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stand
the proposed arrangement,
and am anxious for further particulars
I should be glad to receive information on certain points.
My dear Falch ho 298 of the 18th instant I made it
LA
condemning
DRAFT.
contemplated, that the School,
though nominally open to children
of every race & religion who
can
pay
the fee will in practice be used but little
I approve of the establishment
of a gov't School at British
Kowloon on the condition that it should be open
"to all Chinese
who are
anxious to
or other
to learn English
and are able to pay the
necessary
Fees."
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4 I gather however from Dr Wright's
memorandum which is dated the
22nd July 1898, but which apparently covers the arrangement now
MINUTE.
Mr. Antrobus.
Mr. Cox.
Mr. Lucas.
Mr. Graham.
Mr. E. Wingfield.
Earl of Selborne.
Mr. Chamberlain.
by Chinese children"
and
no
provision will be made
for
their
instruction in Translation
& Explanation."
5 Under these circumstances, the above-mentioned condition will not
as far as
I can judge be
adequately
complied with by the
proposal. I would