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the schools, they are now prepared to accept the

new Code and do their utmost to work it satisfactorily.

They reserve, however, the right later to

time

work for further revision if, say, in ten years' the development of Grant in Aid education has been brought to a standstill by the operation of the Code.

2. There is one matter of principle which they

would still like to secure, viz., the deletion from

the Code of any differentiation on racial grounds; for

this reason, they would ask for serious consideration

by Government of their alternative paragraph, which

avoided actual discrimination but was so worded as to

leave the Director final authority to prevent any

excessive payment to a teacher whose expenses were

those of an average Chinese home. They would press very strongly for Government acceptance of their

amendment at this point.

Alternatively they would ask for the

following:

(1) That in paragraph 10 the original £150

should be reinserted. (It was lowered to £100 in

our amendment to cover teachers of all nationality,

including Chinese, so as not to put our standard

above that of Government for Chinese teachers).