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.Watch,
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH JANUARY, 1878.
Luk King-fo,
4th Class.
...Mr. Kwok Tsung.
Chan Ping-hang,
.Gold Pencilcase,.
Kwong Chiu-wing,.
.................Gold and Rubber Pencilcase,
....Mr. Ball.
5th Class.
Chan Kam-fong,
.Watch,
.Mr. Kwok Tsung.
Lai Ping-chiu,
Li Yau,
...........Gold and Rubber Pencilcase,
.Watch,
6th Class.
Ho Tseung-hang,
Wong Kam-sau,. Leung U-in,
Hau Fung-shu,
Silver Pencilcase,
.Watch,
7th Class.
..Gold and Rubber Pencilcase, ....Mr. Piercy.
8th Class.
.Watch, .Silver Pencilcase,
9th Class.
Ng Man-ki,.....
Kwan Shiu-ping,
..Gold Pencilcase,.
Lau Chak,
..Silver Pencilcase,
10th Class.
Chan Ting-sui,
..Silver Pencilcase,
Mr. Gerard.
P'un Chi,
Lam Cheung,
..Ivory and Silver Pencilcase,.
...........Ivory and Silver Pencilcase,..
CHINESE CLASSES.-FORTNIGHTLY EXAMINATIONS.
:
Leung Shiu-kong,
Sham Tin-shan,
Chung Shing-hong, Wat Ying-cho,.
Cheung Yung-kan, Chan Tin-tseung,
Ho Tun-yung, Tsang King-tsz,
Li Ip,
Chan Un-fan,
Sheik Akbar, A. Ramjan,...
Li Fai,.......
F. Machado,
G. Basa,
C. Franco,
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1st Class.
.............. Binocular,
Head Master.
2nd Class.
...........Silver Pencilcase,
..Second Master.
ORDINARY PRIZES.
1st Class.
.Watch,
.Mr. Wong Tso-leung.
....Silver Pencilcase,
2nd Class.
..
.Silver Pencilcase,
..Silver Pencilcase,
3rd Class.
.Silver Pencilcase,
..Ivory and Silver Pencilcase,......
4th Class.
..Silver Pencilcase,
.........Ivory and Silver Pencilcase,..............
CHINESE CLASS FOR EUROPEANS, &c.
1st Division.
.Watch, .Three Books,
2nd Division.
.Three Books, ...Dictionary,
....
3rd Division.
.........Three Books, ......Two Books,..
Having completed the distribution of the prizes,
.Honourable J. G. Austin.
Mr. Machado.
..Mr. Romano.
.Mr. Hyndman.
.Mr. J. J. dos Remedios. .Mr. J. J. dos Remedios.
His EXCELLENCY said:--Ladies and gentlemen, it becomes my pleasing duty to congratulate my friend Mr. STEWART, on the number of scholars who are here to-day. On one of the last occasions I appeared in public in Hongkong-it was at a concert-I saw that the hall in which the concert was held was but half filled. Well, Mr. STEWART cannot complain to-day that this spacious hall is only half-filled; indeed, on the contrary, the hall in this school, though very spacious, is not, on an occasion like this, large enough to contain, I may say, one half of the pupils who are in attendance throughout the year.
I suppose the number of pupils who are sitting before me amounts to something like two hundred and fifty or three hundred. The total number of scholars attending this school during the year 1877 amounted to six hundred and ten and at this moment there are four hundred and thirty- three boys in attendance at the Central School, so that a considerable number of the pupils are not now inside this room. So far, therefore, Mr. STEWART has no cause of complaint as to the attendance at the school; and, I may add, it is not only to-day very large, but, I believe, I am right in saying that in the history of the school it has never been so large as it is to-day. Mr. STEWART now tells me it is larger than it has ever been before. The daily average attendance, which after all is the real test of the working of a school so far as the attendance is concerned, was this year four hundred and thirty- one, being considerably in excess of that of the previous year. But whilst I congratulate Mr. STEWART on that important fact, I must condole with him and the scholars upon the loss that this institution