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capital sum. That offer being now no longer open, the
Court consider that the interests of the College would
be best served by an annual grant-in-aid, and I am
directed to renew the application to the Goverment in
that form. In doing so, I beg permission to place before
His Excellency a brief resume of the history and present
position of the Institution.
The College was founded in 1887,
largely through the energy and enthusiasm of Dr. Manson,
the late Reverend Dr. Chalmers, the late Dr. William
Young and Dr. Cantlie, for the purpose of teaching
Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery in all their departments,
especially to Chinese. It has had its headquarters in
the Alice Memorial Hospital, most of the students having
been resident in that and the affiliated Nethersole
Hospital. Necessary books, models, and other teaching ap-
pliances were purchased from funds provided by a grant
of $1,000 from the Directors of the Tung Wah Hospital,
with certain contributions made by gentlemen interested
in the project. The fee for students was fixed at $60 a
but at first many of the students had to be admit-
ted free, and after a time it was permanently reduced to
$40.
year,
Two scholarships of $60 a year, known
as the Watson Scholarships, were established by the late
Mr. J. D. Humphreys for a period of ten years, but the
sudden death of that gentleman without a renewal of the
arrangement
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