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(2) A Chinese auditor to be approved by the Government

shall be employed to audit regularly the accounts

of the three Hospitals.

3) A monthly statement of accounts shall be prepared and furnished by the Directors to the Advisory

Board and also to the Honourable the Secretary

for Chinese Affairs for transmission to the

Governor.

6.

Whilst it is to be regretted that the Directors did not see their way to agree to a proposal on the lines of that mentioned in paragraph 4, I have

no doubt that the rules now adopted will be of real

benefit to the Hospitals. Steps have now been taken to

put these recommendations into practice.

7.

In this connection I should like to stress

the very real difficulty of persuading the Directors (who

are elected annually and by custom rarely re-elected)

to agree to a substantial reduction of their powers by

sharing them with the Advisory Board (which has a more

permanent element). The Directors may inwardly realise

that a larger measure of control by the Advisory Board

would make for greater efficiency but they fear loss of

"face"

- a very potent element in Chinese life. They

are unwilling that the public should be able to say of

them that the 1935 Directors were the first body to

agree to a surrender of any part of their powers, and

are emphatic in their opinion that there would be

difficulty in future years in finding gentlemen to serve

as Directors under such conditions.

8.

I do not consider the present an opportune

time for taking steps by the revision of Ordinance No.31

of