CO129-583-18 Hong Kong University- British Council and Rhodes Scholarships 1-1-1940 - 31-12-1941 — Page 27

ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO

THE SECRETARY.

TELEGRAMS, "AUGURY, LONDON!

TELEPHONE, WHITEHALL 0187.

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53611/3/40.

Dear Mr. Gent,

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Rhodes

Trust

Seymour House, Waterloo Place

KOUBLED

17PEC 1940 C.O. REGY

CYPORU.

TEL 48163,

LONDONSж1.

10th December 1940.

Many thanks for your letter of the 5th December.

I am glad that the suggestion of scholarships for Chinese

students at Hong Kong University has commended itself both

to the Acting Governor of Hong Kong and to the British Council,

and that the Council is prepared to finance the idea.

ships

I note also that you now feel that the Rhodes Trustees'

original offer of a grant of £1,000, to be spent over the

next four or five years, for post-graduate student-at oxford

for graduates from Hong Kong University, would be welcome.

The Trustees are to meet next Saturday,and I shall be able

to let you know their decision at the beginning of next

Wook.

G.G.C. Gent, Esq.,

Colonial Office

Downing Street

London, S.1.

With kind regards

Yours sincerely,