CO129-512-4 Boxer Indemnity Settlement 22-12-1928 - 9-5-1929 — Page 82

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

wira the funds more or less on the lines of

the Burton Committee's Report.

(2) That the Chinese Government will

invest the moneys already in hand and due for

payment shortly in the rehabilitation of

existing railways; and that the money thus

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invested will be regarded as a loan to the

railways so as to form an endowment fund for

educational purposes.

(3) That preference will be given to

railways where there is a British financial

interest; and that the railway materials

required will be ordered in the United

Kingdom.

(4) That, if possible, the urgently

necessary Chihli (or Haiho) Conservalry work

should also be financed out of the Indemi ty

funds under the same conditions as the

railway work.

(5) That in order to make an immediate

start on Anglo-Chinese educational work

2250,000 be transferred to the Hong Kong

University/

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