Hongkong, Jan. 12.
At a congregation for conferring dekrees yesterday evening, Sir William Bruny in the course of a long speech mentioned the late Mr. Edward LO: as the donor of several scholarships tenable for pupils of Shianghai Municipal' Council Schools which owe their interest to the fact that he limited his generosity not by a fixed sum but undertook to pay the private bills of students whatever, in son, their amount might be.
Sir William, Brunyate spoke of his attendance at the annual conference of the Associated British Chambers of Commerce at Shanghai. British merchants looked to Hongkong University as the natural head of a system to assist British Missionary schools in China.
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