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Carried.
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Dr. ATKINSON moved, and
Surgeon-Colonel EVATT seconded.
That a Governing Body be appointed consisting of seven members :
The Colonial Surgeon.
The P. M. O. of H.M. Forces in China.
The Deputy-Inspector-General of Royal Naval Hospital.
The Superintendent of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals,
And three others nominated by His Excellency the Governor ; And that the Colonial Surgeon be President of the Governing Body.
Carried.
Surgeon-Colonel EVATT moved, and
Dr. THOMSON seconded-
That the Colonial Surgeon be ex officio Principal of the College.
Carried.
Dr. ATKINSON moved, and
Dr. THOMSON seconded-
That the Government secure the services of a medical man specially quali- fied to teach Anatomy and Physiology, who shall be a member of the Medical Department of the Colony, be Lecturer on the subjects named, and act as Superintendent and Secretary of the College.
Carried.
Surgeon-Colonel EVATT moved, and
Dr. AYRES seconded-
That the Lecturers on other subjects be appointed by His Excellency the Governor on the recommendation of the Governing Body, and that they receive an honorarium for their services.
Carried.
Dr. THOMSON moved, and
Surgeon-Colonel EVATT seconded-
That the minimum period of study be five years; and that before com- mencing study all candidates be required to pass an entrance Arts ex- amination, not lower than that of the sixth standard of the new Educational Code (Hongkong 1893).
Discussion of this resolution was postponed, that the Code referred to may be submitted to the Committee.
The Committee adjourned until Tuesday next at 3.30 P.M.
Read and confirmed 14th July, 1896.
E. M. EVATT.