and material; the training and examination of flying officers; the improvement and development of aeronautical science; the collection and translation of aeronautical books and regulations; statistics. Article 11. The matters dealt with by the Mechanical Section are as follows:- The manufacture and repair of aeroplanes; the examination, storage and transport of material; inventions; construction of the various essentials used in manufacture of aeroplanes; testing and flying machines; improvements and innovation in material. Article 12. The matters dealt with by the Air Transport Section are:- Air Transport; registration of aeronautical machines; meteorology, wireless telegraphy and other matters connected with the safety of air routes and stations; international flying. Article 13. The matters dealt with by the Intendance Section are:- Estimates and accounts; inspection of expenditure on aviation; lands required for aeronautical purposes; prices of material. Article 14. The duties of Subsections of the General Office and of the four sections of the Department will be laid down in Departmental Orders. 12 FEBRUARY 1921 Report from Lieut. Colonel H.B. Orpen Palmer, Military Attaché, Peking; to the Air Ministry, London. AVIATION SCHOOLS PEKING. The Ching-ho Aviation School is situated some 12 miles north of Peking on the Peking-Kalgan Railway. It is to take the place of the present Nan-yuan School which is in the South Hunting Park, about 2 miles south of Peking. Eight hangars are already built. The Instructional Staff consists of two British Instructors - Messrs. Patterson and Lewis - lent by Messrs. Vickers Ltd., and one American Instructor - Mr. Northridge. Mr. Northridge, I am informed, was for some three years in the RAF. There are at the present time eighty pupils under instruction at the Nan-yuan School, none are yet
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