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HONG KONG UNIV RSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

DRAFT MINUTES OF THE SECOND. M JEUTING of the Committee held at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday 14th February, 1946 in the Colonial Office (Dover House.

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Present:

Dr. R. E. Priestley, (in the Chair) Mr. Walter Adams,

Mr. C.W.M.Cox, (for the latter half) Mr. E. Burney,

Mrs. L. Forster,

Professor W.J.Hinton,

Dr. W. H. Kauntze,

Mr. A. Morse,

Sir George Moss,

Professor Person, (for the latter haF)

Sir Humphrey Prideaux-Brune,

Mr. D. J. Sloss,

Mr. N. L. Smith,

Miss A. M. Ruston (Secretary).

Apologies were received from Dr. Channon,

Sir Herbert Eason, and Dr. Venn who were unable to be present.

In the anticipated

absence abroad of Mr.Cox,

Dr. Priestley took the Chair.

The Chairman welcomed the two new members,

Sir Humphrey Prideaux-Brune and Dr. Kauntze.

The Minutes of the first meeting were

confirmed.

It was explained that in addition to the

Minutes a fuller Record had also been circulated

as there had been a months' interval since the

first meeting, but that only the short form of

minutes to which the Committee had agreed were

likely to be available in regard to subsequent

meetings. Subject to the substitution of

"1937" for "1939" in paragraph 5 of the Record

and the omission of the words "an extremely" and

"but it was.

distress" from the first

sentence or paragraph 7, the Record was approved.

The Secretary reported on papers that had

been circulated and said that Miss Mergery

Perham, the biographer of Lord Lugard had

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