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other ports on the China coast in those days. The limited space in the Art Gallery does not allow a permanent display of these collec- tions, but exhibitions of material from them are arranged from time to time.

The collection of paintings, prints and sculptures by Hong Kong artists has grown continually since the opening of the City Art Gallery in 1962.

In the past few years, the City Museum's collection of Chinese antiquities has been expanding at a rapid rate. The most significant development this year was the formation of a collection of Chinese carved jades from the earliest historical periods down to the 18th century. This collection now includes two important pieces both dating to the Ming period (AD 1368–1644).

The collection of local archaeology received some important additions as a result of the discovery and excavation of several neolithic sites on Hong Kong Island and Tung Ku and Sha Chau, two of the smaller islands in the waters of Hong Kong. The City Museum also houses the Maglioni collection of archaeological material from South China, donated to the Hong Kong Government in 1955.

During the year the City Museum also received a representative collection of specimens of Hong Kong rocks from the Geological Survey of Hong Kong. The Museum's collection of ethnographical material relating to the local fishing and farming communities was also increased. The acquisitions included a six foot model of a trawler (Ha Kau Tor).

The City Museum and Art Gallery this year took over administra- tion of the tomb at Lei Cheng Uk, dating from the Later Han period (1st-2nd century AD), which was discovered in 1955 in the course of construction of one of Hong Kong's first resettlement

estates.

Plans are in hand to convert the tomb and an adjoining display room into a branch of the City Museum and Art Gallery where temporary exhibitions will be shown and where the finds from the tomb will also be displayed to greater advantage. A full report on the tomb has been prepared by the City Museum and Art Gallery and will be published in the near future.