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Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT. DESPATCH

NO...768.

GOVERNOR.

Sir,

(DRAFT IVY

54147/3/46.

31

ععشر

23/12/46.

SONG KONG.

و

(34)

I have, etc., to refer to the 3rd paragraph

of my despatch No. 22 of the 24th May, and to enclose for your information a copy of the minutes of a meeting of the University of Hong Kong

(59)(One spare Provisional Powers Committee held in the Colonial copy on back

Office on the 21st November.

of file).

ince

FURTHER ACTION.

(23)

2.

Owing to the fact that the members of the Committee technically had not been appointed when the previous meetings were held, these minutes cover all authorisations made by the Committee

since its first meeting of the 22nd March, 1941.

3. As two University members of the Committee

Mr. D. J. Sloss and Mr. A. Morse are no longer in this country, it is considered inappropriate for further meetings of the Committee to be held here. however, Mr. Sloss and Mr. Morse are

/

in Hong Kong, and as, under Section 2(3) of the Order in Council of the 27th March → the powers

of the Committee may be exercised at a meeting Jang gad

at which two members are present, it is suggested"

twas

that any future meetings of the Committee which may be necessary should take place in Hong Kong.

4. It will be noted that under Section 6 of the

Order in Council, the powers of the Committee

cease when the Court and Council of the