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a small action indicative of the hostility of some of the
officials at Esinking to our Consular activities.
2. The issue of this order, though regrettable in
principle, served a useful purpose since it eliminated the
likelihood of claims being brought by parente of pupils
against the headmasters for breach of contract. Locally the
Consular position is not affected as it was at the desire of
the Special Delegate that all necessary arrangemente were
made direct between this office and the two school principals.
3. The sum of H.Y. 8000 was handed to me with the request that I should distribute the ex gratis payment in a
fair manner. I was not anxious to have anything to do with
thie financial transaction but the authorities were most
reluctant to pay the money to the principala direct as they
had grave doubts whether the arrears of teachers' galaries
would be settled. From an examination of the list of moneys
owed by both institutione, and in order to avoid, if possible,
suits in thie Consular Court for debts, it seemed to me
evident that the beat interests of the principals would be
served by an insistence that outstanding obligatione should
first be liquidated. I accordingly arranged that each teacher
and school servant should be paid salary until the end of 1938 and that priority should be given to the settlement of
public service claims, such as those for water, electricity
etc. An undischarged judgment debt against Er Lindsley was
also settled and the remainder of each M.Y. 4000 is being used
to liquidate claims and to form a small reserve fund for each
man. These arrangements were readily agreed to by both principals. The closing of the schools has in fact proved to
be financially advantageous to both Spence and Lindsley as
neither had any prospect of making sufficient money to pay
off debts. They will be permitted to restart as language
instructore
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