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that It was no verso thun that In neighbouring countries,
where the only decent oohoolo are thooe oonduated by foreign
entorprl ae. v/akelin doea not got a great deul of oupport
from Belgrave, and has a yery dl ucouragi ng row to hoe.
If ho io retulnod ut tho ond of thio year, or if ho
le auooeoded by another British Director of Uduontion
the ooidit.lona will gradually Improve until we have
ono docent Booondury uohool and are able to aond
boys to Egypt or Pale t tine with ouffioient grounding
to benefit by further training. If h e tpeo utxi lo not
replaoed then we ohall find ourselves back again whore
we wero In 1932.
4. It ie very dieappolnting thut Bahrain hue
not yet been able to produce lto own eocondary oohool
teachers, aa the imported onot are tiresome In many
ways, and thie 1b partly due to the poor salaries
which the Bahrain Government have hitherto paid, I
think that Belgruve’o ideas of flnanoe are unduly
conaervati ve, and that he ie otill uno ono oi oue ly guidad
by the oonditlone that preyuiled during the early yeare
of hie eervioe in the Oulf. Hiokinbotham ie however
pvvrBulng the natter and I hope that conditions will
gradually inproye. I visited the secondary school
and one of the village uahoole during my last tour and
agree generally with Hlokinbothum >b remurko, but it lo
yery diffioult for me nowade^B to give any time to these
matt ere und I fe«:l that wo muot leavo it to Wakelin to
introduce what impro yam out b he oo;i, no he oon •
I am b ending a oo.py of thio letter without
its onolosureo to Psel. x

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