known hankering after certain of these German Mission properties in the Colony for the use of
the Government, The last sentence in paragraph
4 of his despatch prompts me to add this.
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HONGKONG, 7th July, 1925.
With reference to the despatches noted in
the margin, I have the
honour to transmit a
Secretary of State No.136 of 14th May, 1924. Secretary of State No.323 of 17th October, 1924. Secretary of State No.132 of 9th April, 1925.
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copy of a memorandum drawn up by the Colonial Secretary after he had conferred with the trustees, and also copies of correspondence between the Colonial Secretary and the Honorary Secretary of the German Missions Trust.
2.
From these documents you will see that the only question on which the Government and the trustees are not agreed is whether the Basel Mission should be allowed to return to the Colony and continue its work as before. In his despatch No.136 of the 14th May, 1924, your predecessor approved of the Trustees being permitted to hand over to the representatives of the German Missionary Societies any surplus funds not required by the Trustees for the purposes of carrying on the work in Hongkong of any Society, adding that in using the powers under Section 5(5) of the Ordinance the Governor in Council should not depart from the main purposes of the trusts, as set out in Section 5(1) and (2) of the Ordinance.
3.
I understand that, with the exception of the Basel Mission, none of the Societies wish to carry on
the
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.H.S. AMERY, H.P.,
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