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adopted by the Board of Trustees when or if it finds itself in

control of the resources which at present seem to be beyond its

reach.

(A) Visiting Lectureships.

In the first place we recommend that provision

be made for the establishment and maintenance of a system of

Lectureships tenable by distinguished British scholars in China

and by distinguished Chinese scholars in Great Britain. That

at least a portion of the £200,000 granted to the Universities

China Committee should be devoted to this purpose was taken for

granted by the Committee from the beginning. Thus in the first

of our terms of reference we were instructed not only to consult

with representatives of the Chinese universities and others as to

"the most effective way of carrying out the purposes of the UHNES

Committee" but "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 inregard to what subjects should be repre- sented by the British men and women invited to lecture in China."

This was of course in accordance with the First Schedule appended to the Act of Parliament, where it is stated that the money was to

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be applied to the following purpose among others:- "To arrange for such Chinese men and women to visit and lecture in the United King- dom and such British men and women to visit and lecture in China as

may seem to them suitable."

We assume throughout this Report that the money handed over to the Committee will be so invested as to produce 4% interest, thus ensuring a B regular income of £9000. Of this. £9000 we recommend that 23500 be set aside for the lectureship scheme; that an average number of four lecturers, of whom two should be Chinese, be appointed each year; and that each lecturer be remunerated at a rate not exceeding £750 inclusive of all travelling and other expenses. If each lecturer receives the maxi- mum remuneration allowable under the scheme, the total sum payable