A bound volume titled 'Early Records 1908 - 1910' contains 1) Papers relating to the proposed University including the proceedings at first meeting dated 18th March 1908 and Report of Sub-Committee dated 25th September 1908; 2) a Report titled 'Honking University - Objects, History, Present Position, and Prospects (with appendices containing Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, and Plans of Buildings' by Sir F. D. Lugard dated 20th March 1910), reprinted with Speeches delivered at the Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone on 16th March 1910; and 3) a report titled 'Souvenir' presented by Sir Hormusjee N. Mody and the Committee of the Hongkong University to commemorate the laying of foundation stone of the Hongkong University building by Sir Frederick Lugard, Governor of the Colony on 16th March 1910, including Chapter 1 titled 'Objects in View' explaining the new demand of an University teaching western knowledge in the British Colony; Chapter 2 titled 'History and development of the scheme' contains the history of Hong Kong College of Medicine, its enlargement with the idea of combination with the University between 1887 and 1911; Chapter 3 titled 'the present position and prospects' contains date of laying of foundation stone on 16th March 1910, specifications of buildings, financial details, necessity for further funds, incorporation with local legislature and Royal Charter, prospects of students, collateral assistance including Church Missionary Society, YMCA, London Missionary Society and Roman Catholic Missions and Cooperation with London University with appendices including floor plans, photographs of donors and minutes of meeting of the Committee of the Hongkong University dated 28th December 1910