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Direction and Control:

Owing to the system

of selecting cadets for the post of Director of

Education there had been frequent changes of Directors

in the last ten years. This was to be regretted for

as soon as a Director had acquired a knowledge of the

work he was transferred to another post. Mr. Burney

had suggested to the Governor, who had agreed, that the

best person who could be obtained from any source

should be appointed to the vacant post of Senior

Inspector and that this officer should later be promoted

to the Directorship of Education.

Girls' Education. Mr. Burney explained that

he had not dealt separately with the subject of girls'

education in the Report because he did not think the

difference in needs between girls' and boys' was one

of the more important features in the situation in

Hong Kong. He had thought of recommending the

appointment of a second English Inspector to be a

woman instead of a man but did not wish to overcrowd

his recommendations.

The matter was then discussed at length, the

chief points of the discussion being summarised in the

Committee's conclusion, recorded below.

Conclusion. The Committee noted that the

Report had not yet been referred to the Government of

Hong Kong, but that they would be afforded a further

opportunity of comment when the Governor's recommendations

there on had been received by the Secretary of State.

In the meantime, they recommended that the following

statement