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a further two years, and possibly a third, but the Committee wish to point out that the Government Grant is not guaranteed, and therefore before the erection of the building is taken in hand they consider sufficient funds should be raised to bring in an annual Income of not less than $70,000."
The Council at its meeting in November agreed to postpone all
building and to sanction the following scale of expenditure for
1929 only:-
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Two Readers in Chinese Drs. Lai & Au One English Lecturer Mrs. Forster One Chinese Lecturer Dr. Wan Suk
dad
One Translator Mr. Lam Tung
One Chinese clerk
One Coolie
Library
Printing
Maintenance
Cantonese Class
Rev. H. R. Wells
Mr. Sung Hok Pang
One Coolie
$12,000
3,000
2,400
3,600
720
144
1,500
200
800
$24,364
4,320 4,000
144
257
$32,828
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ventures.
The Chinese School, as sanctioned, comprises two distinct
There is what may be called the "Chinese Department"
that is to say, a department teaching a special four years course
leading to a diploma. The cost of this department for the current
year is $24,364. There is also the "Cantonese Class" which for
convenience of control and supervision has been regarded as pari
of the Chinese School. The cost of this class for the current year
is $8,464. This brings the total cost of the Chinese School for
the year to $32,828.
6.
In the year 1926 Government decided to send the cadets to the
University for instruction in Chinese. The University agreed on
condition that the Government would bear the whole cost of this
instruction.
Government last year included in their estimates two
grants, i.e. $32,200 for the Chinese Department and $13,800 for the
Cantonese Language Class. These appear in the University estimates
for Income and Expenditure for 1929 as "Supplementary Government
Grant for School of Chinese Studies $32,200" and "Chinese Language
$13,800". These two grants make up a total of $46,000 but
School
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