Victoria Library and Reading Rooms [1848-1871]

Submitted by annelisec on Thu, 03/17/2016 - 05:02
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Location per this 1866 map

http://gwulo.com/atom/24050

1849, April 28. The first Annual Meeting of the Victoria, Library and Reading Rooms held at Hongkong. The number of members reported was 48, and of books 650, beside periodicals.

Chinese Repository

https://books.google.com/books?id=hHsjAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22victoria%20library…

Europe in China - Eitel

The private organisation (August, 1848) of the Victoria Library and Reading Rooms (which laid the fonndation for a future public library)

https://books.google.com/books?id=M80NAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22victoria%20library…