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No. 3. CEYLON.

GOVERNOR SIR J. WEST RIDGEWAY to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

(Received April 2, 1900.)

[Answered by Nos. 5 and 14.]

(No. 90. Miscellaneous.)

(Extract.)

Queen's Cottage, Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon, March 13, 1900. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 48, of the 30th January last,* transmitting, for my consideration, a copy of a report of a Com- mittee appointed to consider questions relating to the position of students bolding scholarships granted by Colonial Governments.

2. In reply, I have the honour to inform you that I propose, subject to your approval, to increase the value of the Ceylon Scholarship from £150 to £200 for four years, with liberty to raise it to £250 when the Government considers it necessary to do so.

I also propose to grant an outfit allowance of £50 to each scholar to meet preliminary expenses.

3. I concur in the recommendation that the scholars should receive medical advice in England at the expense of the Colony, and also the suggestion as to the appointment of a Director as their guardian.

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No. 6.

TRINIDAD.

GOVERNOR SIR H. E. H. JERNINGHAM to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

(No. 222.)

SIR,

(Received July 5, 1900.) [Answered by No. 20.]

Government House, June 15, 1900. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 35, of the 30th January last,* forwarding the report of a Committee appointed by you to con- sider the questions relating to the position of students holding scholarships in the United Kingdom granted by Colonial Governments.

2. This report was laid before the College Council and considered by them at meetings held on the 21st and 23rd May last, when the following resolution was carried by a majority of four to three:-

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That in the opinion of this Council there should be three scholarships, each of the value of £600, tenable for three, four, or five years at the option of the student."

3. Perhaps it is best, in view of the population itself, to adopt the resolution moved by the majority, though personally I would rather have advocated two scholar- ships of £800 and £100 for outfit and journey.

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No. 4.

HONG KONG.

I have, &c.,

HUBERT E. H. JERNINGHAM,

Governor.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

(Received April 16, 1900.)

[Answered by No. 16.]

(No. 91.) SIR,

Government House, Hong Kong, March 13, 1900. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 24, of the 30th January,* transmitting a copy of the report of a Committee appointed to consider questions relating to the position of students holding scholarships in the United King- dom granted by Colonial Governments.

2. I referred the report to the governing body of the Queen's College, and I concur with them in regarding as valuable the recommendations made by the Com- mittee, especially with reference to the appointment of a Director to have the guardian- ships of the students; but as no scholarship is at present given by this Colony, it is perhaps unnecessary for me to examine the recommendations in detail.

I have, &c.,

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No. 5.

CEYLON.

HENRY A. BLAKE,

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Governor, &c.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR J. WEST RIDGEWAY. (No. 136.) (Extract.)

Downing Street, April 25, 1900.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 90, of the 13th ultimo,† and to inform you that I approve the proposal to grant to future Ceylon Government scholars an outfit allowance of £50 to meet preliminary expenses.

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BRITISH GUIANA.

ACTING GOVERNOR SIR C. BOYLE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received October 11, 1900.) [Answered by No. 17.]

(No. 370.)

Georgetown, Demerara, September 27, 1900. WITH reference to your despatch, No. 22, of the 22nd February last,* and to previous correspondence on the subject of Colonial scholarships, I have the honour to submit copies of a final report which has been received from the Select Committee of the Combined Court appointed on the 4th of March, 1898, to enquire into the education afforded at Queen's College and into matters connected with the Guiana scholarship generally.

2. An interim report from this Committee was transmitted to you under cover of Sir Walter Sendall's despatch, No. 309; of the 23rd of October, 1899,† and subse- quent correspondence took place, the latest communication being your despatch with its enclosure under present reference.

3. I may here mention that, although it was advised that the scholarship for 1899-1900 should not exceed £150, the Executive Council, acting in concert with the further expressed wishes of the elective section of the Combined Court, fixed the rate at £200, and that the Court, in its annual session, voted this amount, together with the usual cost of the journey of the scholar to England.

4. The printed copies of the report now transmitted, although dated the 18th July, were only recently received, owing to an unusual press of work in the GovEN- ment printing establishment, and no decision in Executive Council has been taken thereon, nor do I deem it proper that this should be done, especially in the matter of the amount of the scholarship until the recommendations of the Committee had

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