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were also made as a result of field work by members of the museum staff and the Hong Kong Archaeological Society.
The Museum's collection of ethnographical material relating to the local farming and fishing communities was increased during the year while other collections concerning local history were also made more representative.
LIBRARIES
The two public libraries of the Urban Council, one at the City Hall, Hong Kong, and the other at Cambridge Court, Kowloon, were established with the aim of providing without bias, and free of direct charge, for all residents of Hong Kong a balanced and logical representation of books and printed materials of all subjects of a cultural, informational and recreational nature. The two libraries are each sub-divided into an adult lending library, junior library, reference library, newspaper and periodicals room and students' reading section.
The City Hall Library has a total stock of 174,800 volumes. This includes the Kotewall collection of 15,223 volumes in both English and Chinese and the Hok Hoi collection of 34,571 volumes of Chinese classics. The Kowloon Public Library has a total stock of 69,400 volumes. Almost two-thirds of the books of the two libraries are in Chinese.
The libraries regularly receive and provide for readers 373 titles of periodicals and 51 titles of newspapers, both in English and Chinese. The City Hall Lending Library possesses 1,852 music scores and is building up a collection of gramophone records in preparation for wide usage. The microfilm collection of about 2,378 reels includes rare books of the National Library, Peking, and selected early newspapers of Hong Kong and South China which are of great historical value for research on Hong Kong and its surroundings.
On average, the City Hall Library and the Kowloon Public Library issue 45,480 and 34,519 books per month respectively. During the year under review, 959,998 books were issued, 31,513 persons registered as new members, 217,122 reference books issued and 22,788 reference enquiries served. With wider publicity and
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