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was welcomed by the Government and much trouble was taken in selecting specially qualified masters from this country. These steps have no sooner been taken than the institution is found to be wholly superfluous and to supply no want, at all. It is impossible in the light of this fiasco and also in the light of previous voluminous but somewhat unfruitful correspondence and reports on educational subjects to feel much confidence that the position in Hong Kong has yet been fully gauged and fin
You will consider whether as there will now be no Reformatory, the Reformatory Act should not be repealed as suggested in Mr. Irving's letter to the Governor of the 15th of April.
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