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        "content_text": "547\n\nthat I should forward some reference to character before a Earl of Kimberly in consideration of my application. I beg to refer to the following names: \n\nThe Revd E. O. Phillimore, M.A. Sometime Fellow of Corpus Christi Coll: Cambridge, Vicar of St. Peter's, Saltfleetby, Louth, Lincolnshire, and now of Aberystwyth, both of whom are well acquainted with me.\n\nHerewith I take the liberty of enclosing",
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        "content_text": "# \nCothy 551 \nThe Vicarage, \nAberystwyth. \nNov. 17. \n1863 \n\nI hereby certify that Mr. Stephen Sawant has been known to me for many years and I have continued opportunities of observing his conduct since that time - I have formed a high opinion of his character and steadfast affection, and I consider him to be above the average in abilities and attainments.\n\nI was formerly Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.\n\nI also add that Mr. Saul has a competent knowledge of Arithmetic, Algebra including Trigonometry (Jane). We believe too that a good deal has been practised in Land Surveying.\n\nSened...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-460 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [1-4]",
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        "content_text": "Dear Su,\n\n£21.3.20\n\nAsroi\n\nAberystwyth.\n\n109\n\nFebr. 29. 1920.\n\nI have received your letter of the 24th, and wish to thank you for the consideration shown. The Burma Service Commissioners have communicated with me to the same effect, and I scarcely await their recommendations & attend a medical board in April.\n\nI should prefer not to commit myself at the moment in my choice of station, but I shall gladly avail myself of your kind suggestion, and discuss the matter with you at the first available opportunity.\n\nYours faithfully,\n\n5.1. Wynne-Jones.",
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        "content_text": "Downing Street, \n\n924 February, 1920.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nJYNNE JONES, ESQ.\n\nAberystwith\n\nWALES.\n\nMINUTE.\n\nMr. Freestom 2/2/26.\n\nMr. Dixon 21/2/20\n\nMr. Colling\n\nMr. Grindle.\n\nSir H. Lambert.\n\nSir H. Rond.\n\nSir G. Fiddes.\n\nCol. Amery.\n\nLord Milner,\n\n1 23-1\n\nAddress explained so from drafts CSC.\n\nDear Sir,\n\nThe Civil Service Commissioners have written to this office regarding your qualification for an Eastern Cadetship. We have agreed to their suggestion that your medical examination should be postponed till the end of April; and you will understand that until we receive a certificate of qualification (based on your physical fitness) from the Civil Service Commissioners, we are not in a position to write to you officially offering you a Cadetship.\n\n2.\n\nIn the meantime, however, it is thought that you ought to be informed that so far as is known at present there may be no vacancies for Cadets during 1920 in Hong Kong, the Colony for which you have expressed a preference; though there is a possibility of one later in the year. In Ceylon and the Federated Malay States, on the other hand, there are several vacancies for new Cadets during the year and we could offer you an appointment in either as soon as you were found",
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        "document_key": "CO129-465 - Public Offices & Others - 1920",
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        "content_text": "## Downing Street, 4th November, 1920.\n\n656\n\nDear Mr Grey,\n\nI now return the Article by Mr Orme which you were kind enough to let me have when I called a few days ago.\n\nIt has been submitted to the proper authorities who see no objection to the portions of the Article left unbracketed being published over the name of the writer, subject to the omission of the words \"this degenerate\" in the 9th line of page 2 and the omission of the words \"that benighted\" in the 12th line of page 2.\n\nI am sending a copy of this letter to Mr Zimmern at Aberystwyth.\n\n(SD) E.J. Harding.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-466 - Individuals - 1920",
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        "content_text": "I have had the honour of communicating with the Crown Agents for the Colonies with regard to the payment of the passage to Hong Kong for my future wife.\n\nI intend to be married before sailing for Hong Kong next month, and I should like to be assured that Para. 121. of the Colonial Regulations will apply in the case of my wife. I should like her to come out to me later in the year, about October or November, if this can possibly be arranged. I should also be grateful for any further information relative to the revision of salaries, as it is anticipated that cater for cadets will be £350, rising to £375, then £400 after passing exams, with increments of £25 and £50, subject to certain conditions.\n\nIt is stated that efficiency bar is at £600-£900.\n\nI have the honour to be, Sir,\nYour obedient servant,\nW. Undones.\n\n## \n31891 \nRESU \n682 \nJune. 29.1920. \nAberystwyth. \nC.O \n47/20 \nalown \nAsnoi \n15 $1200 \n4. \nEffieiing \nBy sig \nthem \nby 2 \nimal \nt \nalti 2 \nExam \n\n... \n色 \n0 \nD. \n2.1.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-475 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1922 [5-7]",
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        "title": "CO129-475 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1922 [5-7]",
        "content_text": "THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS.\n\nWHERE TO STAY WHEN VISITING HOME.\n\n[March 25th., 1922.\n\nBASIL STREET HOTEL.\n\nKNIGHTSBRIDGE, LONDON, S.W. 3.\n\nRun by the owner, has the best situation, and is First Class one minute's walk from HARRODS, THE PARK, and SLOANE STREET, 100 Bed rooms with Hot and Cold water, ample Bathrooms, pleasing Restaurant and Lounges, Luggage stored for any period, also room for sorting and packing. \"En Pension\" terms from 22/6, Double rooms without food from £3-, Single from 11/6, Baths included. Excellent Cuisine.\n\nKNIGHTSBRIDGE STATION is in the building from which any part of London is reached in a few minutes.\n\nTelegrams: \"SPOTLESS,\" LONDON.\n\nNOW IN PREPARATION\n\nTHE CHRONICLE AND DIRECTORY OF\n\nTHE FAR EAST\n\n1922\n\nThe book is printed from New Type specially reserved for the purpose and uniformity in every arrangement greatly facilitates reference.\n\nBesides the usual Alphabetical List of firms of TRADES and PROFESSIONS at the larger Commercial Centres.\n\nThe Sixtieth Annual Issue.\n\nThe CHRONICLE and DIRECTORY gives the CLASSIFIED LISTS of CHINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO-CHINA, SIAM, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MALAY STATES, NETHERLANDS INDIA, PHILIPPINES, BORNEO, &c.\n\nThe Directories and Descriptions are of :-\n\nCHINA - Weihaiwei, Peking, Tientsin, Lungchingchun, Changsha, Tsinanfu, Taku, Tsingtau, Peitaiho, Shanghai, Chinwangtao, Soochow, Newchwang, Chinkiang, Manchurian Trade Centres, Nanking, Wuhu, Kiukiang, Harbin, Hankow, Changchun, Yochow, Kirin, Shasi, Hunchun, Ichang, Antung, Chungking, Port Arthur, Dairen, Ningpo, Chefoo, Wênchow, Lungkow, Santuao\n\nJAPAN AND FORMOSA - Tokyo, Yokohama, Hyogo, Kobe, Shimonoseki, Osaka, Moji, Nagasaki, Keelung, Tainanfu, Takow, Hakodate, Anping\n\nEASTERN SIBERIA - Vladivostock\n\nCOREA - Seoul, Won-san, Chemulpo, Fusan, Kun-san, Pingyang, Nicolajevsk, Motpo, Chinnampo, Songchin\n\nFRENCH INDO-CHINA - Hanoi, Haiphong, Annam, Hue, Tonkin Provinces, Quinhon, Tourane, Saigon, Cambodge\n\nPHILIPPINES - Manila, Iloilo, Cebu, Zamboanga\n\nBORNEO - Sarawak, Labuan, Brunei, British N. Borneo\n\nMALAY STATES - Bangkok\n\nThe ALPHABETICAL LIST of RESIDENTS in the Far East contains the names of over 20,000 FOREIGNERS, arranged, with the Initials as well as the Surnames, in strictly Alphabetical Order so that any name can be found instantly.\n\nThe CHRONICLE covers the notable events together with the Texts of all the most important Treaties concluded with the Countries of Eastern Asia, the various Customs Tariffs, Trade Regulations, Chambers of Commerce, Scales of Commissions, Signal Codes, Tables of Money, Weights and Measures, and other Commercial Information.\n\nThe CHRONICLE and DIRECTORY, though condensed in every possible manner, contains every year more pages and now numbers nearly 2,000.\n\nIt is published at the Office of the HONG-KONG DAILY PRESS, LTD., and can be had from and Advertisements sent through the principal Booksellers in Asia and through LONDON - Mr. J. H. G. Murrow, 131, Fleet Street, E.C. 4; Mr. F. Algar, 58, Gracechurch St., E.C. 3; Messrs. G. 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Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., Yokohama\n\nYOKOHAMA.........Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Ltd.\n\nVLADIVOSTOCK...Messrs. Sinkevitch Bros.\n\nThe DIRECTORY covers the whole of the ports and cities of the Far East, from Netherlands India to Siberia, in which Europeans reside.\n\nNot only is the Directory as full and complete in each case as it can be made, but each Colony, Port or Settlement is prefaced by a DESCRIPTION, carefully revised each year, most of which will serve as accurate GUIDES FOR THE TOURIST, giving every detail in connection with the places, their History, Topography, etc.\n\nThe Information in these Descriptions, consisting of a hundred interesting articles packed with facts concisely set out, and containing statistics of the TRADE of each Country and Port, would alone suffice to fill a large volume.\n\nLarge Edition, pp. nearly 2,000, $12.00\n\nAbridged Edition, pp. 1,400, $8.00.\n\nDARLINGTON'S HANDBOOKS\n\n\"Sir Henry Ponsonby is commanded by the Queen to thank Mr. Darlington for a copy of his Handbook.\n\n“Nothing better could be wished for.”—British Weekly.\n\n“Far superior to ordinary guides.”—Daily Chronicle.\n\nVisitors to London should use DARLINGTON'S LONDON.\n\n“A brilliant book.”-The Times.\n\n“Particularly good.”—Academy.\n\nBY E. 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        "document_key": "CO129-524-2 Hong Kong University- financial position- Chinese studies- future of the Chinese school and the Annual... 27-1-1930 - 12-8-1930",
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        "title": "CO129-524-2 Hong Kong University- financial position- Chinese studies- future of the Chinese school and the Annual... 27-1-1930 - 12-8-1930",
        "content_text": "53\n\nUniversity, 61 per cent; Aberystwith University College, 70 per cent.\n\nSo far as income from endowments is concerned, the proportion to total income in the case of Bristol University is 7.3 per cent; of Exeter University College, 2.3 per cent; of Leeds University, 5.7 per cent; of Sheffield University, 5.7 per cent; and of Aberystwith University College, 6.7 per cent.\n\nContrasting Figures.\n\nIn striking contrast to these figures the University of Hong Kong at present receives, for the general purposes of the University, $50,000 per annum from the Colonial Government which represents merely 9 per cent of its total income; and an increase in the amount of the grant to $250,000 per annum would only bring the Government contribution to about 33 per cent of the total income of the University. Furthermore, as showing the generous manner in which contributions have been made by members of the public to the Endowment Fund of the University, the income derived from this source amounts to about $300,000 or about 50 per cent of its total income at present and nearly five times the sum which the Chater Committee, 1908, estimated as the probable total annual expenditure of the University.\n\nEven if the Government grant is increased to $250,000 a year as suggested, the University would not be fully supplied, financially. It could not, for the reasons I have mentioned, give, for the present, any but a small increase to existing salaries, and would only be enabled to carry on its present activities without running into debt. Further development will be contingent upon the acquisition of funds from other sources.\n\nPrivate Generosity Neutralised.\n\nAs showing how, under existing conditions, the development of the University may be hampered, and how the generosity of members of the public may be made unavailable, I am able to give a most striking example. A donation of $60,000 was made by Mr. Tang Chi Ngong last year for the provision of a building for the School of Chinese Studies but it has not been utilised as yet owing to the uncertainty as to whether the requisite funds for maintaining the school as a permanent institution will be forthcoming or not. A further sum of $200,000 was collected by the local Chinese community for the endowment of this school, but the interest on this sum only amounts to about $14,000 a year while the ultimate annual cost of the school is estimated to be $60,000. At present the balance is being provided by Government from year to year as a provisional and temporary measure. The Finance Committee of the University hold a very strong opinion that it would not be business-like to proceed with the building scheme on this precarious basis; to say nothing of the injustice that would be done if the school had to be closed before any student had completed the prescribed four years of the Course.\n\nMovement or Stagnation.\n\nSir, I stand here to offer no apology on behalf of the University of Hong Kong. It has advanced beyond the stage of apology and deprecation; it can, and must, stand on its own merits. The Academic successes of its graduates proclaim the worth of its professorial staff. The degrees it confers have recognition throughout the British Empire. But the same economic law dominates the development of a business and a University. An increasing business must increase, correspondingly, its working capital, or its very success may land it in bankruptcy. The same rule holds good in the case of the University. If the additional contribution asked for from the Colonial Government is made, the University can, despite the serious loss due to the fall in exchange, carry on its work within existing limits for a time more or less considerable; but if its activities are to be extended, its sphere of usefulness enlarged, and its duty to the Teaching and Administrative staffs fulfilled, then further financial resources must be provided. Otherwise a condition of stagnation must inevitably be faced; and stagnation, whether in an institution or in an individual, is the precursor of death.\n\nBut I am an incurable optimist, and confident that the fount of private generosity which has proved so bountiful in the past, will continue to flow more and more freely as the work of the University is more clearly realised.\n\nBefore concluding I should like to express our cordial appreciation of the good offices of Mr. Mason and his choir in making it possible to have the University Anthem sung this afternoon. The Anthem as many of you know was originally composed as an inaugural one by Sir Cecil Clementi and was sung at the opening of the University in 1912. His Excellency has now revised certain parts of the Anthem so as to make it suitable for general occasions; and it is singularly appropriate and fortunate that it has been practicable to have the revised Anthem sung for the first time at this Congregation the last at which His Excellency will officiate as Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong.\n\n[ 4 ]\n\nSpeech of H.E. Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G., LL.D., M.A. Oxon, F.R.G.S.\n\nGovernor of Hong Kong. Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong.\n\nH. E. the Governor then addressed the assembly and said:- Members of the Congregation of the University of Hong Kong:\n\nIt has been a great pleasure to me this afternoon, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Chancellor, to confer upon Sir Henry Gollan, Chief Justice of Hong Kong and acting Vice-Chancellor of this University, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. In him we honour not only an eminent judge, who commands universal respect in this Colony, but also a firm friend of University of Hong Kong, well-tried at need, and willing to serve the University at considerable sacrifice to himself. When it became necessary for Mr. Hornell, our Vice Chancellor, to proceed on leave of absence to England, partly for a well-deserved rest, and partly to plead our cause with His Majesty's Government for a grant to this University from Boxer Indemnity funds, Sir Henry Gollan, in spite of the heavy duties which his position as Chief Justice entails, was not only willing to take upon himself the work of acting Vice Chancellor, but made it a condition of doing so that no remuneration whatever should be paid to him on this account. He has thus saved the University from incurring considerable expenditure. More than that, Sir Henry Gollan at my request agreed to undertake the difficult and unenviable task of presiding over the committee which has recently reported upon the conditions of salary and service of the academic staff of the University. In this work he had the assistance of two members of the University Court, namely, Mr. Paul Lauder, our Honorary Treasurer, and the Honourable Dr. Ts'o Seen-wan, upon whom the University has already conferred its honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. I take this opportunity of thanking the Committee very sincerely for the admirable manner in which its duties have been discharged.\n\nMy only regret, in this connection, is that Sir Henry Gollan intends shortly to retire on pension and that, therefore, this is the last occasion on which he will be present at a Congregation of this University. I too, am unlikely to be present ever again at Congregation, for I am about to lay down my duties as Chancellor. I shall do so with the deepest regret, for my work here has been a labour of love and I have felt most strongly that nowhere can better or more enduring service be rendered to Hong Kong than in this University. I can but hope that at Singapore, which is not very far away, I may still have some opportunity of helping you.\n\nFinancial Difficulties.\n\n23\n\nIn his address to the Congregation Sir Henry Gollan has just dwelt upon the financial difficulties which beset the University, and I wish now, your Chancellor, to suggest the means whereby these financial difficulties may be overcome. There are in my opinion, apart from the donations by private benefactors, which have been very generously given, two sources, to which the University may properly look for help. The first is the Government of Hong Kong. When the Colony's budget for this year was under discussion in the Legislative Council during last September, the Honourable Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, speaking of the measure of financial assistance given from the public purse to Universities in England, said:-\n\n\"A Royal Commission was appointed presided over by the Right Honourable Mr. Asquith in the year 1919, as a result of which very large Government grants were made, and to-day, roughly, the Government provides, either direct or through local authorities, 50% of the revenue of Oxford University, 45% of the revenue of Cambridge University, 50% of the revenue of Birmingham University, 70% of the revenue of Bristol University, and 60% of the revenue of Leeds University. In fact out of the total income of the Universities of Great Britain about 50% is contributed by either Government or local authorities. The conclusion that follows from\n\n[ 5 ]\n\n54",
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        "content_text": "4. At our first meetings to hear oral evidence, Mr. M. B. Osman, M.B., B.S., the Assistant to the Professor of Pathology, appeared to represent his own views as well as those of the three other Assistants on the University Staff. We heard his evidence, which was most frankly given and was to the effect that these appointments were of a temporary character, that the holders of them did not contribute to the Superannuation Fund, and that the salaries attached to them were not unsatisfactory having regard to the opportunities for advanced study afforded. But he urged that some assurance of continuity and promotion should be given to the holders of these offices. Similar representations were also made on behalf of certain gentlemen holding Demonstratorships in the Engineering, Chemical and Physical Departments.\n\n5. It was after hearing the evidence of Dr. Osman that we took into consideration the scope of our enquiry, and that we came to the conclusion that posts such as his were excluded, and that the effective test of whether an appointment fell within that scope would be whether the holder contributed to the Superannuation Fund or not.\n\n6. The University of Hong Kong is solvent in spite of the surprising fact that its expenditure is now just about ten times the sum of £6,110 which the Chater Committee in 1908 estimated as the annual cost of the maintenance of the University. The Estimates for 1929 show that its income is nearly $609,000 per annum and that income and expenditure balance, except for a small deficit of about $5,000, which may be somewhat increased owing to the serious fall lately in the sterling value of the dollar. But it is quite clear that expenditure cannot be increased at all unless there is a corresponding addition to the income of the University.\n\n7. For the reasons that will appear when we come to deal with the present scale of salaries paid to members of the University Staff, we are of opinion that they are quite inadequate. We have had, therefore, in making our recommendations under this head, to leave out of consideration the effect that any increases must have on the financial position of the University. If we had not done so, we could only have stated that it was impossible for the University to incur any further expenditure.\n\n8. In connection with the present sources of income of the University, it is interesting to compare the position in this respect in Hong Kong with that prevailing in the United Kingdom; and Professor Forster, the Professor of Education, has prepared for us a memorandum on the financial assistance given to Universities in England, Scotland and Wales, by the Government and by Local Authorities. This memorandum is set out in Appendix I to this Report and makes it clear that, without this financial assistance, it would be practically impossible for any of the Universities in the United Kingdom to keep their doors open.\n\n9. In Appendix II appears a Table which is based on the Report of the University Grants Committee to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury and deals with the academic year 1924-25. It sets out under six heads the sources of income of twenty-seven Universities in the United Kingdom, and to these have been added corresponding figures for the University of Hong Kong; and it will be seen that the proportion which comes from endowments to the total expenditure of the University of Hong Kong is nearly twice as great as that in the case of the Durham Colleges and of the University of St. Andrews, which are the two best-endowed bodies appearing in the Table. In the case of fifteen of the Universities shown in the Table, this proportion is under 10%, and in five of these Universities, it falls to a figure below 5%.\n\n10. The contribution made from Parliamentary Grants and by Local Authorities to the Universities shown in this Table amounts, in the case of most of them, to more than 50%; and Bristol University receives from these sources 70%; Exeter University College 78%; Leeds University 59%; Nottingham University College 67%; Sheffield University 61%; and Aberystwyth University College 70%, of their total incomes respectively.\n\n11. In striking contrast to these figures, the University of Hong Kong receives, for the general purposes of the University, $50,000 per annum from the Colonial Government, which represents 9% of its total income; and, to give an illustration of the position, an increase in the amount of the grant to $250,000 per annum would only bring the Government contribution to about 33% of the total income of the University. Furthermore, as showing the generous manner in which contributions have been made to the Endowment Fund of the University, the income derived from this source amounts to about $300,000 or nearly five times the sum which, as mentioned in paragraph 6 of this Report, the Chater Committee, 1908, estimated as the probable annual expenditure of the University.\n\n12. It was urged before us by some of the witnesses directly interested that, in conformity with the practice prevailing at many Universities, some distinction should be made between the salaries payable to the Clinical and pre-Clinical Professors and those of other members of the Staff. Were the University in possession of ample funds, this argument might possibly be worthy of careful consideration, but, in view of the actual situation, we have not thought it right to suggest any differentiation between the various Chairs. We have also left untouched the position of the Registrar who, at present, is regarded as being in the same grade as the Professors.\n\n13. We now proceed to deal with the matters submitted to us for investigation under the respective heads set out in Your Excellency's letter of the 23rd September, 1929.\n\n(a).—Salaries.\n\n14. The Salaries which are at present paid to the various members of the University Staff are the following:-\n\n(1) Vice-Chancellor :- £2,000 per annum.\n\n(2) Registrar:--- £800 per annum, rising by £25 annually to £1,000.\n\n(3) Professors:- £800 per annum, rising by £25 annually to £1,000.\n\n(4) Readers - £600 per annum, rising by £25 annually to £750.\n\n(5) Lecturers and Tutors :- £450 per annum, rising by £20 annually to £550 and then by £25 annually to £600.\n\n(6). Engineering Lecturers: £500 per annum, rising after three years' service by £20 annually to £600.\n\n(7) Librarian:- $4,200 per annum, rising by $300 annually to $5,400.\n\n(8) Demonstrator in Electrical Engineering... Instructor in Workshop Practice - £450 per annum, rising by £10 annually to £500.\n\nAll the salaries, except that of the Librarian, are on a sterling basis and are paid locally in dollars at the average current rate of exchange for the month as determined by the Colonial Treasurer, or at exchange 2/-, whichever is less.\n\n15. Members of the University Staff receive no exchange allowances, nor have they received any additional remuneration to compensate them for the large increase in the cost of living which has occurred in recent years.\n\n16. It will tend to make the financial position clear if we take the actual case of a professor newly arrived in the Colony, who is married, has two children, and finds that no house in the University Compound is available for him. For ease of calculation, the dollar is taken at 2/-, so that, in respect of his salary of £800 per annum, he receives $8,000 from which must be deducted his contribution to the Superannuation Fund at the rate of 5%. This will leave him with $7,600 or about $630 per mensem.\n\n17. As a professor is entitled to a free house, if one is available, together with certain allowances in respect of telephone, water and light, the particular professor, whose case we are considering, receives a rent allowance of $200 per mensem, but the evidence given before us goes to show that this amount is not sufficient to cover rent as well as telephone service, water and light.\n\n18. But assuming that it is, this professor will receive $630 per mensem out of which he must pay the living and clothing expenses of his family and himself, meet any unexpected calls due to sickness or other causes of a similar character, and provide for insurance premiums; for no considerate man could leave a widow and children dependent on the tender mercies of the Superannuation Fund under existing conditions. We\n\nPage 122\n\n \n3\n\nPage XX\n\n...\n\nPage XX\n\n...\n\nPage XX",
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        "content_text": "14\n\nIn addition, between 1922 and 1925, to these annual sums a non-recurring grant of £569,400 was made by the Government to provide retrospective superannuation benefit for members of the staffs.\n\nIn 1925 there was an addition to the grants of £257,430 which was used in part to provide salary improvements for existing members of the staffs.\n\nSpeaking at University College, London, in June 1927, the Rt. Hon. H.A.L. Fisher said, \"Taking the fifty institutions comprised in the survey of the University Grants Committee, we find that the proportion of Government grant to total income is now 39.5%, while the proportion of endowments to total income is only 10.7, the remainder being furnished by fees and grants from Local Authorities\".\n\n15\n\nAppendix II.\n\nPercentages of Income from various sources of Universities in the United Kingdom (1924-25) and Hong Kong (1929).\n\n  \n    \n    Endowments\n    Donations & subscriptions\n    Grants from Local Authorities\n    Parliamentary Grants\n    Tuition Fees\n    Examination Fees\n    Other Income\n  \n  \n    Birmingham University\n    15.2\n    1.2\n    10.2\n    40.0\n    26.0\n    5.1\n    2.3\n  \n  \n    Bristol University\n    7.3\n    .3\n    17.0\n    53.0\n    16.2\n    5.0\n    1.2\n  \n  \n    Merchant Venturers' Technical College\n    .1\n    \n    22.4\n    11.6\n    35.9\n    \n    27.8\n  \n  \n    Durham University\n    15.2\n    \n    .7\n    77\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Armstrong College\n    14.7\n    4.7\n    9.6\n    45.8\n    23.2\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Colleges\n    29.0\n    28.7\n    16.9\n    19.1\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    College of Medicine\n    7.2\n    \n    24.6\n    35.9\n    \n    \n    \n  \n  \n    Exeter University College\n    2.3\n    2.1\n    \n    35.7\n    42.4\n    \n    15.7\n  \n  \n    Leeds University\n    5.7\n    5.6\n    \n    30.7\n    28.8\n    \n    23.2\n  \n  \n    Liverpool University\n    14.8\n    4.9\n    10.2\n    35.9\n    26.7\n    .4\n    \n  \n  \n    London University and Attached Institutions\n    9.1\n    1.8\n    6.9\n    34.8\n    30.1\n    8.4\n    8.9\n  \n  \n    Manchester University\n    24.9\n    .7\n    7.0\n    34.7\n    24.5\n    6.2\n    2.0\n  \n  \n    College of Tech.\n    2.3\n    \n    68.6\n    7.1\n    18.1\n    .1\n    3.8\n  \n  \n    Nottingham University College\n    2.7\n    \n    5.9\n    24.4\n    42.9\n    \n    19.8\n  \n  \n    Reading University College\n    14.4\n    1.8\n    2.5\n    .2\n    54.0\n    \n    20.2\n  \n  \n    Sheffield University\n    5.7\n    4.9\n    6.4\n    29.3\n    31.7\n    \n    17.5\n  \n  \n    Southampton University College\n    2.0\n    1.9\n    \n    28.9\n    47.4\n    \n    17.6\n  \n  \n    University of Wales\n    1.9\n    4.1\n    20.6\n    36.1\n    26.7\n    \n    10.6\n  \n  \n    Aberystwyth University College\n    6.7\n    1.6\n    17.0\n    53.8\n    16.2\n    .4\n    4.3\n  \n  \n    Bangor University College\n    8.0\n    .9\n    19.5\n    54.7\n    14.5\n    .1\n    2.3\n  \n  \n    Cardiff University College\n    4.5\n    .4\n    26.5\n    43.0\n    21.0\n    1.6\n    3.0\n  \n  \n    Swansea University College\n    \n    10.7\n    14.8\n    21.3\n    38.8\n    \n    13.3\n  \n  \n    Aberdeen University\n    18.2\n    1.0\n    5.9\n    40.6\n    22.0\n    8.7\n    3.6\n  \n  \n    Edinburgh University\n    18.7\n    2.1\n    4.9\n    31.6\n    31.2\n    \n    10.8\n  \n  \n    Glasgow University\n    17.3\n    .5\n    4.1\n    29.6\n    35.3\n    \n    12.9\n  \n  \n    Royal Tech. Col.\n    .7\n    .3\n    6.2\n    8.6\n    12.8\n    44.4\n    27.2\n  \n  \n    St. Andrew's University and Dundee University College\n    .2\n    .6\n    26.8\n    3.0\n    5.0\n    42.6\n    13.9\n  \n  \n    Hong Kong University ((a)\n    48.3 (1)\n    3.0\n    13.8\n    \n    20.3\n    4.2\n    \n  \n  \n    (as in Estimates for 1929)\n    51.5 (1)\n    2.3 (2)\n    9.0 (2)\n    \n    21.7\n    \n    \n  \n  \n    \n    37.9 (1)\n    1.7 (2)\n    33.0 (2) (3)\n    \n    16.0\n    \n    4.5\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    3.3\n    10.4\n    \n    11.0\n    \n    8.1\n  \n\n(1) Interest on Loke Yew's loan taken less Sinking Fund Contribution.\n\n(2) Donation from Mr. Kwok Chun Yeung ($5,000) and Supplementary Government Grant of $32,200 for proposed School of Chinese Studies omitted.\n\n(3) Assuming Government increased its grant from $50,000 to $250,000 per annum.\n\n134\n\nPage 130\n\nPage 131",
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        "content_text": "140\n\nUniversity, 61 per cent; Aberystwith University College, 70 per cent.\n\nSo far as income from endowments is concerned, the proportion to total income in the case of Bristol University is 7.3 per cent; of Exeter University College, 2.3 per cent; of Leeds University, 5.7 per cent; of Sheffield University, 5.7 per cent; and of Aberystwith University College, 6.7 per cent.\n\nContrasting Figures.\n\nIn striking contrast to these figures the University of Hong Kong at present receives, for the general purposes of the University, $50,000 per annum from the Colonial Government which represents merely 9 per cent of its total income; and an increase in the amount of the grant to $250,000 per annum would only bring the Government contribution to about 33 per cent of the total income of the University. Furthermore, as showing the generous manner in which contributions have been made by members of the public to the Endowment Fund of the University, the income derived from this source amounts to about $300,000 or about 50 per cent of its total income at present and nearly five times the sum which the Chater Committee, 1909, estimated as the probable total annual expenditure of the University.\n\nEven if the Government grant is increased to $250,000 a year as suggested, the University would not be fully supplied, financially. It could not, for the reasons I have mentioned, give, for the present, any but a small increase to existing salaries, and would only be enabled to carry on its present activities without running into debt. Further development will be contingent upon the acquisition of funds from other sources.\n\nPrivate Generosity Neutralised.\n\nAs showing how, under existing conditions, the development of the University may be hampered, and how the generosity of members of the public may be made unavailable, I am able to give a most striking example. A donation of $60,000 was made by Mr. Tang Chi Ngong last year for the provision of a building for the School of Chinese Studies but it has not been utilised as yet owing to the uncertainty as to whether the requisite funds for maintaining the school as a permanent institution will be forthcoming or not. A further sum of $200,000 was collected by the local Chinese community for the endowment of this school, but the interest on this sum only amounts to about $14,000 a year while the ultimate annual cost of the school is estimated to be $60,000. At present the balance is being provided by Government from year to year as a provisional and temporary measure. The Finance Committee of the University hold a very strong opinion that it would not be business-like to proceed with the building scheme on this precarious basis; to say nothing of the injustice that would be done if the school had to be closed before any student had completed the prescribed four years of the Course.\n\nMovement or Stagnation.\n\nSir, I stand here to offer no apology on behalf of the University of Hong Kong. It has advanced beyond the stage of apology and deprecation; it can, and must, stand on its own merits. The Academic successes of its graduates proclaim the worth of its professorial staff. The degrees it confers have recognition throughout the British Empire. But the same economic law dominates the development of a business and a University. An increasing business must increase, correspondingly, its working capital, or its very success may land it in bankruptcy. The same rule holds good in the case of the University. If the additional contribution asked for from the Colonial Government is made, the University can, despite the serious loss due to the fall in exchange, carry on its work within existing limits for a time more or less considerable; but if its activities are to be extended, its sphere of usefulness enlarged, and its duty to the Teaching and Administrative staffs fulfilled, then further financial resources must be provided. Otherwise a condition of stagnation must inevitably be faced; and stagnation, whether in an institution or in an individual, is the precursor of death.\n\nBut I am an incurable optimist, and confident that the fount of private generosity which has proved so bountiful in the past, will continue to flow more and more freely as the work of the University is more clearly realised.\n\nBefore concluding I should like to express our cordial appreciation of the good offices of Mr. Mason and his choir in making it possible to have the University Anthem sung this afternoon. The Anthem, as many of you know, was originally composed as an inaugural one by Sir Cecil Clementi and was sung at the opening of the University in 1912. His Excellency has now revised certain parts of the Anthem so as to make it suitable for general occasions; and it is singularly appropriate and fortunate that it has been practicable to have the revised Anthem sung for the first time at this Congregation, the last at which His Excellency will officiate as Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong.\n\n[4]\n\n141\n\nSpeech of H.E. Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G., LL.D., M.A. Oxon, F.R.G.S.\n\nGovernor of Hong Kong. Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong.\n\nH. E. the Governor then addressed the assembly and said:- Members of the Congregation of the University of Hong Kong:\n\nIt has been a great pleasure to me this afternoon, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Chancellor, to confer upon Sir Henry Gollan, Chief Justice of Hong Kong and acting Vice-Chancellor of this University, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. In him we honour not only an eminent judge, who commands universal respect in this Colony, but also a firm friend of University of Hong Kong, well-tried at need, and willing to serve the University at considerable sacrifice to himself. When it became necessary for Mr. Hornell, our Vice Chancellor, to proceed on leave of absence to England, partly for a well-deserved rest, and partly to plead our cause with His Majesty's Government for a grant to this University from Boxer Indemnity funds, Sir Henry Gollan, in spite of the heavy duties which his position as Chief Justice entails, was not only willing to take upon himself the work of acting Vice Chancellor, but made it a condition of doing so that no remuneration whatever should be paid to him on this account. He has thus saved the University from incurring considerable expenditure. More than that, Sir Henry Gollan at my request agreed to undertake the difficult and unenviable task of presiding over the committee which has recently reported upon the conditions of salary and service of the academic staff of the University. In this work he had the assistance of two members of the University Court, namely, Mr. Paul Lauder, our Honorary Treasurer, and the Honourable Dr. Ts'o Seen-wan, upon whom the University has already conferred its honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. I take this opportunity of thanking the Committee very sincerely for the admirable manner in which its duties have been discharged.\n\nMy only regret, in this connection, is that Sir Henry Gollan intends shortly to retire on pension and that, therefore, this is the last occasion on which he will be present at a Congregation of this University. I too, am unlikely to be present ever again at Congregation, for I am about to lay down my duties as Chancellor. I shall do so with the deepest regret, for my work here has been a labour of love and I have felt most strongly that nowhere can better or more enduring service be rendered to Hong Kong than in this University. I can but hope that at Singapore, which is not very far away, I may still have some opportunity of helping you.\n\nFinancial Difficulties.\n\nIn his address to the Congregation Sir Henry Gollan has just dwelt upon the financial difficulties which beset the University, and I wish now, as your Chancellor, to suggest the means whereby these financial difficulties may be overcome. There are, in my opinion, apart from the donations by private benefactors, which have been very generously given, two sources, to which the University may properly look for help. The first is the Government of Hong Kong. When the Colony's budget for this year was under discussion in the Legislative Council during last September, the Honourable Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, speaking of the measure of financial assistance given from the public purse to Universities in England, said:-\n\n\"A Royal Commission was appointed presided over by the Right Honourable Mr. Asquith in the year 1919, as a result of which very large Government grants were made, and to-day, roughly, the Government provides, either direct or through local authorities, 50% of the revenue of Oxford University, 45% of the revenue of Cambridge University, 50% of the revenue of Birmingham University, 70% of the revenue of Bristol University, and 60% of the revenue of Leeds University. In fact out of the total income of the Universities of Great Britain about 50% is contributed by either Government or local authorities.\" The conclusion that follows from\n\n[5]",
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        "content_text": "239\n\nGovernment with regard to its contributions for University purposes in the United Kingdom. I think I am entitled to say that without these contributions, supplemented by grants from local authorities, no University in the United Kingdom could keep its doors open; and it, therefore, becomes pertinent to compare the position of the University of Hong Kong with that of certain typical Universities in the United Kingdom. In the case of most of them, these contributions and grants are in excess of 50% of their respective total incomes; while to cite individual instances, Bristol University receives 70% from these sources; Exeter University College, 78%; Leeds University, 59%; Nottingham University College, 67%; Sheffield University, 61%; Aberystwith University College, 70%. So far as income from endowments is concerned, the proportion to total income in the case of Bristol University is 7.3%; of Exeter University College, 2.3%; of Leeds University, 5.7%; of Sheffield University, 5.7%; and of Aberystwith University College, 6.7%. These figures are taken from the report of the Committee on Grants to Universities in the United Kingdom for 1924-5. Later figures are not available to me; but I think it is unlikely that in succeeding years the subsidies have decreased.\n\n9.\n\nThe corresponding figures for the University of Hong Kong provide a very striking contrast. The University receives from the Hong Kong Government a subsidy of $50,000 per annum, which represents 9% of its total income; and an increase in the amount of the grant to $250,000 per annum would only bring the Government contribution to about 33% of the total income of the University. Moreover, as has already been stated, the contributions which have been made by members of the public to",
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        "content_text": "O/Misc.214/5\n\nMr. Gent.\n\n20\n100\n(16)\n\nWith reference to Colonial Office letter dated 23rd May, No.53581/35, and our telephone conversation to-day, we note that you do not wish the selling price to be shown on the Report on Education in Hong Kong, but that the following imprint should appear:\n\n**Published on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong**\n**by the**\n**Crown Agents for the Colonies**\n**4 Millbank,**\n**London, S.W.1.**\n**1935**\n\nWe understand that you wish us to distribute copies as follows:\n\n| Destination | Number of Copies |\n| --- | --- |\n| The Secretary of State, Colonial Office, Downing St., S.W.1. | 50 |\n| The Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong | 50 |\n| The Crown Agents for the Colonies, 4 Millbank, S.W.1. | 18 |\n| The Secretary, Board of Education, Whitehall, S.W.1. | 1 |\n| The Clerk in Charge, Copyright Receipt Office, British Museum, W.C.1. | 1 |\n| The Librarian, Bodleian Library, Oxford | 1 |\n| Cambridge University Library | 1 |\n| National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh | 1 |\n| Library of Trinity College, Dublin | 1 |\n| National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth | 1 |\n\nIn accordance with Colonial Regulations.\n\nWill you please let us know in due course whether copies may be sold by us and if so at what price. We assume that you will supply 30 copies to the Advisory Committee on Education (as provided in Colonial Regulations) from the 50 required by the Colonial Office.\n\nDepartment, CROWN AGENTS,\n30th May, 1935.\n\nPage 90\nPage 91",
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        "content_text": "O/Misc.214/5\n\nMr. Gent.\n\n20\n\n100\n\n(16)\n\nWith reference to Colonial Office letter dated 23rd May, No.53581/35, and our telephone conversation to-day, we note that you do not wish the selling price to be shown on the Report on Education in Hong Kong, but that the following imprint should appear:\n\nPublished on behalf of the Government of Hong Kong by the Crown Agents for the Colonies 4 Millbank, London, S.W.1. 1935\n\nWe understand that you wish us to distribute copies as follows:\n\n  50The Secretary of State, Colonial Office, Downing St., S.W.1.\n  50The Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong\n  18The Crown Agents for the Colonies, 4 Millbank, S.W.1.\n  1The Secretary, Board of Education, Whitehall, S.W.1.\n  1The Clerk in Charge, Copyright Receipt Office, British Museum, W.C.1.\n  1The Librarian, Bodleian Library, Oxford\n  1University Library, Cambridge\n  1National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh\n  1Library of Trinity College, Dublin,\n  1National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth\n\nIn accordance with Colonial Regulations.\n\nWill you please let us know in due course whether copies may be sold by us and if so at what price. We assume that you will supply 30 copies to the Advisory Committee on Education (as provided in Colonial Regulations) from the 50 required by the Colonial Office.\n\n\"O\"\n\nDepartment, CROWN AGENTS,\n\n30th May, 1935.\n\nPage 90\n\nPage 91",
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