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this sum should be the minimum allocated solely for 
the education of the children of white settlers. 
This £j,ooo 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 
