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Provision is made for ten Asiatic Inspectors; five Probationers and five fully qualified. At present there are actually only five Asiatic Inspectors all of whom are qualified. A considerable number of posts of Bargemen, Scavenging Coolies, Meat Porters, etc., have been abolished. These appear on page 68. Twenty-three out of the thirty-eight Sub-heads of "Other
Charges show a reduction.
Head 24, Botanical & Forestry Department.
The only alteration to which I would draw the atten- tion of Hon. Hembers under this Head is the creation of eight new posts of gardeners. Six of these are required for the extensive grounds of the new Central B ritish School, and two are required for Chatham Road. As regards the latter it is proposed to make into an ornamental garden the untidy strip between Middle Road and the Kowloon Football Club.
Work on the first section, which is about 300 yards long, is already in hand and these two gardeners are to look after it. unable to give any undertaking as to when Government will be able to find funds to proceed with the remaining two sections of this eminently desirable improvement.
Head 25, Education Department.
I am
The principal feature of the Education Department's Estimates is the new Trade School, which formed the subject of Sessional Paper No.6 of 1934. The staff appears on page 74, and "Other Charges" and "Special Expenditure" on page 71. In addition the salary of the Principal, who will continue to be Head Master of the Junior Technical School, is shown at the bottom of page 72. It is hoped to open the School on or about 1st October, 1936, and Mr. White, the Principal, will
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