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together, he would come to me and ask me to draft them out for him. He did nothing but copy and some landing and shipping for me. Of course the older houses had their staff of Englishmen from Oxford and Cambridge, drawing large salaries, but the minor ones had to content themselves by having an hour or two of attendance from two old gentlemen who made a living by going about distributing the leisure hours at their disposal on several small houses here. Times have altered now, and petent young men may be found who are prepared to occupy berths at small salaries, consequently almost every merchant's establishment and every store can boast of a clerk.
I have a staff of Portuguese clerks, and I am very much pleased with them. They are steady, attentive, and painstaking, and I suppose I cannot replace them by a set of better men. To whom is all this due? I maintain it is owing to the exertions of the Christian Brothers and to the existence of the St. Joseph's College. The older firms are commencing to employ them and they are finding sitnations in banks. I have no doubt that the time is not far distant when it will be found necessary to employ them generally. In landing this place of learning I do not mean to detract one single icta from the importance of the sister instituation, the Central School. On the contrary, I conteni that if this has done much, the other is destined to do still more for the island. This school deals with a section of the community, whilst the other deals with the mass of the population. I dare say the time will come, when a staff of Portuguese clerks and a European at their head, and, later on, a staff of Chinese clerks and a Portuguese at their head, will be capable of conducting large business establishments satisfactorily. When commerce and trade fail to afford large profits, it becomes imperative to retrench expenditure. In the principal cities of India, if you were to walk into large establishments you will see nothing but swarthy faces and turbaned heads hard at work, with perhaps one Englishman or one Eurasian to direct them. On inquiry as to salaries, you will be told that they range in rupees between the equivalents of ten to a hundred dollars. Education has done this for Indian, and education is certain to do the same for China. Men of business in future will have to be grateful to the managers of these two instituations for the benefits they will then enjoy. --(Applause)
The National Anthem was then played and the proceedings terminated.
GOVERNMENT CENTRAL SCHOOL.
The following is the list of the prizes referred in the last Government Gazette as having been distributed by His Excellency the Governor on the 30th of January, 1880:-
NAME.
Lau Ho ......... Morrison Scholarship...Morrison Trustees.
PRIZE.
SPECIAL PRIZ 38. Best Scholar.
DONOR.
Translation.
.Mr. Jackson.
Composition.
..Hon. J. Russell.
Chemistry.
Ho Tsik Shin Watch......
W. Wilson......Watch......
J. Tanabe ......Gold Pencil Case ......Head Master.
ORDINARY PRIZES. 1st Class.
Sin Hon......... Watch....
..Mr. Kwok Acheong. Ho Tuk ...... .Silver Pencil Case........Mr. Arthur.
B. Yasuheiro...Silver Pencil Case......
Wat Pat Tai... Watch..
2nd Class.
Chan Shan .....Silver Pencil Case......
M. Alarakia ... Dictionary
3rd Class.
Wan Kit Sz Watch..........
Chan U Kwan Silver Pencil Case......
F. X. Jesus ...Dictionary
4th Class.
Chan Un Fan Watch......
Parg ShanChun Silver Pencil Case......Mr. May. Lau Kwai
Li Ip
..Dictionary
5th Class.
Watch...
Lo Tso Yan ...Silver Pencil Case......
6th Class.
NAME.
PRIZE.
PHILOSOPHY Class. 1st Division.
DONOR.
Yam Sik Lam Watch.....
Cheng Yan Fat Silver Pencil Case..............Mr. McKinney.
2nd Division.
Leung In Ting Silver Pencil Case......Mr. Cerrard, Sham Un Lun Ivory Pencil Case
3rd Division.
Young ShanTin Ivory Peucil Case Tsang UKwan Ivory Pencil Case
CHINESE CLASSES.-FORTNIGHTLY EXAMINATIONS.
1st Class.
Lo Un Kok Watch........ Wong Kwok Fai Dictionary
ORDINARY PRIZES. 1st Class.
Tung Ku Ling Watch........ Lam Tat Chi...Dictionary
2pd Class.
Yung Him...... Watch...... Leung Shui Fan Dictionary
3rd Class. TseSeung Hung Silver Pencil Case................ Ho Un In ......Dictionary
4th Class. Tsang Wan....Silver Pencil Case...... Fung Tsung ...Silver Pencil Case......
5th Class.
Mr. Kwok Acheong.
Cheung Un Kwong Silver Pencil Case...Mr. Kwok Acheong. S. Abram ......Ivory Pencil Case ................
CHINESE CLASS FOR EUROPEANS, &C.
So Wai
Leung Man Kwong Dictionary
7th Class.
Li Tsun Fan... Watch........ Cheng Y. Kwai Dictionary
8th Class.
Chan Wing Kin Watch....... Ko Tsim Un... Dictionary
1st Division.
A. Ramjan......Watch......
Mr. Nelson.
U. Remjan......Dictionary
2nd Division.
S. Mootian......Ivory Pencil Case Abdcol
Ivory Pencil Case
3rd Division.
R. P. Remedios Dictionary
H. Arthur......Ivory Pencil Case......Mr. May.