CO129-586-3 Grant of subsidies to vernacular schools 4-6-1940 - 7-8-1941 — Page 26

No. 278.

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG,

C. O. RECI

4th June, 1940.

My Lord,

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I have the honour to transmit for Your Lordship's

Enclosure No.1. consideration copies of proposed codes governing grants-in- Enclosure No.2. aid to English schools and higher grade vernacular schools

Enclosure No.3.

11-139

and subsidies to vernacular schools, together with a

memorandum which has been prepared by the Director of

Education in order to indicate the nature and extent of

the changes which the two codes will effect.

2.

The Grant Code is the outcome of discussions with

the interested parties extending over more than eighteen

months in which Sir Geoffry Northcote himself took an

active part. As the Director of Education in his

memorandum points out the recommendations contained in

Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister's circular (2) despatch of 26th

September, 1933, were constantly borne in mind.

3.

Sir Geoffry Northcote's despatch No.68 of 30th

January, 1939, and paragraph 5(b) of Mr. MacDonald's

41-139 despatch No.60 of 6th February, 1940, have reference to

the proposed subsidy code.

d.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD LLOYD OF DOLOBRAN,

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant,

N.L. Smit

Officer Administering

the Government.

&c.,

&C.,

&C.