In rough figures, so it is said, 75 per cent. of students attending the University are from Shanghai, North China or the Malaya, It is therefore not a local institution, but one that is of interest to every progressive mind in China.
The University of Hongkong has The Government of the Colony as. advised by the Commission which the Governor appointed, has most generously placed the University on a sound financial footing. It now only remains for the Chinese: to show their appreciation of that generosity by sending their sons to Hongkong rather than to. Europe: or to America and also by encouraging the "forward" policy urged by the Commission. It is, at any rate, a great relief that British: prestige has been maintained. For the University was found in a British colony and it is not in keeping with British traditions to start such a splendid institution and then fail to maintain it ade quately, Although the little Crown Colony in South China has-undertaken a very great responsibility in connexion with its University, it will never shirk that, responsibility, Once again has it demonstrated that the Anglo-Saxon race will make great sacrifices for the cause of civilization. And_ the Commissioners have been convinced that this institution deserves every support from those who are working in the cause of Anglo-Chinese friendship.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.