Preparations are well in hand for the beginning of the active work of the Hongkong University, whose first term opens a month hence, says the "Hongkong Telegraph." Practically all the appointments to the staff have been made.
Sir Charles Eliot, as is known, is the Principal, and the appointment of Professor C. A. M. Smith, ™.8.c., has already been announced, Professor Smith has for some years held the Chair of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the East London College, one of the colleges in connexion with the University of London. In Hongkong he will hold the Taikoo Chair of Engineesrg, so called in recognition of the handsome donation of Messrs. John Swire and Sons.
He is on the way East, vid America, and is due at Hongkong about Sep: tember 15.
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