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French school at Hanoi. In forwarding
Mr. Wilkinson’s letter, the Government of
Burma stated that the school at Bhamo w T as a
small one and unsuitable for the reception of
cadets of good families from Yunnan. They
therefore submitted proposals for the establish
ment of an Anglo-Chinese school in Burma
for the education of the sons of Chinese
gentlemen and officials. The initial cost of
the buildings required was estimated at Bs.
25,000, and the annual recurring expenditure
at about Bs. 4,000, the latter sum being liable
to reduction in proportion as the number of
pupils increased. The Government of India
replied that they were willing, on political
grounds, to consider the scheme favourably,
on the understanding that the cost, both initial
and recurring, would he provided from Pro
vincial revenues, and they requested the
Government of Burma to submit detailed
proposals for the organisation of the school.
CHINA.
29. (See paragraph 15 of the Memo
randum for September 1905.) Mr. Wilkinson,
the Consul-General for Yunnan and Kueichou,
telegraphed on the 2nd September 1905 that
Taotai Shih, who left Yunnan in September
last for his new appointment, w^ould personally
inspect the unsettled frontier about the end of
October, and that, pending this report, the
Governor-General of Yunnan and Kueichou
would postpone his reply to the Chinese Gov
ernment on the subject of the Burma-China
boundary between the Nam Ting and the
Nalawt. Mr. Wilkinson subsequently, on
the 7th September, forwarded a copy of
a despatch addressed to Sir E. Satow, givin^
certain further information on the same
subject. He stated that laotai Shih arrived
at Yunnan-fu from Tengyueh in the middle
of August and left for his post on the
1st September. During his stay at
Yunnan, Mr. W ilkinson had three interview s
with him. Taotai Shih told him that he
had been instructed by the Governor-General
of Yunnan to report on the question of the
frontier between Burma and Yunnan, and that
he proposed to journey along the border at the
end of October. Mr. Wilkinson suggests tffiat it
w^ould be advisable to await the result of Taotai
Shih’s enquiry, so as to ascertain the exact
extent of the Chinese claims, before active
measures are taken to dislodge the Chinese
troops. The Chinese garrisons appear to
have occupied their present posts for more
than a year.
30. {Vide paragraph 20 of the Memo
randum for January 1905 and parasranh 12
of the Memorandum for July 1905.) In
April 1902, Mr. Litton, Consul for Ten^yueh
made a proposal to the effect that it would