CO129-482 - Public Offices - 1923 — Page 66

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Gosure in Mr. Barton's despatch No.49 of 10th November 1922

to Foreign Offices. London.

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1119 Kadoorie Fublic School for Chinese at

loan that. ihis chool was founded by the

dcasased and handed over to the Municipal Council by whora the balance of the cost of

constructing the Hall would be defrayed,

azki it would be to the advantage of British interests here if the alaiúted intention of the deceased could be carried out.

I understand that the value of one thiri

of the residuary estate at lumbal alone is roughly estimated at 250,000 while onę half of the cost of constructing the Hull for the lis Kɛdoorie Jchool hore is roughly estimated at £2.UL.

Copies of this despatch have been sent

to the Hongkong Governant au to liis dijesty'n Legation at Peking.

I have the honour to be,

317.

Your most obodient,

humble servait,

(3d) 3. Barton,

Songul-Jonerci.

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17, Yuen Ming Yuen Road,

Shanghai, China, September 26th, 1922.

"STATE OF SIR ELLIS KADOORIEI

I have the honour, under instructions from the Executors at Shanghai of the late Sir Ellia Kadoorie of Hongkong, to notify you that the late Sir Ellis Kadoorie by his ill dated the 28th

of April 1921 bequeathed the residue of his estate in trust to be divided equally along (1) the British Government for the purpose of building a school

or schools in Palestine or esopotamia (2) Eleazer Silas Kadoorie and (3) the Anglo-Jewish Association. The deceased died on the 24th of February 1922 at Hongkong and probate of the said All with one codicil thereto in respect of the property in China of the deceased was granted by H.P.M. Supreme Court for China on the 29th of May 1922 to Charles Sassoon Gubbay and Simon Abraham Levy, two of the exedutors named in the Will, power being reserved to grant a like probate to the other executors. The executors are anxious to ascertain who should be deemed to represent the British Government in this matter, authorised to receive communications and accept services of notices etc. relating to the estate. I may mention that one of the questions arising out of the administration of the estate is whether the executors should give effect to a promise made by Sir Ellis Kadoorie to the Shanghai unicipal Council to defray half the cost of the construction of an assembly Hall in connection with the Ellis Kadoorie School at Shanghai.

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