CLOSED UNTIL
No. 82700
SUBJECT.
Hong Kong
Diocesan Boys School
129/529/1
Previous
30127/27.
Subsequent
85065 780/13 5,000 7/48 N.M.Ltd.
1 Gov 24
States that the school in
difficulties
wurths in arrean.
and sentit. fund..
the school. the.
financial
then suc
-respect of interest
on loan made
Recommend
be permitted
Committel way
to suspend payment for the lume
being happerssona
As the school cannid
the $7,000
the $14,000 duc in
suspension for the time being
due in 1530
of hagments
To approved.
? But reps coting
tuw Zan school
Cauner Lay
these sums it fresent
& requesting an caly you
financial position
the future.
a huhods for
G. C. Miles
? Approve &ack for a refort towards the as to the financial position of
end of the year
the school and the prospects of the resumption
of these payments in 1932,
J. A. Calder
Thand a lay latter with 17° featherstone - Handmeston
of this schola font days ago, for what he tre
me and the paper reports on the school that he
пириватнов
Shannah me
I shamba wimagine that it desires all ponible support and that it exerts a good and eventually British influence in Humytiny.
Ver. For that I was doutput of the
the midon
the town at the time
1. V Jo Jor. 94 (ames) con 23 2.3
W.T. Fantherstone
interview
The school
but support it as I have _ any affliction fee such
ruschert must
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Mewill, and in
4. W.J. Frotherstone
& also. Frod
School. History.
the school
I see that Sam Yat Sen was an
Old Goy.
The school prospectus is at the
end of the volume.
? Thank for most interesting
the memo, a my
the Gonsent is being asked to see for
his brous on the scale a system of assistance to the school.
Cofy corr? (include the memo, but not the volume) to Sov. byderf. casting
his Dsons on 12. Feritierstone's memo,
and in particules,
on the scales
system of assistance 6 the School горовает
1.20.70 in 16.6.34
Mr Mayhem
about the course proposal.
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come in its intent during history in
is doing what he England. What I had in mind when I suggslynn
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have had a lith with him in the wart of the
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of State, and that it embl
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within the 5-ofs.
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July with
than any appeal
in which t
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of referring it on the Hongking Geornment,
ought comm
managing committee
the school and not from the Headmaster,
I support that the Hundesten the Committee in hongking are at verience but the tin hand the H.K. Guernment
might claim that ther Committe
not with
my with the
far as I
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negotiation and still grinj
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To Rev. Featherstone (4 Aur!). 6% - 24 JUN 1931
DESARCTED
DEN FATUTE
7 here quen 17 "featherstone licking & informent
or on thing and above. He agrees that it whe
not be in the im
ve done al
min of the
Then Putly
6. Bishop of London
Irs. Comp.
51/12/31 letter from
Victoring to outstanding
portion of the loan
of $175000
Bechet of hom
DESTROYED UNDER STATHE
to this school to its financial fosition
is made in faras
Comunes Report
38-43 of the Retrenchment- on the Education Deft
was forwarded by the low in his desplata No 256 Reserved
Nos. on 82798/31). In his commentary on the
Prefort which
• forwarded by desfatér
No470 (No3 on the same file), that negotiations
froceeding with the school authonties &
that it would be fremature at this stage
disclosure.
ally tork Bogdósig
Refly, that
understands that
negotiations regarding the Diocesan Bags School I Hong Kong
are in frogness
between the Gov & the school authorities what but that no
get been received from Hong Kong. When received definite froposals have are received they will be given
proposals
careful conson
Jameso Halle offre 5/1/32
11.32 for
To Bishop of Ron. (6 And) ___
Irs petition from the Committee wishing
the Goat van & all outelanding interest & sinking fund charges de cancelled. Recommends that the request be not acceded to & states reasons
It is very unfortunate that the Diocesan
Boys Scnool should have got into serious
financial difficulties.
Any setback in
British educational enterprise in Hong Kong
is to be deprecated, and I feel that
possible
possible should be done to avoid the closing
down of the School.
A decision having that
effect would almost certainly be the subject of
criticism.
It appears to be beyond question that
the School is doing a good work, though, not
unnaturally, the School authorities rate the
value of their activities more highly thun does
the Governor.
A perusal of the names in the
School Register which will be found on pages
179-204 of the "History and Records" sent as a
subenclosure to the despatch, makes it clear
that the great majority of pupils are Chinese.
Sun Yet Sen was a Day Boy in 1883.
The School had very bad luck in the
failure of two successive purchasers of its
former site and in the fall of land values which
followed. This resulted in the sale of the
after site to the Government) at a price which, withsout
taking into account$ 95,000 forfeited by the second purchaser, left a deficit of $131,866
on the original purchase price. The addition
to this deficit of $40,000 expended by the School
in interest on temporary loans etc, which had
to be raised as a result of the purchasers
default, made up the deficit to $171,866 which
was wiped out by the Government loan of $175,000.
The factor which secured the Secretary of State's
concurrence in this loan was the undesirability
of an English institution being indebted at my theat
time to Chinese contractors.
Ten months after the occupation of the
new buildings, the School suffered a further
set-back, through the occupation of these buildings
for a period of 12 months by the Military
Authorities. But in their petition the
School authorities give no figures to indicate
the extent of the damage suffered. References
to the occupation of the School by the
Military Authorities will be found in the
"History and Records", in marked paragraphs on
pages 7-71, 77-78, and 116 -120 from which
it appears that the Military Authorities paid
$5658 per month rental for the new building
during occupation. After evacuation, the
School agreed to pay $25,000 for the top
storey which was added by the Military Authorities
but agreement was reached to defer payment for
five years and it is then to be made in ten
instalments.
The School also agreed to pay
$4000 for material left by the Military
Authorities.
Against all this has been set
off $20,000 which the Military Authorities
agreed to pay as compensation.
From the same pages of the "History and
Records" it appears that the average attendance
of pupils at material times before, during
and after the military occupation, was as
set out below: -
March, April and May, 1926.
3 months after the move to the new buildings).
March, April and May, 1927
6 months in temporary premises after occupation of new buildings by Military Authorities).
March, April and May, 1928 After reoccupation of new buildings evacuated by Military Authorities).
On the above figures it is clear that there
was a serious drop in attendance at the School
attributable to the military occupation, and
this was by no means entirely recovered immediately
the school took over its new buildings.
ter a statement sent to Mr. Ellis-
enclosure to (4) on this file
in June, 1931,
Headmaster stated, however, that the numbers
again risen to about 300.
From the above, it seems clear that the
School has suffered a series of misfortunes which
have been, to a large extent, outside the control
of the school authorities.
On the other hand, a definite proposal made
by the Hong Kong Government which would have
enabled the School to repay the loan in full and
to start afresh without further assistance, though
on modest
modest lines, has been turned down by the
School authorities and only a very cursory reference
to it is made in their petition (para. 18).
The Govr. has come to the conclusion that for
many years the School has consistently failed to make an effort to adjust itself to its financial
position, and he considers that even if the loan
were cancelled, it is probable that a further
request for financial assistance would sooner or
later be made. Moreover, he sees no justification for giving such exceptionally favourable treatment to the Diocesan Boys School, as the remission
of their debt would represent, when grants and
subsidies to other schools are on a scale which is
admittedly inadequate.
These points seem to me to carry considerable
It does not appear from the petition
that any special efforts have been made to
raise funds to meet the interest and
sinking fund payments due to the Govt. On
the contrary, the petition confirms the view
expressed by the Government representative
on the Committee, that the Committee do not
appear to realise their responsibilities and
think that the debt due to Government need not
be paid.
It is apparent that no half measures
such as a further postponement of payment and
payments
interest and/or sinking fundes would meet
the case, and I do not think that a strong
enough case has been made by the School
authorities for the remission of the loan and
outstanding charges.
I am not at all happy
about the effect on the Sonool of refusal
to cancel its indebtedness to Government.
cannot, however, see in the case as presented,
a sufficient reason for a decision other than
that the request for cancellation of the
outstanding portion of the loan and the
interest and sinking fund charges, should be
refused.
Should a decision to that effect be taken,
I hope a way may still remain open for further
regarding
the scheme proposed by the
negotiations
Govr, although the Govr. does not say so,
the Committee of the School appear to have
completely rejected the proposal. Unless
the School authorities agree to some such
proposal or can find some new source of
revenue which seems very improbable) it
a decision to refuse cancellation of of its indebtedness to hoo! well make it inforsible for the school
on its work.
This has been held
Refoit of the Retrenchment Commission
Which contains observations on the
lover on fe for als for the future of the
a when is siffe in circulation)
school. In the meantime a letter has been received from the
Theval Secreting of the Missioning Comicil Stue lurch Assembly which is attacked belves. We had better deal with ties first
10 Church Assembly Macron Emil
Engunes whether
has yet been
regard to
I do not suffore that the
Missionary Cancel of the Church Assembly, likely to give material
assistance
the School to the
extent required, if at all.
? Refly that the matter
is still under conson or that
the sofs would be willing
consider
remo from the Council
the Subject.
BuJameron
J. A. Calder
We had bellis wait
from the Church Assembly; the information before
me I see
d lo dissml
from the Gourmoi's recommendations.
Hollowell
Tell them that in with await their memo, as froioned
"! To tursimery Council - (10 and)-23-2-32
12 at trust of Report of Retrenchment Commen.
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Ch. Ameubly Menwary (onment.
Wil sutart memo
DESTROYED UNDER STATUTE
Pure dag.
14 Minute by
Mr. Mayhew
It will be very difficult to persuade the
H.K. Gost. that it should assist this
ore liberal reale
much more
the it can afford to give
afford to give to other
schools. Moreover I am
the view of
impressed by
the Retrenchment Commission
that the maintenance of the school in its
prent buildings
& on the wisting site
is altogether beyond the recouver
Committe. The Goot' offer
gives an offortunity for erecting to ambitions buildings on a cheaper site.
J. A. Calder
15.3.327
rayhew has rut very strongly the argum-
ents in favour of further
overnment as-ist-
ance to the school. ut I should feel much
hesitation to over rule the overnor in such
a matter. In particular I am impressed by the
overnor s remark that it would not be desir-
able to acord to a single institution, the
financial management of which has not been
wise. such exceptional treatment as is now
asked for."
e shall, I presume, continue to wait for
the memo. from the Church Assembly. In the
meantime I see no sufficient ground for
pressing the overnor to reconsider his
decision.
#Rlowell
16.3.32.
Continue to awant the nemo.
Church Vernonang
Juris memod". regarding be future of the school.
I am afraid that there is nothing very
helpful in the letter from the Missionary
Council of the Church Assembly -
no suggestion
of material support for the Diocesan Boys'
Stress is laid upon the importance of
intimate cultural relationship with China.
which we already fully appreciate. The
Missionary Council would look upon the closing
dorm of the school as a disaster for the whole
of China. Here again we are, in at any rate
some measure, in agreement. The acceptance
of the offer made by the Governor of Hong
Kong would, however, have avoided the closing
down of the school. To this no reference is
made. At the end of their letter the Council
be reedn't rub Ly
stress the inadequacy of the salaries at present paid to the staff. The Governor pointed this out and gave it as a reason for expecting that,
even if the loan from Govt. and the interest and
sinking fund charges were reritted, the school
would still be likely to approach the Govt. for
further financial assistance.
The letter from the Church Assembly in fact
merely amounts to a strong plea for the cancellation
of the unpaid balance of the loan, together with interest and sinking fund charges. No new
arguments in favour of such cancellation are brought
I fear, therefore, that the request of the
school for the remission of loan and sinking fund
charges must be turned down.
? Inform the Governor that the petition of the
school authorities has been very carefully considered but that the S. of S. is impressed by the view
of the Retrenchment Commission that the maintenance
of the school in its present building and on the
existing site is altogether beyond the resources
of the Managing Committee, and by the Governor's
contention that it would not be desirable to accord
to a single institution the financial management of which has not been wise] such exceptional
treatment as is now asked for. Express a hope
that the way may be still open for further
negotiations on the Governor's proposals for the
future of the school; but say that the S. of S.
is unable to intervene on behalf of the Committee
of the School, and ask that the Committee be so
informed.
Subsequently
Subsequently a letter will be required
to the Missionary Council of the Church
Assembly telling them what has been done.
Hufgamerzy
Headmaster, Liverpool College
(15) ? As froposed by Mr. Jameson.
&. A. Calder
Sir S. Wilson.
Arlowell
mn Vischu
You may wish to send
HE MENT ÉS
This is a paper which
Sir R. Hamilton on grounds, viz:- (1) as
technically a "petition" and (2) as relating
to a question in which the Educational
Committee is likely sooner or later to interest
Moreover, the matter is one that
may well arouse interest in Parliament.
The Hong Kong Diocesan school is
unique of its kind, and I share Mr.Mayhew's
reluctance to see it disappear. But, circum-
stances being what they are, I do not see how we can
do otherwise than accept the Governor's view.
Bir R. Hamilton
You should see
his R. Hamilton spoke to me about this.
Drafts her with for
VS. 2/5/32
6 MAY 1932
18 To Missiomay 19. C: 122. (9)
Messimary.
Wichs, (18) with thank;
2ECTROHEY UMWER STATUTE
Pure dag,
82790/1931. Hong Kong.
Mr. Calder. 30/4/32.
Parkinson.
Mr. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
XSir J. Shuckburgh. 2
Permt. U.S. of S.
★ Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
HONG KONG.
2 drafts.
Downing Street,
April, 1932.
With reference to your
despatch No. 533, of the 23rd
of December, I have, etc. to
inform you that the petition
from the Committee of the
Diocesan Boys' School asking that
the loan and all outstanding
interest and sinking fund charges
should be cancelled, has been
very carefully considered, but
that I am impressed by the view
of the Retrenchment Commission
that the maintenance of the
school in its present building
and on the existing site is
altogether beyond the resources
of the Managing Committee
no less than
by your view that it would not be
desirable to accord on a single institution
such exceptional treatment as is asked, for.
2. In the circumstances, I
have to request you to inform the
Committee of the School that I regret
that I am unable to grant their petition
that the loan and all outstanding interest
and sinking fund charges should be
cancelled.
I trust, however, that the way
may still be open for further negotiations
as to the future of the school, as I
agree that it would be unfortunate if
it were closed down.
The Committee
should give serious consideration to the
proposal made by your Goverment, or
alternatively, it should submit proposals
by which the finance necessary to continue
the school on its present lines may be
obtained without relying solely on
exceptional terms from the Government.
I have, etc.
(Sad) P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER.
Calder. 30/4/32.
Mr. Parkinson.
Mr. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh. 2/5/32
Permt. U.S. of S.
5. Whelt
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
82790/1931. Hong Kong.
Downing Street,
1939 April, 1932.
I am etc. to ack. the
THE SECRETARY
OF THE MISSIONARY COUNCIL.
2 drafts.
receipt of your letter of the
17th of March, reference AWD/BJG,
and to request you to inform
the Missionary Council of the
Church Assembly that he has
given careful consideration to
the views expressed in your
letter in support of the appeal
made by the Committee of the
Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong.
While he fully appreciates
the good work in the cause of
education which has been accomplished
by the School, he regrets that
he has felt compelled to concur
in the view of the Governor of
Hong Kong
Hong Kong that it is not possible
to accord to the school such exceptional
treatment as would be' implied by
cancelling the Government loan and all
outstanding interest and sinking fund
charges.
3. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister
trusts that the Committee of the School
will now give careful consideration
to the proposal which has been made by
the Hong Kong Government which would
enable the school to continue on
more modest lines on another site, or that
alternatively, the Committee may be able to
obtain the finance
necessary to continue
the school on its present lines without
relying solely on exceptional terms from
the Government.
(Signed) H. R. OOWELL
THE HEADMASTER.
TEL. ROYAL
LIVERPOOL COLLEGE
J.H. Calder, Esq., The Far East Department, The Colonial Office,
Mar. 31st., 1932.
Dear Sir,
I venture to introduce myself first as a close friend of
Mr. Arthur Kayhew, with whom I spent five years on the staff at
Eton, before coming here, and also as the educational commissary to
the Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong. It is on his behalf that I
have recently been negotiating, with Canon Davies, for the appointment
of a new headmaster of the Diocesan Boys' School at Kowloon, who
will be asked to take over the school at a very difficult period in
its existence. We have, however, secured an exceptionally able
man in Mr. Sargent, of Wellington College. I enclose a statement
about him, setting forth the details of his career. Mr. Sargent is
fully aware that the Diocesan School at Kowloon is going through a
financial crisis, but from all he has heard of the School, he is
quite prepared to burn his boats' at Wellington, and is going out to
Hong Kong in the hope that the School will weather the present storm,
and continue its useful work as an educational centre for the
THE HEADMASTER.
TEL. ROYAL
LIVERPOOL College
important area in which it stands.
I may say that Ir. Sargent is
not only throwing up a valuable post as Sixth Form Physics master
at a leading Fublic School; he has also just refused a House
mastership at Wellington, in order to be free to go to Hong Kong.
I mention these points because I believe that an appeal is now before
the Colonial Office for relief from the Government debt on the
buildings. Obviously the future of the School will be vitally
affected by the decision taken by the Government over here, with
regard to this appeal. I do not know when that decision will
finally be made, but in case the matter is coming up for settlement
this week, I felt I ought to let you know about Mr. Sargent's
appointment, which was only made finaly yesterday.
Canon Davies,
who was, I believe, responsible for the forwarding of the appeal to
the Colonial Office, as Hon. Secretary of the Advisory Council of
Christian Education Overseas, is away from London till next Monday.
I understand that Mr. Mayhew has given your name to someone at the
Advisory Council as being kindly willing to keep them in touch with
the matter. I thought, therefore, that in case the matter was
urgent, I should let you know at once how the position stands with
regard to the Headmastership of the School. If no decision is to
be taken until after Monday, doubtless Canon Davies (to whom I am
sending a copy of this letter) will write himself, on his return to
the office.
Yours very truly,
(Rev.) Ruy Howard-
The Diocesan Boys' School, Kowloon.
The vacancy created at the Diocesan School, Kowloon, by the retirement, this winter, of the Rev. W.T. Featherstone from the Headmastership, has now been filled by the appointment of Mr. C.B.R. Sargent, Sixth Form Physics Master at Wellington College, in Berkshire. Mr. Sargent, (who is a son of the Rev. D.H.G. Sargent, vicar of St. Luke's, Redcliffe Square), educated at St. Paul's School, entered St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, as a Science Scholar in 1925, and obtained a First Class in Part 1 of the Natural Science Tripos in 1927, and a Second Class in Part II (Physics) in 1928. In addition to his Science work at Wellington College, Mr. Sargent has been assistant Scout master of the second Scout Troop, President and Founder of the Newtonian Society, and Toc H correspondent. He will take up his duties at Kowloon next June. As he is now only 25 years old, it is believed that his appointment may break the record recently set up by the recent appointment of yet another Wellington master, Mr. H.B. Jacks, to the headmastership of Willaston School, Cheshire.
The Diocesan School was founded in Hong Kong in 1869, and since 1924 has occupied an excellent site and fine new buildings on the mainland opposite, at Kowloon. There are some three hundred boys in the School, of whom many are boarders. The Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong, is Chairman to the Governing Body, which includes many leading men of the district, both British and Chinese.
Ansa (18)
ACKD. BY P.C.
routine letters should be
addressed "The Secretary
of the Missionary Council."
CHURCH ASSEMBLY.
MISSIONARY COUNCIL.
18 PARIS32
CHURCH HOUSE,
Telephone: VICTORIA 1326 & 1327. Telegrams: "Asmisscil," PARL, LONDON.
WESTMINSTER, S.W.1.
17th March 1932
1. I have the honour to refer you to your No. 82790/31, dated February 23rd, 1932, in which you state that the Secretary of State will be kind enough to await a memorandum on the subject of the Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong, from the Missionary Council of the Church Assembly.
2. The Missionary Council wishes to express its great appreciation of the opportunity afforded to it by submitting a memorandum on this subject.
3. It desires to support the appeal made by the Chairman and Committee of the above school for the cancellation of the unpaid balance of the loan granted by the Hong Kong Government on the authority of the Colonial Office in 1927, together with such interest and sinking fund charges as are overdue.
The importance of the Diocesan Boys' School and its value to the Colony have been fully set forth in the memorandum submitted to His Majesty's Government by the Chairman and Committee of the school. Without repeating the arguments set out in the said memorandum for the continuance of the school, the Missionary Council is desirous of drawing the attention of His Majesty's Government to two considerations which have, in its opinion, considerable bearing on the situation.
The Report of the British Economic Mission to the Far East, 1930 1931, drew attention to the extreme importance of establishing a more intimate cultural relationship between Great Britain and China, and this not only with a view to promoting trade but because of the benefit they believed would accrue to China itself, now passin through a complete transfor- mation of her political, social and industrial life. The
The Under Secretary of state
for the Colonies.
17th March 1932
Commission considered it a great misfortune to China that the urge of this transformation should have come chiefly from the industrial civilisation of the United States and the Soviet Republic of Russia, countries presenting, though in very different ways, the greatest possible antithesis to the older culture of the Chinese Empire, with the result that the reactions brought about were correspondingly violent and extreme. They felt that had more of the youn, leaders of China been educated in En-lish traditions, much that was best in the old Chinese civilisation might have been preserved and the changes might have been accomplished with less pain and greater benefit to all classes of the people. With this in mind, the Commission urged that steps should be taken to devise means for attracting Chinese students in considerable numbers to British universities and workshops.
In this connection the Missionary Council would desire
to press an even wider consideration.
The English educational tradition is fundamentally a Christian tradition and in the best English educational ideals the school has been regarded as a society in which a way of life is both learned and practised. With this has gone freedom for development of personality and for experiment. It is this fundamental contribution of English education that Eastern nations appreciate and seek. While it is no doubt highly desirable to attract Chinese students in increasing numbers to British universities and workshops, it is surely of even greater importance to secure that wherever possible a strong British cultural influence should be exerted in the country itself and that every effort should be made to promote
In and foster this influence in its educational institutions. this respect Hong Kong, as a British Colony and the centre of British cultural influence in China, presents an unrivalled opportunity. To close down a school with the past traditions and future possibilities of the Diocesan Boys' School at the present time would seem to the Missionary Council to constitute a real disaster, not only for the Colony, but for the whole of China.
4. A second consideration, and one with which the Missionary Council is immediately concerned, is the effect which the financial position of the school must have upon the recruiting of masters from this country.
The Bishop of Victoria (Hong Kong), Chairman of the
The Under Secretary of State
for the Colonies.
17th March 1932
School Council, requested the Secretary of the Missionary Council to try to find for the school a Headmaster and Assistant Master. In view of the financial position of the school the salary which is offered for these two posts is such that experienced Headmasters of En lish public schools express the utmost doubt as to whether any one could be found who was willing to accept the posts on such terms. Nevertheless we have received a definite offer from a member of the staff of Wellington Colle e to go out as Headmaster, and two young Oxford men have offered to take the post of Assistant Master. The Missionary Council has felt gravely doubtful whether it is justified in advising these men to accept the serious risks which would be involved in taking up these appointments in the present circumstances. It feels confident, however, that where young Englishmen of their type are to be found who are ready to forgo their own prospects at home because of the opportunity of service which a school like this affords, it cannot be the wish of His Majesty's Government that the Colony should be deprived of an institution which brings the boys and young men of the colony under influences of this kind.
In conclusion I am to express again the Missionary Council's high appreciation of the courtesy which has allowed this memorandum to be submitted.
Your obedient Servant,
The Under Secretary of State,
The Colonial Office,
And arres
General Secretary.
The traditions end history of this school
entitle its present request to serious consideration.
This was recognised by the Governor in his despatch
of 22. 1. 31., where he points out that the closing
down of the school would mean "not only a serious
loss to the community of educational facilities,
but also a set-back to British educational enterprise"
2. So far as I can make out, it is the only
aided secondary institution in Hong Kong in which
essentially British influence of the right type is
brought to bear on students not only from Hong Kong
but from China proper, in combination with Christian
religious influence. I doubt very much whether
any Government institution could do the same work
that is being done by this school.
If the school were closed, the Government
would, I think, have eventually to support in its
place a school of their own, which would not be,
from the point of view of character training and
British influence, so effective, and would impose
a far heavier burden on public funds.
It seems to me unlikely that the Diocesan
authorities in Hong Kong will ever accept the
proposal that has been made by the Government, which
is virtually to place a Government school, at present
badly situated and housed, on the site and in the
buildings now occupied by this school, and to give
the Diocese a chance of opening & school of quite
a different kind on a inferior site and in far
humbler buildings. This will naturally not appeal
to those who have subscribed considerable sums in
the past towards the maintenance and buildings of
the school on its present site. it is quite
possible that if their hand is forced, the
Managers may have to give up the site, get what
they can for the buildings, and divert their
attention from secondary education.
In the present financial circumstances,
and more particularly with reference to the line
taken in the Retrenchment Committee Report,
it would be useless, I imagine, to consider even
the possibility of remitting the loan. But
I suggest that the Government ought to be invited
to consider rather more seriously than they have
done the desirability of raising their annual
grant to the school with special reference to its
present financial embarrassment and the claims
that it has for preferential treatment. This
would be quite in accordance with the general
policy advocated in the Grant-in-Aia Memorandum
of the Advisory Committee on Education, significant
extracts from which have been quoted in the
Managing Committee's letter. Would it not be
possible for the Government to remit, say for
a period of ten years, payment by the school
of the interest and sinking fund charges on the
and to treat such remission as an annual
addition to the grant? From the accounts point
of view it would probably be easier to remit
a payment of $14,000 per annum than to increase
the estimates with a view to payment of en
additional grant to this extent, though if that
additional grant were spent in payment of the
interest, it would, of course, come to the same
think in
in the end.. In support of this suggestion
the accounts of the school require careful
consideration.
From the accounts for a nine
months' period, which have passed unchallenged
through the Government, I gather that for this
nine months' period staff salaries and pensions
cost $42,000, while the Government grant amounted
only to $87,545. The total income from fees and
Managers' funds, etc., amounted to $56,000, i.e.
more than seven times the amount of the Government
grant. If to the present annual grant of $10,000
the amount of interest and sinking fund charges
of $14,500 were added, the total grant for the
year would amount only to $24,5000, which is only
slightly in excess of the salary bill for the
English recruited masters on the staff.
Malaya the Government grant covers the difference
between the cost of the staff salaries as approved
by the Government and the fee income of the school.
In England and Wales the Government pay a capitation
grant for secondary schools of 7 guineas per pupil.
There are about 320 pupils in this Diocesan School
and the total grant for this number, calculated
on English rates, would amount to approximately
the same as the total grant of $24,5000, as now
suggested for the school. It has also to be noted
that the Government gave no grant towards the
school buildings, though it is true, of course,
that they provided the site.
If the grant were increased in the manner
proposed for a period of ten years, it might be
possible before the close of that period, if the
financial position improves at home, for & fund to
be raised by the Church, either towards re-payment
of the Loan, or payment of the interest, or the
financial position in Hong Kong may so much have
improved that grants to all secondary schools may
have become possible on the generous, but, in
my opinion, not excessive, scale now proposed
temporarily for this particular school.
9. 3. 32.
The Diocesan Boys School
Extract of Report of Retrenchment Commission
Although the question as to the future
of the Diocesan Boys' School, Kowloon, has not
been specifically referred by the Government to the
Commissioners, and although they have been given to
understand that the matter is sub-judice, they feel
it incumbent upon them to sound a grave note of
warning in this connection, as the subject has
been forced upon then by the Head Master, the
Rev. Mr. Fetherst one.
They would first of all note that the
Government has advanced to the Diocesan Boys'
School the sun of $175,000 and that at present the
School Authorities are in default as regards the
payment of sinking fund and interest. The Cannissioners regret to have to record their opinion that adequate safeguards have not been
taken for the security of these public funds, and they consider that in future any such advances of money or grants of land by the Government should only be made with the express sanction of the
Legislative Council.
It would seem also to the Commissioners
a matter for regret that a site so fine and
extensive, and indeed possibly the best, in the
residential
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residential portion of Kowloon, should have been
allotted for the purpose of building this school:
the lack of policy on the part of the Education
Department would hereagain appear to be demonstrated.
Two of the finest sites in the Colony (i.e. the
Diocesan Boys' School, Kowloon, and St. Stephens'
College, Stanley), have been allotted to
den aninational schools, while the Government has
not only built King's College - at a cost of one.
million dollars in what one may tenn a back
street of Hong Kong and without adequate or
suitable surroundings, but also proposed to build
a new Central British School, likewise at the cost
of one million dollars, in a place remote from the
inhabitants whose children it is proposed to
educate therein, and near the purlieus of old
Kowloon City.
The population of Kowloon numbers about
300,000. For the education of the sons of the
Chinese section of this population the Government
has provided one out-of-date District School at
Yaumati, which is one of the most congested areas
in the peninsula. It may be remarked in passing
that not even this much provision is made for the
education of the Chinese girls. Further, while
cognisant of the fact that the Diocesan Boys'
School has filled an important place in the
educational life of the Colony, the Commissioners
cannot but wonder how Government reconciles its
liberality in granting to the school this large
site (covering as it does twenty three acres) and
the sun of $175,000, while it permits the Central
British School, where 240 boys and girls are
educated, to be housed in a jumbled up collection
of wooden huts with no proper school amenities.
The Commissioners even at this late date
would suggest that it might yet be possible to
take over the Diocesan Boys' School as the new
Central British School, sell that portion of the
ground not required and, with part of the one million dollars which it is at present proposed to spend on the erection of the new Central British
School, to provide instead a school for the
Diocesan Boys in a building and situation more
commensurate with the resources of that institution
and on a less ambitious scale than the existing
huilding. From an inspection of the present
premises it can be realised that the School has been
built and the grounds laid out in the most lavish
manner, with the result that the upkeep will be a
heavy annual charge, and one which will very likely and from time to time cause applications to be made for further aid from the public funds of the Colony.
Although such assistance on the part of the Government might be considered a laudable
action, the Commissioners feel that it would be
unfair to finance only one single institution when
it might mean neglect of the elementary education
of those thousands for whom the Government at
present does nothing, though the Commission
considers
considers that it will be compelled to do so in
the future. The Commissioners would at this
juncture point out that they can find no record
in the Reports of the Director of Education or of
the Inspectors of English Schools of these officers
having in any way commented upon the heavy
expenditure on buildings by the Diocesan Boys'
School, nor do they appear to have foreseen a
possible default in the repayments to the Govern- ment, although they must have had sufficient details
and statements of account to have realised the
financial situation of the institution in question.
43. The Commissioners would finally suggest that,
if such an arrangement can be arrived at, the
proceeds of the sale of the site of the present
Central British School, together with the balance,
after providing for the Diocesan Boys' School, of
the one million dollars proposed for the erection
of the new Central British School, be earmarked in
the future, and as the finances of the Colony permit, to provide establishments which will be necessary for the provision of elementary education
for the children of the Chinese residents of the
Kowloon peninsula.
Extract of the Governor's Commentary on the
Report of the Retrenchment Commission.
Paragraphs 38 - 43.
Government is in touch with the
authorities of the Diocesan Boys School and
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negotiations
negotiations are proceeding. It would be premature at this stage to make any disclosure. The Executive Council is being kept fully informed. Incidentally it may be remarked, with regard to the last sentence of paragraph 39 that the loan of $175,000 to the Diocesan Boys' School was made with the full knowledge and concurrence of the Secretary of State the Executive Council and of the Finance Committee which contains all the
Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council. The reference to the proposed new Central British School is based on inadequate information.
Government is unaware of the source from which the
Commissioners derived the erroneous idea that the cost was to be one million dollars while the site was selected after consultation with the Board of Education including the representative of the Kowloon Residents Association and with its
concurrence.
The cost is estimated at about
half a million dollars for the buildings necessary to enable the present school buildings to be evacuated but the finances of the Colony will not permit of the early commencement of the work, however
desirable.
Mr. Delahunt.
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Mr. Parkinson.
Mr. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
Downing Street,
February, 1932.
THE SECRETARY
THE MISSIONARY COUNCIL,
THE CHURCH ASSEMBLY.
I am &c. to
acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 8th of
February relative to the future
of the Diocesan Boys' School,
Hong Kong, and to inform you
petition
appeal from the Une
Committee I
Ichool fons Knough the
that theater is still under
N.P. H. SJS.
consideration, and that he will
2 Before cominy com-rý
decision on the matter
Joy I will act
on the subject by.
await emorandum
on the Missionary
'A which
Council of the Church Assembly des vé li suemér.
on the matters
I am &c.,
(Signed) H. R. COWELL,
utine letters should be
addressed "The Secretary of the Missionary Council."
Telephone VICTORIA 1326 & 1327
CHURCH ASSEMBLY.
MISSIONARY COUNCIL.
CHURCH HOUSE,
WESTMINSTER, S.W.1.
Telegrams: "ASMISSCIL," PARL, LONDON.
8th February 1932.
Curice- (ill
The Missionary Council of the Church
Assembly is interested in the future of the Diocesan
Boys' School, Kowloon in the Diocese of Hong Kong,
and I have been in correspondence with the Bishop
of Victoria, Hong Kong about it.
I should be obliged if you could let me
know whether a decision has yet been taken in regard
to the appeal sent home by the Bishop, since if it is
not too late the Missionary Council would like to
be allowed to make representations on the subject,
either by submitting a Lemorandum or by interview.
I have the honour to be,
The Right Hon.
Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister,
K.B.E, M.C., M.P.,
His Majesty's Secretary of State
for the Colonies
The Colonial Office,
hitehall.
Your obedient servant
Andaires
General Secretary.
No. 533.
Encl. No. 1.
Encl. No. 2.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONG KONG. 23rd December, 1931.
With reference to Lord Passfield's despatch
No.94 of the 23rd of March, 1931, on the subject of
the Government loan to the Diocesan Boys' School, I
have the honour to forward a petition from the Committee of the School asking that the loan and all outstanding interest and sinking fund charges be cancelled. A copy of the Balance Sheet and state
of the Working and Profits and Loss Account for first nine months of this year is also enclosed. circumstances under which the loan was originally made were fully set out in Sir Cecil Clementi's despatch No.61 of the 11th of February, 1927.
2. The main argument advanced by the petitioners in support of their claim is that the only alternative to cancellation of the loan is the closing of the
school, with the consequential loss to British prestige
and educational culture in the Far East.
う。 This contention is not wholly correct.
Government has made to the School an offer which, whilst
it would enable the School to repay the loan in full,
30127/27
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,
Enclosure No. 1.
HONG KONG,
November, 1931.
The Right Honourable Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, G.B.E., M.C.,
His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.
I have the honour to transmit to you, through the good
offices of His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong, an Appeal
from the Chairman and Committee of The Diocesan Boys' School &
Orphanage in regard to the unpaid balance of a loan granted by
the Hong Kong Government in 1927 on your authority.
The School has been unable to meet the half-yearly
charges for interest and sinking fund since July 1930 and its
financial situation is such that there is no prospect of it
being in a position to resume payment of these charges.
Hong Kong Government has not seen fit to accede to the
Committee's requests for relief and assistance and as the
Committee are strongly adverse to the alternative of closing
the School, which has an honourable record of over sixty years'
service to the Colony, they beg to place before you the attached
statement setting forth, as briefly as possible, the history of
the school and the circumstances in which the School has become
financially embarrassed. They feel sure that you will appreciate
the importance of maintaining in this Colony an institution
which is definitely engaged in the diffusion of British influence
and they trust that their case will convince you that the School
is worthy of exceptional treatment. The Committee accordingly
appeal to you to authorize the Hong Kong Government to cancel
the outstanding portion of the loan and to cancel such interest
and sinking fund charges as are overdue.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
P. S. CASSIDY
Hon. Correspondent,
THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL & ORPHANAGE.
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THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE,
HONG KONG.
(1) The history of the Diocesan Boys' School is fully
recorded in the book which accompanies this Appeal. Stated
briefly, it commenced as a School for girls in 1860. It
admitted boys in 1869 and in 1892 was divided into two Schools,
one for girls and one for boys. It is the boys' School which
is the subject of this Appeal.
(2) From 1869 to the present day the School has been
under the control of a Committee of business and professional
men in the Colony, under the Chairmanship of the Bishop of the
Diocese.
(3) Boys of any nationality are eligible to join the
School either as Boarders or "Day Boys", and of these a few
receive free board, lodging and tuition, whilst others receive
free education only or education at reduced fees.
(4) It is a Church of England School, the only one in
Hong Kong available for boys other than Chinese, but, unlike
other Church Schools, receives no support from the Church
Organizations established in England for work abroad.
(5) The Scholars are mainly recruited from the Colony
of Hong Kong, although some come from other Ports of the Far
East. These latter return eventually to their homes, carrying
with them the cultural influence of the School which reproduces
as faithfully as possible British ideals in Education.
(6) The School depends on two principal sources for its
its fees and the Government Grant.
(7) The principal annual expenditure, as might be
anticipated, is in connection with the Teaching Staff who,
with the exception of the late Headmaster, have been and are
most inadequately paid. A statement, showing the salaries
paid, accompanies this Appeal (Appendix "A"). (In this
connection it is necessary to point out that the School
cannot be managed on the same financial basis as the Roman
Catholic Schools which are staffed by teachers who are
generally members of a religious order. On the other hand
it is felt that the more distinctive English ideals in
education in this School are worth the extra cost involved).
The next most important item of expenditure is "Maintenance"
which represents the cost of Board and Lodging of the Boarders
and such of the Staff as live on the premises.
(8) The School's present financial difficulties result
from the political disturbances which have also affected the
Colony and date more particularly from 1925 when the Strike-
Boycott occurred in the Colony. This, most unfortunately for
the School, coincided with a period during which the School
was being transferred from Hong Kong to its new site on the
mainland. Its old premises on the Island of Hong Kong had
become congested and unsuitable, and the new site was in every
way advantageous to its well being.
(9) The site in question, consisting of 23 acres, was
granted free by the Hong Kong Government for the purposes of
a School. It was a very uneven piece of land however, and a
sum of $135,000.- had to be spent on levelling it. On the
site thus prepared buildings ultimately costing $553,000.-
were erected.
(10) This new scheme was not undertaken by the Committee
without careful thought. It was based on sound business
considerations.
(11) The old site had been sold, the documents signed
and the deposit paid. With this money in view the contracts
were let and the new school commenced.
Unfortunately the
purchaser failed but the Committee were able to find another
purchaser to take over the contract and were apparently in
the same satisfactory position as before.
(12) The calamitous Strike-Boycott in 1925 referred to
above resulted in a serious fall in land values and the second
purchaser failed. The Earnest money from the defaulting
purchaser was forfeited but nevertheless the later sale of the
property to the Government entailed a loss to the School of
$131,866.50 made up as follows:-
Sale of old site
less Earnest money
$480,366.50
95,000.00
$385,366.50
Price paid by the Government 28.7.27
253,500.00
$131,866.50
(13) In addition to this loss and as a result of the
default, the School was forced to incur an expenditure of some
$40,000.- in Interest on temporary loans raised during the
construction of the new Premises, and on overdue Building
Certificates.
(14) It should be particularly noted that in consequence
of the change in general conditions the original Building Plans
were modified as far as practicable to effect whatever saving
was possible.
(15) As a result of the above circumstances over which,
it will be appreciated, the School Committee had no control,
it became necessary to obtain from the Government a loan of
$175,000.
(16) The change over to the mainland was itself a
disturbing factor, to overcome which, continuity of possession
of its new buildings was essential. The School had actually
been in occupation for ten months only when it was compelled
to vacate the premises, which were required by the Military
Authorities for use as a Hospital, in consequence of the
presence in the Colony of a large number of troops forming
part of the Shanghai Defence Force, who were stationed on the
mainland.
(17) The period of this dislocation was approximately
twelve months, during which time the School was forced to
occupy premises of an entirely unsuitable nature and it will
be readily realized that its financial troubles were further
aggravated as a result.
(18) The necessity for putting the School on its feet
fi nanci ally has received the Committee's anxious consideration
for some time past. Suggestions have been made by the Hong
Kong Government which the School Committee have found themselves
unable to accept as they would have involved the extinction of
the School as an individual unit of the character which it now
has, and which it is felt to be most important to retain.
(19) The possibilities of retrenchment and economy have
been explored, but a thorough investigation has shown that the
School is administered as economically as possible.
(20) The possibility of augmenting its income by an
increase in fees has also received careful consideration. No
increase is possible at the present time, as the School is to
a large extent on a competitive basis.
(21) It might be suggested that a saving could be effected
if it did not take free boarders or grant free education or
education on reduced terms in connection with the Eurasian
Orphans and others which it receives. The saving on this score
would, however, be small, as the number of boys involved is
not large (in November 1931 there were 12 Free Boarders and
3 Free Day Boys plus 8 Boarders and 35 Day Boys on reduced
terms out of a total on the Register of 322 Boys in all), and
a certain amount is collected in Subscriptions and Donations
annually against this item.
(22) It might here be recalled that the School was
originally started as a School and Orphanage and it would
hardly be in keeping with British tradition to relinquish
this side of the work to obtain a minor financial benefit
at the expense of these poorer boys.
(23) In this latter connection particularly and in its
general operation, emphasis must be laid on the fact that,
apart from all other considerations, the School definitely
relieves the ratepayers of the Colony by providing a sound
education at a very low cost to the Government.
(24) This is readily apparent from the fact that for
many years it has averaged considerably more than 250 boys
on its Register, the Government Grant varies of necessity
but over the last four years has approximated $10,500.- per
Taking these figures as a basis, the cost of education
to the Government has been $42.- per head.
(25) If it is argued that the cost to the Government this year has, in actuality, been greater than $10,500.-
owing to the non-payment of Interest and Sinking Fund charges
on its Loan (representing together a sum of $14,000.- per
annum), on the other hand it must be remembered that the total
cost to the Government this year, even taking this figure
into account, is approximately $24,500 $98.- per head.
(26) In giving consideration to the above figures it is
felt desirable to draw particular attention to the fact that
the Hong Kong Dollar, which had averaged 2/- for some years, fell during 1929 and 1930 until it reached a level of just under 1/- and its value has remained at this figure during
the greater part of 1931. The cost of education, therefore,
per head, in terms of Sterling, has not risen materially in
spite of the increased Dollar cost. The School itself has
suffered materially from this drop in value of the Dollar in that payments for Passages and Home Leave have practically doubled in terms of Dollars, and in this connection an
important point to be recorded is that Masters on Sterling
pay while in the Colony have received no compensation for the
drop in the Dollar. It is only while on Home Leave that
salary payments are made in Sterling at the current rate. No
compensating increase in Income has been received to offset
items of "Passages" and pay on leave, the Government Grant,
for example, has remained the same in Dollars.
(27) The continuation of the School as a separate Unit
depends entirely on the attitude likely to be taken up by the
Government in connection with the loan to the School, the
Interest and Sinking Fund on which are a burden which it is
unable to meet.
(28) A cancellation of the loan of $175,000.- plus
Interest and Sinking Fund payments from 30th June 1930 would enable the School to carry on, in spite of general World conditions, provided it encountered no further dislocation
from outside political disturbances, but in order to enable
it to be developed as it should be and to compensate its Teaching Staff adequately, further assistance in the way of an Annual Grant from the Government of Hong Kong is needed. (29) The Committee of the School had anticipated that
a revision in the Grant-in-Aid system which is contemplated
and Budgeted for this year would have provided substantial
aid in this direction, but, contrary to anticipations, the
additional payment to the Diocesan Boys' School (a matter of
less than $300.-) will be so small as to be practically
negligible.
(30) Nevertheless, while the School Committee feel the
pressing need of an immediate increase in the Government Grant,
they are content to await what they feel, eventually, to be
inevitable, that is a general revision of the system of Grants,
so long as they can obtain freedom from the present load of the
loan of $175,000.- plus the Interest and Sinking Fund charges
already referred to.
(31) It is therefore the intention to continue the
School until such continuation becomes entirely impossible for
financial reasons, a position which will rapidly be reached
unless relief is forthcoming.
(32) To summarise the position, what the School needs
imperatively if it is to survive, is freedom from such charges
for Interest and Sinking Fund as it has had to provide in the
past and found itself unable to do for the first time in the
latter half of 1930.
(33) Commencing next year (1932) and for the years 1933,
1934 and 1935 the School has to provide for payments of $2,500.-,
$2,500.-, $2,500.- and $1,900.- respectively to the Military
Authorities in respect of certain work to the School buildings
completed by the Military Authorities and taken over by the
School on these terms. More than this the School is unable to
(34) The School has thus reached a crisis. Its continuation
at all depends on the goodwill of its Teaching Staff and their
willingness to accept the meagre salaries paid them together
with freedom from the Interest and Sinking Fund Charges already
referred to, and, unless it is to receive immediately an
ingreased Grant-in-Aid, the School will require a period of at
least five years under these conditions in which to recover its
position. It requires freedom from the burden of the loan to
enable it to contemplate the possibility towards the end of
that period of some moderate increase in pay for its Teaching
(35) A copy of the last Balance Sheet and Accounts of
the School is attached here to (Appendix "B"), which sets out
its financial position, and attention should be drawn to the
fact that the Endowment Fund, already small, has since been
depleted in order to meet pressing financial engagements. The
amount thus expended is $25,000
leaving the sum of only
$25,000.- in the Fund at the present time.
(36) The School Committee would not have had recourse to
this extreme measure had it had any other means of satisfying
outstanding creditors who had already displayed great patience
in connection with amounts due.
(37) If the School is closed it will be one centre less
for the diffusion of British cultural ideals in China. The
Report of the Economic Mission to the Far East already deplores
the meagre part played in that respect and strongly urges that
prompt measures should be taken to extend British cultural
influence to the same extent as that exerted by the United
States of America, and also to combat Russian influence. It
is claimed that the School has been discharging that imperial
duty for the past 60 years and is therefore worthy of such
support as will enable it to continue to perform a task, which
the report of the Economic Mission stresses as urgent and
highly important.
(38) The Committee would specially emphasize that the
necessity for the continuation of the School is amply
illustrated by the general expansion of the Colony since 1913,
and the steady growth of the demand for education. If the
graph on page 37 of the Report of the Director of Education
for Hong Kong for the year 1930 is examined, it will be seen
that the growth of the School population in the English
Teaching Schools has been from 6,442 in 1913 to 17,561 in
1930. The Government appear to recognise this need for the
provision of educational facilities by the fact of their having
recently made a Building Grant to the La Salle College (a Roman
Catholic Institution whose Teaching Staff will presumably belong
to the Foreign Religious Order responsible for the erection of
the building), now approaching completion and situated within
half a mile of the Diocesan Boys' School.
(39) It would be a grave misfortune for the Colony if
its educational facilities were contracted at the expense of
the oldest Non-government School and if an honourable tradition
built up laboriously in the course of 60 years were lost.
(40) The only existing alternative for many of the
students would be the commercialised schools, housed in odd
corners of the Colony and lacking most of the essential
qualities looked for in a school. The Government schools
cannot provide accommodation for their resources are taxed to
the limit the numbers clamouring for admission always
being in excess of the places available.
(41) Finally the Committee confidently ask for favourable
consideration of this Appeal in view of the following statement
from the memorandum of the Advisory Committee on Education in
the Colonies:-
It is not only because aided institutions
"may be a cheaper form of education than
"Government institutions that voluntary efforts
"in education are to be encouraged. Private "management is valuable in any system of "education because it ensures that variety and "play of personality which is important in "every education system. Moreover, a Government "may hold that certain kinds of education are "more suitably given by religious bodies than "by the Government. Lastly, as is recognised "in the Memorandum quoted above, the greatest "importance must be attached in all areas, where "contact with civilization tends to weaken "tribal authority and the sanctions of existing "beliefs, to religious beliefs and moral
"instruction. It is recognition of this need "that impels Governments to desire to assist "forms of education which rest on the basis of "religious beliefs....
The statement of policy that "has been quoted above makes it clear that if ""the required standard of educational "efficiency is reached, aided schools should be "regarded as filling a place in the scheme of "education as important as the schools conducted "by Government itself.""
(42) Referring to the need of guiding principles in the matter of grants the Report adds:-
.while the establishment of definite "principles is clearly desirable, provision "should also be made for reasonable elasticity "in the application of these principles. For "instance, additional help may well be justified "where, for purely temporary reasons, an agency "that has done good work is financially "embarrassed".
• C. R. Victoria Hong Kong.... Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Victoria,
A. H. Comp ton.
Hong Kong. (Chairman).
Manager, Messrs. David Sassoon &
Co., Ltd. (Vice-Chairman).
G. . Archbutt.
Fire Manager, Union Insurance
Society of Canton, Ltd.
Abbekes..
C. Blaker.
Merchant, Director, Messrs.Gilman
& Co., Ltd.
hour posting.....
Chau Yue Teng
E. Cook.
Merchant & Shipowner.
Assistant Manager, Hongkong &
Whampoa Dook Co., Ltd.
Alfred Swann
Alfred Swann.
Dean of St. John's Cathedral,
Hong Kong.
H. B. L. Dowbiggin.
Bill-broker, Partner, Messrs.
Stewart Bros.
John Stemming..
John Fleming.
L. Forster.
L Forster
Chartered Accountant, Partner,
Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews.
Professor of Education in the
University of Hong Kong.
L.V. Fulward
N. V. Halward.
Chaplain to the Bishop of
Victoria.
tordolemall
R. H. Ko tewall.
Member of the Legislative Council, Hong Kong.
Wwaltons re
W. Walton Rogers.
W. E. L. Shenton.
Vicar of St. Andrew's Church,
Kowloon.
Member of the Executive &
Legislative Councils, Hong Kong.
J. M. Wong.
Compradore to Messrs.A.S.Watson
& Co., Ltd.
P. S. Cassidy
Merchant, Partner Messrs. John
D. Hutchison & Co.
(Hon. Correspondent).
Hdut Pymes....
H. du T. Pyner.
....... Acting Headmaster, Diocesan Boys'
APPENDIX "A".
THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE,
HONG KONG.
0000000000000000000000000
00000000
SALARIES AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1931.
STERLING PAID MASTERS.
Annual Sterling
1. W.T.Featherstone.
Resident.
Headmaster.
Monthly Dollar Equivalent
paid at Exchange 2/-
Allowances Board and Attendance s per Month.
per month.
2. H. du T. Pyner.
Resident.
Second Master.
3. D. Trafford.
Resident.
4. E. C. Thomas.
Resident.
$1,865 per month = $22,380 per annum.
See next page for Dollar Salaries.
APPENDIX "A"
THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE,
HONG KONG.
SALARIES AS AT 30TH JUNE, 1931.
Allowances
Monthly Payment.
Board and Attendances
per Month.
per month.
1. T. S. W. Chan.
Resident.
2. A. G. F. Prew.
Resident.
3. J. L. Youngsaye.
Non-Resident.
4. E. Fiddes.
Non-Resident.
5. A. C. Benson.
Non-Resident.
6. C. James.
Non-Resident.
7. K. F. Heron.
Mornings only.
Student Teacher
Fully Qualified
in 1931.
8. D. E. Heron.
Mornings only. Student Teacher Fully Qualified in 1931
9. M. Hassard.
Resident
10. F. Mason.
Singing Master.
Non-Resident.
$5 per hour.
Allowances
Annual Salary.
Monthly Payment.
Board and Attendances
per month.
per month.
Brought Forward: -
11. Law Lok Tin
12. Pun Shiu Fung
13. Soo Ming Yuen
14. Sum Ngai Fu
15. Fung Chi Kwai
16. Chan Chung Wan († day).
17. A. Crawford.
(Student Teacher
and Clerk).
18. C. Fisher.
(Clerk).
$2,110 per month = $25,320 per annum.
APPENDIX "B".
THE DIOCESAN SCHOOLS AND ORPHANAGES
HONG KONG
List of Subscribers to the Joint School Funds, towards the support of English and Eurasian Orphans and deserving cases at
reduced fees.
Together with the Annual Statements
of Accounts for the year 1930.
Hong Kong, April 1931.
The Committee of the Diocesan Boys' and Girls' Schools make their annual appeal for the Orphanages in connection with the Schools and trust that the same generous support of former years will be forthcoming. A full list of last year's donations and statements are appended.
The funds subscribed by English and Chinese friends in response to this annual appeal are devoted to the maintenance of the English and Eurasian Orphans. These orphans are only ad- mitted after careful enquiry has satisfied the school authorities that the cases are deserving of help. Some of the children are foundlings with no known parents, while in most cases there is a Chinese mother who is in a state of poverty. The subscriptions do not cover the full expenses of the orphanages so that the balance has to be found from the general funds of the schools.
At pre- sent these funds are in a very low state and the Committees hope that there will be no falling off in the generous response of former years. They will be very grateful for increased subscriptions.
The Girls' School curriculum covers all grades from Kindergarten to Matriculation Standard, but as well as the educational part of the work, the girls are trained with a view to becoming self- supporting on leaving school.
The number of Free Boarders at the Boys' School is 9 and at Reduced Fees 16. The number of Free Day Boys is 3 and at Reduced Fees 26. The consequential loss in Fees per annum is approximately $13,000.
At the Girls' School the number of Free Boarders is 1 and at Reduced Fees 10. There are 2 free day Girls and 15 at reduced fees. The consequential loss in Fees per annum is approximately $4,900.00.
Collection by shroff is a slow process and it will be greatly appreciated if Subscriptions are sent direct to The Headmaster, The Diocesan Boys' School, P.O. Box 33, Hongkong, who will issue receipts on behalf of the Joint Schools' fund.
P. S. CASSIDY,
Hon. Correspondent for the Committee of the Boys' School.
W. WALTON ROGERS,
Hon. Secretary for the Committee of the Girls' School.
To SALARIES :----
European..
.$37,506.34
Chinese...
3,730.00 $41,236.34
$37,113.17
3,585.00 |
The Diocesan Boys' School, Kowloon School Working Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1930
$74,389.20 By School Fees and other Income...$69,226.25
Entrance Fees (not refundable).. Locker Rents....
Insurance of Staff Provident
3,364.81
Scheme....
4,435.99
1,400.00 1,019.00 1,145.07 11,312.00 336.63
1,630.00 627.00
4,191.85
Wages Servants
3,761.00
Subscriptions and Donations... Government Grant for 1929.. SCHOOL STORE ACCOUNT:- Sales during the
3,761.69
10,814.00
3,221.00
Passages..
5,252.55
$ 3,510.12
21,401.48
Maintenance
17,953.40
2,092.53
Repairs and Renewals..
1,166.04
Stock at 31st Dec.,
General School Supplies.
Garden Expenses..
1,405.11
4,915.23
Less Purchases
2,627.77
Sundries..
1,916.79
during the year.. 3,783.81 1,131.42
2,096.50
Fire Insurance.
2,096.50
Science Equipment Expenses...
Motor Car Expenses (less
receipts)..
2,246.29
Free Boy's Clothing, Pocket
Money, Books, etc.
85,548.83
4,053.07
80,916.73
Surplus for the year, per Profit
and Loss Account
6,273.63
$89,601.90
$87,190 36 $89,601.90
$87,190.36
Profit and Loss Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1930
To INTEREST AND SINKING FUND
on Hongkong Government
Interest (6%) on
$175,000.00......$10,500.00
Sinking Fund (2%)
$4,053.07
By Surplus on Working Account
brought down....
INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS:-
Interest on $10,000.
Mortgage @ 8%
p.a. (7 months)......$ 466.81
Interest
$18,708.50 (part
Mortgage $25,000.)
Instalment
terms of Loan.
$14,000.00
per contra...
3,500.00 $14,000.00
1,590.22
@ 71% p.a.....
1,403.14
Interest on $25,000.
2,000.00
Mortgage @ 6% p.a. 1,609.45
$14,000.00
Hong Kong, 20th February, 1931.
$ 6,273.63
The Diocesan Boys' School, Kowloon
Endowment Fund Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1930
To BALANCE, PER BALANCE SHEET:- Share of $25,000 Mortgage on
K.I.L. No. 539 Hongkong & Shanghai Bank—
Current Account ...
By BALANCE, PER ACCOUNT AT 31ST
DECEMBER, 1929
18,835.59
.$18,708.50
177.09 18,885.59
$ 18,885.59
$ 18,885.59
Scholarship Fund Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1930
To SCHOLARSHIP PAYMENTS DURING 1930:-
Ho Kam Tong Scholarship
Piercy Scholarship ..
Chan Kai Ming and Arthur
Scholarship
Woo Hay Tong Scholarship
$ 120.00
360.00 ¡
1,140.00
BALANCE, PER BALANCE SHEET:--
Share of $25,000 Mortgage on
K.I.L. No. 539 Included in General Funds
$ 6,291.50
2,876.82 9,168.32
10,308.32
By BALANCE, PER ACCOUNT AT 31ST
DECEMBER, 1929
9,836.46
INTEREST ON SHARE OF $25,000.00 MORTGAGE $6,291.50 @ 71% p.a.
$ 10,308.32
Diamond Jubilee Endowment Fund Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1930
Payments
3,479.40
To COMMEMORATION & OTHER EXPENSES
9,722.16
Dr. 23.24
Less Debit Interest
on Current A/c...... 113.23
3,366.17
TRANSFERRED TO CREDIT OF
GOVERNMENT LOAN:-
Balance:-
Allocated for Buildings, per
Balance Sheet
Receipts
By SUBSCRIPTIONS & DONATIONS $33,648.88
INTEREST ON CURRENT A/C... 202,87 33,851.75
Interest on Sink.
ing Fund
.$ 2,120.00 Funds for Endowment, per
Balance Sheet
22,009.59 24,129.59
3,500.00
12,385.25
1,614.75
$14,000.00 $14,000.00
1/1/30 to
paid $258.20 258,20 911.27
ARREAR:-
28/1/30 to
31/12/30 3,241.80
$3,500 00
Net Long for the year--Per
Balance Sheet...
Hong Kong, 20th February, 1931.
3,241.80
13,792.87
$14,000.00
LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS.
Chartered Accountants,
Treasurers.
$ 33,851.75
$ 33,851.75
LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS,
Chartered Accountants,
Auditors.
The Diocesan Boys' School, Kowloon
Balance Sheet as at 31st December, 1930
The Diocesan Girls' School, Kowloon Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1930
Liabilities
GENERAL SURPLUS OF THE SCHOOL:~
Per last Account.
$509,866.64
Less Net Loss for 1930 on the whole School, per Profit and Loss Account....
SCHOOL BUILDINGS & FIXTURES:
Site Formation -per last A/c. $131,380.31 Buildings (including Additional
(At cost).
23,286.85
TO SALARIES AND WAGES:-
Staff (lass re-
207.13 509,659.51
Architects' Fees $3,730.00) 531,835.20 Heating, Lighting & Sanitary Installations per last A/c.
2,166.00
Servants
$27,575.86 2,469.75
30,045.61
35,823.92
6,853.00 693.02
By School Fons (Tuition, Board
and Games) Government Grant for 1919...
39,147.72
7,476.00
Sundry Receipts (less pay-
21,353.29 684,568.80
School's Contribution to Sheff
1,295.48
Subscriptions and Donations i
BUILDINGS RESERVE :--
Provident Fund...
2,334.07
Allocated from Diamond Jubilee Endowment
TENNIS COURTS:-Cost of Construction.
4,018.00
Pension £60 (Mig Skipton)...
Fund, per Statement....
2,120 00 EQUIPMENT:--
6,832.13
Maintenance (les receipts)
7,727.80
Dr. 127.19
TRUST FUNDS :-
Furniture & Fittings, Lockers
447.20 Flectric Light and Telephone..
Endowment, per Statement.....$
18,885 59
Scholarship, per Statement..
9,168.32
& General Equipment, per last Account...
Repairs and Renewals
1,388.91
22,285.92
Insurance
Diamond Jubilee Endowment
Additions during the year......
222.20 22,508.12
Clothing (less recoveries)
Fund, per Statement.
22,000.59
50,063.50
Audit Fee
SCIENCE EQUIPMENT: per last Account.
1,241.10
2,300.00
Reserve for Staff Passages
200.00 7,263,80
SUNDRY CREDITORS
Deposits repayable to Scholars..$ Military Authorities (balance of
their claim)..
Local unpaid Bills:-
9,400.00
712,336.02
STOCK IN SCHOOL STORE.......
1,405.11
SUNDRY DEBTORS:-
Subscriptions & Donations for
Sundries.....
$ 2,479.30
1930 (balance).
Accrued Interest on Mortgages Sundries....
380.00 364.68 980.27
37,772.22 7,252.84
Furniture, Linen & Furnish- ing 1929 additions writ- ten off...
Profit last year
(including Donation from
Miss Hipton $750.00) Books and Stationery (less
payments)
Profit on Sale of War Loan INTEREST:
On Current Ac-
On Hong Kong
Government
2,513.38
1,724.95
& Co.)......
MORTGAGES:-(earmarked
Works Loan.
Dr. 2.30
University Exam: Fees re-
50-190.43
Reserve for doubtful debts
written back, not required.
Loss for this year per Balence
Sheet...
Contractor
(Lam Woo
Little, Adams
and Wood,
15,633.00
Architects... 3,730.00
Hongkong
Interest due
Government
on $175,000
@ 6% p.8.
from 28/1/30 to 31/12/30
Hongkong
Government,
against Trust Funds)
Secured on R. P. of K. I. L.
No. 589 (71%)..
R5" (part $150,000) Secured on K. I. L. No. 542 (6%)...
.$ 25,000.00
25,000.00
PAYMENT IN ADVANCE:-Salary of Rev. W.
9,725.40
31,567.70
T. Featherstone for January & February, 1931, £130 @ 1/3 3/8.. CASH-In Hand..
Loan (6%)...$ 175,000.00
Less Instal
ments of
Sinking Fund up to 27/1/30 and Interest accrued to 31/12/30 ...
Instalment
due 28/1/30
11,647.05 163,852.95 204,500.65
to 31/12/30
$3,241.80
Less Sinking
3.241.80
arrear....
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION-Over- draft on Current Account. Less HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION- Endowment Fund Current Account...
1,461.62
1,284,53
767,628.19
50,000.00
2,029.27 132.84
45,825.06
$ 50,719.74
767,628.19
We have prepared the above Balance Sheet from the Books, Accounts and Vouchers of the School. No Depreciation has been written off Assats, which are shown at cost.
LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS,
Chartered Accountants,
Hong Kong, 20th February, 1931.
Treasurers.
Note. The Government Grant
is ply brought into account when actually authorised.
$ 50,719.74
The Diocesan Girls' School, Kowloon
Balance Sheet as at 31st December, 1930.
The Diocesan Boys' and Girls' Schools
and Orphanages.
Subscriptions and Donations to the Joint School Funds for 1930, towards the support of English and Eurasian Orphans and deserving cases at reduced fees.
Liabilities
GENERAL SURPLUS OF THE SCHOOL:-
Per last Account.
$132,985.86
SCHOOL BUILDINGS (On K. I. No. 1281)
Insured Value, per last A/c/...$120,000.00
E. Abraham, Esq.
Ahmed Din
10.00 10.00
Brought forward ...
$1,770.00
Anonymous
A. Kyum, Esq.
The Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.C.), Ltd.
P. Larken, Esq.
Add Furniture written off @
31/12/29, now written back...
The Bank Line
K. F. Lay, Esq.
Additions during the year- East Wing Extensions
W. Barnes, Esq.
Lee Shui Kai, Esq.
9,466.74 129,466.74
Drs. Black, Balean, Koch and Morrison
Messrs. Lee Yu keo & Co.
138,460.86
J. A. Bloomfield, Esq.
A. Leong, Esq.
Less Fixed Deposit
A. Bough, Esq.
Li Chor Chi, Esq.
(Bowdler Legacy)
transferred to
Special A/c" in
Chartered Bank-
Provident Fund ...$3,000,00
Loss for the year,
FURNITURE, LINEN & FURNISHING:-
Insured Value per last A/c...$ 5,000.00
Messrs. Linstead and Davies
Messrs. Bradley & Co., Ltd.
The British-American Tobacco Co., Ltd.
Li Ping, Esq.
F. A. Broadbridge, Esq.
Messrs. Little, Adams and Wood
W. Broadbridge, Esq.
J. L. Litton, Esq.
Additions in 1929, previously
Messrs. Butterfield & Swire
Li Yau Tsun, Esq., C.B.E.
written off, now re-trans- ferred
The Bank of Canton
M. K. Lo, Esq.
this Account
P. S. Cassidy, Esq.
A. A. Lopes, Esq....
per Income and
The Estate of the late Mr. Chan Kai Ming
J. L. Lindblom, Esq.
Expenditure A/c...
3,529.31 129,931.55
Additions in 1930...
1,911.48
7,386.48
Chau You Teng, Esq.
N. A. E. Mackay, Esq.
Choa Po Sien, Esq.
A. S. MacKichan, Esq.
Drs. Chaun and (haun
E. Manning, Esq....
RESERVE FOR PASSAGES:-
Fer last Account @ Exch. 1/73..$ 5,000.00
(Noje.—Furniture and Fittings as well as Employees personal effects, etc., are
now insured for $15,000.00).
Less Payments during 1930
3,263.80
Sir Shou-Son Chow, Kt.
M. S. Churn, Esq.
The Colonial Dispensary
The Commercial Press, Ltd.
N. V. A. Croucher, Esq.
15.00 5.00
Messrs. Ming Yuen
E. J. R. Mitchell, Esq.
G. B. Mooney, Esq.
1. Mooney, Esq.
A. W. Mooney, Esq.
SUNDRY DEBTORS (Outstanding Fees, eto.)...
1.877.00
Messrs. Davie, Boag & Co., Ltd.
F. II. Mody, Esq.
1,736.20
Messrs. Deacons
The National City Bank of New York
Add Provision for 1930,
Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd.
The Nestles Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk
Exch. 1148.
7,263.80
9,000 60
INVESTMENT:-
Messrs. Douglas, Lapraik & Co., Ltd.
SUNDRY CREDITORS
Hongkong Government 6% Public Works
Loan 1927
H. B. L. Dowbiggin, Esq.
The Netherlands India Commercial Bank
Messrs. L. Dunbar & Co.
The Netherlands Trading Society
1,000.00
E. C. Fincher, Esq.
Thomas Ng, Esq.
Messrs. Noronha & Co.
E. F. Fincher, Esq.
Chartered Bank of India, Aus- tralia & China-Overdraft in Current Account
...$ 1,144.07
Less Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (Credit Balance in Current A/c)
John Fleming, Esq.
Messrs. Palmer and Turner
H. L. Fox, Esq.
The Peak Church...
Messrs. Pentreath & Co.
J. Fox, Esq.
Fung Ping Shan, Esq.
A. Perry, Esq.
Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ltd.
Eldon Potter, Esq.
Messrs. Gilman & Co., Ltd.
S. S. Perry, Esq.
II. Gittins, Esq.
J. L. Quie, Esq.
W. Gittins, Esq.
C. S. Rosselet, Esq.
S. V. Gittins, Esq.
Messrs. Rutonjee and Son
(Note. The Trustees hold KI. L. No.
Dr. A. Gourdin
Messrs. E. D. Sassoon & Co., Ltd.
1281 in trust from the Hong-
kong Government to whom, in
the event of the School vacating
this Site, the original Building Grant of $10,000.00 must be refunded).
G. Grimble, Ess.
1. Schnepel, Esq.
J. F. Grose. Esq.
The Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton
F. C. Hall, Esq.
Shi Yu Man, Esq.
A. E. Hall, Esq.
The Sincere Co., Ltd.
J. M. Hall, Esq.
The Standard Oil Co. of New York
G. K. Hall-Brutton, Esq.
E. Stone, Esq.
G. A. Harriman, Esq.
Dr. S. S. Strahan
Wallace Harper, Esq.
Tong Fu San, Esq.
Messrs. Hastings, Dennys and Bowley
Dr. Coxion To
$ 139,730.22
139,730.22
E. M. Hazeland, Esq.
The Tsang Fook Piane Co.
Ilo Kam Tong, Esq.
The Vacuum Oil Co.
Ho Leung, Esq.
M. St. J. Walsh, Esq.
We have audited the above Balance Sheet and accompanying Income and Expenditure Account with the Books, Account and Vouchers of the School and have satisfied ourselves that they show the position of the School at 31st December, 1930, and the transactions of the Trustees for the year ended on that date.
We have verified the existence of the Investment and Funds in hand and have ascertained that the Buildings are insured for the amount stated.
LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS,
Chartered Accountants,
The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation
Messrs. C. E. Warren & Co., Ltd.
M. Weill, Esq.
Sir Robert Ho Tung
P. White, Esq.
E. S. Howard, Esq.
Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist
W. J. Howard, Esq.
Messrs. Wing On & Co., Ltd.
Ho Wing, Esq.
Dr. B. C. Wong
The Hon. Mr. J. Owen Hughes
J. M. Wong, Esq.
Messrs. John D. Humphreys and Son
Wong Kam Fook, Esq.
Messrs. Hung Cheong.....
Mrs. Wong Lau Shi
Dr. Ip Kam Wah
Wong Tak Kwong, Esq.
Auditors.
F. W. James, Esq.
Peter Wong, Esq.
Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.
Messrs. Woo and Nash
Hong Kong, 12th January, 1931.
Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Masters
Dr. Arthur Woo
J. E. Joseph, Esq.
Dr. Yamasaki
Messrs. Kayamally & Co.
Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd.
Ko Leong Hoe, Esq.
A. V. Youngsaye, Esq.
D1. C. H. Kwan ...
ΤΟΤΑΙ, ...
..$3,230.05
Caried forward ...
$1.770.00
THE DIOCESAN BOY'S SCHOOL
(OMILTING CENTS) AS AT
SEPTEMBER 1931.
LIABILITIES
GENERAL SURPLUS OF THE SCHOOL: -
Balance as at 31st December, 1930. Add Nett Trofit (estimated) per