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this sum should be the minimum allocated solely for 

 the education of the children of white settlers. 



This ,£7,000 having been allotted for educational 

 purposes, certain portions are subdivided and ear- 

 marked for certain definite ends ; e.g., for buildings, 

 for the education of the sons of chiefs, for technical 

 education, etc. Certain minor details connected with 

 this expenditure are left to the Education Board. This 

 Board is a rather farcical body, similar in composition 

 to the Land Board. The majority on the Board are 

 official and have to vote according to order, and should, 

 through ignorance of the wishes of their superiors, 

 any instruction or decision get through which is not in 

 accordance with those wishes, it is countermanded 

 without comment or discussion. It may be said, and 

 I fully believe correctly, that the Government are 

 usually better informed and more likely to be in the 

 right than the nominated Board. It is, however, 

 rather a source of wonder that civilians can be found to 

 serve in a situation so thankless and so ignominious. 



Amongst the various purposes for which the money 

 is allocated come the European Board School in 

 its various branches, the schools for Indians and 

 Eurasians, and also native education, which includes 

 education for the sons of chiefs and technical education. 

 The High School at Nairobi, under the management 

 of Mr. Turner, formerly headmaster of the Uganda 

 Railway School, is, when everything is taken into 

 consideration, a miracle of efficiency. This efficiency 

 it owes perhaps mainly to Mr. Turner, the headmaster. 

 The buildings are formed by the conversion of the old 

 police barracks, which naturally were not especially 

 suited for the purpose. However, the expenditure 

 of time, thought, and a good deal of money has done 



