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are now being merged in the Nurses' quarters and I see no
reason for granting free quarters to any of the Analysts.
The Education Department.
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I consider that some increase in the
emoluments of Officers in this Department is required and I
agree with the recommendation of the Commissioners that the
salaries of the Inspector of English Schools and the Head-
-master of Quean's College should be the same. I would,
however, put the salary at £800 rising to £1,000 by annual increments of £25. As regards other European Officers I recommend that there should be two classes, and that promot- -ion from one class to another should not be made merely by seniority, but strictly in accordance with personal merit and
attainments. The standard required by the University is fair- -ly high and it is very desirable that for the posts in Class
I a really good type of Master should be secured. I would
propose to fill vacancies in Class I by men recruited in
England, if there were no suitable Officers in Mass II and
this fact would be clearly indicated in the rules regulating
appointments in the Education Department. I do not know why
the Headmaster of Ellis Kadoorie School has been given a
special rate of salary by the Commissioners. It is an ordinary district school on the same footing as Saiyingpun,
Taumati, and Wanchai Schools, but the present Headmaster happens to be a senior Officer who was specially appointed
when the school was taken over by the Government. For Class
I I recommend a salary of £650 rising to £750 by triennial
inorements of £50, and for Class II a salary of £400 rising
by annual increments of £20 to £600. Most of the Masters in
Class II would probably never obtain promotion to Class I
and I do not therefore consider £600 too high as a maximum.
I am unable to estimate what salaries
would attract Mistresses of the standard required. The
present