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obligations incurred by the President, the Ministry of Educa-
tion and the provincial administrations, when the different scholarships were founded, and details of the precise amounts
now due from each of them under various headings of
expenditure which should have been defrayed by them under the terms of the scholarships (tuition fees, board and
lodging allowances etc.,) On December 19th, 1925, the Vice- Chancellor wrote Mr. Fox enclosing the requested statements.
In this letter he states that neither Chihli, Hupeh or
Canton Governments has contested the claim.
7. On the 8th January, 1926, the members of the Senate
were circulated with a copy of a letter from the Foreign
Office, dated November 10th, addressed to the Under Secretary
of State, Colonial Office, stating that the question of monies due the University of Hong Kong from various
Governments in China would be brought to the notice of the Boxer Indemnity Advisory Committee when that Committee was
constituted.
8.
Since January of this year there have been no further
developments and nothing has been done to bring about a
settlement of the debts in question.
9.
A consolidated and detailed statement of the debts,
according to the latest computation, is attached.
W.W. HORNELL,
Vice-Chancellor.
22nd, March.1926.