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ent indebted to the Captain Superintend of Police and the Head-
master of Queen's College for suggestions, as also to the Chief
Interpreter of the Supreme Court. We have also been given the
opportunity of reading the evidence given before the previous
Committee and have under consideration the schemes for Chinese
Interpreters now in force in the Straits Settlements and in
the Malay Federated States.
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4. We think that all has been done by the
Govern that can be expected, to encourage generally pro-
ficiency in Chinese in the Public Service. But we are of opin-
ion that a yearly allowances would be a greater inducement
than the lump sum now given as an allowance for a knowledge
members
of Chinese to Public Officers other than of the Police Force.
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5. There are some of the recommendations
of theprevious Committee regarding Interpretation and
Translation with which we do not agree, For the training of
interpreters, special tuition has been proved to be indispen-
able. No boy on leaving school is in any way competent to
interpret, because competent interpretation demands rapid and
accurate analysis a habit of mind whệch in most instances, is
not formed easily or readily; and even after an interpreter
has