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will thereby be greatly diminished. That

objection in itself seems to me not a very

weighty one, but it leads up to the very

important consideration of the desirability of

maintaining the standard of cadets recruited for

Hong Kong. The special value of members of the

Cadet Service lies in their continuous close

touch with, and study of,Chinese life and customs

throughout their careers, that is to say, their

pre-eminent political experience in the Colony;

and in the circumstances of Hong Kong it is a

Service which seems to me quite indispensable.

As heads of technical Departments the senior

members of the Cadet Service are criticised on

account of their lack of special technical

training e.g. the Treasurer because he is not a

man of wide financial and accounting experience:

(see

an officer of such Anancial expeizena &

ccounting qualifications, that he will be able

Section III of the De falcations Committee

Report:) the Director of Education because he is

not a professional educationalist.

In the case of the Treasury the

De falcations Committee recommended that Cadet

Officers should as early as possible after join-

ac

ing the service be escorded an opportunity for

acquainting themselves thoroughly with the

reneral accounting system of the Government, and

that there should be appointed for duty at the

to advise successive Colonial

·

reasury

Treasurers to supervise the administration of

the Treasury itself and to exercise that super-

vision and control over the financial operations

of the various Departments which the Colonial

Treasurer