CO129-355 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [1-3] — Page 36

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Sav2- H.K. 35 Ing 574-8 H.K. No DRAFT.

Govt Sin F. Lugard

Sir,

Towning Street,

A

April, 1909.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 5827/119/4 of the late January, reporting the initiation and progress of the scheme for the establishment of a University in Hong Kong.

2. I have read with great interest your despatch and its enclosures, and I feel that the Colony is deeply indebted to Mr. Kod... for his generous offer to provide the sum necessary for the University buildings if funds were forthcoming for an adequate endowment.

I appreciate, also, the care which you have yourself given not only to the consideration of the principle

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Sav2- H.K. 35 Ing 574-8 H.K. No DRAFT. Govt Sin F. Lugard Sir, Towning Street, A April, 1909. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 5827/119/4 of the late January, reporting the initiation and progress of the scheme for the establishment of a University in Hong Kong. 2. I have read with great interest your despatch and its enclosures, and I feel that the Colony is deeply indebted to Mr. Kod... for his generous offer to provide the sum necessary for the University buildings if funds were forthcoming for an adequate endowment. I appreciate, also, the care which you have yourself given not only to the consideration of the principle The original text appears to be a draft letter from Sir F. Lugard to an unspecified recipient, discussing the establishment of a university in Hong Kong. The text has been processed according to the given rules. Changes made include: - Reformatting the text into Markdown paragraphs. - Correcting minor spelling errors and spacing issues. - Removing or adjusting extraneous characters and symbols not part of the original text. - Preserving the original content as closely as possible. The initial part of the text includes what appears to be metadata or reference numbers ("Sav2- H.K. 35 Ing 574-8 H.K. No DRAFT.") and names or initials with numbers that seem to indicate routing or filing information ("Mr. Fiddes 22", "Mr. Just.", etc.), which have been left in the text as they were part of the original content. The main body of the letter starts with "Sir, Towning Street, A April, 1909." and continues with the discussion on the university establishment. The text is now presented in HTML format using `` tags for paragraphs.
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