CO129-512-4 Boxer Indemnity Settlement 22-12-1928 - 9-5-1929 — Page 2

1. F.o.

23.6129

Cornes, with

B/T

Z

2. F.d.

23.1.29

concurence

I

Driel. To Peking for

The draft -logram is mainly about

Railway Construction and the exact method of

approaching the Chinese. Our interest in it lies in the proposal in paragraph 3 affecting the Hong Kong University to which it is proposed to transfer a sum of £200,000 out of the accumulabion

now on deposit. The University would presumably

in connection with have an o mortunity of putting in a claim the

distribution of the income from the railway

investment which is to form an educational endoment.

but the chances of getting anything out of that

i

are very remote. The £200,000 should, therefore,

1 regarded as all the University is likely to get. I hardly think it is worth while pressing for more,

but as final instructions have not yet been issued to Sir M. Lampson, we can give Sir C. Clementi an opportunity of expressing his views.

? proceed as in drafts herewith.

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S. camé

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Sir C. Clementi will undoubtedly ask

but I think we should

for more,

be wise

to concur in

a

comparativel

omoll sum

очев- рог

a

like this rather than stick

larger amorent & in the

and perhaps

love all.

The only doubt is whether it is