1. F.o.
23.6129
Cornes, with
B/T
Z
2. F.d.
23.1.29
concurence
I
Driel. To Peking for
The draft -logram is mainly about
Railway Construction and the exact method of
approaching the Chinese. Our interest in it lies in the proposal in paragraph 3 affecting the Hong Kong University to which it is proposed to transfer a sum of £200,000 out of the accumulabion
now on deposit. The University would presumably
in connection with have an o mortunity of putting in a claim the
distribution of the income from the railway
investment which is to form an educational endoment.
but the chances of getting anything out of that
i
are very remote. The £200,000 should, therefore,
1 regarded as all the University is likely to get. I hardly think it is worth while pressing for more,
but as final instructions have not yet been issued to Sir M. Lampson, we can give Sir C. Clementi an opportunity of expressing his views.
? proceed as in drafts herewith.
2
S. camé
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Sir C. Clementi will undoubtedly ask
but I think we should
for more,
be wise
to concur in
a
comparativel
omoll sum
очев- рог
a
like this rather than stick
larger amorent & in the
and perhaps
love all.
The only doubt is whether it is