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directing the attention of the Government to these breaches of the law, and I move to that effect.
The REGISTRAR-GENERAL-I second the proposal.
On the matter being put to the vote there were four in favour and three against.
G DOWN COMPANY'S COOLIE QUARTERS.
u application was received relative to the coolie quart-ra at the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ld. Hon. Mr. E. Osborne, secretary to the Company wrote: In view of ur coolie quarters having no cubicles I have the honour to apply for permission fo house them on a bas's of 30 feet floor area and 400 feet cubic space as was done formally. I understand the Board has power to grant this permission.
The SECRET RY minuted-The Board cannot grant permission, and can only allow such an arrangement by not taking action under section
6. A precedent for this was laid down in the; cise of the Hongkong Club.
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present on every occasion while 125 made over | from the headmaster that two more Eng. 20 attendances. This is a great improvement lish teachers ΑΓΑ on the way. That will Lon last year when the numbers were and 61 bring the t tal staff to a beadmaster, five
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English masters and eleven Chinese. Tbe Hygiene has been taught regularly through. report that we have just listened to is on the out the prar and the lessons have, wherever whole very satisfactory. The Inspector of to sbl been accompanied by experimenta in Schools has 'old ng that be can report satis. which the students erit ged the greatest interest. factory progress during the year. Last year In the last competition held in the senior, he said that the English of the upper forms division, one of our pupils, Lan In Chang, was WAS qut unusually good." Those were hrackated with a sind nt from another college | his words. I am glad to see that this year for first placa, while in the team examination that standard appears to be well maintained. held in Dec mber last one students occupied ¦ I note in the headmaster's report that at his the fourth place.
last examination the averrges for English Classes for physical exercise, which every
АГР the highest of any; the average for s'udent, unless physically unfit, is expectal to
English collequin) was as high as (8) per cent; attend, have been held regularly twice a week for writing 97, I think I also noticed with and under the able and energetic tuition of great interest the xcellent report on bygiene, Sergean' Liddard of the Sed Middlesex Regt... Why I say ex-llent -the school only obtained the students are reaping the benefi's of a fourth plies but at the same time the Inspector gular system of physical culture. The collega of Schools tells us that great interest was football club, thanks to the exertions of Messra, manifestel in the subject. My predecessor Barlow and Hamilton, continue to attract an
took great interest in thi subject, and I The A88 STANT
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increasing number of players and it is dus to
claim that mine is not lefs. We are now HEALTH minuted--I think that people who the assiduous coaching of the former that end carouring in every way we can to obtain the have no cubicles on their floor reserve should
college team heads the list of Chinese hearty and cordi lo-operation of the leading have some compensation especially in Ca es clinols competing in the Leigu matches, members of the Chinese community in our where there is thorough ventilation, as there is In summer, when football
forts to improve the sanitation of this Colony, ia these quarters; but 30 square feet per head jim played, a bailing and swimming club was and in our efforts especially, I would say, to seems rather too little taking the ordinary inaugurated and over 10 boys gladly arcilad frust the eserving out of our designs for the floor which at present accommodates ten persons. themselves of the opportunity for such pleasant improvement of the imitation to the Chinese If 30 square feet per head were allowed this recreation. The library, which was formed themselveg And, ladies and gentlemen, I floor would holi 16 persons, which is too many. three years ago, is still well patronized by the i think that if WA can And keen interest is If a reduction from 50 square feet to square bags, more particularly by the students of the; takeo in Lygiena and kindred subjects feet was allowed in this case, then the floor upper forms who will be plead to hear that in the large schools of the Colony wo would hold 12 persons, which would be all there is a probability of a number of na e honks
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the гегу best possible right. I certainly would rather have a flooring added to the e-ll-ction at an early date. precautions for the coming generation, and with 12 persons on it and no cubicles than s
indeed for ours Ives by increasing the home similar floor with ten persons or even less and
interest and in teaching Chinese families to cubicles.
understand what it is that we are striving at in this improvement of hygiens and sanitation (applause). I am glad to be able to congratulate you boys upon your success in sport A year or two age you took the China-s schools challenge cap, and
the headmaster told us just now that for the pit year you have headed the list in apua much-s. It 具 my predecessor's custom on thera cccasions to give you a lectura *ma Ribject of interest, geo. -rally the subject the school had shown it was wack ston He gare on two cocasions most interesting disonarses oɑ gno,raphy. I don't pripon myself to give you an aldress on any techuical subjast, bat parbap. in some fature year I may end avour to interrs' you on some subpet To day I will confin myself to one p int I want you to realise that the Ellis : Kadzoria school is no longer one of a large
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Mr. BOOPER-Considering the good sanitary state of this property Mr. Osborne's application should be granted.
Mr. LAU CHU-PAK-Fou· bunde, d fest cubie space for an adult in a well ventilated house is quite sufficient.
8 in former years the examination, on the results of which the scholerships and priza are awarded, wis held ая late possible in the fourth session In'o The great mass of fign es con ela therewith I do nat propose to epter, &* for the inform tion of | the council, the examination schedul «« are | appended. Bri fly stated, the resulls were 18 fllows: 449 pupils were pres at at examination. f these filed to gain 50 per cent of the possible marks and 120 passed 915
per cot. The outstanding features of the examination [ were {*] the signsi f«ilars of the two high-e
forms in the pies of museon Dietstuos chị the almost total collapse of clas TV in the Grammer paper in (e) the remark-bly good His Excellency the Governor end Lady, results throughout in English colloquial, The Logard presided at the anrnal distribution of ast mentioned is particularly gratifying as it prizes of the Ellis Kadoorie Hongkong College, realizes to a great ext at our prine pal i les held on January 0th. Ther were sested i whic i-taprodu English speaking «tudent-
Mr. Bi inwoon then asked the dirernor to preset the prizes.
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ELLIS KADOORIE CHINESE SCHOOLS SOCIETY,
HONGKON CLLEGE PRIZE DISTRIBUTION.
with the Governor and ady Lagard on the plat form Mr. A. J. Brackenbury, Private Secre. tary. Mr. Ellis Kadoorie, Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe Lospector of Schools, and Mr. Lau Chu pik, while the body of the room in which the dis. tribution took place was well filled with visitors, including many ladies.
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Mr. BRAIDWOOD said -Your Fxcellencs.
on the extremely rapid growth in euchars Mr. President, lades and gentlemen-It is with which had chara terised the past year Ba! 1 much pleasure that I present to you the seventh think this school esa boast on the wards a more annual report of the Society's Hongkong i d growth, the most rapid growth. of wo College, recording as it does au extraordinary increase in point of numbers over the attendance of any previous year. For the purposes of the Government Grant in aid of the scheme the College year closes ou the last day of Juue Mr E. D. Wolfe, in the absence of Mr. E. A. Irving, conducted the sunnal examination on behalf of the Government and reported on the
Mr 26th July Report read.
Wolfe commended a grant at the rate of 3 's.
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& few points in the report, said: The faulty which Chinese youths possess of memorizing facts and phrases accounts in many instances for similarity in the wording of At Ewers.
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The Headmaster was absent on leave from ❘ 4th May to 14th November The Argl »Chin-s- staff was increased by the engagemen' of Mr Yeung Kong who joined on 6th May. Τι keep pace with our steadily incre-sing number the Council has sent to England for two addi tional trained teachers who are expected to arrive after the Chinese New Year holidays
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need my c Tirg ance was 312 compared with 319 for the pre-at-op'a'ed The staff has been latel. io vious year, and for the six months ending | creased, but W have heard it also has be 31st December 1907 it has been Hi7. Classes come hardly sufficient for the rapidly grow. were held on 21 days and 15 students were iog neds of the school, and we have
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what public school form m ana Plac Kalispin school will not be beyond any sch »l in th • Colony in aresting and maintain. Mr. ing and pablic school form (1pplause). Braidwood, I wish you and your staff and all our boya very pleasant and hopy holidays and in the coming year (applause). After Mr. LẪU CHU-PAK had translated that part of th Governor's speech dealing with form in public schools into the rernsoular, His Ex.
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