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local Government should have had
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the advantage of consulting upon them the trained Superintendent, who has been so long and anxiously expected.
It has been stated here on apparently reliable authority, that if a trained Superintendent for Hong Kong, at an annual salary of from £800 to £1000 had been advertized for in the English Press, in pursuance of the system pursued in inviting... candidates for civil posts in English Counties, there would have been ample field for selection. It may be inferred from the despatches on this subject that this simple and efficient plan has not been followed by the Colonial Office in the present instance.
I recollect, moreover, that while I was Governor of Mauritius, a vacancy... occurred in the important office of Rector of the Royal College there, and that a long and mischievous delay ensued in filling up that vacancy.
I then ventured to submit that when the Governments of the great Australian Colonies require Professors and Masters for their Universities and Schools,