Recommendations Made by the Delegation to China Approved by the Advisory Committee with Slight Modifications: Fund to Apply to Whole of China The following is the text of the report by the Advisory Committee appointed to consider the best means of applying the remainder of the Boxer Inlemnity for the good of China, Te will be remembered that 'a delegation, headed by Lord Willingdon, visited China last year, and its recommendations have been' approved by the Advisory Committee with slight modifications, (including the training of industria?
workers) and commercial ies and translation ips at British Universities, including the Hongkong, University, and the endowment of Chinese studies at the School of Oriental Languages in London and at British Universities, These recommendations are naturally of a very general character in view of the large number of subjects and Jschemes laid before the Delegation and are submitted for the careful consideration of the Board of Trastees, 1. In accordance with the pro-return to England, were in every'
Investment Fund Proposals mise made by the British Govern-Jcase unanimous, ment to the Chinese Government in (e) As regards the Investment December 192#*that the balance of The Recommend: Fund the Committee recommend the British share of the Boxer in-three alternative investments—1. 6. The principal demnity would henceforth be devot-Railway construction, 2, River con-[tions made by the Delegation are Jed to purposes mutually beneficial to follows: servancy, 3. Investment of the fund Great Britain and Ching, the British}! "(a)" That a Board of Trustecs|Chitese Covermene neue gilt caged" (includ vernment passed in June be established in El to which the that the income be available for car-
{Act of Perliament which authorised e established in China to which the the application of these fands for Fund shall be entrusted and that the general. purposes indicated and Js0on as the said Board of Trustees appointed an Advisory Committee to Jadvise H. M. Government how the is organized the present Advisory, 'Committee shall be dissolved. money could' most usefully be ex-'That the Board shall con-pended, [sist of 11 members—six is unfortunate that 20 long and five Bi sh—of whom at least! 1 period should have elapsed between lone shall be a woman, these members the first announcement above refer-to and the passing of the Act, be appa'ated in the first instance by the aese Government after Dut, this was not due to any opposi-consultation and in agreement with tion in England to the proposal but 1H, M. Government.
Four members entirely owing to the political situa-{to be" apt red for one year, four tion in 1923 and two following years for two years and three for' three! which involved two elections and rs; the length of the term of changes of government, fice to be decided by lot.
After 3. After the Act was passed the first period, the'term of office to further unavoidable delay took be three years' for all members; place before the Advisory Committee vacancies to be filled by a vote of! could be legally constituted so that not less than seven members, The did not become a statutory body Board to elect its own chairman who under the terms of the act until the may be either Chinese or British, beginning of tha year 1920, It The proportion of Chinese and should be noted, however, that the British members shall be maintained financial position of the Fund has in until 1948 when any or all of the no way been prejudiced by these British members may be replaced by delays as since December 1922 the
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