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difficulty in amending this Clause.

5. Clause 37 is new. Before its existence

the close scrutiny of items of expenditure

by the Education Department which was apparently

required by the system in Hong Kong was found

extremely irritating and restricted the sense

of responsibility of the Boards of Managers

of the Anglican schools. However, so long as

the amount of subscriptions which could be

collected (over and above school fees) was

not limited, a financial margin was thus provided

within which the Boards of Managers had scope

for exercising responsibility. The proposed

Clause 37 would remove that margin and thereby

render an already irritating situation

intolerable.

6. It was finally agreed that Mr.Rowell

and Bishop Hall, both of whom are shortly.

returning to Hong Kong, would consult further

together there with a view to altering Clauses 3 and 37

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and to concer rtl

measures to reduce the necessity

of seeking the prior approval of the Education

Department for details of the school's expenditure. The Bishop would not object to Government.

scrutiny of the school accounts nor, if it were

considered desirable, to Education Department

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representation on the Boards of Managers. Bishop further agreed that if Government thought

school subscriptions were unduly high it would be open to it to consider reduction of the grant.

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