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the objects deserving favourable consideration;
in the case of the latter, we must see if there
is anything that we can do. But if I am to
recommend the University for a grant, I must first
have a considered scheme for the expenditure of
either a capital sum or an annual grant fixed for
a term of years as well as a full statement of the
University's present position, the sources from
which its income is derived (what does the Colony
contribute?) and the extent to which it is made
Is it
available to and in fact used by Chinese.
still the case, as Elliot told me it was in his time
that no Chinese is allowed to walk on the footpaths in Hongkong? That, he said, was the answer which
he got when he asked leading Chinese why they did
not send their sons to be educated at Hongkong.
Are there any invidious distinctions among the
students within the University itself?
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