CO129-538-1 Hong Kong University 31-12-1931 - 6-8-1932 — Page 138

INTRODUCTION

LONDON,

January, 1932.

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Sir,

As members of the delegation appointed by the Universities" China Committee to visit China on its behalf, to conduct certain negotiations with the Chinese educational and other authorities and with the Board of Trustees appointed under the China Indemnity (Application) Act, 1931, and to make recommendations based on the result of our investigations and enquiries, we have the honour to submit the following Report:~~~

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INTRODUCTION AND TERMS OF REFERENCE.

The terms of reference communicated to us were passed at a meeting of the Committee held on June 27th, 1931 (Minute No. 82), and were as follows:

(i.) To consult with representatives of the Chinese Universities and of the Chinese Government and to report to the Universities' China Committee as to the most effective way of carrying out the purposes of the Committee, and in particular to advise the Committee in regard to the Chinese men and women who should be invited to visit and lecture in the United Kingdom and in regard to what subjects should be represented by the British men and women invited to lecture in China.

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(ii.) To consult with the Board of Trustees for the administra- tion of the Indemnity Fund remitted by the British Government as to the steps to be taken to give effect to Dr. Wang's undertaking to apply the bulk of the funds to the creation of an endowment to be subsequently devoted to the educational purposes mentioned in the report by the Anglo-Chinese Advisory Committee published in 1926" in so far as the purposes of the Universities' China Com- mittee are concerned and to ensure effective co-operation between the Board of Trustees and the Universities' China Committee in London.

(iii) To make suggestions to the Committee on the possi- bility of constituting a corresponding member or a corresponding Committee in China.