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Results
1 f the 1891
Consus should have been ascertained
Hempre)
added er conuer
of the Colony is ripe for the in- troduction of a system of compul-
sory education.
You may be aware that
compulsory education has been in-
troduced into more than one of
the Protected Malay States as far
as can be judged with satisfac-
tory results
(and)
6. The question of appoint- ing a Chinese Attendance Officer was postponed, according to Sir W. Des Voeux's despatch No.37 of 4th February 1890, till the Goneus-ef 19, and it should now be aecided whether it is practicable or aesir-
able to appoint one or more such
officers. I should have thought
At-
that by the appointment of an tendance Officer specially detail-
ed for the purpose,
and possibly
also by trying the experiment of floating schools in the harbour, further efforts might be made to
educate the children of the boat
population.
On this point the follow- ing passage in a report to the
Secretary of State by the late Dr.
Stewart