RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-2001 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/zg651950g Hong Kong and its region. Most of the expansion of the Library over the last decade has come about through donations of suitable books to the Library by members, although some books have also been purchased by the Society. Some donations, such as the marvellous donation of a large number of books from the estate of the late Arnold Graham, have been particularly noteworthy. I would like to appeal to members to consider donating books to the Library where they have volumes which would seem suitable. The Library is designed as a collection of books which would otherwise not be available for public consultation in Hong Kong, or which are otherwise not easily available for consultation. Such books might be rare books, or else specialist books, or perhaps collections of material relating to a particular firm, community, or interest group, in whatever language. Books written or edited by members are particularly welcome. The list of Additions to the Library attached to the Hon. Librarian's Report shows the sort of volumes the Library would welcome. Any donations of volumes would be most gratefully received. Books donated would be given the most scrupulous and loving of care by the staff of the LCSD, and can be assumed to be well looked-after and available to the public on a permanent basis. Film, tape, CD material, photographs (which, following a recent agreement with the Hong Kong Museum of History will be put on permanent loan to the Museum) would also be welcome. A Catalogue of the Library has been prepared by the LCSD Library Staff. Council is in discussion with LCSD to see if it is possible for copies to be made available to members at a suitable fee, possibly in a slightly revised format. Members will be informed in due course of any successful outcome to these discussions. Lectures and Visits For many members, it is the lectures and visits put on by the Society which are the main reason for their continuing membership. Appended to this Report are lists of the lectures and visits mounted by the Society during 2001-2002. The Society takes a four week break during the middle of the year. Members will note that the 16 lectures given by the Society (including the two given on Saturday December 8th to xxi ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-2001 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/zg651950g 309 19 Antiquities Advisory Board site visit 1996. 20 HKGG 12 February, 1876, p. 87. 21 http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/dept/pressrelease/dec/2912h.html 22 HKPRO HKRS156 1/144 No.49, 1888 May 21. 23 The Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce, on page 330 under the heading Gap Rock Lighthouse. 24 T. Roger Banister (1932). The Coastwise Lights of China, Shanghai: Inspectorate General of Customs, Statistical Department. 25 Patrick Beaver (1973). A History of Lighthouses, Citadel Press, p.5. Part Two 26 Loran (Long range navigation) is a navigational system operating over long distances. Synchronized pulses are transmitted from widely spaced radio stations to aircraft or shipping, the time of arrival of the pulses being used to determine positions. 27 Tat Hong Lighthouse, on Tung Lung Island, was the last to be manned in Hong Kong. It was manned by two technicians until 1993. 28 [Hon. Editor - Died 27th December 2002. R.I.P.] 29 The author was informed by retired Marine Department staff member, James Deakin, in 1990, that a baby was born in the Cape Collinson Lighthouse at the turn of the century. On reaching maturity, he too became a lighthouse keeper. As another aside, in Ma Wan Village, not far from Kap Sing Lighthouse, a large quantity of gold was discovered on Tung Lung Island after World War Two. This was handed over to the government. 30 In the spring of 1999, the dilapidated basket was still kept in a store (which had a telephone when the lighthouse was manned), halfway up the steps to Waglan Lighthouse. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-2002 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/mp4901278 391 One of the prime roles for a museum is to preserve the past for future generations. The author hopes that, from this article, you have gathered some idea of the work that goes on behind the scenes in museums both here and overseas. The Conservation Section maintains a bilingual web site at http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Conservation/index.html where the reader can gain further insights into our work. REFERENCES Bryne, L. St G., The corrosion of shells in Cabinets, Journal of Conchology, 9, (1899), 172-8, 253-4. Keene, S., and Orton, C., Stability of treated archaeological iron: an assessment, Studies in Conservation, 30, (1985), 136-142. Leonardo: The Last Supper, by Pinin Brambilla Barcilan and Maroni P.C., University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2001. Ravished Image or How to Ruin Masterpieces by Restoration, by Sarah Walden, St. Martin's Press, New York 1985. Sistine Chapel: a Glorious Restoration, by Carlo Pietrangeli (Ed.), Abradale Press, New York, 1994. ================================================================================