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0305, tr 30 0ct. 1930, other than Mr. Lagrelius to act äs secretary whose duties shall be (1) to attend to all correspondence so that our letters may not find their way to the waste-paper busket, (2) ...
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0305, tr 30 0ct. 1930, other than Mr. Lagrelius to act äs secretary whose duties shall be (1) to attend to all correspondence so that our letters may not find their way to the waste-paper busket, (2) to render an up-to-date account of the publication fund, (3) to keep in touch with Prof, wiman, Dr. Halle and other scientific workers and get from them regular reports on the work done and above all a reliable printing program each year so that we may know our liebilities before hand, (4) to find out comparative printing costs in the various European countries so as to enable us to print as many monographs as possible competible with our resources and the requirements of the scientific workers, a As a further proof of our sincere desire to carry out the sino-swedish co-operation to a successful conclusion, "Nr. vong and I take this opportunity to assure your royal Highness and Dr. Ander- sson that whatever happens to hr. Andersson's unpaid sulary, which he intended to use for printing his own works, we will personally undertake to find the necessary funds for printing the monographs on Dr. Andersson's archaeological material. I proposed the annual sum of $5,000 for printing the remaining palaeontological monograuphs because this is the sum we could well-afford to pay out of our most relizble income, and it represents also rather more than the average spent every year in sweden for that purpose, but if any of Dr. Ander- sson's monographs are ready för publication before Prof. wiman and Dr. Halle have finished thbirs, we will be ready to make additional appropriations. we feel surs that with the great interest now shown in china for archaeological researches, and the considerable prestige enjoyed by the Geological Survey, we will have very little difficulty in financing Dr. Andersson's publications whatever they may cost, provided that, firstly Or. Andersson hastens to return the promised duplicates that have been long overdue, secondly, Dr. Andersson under- takes to furnish us with reliable estimates of the volume and cost of his publications as well as their distribution in time at least one year ahead. Apologizing for troubling Your Royal Highness and offering our thanks in advance, I beg to remain vour Royal Highness' most obedient servant, Ve Ke Ting rditor of Palaeontologia Sinica. nelosed Copy of a letter to Dr. Andersson 25 june 1925. Copy of a letter from ur. Lagrelius Oct, 9th 1930,
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0304. 30 oct. 1930. our budget, we must carefully consider the cost which is at prosent three times dearer in sweden than here, For example in his last letter ur. Lagrelius proposes to charge er. 2,30...
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0304. 30 oct. 1930. our budget, we must carefully consider the cost which is at prosent three times dearer in sweden than here, For example in his last letter ur. Lagrelius proposes to charge er. 2,300 (=2115) for vol. vI which consists of only 60 — 64 pages and 3 plates. He did not specify exactly the kind of plates, but for the sake of comparison, let us assumne it to be ihe most expensive » that of heliotype. In that case we can print the sanne volune here with the same kind of paper at 235. 1in fact ur. Lagrelius charges are much higher than what we can obtain from the best printing firms in London. only 2 months ago we printed 14 plates of the sinanthropus material in the firm of whittingham and Griggs, London, at p6-12=0 per plate of 1,000 copies, whilst ur. Lagrelius charged us in 1927 (the lastest detailed account received) or 150 or £7-10=-0 per plate of 850. Your Royal Highness can see for yourself that Mr. Lagrelius' charges are about 207 higher than those of London, surely it is in tne interest not only of the Geological survey of China, but also of the swedish scientists to consider these figures. Prof. Wiman and Dr. Halle are surely more interested in having their pupers published quickly, ( the rate of publication being dependent upon the cost of printing) than in finding business for the printing house of ur. Lagrelius. Your Royal Highness, if anything could disturb the sino-. swedish co-operation which is now of 10 years standing, it would be the continuous neglect on the part of our swedish colleagues to answer our correspondence some exasples of which have already been given above, and tneir failure to carry out many of the ovligations clearly agreed to in the beginning. of the latter 2 examples must suffice., This sunsaer Your noyal Highness very kindly intervened to hasten the return of the archaeological specimens long overdue, but so far no consignaent has yet arrived. In entrusting the administra- tion of the Publication Fund to the swedish Committee it was clearly stipulated that an account of the expenditure was to be rendered at the end of each year, but after repeated request Dr. wong has only succeeded in 1927 to obtain from Mr. Lagrelius an account up to 1925, and we know nothing about what has been done with the funds ever since. S BOTh DT. Vvong and myself are however convinced that the sentiaent oxpressed in Mr. Lagrelius!' last letter cannot possibly represent ihat of the swedish committee as a whole, nor can Prof. wiaan and Dr. Halle be in sympathy with his ideas of "disturbing" the existing arrangement, Last summer when Iwrote to Dr. Andersson, I hoped that my intimate and long=standing friendship with him as well as his vital interest in the matter would move him to effective action, but after 4 months of patient waiting I am in despair and en compelled very reluctantly to place the whole case before Your Royal Highness as Chairman of the swedish committee and as a serious scholar of Oriental archaeology to save the arrangement for 3ino=swedish co- operation from possible wreckage. I respectfully suggest that the first thing needed is the appointment of some responsible person
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0303 2 30 oct. 1930. NO reply was received frona ur. Lagrelius and bills continued to arrive. At last the Peking pund existed no more and Dr. wong was unable to pay for the last bill for the printing ...
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0303 2 30 oct. 1930. NO reply was received frona ur. Lagrelius and bills continued to arrive. At last the Peking pund existed no more and Dr. wong was unable to pay for the last bill for the printing of the monograph ser. C. Vol. VI printed without his knowledge and consent, a 1n order to clear up the whole business 1 wrote a letter to nr. Andersson on 25 June this year a copy of which is herewith en= closed. 1n september I wrote again to Dr. Andersson urging him not to neglect his correspondence, but up till now not a word has been re- ceived from hia. aA few days ago Mr. Lagerberg, the swedish Charge d'affaires called on Dr. wong saying that Ur. Lagrelius had written to him uskilag hia to collect the money for the printing of monograph SOT. Ce VOls VI. TO say the least this procedure is unsual. är. La> gerberg was however very courteous and tried his best to arrange a friendly settlement to which Dr, wong has verbally agreed in order not to esbarass ur. Lagrelius although we do not understand at all why DF. Andersson has ignored our proposal or why ur. Lagrelius considered it proper to ask the swedish Legation to intervene without giving us the leäst explanation or avology for his unauthorised action. pefore the money has been paid however, we are in receipt of another letter from Mr. Lagrelius a copy of which is herewith enelosed. pBesides pro= posing to print another monograph in sweden (and asking us to agree by telegram), ur. Lagrelius took upon himself to say that "the good work done through Co-operation between China & sweden for Palaeontologia sinica and even for other sciences perhaps could be disturbed by mak- ing the most of a monentary advantage." we must confess that we fil utterly to see why the continua- tion of sino-swedish co-operation should depend upon giving ur. Lagrelius unlimited authority to print in his own shop at his own price monographs forming an integral part of pPalaeontologia sinica without the consent and knowledge of nr. vong, who as Director of the Geological survey has to furnish the money and account for it to his government, and as nditor of Palaeontologia sinica, has the duty to supervise its publication. The original agreement between Prof. wiman and Dr. Halle on the one hand and the neological survey on the other was that ”the material will be described in the publications of the 2eological survey of china om teras specially agreed upon between lir. V. K. Ting and ourselves", and in the letter to Dr. vong and myself dated Dec. 3lst 1924 under the signatures of Your poyal Highness, Dr. Andersson and Mr. Legrelius relating to the archacological specimens, it is clearly stated: "as io the way of publishing the scientific results it is fully acknowl- edged by us that nr. Andersson has agreed to that all the aonographs will be published by the geological survey of China, we accept this as one of the essential points of the agreement". surely the proposal I made to Dr. Andersson in my letter of June 25 1930 is well in agree- ment with the spirit and the letter of the passages quoted above. uore- over I did this out of dire necessity. 30 long as we had a special fund raised in sweden, we could afford to leave it in the hands of ur. Lägrelius. But now that we have to find the necessary money out of i
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ER 0302, 30 poet. 1930, To His noyal Highness The crown Prince of sweden, stockholm. Your royal Highness, äv Owing to the exhaustion of the special pub- lication funds for the Palaeontologia sinica di...
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ER 0302, 30 poet. 1930, To His noyal Highness The crown Prince of sweden, stockholm. Your royal Highness, äv Owing to the exhaustion of the special pub- lication funds for the Palaeontologia sinica difficulties have arisen in printing the monographs written by the swedish scien- tists who are working out the palaeontological collections of nr. Andersson, and 1 consider it my duty to inform vour royal Higliness. of the essential details with the hope that through the keen interest Your royal Highness has always shown in the sino-swedish scientific co-operation and the great influence Your royal Highness must have over our swedish colleagues some new working arrangement may be made so as to ensure the continuation of such Co-operation in the future, Your Royal Highness is no doubt well=acquaint= ed with the original arrangement made between Hr. Andersson and the Geological survey of china and subsequently Gonfirmed by the swedish committee, The special printing fund consistsd of 2 parts: (1) the 53,000 erowns contributed by Messrs. Kreuger and Norrby which remained in the hands of the swedish committee; (2) the silver fund anounting to 335,19 contributed by ör. Andersson out of his salary as agreed by him on his réengagement in 1921 which renuined in Peking. It was further agreed that the fund in sweden should be used for printing the monographs written in Europe, whilst that in Peking should be used for papers written here. As far as the seological survey is concerned, we have strictly adhered to the terms of the agreement, and left the administration of the . swedish fund as well as the details of printing entirely in the hands of our swedish colleagues. In June 1927 when the fund in sweden wus said få be exhausted, we were obliged for the first tine to pay out of the fund in peking for the monographs printed in sweden, and in order to avoid misunderstanding and difficulties in making prompt paymente, Dr. wong asked our swedish eolleagues to furnish him each year with a list of monographs to be printed and their approximate cost before actual printing began, but his request was never entires ly complied with, and he continued to receive bills from Mr. La- arelius in a hap-hazard way. In order to oblige our swedish friends, these bills (the total of which amounts up-to-date to 314.000) were. always promptly paid, but towards the latter part of 1928 the Peking fänd vas becoming exhausted, and on the Z0th of Oct. 1923 Dr. vohg wrote to Mr, Lagrelius pointing out that unless his consent had been obtained beforshand, he would decline to pay for any further bills.
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