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think, to get a report from his second referee, who is apparent-

ly in England, and an official report on his service in the Army Education Department from

the War Office. This we can

do phánıyan return the papers

to us.

(2) On the other hand, Hr.

White is by education and up- bringing quite a different type

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of man to that from which we

now-a-days usually recruit members of the Education Depts.

It is of the Golonial Service,

clear that the Governor realises

this from his remark that Mr.

White would not be suitable

The for for promotion. I suppose we could arrange this, but it seem to me somewhat dangerous to bring

with hier

in a man we cannot promote and

who may, whatever he thinks

now, become disgruntled when

junior men are promoted over

his head. On the other hand

his local knowledge and exper-

ience as a Scoutmaster might

be of particular use at the

moment in the Colony.

(3) This case makes one

think about the Education Dept,|

in Hong Kong in general. I

find that we have not made any

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appointment to this Department since

the Armistice. I am, therefore, ignoran of the qualifications usually required and of the present standard attained

in members of the Department, I take

it, however, that most of them have

been recruited through the Board of Education and have been drawn rather from the Board School type of master, If they are successful in Hong Kong, I have no more to say; but in almost every other Education Dept. in the Colonial Service and particularly in Ceylon, Malaya and Tropical Africa, there has of recent years been a definite movement away from recruiting this type of candidate on the grounda

were

that they are not proving successful

in handling natives. In place of them we are now practically invariably asked to select men of the Public School and University type of training.

If the latter type of candidate is required, I think that we might do the recruiting more atisfactorily than

B. of E, as we are in close touch with all Universities. On the other hand,

for the other type of master, there is no doubt that the B, of E. will select far more satisfactorily than we could, as they have much more practical exper- -

ience.

I do not know what the higher salaries are in Hong Kong, but provided there are decent prospects for promotion an initial scale of £400-20-600,'/as,

Susta