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C.12934

No. 252.

28 JUN 1926

546

Government House,

Hong Kong, 25th May.

1926.

Sir.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of your despatch No.100 of the 8th April, 1926, on the

subject of Sir L. N. Quillemard's proposal that candidates

selected for Cadetships and Polios Probationerships should

undertake a course of study at the School of Oriental Studier

prior to their departure from the United Kingdom.

I enclose a copy of a minute by the Director of Education on the subject. I agree with the views of the

Director of Education that the proposal should not be adopted

in the case of Hong Kong Cadets.

2.

I hope to arrange that Hong Kong: Cadets shall

receive instruction in Chinese at the Hong Kong University,

and I do not believe that the Chinese language can be studie,

with profit except in China.

I have the honour to be,

sir,

Your most obedient humble servant,

(sd.) C. CEMENTI,

Governor, &c.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

&C..

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L. C.M.S. ADERY, X.P.,

&C..

&c.