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The Registror referred at this time to the sum of $5,397.75

owing by the President of Ching. for scholarships given in his

nome.

4. On March 11th, 1925, the Registror sent to the

Education Department, Ministry of Education, Feking, at their

request, sme University publications, and enclosed a statement

of account for the Peking students ($54,730) and also drew the

attention of the Ministry of Education to the sum of $5,391.75

owing by the President of Ching. On March 20th a letter va.3

received from the Colonial Secretory enclosing copy of a letter

written to the Wai Chise Pu on March 5th from the British

Legation, Peking, in which a request for an early settlement

of the Central Government debt was made, The Colonial Secretary,

in his letter, stated that he thought the time ( March, 1925 )

inopportune for pressure to be brought regarding the payment of

the Presidential Scholorships scecunt. He asked to be informed

of the exact amounts at present outstanding in respect of the

Ministry of Education debt and the Presidential Scholarships debt.

On August 1st, 1925, the Registrer made formal

application to the Minister of Education for the payment of

$56,460.00 en account of the Feking Government Scholarships and

enclosed statement of accounts and the records of two scholars

viz; - Messrs. Shu Yu Pong and Liu Tạng Kwen.

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On November 17th, 1925, the Vice-Chancellor wrote to

Mr. H. H. Fox of the British Legation, Peking, enclosing a copy

of the account and suggesting that as the Tariff Conference had

just started it might be a good opportunity to once again present

the bill. ir. Fox replied under date of December 2nd, 1925,

asking for a complete statement of the University's clain, giving

particulars of the exact obligations incurred by the President,

the Ministry of Education and the provincial administrations,

when the different scholarships were founded, end details of the