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which was exceptionally well paid;but in

general it has been found an abortive

method, productive of much labour and

little result.

Nevertheless it was

decided, owing to the shortage of

suitable candidates who were prepared

to consider appointments in Hong Kong

and in Malaya, to advertise in the

Press the five vacancies for Assistant

Masters of which you notified me in

1926, together with ten existing vacancies

of a similar kind in the Education

Department of Malaya. Over 250 applica-

tions were then received and considered.

Out of all these, only 2 or 3 candidates

were eventually found sufficiently suit-

able for appointment.

6. Particulars of the vacancies had

also been widely circulated to the various

University Appointments Boards etc.in

accordance with the usual practice re-

ferred to in paragraph 4 above, and corres-

pondence