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3. I take this opportunity of stating, with reference to your despatch, No. 174, dated the 13th of April last,* that I propose to include the amount which consider necessary for the remuneration of a Director, in the Estimates of next financial year, viz., £9 (ie., at the rate of £3 for each Scholar per annum), but, under all the circum- stances, I think that the cost of Medical attendance should be borne by the holder of the Scholarship.
No. 22.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
GOVERNOR SIR F. A. SWETTENHAM to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(No. 253.) SIR,
(Received July 9, 1901.)
[Answered by No. 29.]
Government House, Singapore, June 3, 1901. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 128, of the 12th April,* with regard to the acceptance by this Government of the proposals of the Committee appointed to consider the position of Colonial students holding scholarships in the United Kingdom, and to inform you that I am in favour of the proposal contained in paragraph 2 of your despatch, provided that it is possible for the Director, if he is appointed, to exercise supervision over Queen's scholars who may be pursuing their studies at various institutions throughout the country, some, perhaps, in Edinburgh, Oxford, or Cambridge, others in London or Dublin.
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FRANK SWETTENHAM.
No. 23.
JAMAICA.
GOVERNOR SIR A. W. L. HEMMING to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(No. 417.)
(Received July 24, 1901.)
[Answered by No. 29.]
King's House, Jamaica, July 8, 1901.
I HAVE the honour to forward to you herewith two authenticated copies of Law 23 of 1901,† entitled "The Scholarship Law, 1901," which has been passed by the Legislative Council, together with a copy of the Attorney-General's Report thereon.†
2. The following are the circumstances connected with the introduction of this
measure:-
On consideration of the Education Estimates for the current financial year in Committee of the Legislative Council, the vote for Scholarships was reduced, on the motion of the Member for St. Thomas, from £600 to £450. The effect of this was to withdraw the provision for a Scholarship which had been already offered, and for which_ candidates had been specially prepared and examined. Strong opinions were ex- pressed in many quarters regarding the injustice of this course, and, subsequently, on the motion of Mr. Calder, a Nominated Member, the Council agreed to appoint a Select Committee to consider the whole question of the Jamaica Scholarship and the Scholarships awarded under Law 32 of 1892, Section 10. Sub-section 2, with a view to ascertaining the effect of the vote and the making of arrangements for the future.
I enclose a copy of the Report of the Select Committee, which was adopted by the Council, and in accordance with which the Law, which I now submit to you, was drafted and introduced by the Superintending Inspector of Schools. The object of the measure is to place the Scholarships on such a basis that persons who have been invited to compete for them may be assured of enjoying them if they are successful.
I attach a newspaper report of the debates in the Legislative Council relating to this matter. -
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In "The Gleaner" of March 14 and 29 and May 1, 8, 9, 22 and 23—not reprinted.
SIR.
I have, &c.,
AUGUSTUS W. L. HEMMING,
Governor.
No. 24.
BRITISH GUIANA.
ACTING-GOVERNOR ASHMORE to MR. ('HAMBERLAIN.
(No. 338.)
(Received October 10, 1901.)
Government House, Georgetown, Demerara, September 25, 1901. REFERRING to your despatch, No. 120, of the 13th April last, and to previous correspondence on the subject of the conditions regulating the award and tenure of the scholarships granted by this Government, I have the honour to transmit here- with copies of the Regulations, framed on the lines of the report of the Committee on Education in the Colony, submitted to you in Sir C. Boyle's despatch, No. 370, of the 27th September, 1900,‡ which have been recently passed in the Court of Policy. 2. The principal feature of the regulations is the raising of the standard of qualification for the scholarship from "first or second class honours, or third class honours with the mark of distinction in some special subject" to "first class honours, with the mark of distinction in one or more of the following subjects, namely, classics, mathematics, natural science and modern languages."
3. They further allow (Clause 8) of a scholar being "articled or apprenticed to any duly qualified person for the purpose of obtaining a professional qualification as a civil or electrical engineer."
4. It will be seen that the maximum value of the scholarship has not been reduced. It is not possible, however, at present at all events, to induce the Combined Court to increase its indirect cost by providing for medical attendance free of ex- pense to the scholars, or by the appointment of a Director, as recommended by Sir C. Clementi Smith's Committee; and for a similar reason the provision of free passages from and (in some cases) back to the Colony has been discontinued in the present Regulations.
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BRITISH GUIANA.
A. M. ASHMORE.
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