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back to the Educational Department. I find that so long as November, 1902, Sir Henry Blake considered whether Mr. Woodcock could not be employed under the new Education Scheme in his former capacity as a Schoolmaster and that the proposal was held over because Mr. E. A. Irving, the Inspector of Schools, wished to wait until "things shaped themselves more" and was not prepared to make a recommendation at the time. There was at that time and there has been since, until the occurrence of the vacancy now under discussion, the difficulty that Mr. Woodcock's salary as Secretary to the Sanitary Board was higher than the salary of the Educational Officers not employed at Queen's College or below the rank of Second Master at Queen's College.

7. As to the statement of the petitioners that "since Mr. Woodcock left in 1900 six Masters have been appointed to Queen's College and each of these men was given to understand that the Second Mastership was to be regarded as the highest possible post to which he might aspire to rise in regular sequence of promotion", I have to state that no such intimation was made to the Masters concerned by this Government, and that if the late Headmaster, Dr. Wright, gave such an assurance he did so without reference to the Government and

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173 back to the Educational Department. I find that so long as November, 1902, Sir Henry Blake considered whether Mr. Woodcock could not be employed under the new Education Scheme in his former capacity as a Schoolmaster and that the proposal was held over because Mr. E. A. Irving, the Inspector of Schools, wished to wait until "things shaped themselves more" and was not prepared to make a recommendation at the time. There was at that time and there has been since, until the occurrence of the vacancy now under discussion, the difficulty that Mr. Woodcock's salary as Secretary to the Sanitary Board was higher than the salary of the Educational Officers not employed at Queen's College or below the rank of Second Master at Queen's College. 7. As to the statement of the petitioners that "since Mr. Woodcock left in 1900 six Masters have been appointed to Queen's College and each of these men was given to understand that the Second Mastership was to be regarded as the highest possible post to which he might aspire to rise in regular sequence of promotion", I have to state that no such intimation was made to the Masters concerned by this Government, and that if the late Headmaster, Dr. Wright, gave such an assurance he did so without reference to the Government and

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[ 173 back to the Educational Department. I find that so long as November, 1902, Sir Henry Blake considered whether Mr. Woodcock could not be employed under the new Education Scheme in his former capacity as a Schoolmaster and that the proposal was held over because Mr. E. A. Irving, the Inspector of Schools, wished to wait until "things shaped themselves more" and was not prepared to make a recommenda- -tion at the time. There was at that time and there has been since, until the occurrence of the vacancy now under discussion, the difficulty that Mr. Woodcock's salary as Secretary to the Sanitary Board was higher than the salary of the Educational Officers not employed at Queen's College or below the rank of Second Master at Queen's College. 7. As to the statement of the petitioners that "since Mr. Woodcock left in 1900 six Masters have been appointed to Queen's College and each of these men was given to understand that the Second Mastership was to be regarded as the highest possible post to which he might aspire to rise in regular sequence of promotion", I have to state that no such intimation was made to the Masters concerned by this Government, and that if the late Headmaster, Dr. Wright, gave such an assurance he did so without reference to the Government and

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back to the Educational Department. I find that so long as

November, 1902, Sir Henry Blake considered whether Mr.

Woodcock could not be employed under the new Education

Scheme in his former capacity as a Schoolmaster and that

the proposal was held over because Mr. E. A. Irving, the

Inspector of Schools, wished to wait until "things shaped

themselves more" and was not prepared to make a recommenda-

-tion at the time. There was at that time and there has

been since, until the occurrence of the vacancy now under

discussion, the difficulty that Mr. Woodcock's salary as

Secretary to the Sanitary Board was higher than the salary

of the Educational Officers not employed at Queen's College

or below the rank of Second Master at Queen's College.

As to the statement of the

petitioners that "since Mr. Woodcock left in 1900 six

Masters have been appointed to Queen's College and each

of these men was given to understand that the Second

Mastership was to be regarded as the highest possible post

to which he might aspire to rise in regular sequence of

promotion", I have to state that no such intimation was

made to the Masters concerned by this Government, and

that if the late Headmaster, Dr. Wright, gave such an

assurance he did so without reference to the Government

and

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