(Copy) 19645.
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Sir
Colonial Secretary's Office.
Hong Kong: 19th November, 1881.
In reply to your letter of Saturday to this Office, The Government address I have the honour to state that when the sum in aid of the proposed Grant shall have been paid into the Bank in the name of the Surveyor General and the gentlemen named by you as a Committee (to be responsible for the expenditure and management of the schools) His Excellency will divert a like amount to be paid to the Granville Sharp, Esq. endit.