CO129-320 - Governor Sir Blake Acting Governor May - 1903 [11-12] — Page 167

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Enclosure 1.

The Honourable

F. 8. May, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary.

Sir,

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Queen's College 13 JA.. 041

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12th. November, 1903.

The usual custom within my experience

has been for the Manuscript copy of the Report of the Indepen-

dent Examiners to be forwarded to the Head Master, in order that any remarks he may have to make thereon, may be remitted

to England therewith.

2.

As this course has not been pursued this

year, I have now the honour to submit my remarks on the recent Report, and to beg that His Excellency the Governor will be pleased to cause a copy to be sent to the Secretary of State.

The following table of all the Reports

3.

made by Independent Examiners, with the view taken of them by

myself and my Staff, may be of interest:-

January 1896: Cobbold and Pearce : Hostile.

1897 :

Nil.

1698:

Cobbold and Pearce : Fair.

1899 :

Messer and Rallifax:

Fair.

1900 :

Suirdale (Donough-

more) and Wright

:

1901 :

Clementi and Ross

:

Fair. Gostile.

1902 :

Nil.

January 1908 : July

Ross and Kitto

: Fair.

Ross

: Hostile.

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1903 : Thomson, Irving and

I can see no particuler, in which the

Report under review differs in form or subject from previous

Reports, in spite of the rather unfortunate statement of the Examiners that their predecessors did work, for doing which

"they