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of Hong Kong's Department of Extra-Mural Studies for training in the United Kingdom. The annual ‘Introduction to Britain' course was attended by over 130 students about to leave for higher studies. The Council played an increasing part in co-operation with the Education Department and the Hong Kong Students Office in London in meeting and accommodating students on arrival in Britain.

Two unusual book exhibitions commemorated the works of Arthur Waley, and featured British fisheries. The total number of books loaned during the year by the Council's two libraries was approximately 92,000. In co-operation with the British Board of Trade and the Publishers' Association, 1,100 books on science and technology were presented to the Hong Kong Technical College in September. Fifteen experts on such subjects as medicine, social welfare, town planning, English literature and science came to Hong Kong on lecture-visits under Council auspices during the year. Of particular interest was Mr S. A. Gwynn of the Home Office, a specialist in juvenile delinquency, who spent three weeks in the Colony on a consultation and advisory visit. A routine but important service rendered by the Council to schools and other institutions was the extensive loan from its large collection of educational aids, particularly films, recordings of music and poetry, and photographic sets. The Council's premises are regularly used for lectures and meetings of university departments of extra-mural studies and by various cultural societies.