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and providing directly as it does for the feeding of the
students in the University hostels a considerable amount of
work is thrown upon the office in this connexion. Then are
also all sorts of scholarship and annuity holders among the
students and a separate account has to be kept fore ach of
these. Then there is all the office work connected with the
Leetings of the University Court, the University Council, and
the Senate, not to mention various other University Committees.
The office has also to conduct an annual system of school
examination including the Matriculation. In a note
attached to my previous letter I have explained the position.
The office is now hopelessly understaffed and any expansion
of the University will make the increase of the office
staff inevitable. I may add that the Vice-Chancellor ought
to make occasional tours for the purpose of keeping in
touch with educational institutions and needs in China and
elsewhere. The Vice-Chancellor is now so absorbed in urgent
administrative work that he can seldom leave Hong Kong, not
even during the long vacation. To put the working of the
central office on a reasonably sound footing an annual sum
of $16,000 is required. This may be roughly represented by
£1,600, but all the additional payments involved would be in Hong Kong dollars.
15.
To recapitulate our most urgent demands.
The Chinese Faculty involves a capital outlay of about
$1,150,000 or an annual expenditure of $80,000 or £8,000.
The reduced scholarship proposals involves an initial annual
expenditure of $34,400 or £3,440 and a final annual cost of
$100,000 or £10,000. The additional assistance imediately
required for the Professor of Education will cost annually
12,000 or £1,200. The necessary new buildings involve a
capital sum of $1,220,000 or £122,500. During the first
year of the building operations a sum of $500,000 or £50,000