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Consus should have been ascertained

Hempre)

added er conuer

of the Colony is ripe for the in- troduction of a system of compul-

sory education.

You may be aware that

compulsory education has been in-

troduced into more than one of

the Protected Malay States as far

as can be judged with satisfac-

tory results

(and)

6. The question of appoint- ing a Chinese Attendance Officer was postponed, according to Sir W. Des Voeux's despatch No.37 of 4th February 1890, till the Goneus-ef 19, and it should now be aecided whether it is practicable or aesir-

able to appoint one or more such

officers. I should have thought

At-

that by the appointment of an tendance Officer specially detail-

ed for the purpose,

and possibly

also by trying the experiment of floating schools in the harbour, further efforts might be made to

educate the children of the boat

population.

On this point the follow- ing passage in a report to the

Secretary of State by the late Dr.

Stewart