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Trustees as at present constituted and functioning will raise objections to the appointment of a sub-committee not subject to its control. The fact that our proposed sub-committee WX

will, as its name indicates, be subordinate to and draw all its authority from the Committee in England, should of itself

be sufficient to show that the duties of the Board and of our

corresponding sub-committee will not be identical, and that

the latter will in no way usurp any of the privileges XII or

functions of the former. It is conceivable that if the day

ever comes when the Board of Trustees is transformed into an

organ similar in constitution, functions and authority to

members that which the III of the Willingdon I delegation

had in view when they drew up that part of their Report

which relates to "Administration and Control" (See Part XI

of the Willingdon Report, EX pp. 153-162) it may be found con-

venient and expedient to abolish our sub-committee and trans-

fer its functions to the Board. But it is to be feared that

no such development i likely to take place in the near future.