Hong Kong.
19th March, 1883.
Officer Administering the Govt. (William Hurlstone) March Cant?
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The Right Honourable
57.
The Earl of Derby.
St. Joseph's College.
Further despatch re Building grant.
(1 Inclosure)
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REC? 24 APR 83
498
Principal Secretary of the Colonies.
Roman Catholic Mission Hong Kong.
Mar 14 (18).
has been
that
Catholic School under the name of St. Joseph's College recently Built in Hong Kong. According to the regulations "Building grant" embodied in Colonial Regulations which are in the Grant-
Secretary of State for the Colonies
petitioned the Colonial Secretary.
mem
the
the Colonies
High
the 17th April 1883
grant
As the negotiations for the building grant have been dealt with in separate letters, I presume that a review of the whole matter would be useful for all parties.
A early commencement of the work was intended to start in January 1884, just when the new building was not yet ready to house the students.
Inform the school of my intention to make a grant. In order to ascertain whether the government would have afforded what proportion, the Reverend Father Borghignoti wrote a letter to the Colonial Secretary on my behalf informing the Government of the appreciated
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