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Sir 0.0. Smith to read through the papers and
to give an opinion on them, based on his
past long experience of Hong Kong and of
the Chinese. I enclose a copy of a memorandum
which he has been good enough to write, but
which is not intended for publication.
4. The thanks of the Government are
cordial and due to the Commissioners for their compre-
hensive report. If I hesitate to accept
their conclusions en masse, it is because I
desire to form a correct estimate as to
what would be the probable result of adopt-
ing them,
and how far that result would com-
mand itself to you and to me. In other
words, I wish to be clear—and I am not clear
at present as to what principle or prin-
ciples are advocated by the report as the
future basis of Education in Hongkong.
5. The Committee recommend that
there should be 'different schools for
different