University out of the deposited funds, and
£200,000 be similarly transferred to the
Universities China Committes in London.
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(6) That, as future instalments of the
Indemnity are paid, they should also be partly
applied to immediate educational purposes as
recommended in the Burton Committee's Report,
besides being applied to the principal purpO SOS
of railway rehabilitation and river conservancy.
3.
If some such assurances could be obtained
from the Chinese Government, my intention is to
instruct you to reply that His Majesty's
Government will at once take steps to remit all
payments of the Indemnity in future to the
National Government's unfettered control; and
that in due course, after the necessary legis-
lation has been passed in Parliament, His
Majesty's Govorwæent will transfer to the
National Government the balance of the deposited
funds, after having set aside the two sums of
£200,000 and £250,000 for the Universities
China Committee and Hong Kong University
respectively.