Governor.
Date.
1883.
No.
140.
July 9.
Last previous Paper.
1177/53
184
No. 14375
Cadets and the
(Subject.)
DESPATCH.
C. O.
291
14379
RECR
(BEG) 20 AUG 03/
Chinese
Language.
Recommends that some of the Cadets
should be sent to Pekin to learn the
Language.
Mr Meads.
(Minutes.)
The Cantonese dialect is
more practically useful at Hong Kong, and with the attractions of the small diplomatic & Chinese Customs service at Canton!
The study of Chinese language will be more difficult there.
It would however be decided advantage to a Cadet