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grown

to almost de intolerable a

- height in parts of eAustralia as

in the United States of America,

would have been avoided.

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as

But steady partizan

been

of free

I have always competition in English communities,

my long practical experience in

has taught

men

me that

ruling the world sannot be governed by pure logia; and that with regard

to the matter now under consideration,

the case of competition among candidates from the Universities

and

and Public Schools in England, and

of competition from among

among

Candidates

the Indo-Portuguese

and Chinese residents of Hongkong,

ought

It not to be measured by the

same rule of thumb. The Executive Council and the Board of Examiners,

comprising the most able and ... experienced administrators in this Colony thoroughly conversant with losal affairs, are agreed that looking to the peculiar circumstances of this Community and to the character and antecedents of the

candidates

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