To the Editor of the "Norra-Cuina Dairy News."
Smr,—With reference to Mr. J. O. P. Bland's letter to "The Times," I shall be glad if you will permit me, as Chairman of the Central Committee appointed by the Conference of British Chambers of Commerce in China and Hongkong to deal with the fund raised by the Associated Chambers for the Id-cation of Chinese.on British lines, to remind your readers of the objects of that fund as laid down in the report adopted by' the last Conference of the Associated Chambers. I quote the following extract from the report "The general question of sending Chinese students to Great Britain was, a year or two ago, one upon which nearly' all opinion would be found to agree. Since that time, however, many thoughtful and responsible men have changed their opinion, so that the question has become a highly controversial one. Seeing that' the funds available or likely to become available to this Committee are too restricted to enable it to assist any large number of students to proceed to Great Britain, it prefers not to give any opinion on the question which has become matter of controversy."
The report recommends that the funds available be used for:
(a) Secondary education in China, and (b) Aid to Medical Missions.
Tt is on these lines that the Committee: is working. It has already distributed $30,000.—in support of Secondary Education in China, and Tls. 20,000.—in support of Mddical Missions in China, Mr. Bland states his opinion as follows "T take leave to conclude that the modernization of Young
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