PROCEEDINGS IX 



City, the Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, etc., in great 

 detail have been re-arranged and it is the intention of the 

 Librarian to write a new description of the whole. One may 

 now in imagination enter the "Forbidden City" by the 

 •southernmost gate and proceed through the various Halls, 

 in their correct order, finally leaving the city by the northern 

 gate, that of the "Military Spirits." The details of the 

 decorations are given very fully and from an architectural 

 and historical point of view the plates are of value. 



The thanks of the Society are due to Mrs. Maurice Price 

 for very kindly making a. classified index of the Chinese 

 Repository which, when it is typed, will be available on the 

 centre table. Unfortunately the enforced absence of the 

 Librarian has stopped the progress of various undertakings 

 which it was hoped to have completed before the Annual 

 Meeting. 



Mr. Wu and his staff have continued to give most 

 satisfactory service, and the library is more generally used 

 each year. 



The Honorary Treasurer's Report. 



In the absence of the Treasurer, Mr. A. C. Hynes, the 

 Financial Statement for the year was read by the Secretary, 

 and is printed herewith : — 



