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staff were employed (a) at the Central British and the three Junior British Schools (b) King's College and Queen's College (c) the Trade School a) Belilios Girls' School and (e) in the main office of the Department. As I have said above, we may not be able to get a British school until September and it will not be possible to rebuild King's and Queen's College until Timber and m terials are available and I have little hope of them being completed within eighteen months to two years.
There were in addition four Junior schools, three for Chinese and one for Indians, and the previous practice has been to employ a European Headmaster for each of these schools. With the exception of the Ellis Kadooris School, which had an enrolment of about 800, I have never considered that these schools provided sufficient work for a European Headmaster nor sufficient scope for his abilities.
I am, therefore, proposing that in future there should be a European Headmaster of the Ellis Kadoori● School and one European to act as Supervising Headmaster of the other three. Two of these are already working namely, Wanchai School on the Island and Yaumati School in Kowloon. They are at present in charge of Chinese Headmasters.
We are at present fairly well off for Chinese staff and have a considerable number of enquiries from our old staff who are now in China so that, with the re- opening of the Northcote Training College, there should be no difficulty in this respect.
With regard to European staff, the position is that we shall not be able to use the majority of them at least until September and there are also some whom we shall not be able to use even then. It seems to me, therefore, it might be as well, when those whom we cannot use are again physically fit, if they took a short tour in some of the other Colonies which are short of Education staff. I have reviewed this position very carefully with Mr. Walton and we have come to the conclusion that the return of the staff should take place as set out in the attached list.
As it will be necessary to rebuild King's and Queen's College, I feel that it would be of great advantage if three of the staff now on leave were to visit up-to-date educational establishments in England and Scotland with a view to assisting in the preparation of plans for the new buildings which we shall require. I made a similar tour myself in 1933 and was 1 ter seconded to the office of the Architect for the preparation of the plans of the new Central British School. The results were definitely worth the time that I spent on it in England and the money which was involved in travelling and subsistence allowances. Having carefully considered the staff at present in England and our own requirements, I would suggest that Mr. Crozier, Mr. Attwell and Miss Gray undertake such a tour. I have included Miss Gray because it will probably be necessary to rebuild the Belilios Gids' School, of which nothing but the walls remain standing. Probably Leadbetter at the Ministry of Education would be able to put them in touch with the best schools they have to visit.
It would also be of great advantage to us here if we could have some indication of those of the former staff who would be returning to Kong Kong and some indication as to when they would be ready to return. We are not yet certain what the position is with regard to the following:- Sollis, Ralston, Richards, Mycock, G.P. Ferguson, Wallington (whom we understood was seriously illl when he left here),
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