CO129-306 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [8-9] — Page 686

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enclosing a letter from certain Chinese residents asking that a suitable English school be established with the assistance of Government, for the education of the boys and girls of the Chinese refugee classes.

2. Juxtaposition of your recommendation, and the arguments with which it is supported, I am prepared generally to approve of the adoption of both these proposals.

3. Before, however, any definite steps are taken towards the establishment of either school, I shall be glad to be furnished with further and fuller details of the initial and the annual cost of each school, so far as they can at present be foreseen.

4. I think that it will be necessary for the Colonial Government to limit the amount of its building grant in the case of the proposed Chinese High School. I am doubtful whether Government could afford to contribute a sum equal to, or not much better than, $100,000, even if so much were raised by private contributions.

5. You will

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enclosing a letter from certain Chinese residents asking that a suitable English school be established with the assistance of Government, for the education of the boys and girls of the Chinese refugee classes. 2. Juxtaposition of your recommendation, and the arguments with which it is supported, I am prepared generally to approve of the adoption of both these proposals. 3. Before, however, any definite steps are taken towards the establishment of either school, I shall be glad to be furnished with further and fuller details of the initial and the annual cost of each school, so far as they can at present be foreseen. 4. I think that it will be necessary for the Colonial Government to limit the amount of its building grant in the case of the proposed Chinese High School. I am doubtful whether Government could afford to contribute a sum equal to, or not much better than, $100,000, even if so much were raised by private contributions. 5. You will
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enclosing a letter from

certain Chinese residents

asking that a suitable

English

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lish school established with the

assistance of Govremment, for the education of the boys and girls of the Chinese refferclasses.

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the arguments with which it is suffarted, I am prefared genually to afferere of the adoption of both these proforts.

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