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HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

DRAFT MINUTES OF THE SECOND MEETING 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.H. Cox, (ror the latter half) Mr. E. Burney,

Mrs. L. Forster,

Professor W.J.Hinton,

Dr. V. H. Kauntze,

Mr. A. Morse,

Sir George Moss,

Professor Penson, (for the latter ha)

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 Irom the rirst

sentence of paragraph 7, the Record was approved.

The Secretary reported on papers that had

been circulated and said that Miss Margery

Perham, the biographer of Lord Lugard had

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