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REGR JAN 13

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG, 13th. December, 1912.

Sir,

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I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of your Despatch No. 312 of the 12th. October last relative to the

grant to be made from Imperial funds for the purposes of the

University of Hongkong. The annual return giving particulars of the

scholarships will be furnished as requested.

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2.

With reference to the third paragraph of Lord

Crewe's Despatch No. 207 of the 15th. September, 1909, the suggest-

-ion that the scholarships should be confined to British subjects

of Chinese extraction, born either in Hongkong or in the Straits

Settlements, was considered by Sir F. Lugard with the assistance

of the University Committee, and he decided to open them to all

British subjects.

3.

Sir Charles Eliot and I concur in this

decision, and I have accordingly issued instructions that any

British subject shall be allowed to compete for the scholarships

to be granted this year, without prejudice to any change that may

be made in the future. The examination takes place today and the

question referred to above was only raised a day or two ago. There

has been no time, therefore, to consult you in the matter. I am in- -formed that the 2 scholarships to be competed for this year will

probably be won by British subjects of Chinese parentage from Singapore or Hongkong. Opening the scholarships this year to all British subjects will therefore not prejudice the limitation

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,

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