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am now
opportunities to its holders for "squeezing" I prepared as suggested
in
the Secretary of State's
despatch W:102 of the 15th May, 1889, to try the temporary expedient of the employment of an attendance officer whose duty it should
be to visit all the districts referred to, frequently, and under the authority of the Inspector of Schools to
endeavour to induce the Parents of the Boat-children to avail themselves of the advantages which the existing schools, and the Government in the absence of such schools, offer to their offspring
Dr Eitel assures me that for a salary of $15 a month and $50 per annum for uniform and boat hire he will be able to secure the services of an intelligent and reliable man for this duty.