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as
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the col-
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The scale of operations, which
I contemplate, would require
an annual
outlay of £1500; and for this I have
mainly to depend
on
pecuniary help remitted
to me from this country.
The commer-cial state
of the lines & the various
demands on private charity, are such
as to discourage me from expecting
to raise the whole
of this from
in this
way; and prevent me for obvious
reasons, from hastily exposing myself
to the pecuniary embarrassment which
would entail upon
a failure of support.
Me.
Under these circumstances
I venture to solicit the help of
Her Majesty's Government to the extent
of £500 a year;
which would be
the means of calling forth a larger amount
of support from other chan-nels,
and would impart a higher
degree of confidence to our
undertaking at its commence-
ment.
The reasons, on which I would
ground an appeal to your Lordship
for this aid, are manifold. I would
only dwell on the important moral
influence such an Institution is likely
to exert on our relations with the people
& Government of China.
Our endeavours will be pri-
marily to
impart to native youths of suitable
qualifications, mental & moral,
such education in the literature,
the science & the theology
of England, as may prepare
them for the office of
the Christian ministry
amongst their fellow-countrymen.
Indirectly however the British Government
may expect to reap many advantages
from the existence of such an Institution
in a newly-acquired dependency like Hong Kong.
After the greatest care
in the training of native youths
we are prepared to experience not a few
cases, in which the highest intellectual
qualification, will be unaccompanied
by those peculiar moral qualifications
& matured Christian principles, indispensably
necessary to every Chinese set apart for
the office of a Christian Minister.
In such cases
we should not deem our time & labour
lost if we were
only permitted to realize
a portion of
our primary object.
We should thus be enabled to add
to the number of intelligent, well conducted