Inclosure No. 5.
Enclosure No. 6.
Enclosure No. 7.
Enclosure No. 8.
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Henry Gollan, acting Vice-Chancellor of the University,
and by myself, as Chancellor, at the Annual Congregation
held on the 15th January, 1930.
(e) A copy of a letter, addressed by me to Lord
Willingdon, dated the 25th March, 1926, putting forward,
on behalf of the University, complete proposals for its
development and expansion.
(f) A copy of another letter, addressed by me to Lord Willingdon on the 25th March, 1926, enclosing a memorandum
of the debts due to the University on account of certain
scholars sent to it by the President of the Chinese Republic and various Chinese provincial governments.
(g) A note of Mr. W. W. Hornell, Vice-Chancellor of the University, dated 8th February, 1928, on Chinese studies
at the University.
(h) Another note by Mr. W. W. Hornell, dated 7th May, 1929, on the future of the Chinese School at the
University.
(i) Annual report on the University of Hong Kong for
the year 1928.
3.
Your Lordship will observe that the finances of the University of Hong Kong are now in a very critical state: and it may tend to clarify the situation if I first deal with its existing financial position and the efforts that are being, and have been, made to improve it locally.
4.
The total annual income of the University in · 1929 amounted to $609,000, and of this sum not less than $500,000, or roughly 50%, was produced by the interest on private benefactions. There is not a single University in the United Kingdom which can be compared with the Hong Kong University in this respect. The generosity of the local public is one of the outstanding features of the situation,
Enclosure No. 9.
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