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of such a career in Ilong Kong, and
particularly of the special interest
which attaches to the education of the
Chinese race and to the contact with
Chine se civilisation thereby given.
It is possible that this might best be
done by getting one or two influenti al
members of each of the principal
Universities to take a special interest
in this question, with a view to their
encouraging a certain number of picked
undergraduates in each year to apply
for these appointments when they take
their degrees. It would be necessary
to supply such individuals, or informal
Committees, with good first-hand
information as to local conditions and
life in the Education Department.
For
this purpose it would be a great
assistance if you could inform me of any
really suitable officer of the Service
who had retired or who was likely to be
in this country for some time and who
could