159
ENCLOSURE No.
Copy.
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
25th March. 1926. '
Rt. Hon. Viscount Willingdon, G.B.E., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.D.
The British Consulate General.
Shanghai.
My Lord,
I now enclose for the information of your Lordship
Your
and the Boxer Indemnity Deputation twelve copies of a
memorandum on the debts due to this University on account of
certain scholars sent to it by the President of the Chinese
Republic and various Chinese Provincial Governments.
Lordship will see from the statement attached to the
memorandum that the debt still due to this University on
account of the scholars referred to above amounts to (H.K.)
$106,780.29. Your Lordship and the members of the Deputation
will appreciate the fact that these scholars have been
educated, housed, fed, provided with books, and in some cases
even clothed at the expense of this University.
The authorities of the University have always hoped
that eventually the money would be paid in full and held that it
would not be fair to the scholars concerned to send them away
in the course of their University careers. Some payments have
been received but the doubtful nature of these outstandings
as assets in the unsettled state of China which has prevailed
for some years, and still prevails, has compelled the
University to set aside every year an amount of money against
these claims. Thus, money badly needed to meet the University's
urgent requirements, has had to be diverted to form a set off