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ent indebted to the Captain Superintend of Police and the Head-

master of Queen's College for suggestions, as also to the Chief

Interpreter of the Supreme Court. We have also been given the

opportunity of reading the evidence given before the previous

Committee and have under consideration the schemes for Chinese

Interpreters now in force in the Straits Settlements and in

the Malay Federated States.

ment

4. We think that all has been done by the

Govern that can be expected, to encourage generally pro-

ficiency in Chinese in the Public Service. But we are of opin-

ion that a yearly allowances would be a greater inducement

than the lump sum now given as an allowance for a knowledge

members

of Chinese to Public Officers other than of the Police Force.

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5. There are some of the recommendations

of theprevious Committee regarding Interpretation and

Translation with which we do not agree, For the training of

interpreters, special tuition has been proved to be indispen-

able. No boy on leaving school is in any way competent to

interpret, because competent interpretation demands rapid and

accurate analysis a habit of mind whệch in most instances, is

not formed easily or readily; and even after an interpreter

has