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gates; e.g. at this college 110 boys will pursue the course of preparation for the Oxford Local, and only 20 (or perhaps 20, on account of the fee being this year $10) present themselves for examination.

The only equitable division of funds available, would appear to be in accordance with the total number of candidates entered, not of the class of preparation.

Is it optional for a master to withdraw boys from Standards 6 or 7 to enable him to derive the benefits offered in 4.27 or must they first pass the highest Standards?

In conclusion I think the new scheme unfortunate inasmuch as it

1. destroys the prestige of the scholarship;

2. makes the scholarship insufficient for the total maintenance of a poor boy in England;

3. does not afford time for a complete course of study in England;

4. apparently does not provide a proper system of examination or of awarding marks without which the old complaints (prior to the exam. by the Cambridge Syndicate) will be revived.

I therefore am strongly in favour of a continuance of the existing scholarship, together with assistance from the Government towards paying Oxford and Cambridge Local Examinations fees.

I have &c.,

(Sd.) G. H. Bateson Wright,

Headmaster