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After studying the educational problems of
Hongkong for six months, I was compelled to view the than
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tive policy which I advcoated aroused strong opposition in the late Bishop of Victoria, Dr Wright, Headmaster of Queen's College, and in the greater part of the missionary body.
Details of this controversy will be found in the Blue Book
entitled "Correspondence arising out of the Report of the Committee on Education", of which Committee I was, Secretary.
It is sufficient for my present purpose to point out, that my action in the matter exhibited neither fear of respon- sibility nor lack of decision; while the soundness of the policy which I advocated, and which has been adopted, is
proved by the fact that from that time to the present no
difficulties