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-tribution of expenditure,

5.

I do not propose to enter at length into

a detailed examination of the Committee's recommendations.

Two of their number the Bishop of Victoria and the Inspector

of Schools have already left for England, and will very

shortly be followed by the Registrar-General. As all the

Members of the Committee, therefore, with the exception of one,

will be in England at the same time, and will be able to

enter into any detailed explanations which you may desire

with regard to the principles which guided them in the prepa-

ration of their able and interesting Report, it would be su-

perfluous for me to offer a minute criticism or elucidation

of details.

6.

Jou

I am glad, however, to have an opportunity

of recording my entire approval of the principle of creating

British Schools for the education of children of European

parentage. Before assuming the post of Officer Administering the Government I had already expressed my approval of this

principle, in connection with the Petition for the establish-

ment of a British School, transmitted to you in Sir Henry

35250 Blake's Despatch No. 343 of the 3rd. September last. It was

Olwith much satisfaction that I received, in your Despatch No.

37826

Of

408 of the 6th. December, an expression of your approval of

the request in that Petition and I shall address you in a

separate Despatch on the subject of the steps which have been

taken to carry it into effect.

In dealing with the Non-Chinese Schools

7.

of the Colony, the Committee recommend their division into

two

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