CO129-444 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1917 [10-12] — Page 185

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Sir,

REC

63745

READ DEC17)

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

181

HONGKONG. 7th. November, 1917.

I have the honour to inform you that an

application has been made by the Reverend A. D. Stewart,

Headmaster of St. Paul's College, on behalf of the Church

Missionary Society, for the grant of a piece of land at

Aberdeen on which to erect a school.

2.

The school is intended for the teaching

of both English and Chinese. The people of Aberdeen and the

village of Aplicheu on the island opposite are very keen about

the matter, and it is probable that more than a hundred

children will be enrolled at the start. A sum of about $3,000

has already been raised for the building, and it is probable that not less thơ 85,000 will be available if a good site is

approved.

3.

I enclose a plan on which a suitable site

for the school is show in pink, and the proposed line of the

approach path in grem. The site has several advantages:-

(a). It is about fifty feet above sea-level and

would not be shut in by buildings on the main

road.

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WALTER LONG, H.P

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(b). It will not be required for shop houses.

(c). The children will be out of the way of motor

traffic.

(d). There is room for a playground in front of the

school building.

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