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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST JANUARY, 1879.
3. Nebonds eligible for grants-in-aid will be—
I.—Schools in which a Chinese education is given.
II-Schools in which a Chinese education is given, with English in addition.
Caw III-Schools in which a European education is given in the Chinese language.
tam IV. ~~Schools in which a European education is given in any European language.
Shools in which a European education is given in any European language, with Chinese in addition. Pae tasis of examination will be two hundred daily attendances of not less than four hours each, at instruction, in
like yet.
tren who have satisfied that condition will be examined in accordance with the following standards, and they The results of the examination of each scholar will be * be withell from examination without a reasonable excuse,
som snuradai to the Managers.
ja Fer Schools in Class I. (Schools in which a Chinese education is given.)
STANDARD I.
Rrading.—Two pages of the First Book used in the school.
2. Writing.--From dictation, five common characters in the same book.
3. Repetition.--Two pages of the same book.
Value of a pass in this Standard, five dollars.
STANDARD II.
1. Muling.—A passage not exceeding fifty characters in the Second Book used in the school.
2 Writing. From dictation, ten consecutive characters in the same book.
A firpetition.—A short paragraph of the same book.
Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in two of
the other subjects.
Value of a pass in this Standard, six dollars.
STANDARD III.
1. Reading. A passage not exceeding sixty characters in the Third Book used in the school.
* Writing-From dictation, twenty consecutive characters in the same book.
3. Repetition.—A short paragraph of the same book.
A Explanation.-The characters in the passage read.
Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in three
of the other subjects.
Value of a pass in this Standard, seven dollars.
STANDARD IV.
Kading.-A passage not exceeding seventy characters in the Fourth Book used in the school.
2. Writing.-Froin memory, a passage not exceeding thirty characters in the same book.
3. Explanation.-Simple phrases in the passage read.
4. Composition.—An antithetical sentence () of not more than three characters.
4 Geography-General outlines of China Proper.
Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if .ne scholar has not passed in four of
the other subjects.
Value of a pass in this Standard, eight dollars.
STANDARD V.
ABrading.--A passage not exceeding eighty characters in the Fifth Book used in the school.
intag.—From nemory, a passage not exceeding forty characters in the same book.
3" Explanation.—A passage not exceeding twenty characters in the same book. Orally or in writing at the option
of the examiner.
A. Composition.-A very short theme.
3. Grography.--The Canton Province, in addition to the Geography of the previous Standard.
Copy writing will not be taken in this Standard.
Value of a pass in this Standard, nine dollars.