GEOLOGY IN CHINA 
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OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY 
OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CHINA 
By Dr. H. T. Chang 
Acting Director of Geological Survey of China 
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In the process of reconstruction and adaptation to modern con¬ 
ditions, which China is at the present time undergoing, the intro¬ 
duction of scientific research and, concurrently, the establishment 
of scientific Government bureaus are absolutely essential to the 
success of the movement. To rather narrow circle of interested 
mining men and scientists, it has long been known, that the 
Geological Survey of China, established in 1916, has been making 
steady progress, both in the way of supporting the mining in¬ 
dustry with expert advice, and in accumulating scientific data 
and material to such an extent that it has been recognized abroad 
as a factor in the international cooperation for the geological 
exploration of the earth. 
Work of the Geological Survey has been carried on in quite 
an unostentatious way, and little of an exciting nature has tran¬ 
spired in connection with its activities outside of professional 
circles, until July 17, of this year, when the institution was 
officially thrown open to the public, with appropriate inaugural 
ceremonies by, and in the presence of H. E. President Ei Yuan 
Hung. 
Before giving an account of these exercises, it may be well 
briefly to review the development of the Survey and its achieve¬ 
ment up to the present time. 
Geological Government Surveys have been established during 
the last half century in all civilized states. The principal aims of 
these institutions are threefold: (1) to promote the knowledge of 
