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(the Belilios Reformatory Building for a British School in this the City of Victoria, the problem of giving an education to the European British children of the Colony will have been solved without any expenditure upon buildings. I have strong reasons for believing that the money devoted to British Education will be best expended by dividing it between two establishments, one in Victoria and one at Kowloon, and on this subject I beg to suggest that you will consult Mr. Irving during his residence in England. There seems to be now no doubt that so far as the purpose for which it was originally intended is concerned the Belilios Reformatory is a total failure and is not required in this Colony. The building has not been occupied by any children since it was opened, and is not at present utilised for any purpose whatever. It is admirably situated, as the Committee have stated in their Report for the purposes of an English School on the island of Hong Kong, owing to the large number of Englishmen employed in the neighbouring docks and workshops.
8. If you concur in my opinion that the institution may as a Reformatory be abolished and devoted to the education of the children of British parents, it will be necessary to obtain the permission of Mr. E. R. Belilios, C.M.G. to change the character of his gift to the Colony and to turn it into a school; and it will be necessary in the second place to consider the cases of Messrs. Curwen and Bullin, who were obtained from England as Masters of the Reformatory at salaries of $1,488 and $960 per annum respectively and whose services in connection with the Reformatory...