dan Waters for all the hard work he has put into this, and I think we have learnt by this experience. We will continue to consider overseas tours but I think it will be a question of something closer and for shorter periods. Members' advice on this would be very much appreciated. Membership At the end of last year my predecessor reported to you that there were 638 local members and 80 overseas members, making a total of 718 Members. Mrs. Bruce reports that at the last count there were 596 local members (492 living on Hong Kong Island, 65 in Kowloon, and 39 in the New Territories) and again around 80 overseas members, making a total of 676 members. This decline in the total membership * See Plate 16 ix ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1994 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/zk522640g CONTRIBUTORS Carl Smith, B.A, M.Div. is a Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong Branch). He has written extensively on the social history of Hong Kong. Dan Waters, M.Phil., Ph.D. is the Acting President of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong Branch). He has written extensively on Chinese modern history. Keith Stevens, B.A., is a regular contributor to the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong Branch) and is a noted authority on Chinese deities James Hayes, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. is a past President of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong Branch). He has written extensively on the culture and customs of Hong Kong. Elizabeth Sinn, B.A., M.Phil, Ph.D. is a Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong Branch). She is a noted authority on the history of Hong Kong. Anthony Siu, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. is a member of council of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hong Kong Branch). He has written extensively on the history and culture of Hong Kong. Wong Wing Ho is a research assistant at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Richard Webb, Ph.D. is a director of Richard Webb and Associates, Environmental Consultants, Wicklow, Ireland and has written a Ph.D. thesis on the fung shui woods of Hong Kong. Betty Wei Peh Ti, Ph.D. is Head of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Academy for Performing Arts and is a frequent contributor to the Journal. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1998 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/1g05n0794 ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY HONG KONG BRANCH HON. LIBRARIAN'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1998/1999 As of 1 March 1999, the library collection had increased to 3,704 volumes. A total of 275 volumes were added during the year. Donations of books were received from Mrs. Barbara Baker, the estate of the late Mr. Christopher D'Almada, Mrs. Valery Garrett, Dr. James Hayes, Peter and Rosemary Lee, Mr. John MacKenzie, and Ms. Margaret Moore. The addition of several collections to the RAS Library is worth mentioning. Mrs. Valery Garrett managed to obtain some nineteen old and valuable books from the Hong Kong Club, with the help of Mr. John MacKenzie, for HK$20 each. Two big boxes of Arts of Asia magazines dating from 1972 - 1993 were donated from the estate of the late Mr. Christopher D'Almada. Mr. Geoffrey Roper recommended three fascinating books relating to the Ningbo visit: The Five Sacred Mountains and Sacred Buddhist Lands compiled by the Hong Kong China Tourism Press, and Pilgrims and Sacred Sites in China edited by Susan Naquin and Chun-fang Yu. Peter and Rosemary Lee also donated four videos: Minorities of Guizhou and To the Roof of the World via the Backdoor, to the RAS Library. The digital project of mounting RAS journal content pages and full-text articles on the HKU Libraries Web server for wider access was discussed and decided not to be feasible. There was major concern on copyright. Consent of each author in writing is required prior to mounting his/her article on the Web and it is difficult to trace them all. Easy access to full-text articles on the Web may also result in the reduction of sales and a subsequent decrease in revenue from sales of the Journal. The latest news on the opening of the new Hong Kong Central Library at Moreton Terrace in Causeway Bay is that the City Hall Reference Library will be relocated to the Central Reference Library around the end of 2000. To provide more convenient access to the RAS Collection, there is consideration that the Collection, as with other special collections, will be searchable via the on-line catalogue as a separate subset. XXXV ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1998 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/1g05n0794 132 Arthur Sowerby was recorded in the Directory & Chronicle of China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, etc. for the years 1932 and 1938 as manager of China Industries Ltd, with an office in Museum Road, Shanghai and in 1938, as a director of the Post-Mercury Company Inc., USA in Avenue Edward VII, also in Shanghai. The latter was involved in printing and advertising. Arthur was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Fellow of the Zoological Society, a member of the RAS North China Branch and also President [1928] of the China Society of Science and Arts [in Shanghai], as well as being Honorary Director of the Shanghai [RAS] Museum. iii He married three times, the first time in about 1910, at the age of twenty-five, to Mary Anne Mesny, the daughter of John Mesny of the Chinese Customs Service. She would have been just about the same age as Arthur though more than likely his elder by a few years. She seems to have disappeared from the scene almost immediately, perhaps dying comparatively young but not before she bore him a son. She does not appear in any notes after their marriage even when his parents and sisters were evacuated from Taiyuan to the safety of Tientsin during riots. This suggests that she was no longer present after about 1911 or 1912. As Mary Anne's father, John Mesny, was married to a Chinese lady whom he married in Hankow in 1866, Mary Anne was half-Chinese. This was a time when mixed marriages and even more so, marriage to someone with native blood, was frowned upon by the more bigoted expatriates. His second wife, to whom he was married at the age of forty-two in 1927, was Clarice Moise, the American with whom he founded the China Journal. Clarice died in 1944 during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai. His third wife was Alice Cowens, an old friend and the lady who had nursed Arthur's brother when he had been gassed during the First World War. She was invited to join Arthur in Shanghai in the Autumn of 1946 at a time when he was too ill to travel back to England alone and promptly flew out, first to Hong Kong and then, five days later, she arrived in Shanghai and married him. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1998 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/1g05n0794 134 have therefore added it here for the record. The Sowerbys were an old family of Saxon stock that can be traced back to the time of Edward the Confessor, and possibly earlier to the first kings of Kent in the fifth century AD. Arthur de Carle Sowerby was the great grandson of James Sowerby, who died in 1822, the botanist who wrote English Botany and was one of the founder members of the Geological Society. His son in turn continued his work and helped organise the Royal Botanic Society and Gardens in Regent's Park. On his mother's side Arthur was descended from Pierre Séguier, the Chancellor of France in the reign of Louis XIII; he was also the great grandson of Anthony Stuart, the miniature and portrait painter of the early Victorian period. Arthur's uncle was part-founder and first Keeper of the National Gallery of Portraits in Trafalgar Square. At the end of his schooling he began his training to be an artist but soon left it for that of a scientist, working for his BSc. at Bristol. He returned to China having dropped out of College and after his arrival back in China he was appointed in 1906 in the double capacity of lecturer and curator on the staff of the Anglo-Chinese College in Tientsin. He served in France during World War 1 as Technical Officer in the Chinese Labour Corps, and on his return to China made his headquarters in Shanghai where he remained until the end of the Second World War. He developed an interest in Chinese Art and was impressed by the accuracy of ancient Chinese craftsmen in modelling pottery animals for the tomb, an accuracy that enabled him as a naturalist to identify the breeds of various domestic animals in use in ancient China. He wrote a series of articles for the China Journal on Birds in Chinese Art; the Owl in Chinese Art; The Flora in Chinese Art; Rocks, Mountains and Water in Chinese Art; Animals in Chinese Art; as well as Animals in the Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales of China. His interest in craftsmanship also led him to write a series of articles on Chinese arts and crafts, including four papers on the Chinese ivory industry. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-2003 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/2v242g390 HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY LIBRARY REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2003/2004 As of 1 March 2004, the library collection had increased to 5,081 volumes. A total of 225 volumes were added during the year. Donations of books were received from Dr Patrick Hase, Dr James Hayes, Mr L. J. M. Litmaath, Mrs Mary Painter, Mr Andrew Tse, Mr Mynak R. Tulku (Director of National Library of Bhutan), and Dr Dan Waters. Gifts of books were also received from Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Foundation of Islamic Cultural Propagation in the World, Hong Kong Museum of History, The Siam Society, Sweden Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. The Journal of the Siam Society and the National History Bulletin donated by the Siam Society were personally brought back by our Council members, Mr Peter Stuckey and Mr Jason Wordie when they stopped by Bangkok. We would like to thank all our donors and welcome future contributions of old and rare books or journals. Following the journal replacement exercise with the Public Libraries last year, great effort was also made to identify missing volumes of the Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in academic and museum libraries in Hong Kong. To keep HKBRAS journals up to date so that users will be able to have access to the complete set, Council members agreed to send missing copies to these Libraries on the condition that they will take out a subscription for future issues. All the ten academic institutions including University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Lingnan University, and Open University of Hong Kong; as well as three museums, namely Antiquities & Monuments Office, Hong Kong Heritage Museum and Hong Kong Museum of History now have a complete set of the Society Journal. We will be sending Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences a set of the Society Journals soon and are in the process of granting them Honorary Institutional membership with the understanding that they would assist and encourage scholars in using their Museum to write articles on incidents xxxix ================================================================================