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"The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
Sir,
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FOREIGN OFFICE,
S...1.
3rd August, 1922.
With reference to Colonial Office letter. 51/ 26 of July 20th, I am directed by Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain to state, for the information of Kr. Secretary Aery, that careful consideration has been given to the requirements of Hongkong University in connection with the Boxer Indemnity lunds, both by the Committee in this country, and by the Delegation which was sent to China,
As Mr. Amery is no doubt awere, it is at present intenced to entrust the allocation and administration of the funds to a Board of Trustees in China, after deterining
2.
on very broad lines how the funds should be used.
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This is the policy laid down by Lord Jillin,don's Delegation who state in their report (page 63): "The "dolegates' task, as they conceived it, was simply to decide "upon the general principles of distribution and to leave
"to the Board of Trustees full power to determine
"individual all cations", The Delegation then proceed to discuss the question of assistance to Hongkong University iz the following terms;
"On two matters connected with the question of
allocation, however, they consider it their duty to
"lace their opinions on record. In the first place,
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"as already explained in Part VI, they believe that in
"the distribution of educational and medical rents
"the Board of Trustees should be guided by its own
"judgment regarding the value and importance of the
"work
The Under Secretary of State,
Coloniel office.
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