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considers that it will be compelled to do so in
the future. The Commissioners would at this
juncture point out that they can find no record
in the Reports of the Director of Education or of
the Inspectors of English Schools of these officers
having in any way commented upon the heavy
expenditure on buildings by the Diocesan Boys'
School, nor do they appear to have foreseen a
possible default in the repayments to the Govern- ment, although they must have had sufficient details
and statements of account to have realised the
financial situation of the institution in question.
43. The Commissioners would finally suggest that,
if such an arrangement can be arrived at, the
proceeds of the sale of the site of the present
Central British School, together with the balance,
after providing for the Diocesan Boys' School, of
the one million dollars proposed for the erection
of the new Central British School, be earmarked in
the future, and as the finances of the Colony permit, to provide establishments which will be necessary for the provision of elementary education
for the children of the Chinese residents of the
Kowloon peninsula.
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Extract of the Governor's Commentary on the
Report of the Retrenchment Commission.
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Paragraphs 38 - 43.
Government is in touch with the
authorities of the Diocesan Boys School and
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negotiations