No 5476-JANUARY 29, 1881 |
strike an outsider as odd that, although the Chiness pay so large a proportion of the
taxes, that the Chinese should not have a school anpported chiefly by the Government to, educate their boys, This taxpaying argunsent is frequently dragged in, and for very different objects if the Foochow Arsenal benefits by the School, do not the boys who go thers benefit by the Foochow Arsenal? And do not the parents benefit by their boys' prosperity
We understand that Ouptain Deane has received instructions to repress so far as possible the firing of rackers to-morrow in the vicinity of the places of public worship In this connection the following corres
THE CHINA MAIL.
Dr Eltel
them
fined $10,675; hence the apparent de- BEFORT BY THE ACTINO COLONIAL SECRETARY opposed to it unless the papers already be crease, and (3) Miscellaneous resetpis, to The Rev. Dr. Eitel, Mr Justica Snowden gun by the pupils of the school wars com- there (who takes a great interest in education), plote kod if the examination papers account for which it is noted that is a failing off in fees for the storage of the Rev. Dr. Chalmers, and the Rev. Mr gunpowder. These three decreases amount Lechler occur to me as the names of gentle wore required by the Board sa a basis for to $16,945, which, put against the amount of men who would be competent to conduct their examination, or merely to compare the results of these papers with the eventual the increasson ringitoms gives the net balance the necessary examinations.
The Rev. Dr. Murray Mitchell, a great results of a new and independent exami already mentioned of $101,874. We sp
Dr Chalmers said he had already soon, the pend the receipts for 1679 and 1880 in the Indian educationist, now the guest of Dration by the Board: seven principal hoads of service Chalmers, might fool inclined to join in the
examination. A comparison of results here papers, at least some of them. 1879. 1880.
and in India would be satisfactory,
The motion of Mr Smith being put to the Fote, it was agreed to by all, with the ex- 252,059.03 251,406.37
ception of Dr Chalmers, who remarked he had doubts whether he would have time to go through this examination, and said that this was a violent proceeding, dangerous to the school.
C
Servize.
(Signed F. STEWART, Licenses,
Acting Colonial Secretary, Police, L'ing, Water
11th January, 1881 ? and Fire Brigade Ratos, c
171,342,05 230,557,31 MINUTE BY HIS EXCELLENT THE GOVERNOR I approve of all those selected by Dr. Land Revenue, ...144,282.27 146,761.10.
114,766.35 126,391.23 Stewart, and as the boys are mostly Ohi Stamps... Fees of Office,.......
71,643.77 93,598.83 nese and the examination will be partly in Portage,
66,161.48 92,939.67 Chinese, let the Honourable Ng Choy sad Bents excisive of
the Dr. Wong be added to the caminem. 69,494.83 59,569.81 Dealing in the same way with the Pay
The examination should be conducted as prescribed in the Grant-i-aid Schedule for given with Chiness in addition
The details of the scheme arranged by D Dr Eitel for the examination of the school in English were thon formally accepted, the Acting Headmaster, Mr Arthur, having been called in and assured the Board that tion with Dr Stewart, who also agreed with him in saying that this scheme was fair to the school.
The Standard under which this examin- members of the Sub-Committee, the b
tion was held requires examination in joined tables show the results obtained taught in these classes. Grammar, which, however, had not been
No allowance in therofore here made for copy writing
Total
O VISTandAnd · Total examined, Failed in reading, • Failed in dictation wring, Failed in arithmetic, Failed in 1 subject, .. Failed in 6 subjects,
Total fled
Total passed,"
.15 A
The same remarks applies here, as regards Grammar and Copy Writing, as in Claasen VIL and VICI
It was resolved to examine Olsas V. in Standard IV. with the following provi sions
Reading, 10 lines; maximum 80; 2 mis- Writing (from dietation), maximum 20 2 mistakes allowed.
pondence has been courteously placed at our ments for the two years we have an increase Schools in which European, education is he had considered the details, in consulta- takes Allowed
disposal Ma
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 29th Jan., 1881. Sin-In reply to your letter of the 25th instam, respecting the firing of crack Chinese New Year's Day during Divi Services, I have the honour, by direction of His Excellency the Governor, to inform of you that the Captain Superintendente Police has been instructed to
to speak to leading Chinese in the various districts concerned, and to make mich arrangements
turbance of the congregations.
obedient Bervant,
FREDERICK STEWART, Acting Colonial Secretary.
D. K. CRAWFORD, Esq.,1
- do, do
Taw following "Government notification," No. 29, appears in the Gazette of this date :----
is
(Signed) J. Pora HANNESET,
Minirtes of Proceedings of the Board ap- pointed to examine the Government Central School.
under 12 headings. Only 5 of these, how ever, are of any considerable amount or
they
Establishments mament: 213,603 Postmaster General $33,606; Educational 81,476 Police Magistrates 810,620, and Government Gardens 89,071. The total of the twelve increases is 870, 260. Tuesday, 18th-25th Januszy.......
Members of the Board The Hon. Ng There are decreases, under ton heads of ex penditure, amongst which there are these, Medical $2,317; fire brigade 84,218 traP. E. Smith, Ead. (added to the Board on se tran. Choy, Rev. De Chalmers, Rev. R. Lechler, dimes $10,513; buildings port 81, 481; works and b
815 311: mis cont of the illness of Mr Justice Snowden), bridges and military
Dr Wong, and Dr Eitel roads, stresta, and
Dr Chalmers said that he presumed the contribution $4,399; in all $98,617,
the Medical,
---
and
1870.
61,081.68
9,127.64
Dr. Eitel next explained the details of the scheme he hand drawn up, in consultation with Dr. Stewart and Dir Arthar, for the examination of the school in Chinese, and proposed that Dr Chalmers should conduct this examination, aisted by Mr Ng Choy
begun by the Masters was not to be finished and Dr Wong, as a Sub-Committee. first, he would decline to act on a Sub- Committee.
Dr Chalmers said that if the examination
Dr Eitel then read the list he had
Arithmetic, maximum 20; 2 correct an- swore out of 3 a pass
Grammar, 3 mistakes allowed in parsing sentence of 14 words.
Geography, 3 questions agreed to, after consultation with Head Master and First Chinese Assistant Master, Asia only having been taught, and the 18 provinces of China The following result was obtained :---
Oase V-Standard IV.
Total examined
Failed in reading. Failed in dictation writing 11.
1. CRABS ---MAXIMUM 100.
·91 per cent.
-passed $5
82 per pent.
:80 per cent.
70 per best.
60 per cent.
50 per cent.
40 per cent.
10 per cent.
falled 16
20 per cent.
Total IL Crabs --MAXIMUM 60,
51
91 per cent.
80 per cent.
70 per mont
80 per cont
50 per cent.
40 per cṛat.
failed JG
85 per cont.
Total
-68
III, Cas
Total examined 40 Failed in explanation
· Failed in composition Failed in copy writing Failed in 1 mabject... Faited in subjecla...... Failed in a subjecia.
Total failed Toil passed.
+pused: $8
TV. AND Y. CLAMPA, Total examined Failed iz 1'object.. Failed in 3 sakjesta.. Tailed in & subjects..
Total falled Total passed. ANGLO-COINZER Class
6
19
...18
8. (saved by copy writing)
Total examined Failed in reading
Total failed..
17 .......I._Divistox.
7. 20,
Failed in writing...hone
Total passed..
CORRESPONDENCE.
To the Editor of the USA MAYY."
January 27th. SIR,The speech (it much it may be termed) of His Excellency reported in your columns to-night, is certainly worthy, not only of the genius and fame of its author, but also of his love of justice and innate sense of honour and fair play. Never 1 suppose in
any Colony, by any Governor (if the term bo not a mimomer in this nass), was a speech made the sole aum and purpose of which was at once so manifestly evident and so evidently unfair. Can any one who read that speech doubt for one moment that it was prompted by aninos, and that the main purpose of the "muddle" in the Central School and of the examination just concluded was, if possiblo, to damn the Contral School and the
the reputation of f Head Master 1-
Statement after statement was
vent was made by Bir J. P. Hennessy which looked much the
likewilful attempts to de-
coire.
whole cou
"course this last rhodomontade there la not a single word of but the one weak praise or sncourage is dragged to light again point of the school is
and again with a
persistency which
one of a terrier Worrying a dead rat
reminds
How is it that, in comparing the results of the examination by the Independent Board with those obta
obtained the present thiright
by and impartial Inspector of Schools in other subools of the. 185 passed, we are told
that out of 320 boys examined, and
whilst an elaborate failed,
analysis. is made of the resulta in Reading, Writing and Arithmetic in the other schools Surely we are expected to believe that these 144 boys are simply utter and total failures-boys who know nothing of Read- ing, Dictation or Arithmetic but I under stand that this is by no means the case, and that in all probability somis 60 per cent of theso failed in one subject only. Here
boys crops up the natural question as to what that word failure means. It means, as toky that a boy who makes more than twe mis takes (of pronunciation or accent) in Bead ing ten lines fails that more than two mis. ... 25 Total passed...
takes in a passage for Dictation is a failure 3. For translation from Chinese into Eng- and that if a lad does not get two subs papers were set by the Sub-Committee for fails. In Dictation, for instance, a Clases I-IV. The result is subjoined might spell good **** good," and
II. AND III. Divistons. Total examined in Failed in reading..... Failed in writing.... Failed in 1 sobject
Failed in objecte... Total failed.
**+
B
as may be necessary to prevent any discellaneous, services $1,772; end ich Tnspector of Schools would ex officio act as prepared in consultation with Dr Stewart Failed in writhmeti I have the honour to be, Sir, your most as against 970,269 gives the net increase Chairman, whereupon: Dr Eitel, as such; and Mr Arthur, of the special subjects in Failed in grampos
we have already mentioned of 831,452 The main heads of expenditure are these.opened the meeting by reading to the Board which some of the classes were to be Failed in geography
all the documents in C. S. O. 29 of 1881, examined, and proposed that the Govern- 1880 which explained how His Excellency the Establishments, -..-$480,725.42 $194,228.69
Governor came to appoint the Members ofment Analyst, Mr Hugh MacCallum, should Fafind in I subjeck be invited to assist the Board in the exe-Failed in 2 subjects Exclusive of Establishments zona
the Board as s Examiners of the Government mination of the Chemistry Classes. This Failed in 3 subjects. Military Contribution, 102,7654.95 $105,565.14 Central School on the pretention proposal was agreed to by all the Members Sailoil in 1 hote Works & Buildings, .....
Total failed 50,608.07 after the Masters of the School had,
Tetal passed Roads, Streets
the knowledge of the Governor, begun and of the Board.
The Acting Head-Master, in reply to a Bridges,
44,102.68 nearly finished their own examination of question, stated that if he were asked to 67,501.08 Miscellaneons Services, 40,751.14
88,369.12
As regards examination of Class IV, and the School. Dr Eital specially mentioned 20,826.05 58,983.61 that in 1879 the Governor had informed the produce the finished and unfinished papers subsequent Classes in Arithmetic, it was, 19,908.18 20,002.69
of his intention not to of the Masters examination, he would after soins discussion, agreed, on a sugges- Secretary of
State 1989
26,990.51 8.6412,129,26 allow the continuation of the system of produce them at once.
Dr Eitel said there was, of course, notion by Dr Chalmers, that Imlf-marks should. 9.071.99 having the Central School annually ex-objection to the production of any of the be allowed in recording the results in cases
amired by
but that by its own Masters only, 7,740.16 bath in January 1880 and in January 1881 papers, but that the unfinished papers could where the principle in working out an arith- 1lish and from English into Chinese, special absolutely free from error ont of three,
not be given to the boys to finish without notical question is right though the result the examination was held in the same way contravention of the Governor's explicit be wrongly stated.
The following results were obtained in 3,994.00as before, without the knowledge of the 1,669.57 Governor, until the circumstances detailed orders
Mr Chalmers stated that he wished the examining Glass IV. — O. 29 of 1881 drew His Excellency'spers to be finished for his guidance, a 8. attention to the matter.
said he wished to know why he should not be free to examine the School in any way he pleased, adding that if this was refused, would not got on & Sub-Commitive, but
decision by a majority of the Board as if it only on the general Board.
Mr Arthur said he would obey Buy
Mr Smith said it was for the Governor to were an order by the Governor. decide whether Dr Chalmers might set the
that the matter be submitted to the Governor boys to finish any paper previously prepared for them by the Masters, and suggested as Dr Chalmers' own suggestion.
Mr Ng Choy said he did not see the necessity for the unfinished papers being given out to the boys to finish.
(**) Charitable Allowances,
Whereas it has been decided by the S.Pastmaster General, preme Court that the existing provision Gael, for the discharge of the duties of certain Police, in, offices of the said Court insufficient, Governor has been pleased to revoke all Government Gardens,..
Educational, of previously made acting appointments poctively of the Deputy Registrar res. Penstone, do. of the Supreme Court, or for the Fire Brigada, discharge of any of the duties appertaining to such offices or either of them, and to ap- Point Mr William Henry Ryan Mossup, to be Asting Registrar of the Supreme Court, and to appoint Mr Charles Frederick Augus tus Sangster to be Acting Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, such appointinents to be during pleasure, but subject to the signification of Her Majesty's Commands.
By Commag
FREE EIGE STEWART,
Act Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's ffice, Hongkong, 27th January, 1881
+
Twarport, Lighthouses (unsisten
མྨཱ ཀཏྠཱ,
7,650.99 6,959.19 4,218.99 9,825.00 8,091.15
2,999.64 2,481.89
CRICKET. HONGKONG OG HONGKONG FIRE BRIGADE
This match was commenced yesterday and finished this afternoon, being decided on the first innings, as the second was not conoladed when wickets were drawn. The Clab
are
thus the winners by air runa,
Daring the second innings of the Fire s large score was knocked up Brigado & principally by bfcmars
And Dunman, Hynes Tas maximum and minimum readings of who made 98 and 105, to which Mr Travers were working under the thermometer at the Harbour Office dur-added 59. The Club
difficulties during this innings ne they lost their two crack bowlers, Lieut. Charley and necessarily absent, and the latter gentleman Dr Bridge the former of whom was having unfortunately sprained his anole was. unable to take his placo as a bowler.
HONGKONG FIRE BRIDADE. let Innings.
ing the work ending January 21st were re
pectively 80 on the 19th January and 55 But at the Peak were 64 on the 19th, on the 21st Instant. The corresponding and 51 on the 15th, 16th and 20th.
W. Hynes, b Charley,
H.
H. Taylor, e Fincham, b Charley,
The following account, duly certified, of the average amount of hauk notes in circulation in Hongkong, daring the month ending *$ut December, 1880, is published in the
Gazette for general information
Average Specie Amount, in Reserve. Clyma, b Charley,....
Bank
Oriental Bank Corpo
ration,
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, Lon- don and China, Chattered Bank of India, Australia and Chin
Hongkong and Shang. hai Banking Corpo- ration
8
1.
533,289 250,000
W. Dunman, b Charley,
B. MacGregor, b Bridges,
A. K. Travors, b'Bridges,
Tun
R. K. Leigh, b Bridges," W. EL Darby, not out," A. Coxon,
out.......... J. Hughes, stpd Whyte, b Charley, 460,230 160,000 Lease Hughes, a Stainforth, & Charley,...
Byes 14,...
578,725 250,000.
8
Dr. Eitel further mentioned that, after ordering the Mastors' own examination to be stopped; the Governor had been asked
the Acting
Head Master to allow the
on satisfaction, but that the Governor had Masters to finish their examination for their on decidedly refused to allow this examination to be continued as he wished the present Board, appointed for the purpose, to in- stitute an independent examination of the order of the Governor that the Inspector School de novo.. With reference to the
of Schools should arrange the preliminaries of the examination to be held by the Board, of Dr. Ritel laid before the Board, and ex plained in detail, a scheme he had drawn the Acting Ford-master, Mr Arthur, for the up, in consultation with Dr. Stewart examination of the Central School-1stly
3rdly in English, 2ndly in Chinese, and cartain special subjects, on the basis of the provisions laid down in the Grant-in-sid
Schedule.
and
Dr. Chalmers said that whatever the object of the Governor might or might not 49 have been in ordering the examination by the school to be stopped and the teachers. of
0
វ
The meeting was then adjourned, the above Minotas having previously been read
over and agreed to.
On re-assembling, Dr Eitel read to the Board the following Binute of the Governer: have read the Minutes of proceedings which, at the desire of the Examiners, have been communicated to me. The resolution proposed by Mr Smith, bonded by the Rev. Mr Lechler, and carried by 4 to 1, The seems to me to be a very good one. examination can therefore proceed on the basis of that resolution.
J. POPE HESABY. (Signed) 18th January, 1881 "" Dr. Chalmers stated that he had escor tained during the recess that nothing had been done by the Central School teachers with regard to the examination of the Chi nese Classes, and that he would therefore now withdraw his objections and comment to
in appointing separate examiners, he wished to propose the following resolution for
·find.... by the Board That adoption 0ing the teachers of the Central School were 0 in the middle of a process of examination, O nearly finished, permit them to finish that, and then take further measures to test the 14 school."
Dr Eitel reminded Dr Chalmers that the Total,
87 documente he had read to the Board showed Wicketa fell,-1 for 13, 2. for 29, 3 for
that the Governor had appointed the Board 36, 4 for 30, 5 for 99, 6 for 66, for 66, 8 for the purpose of instituting an indepen-act on the Sub-Committee.
dent examination on the basis of the Grant- 1,719,452 600,000 for 87, 9 for 87, 10 for 87.
in-aid Scheme, and that the Governor had iwice ordered the discontinuanos of the HONGKONG ċ. c.
masters' examination. First Innings
Total. ........88,291,640 1,260,000 |
We have been shown to-day by Mr Degenser chastely got up-album on
H. de O. Forbes, b Hynes,..... J. W. F. Charley, h Hynes,
...
8. G. Bird, c Dunman, b Hynes, ....
A. R. Blandy, b. Travers, ........
R. F. Noci Clarke, b Hynes,. C. S. Bart, b Travers, Dr Bridges,
not
out, H. G. Fincham, a and b Hynes, Capt. Stainforth, b Hynes," H. A. Bitchie, run out, Byen 1, leg byea 2,
Ng Chey said he would second Dr Chalmers motion, in consideration of the
ضية
CLASS 17.-STANDAND..IV.
Total examined Failed in reading... Failed in diantion writing 17 Failed in arithmetic Failed in geography: Failed in i subject .... Failed in gatamar ...
Failed in 2 subjects Failed in & subjects
Total faund Total passed...
TRANSLATION.
1. CLASSMAXIMUM BUG,
07. per cent...
60 par bozk
41
65 per cent.
60 per cent,
145 per cent..
40 per cont
St per cent,
'80 per cent.,
(saved by copy writing)
Below,
Tokel,
passed,
• failed,
"II, Czaan.---Maxmum 300, 55 per cent, 86
As regards the examination of Classes III and II, Standard IV., the following rules were agreed to:-
Kending maximum 30; 1 mistake allow- ed in a sentence.
Writing (composition)-maximum 80; 3 mistakes allowed in spolling, in grammar, in a short story selected from a book sub mitted by the Head Master, and read out by him twice.
Arithmetic-3 questions (maximum 30) in Compound Proportion, Practice and Vulgar Fractions,
Grammar-Parsing a sentence of 12. worde; maximum 24; 1 mistake allowed; 2
marks for each mistake.
Geography Oceanis 5 questions; 2 an- swered fairly well to constitute a pass.
The results obtained were as follows
Class III.—Standard Y.
Trial examined Failed in reading Failed in composition Failed in arizmailo
Felied in grammar se Failed in geography Failed in i subject... Failed in 2 subjects Failed in 8 subjects
Total failed
shortness of time and of the difficulties examining each boy according to the rules Failed in roading
It was then unanimously agreed that the Board proseed at once to the examination of the English Classes, and that for the
Total passed purpose the Board divide itself into thres Sub-Committees of two Examiners each,
Cuirs I-STANDARD. Y. each Sub-Committee taking one of the Divisions of the Freparatory School and Tetal examined... Palled in oposition of the Grant-in-aid Sahemo,
It was further
maximum Failed in arithmetio Dr Eitel stated that this resolution, if
greed passod, would put the Head-master into of marks should be in Standard 140 for Failed in grammir
false
position, hecessitating hia disobeying reading, 30 for writing and 30 for Arithme. Failed in geography
Failed in I subject... 11. tie; in Standard
80, reading the explicit orders of the Governor.
in Arithmetic that 2 mistakes
the way of the Board examining the boys independently.
a
0
Bar that
the
11 Board were forbidden to put the questions for allowed in reading and
again, which the masters, orally or in be
Dr Chalmers salzód if the members of the 25 that two-thirds of the marks Failed in 3-aubjecta
titled :—afinne af de man, com befrämjat och utfort Fega-pedition, 1878-1880; (Re-H. F. Whyte, b Hynes, membrance of the man who contributed to, and accomplished the Fega Expedition, 1878-80), Stockholm, Locsbrum and Comp. ¿ommunion." - The following is a list of the portraits and visuse it contains, all of them beautifully executed, car II;
***Total Oscar Dickson, A. Sibiriakoff; A. E. OT-
Wickets feil,-1 for 21, 2 for 24, 3 for denskiold; A. L. Palander; the second 24, 34, 5 for 49, 6 for 53, 7 for 65,8 commander (Brusewitz), and the for 67, 9 for 80, 10 for 98, scientific members of the Expedition; (0. Nerdovist, F. R. Kjelman, E. B. Almovint,
A.P. Hovgaard, E. Bove, A. J. Stroxberg;}
HONOKONG FIRM BRIGADE.
Second Faningok
93
in Standard 1., 20 words in Standard
writing 10 words 3 writing, had already put to the boya.
bat II.,
that should Dr Eitel replied that the members of the
that anything beyond Board had been asked to conducts new be counted a failars: Dr. Wong and Mr and independent examination on the basia Smith took the IL Division, Dr. Chalmers of the Grant-in-aid Schedule, that the ex- and Bir Ng Choy the IL Division, Mr amination begun by the Masters was not in Lechler and Dr. Eitel the L Division. accordance with the rules laid down in thatThe semilts were as follows schedule, and that therefore the Board was
PREPARATORY SCHOOL. DIVISION. HIL མ3184ས་
asked to finish what the masters had
STANDAM II. Tot B 85 begun and then to test the school some Total examined,
how, but to conduct an entirely new and Failed in reading, B independent examination on the principles Failed in writing 18
inaid Schedule.
Falled in arithmetic, 18
80
... 19
Done
1
bobo. 10
... 11 ... 11
Total failed. Total passed...
As regards the examination of Class I. in Standard VI., the following rules wore agreed to
Beading-1 mistake allowel in a pars
graph.
Composition, subject agreed to,-1 mis- take allowed in spelling and 2 in grammar; the least to be taken to be 2 complete sentences.
Arithmetic-3 questions selected by Dr. Chalinors: 2 answered well to constitute a Grammar mistake allowed in analysis, Geography Draw a map of Europe, in cluding principal rivers, mountains, and cities; two-thirds of the mibjects done fairly well to constitute a pass.
History-not taught.
105 cold that he maintained that. Falled in 1 subject,.. 2 (saved by copy writing) and 1 in parsing.
·0
of
59
Dz
4 as a mamber of the Board,
Board, he was free to Faced in Prabjects 17
11 ask the boys again the same questions which Failed in 8 subjecte, 1
the crew of the Yeye and the steamer W. Hynes, b. Whyte, n. Vega. It is proposed that a re-issue of the H. H. Taylor, & Bridges, b Clarke, albam shall be made hers, and that it shall W. Durman, b Blandy,
of those who were R. K. Leigh, and b Blandy include the portraits
AK Travers, most intimately associated with the recep
lby b Clarke, tion of the members of the Expedition R. MacGregor, run out,....... in HongKong, photographs of the cups H. Clyma, b Whyte, ... presented to the Professor and to Capt. W. H. F. Darby, b Whyte,... Palander, the addresses of welcome and the replien, eta We believe the idea is a J. Hughes, not out,......
Lasse Hughes, run out,...
Byen 16, leg byes 5, widon 13, no ball, 36 do so
• Total
good one and that sulmoriptions would be easily obtained for such a work of art.
A Cuxen, b Clarke,
18
Clang L-Frandand VI, Total excoined Failed in reading
Total failed... 1 had been asked by the Masters, or which
Total passed, they were about to ask. De Chalmers wish-
DIVISION 1-STANDARD II. Iod to know decisively whether or not he
and the other members of the Board could Teil examined,
Failed in reading, $. Mr Ng Choy said that when he seconded Failed in writing,
Failed in arithmetic, 1 ..309 the proposition he did not consider the Failed in lambject,... I (saved by copy writing) Failed to compositiv Wickets fell,-1 for 20, 2 for 174, 3 for words permit the Masters, and would Failed in. 2 sabjecte,
ask them to help us," in which
Total passed, the words" A comparative statement of the revenue 182, 4 for 281, 5 for 295, 6 for 298, 7 for suggest that Dr Ohalmers should substitute Total sales
case he would second De Claimers' motion. and expenditure for the year 1870 and 1880 303,8 for 303, 9 for 309, 10 for 300.
THE FINANCES OF THE COLONY,
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB,
is published in the Gazette. The figures are and Innings.
in all cases exclusive of Crown Agent's so R. F. Noel Clarke, lbw., 6 Travers court. The botal-contimated receipts for Dr Bridger, b Hynes, -- 1880 were $1,024,028; the actual receipts B. G. Bird, not out,
1,056,329 as compared with 6954,455 C. B. Baril, not ont,
Wides 1,
Total,
Wickets foll,-1 for 2; 3 for 14:
HONGKONG GOVERNMENT CEN- TRAL SCHOOL.
in 1879 --Showing not increase of 101,874 The catimated payments for the Year. Waro 8974,272, and the actual pay ments 8885,204, as against 8853,751 in 1879, a net increase of $31,483. To come to the details of the receipts, under nine- different hosds of service there is an in- creado, namely, Land revenue 83,478; Rents szolgaire of lands $173: Stamps 810,625 Pollo's Lighting, Water and Fire Brigade been placed at the disposal of the Day rates 650 215; postage $77,778; Fees
of
· INDAPENDENT EXAMNAPPTON:
The following documents which
Pro but have not been forwarded to us,
1895 sale of Government proper *1,011; reimbursements 83,671 and in re and room for. We also give the returns areas #919. These amounts together make appended to the report, although those $117,840 In only three heads of
held
d
help
Division 1.Ezinband I.
Failed in arithmetic
1 Failed in grammar Ga 16.Failed in geography:
Falled in history
27 Felled in 1 unbject
Failed in 2 subjecta. Failed in 3 subjeola.
Total failed Total рыно
Dr Chalmers said what he wished waTotal examined, that ittle portion of the examination Falled in reading,..
the little by the Masters which was left unfinish. Failed in writing, -- D be finished, for the convenience and Failed in arithmetic, 10.
of the Board,
Failed in 1 subject,... 7 (saved by copy willing) Mr Lechler remarked that the Board Failed in 2 subjects, 4 could not sek the Masters to continue an Falled in 8 subjects, 8
Total failed, examination which the Governor had twice
Total passed ordered them to discontinua..
Dr Chalmen said he wished to amend his
Nearly half the boys of Division II were That previous motion, and moved
found to have been admitted into the Binding the teachers of the Central School School so recently that little or nothing were in the midst of a process of azamins could be expected of them." tion, nearly finished, instruct them to finish that, and then take further innatures to test the school
we
Mr Ng Choy declined to second this re solution.
ERA
20
50 per cent.
45 per cent
35 per conti,
40 per cent..
30 per cent.. Butow,
Total.
· pasued
failed,
Please
pleased,
and forsooth he is & failure.
Again, in Arithmetic, a pupil might present three sums one of which would be perfectly right, but the other two having the answera
£24.8.6 for £248,6 and 2869.324 for 2860.328,
these last two are marked wrong, and the boy is a failure. I wonder whether the Inspector of Schools would like to have his own fitness for the post ho holds tested on the same lines.. I learn from De Chalmers lettes, which appears in your to-night's issue, that there were good points in the
school even on sû examination conducted
a scheme which had to be on a sch
warped and
twisted in order to be at all available for the purpose. Then other rastiera present themselves for consideration in estimisting 18 the value of the results obtained by
examination from school which is con ducted on principles radically different 1 from the Grant-in-Aid scheme. The boya had already undergone an examination the much more severe and searching upon work of the year than any that a Board; brought into being at such a short notice and with so little time at their disposal, could possibly give. When the examina tion was twice forcibly interrupted without a word of explanation, and boys were told that their work was all maeless, is it to ba supposed that they would enter upun 21 examination which one and all regarded as
passed, ...21 202
13. CLA----Maximum 200,. 521 per cent. 50 per cent, 45 per cent 85 per cent, Below,
Total,
failed,
IV.: CILAB....Maximum. 200..
52 per cent.. 50 per cent.....
45 per cent.,
40 per cout.,
Total,
.18 passed,
2 failed,
unjust with the zeal and ardour they wadál 3 display in ordinary times? As it was,
believe, sopte 20 or 30 of the best boys 26 were among the absentees from the ex- amination by the Independent Board, and so it is not only possible but more than probable that the results obtained by this last freak of Sir P.
Hoppery and b Jack-of-all-works" below what they would have been at any other time, It will doubtless appear, when an analysis of the results is obtained, that some 60 % of the 144 failures are failures in one subject only,
Police Intelligence. (Before the Hon. M. 8. Tosnochy, Acting Police Magistrate) Saturday, January-29.
PUBLIC GAMBLING.
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Chu Ato 32, hawker, Lo Akwon, 65, barbar, and five othaw appeared on remand, Another point which is very interesting charged by Inspector Lindsay with public is that at St. Paul's College only 11 boys gambling at house No. 16 Cleverly Street, were presented for examination in the on the 27th instant Evidence was given Third Standard. These men in this by two informers who had been to the held up to publis gaze as best house to gamble, and also by Inspector Colony in
Parry who accompanied Inspector Lindsay His and Diotation" by
were total failures · in
in his visit to the house. The first two de Grammar, being unable to distinguish fendants
isats appeared to be the proprietors and between nouns and pronouns and verbe banken of the gambling house, and were and adjectives Why did not His Ex- fined $100 each, in default to be imprisoned cellency state this when he presided at the for three months with hard labour. The sixth defendant, Lo Chak Wa, wie Ened 10 Prize Distribution of the Public School
Many thoughtful people would like to with the alternative of a month's insprison- know what the average number of boys to s ment with hard labour: and the remaining defendants were fined $5 saoh, or to be in St. Joseph's College and St. Paul's Schoul European Master is in the Diocesan Home, prisoned for fourteen days with hard labour.
as compared with the Central School Am corting to H.E.'s speech there were in the
boys
And as we knOW Central Bohool 387 there are at present or ought to be five Euro Ho a Hing, 56, trader, who was charged pean mastars at most, thin gives to each on the 29th inst. with (1) forgery, and (2) master an average of 73 boys. I should like obtaining goods tender falso pretences on to sak how it is that no mention is made the 20th inst, was again before the Court, the whole of this extravagant trade of H.E., and some evidence having been given by to the standard under which, bays in the Ipa Tang, salesman st a copper-smith's respective schools were examined. Are we shop in Prays. Central, the case was further to conclude that, if this were done, then the Central School would come to the adjourned till the ith proximo.
front!
FORGERY AND ENLAWFUL POSSESSION.
Before the Hon. Ng Choy.)
· FARGENT · FROM THE PERSON.
It is worthy of notice, in view of the Foochow Arsenal manis, that the Governor is credited with having, vetood the application to select the boys for that Wai Thi Ou, 20, hawker, appeared on elution for the last three years, and at charge of stealing 63 from the person of Lawe find in his speech there words sha Sing: Kat, Balmonger, on the 28th inst, but the best pupils in the school 40 boy as The complainent stated.
d that he was walking
have been takan each year." HEL
but doubtlemin
in Bonham Strand yesterday with bag
least in some
matched the bag from him shd rạn, the heat and reports, his course containing 89 in his hand, when a man sudarually credited with a tenacious memory, Be He pursued the
but last night
Iman,
Love made Tefconant vel arrested by zade a slip, ge
Burely if ILP hás watchman as he was running away, and
8
he
faith, which he
complainant 'identified him as the man who profesies in the ability of one of this As regards the
e examination in the Spe had matched the bag from hith, Defend-ablest officers in the Colony, De Stewart ! cial Subjects comprised in the Boheme as admitted a previous conviction, and was and in the staff off trained master of the which Dr. Bital, after consultation with Dr. Stewart and the Acting Hand Master, the first and last seven days to be in solitary by doing what common sense (a quality had hid before the Boars, the questions confinement and the remainster with hard glaringly race in some Guremor) world ware agreed to be set in Geometry, Algeles, hour, shit also to be exposed in the stocks dictate, How the Central Bobook to Mathematical Drawing, and Mansuration for two hours at the source of the offence, o on without officious interference and
not seek to and
inta then to affect theories which are untenabis and bohemes which are utterly impracticable, to say mind not paned up with conoscs and self-esteem. Then Indood Sir J. P. Han
sentenced to be imprisoned for six mouths, very highest class he might lat it appe
ware obtained
Mr Lechler was appointed to act on the to the first Class. The following results | Sub-Committee for the Chinese axamiration whenever Mr Ng Choy should be prevented. Mr Smith and Dr Eitel to examine Classes VIL, and VIIL, and VL in English S
The fallowing rules were agreed to :-
STANDARD ITLAS S
1 Reading mistaken to be allowed 80 maximum.
BIR
Writing (from dictation). –-3 mistakes to be allowed 40 miximus.
II. Arithmetic questions were mareed
Lara a dogresso: they APSTADT1%ion we gave in last night's "inaus were | ggfs visoed before a one when to 2 uzpwared" right to constitate a. past 1
Тал
Mir Smith then proposed the following resolution for Acceptance by the Board "That, having regard to the loss of time
to the inconvenience likely to be ooda sioned, more particularly to the pupils, by further delay, tas Board proceed to examine the ashool on the basis of the Grant-in-aid
regard to this the note faller in detai
ANIMERNA proved by the Headmarter, the examiners mizimum 30%%%% Grus ta sely an apparent decrease; MINUTE BY HIS EXCELLENCY PEN GOVERNOsaving due regard to the circumstance that The annual pe examination of the the school hat already undergott! Masters DRAGT of revenue on
armination, how nearly concluded, and Camions of leemsen, But Central School, hish to songs aztams ja
Opium best of the way the Masters do their work that the work of the school has not bean Fosent Farmer should be conducted, as in avery other cried on with a view to benefits to be Tumukry 1880,
Examiners other than the derived under that Scheme, and that fur- inee and Fees Matters.
thar the examiners reserve to themselves wirica the following explana I should be glad if Dr. Stewart would the privilege of asking for the production
and Colley fest MO BON FISTORY LED names of a few gentlemen who tance from the beschere sa may seen to such exemmation papers and of taking such lot kroaches of the would be competant to conduct the necake ar
be paid over fo
Cadou
in
De Colony
*:Por HEFESE,
them just and reasonabla..
Mr Lechler having moounded this resolut
Ron, Dr. Chalustre majd de mar sotirely
Acting Head Master approved of the The following results were obtained -- Casa Van Villem
Total examined, Failed in reading.
Falled in distalion writing Faloi in Arithristia, Failed 1, 3 sub oda, Failed in ambient only,
Failed in a subjonía,
Total failed.. Total paused,
IIL
SPECTAL SURIBOri. –Markunitio HANI CLAEL-Malmum 150. 293 per cent".
90 per cent.
83 per cent. 88 per cent,
-60 par deņi.
80 per cent. Balow
pained 13
Zalled 10
pied 14:
As regards the examination in Chinese, conducted by Dr. Chalmers and the other!
LARCENY OF JEWELLERY.
was
FROM
Cheang
Aun, 20, unemployed, charged with stealing a pair of earrings, value $10, from the person of Wong Alca,
woman, on the 20th fat No ridey might be bled peth #ZICS WAS and the case was remanded show of reason of
tbwords which at present moun tronk
of the muddle into which every
Id Acheung, 30, fallor, appeared on a being throws A Dr Chalmer wow charge of stealing a pair of sarrings worth marks in his able aid dignidad! FREN 65, from the person of Wong Ating the the Central ahol a great fact, whics the mistrom of a brothai in Cocarno Biecar
than any, sumaben Complainant was wilding in Wallington ticable theories - Tek at then ba Street, when a man anatched the earrings it has been (not
worth
more
* only by Foblin? from her cart and ran away. Defendant but by all precious Governos,) and was mopped by datrick.
deserves to be. Tat is
when the rock, dou to be upon
| AGITANTS WEEe picked up SIAMO Có Phand them wol
where the prisoner was arrested. pharmant was me that the prince was the the result will be a tramwa
witnom Yunot only of the school, of the mant Defendant called a Volum
deposed that defand- the masters, but of the wh mat was a talker employed in the same thon tame upon which a an himself in Wa Yan Zane, the mous was faith which cagta has semanded till next Tuesday, the 1st proz of reposed in the ball being added in two sunsttooed Ho