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London,

January 1932.

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.

I. 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.

(ii) to consult with the Board of Trustees for the

administration 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

Committee are concerned and to ensure effective co-operation

between the Board of Trustees and the Universities China

Committee in London.