MINUTES
increased by
MM
50%.
The
member a Cl. I offtt remans
Kom the
13.46.
2hr
had not been quite counterbalanc
by the advantage of a continuous
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ON THIS SIDE.
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RECEIVED
1 NOV 3
COL OFFICE
HONGKONG.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
18th October, 1923.
Tiny Holi
10
£1200 per cent,
serant pinu
to Cors
My Lord Duke,
24 for the Jucator of Eduar is to be
Lorus and
outside the Cadet Sinau
the Cl. I appts wailable with
be only 3.
The for ingests that the
raised
Establishment of CPI appt be rouser
to five viz. the existing 3
Treamer
9 S.C. A
Fint Magushal
of his other there to rouny
with the comparatios importance of the
Gant depts
No immediate Change' is
required. When action is taken
the low pulpnes that furt
imun
individuals, rathu than 2 affett, be promoted to CCI.
• Appure
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At once
Rea
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I have the honour to inform Your Grace that
Mr. R. A. Irving, Director of Education, will proceed on leave sometime in the course of next year and that, in view of the state of his health which has for some time given cause for anxiety and which having regard to his age (54 next July) is not likely to improve materially, it is practically certain that he will not return to the Colony.
The question will then arise of the manner
2.
in which the vacant appointment of Director of Education is to be filled. I consider that for this post, a knowledge
of local circumstances and of the views and customs of the
local community is of far more importance than any technical qualifications as an "educationalist", and I am therefore strongly in favour of adhering to the previous practice of filling the appointment from the ranks of the Cadet Service,
provided that a suitable officer can be found. In the
present case, however, I do not think that it would be
possible to find a suitable officer in the Cadet Service
except by means of a considerable readjustment of appointmente
which would involve removing competent men from posts to
which they are specially fitted. There is one officer who, I believe, will make a good Director in the future but he is
very
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G..
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&c.