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against money due for benefits actually received by the
holders of the Chinese Government Scholarships.
It is stated in the first paragraph of the attached
memorandum that on the 16th August, 1924, the Wai Chiao Pu
wrote to the University referring to a letter they had
received from the Ministry of Education which stated that steps were then being taken to raise the sum of $54,700,
the amount outstanding on the 31st August, 1924, for the
Peking Government Scholarships, and that as soon as the money
had been raised it would be paid to the University.
payment has ever been received.
No
Your Lordship will also see from the memorandum that
Sir Edward Stubbs wrote a dispatch with regard to these debts to His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies
and that this dispatch was communicated by the Colonial
Office to the Foreign Office with the result that His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs undertook
to put this matter before the Boxer Indemnity Committee.
Might I venture to remind Your Lordship and the
members of the Deputation that these debts are still
outstanding.
I have the honour to be,
Your Lordship's obedient servant,
(Sa) C. Clementi.
CHANCELLOR.
University of Hong Kong.