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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH AUGUST, 1889.
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Arrangements have been completed by this Committee and approved of by the Governing Bodies of the Imperial Institute and of the two, Colleges, for the organisation of a School in London, designed both for giving instruction in Modern Oriental Languages and also for the pursuit of studies relating to the history, literature, commercial and physical geography, political economy and the natural and industrial resources of the Countries and Districts in which the various languages are used..
It is in contemplation to arrange for the delivery of Special Lectures or courses of Lectures from time to time, in connection with the School, by Experts or Specialists, in any of the foregoing subjects.
This School will be carried on under the immediate direction of the Committee above specified. The classes which the "School of Modern Oriental Studies" comprises, are divided under two
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DIVISION I. includes classes for all Oriental Languages especially required by Students qualifying for examinations for the Indian Civil Service, the instruction being of the same character as that provided for some time past at University College and at King's College.
classes will, from the commencement of the AUTUMN TERM of 1889, be continued at University College and will be conducted under regulations common to the other classes which combine with them to constitute the General School.
This Division includes instruction in Sanscrit, Bengali, Hindi, Hindustani, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Pali, Marathi, Gujarati, Arabic, and Persian.
DIVISION H. consists mainly of classes for Modern Oriental Languages other than the Indian
Languages.
The courses of tuition will be of a practical rather than of an academic character; they will have particular reference to commercial and official requirements and to the facilitation of colloquial intercourse with natives of Oriental Countries.
is in contemplation, so soon as the number of Students warrants the expenditure, to the services of native readers and teachers of conversation in connection with the classes of this Division.
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The Languages to be taught in Division II. comprise Colloquial Arabic, Modern Greek, Colloquial Persian, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Burmese, Japanese, Malay, and Swaheli.
The classes under this Division will be conducted at King's College, where arrangements will also be made for the establishment of evening classes.
The names of Instructors and the places where various classes will be held are given on the next page. There will be three terms, of about ten weeks, in each year, as follows:-
AUTUMN TERM commencing about the beginning of October. SPRING TERM-Commencing about the middle of January.
SUMMER TERM Commencing early in May.
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The School will open with the Autumn Term of 1889.
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A fee of THREE GUINEAS per term will have to be paid, in advance, by each Student for each Language taken up for instruction. This payment will entitle the Student to the use, within the Colleges, of text books, dictionaries, and works of reference required in connection with the particular Language thaput, and to the use of all the facilities which it is proposed to secure in the development of the School
commodation will be provided to enable Students to pursue their studies at hours when the. classes are not held.
The Libraries of both Colleges will be open to Students in any of the classes of the School, during the usual hours of study.
`Intending Students should communicate with the ORGANISING SECRETARY at the Offices of the IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, 1, ADAM STREET, Adelphi, LONDON, W.C., where the registration of Students will take place, and where all information regarding the School will be supplied.
June, 1889.
F. A. ABEL, Secretary of the Imperial Institute,