No. 181.
Hongkong.
Sir,
23018
Government House, Hongkong, Jun 02nd 1902.
139
With reference to my Despatch No. 177 of the 6th instant, I have the honour to invite your attention to Sections 21, 44, and 78, of the Report on Education transmitted therewith, which emphasise the desirability of European supervision in the District Schools.
2. The Education Committee, when recommending supervision by English Masters acquainted with the Chinese language, did not desire to exclude the still more desirable class of Master, the Chinaman acquainted with his own language yet thoroughly imbued with what is termed "Western Knowledge" and conversant with the English tongue. The Schoolmaster of this latter class was not specifically mentioned in the Committee's Report, because the number of Chinamen possessed of the qualifications I have mentioned and prepared to devote themselves to educational work is so extremely limited as to be almost a negligible quantity.
3. The Inspector of Schools, however, has recently received an application from a Chinaman named Young Hee, whose qualifications entitle him to be considered one of those rare exceptions. Mr. Young was educated in a Chinese School
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
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