CO129-481 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1923 [8-12] — Page 342

MINUTES

increased by

MM

50%.

The

member a Cl. I offtt remans

Kom the

13.46.

2hr

had not been quite counterbalanc

by the advantage of a continuous

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RECEIVED

1 NOV 3

COL OFFICE

HONGKONG.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

18th October, 1923.

Tiny Holi

10

£1200 per cent,

serant pinu

to Cors

My Lord Duke,

24 for the Jucator of Eduar is to be

Lorus and

outside the Cadet Sinau

the Cl. I appts wailable with

be only 3.

The for ingests that the

raised

Establishment of CPI appt be rouser

to five viz. the existing 3

Treamer

9 S.C. A

Fint Magushal

of his other there to rouny

with the comparatios importance of the

Gant depts

No immediate Change' is

required. When action is taken

the low pulpnes that furt

imun

individuals, rathu than 2 affett, be promoted to CCI.

• Appure

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GBL

At once

Rea

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I have the honour to inform Your Grace that

Mr. R. A. Irving, Director of Education, will proceed on leave sometime in the course of next year and that, in view of the state of his health which has for some time given cause for anxiety and which having regard to his age (54 next July) is not likely to improve materially, it is practically certain that he will not return to the Colony.

The question will then arise of the manner

2.

in which the vacant appointment of Director of Education is to be filled. I consider that for this post, a knowledge

of local circumstances and of the views and customs of the

local community is of far more importance than any technical qualifications as an "educationalist", and I am therefore strongly in favour of adhering to the previous practice of filling the appointment from the ranks of the Cadet Service,

provided that a suitable officer can be found. In the

present case, however, I do not think that it would be

possible to find a suitable officer in the Cadet Service

except by means of a considerable readjustment of appointmente

which would involve removing competent men from posts to

which they are specially fitted. There is one officer who, I believe, will make a good Director in the future but he is

very

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G..

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