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which was exceptionally well paid;but in
general it has been found an abortive
method, productive of much labour and
little result.
Nevertheless it was
decided, owing to the shortage of
suitable candidates who were prepared
to consider appointments in Hong Kong
and in Malaya, to advertise in the
Press the five vacancies for Assistant
Masters of which you notified me in
1926, together with ten existing vacancies
of a similar kind in the Education
Department of Malaya. Over 250 applica-
tions were then received and considered.
Out of all these, only 2 or 3 candidates
were eventually found sufficiently suit-
able for appointment.
6. Particulars of the vacancies had
also been widely circulated to the various
University Appointments Boards etc.in
accordance with the usual practice re-
ferred to in paragraph 4 above, and corres-
pondence