COPY.
MEMORANDUM OF CHANGES AND INCREASES
IN THE ESTIMATES FOR 1920.
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1. GENERAL.
During the War little attempt or none has
been made to adjust the expenditure on Education
to meet the growing needs of the Colony, This
is well recognised, and I need only point to the
fact that the Expenditure on Education for the
year 1917 was only 2,29 of the Expenditure of the
Colony, the lowest ratio since 1904. Not only
was the provision inadequate but, owing to the
War, it was also impossible to acquire or maintain
the Staff of English Teachers which the Estimates
provided for.
II.
INCREASES OF SALARY.
The Salaries Commission will shortly make
its recommendations as to the adequacy or otherwise
of the salaries paid to the school teachers both
English and Chinese. I do not, therefore, pro-
pose to make any recommendations for increases
of salary. There is however one point to which
I drew the attention of the Commission and which
I should like to repeat here. The Government
can acquire the services of teachers by paying
any price that it chooses above that commanded
by