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        "content_text": "It is however possible that this Commodore's position may have been assigned to the late Solicitor-General by Darling who was informed by a despatch dated the 16th Sep 184 with reference to the General question of precedence, that the determination of precedence in some cases was placed a good deal in his hands, and that the Law Officers of the Crown saw no objection to the principle on which he proposed to proceed.\n\nBefore deciding this question, the Government does not propose to make any change in the present arrangement. Sir Charles Fitzgerald will still act as Commander-in-Chief during the commission of Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy.\n\nThe present Committee have considered the circumstances of the matter. Not being aware of the claim that in India the second station is in favour of Hong Kong. His Lordship purposes to abide by the arrangement which the senior presidency of the Committee has been fixed. The Commander-in-Chief being next after the Chief Justice, and it was decided that he should be treated as irregular.\n\nA reply to the despatch was sent to his Lordship, stating that he would not propose to make any change during the Commission of the present Commander-in-Chief.\n\nPage 34",
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        "document_key": "CO129-192 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [1-4]",
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        "title": "CO129-192 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [1-4]",
        "content_text": "C. O.\n\n252\n\nin \"Hongkong\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nMy Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient\n\nHumble Servant,\n\nMyreffumency.\n\nThe Daily Press.\n\nHONGKONG, JANUARY 8TH, 1881.\n\nGUNNERY AND STEAM TRIAL OF H.M.S.WIVERN\"\n\nBY OUR SPECIAL COMMISSIONER.] The Wivern, 4, ironclad turret ship, in charge of Commander John G. Jones, was taken outside for a gunnery and steam trial on Thursday morning. Governor Sir John Pope Hennessy went out to witness the target practice, and His Excellency was accompanied by Admiral Coste, C.B., Commodore Smith, Captain Cleveland, Flag-Lieut. W. H. Maitland-Dougall, and Captain Barton, A.D.C. to the Major-General Commanding; and a number of gunnery officers from the fleet now in harbour. Mr. R. H. Sleeman, Inspector of Machinery; and Mr. George Fitzgerald, Chief Engineer of the Iron Duke, were also present, but the engines of the Wivern were in charge of Mr. L. M. Gresw, Chief Engineer of the ship.\n\nIf there is one thing more than another which your \"Commissioner\" regards with a fixed and inveterate antipathy, it is getting up in the middle of the night. Under the impression that there was some connexion between ships and tide, and remembering the copy-book text which averred that the latter \"waits for no man,” I gave orders to be called at six a.m., and was punctually roused out at that ghostly hour. There were few things stirring but the cooks and beasts; two dissipated-looking sparrows had apparently been making a night of it somewhere, and eventually found their way into my verandah, and an asthmatical coolie was dragging his weary limbs down the road as if nine men held him and one drove him; and notwithstanding that my faithful domestic had administered a skilfully compounded \"eye-opener,\" that operation had to be repeated before I could fully appreciate the situation. Somebody, somewhere, has written, \"Night is the time for rest,\" evidently knowing nothing about getting up in the middle of it to go on a steam trial. However, preliminary difficulties surmounted, I got to Peddar's Wharf, and soon after ran the gig alongside the gangway of the ironclad which was about to go on the cruise referred to above.\n\nI almost feel that the Wivern is an old acquaintance, as I used to pass her daily in going from Liverpool to the Cheshire shore at the time she and her sister ship—now the Scorpion, at Bermuda—were lying together in the Sloyne, in the custody, if I remember rightly, of Captain \"Jacky\" Paynter, of the Revenge. These two vessels, popularly known through a clever cartoon in Punch of that period (1863), as \"the Laird's rams,\" were no doubt built for the Confederates, although it was stated they were intended for some Eastern, not Western, navy; their names, too, tended to confirm a belief in their Eastern destination, as they had been christened El Tousson and El Monacir. Soon after their construction in Laird's yard, at Birkenhead, and just before they were ready for sea, strong representations were made by the Government of the United States, which resulted in the vessels' detention in the Mersey by the British authorities, and after lying there some considerable time they were eventually purchased by our Government.\n\nThe invention of the cupola or turret principle, as applied to war ships, is credited to the late Captain Cowper Coles, who made known the merits of this form of vessel in 1855; but it was not until 1861 that the Admiralty could be prevailed upon to regard the system in a favourable light. In the following year, however, the turret was adopted by Ericsson when he built the Monitor for the United States Government during the Civil War, and she gave a good account of herself in the memorable action with the Merrimac, just after the latter vessel had succeeded in effecting the destruction of the Cumberland and Congress.\n\nAlthough seventeen years old, the Wivern is in an excellent state of preservation, nothing about her presenting that perishing appearance noticed in some ships even though they may have seen but little service. This will probably be accounted for by reason that she was originally well built, both in respect to the work and materials put into her, and that she has been well kept; added to which £30,000 was spent upon her not long since in giving her new boilers and decks, having forecastle and poop built, cabins fitted, and bilge keels placed upon her. Although, of course, the Wivern is a long way behind the terrific engines of destruction of more recent times, she is a fine addition to the China command, and properly manned should be a real protection to this harbour and Colony. She presents the least possible target, answers her helm most readily, has no top-hamper, possesses many water-tight compartments, and not a man need be exposed in working her big guns in action, as she has steering gear below and a bullet-proof tower for the officer directing the movements of the vessel. With all those immense advantages, it must be apparent that in the duello there is no craft of any nationality in the Far East that would have any chance with her. In addition to her fighting power, she is formidable as a ram, as she has four or five feet of spur; and on a recent occasion when I saw her in dry dock, I was surprised to find that she was rather a pretty model below the water-line. The Wivern is 220 feet long, with a beam of 41 feet, and in commission has a complement of 150 men; and, with stores, provisions, and ammunition on board, to fighting trim she has a mean draught of 17 feet.\n\nSoon after His Excellency the Governor arrived on board, the ship's head was laid to westward and she proceeded under easy steam down the harbour and out through the Sulphur Channel; and on arriving off the south-east point of Lamma Island the steam trial commenced. The working of her machinery was highly satisfactory, and going down with the wind eleven knots were got out of her with 69 revolutions; after being brought head to wind and going back over the same course, a similar result was obtained; and later, with 70 revolutions, a slight improvement upon eleven knots was made.\n\nThe Wivern's armament consists of four 12-ton guns, Woolwich pattern, two in each turret; four Nordenfeldt guns, two on the forecastle and two on the poop; a Gatling gun, mounted on a carriage fit for shore fighting, but the gun can be readily detached and hoisted into a cutter for boat service; there is also a 9-pounder for the latter kind of work. In addition to this she carries the formidable Whitehead fish torpedoes, containing a charge of 33lbs. of gun-cotton, and spar torpedoes with 35lbs. of the same explosive. The projectiles for the 12-ton guns are of several kinds—empty common shell, weighing 237lbs.; Palliser chilled shot, of 250lbs., and Palliser chilled shell, of the same weight, but containing a bursting charge which explodes immediately it has contact with the object, besides these are case-shot and shrapnel. A full charge of powder is 30lbs. rifle large grain, and a battering charge 50lbs. pebble. The mechanical appliances adopted in loading and working these guns are such as to enable the gunners to fire with great rapidity, and the result is that a tremendous weight of metal can be poured into an enemy's ship in an incredibly short space of time. But of modern weapons, probably less is generally known about the Nordenfeldt gun than any other. The first ship in the British navy which received a Nordenfeldt gun was the Comus, now in Hongkong Harbour, followed by the Northampton, 12, double-screw armour-plated ship, and",
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        "content_text": "1745.\n\nS17:-\n\n4439\n\nRECE'd\n\nRade 21 FEB 99 231\n\nADMIRALTY.\n\n15th February 1899.\n\nWith reference to Admiralty letter, H.475, of the 27th ultimo, urging the importance of connecting telegraph system by Wei-hai-Wei with the British means of an all British cable,\n\nI am commanded by Their Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request that you will represent to the Secretary of State, that they have just received from the Commander-in-Chief on the China Station a letter drawing attention to the many errors which occur in the transmission of messages over the Imperial Chinese wires, and citing as an example a telegraphic order recently given by him to Rear Admiral Fitzgerald to proceed in Her Majesty's Ship \"Barfleur\" to Wei-hai-wei from Hong Kong, calling on route at Nagasaki if he wished to do so.\n\nOwing to an error in transmitting the cipher groups,\n\nForeign Office.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]",
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        "title": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]",
        "content_text": "NO SECRET.\n\nCopies to:\n\n507\n\n-\n\nCanton No. 178\n\nPeking No. 21\n\nSwatow\n\nSir,\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE.\n\nCON 07.969 August, 1926.\n\n21 SEP 1926\n\nMr. J. F. Brenan, His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton, has furnished me with a copy of his despatch to the Foreign Office No. 69 of the 16th August recommending reprisals against strike-pickets, who are in effect a band of organized pirates and brigands, and who alone benefit by the continuance of the boycott.\n\n2.\n\nAt a conference which I held at Government House, Hongkong, on the 9th August, attended by Major-General Luard, Rear Admiral Stirling, Mr. Brenan, Mr. Southern, Commander J. U. P. Fitzgerald, Senior Naval Officer of the West River, and Major Bennett, General Staff Officer, China Command, it was unanimously agreed that the boycott is likely to continue indefinitely with increasing damage to British trade and prestige, unless action more drastic than hitherto is taken against the strike pickets; and it was arranged that Commander Fitzgerald and Major Bennett should proceed to Canton and investigate on the spot the possibilities of more drastic action. The report of Commander Fitzgerald, dated the 13th August, is enclosed in\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE\n\nLIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,\n\nMr.\n\n&C.\n\n&c.\n\n&c.\n\nPage 510\n\nPage 511",
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        "document_key": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]",
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        "title": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]",
        "content_text": "506\n\nALA\n\n16878\n\nMr. Brenan's despatch above referred to, and I attach hereto a copy of a report from the General Staff, China Command, dated the 16th August, in which Major General Luard concurs.\n\n3.\n\nOn the afternoon of the 21st August I held a further conference at Government House, Hongkong, at which there were present Major-General Luard, Rear Admiral Stirling, Mr. Brenan, Mr. Southorn, Mr. Kemp, Mr. Halifax, Mr. Wolfe (Captain Superintendent of Police) and Major Bennett. After full discussion we agreed that on the occurrence of the next anti-British outrage by strike pickets at Canton, His Majesty's ships there should seize all strike picket boats and craft used by strike pickets and disable them. Rear-Admiral Stirling agreed with the view of Commander Fitzgerald that this operation could be effected without landing a man and probably without firing a shot. The result would be to drive strike pickets off the Canton waterways and, once driven off, they would not be allowed to appear there again. We further agreed that, in view of the recent outrageous behaviour of strike pickets along the frontier of the New Territories, described in my secret despatches of the 23rd and 30th July, concerning which a strong protest has been lodged by Mr. Brenan with the Canton Government but without any result, steps should be taken by the Hongkong Police to prevent strike pickets from operating along the northern bank of the Sham-chun river. These pickets are now again armed with rifles and the guerrilla frontier warfare described in my despatch No.72 of the 18th February, 1926, has been renewed. So long as armed strike pickets can patrol the",
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        "content_text": "COPY ENCLOSURE No.1.\n\nSir,\n\nGovernment House, Hongkong, 24th August, 1926.\n\n566\n\nI had the honour of conferring with you at Government House concerning the Canton situation on the 9th and 21st August. On the former occasion there were also present Major-General C.C. Luard, Mr. J.F. Brenan (His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton), Mr. V.T. Southorn (the Colonial Secretary), Commander J.U.P. Fitzgerald (Senior Naval Officer, West River) and Major R.D. Bennett (General Staff Officer, China Command). On the latter occasion there were also present Major-General Luard, Mr. Brenan, Mr. Southorn, Mr. E.D.C. Wolfe (Captain Superintendent of Police), Mr. E.R. Hallifax (Secretary for Chinese Affairs) and Mr. J.H. Kemp (Attorney General).\n\n2. It was the unanimous opinion of both conferences that the anti-British boycott at Canton is likely to continue indefinitely with increasing damage to British trade and prestige unless action more drastic than hitherto is taken against the Strike Pickets, who alone benefit by the continuance of the boycott, and who are in fact an organised band of pirates and brigands, hated by the Cantonese merchants and feared by the Canton Government.\n\n3. Commander Fitzgerald has satisfied himself that it would be a practicable step with the ships at his disposal to seize all Strike Picket boats and boats used...\n\nREAR-ADMIRAL A. J. B. STIRLING, C.B.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-500-1 Canton situation- governor's despatches 18-5-1927 - 9-6-1927",
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        "title": "CO129-500-1 Canton situation- governor's despatches 18-5-1927 - 9-6-1927",
        "content_text": "- 7 \n\nEnclo No. 3. \n\n13. \n\nHowever, on the previous day (18th May) Mr. Brenan, having received from Sir Miles Lampson a telegram dated 17th May agreeing to the former's recommendations in his original telegram of the 16th May, namely demands for immediate punishment of offenders and apology, failing which retaliatory action to be taken in accordance with Admiralty telegram No. 812 of the 11th May, despatched to the Canton Ministry for Foreign Affairs the document of which I attach a copy, repeating his three previous demands, adding that the compensation required was $200 and that, as regards punishment of the offenders, that of the officer directly responsible for this murderous attack, which might have cost several lives, should include a term of imprisonment, and concluding that all these demands \"must be complied with in full on or before Monday, the 23rd May, failing which the British authorities reserve to themselves the right to take such action as they may consider appropriate.\"\n\n14. On the 19th May, in telegram No. 37 to the Foreign Office, Mr. Brenan reported what he had done, adding:- \"As regards sanctions I approve proposal of Senior Naval Officer, West River, (i.e., Commander J.U.P. Fitzgerald) for destruction of matshed barracks and gun positions. Hong Kong Governor's desire for capture of Bogue forts and Dane Island, which contains Military Academy, seems to me out of proportion to offence which caused no material damage, and beyond intention of Admiralty telegram, although such action may become necessary later if Chinese show fight, which is unlikely.\" Mr. Brenan also telegraphed on the 19th May, to His Majesty's Consuls at Swatow, Amoy, Foochow,",
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        "content_text": "- 9 - \n: 1113 \n\nwith this wanton anti-British outrage. As regards the sanctions to be taken, we first considered Commander Fitzgerald's proposal to destroy by gunfire the matshed barracks and gun positions on Dane Island, after a warning to evacuate. Rear-Admiral Boyle and Commodore Pearson, for technical reasons, considered that such an operation should not be attempted; and after full discussion, we all remained of the opinion that the only effective and adequate sanction would be the capture of the Bogue forts and Dane Island Defences. Such an operation would not mean war on China, for \"China\" politically no longer exists. But it would be the best means of restoring British prestige in Southern China and discouraging any further anti-British manifestations in Kwang-tung. The Military Academy on Dane Island is notoriously Bolshevik. Moreover, Mr. Brenan himself had admitted, and we agreed that, if the Chinese showed fight, it would become necessary to capture the Bogue forts and Dane Island Defences.\n\nIf, however, some minor operation at Dane Island were first undertaken, we should lose the advantage of surprise in the major operation. Finally, we decided that we would again strongly recommend the capture of the Bogue forts and Dane Island Defences as the best sanction, but add that, if His Majesty's Government did not agree, any small retaliatory act of destruction should be done from the air, and that in such case incendiary bombs should be dropped by British aircraft on the matshed barracks situated at the spot where the firing on s.s. \"Iungshan\" took place. I telegraphed to you in this sense on the 20th May:",
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        "document_key": "CO129-500-4 Canton situation- governor's despatches 15-9-1927 - 24-11-1927",
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        "title": "CO129-500-4 Canton situation- governor's despatches 15-9-1927 - 24-11-1927",
        "content_text": "# Louds. No. 3.\n\n## Conference at Government House held on 16th September, 1927.\n\n### PRESENT:-\n\n* His Excellency the Governor,\n* H. B. M. Consul-General, Canton,\n* The Commodore,\n* Commander Fitzgerald,\n* Colonial Secretary,\n* Secretary for Chinese Affairs,\n* Attorney-General,\n* Harbour Master,\n* The Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, and\n* The Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton.\n\n### SUBJECT:- Abuse of British Flag on Chinese Inland Waters.\n\nIt was agreed that steps ought to be taken to stop the abuse of the British Flag. The present position appears to be that the Hong Kong Government has no power to refuse the British Flag provided the Merchant Shipping Act is complied with. This makes it possible for ships wholly owned by Chinese, who need not even be British Subjects, provided they form a Company registered in Hong Kong (with its principal place of business here), to claim the right to fly the British Flag. The Consul-General, however, under King's Regulations can refuse to certify to the Chinese Customs that any particular vessel is entitled to British protection in Chinese Inland Waters under the provisions of section 7 of King's Regulation No.5 of 1915, and should any ship (sc. claiming the British Flag) engage in trade without the Consul-General's certificate,",
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        "content_text": "- 2 - \n## Page 68\n\nthreatened the inspection station, placing a quick-firer on board a launch and landing at the inspection station. They sent in a card bearing the name of Commander Fitzgerald, officer commanding the West River Flotilla (note that a British naval officer should describe himself as being in charge of the **West River Flotilla**) and asked the official in charge of the inspection station to come on board and discuss matters.\n\nThe inspection station accordingly sent Detective Chen Han-ping on board the British gunboat, where the officer in command demanded the release of the S.S. \"Tai On\", together with the kerosene on which no tax had been paid, otherwise forcible intervention would be used, the inspection station fired on, and (the occupants) killed. In future, vessels running between Hong Kong and Wuchow must not be subjected to inspection, and if they persisted, fire would be opened. A reply was demanded within five minutes, failing which forcible action would be taken. Chen replied that this matter had already been reported to the government, and he could not take it upon himself to contravene the regulations and release the \"Tai On\".\n\nThe British gunboat then forcibly drew up the Tai On's anchor and she moved off, the inspection station having no means of stopping her. They were also compelled to hand back the arms and ammunition which had been found on the Tai On. After this incident, the S.S. Kong Nong, which formerly had always flown the Chinese flag, arrived at Dosing on the 9th instant, and stopped for inspection. H.M.S. \"Moth\" thereupon sent a launch to tell the Kong Nong...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-502-8 China- general situation 27-4-1927 - 15-9-1927",
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        "title": "CO129-502-8 China- general situation 27-4-1927 - 15-9-1927",
        "content_text": "## 11 \nIt is, of course, impossible, without international agreement, for there is no lack of foreign shipping ready at short notice to take over the trade now done by British river and coastal steamers. During the boycott of Hong Kong the river was filled with Norwegian craft. But even in that case I by no means agree with the conclusion arrived at by the Advisory Committee that we are helpless in the face of Chinese aggression. The measures to be taken and the advisability of putting them into effect would vary with the general political situation existing at the time. If, for instance, it were desired to coerce Canton at the present moment, I would recommend, not a blockade interfering with foreign shipping, but the occupation of the Bogue and Whampoa forts, the stoppage of all native traffic on the main inland waterways and in Canton Harbour, and the prevention of any troop movements by water. Further aggressive measures could be the destruction of the arsenal and such military objectives as the Whampoa Military Academy and the aviation sheds on Kuper Island. The province is always either at war, or on the verge of war with its neighbours, and the threat of interference with its military preparations would have a great deterrent effect. All this could be done, with little or no loss of life, by the forces now available in Hong Kong and with no ostensible interference with foreign interests. It would require a garrison on Shameen, which we now have, and the withdrawal of all British subjects from the interior, which was effected the other day and could be done again. This paragraph has been written in consultation with Commander J. U. Fitzgerald, the senior naval officer on the West River and he concurs in the suggestions therein contained. Commander Fitzgerald has now been in command of the West River Patrol for two years and is well qualified to express an opinion on the subject.\n\n## 12 \nSuch action would admittedly be a very serious measure to take, but so would the blockade contemplated in the report. It could only be justified in an extreme case. The cause would have to be a righteous one and patently so, not only to foreign public opinion but to the Chinese also, who, however, know well enough when they are in the wrong.\n\nThe measures advocated would, of course, cause a temporary cessation of British trade, and could therefore only be undertaken when that trade was already so injured as to make the risks involved worth running. If the Chinese tried to bring about another boycott supported by armed pickets and all the outrages committed on British interests in 1925, I personally am of the opinion that we should be justified in taking the measures mentioned above and that they would prove speedily effective. The danger would not be a prolonged resistance in Canton itself, but the repercussion in other parts of China where possibly conditions were again satisfactory from the point of view of the British trader, who would not want to have them disturbed.\n\n## 13 \nThere will, of course, always be that difficulty, and its extent can only be judged at the time and by the people on the spot. Nevertheless, I think that punitive action in a just cause could be taken with much greater safety now than it could in 1925, and I do not agree with those who maintain that a little force used by the British at the beginning of the boycott in that year would have saved China and her foreign residents all the trouble they have since been through. The Chinese had not then experienced the horrors of Communism, and in order that they should reject the doctrine of their own volition, it was necessary that they should feel its effects at first hand on their persons and property and trade. The experience has been a costly one for the foreigners involved and ten times more so for the Chinese, but in the long run the lesson will be invaluable from the point of view of all who desire peaceful trading conditions. Whereas, a short while ago, any Chinese who dared oppose the anti-foreign programme of the extremists was silenced with the cry of traitor and imperialist, now, in Canton at all events, the term Communist is even more opprobrious, and the Chinese merchant who wishes to trade with the British can once more lift his head and with safety denounce his assailants as Communists and counter-revolutionaries. The latter epithet is apparently applicable to anyone of either side whose views disagree with one's own.\n\n## 14 \nIn 1925, moreover, China was genuinely aroused over the killing of the students in Shanghai and Canton, whilst the Young Nationalist movement in the latter city was being watched with interest as the promise of a brighter day and better things for China, distracted as she was by the interminable civil wars of the self-seeking Northern militarists. An attack on it at that time would have met with no sympathy from Chinese anywhere, or from the other Powers, and it would probably have rearoused all the anti-British ferment on the Yang-tsze and at Shanghai, which was then subsiding. Whatever immediate result it may have had at Canton itself, we may be sure that it would have been regarded elsewhere as a brutal attempt to kill a genuine and laudable Nationalist revival for selfish capitalistic reasons, and it would have played directly into the hands of the Soviet and strengthened their influence throughout the country. If the Russians were to be defeated in China they had to be given the rope to hang themselves, and this they would seem to have done.\n\n## \nOur policy of conciliation has been galling to British subjects in South China, and to no one more than myself, who have had to put up personally with the consequent Chinese truculence and rudeness for a longer period than any other official except my colleague at Swatow. But it has at least proved to the world that we are not selfishly opposed to a Chinese national revival. The excesses committed by our late antagonists have alarmed and disgusted both the Chinese and the other foreign Powers, and if we were again wantonly attacked, we could, I think, retaliate with the feeling that at least we had with us the sympathy of all decent foreigners and many Chinese.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nO\n\n**J. F. BRENAN** \n\n28",
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        "content_text": "## 4\n\nIt is, of course, impossible, without international agreement, for there is no lack of foreign shipping ready at short notice to take over the trade now done by British river and coastal steamers. During the boycott of Hong Kong, the river was filled with Norwegian craft. But even in that case, I by no means agree with the conclusion arrived at by the Advisory Committee that we are helpless in the face of Chinese aggression. The measures to be taken and the advisability of putting them into effect would vary with the general political situation existing at the time. If, for instance, it were desired to coerce Canton at the present moment, I would recommend, not a blockade interfering with foreign shipping, but the occupation of the Bogue and Whampoa forts, the stoppage of all native traffic on the main inland waterways and in Canton Harbour, and the prevention of any troop movements by water. Further aggressive measures could be the destruction of the arsenal and such military objectives as the Whampoa Military Academy and the aviation sheds on Kuper Island. The province is always either at war or on the verge of war with its neighbours, and the threat of interference with its military preparations would have a great deterrent effect. All this could be done, with little or no loss of life, by the forces now available in Hong Kong and with no ostensible interference with foreign interests. It would require a garrison on Shameen, which we now have, and the withdrawal of all British subjects from the interior, which was effected the other day and could be done again. This paragraph has been written in consultation with Commander J. U. Fitzgerald, the senior naval officer on the West River, and he concurs in the suggestions therein contained. Commander Fitzgerald has now been in command of the West River Patrol for two years and is well qualified to express an opinion on the subject.\n\n## 11\n\nSuch action would admittedly be a very serious measure to take, but so would the blockade contemplated in the report. It could only be justified in an extreme case. The cause would have to be a righteous one and patently so, not only to foreign public opinion but to the Chinese also, who, however, know well enough when they are in the wrong. The measures advocated would, of course, cause a temporary cessation of British trade, and could therefore only be undertaken when that trade was already so injured as to make the risks involved worth running. If the Chinese tried to bring about another boycott supported by armed pickets and all the outrages committed on British interests in 1925, I personally am of the opinion that we should be justified in taking the measures mentioned above and that they would prove speedily effective. The danger would not be a prolonged resistance in Canton itself but the repercussion in other parts of China, where possibly conditions were again satisfactory from the point of view of the British trader, who would not want to have them disturbed.\n\n## 12\n\nThere will, of course, always be that difficulty, and its extent can only be judged at the time and by the people on the spot. Nevertheless, I think that punitive action in a just cause could be taken with much greater safety now than it could in 1925, and I do not agree with those who maintain that a little force used by the British at the beginning of the boycott in that year would have saved China and her foreign residents all the trouble they have since been through. The Chinese had not then experienced the horrors of Communism, and in order that they should reject the doctrine of their own volition, it was necessary that they should feel its effects at first hand on their persons and property and trade. The experience has been a costly one for the foreigners involved and ten times more so for the Chinese, but in the long run, the lesson will be invaluable from the point of view of all who desire peaceful trading conditions. Whereas, a short while ago, any Chinese who dared oppose the anti-foreign programme of the extremists was silenced with the cry of traitor and imperialist, now, in Canton at all events, the term \"Communist\" is even more opprobrious, and the Chinese merchant who wishes to trade with the British can once more lift his head and with safety denounce his assailants as Communists and counter-revolutionaries. The latter epithet is apparently applicable to anyone of either side whose views disagree with one's own.\n\n## 13\n\nIn 1925, moreover, China was genuinely aroused over the killing of the students in Shanghai and Canton, whilst the Young Nationalist movement in the latter city was being watched with interest as the promise of a brighter day and better things for China, distracted as she was by the interminable civil wars of the self-seeking Northern militarists. An attack on it at that time would have met with no sympathy from Chinese anywhere or from the other Powers, and it would probably have rearoused all the anti-British ferment on the Yang-tsze and at Shanghai, which was then subsiding. Whatever immediate result it may have had at Canton itself, we may be sure that it would have been regarded elsewhere as a brutal attempt to kill a genuine and laudable Nationalist revival for selfish capitalistic reasons, and it would have played directly into the hands of the Soviet and strengthened their influence throughout the country. If the Russians were to be defeated in China, they had to be given the rope to hang themselves, and this they would seem to have done.\n\n## 14\n\nOur policy of conciliation has been galling to British subjects in South China, and to no one more than myself, who have had to put up personally with the consequent Chinese truculence and rudeness for a longer period than any other official except my colleague at Swatow. But it has at least proved to the world that we are not selfishly opposed to a Chinese national revival. The excesses committed by our late antagonists have alarmed and disgusted both the Chinese and the other foreign Powers, and if we were again wantonly attacked, we could, I think, retaliate with the feeling that at least we had with us the sympathy of all decent foreigners and many Chinese.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nJ. F. BRENAN.\n\nPage 30\nPage 31",
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        "content_text": "## DECYPHER TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies\n\n(Dated 27th April 1927)\n(Received Colonial Office 9.20 a.m. 27th April, 1927.)\n\nFor `15074/26`\n\nAddressed to Secretary of State for the Colonies repeated to Peking No.33 and Canton. Arms embargo. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6 of my despatch secret 28th June 1926. Brenan informs me that General Li Chai Sum now dictator at Canton sent for Commander Fitzgerald Senior Naval Officer West River on 25th April and asked for assistance in obtaining rifle and other ammunition. Li Chai Sum said that Russian supply was cut off and he needed renewal of his stocks to deal with red counter attack. Brenan agreed with me that arms embargo has merely operated to help Chinese who rely on Russia and hamper their opponents. He considers that if Communism is to be fought in China the Chinese themselves must do it and that we should be extremely foolish to handicap men who are trying to do it; also that if we assist Li Chai Sum we shall have the same hold over him as the Russians had over his predecessors.\n\nI have consulted Southorn, Kemp, and Hallifax. We consider that if Li Chai Sum will publicly declare his intention to suppress all anti-foreign and particularly anti-British manifestations in territory he controls and further that he will respect foreign treaty rights pending negotiation in proper form of revised treaties and also that he will suppress piracy and brigandage notably that emanating from Bias Bay then we should relax arms embargo which has again been shown to work against our interests.",
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        "content_text": "# APPENDIX A\n\n# HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE\n\n# LIST OF COMMITTEE PAPERS ISSUED UP TO 1ST JUNE, 1946\n\n29\n\n156\n\nKUAC 24.\n\nHKUAC 25.\n\nNote on salary scales by Mr. Sloss.\n\nHKUAC 26.\n\nHKUAC 27.\n\nHKUAC 1. Copy of letter dated 9th November, 1939, from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governor of Hong Kong.\n\nHKUAC 2. Report by the 1943 Advisory Committee on Hong Kong University and the Higher Educational Institutes in Malaya and Hong Kong. The Future of the Hong Kong University-Memorandum submitted by the Colonial Office to the Far Eastern Committee of the War Cabinet. Observations regarding the possible reconstitution of the University of Hong Kong by Dr. Gordon King, F.R.C.S., F.R.C.O.G. Former Dean of the Medical Faculty of the University.\n\nHKUAC 3.\n\nHKUAC 4.\n\nHKUAC 5.\n\nHKUAC 6.\n\nHKUAC 7.\n\nHKUAC 8.\n\nHKUAC 9.\n\nHKUAC 10. HKUAC 11.\n\nHKUAC 12.\n\nCopy of a letter dated 30th August, 1945, from Professor Percy Roxby of the British Council in China.\n\nCopy of a letter dated 22nd August, 1945, from Dr. Joseph Needham, Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., Head of the British Scientific Mission in China.\n\nExtract from a letter dated 31st July, 1945, from Sir Andrew Caldecott, K.C.M.G. Former Chancellor of the University.\n\nCopy of a telegram dated 30th October from Dr. Gordon King now a member of the Civil Affairs Branch of the Military Administration in Hong Kong.\n\nA note by Professor K. H. Digby, Professor of Surgery and Senior Member of the staff of the University, which was read to members and staff in Stanley Internment Camp.\n\nExtract from a letter by Professor Digby.\n\nCopy of a resolution passed at a meeting on the 21st November, 1945, of graduates and past students of the University in Hong Kong.\n\nA later Memorandum by Dr. Gordon King dated 8th December, 1945, on the reconstitution of the University.\n\nHKUAC 13. Summary of Recommendations contained in the Report of a Committee appointed by the Chancellor in 1939 to consider the Development of the University.\n\nHKUAC 14.\n\nHKUAC 15.\n\nNote by Mr. D. J. Sloss on the University of Hong Kong.\n\nExtract from the Directive on Education issued to the Chief Civil Affairs Officer for the period of the Military Administration in Hong Kong.\n\nHKUAC 16. Note by Sir George Moss in expansion of his remarks at the first meeting of the Committee on January 18th.\n\nHKUAC 17. Telegram dated 28th January, addressed to Mr. D. J. Sloss by the Commander in Chief, Hong Kong, Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt.\n\nHKUAC 18.\n\nHKUAC 19.\n\nHKUAC 20.\n\nHKUAC 21.\n\nHKUAC 22.\n\nHKUAC 23.\n\nPart A. Extracts from a lecture given by Professor W. J. Hinton on April 2nd, 1941, to the Royal Central Asian Society in London on \"Hong Kong's place in the British Empire\".\n\nPart B. Extract from letter dated 22nd January, 1946, from Professor W. J. Hinton to Mr. C. W. M. Cox referring to the lectures quoted above.\n\nFurther note dated 25th January by Sir George Moss in support of his view that informal or diplomatic approaches should be made to discover the extent of the support of the University which might be expected outside Hong Kong.\n\nExtract from the Report of the 1937 Committee (which met in Hong Kong under the Chairmanship of Mr. N. L. Smith to investigate the financial position and advise on the future of the University) in connection with the possibilities of local specialization.\n\nBrief note by Mr. Sloss on the Libraries of the University.\n\nSummary of recommendations contained in papers already circulated for the extensions and development of the University in academic matters.\n\nExtract from a Report dated December, 1945, made by Dr. A. G. H. Smart late Chief Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on his visit to the Far Eastern Colonies.\n\nExtracts from the 1937 Committee's Report on Hong Kong University in regard to the matter of salary scales.\n\nNote of the present and proposed Staff of the University.\n\nDr. Gordon King's suggestions for the reconstruction of the Medical Library of the University.\n\nHKUAC 28. Extract from a letter dated 24th February, 1946, from Professor Roxby of the British Council in China to Miss Ruston (See also HKUAC 5).\n\nPlan of the proposed degree in Social Sciences.\n\nHKUAC 29.\n\nHKUAC 30.\n\nHKUAC 31.\n\nHKUAC 33.\n\nNote by Mr. D. J. Sloss on the administrative machinery of the University of Hong Kong as established under an Ordinance passed in 1911 and last revised in 1937.\n\nNote on the proceedings of the first five meetings of the Committee.\n\nExtract from a letter dated 30th March, 1946, from Dr. George Yeh, previously Professor of English at the National Pekin University and now Head of the Chinese Ministry of Information in London.\n\nHKUAC 34. Suggestions by Professor Hinton for alterations in the Constitution of the University of Hong Kong.\n\nHKUAC 35.\n\nResolution passed by the Shanghai Branch of the Hong Kong University Alumni Association.\n\nHKUAC 36. Extract from a letter from Dr. Gordon King to Miss Ruston dated 23rd March, 1946.\n\nHKUAC 37. Extract from a letter dated 24th April, 1946, addressed to the Colonial Office by the Chairman of the University of Hong Kong Medical Degrees Emergency Committee. (Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg.)\n\nHKUAC 39.\n\nHKUAC 40.\n\nHKUAC 41.\n\nComments on HKUAC 34 by Professor G. M. Forster.\n\nMemorandum by Professor F. Redmond of the Hong Kong University, on the future of the Faculty of Engineering.\n\nNote on Basic and Overseas Pay and Family Allowances.\n\n# APPENDIX B\n\nThe following persons kindly attended meetings of the Committee and gave evidence.\n\nSir Mark Young, G.C.M.G. Governor of Hong Kong.\n\nBrigadier D. M. MacDougall, C.M.G. Chief Civil Affairs Officer during the Military Administration of Hong Kong.\n\nProfessor T. Redmond. Professor of Engineering of Hong Kong University.\n\nMr. C. P. Fitzgerald. Of the British Council.\n\n(Regional Officer for China.)\n\n(32226) Wt. 23066-4903\n\n300 8/46 D.L. G. 373\n\n187",
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        "content_text": "# APPENDIX A\n## HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE\n### LIST OF COMMITTEE PAPERS ISSUED UP TO 1ST JUNE, 1946\n\n| Ref. | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| HKUAC 1. |  |\n| HKUAC 2. |  |\n| HKUAC 3. |  |\n| HKUAC 4. |  |\n| HKUAC 5. | Copy of letter dated 9th November, 1939, from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governor of Hong Kong. |\n| HKUAC 6. | Report by the 1943 Advisory Committee on Hong Kong University and the Higher Educational Institutes in Malaya and Hong Kong. |\n| HKUAC 7. | The Future of the Hong Kong University-Memorandum submitted by the Colonial Office to the Far Eastern Committee of the War Cabinet. |\n| HKUAC 8. | Observations regarding the possible reconstitution of the University of Hong Kong by Dr. Gordon King, F.R.C.S., F.R.C.O.G. Former Dean of the Medical Faculty of the University. |\n| HKUAC 9. | Copy of a letter dated 30th August, 1945, from Professor Percy Roxby of the British Council in China. |\n| HKUAC 10. | Copy of a letter dated 22nd August, 1945, from Dr. Joseph Needham, Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., Head of the British Scientific Mission in China. |\n| HKUAC 11. | Extract from a letter dated 31st July, 1945, from Sir Andrew Caldecott, K.C.M.G. Former Chancellor of the University. |\n| HKUAC 12. | Copy of a telegram dated 30th October from Dr. Gordon King now a member of the Civil Affairs Branch of the Military Administration in Hong Kong. |\n| HKUAC 13. | A note by Professor K. H. Digby, Professor of Surgery and Senior Member of the staff of the University, which was read to members and staff in Stanley Internment Camp. |\n| HKUAC 14. | Extract from a letter by Professor Digby. |\n| HKUAC 15. | Copy of a resolution passed at a meeting on the 21st November, 1945, of graduates and past students of the University in Hong Kong. |\n| HKUAC 16. | A later Memorandum by Dr. Gordon King dated 8th December, 1945, on the reconstitution of the University. |\n| HKUAC 17. | Summary of Recommendations contained in the Report of a Committee appointed by the Chancellor in 1939 to consider the Development of the University. |\n| HKUAC 18. | Note by Mr. D. J. Sloss on the University of Hong Kong. |\n| HKUAC 19. | Extract from the Directive on Education issued to the Chief Civil Affairs Officer for the period of the Military Administration in Hong Kong. |\n| HKUAC 20. | Note by Sir George Moss in expansion of his remarks at the first meeting of the Committee on January 18th. |\n| HKUAC 21. | Telegram dated 28th January, addressed to Mr. D. J. Sloss by the Commander in Chief, Hong Kong, Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt. |\n| HKUAC 22. | Part A. Extracts from a lecture given by Professor W. J. Hinton on April 2nd, 1941, to the Royal Central Asian Society in London on \"Hong Kong's place in the British Empire\". |\n| HKUAC 23. | Part B. Extract from letter dated 22nd January, 1946, from Professor W. J. Hinton to Mr. C. W. M. Cox referring to the lectures quoted above. |\n| HKUAC 24. | Further note dated 25th January by Sir George Moss in support of his view that informal or diplomatic approaches should be made to discover the extent of the support of the University which might be expected outside Hong Kong. |\n| HKUAC 25. | Extract from the Report of the 1937 Committee (which met in Hong Kong under the Chairmanship of Mr. N. L. Smith to investigate the financial position and advise on the future of the University) in connection with the possibilities of local specialization. |\n| HKUAC 26. | Brief note by Mr. Sloss on the Libraries of the University. |\n| HKUAC 27. | Summary of recommendations contained in papers already circulated for the extensions and development of the University in academic matters. |\n| HKUAC 28. | Extract from a Report dated December, 1945, made by Dr. A. G. H. Smart late Chief Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on his visit to the Far Eastern Colonies. |\n| HKUAC 29. | Extracts from the 1937 Committee's Report on Hong Kong University in regard to the matter of salary scales. |\n| HKUAC 30. | Note on salary scales by Mr. Sloss. |\n| HKUAC 31. | Note of the present and proposed Staff of the University. |\n| HKUAC 33. | Dr. Gordon King's suggestions for the reconstruction of the Medical Library of the University. |\n|  | Extract from a letter dated 24th February, 1946, from Professor Roxby of the British Council in China to Miss Ruston (See also HKUAC 5). |\n| HKUAC 34. | Plan of the proposed degree in Social Sciences. |\n| HKUAC 35. | Note by Mr. D. J. Sloss on the administrative machinery of the University of Hong Kong as established under an Ordinance passed in 1911 and last revised in 1937. |\n| HKUAC 36. | Note on the proceedings of the first five meetings of the Committee. |\n|  | Extract from a letter dated 30th March, 1946, from Dr. George Yeh, previously Professor of English at the National Pekin University and now Head of the Chinese Ministry of Information in London. |\n| HKUAC 37. | Suggestions by Professor Hinton for alterations in the Constitution of the University of Hong Kong. |\n| HKUAC 39. | Resolution passed by the Shanghai Branch of the Hong Kong University Alumni Association. |\n|  | Extract from a letter from Dr. Gordon King to Miss Ruston dated 23rd March, 1946. |\n| HKUAC 40. | Extract from a letter dated 24th April, 1946, addressed to the Colonial Office by the Chairman of the Hong Kong University Medical Degrees Emergency Committee. (Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg.) |\n|  | Comments on HKUAC 34 by Professor G. M. Forster. |\n| HKUAC 41. | Memorandum by Professor F. Redmond of the Hong Kong University, on the future of the Faculty of Engineering. |\n|  | Note on Basic and Overseas Pay and Family Allowances. |\n\n## APPENDIX B\n### The following persons kindly attended meetings of the Committee and gave evidence.\n\n| Name | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| Sir Mark Young, G.C.M.G. | Governor of Hong Kong. |\n| Brigadier D. M. MacDougall, C.M.G. | Chief Civil Affairs Officer during the Military Administration of Hong Kong. |\n| Professor T. Redmond. | Professor of Engineering of Hong Kong University. |\n| Mr. C. P. Fitzgerald. | Of the British Council. (Regional Officer for China.) |\n\n`(52226) Wt. 23066-4903 300 8/46 D.L. G. 373` \n28 \n36",
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        "content_text": "28\n\n# APPENDIX A.\n\n## HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE\n\n### LIST OF Committee Papers Issued UP TO 1ST JUNE, 1946.\n\n130\n\nHKUAC1. Copy of letter dated 9th November, 1939, from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governor of Hong Kong.\n\nHKUAC2. Report by the 1943 Advisory Committee on Hong Kong University and the Higher Educational Institutes in Malaya and Hong Kong. The Future of the Hong Kong University-Memorandum submitted by the Colonial Office to the Far Eastern Committee of the War Cabinet.\n\nHKUAC3. Observations regarding the possible reconstitution of the University of Hong Kong by Dr. Gordon King, F.R.C.S., F.R.C.O.G. Former Dean of the Medical Faculty of the University.\n\nHKUAC4. Copy of a letter dated 30th August, 1945, from Professor Percy Roxby of the British Council in China.\n\nHKUAC5. Copy of a letter dated 22nd August, 1945, from Dr. Joseph Needham, Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., Head of the British Scientific Mission in China.\n\nHKUAC6. Extract from a letter dated 31st July, 1945, from Sir Andrew Caldecott, K.C.M.G. Former Chancellor of the University.\n\nHKUAC7. Copy of a telegram dated 30th October from Dr. Gordon King now a member of the Civil Affairs Branch of the Military Administration in Hong Kong.\n\nHKUAC8. A note by Professor K. H. Digby, Professor of Surgery and Senior Member of the staff of the University, which was read to members and staff in Stanley Internment Camp.\n\nHKUAC9. Extract from a letter by Professor Digby.\n\nHKUAC10. Copy of a resolution passed at a meeting on the 21st November, 1945, of graduates and past students of the University in Hong Kong.\n\nHKUAC11. A later Memorandum by Dr. Gordon King dated 8th December, 1945, on the reconstitution of the University.\n\nHKUAC12. 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J. Sloss by the Commander in Chief, Hong Kong, Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt.\n\nHKUAC 18.\n\nHKUAC 19.\n\nPart A. Extracts from a lecture given by Professor W. J. Hinton on April 2nd, 1941, to the Royal Central Asian Society in London on \"Hong Kong's place in the British Empire\".\n\nPart B. Extract from letter dated 22nd January, 1946, from Professor W. J. Hinton to Mr. C. W. M. Cox referring to the lectures quoted above.\n\nFurther note dated 25th January by Sir George Moss in support of his view that informal or diplomatic approaches should be made to discover the extent of the support of the University which might be expected outside Hong Kong.\n\nHKUAC 20. Extract from the Report of the 1937 Committee (which met in Hong Kong under the Chairmanship of Mr. N. L. Smith to investigate the financial position and advise on the future of the University) in connection with the possibilities of local specialization.\n\nHKUAC 21. HKUAC 22.\n\nBrief note by Mr. Sloss on the Libraries of the University.\n\nSummary of recommendations contained in papers already circulated for the extensions and development of the University in academic matters. HKUAC 23. Extract from a Report dated December, 1945, made by Dr. A. G. H. Smart late Chief Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on his visit to the Far Eastern Colonies.\n\n7773\n\n29\n\nExtracts from the 1937 Committee's Report on Hong Kong University in regard to the matter of salary scales.\n\nHKUAC 24.\n\nHKUAC 25.\n\nNote on salary scales by Mr. Sloss.\n\nHKUAC 26.\n\nNote of the present and proposed Staff of the University.\n\nHKUAC 27.\n\nDr. Gordon King's suggestions for the reconstruction of the Medical Library of the University.\n\nHKUAC 28. Extract from a letter dated 24th February, 1946, from Professor Roxby of the British Council in China to Miss Ruston (See also HKUAC 5). Plan of the proposed degree in Social Sciences.\n\nHKUAC 29. HKUAC 30.\n\nHKUAC 31. HKUAC 33.\n\nNote by Mr. D. J. Sloss on the administrative machinery of the University of Hong Kong as established under an Ordinance passed in 1911 and last revised in 1937.\n\nNote on the proceedings of the first five meetings of the Committee. Extract from a letter dated 30th March, 1946, from Dr. George Yeh, previously Professor of English at the National Pekin University and now Head of the Chinese Ministry of Information in London. HKUAC 34. Suggestions by Professor Hinton for alterations in the Constitution of the University of Hong Kong. HKUAC 35.\n\nResolution passed by the Shanghai Branch of the Hong Kong University Alumni Association.\n\nHKUAC 36. Extract from a letter from Dr. Gordon King to Miss Ruston dated 23rd March, 1946. HKUAC 37.\n\nHKUAC 39.\n\nHKUAC 40.\n\nHKUAC 41.\n\nExtract from a letter dated 24th April, 1946, addressed to the Colonial Office by the Chairman of the University of Hong Kong Medical Degrees Emergency Committee. (Mr. T. M. 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Extract from a letter dated 31st July, 1945, from Sir Andrew Caldecott, K.C.M.G. Former Chancellor of the University.\n\nHKUAC6. Copy of a telegram dated 30th October from Dr. Gordon King now a member of the Civil Affairs Branch of the Military Administration in Hong Kong.\n\nHKUAC7. A note by Professor K. H. Digby, Professor of Surgery and Senior Member of the staff of the University, which was read to members and staff in Stanley Internment Camp.\n\nHKUAC8. Extract from a letter by Professor Digby.\n\nHKUAC9. Copy of a resolution passed at a meeting on the 21st November, 1945, of graduates and past students of the University in Hong Kong.\n\nHKUAC10. A later Memorandum by Dr. Gordon King dated 8th December, 1945, on the reconstitution of the University.\n\nHKUAC11. Summary of Recommendations contained in the Report of a Committee appointed by the Chancellor in 1939 to consider the Development of the University.\n\nHKUAC12. Note by Mr. D. J. 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Extracts from the 1937 Committee's Report on Hong Kong University in regard to the matter of salary scales. Note on salary scales by Mr. Sloss.\n\nHKUAC25. Note of the present and proposed Staff of the University.\n\nHKUAC26. Dr. Gordon King's suggestions for the reconstruction of the Medical Library of the University.\n\nHKUAC27. Extract from a letter dated 24th February, 1946, from Professor Roxby of the British Council in China to Miss Ruston (See also HKUAC5).\n\nHKUAC28. Plan of the proposed degree in Social Sciences.\n\nHKUAC29. Note by Mr. D. J. Sloss on the administrative machinery of the University of Hong Kong as established under an Ordinance passed in 1911 and last revised in 1937.\n\nHKUAC30. Note on the proceedings of the first five meetings of the Committee.\n\nHKUAC31. 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Further note dated 25th January by Sir George Moss in support of his view that informal or diplomatic approaches should be made to discover the extent of the support of the University which might be expected outside Hong Kong.\n\nHKUAC 20. Extract from the Report of the 1937 Committee (which met in Hong Kong under the Chairmanship of Mr. N. L. Smith to investigate the financial position and advise on the future of the University) in connection with the possibilities of local specialization.\n\nHKUAC 21. Brief note by Mr. Sloss on the Libraries of the University.\n\nHKUAC 22. Summary of recommendations contained in papers already circulated for the extensions and development of the University in academic matters.\n\nHKUAC 23. Extract from a Report dated December, 1945, made by Dr. A. G. H. Smart late Chief Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on his visit to the Far Eastern Colonies.\n\nHKUAC 24. 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