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University Press Committee 1956 - 1967 , 1956-02-17 - 1967-12-07

 Item — Box: 03907
Identifier: Min 001-023

Scope and Contents

A bound volume titled 'University Press Committee 1956 - 1967' Minutes of Meetings of the University Press Committee with appendices. The dates of meetings in 1956 include 17th February with a Council Memorandum; 23rd April with 1) Appendix A titled 'Publisher's Report April 1956' by Henri Vetch; and 2) Appendix B titled 'Publisher's Advance Notice: Chronological Studies of the Pre-Ts' in Philosophers' dated 18th April 1956; 3rd December with 1) Appendix A financial statement; 2) Appendix B titled 'Proposal for Publication, 3) Appendix C titled 'University Press Funds' and; Appendix D titled 'Publications issued or printing at October 1956'; 16th July with 1) Appendix A titled 'Annual Report for 1956'; 2) Appendix B titled 'Proposal No.7' relating to Harvard Yenching Institute Funds', 3) Appendix C titled 'Report of Work in Hand Submitted at the University Press Committee Meeting of July 16, 1957 by The Publisher'; 15th November with 1) Appendix A titled 'Financial Statement at 30th September 1957', 2) Appendix B titled 'October 1957 Sales Report', 3) Appendix C titled 'Interim Report of the Publisher with Reference to the U.P.C. Meeting of November 15', 4) Financial Statement July - September 1957; in 1959 include 30th January with Sales Report from November 1957 - December 1958 and Financial Statement from October 1957 to December 1958, 5) Financial Position - December 31, 1958; 6) Recapitulation of Annual Sales Over Five and a Half Years; 7) Appendix B titled 'Report by the Publisher'; 8) Appendix to Proposal No. 41; 9) Report No. 41 dated 8th December 1958; 10) Proposal No. 43 dated 10th December 1958; 11) Proposal No. 44 dated 5th January 1959 with an Appendix to Proposal 44; 12) Report No. 45 on Proposal No. 45 on Proposal No. 17 of 15th January 1958 - Tregear: Hong Kong Gazetteer dated 6th January 1958, 13) Proposal No. 46 Distribution by Oxford University Press, London, 14) Proposal 47 dated 15th January 1959, 15) Proposal No. 49 dated 29th January 1959; 9th March with 1) Appendix A relating to total Printing Costs and Returns in money, stock and gifts over 5.5 years (1953/4 - Dec 31 1958), 2) Appendix B titled 'Proposal No. 48, 3) Appendix C titled 'Proposal No. 50'; 13th April with 1) Monthly Financial Control Statement, 2) Publisher's Estimate of Commitments incurred by Committee but for which official orders have not yet been issued; 3) Manuscripts in hand and offers of Mss. 4) Proposal No. 33; 11th May with Mr Vetch's Superfund, Rent and Passage; 8th June with 1) Project No. 32 and Appendix titled 'Contributors'; 14th July; 14th September; 3rd December; in 1960 include 14th March with 1) Appendix A titled 'Statement for March 1960; 2) Appendix B titled 'Second Quarterly Report 1959-60; 13th June with 1) Appendix A titled 'Statement for June 1960', 2) Appendix B titled 'Reviews on University Press Publications Received in May and June 1960'; 25th October with Appendix B regarding co-operation with Oxford University Press; 12th December; in 1960 include 20th March with reports on matters agreed between Hong Kong University Press and Oxford University Press with a 'Publishing Programme' dated 16th March 1961 and finance details on 'Jubilee Congress Publications' dated 16th March 1961, Proposal No. 65 and 69 relating to articles reviewed in Royal Asiatic Society (RAS), Proposal 70 and a Sales Report dated March 1961; 15th August with 1) Appendix A titled 'Financial Statement for August 1961, 2) Appendix B titled 'Warehouse' and an amended 'Agreement' between Oxford University Press and Hong Kong University Press; in 1962 include 1st March with Appendix A titled 'Financial Statement for January 1962' a 'Publishing Programme' and details on G. B. Endacott's 'A Constitutional History of Hong Kong' dated 2nd February 1962, Appendix B titled 'Memorandum of Agreement' between John Brown Publisher of Oxford University Press and Hong Kong University Press, and Appendix C titled 'Warehouse Account' dated 25th January 1962; 10th December with 1) an Annual Sales spreadsheet from 1953 - 1962, an Appendix B titled 'Financial Statement at 30 November 1962'; 9th December with 1) Appendix A titled 'Report No. 93', 2) Appendix B titled 'Financial Statement at 30th September 1963, Proposal No. 97 relating to publication 'Intonation and Idiomatic English' and 3) Appendix C titled 'Details of Resolution in Minute 5 of Press Committee dated 9th December 1963', 4) Appendix D titled 'Jan - March 1963 Sales Report', 5) Appendix E titled 'Financial Statement Incorporating Items authorised at Committee Meeting of 9th December 1963'; in 1964 include 15th June with 1) Appendix A titled 'University Press' relating to the organisational chart, 2) Appendix B titled 'Financial Statement at 31st May 1964'; 21st December with 1) Appendix A titled 'April - June 1964 Sales Report', 2) Appendix B titled 'Forecast of Financial Position for the Year 1st July 1966 - 30th June 1967, and 3) Appendix C titled 'Publishing Programme'; in 1966 include 11th November with Appendix A titled 'Publisher's Note on Lowo, Bingham and Matthews Report 19th May and 28th July 1966, 2) Appendix B titled 'Publisher's Proposals for Publication 1966-67, 3) Appendix C titled 'Proposals for the Information to the supplied at each meeting of the Committee; in 1967 include 1) Appendix A titled 'Report of the Sub-Committee on the form of contract', 2) Appendix B relating to 'Contemporary China Vol 7', 3) Appendix C titled 'Decision made by the Press Committee in Circulation during the period December 1964 - October 1966', 4) Appendix D titled 'Proposal 154, 17th February 1966, in New Form', 5) Appendix E titled 'Chinese Buddhist Monasteries (Proposal 131) Requisition No. 5674, 6) Appendix 6 titled 'Publications which have covered printing costs at December 31, 1966, 7) Appendix G relating to a letter from Publisher to the Secretary of the University Press Committee dated 31st January 1967, 7) Appendix I with 'Proposal No. 102', 8) Appendix J with 'Proposal No. 164 and 9) Appendix J with 'Proposal No. 163; 8th May with 1) Appendix A relating to a letter titled 'Kwangtung and Kwangsi Pirates in the Taiping Rebellion' dated 10th April 1967, 2) Appendix B titled 'Publications which have covered costs at March 31 1962, 3) Appendix C titled 'Publisher's Report 17th April 1967; 7th December with 1) Appendix A titled 'Copy of a letter dated June 12, 1967 from Professor N. K. Henderson to the Chairman, 2) Appendix B a letter dated 26th October 1967 relating to the posthumous piece by Wei Wu Wei from Publisher to Vice-Chancellor, 3) Appendix C a letter dated 30th October 1967 regarding R. Huang English Speech Training from Publisher to Vice-Chancellor, 4) Appendix D titled 'Proposal Np. 165 Common Chinese Characters Explained', 5) Appendix E titled 'Proceedings of the Conference of Asian International Lawyers', 5) Appendix F titled 'Publications which have covered printing costs at October 31, 1967, 6) Appendix G titled 'Books published since 17 April 1967'

Dates

  • 1956-02-17 - 1967-12-07

Extent

From the Collection: 19 bound volumes and loose minutes Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

UA 03-01-02; Box 03907

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Hong Kong University Archives Repository

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