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be found in the Works most suited to the qualifications and requirements of the successful candidates.
It is, I think, desirable that the rate of allowance for the apprentices in the United Kingdom should be definitely settled before announcing the apprenticeships in China. You have assured us that the Colonial Office would be willing to make up the allowance, above the rate paid by the manufacturer, to £28 per month, which is the rate now paid to apprentices of Chinese nationality under our scheme. It was, however, mentioned during our last conversation that you might wish to relate the Hong Kong arrangement to conditions of scholarships for other Empire students and I should be glad to learn what you decide on this point.
On the question of procedure, may I suggest that you draft a suitable letter to the Foreign Office concerning the arrangement we have reached and give us the opportunity of approving it in draft, so that we can then write to the Foreign Office, fully endorsing your letter in question.
Yours sincerely,
(3gd.) W.V.JENKINS.
Far Hast Department.
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