THE BOXER INDEMNITY

Taranaki Daily News, 14 December 1926, Page 12

THE BOXER INDEMNITY

USE OF BRITAIN'S SHARE. SCHEME TO HELP CHINA. London, Dec. 1. Methods whereby the w-hole of Britain’s share in the Boxer indemnity Is to.be devoted to the welfare of the Chinese are detailed in documents now- Issued. The papers include the report of the delegation with British and Chinese members ’. Inch. toured China this year under.tbe chairmanship of Lord Willingdon. The indemnity fund amounts to £ll,009,000. The delegation’s main proposal, endorsed by an advisory committee and the Foreign Secretary, is that the control and administration of the funds should be invested in a board of trustees established in China, and consisting of six' Chinese and five British members, including at least one woman. It is proposed that £350,000 be expended annually on agricultural education and the improvement of scientific research, medicine and public health, and for other educational purposes. The committee also recommends an arrange.aent whereby a sum not exceeding £5.200,000 and not less than £3,500,000, during the years 1927-31, should be availab.- for investment in railway construction in China, the proceeds from the investment <k> be devoted to maintain in perpetuity educational and other work which it is proposed to assist.