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our proposed sub-committee will, as its name indicates, be subordinate to and draw all its authority from the Committee in England, should of itself be sufficient to show that the duties of the Board and of our corresponding sub-committee will not be identical, and that the latter will in no way usurp any of the privileges or functions of the former. It is conceivable that if the day ever comes when the Board of Trustees is transformed into an organ similar in constitution, functions and authority to that which the members of the Willingdon Delegation had in view when they drew up that part of their Report which relates Administration and Control (see Part XI. of the Willingdon Report, pp. 153-162), it may be found convenient and expedient to abolish our sub-committee and transfer its functions to the Board. But it is to be feared that no such development is likely to take place in the near future.
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SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
Our recommendations regarding the disposal of that portion of the China Indemnity Fund which has been entrusted to the Universities' China Committee are based on the assumption that only the interest will be available for the purposes which we have in view, This is in accordance with the condition on which the grant was made, as specified in the following extract from Sir Miles Lampson's Note to Dr. C. T. Wang, dated September 19th, 10- The grant to the Universities' China Committee will be inve ed as an endowment fund, the proceeds of which will be used inter ala for inviting eminent Chinese to give lectures in the United Kingdom.' Our recommenda- tions also assume that the whole of the capital, amounting to £200,000, will be so invested as to produce an income of not less than £9,000 a year. This sum, if our proposals are accepted, will be distributed as follows:-
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Four Visiting Lectureships, tenable ordinarily by two
Chinese and two British university graduates of distinction, for one year or less, renewable at the option of the Committee, at not more than £750 each, inclusive of all travelling and other allow-
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Three Research Fellowships (or more if funds are adequate) of which at least two should be held by Chinese, tenable for one year (renewable at the option of the Committee), at not more than £700 each, inclusive of all allowances Annual (conditional?) grant to the School of Oriental Studies towards the maintenance of a chair or lectureship in Chinese Art and Archeology Annual grants for the promotion of Chinese studies in Great Britain, the award of prizes for essays, etc., on subjects connected with the language and literature of China, the subsidizing of translations and publications, and other miscellaneous pur- poses
£3,000
£2,100
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