CO129-581-6 Government grants to vernacular schools 30-1-1939 - 6-2-1940 — Page 6

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CABLEGNAMO!

ANCOMISso, KNIGHTS, LONDON'

*ANCOMISso, LONDON**

is knowledged

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MISSIONS

CHINA INLAND MISSION

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CONFERENCE OF MISSIONARY SOCIETIES

IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

Hon. Treasurer

F. P. HARRIS

Secretaries

Rev. S. H. DIXON

Rev. J. W. C. DOUGALL

PMS

Arthur Mayhew Esq.

Parliament Square House,

Parliament Street,

S:W. 1

EDINBURGH HOUSE

2 EATON Gate, LONDON, S.W.1

(Two minutes from Sloane Square Station)

11th July 1939

My dear Mayhew,

I have received a long communication from the Bishop of Hongkong on the subject of the proposed Grant in Aid Revision in Hongkong. It appears that the representatives of the Grant Schools have very considerable objections tothe revision and they feel that this is a subject which should be raised with the Advisory Committee. I hope that there may be a chance of discussing this and that you may be able to find room for it at the next

I am meeting of the non-African Reports Sub-committee. enclosing a copy of the Bishop's letter to the Colonial Secretary Hongkong and "Observations on the proposed

He has also sent me revision of the Grant-in-Aid Code".

a copy of the report of the Grant Code Revision Committee, but I expect you have seen it already.

Yours sincerely,

Encl.

James W. 6. Dougale.