Enclosure No. 1.
HONG KONG,
42
November, 1931.
The Right Honourable Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, G.B.E., M.C.,
M.P.,
His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Sir,
I have the honour to transmit to you, through the good
offices of His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong, an Appeal
from the Chairman and Committee of The Diocesan Boys' School &
Orphanage in regard to the unpaid balance of a loan granted by
the Hong Kong Government in 1927 on your authority.
The
The School has been unable to meet the half-yearly
charges for interest and sinking fund since July 1930 and its
financial situation is such that there is no prospect of it
being in a position to resume payment of these charges.
Hong Kong Government has not seen fit to accede to the
Committee's requests for relief and assistance and as the
Committee are strongly adverse to the alternative of closing
the School, which has an honourable record of over sixty years'
service to the Colony, they beg to place before you the attached
statement setting forth, as briefly as possible, the history of
the school and the circumstances in which the School has become
financially embarrassed. They feel sure that you will appreciate
the importance of maintaining in this Colony an institution
which is definitely engaged in the diffusion of British influence
and they trust that their case will convince you that the School
is worthy of exceptional treatment. The Committee accordingly
appeal to you to authorize the Hong Kong Government to cancel
the outstanding portion of the loan and to cancel such interest
and sinking fund charges as are overdue.
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I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
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P. S. CASSIDY
て
Hon. Correspondent,
THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL & ORPHANAGE.