Victoria Library and Reading Rooms [1848-1871]
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Submitted by annelisec on Thu, 2016-03-17 05:02
Current condition:
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed:
c.1848-10-10 (Month, Day are approximate)
Date Place demolished:
c.1871-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Location per this 1866 map
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%...
