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new man underwent training in this country.
Commander Hole rejected this suggestion on
the grounds of expense.
Commander Hole Sus BUCH Eventually they
came to the conclusion that the best plan would
be for an untrained man to be selected and given
an intensive course lasting about three months,
on the surveying of small crart. He would
then go out without his main training and would
be employed during his first tour of service
on surveying small craft only, thereby relieving
one of the other Ship Surveyors for the international
He would then do his full training at
work.
home on his first leave
It seems to me that
this will be the most satisfactory arrangement
which can be made.
Commander Hole enquired whether the
Joard of Trade would be willing to let the Engineer
Surveyor be trained entirely in Hong Long.
It transpired that they would not at present
be willing to accept this. When, however,
the senior Surveyors in Hong Kong are men who
are qualified as proposed in their letter of
the 10th of June, 1933 ((1) on 13804) they will
be willing for the whole training of Engineer
Surveyors to be carried out locally in Hong
Kong.
As regards the number of additional
Ship and Engineer Surveyors which will be
required, Commander Hole gave the Board of
Trade his views as recorded in my minute of 27.6, and a small Committee has been formed at
the