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be advisable to allow the legal Cadets selected for service
in Hongkong to remain for a period in England in order to
study law. They would be paid a sufficient allowance which
they would undertake to refund, if they should be proved to
have neglected their studies. They would then learn Chinese
for the balance of the two years' period and instead of
following the course of study for Cadete set out in General
Order 15 (10) (pages 188 - 190 of the Hongkong Civil List
for 1911) they would study under the bonus scheme (pages
214 - 216 of the Hongkong Civil List), though of course no
bonus would be paid them on passing the final examination.
This scheme is less arduous than the Cadets' course of study
and should not occupy more than a year if an officer can
devote his whole time to it.
10.
It eventuates as I said in para-
-graph 6 that 12 Passed Cadets are required to act in the
various Departments in place of substantive officers. At the
end of this year we shall have 5 Passed and Unpassed Cadets,
and seven more are therefore required five of whom should be
"Legal Cadets". I have already (Despatch No. 92 of 17th.
March, 1911) asked for two of these and this number should
now be increased to four if you approve my conclusions. The
remaining three can be appointed in 1902. Of the four now