CO129-253 - Public Offices & Others - 1891 — Page 658

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a adequate remuneration to a professional University

for the doubling of his responsibility and arduous duties As a sample of these duties Tomay mention that, three a year at the Annual and Half-yearly Examinations, the Head Master has to correct and assign marks to behseen 3000 and 4000 papers, beside compiling examination papers, preparing Tables of Percentages

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(4) In the Estimates for 1891 nearly all Heads of Department have $ 4800, or sums in excess that amount, while with the exception of the Inpreme Court and Sublic Works Department, there is no Department in Horytony which can compare with Victoria College in the employment

so large a staff ppspecially trained officers (English

and Chinese) of a higher order of:

edication.

(6) By recent instructions from his Lordship the salaries of the Junior Masters

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to rise from a minimune of $ 2010, by annual instalments

$2010, of $60, to a maximum of $2430. Thus the Junior ollader will receive considerably more thair half the Headellasters salary, Im England, where a Junior ellaster generally receives £150 while the Head Master is receiving " as much as 2,000.

a ratio unheard

(6) The above considerations are purely abstract such as would affect a new Head dlaster on his being offered the appointment. When

however I remember that in November next

it will be ten years since Earl Kimberley :wrote to me at Oxford Offering me the port

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of Headellaster — and that during 85. years continued service, the standard and scope of the College have been. in many ways raised and extended (Vide Statisties and Particulars in my Annual Report 1889) - T Almost venture to hope that my personal claims may have some influence with his Lordshiper in arriving at his decision.

I have the honour to be

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Your stost obedient servant

footWatison Might MA. D.D.

Queen's College Exford

"Head Master

Victoria College Haughing,

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