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HONGTONA, JULY 3RD, 1282.
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THE DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 825, 1899.
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Now, that the first pains of triumph over the Presidential sanction of the Chinese Exclusion Bill have passed away, the people of the Pacific States are beginning to consider the possible coat of their victory and its offeat upon their interests. Some of the steamer W, Mackinnon left Estavia for this hava bees as are being built, and on the higher the existing schoola in the Celony are much
The Agents (Momsrs. Jardine, Diatheson & Co.) inform us that the Netherlands India S. N. Co.'s
port on the ist instant.
The Tientsio correspondent of a Shanghai paper writes as follows-There is a ramour here that three Protestant missionaries have been killed in Shantung, about 50 li fes bars.
journals in the Eastern Shatse have freely predicted the failure of the Act. It has been asserted that a conch and four can be driven through any legislative Act passed, and it is extremely possible that some) The Band of the Buffs gavo one of their on- faws are discoverable in the Chinese Ex-joyable promenade concerts in the Batanio Gar done on Saturday night. The weather, which
No one can fail to notice how mash the new buildings improve the appsssance of the pity from
There were two 18 girla szamined and all passed tem followed in this school does not admit of the As the scholars of the Victoris Sahools are lis same proficiency being obtained in the written cibated over all the six standarde of the Code, Chinese character as is found in other girl's it regained very considerable effort on the part of saheels which give a purely Chiusso education. hetaschera to teach so many olasses nó efficiently. 26-Tho only other school in the Caloay, 21.The next Roman Catholic school which worked under this same spatem, is the girls teaches English is Bl. Francis' girls sobooks, school of the Barlin Foundling House Bethesda, which one last year for the fre time ander which is also a boarding school like the Basel the Grant-in-Aid Solena. Out of 15 girls pre. Mission girls school, and this sabool also pro.. seated for examination, only 8 had the requisite dnsed, theyagh its excellent teaching and org. number of attendances, and these 8 girls warisation, very fasonable results. None of these aramined only in two lowest standseds of the girla, however, wore panted in the two highest Code. Que failed in 2 subjects, the others pass standarde. Oat of 37 girls examined, 4 failed in o. A distinguishing feature of this school is subject osob, and the result was that only sze the fine omdlework done by the pupils under the failed to pass,
27-All the remsteing Grant-in-Aid shola taition of the Italian Sisters of Charity.
23-Tho remaining Roman Cathelso schools ers worked under Clasa I of the Code giving a
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OHN BRINSMEAD & SONS montly "torg between them: This plan, it is person it has been the penation to apply the Catholic, which are sided by the Clorarament by failed in I subject only, but 12 folled in #subjosts 1881, salight falling off in the results of teaching attendances in day schools for Hakka childrar. patented SOSTENENTU PANGS with shesaid, coats little, and proves effactual men with something in the shape of cofreshment. I somasi gratis under the provisions of the Gmut 3 failed in 3 subjecte and 3 failed in a subjonta of the Chinese division, whilst there was a con- in the immediata neighbourhood, appears to ma new Iron Frame, ada arpreenly for China, bave gained
two diferent alsssss of mahoels, I find that ways examined, falled to pass. The unfavour. Portuguese division, as compared with the result this school is not much thought of by the par The HIGHEST DISTINCTIONS (including the LEGO The Dutch bave spent such a vast amount. It would be only grateful to continue the prac. In-Aid Scheme. Comparing the role of these each. The kesal therefore, is that, out of 69 siderable improvement in the teaching of the to indicate that the kind of education riven in OF HONOUR ALL anmeron GOLD MODA18) at all the money in so much blood in cadeavour-ties, and I should be glad if those who love bed in 1881, to 35 socalar Government salivolsella result of this examination, the subjects of of the year 1880. It must also be taken into enta of the hoge, who evidently enre digre far a principal. Internation Exhibitions. Every piano ja guaranteed for are years. Illagcrated leta fros. 19, ing to reduce the Achinose to submission musls, and avail thoruselves of the excellent 1.980 scholars as compared with 2,078 notiolars in which, as in all other cases, had been fired up consideration that this highly satisfactory roulé good Chinese than for a good Duropean ednon- Portorik nafton Road, Leonisa Town, that perhaps it is not in net to be wondered at performances of the Buff's Band would evidence 1860, 2013 in 1878 and 2,101 in 1878 and I on by nyself in concert with the Hadmaster was obtained by examining only those boys who tion. That it is not the roligious tasching 30, and 22, Wigmore Stranh, and the Brinemend
thair appmaiation by contributing towards the farther fun that we had in 1881, in 37 Moronton and the Masters of these Classes, is in my opl. had made up the requisite number of 200 daily at which the parents object to appears bleatly from Linoal pohonle, 2,297 tokelare as compared with ninn cansed by the system of promoting boys tendances. Out of a total of 281 boys as the the fact that arowds of the same plass of child. W., London. Agente Fanted.
fle that they should approve policy of on-comfort of the performers. I shall be happy to 1,819 In 1980, 1817 in 1979 and 1061 k 1976 from one class to other in this course of ook zoll of St. Joseph's College, only 140 had falan are thronging late the other Grant in Ald coaraging quaresisome natives to-Kilkenny roosira any stray dollars to this end, and hope to as therefore a slight bat stands dieresse, from term, whicb ayatom sppoat to havo stil boss is filled this preliminary requirement of the Grant schools in the immediate neighbourhood, where cats fashion-turn nad rond one another. te alle to intimate, when naxt I write that this year to year, in the nitentacos at the onlar vogns in 1884. Sme boysin this school had been in-Aid Soleus. There were, therefore, exolado empoh religion is taught, but a Chinese Government sobrols, which decrease in counter admitted a few days before the examination took from examination and grant 141 boys, or aus etucation, instead of a European one, is given. CO. The course adopted by this Portuguese, who appeal has not lost in vain.
balanced, as it in uo dacht mussd, by the mant pince, and many bad evidently been moved ant ball of the whole number enrolled, the natural The time which this boys' school of the Basal aro more handful on the island, may be
A few years ago the nonversion of European fest standy increase, observable yer by Four, in of the Preparatory or Highth and eventi consegames of the fact that the school Missien devoted to the tannhing of reading, politic if not dignified, but it is to be feared premises into Chinese houses on the Queen's the number of zebelsts attending the religions Classes into this school before they were ripe taught only 203 days in the year, which left too and writing colloquial Chinese in the Rowan small a margin for detention by sickness or character, zod to arithmetic, make a sorines. denominational Grant-in-Aid sobsels. If, how. Lor it. that it roreals a laisses fuire mode of ad- real level was going on at quite a prodigious ever, the limited accommodation of the present
12 The Third Class of the Central School accidents. As the repeated applications, addros-rod upon the time required for learning te ministration which is calculated to de-rate. It was not long before the movement Gorurement Contral School were remedial by was examined in roading, dictation, arithmstle, sed to the Secretary of State, for a reduction of rand and write in the Chinesa cimracter and, in velope the colony. Timor is not wanting in medo itself felt in the difficulty Europeans the building of now Central School, with in geography, grainmar, compositing and copy the number of 200 daily attendances, have been my opinion, mars, if it does not binder, rox?'
would be somewhat different.
the requisite number of attendancos. Of them existing state of attendanoes, as regards Showever, which this system of education ap natural resources; it produces sandalwood experienaed in finding houses, while those rand star and accommodation, the result writing. Out of 97 boys ozamined, only 23 had decidedly declined, the only way to remedy the prosionsy in the lattor. The disadvantages, Tho Census takon in 1881 enabled me to 20 boys none inled in reading, nona in dieta- Josaph's College, will be to abolish the Italian pears to imply, do not mean to Jihre equal force und war in considerable quantities for ex- who were supplied felt it in Increased rests.
many arrive at a tolerably corveel estimate of the num.tion, & failed in arithmetic, none failed in geo-opistom of giving a whole holiday erary Wadhes in the ease of girls for whom, if the two ins
tances of the girls" schools condrated by the port, and it might raise most tropical pro- At the time it was thought
20.With the Roman Catholic schools Tolase Basel Misator and Berlin Mission Bro a sufl ducts in paying quantitios if there wore quarters that the change which was taking bor of scholars attending schools not nader Gography, 1 failed in-grammar, 6 failed in compe. day (or Thursday).
that on 3rd April, 1881, as many 18,587 children in 1.subject only, a failed in 2 subjects excb. also the Victoris Schools, as they are under the eient guids, this system would saem botter sufficient energy in the place Gold to a place was owing mainly if not eatively to the rentout saporvision or lospective. It appears sition, and ncio is ecpywriting. I find 7 foiled
increasing pressure of Chiness competition on
were returned as scholars, had it any safely to The result is therefore, that, sat of 20 boy patronage of the Roman Catholic Mission, al suited. At any rate, the girls clearly gain un certain extent is found, but the natives ob Euspenas and the giving way of the latter. assumed that nourly all of them attended schools examined, 2 failed to pass.
though these sahools do not teach religion st all der it better results than the boys. Thi Benel ject to iss being mined. This objection, This was a mistake. The change was owing in the Colouy at that time. Daduating from this 13.-The Second Class of tho Cantat School This latter point gives the Vistoria Schools se Mimion Girls' School, admirably organised and however, might readily be overcome, if the to the altered conditions of business and neber the number of sobolars sarolled in the was examined in reading, dictation, arithmetic, far an advantage, as more time is given to sesa. conducted as a boarding school, share this sys- Portuguese were in earnest over the develop.social life, ant by any lassaning of the volume of seld deciational schoola unior Go-geography, grammar, 6omposition and copptar instruction, but the entira abasics of religions tem to its boat advantage, se all the girls ara vernment inspection (4,372), Tnd that there writing. Out of 26 boys examined. Ek had the teaching deprivas, in my opinion, the Victoria tolerably ground in the written Chineseolato- Norrow. To avoid delay in the excention-oftent of the resources and capabilities of this business in European hands. The mess system were 2,215 scholars attending private schools requisits anabar of attendanese. Of thess 24 Schools of the educational power exercised by ter, whilst the facility with which the girls in. was breaking up; many of the heads of firms were The Census of 168 onables ine niso to delsulate, boys 5 failed in diotation, failed in composition, St. Joseph's College. On the other hand, the the highest classes write prose sumpasition in Orders it is particularly requested that all hitherto little valaud possession.
building residences at the Peak, and the juniors more satisfootorily than it was possible to do but tone failed in any ot the other subjects. I mixing of Portagacha and Chinoso boys, which the Hakka Ternsealar, using the Roman obaroc business communications be addressed, to the
The Freach anrvette Kersaint, Capsia Ger-wers making their own arrangements for rasi. ia previous years, the proportion of educated to find that failed in I ambjent only, and 2 failed is the systematic practice of the Victoria bogster, iza olaar proof that there is considerable nestod children in the Colony. It appears, in 2 subjects each The result, therefore, a school, appears to produce a healthy emalation, power in this system in the direction of Adrea- of which St. Joseph's College deprives itself by ting the mind, spart from the great variety Firm, A. 8. WATSON and Co., or
raiso, arrived here on Saturday afternoon from dauce, so that the firm required promisão suli.
ou an approximate calculation (see Tabla XVI. that, ant of 24 boys, 3 failed to pasa. 129 Yokohama.
olont for their busineen purposes only. Atthesame appended to this report) that, out of 21,660 14-The First Class of the Central Scharl the separation of Chinese from Partu raosa sebo. of mure instruction onvered by it Of 48 girls The F. and O. steamer Roselin, with the next time there was a demand for property amongst children under 16 years of age, resident fu the was examined in reading, dictation, seithmetis, lara. Out of 10s scholars on the roll of tho Vie semined all passed in ovare eubject, with the Colony la 1881, there were 537 moturned as geography, composition, history and copy. Sorin Sohcols, only 46 sould be examined, and exception of 11 girls in standard IV, of whom 3 outward English mail, Left Singapore at am. the Chinase, and Europese house wote unarly sholars, and that about 5,467 were then loan writing. Out of 33 boys examined. 38 had the most of these who were not examined word ez. failed in 1 subject mob. 1 failed in 2 subjects an Saturday, the lat instant, for thir port.
supped up. The change was not without its than 8 years of age. Hence I infer that the requisite number of attendances. I fod that, eluded on the ground of inanffstent attendances and 2 la 3.ubjects. The lattar two failures The British steator. Solway came out of the ineenvodiongs to those who regaired residen009, number of oblliren whe ought to have been in out of 28 boyu, nene failed in reading, 4 failed in Some, however, And boon attending another were clearly caused by individus Inospacity. Howlven Back-on Saturday, and the creamer and its beneft to tho Jandons Interracos amol, but did not attend any mohol in 1881,diotation, 7 failed in arithmetic, 5 failed in ges- Grant-in-Aid eshool or the Central Sahool dar. The result of the examination provel the took- Hainan loft the Cosmopolitan Dook yesterday. where formerly thers ware usually two or
amonated to about 9,815. This estimate is, howgraphy, I failed tu compration, disilatte tistorying part of the year, and ware-exoloded from the ing, which is hero given by properly frame. erar, bat an approximate one, and as it includes and none failed in copywriting. I further find gront on that soare. Out of 27 boys examined, teachers, to hare basu aźcellent in all reapents. The Tudo.China Steam
Am Navigation Company's three houses standing empty-thare
children up to if years of age, while many leave that a failed in 1 subject only, 4 failed in 28abfailed in Toabjent each, but none failed entirely. Nevertheless it was evident to me that the ars stramer Afrey, from Calontta, with the next then more applionata that houses, and rents Babool has 14ta 15 years of age, this estimate jente, 1 failed in 3 subjects sud 2 falled in 4 Indian oil, left Singapore on Saturday for thiswers raised. The moromont seeme
How to
esrtainly rather above than below the mark, subjosta onch. The result is, therefore, that, I am, therefore, inclined to think that the numi - out of 23 boys oxamined. In this high etanderd port.
have spent itself in that direction and to bo sạt.
ber of assigcated children, who did not attend in which Grant-in-Aid schools bring forward ting in the opposite one. Along Queen's-road school in 1881, may aately be estimatail at but very few boys, out of 28 boys oxamined, 7 Central a number of Baropun business premises 8,000. Considering, however, that almost all failed to pass.
15. The result tatai of the examination of Tarels there are a good many dwelling houses ap-07er-crowded, it appears to me Tory likely the Ceutral Bobool appears to me to hare to proaching completion.
that the number 8,000 represents not merely the satisfactory. It is hardly possible to compra Bas tadaome terrace number of unvdcasted obildren in the Colony, the Central School with any other school in the just above Westbourne Villas is almost finished, hat the number of children for whom there is Colony, basauss, with the exception of the Dio and there are no less than three small blocks of sotanlly we school provided by public or private cesan School, which as a boarding school differs hrases going ap along Cains-roail.
means. Further, as the number of girls (580) widely from the Central School, none other in the who attended known schools in 1881 ia, whoa Colony combines English and Chiness tosobing. compared with the number of boys shout 4,000) The Diocesan Soken), which devotes part of attending such schools, vars far below the ratio avery afternoon to Chinese teaching and gives of proportion of native boya (10,524) and girls the rest of the day to English teaching, does not argue that the Chinese now in the States who cleared up, and it being tolerably cool à largest Joseph's College, the new houses on Robivsfoto ssume that a vast majority of those 8,000 scument examination, as it receives no grant 1881, and which giva à Europoan elgration, donealy, But as all theap schools, 23 in numbor, clusion Bill. The Eastern American papers bad boon very treacherons and showery all day the barboar.. The tasteful edifice intended for S (10,340) résidant in tha Colony, it seems to me submit the result of the Chinese tesöking to Go- which were under the Grant-in-Aid Sahème in paraly Chiness education in the Chinesalanguage
tendance was ubtracted. Several of the selections go back to China on "fraedce papers" may played were really admicabio, and a hearty round road to the west of "Exoslator," the terrace meducated ebildren, for whom there is no salcol for it. All the other schools in the Colony, foe their logoking at present to the Portuguese tench prizoipally the Chiness Classic's and sup transfer them to others who will assume their of applause followed their rendering of the" Lost above Westbourne Villas, and the two new provided, are girls. The observations I made in which teach English, devote the whole of their language, vis.. the St. Francis Portugiese plement the ethical teaching of the Confucian names and return to America in their places, Chora."
Lonker above Duart all show up well from the all parts of the Colong. inoline me also to the school boars exclatirely to English teaching. Sobool sad the Bridges Street Bagged Schools, Classios by religious Christian teaching, the work It is rather significant that the Altu Call-
The destruction of life is the typhoon which harbour and add to the prosperous and well-to-do pining, that this want of schools and school so- The Central Bakool surrenders 24 hours each day all of which are under the tuition of the Italian done in these tohosla hina, in my opinion; a ligh vatuedation for about 8,000 children exists to Chinaga tasching. Under these circumstances Sisters of Obarity. In St. Fransie' Portuguese educational ralus. Until the beginning of leat fornia which journal has steadily joined in swept erec Teaquin in October last year would approve of the city. The new Roman principally in the aestral parts of the town. it seems to me that the above detailed rasults of Jobool, which is a mixed school of very young year the Protestant Missions of the Coleby hold
Reen to have been much greater than the reporte the cry "the Chinese must go remarks that received in Hongkong at the time led as to be Catholic Cathedral, when ersstad, will also form where root is too high to enable the ordinary the Central Sobool examinations, which, with children and fafante, a considerable number had the monopoly of this system of teaching
Chinese teachers to ako aliving out of the the exception of the case of the Lower Sahrol, to be excluded from examination owing to their year, for the first time, the Roman Catholic Min- this consideration, about transferring the lieve. Mr. Consul Tromlott, of Saigon, says a prominent fostare in the agene
swoll fees commonly paid to ordinary Chinese compare favourably with the results of mast extrems youth making a pass in the lowest vios placed one school; worked under this system, pasaporte, is utterly unimportant. It is in ble report that if the unmber given by the
Here are a few figures onlculated to make schools. There is no lack of demand for educa- Geant-in-Aid schools, are satisfactory. This standard of the Code, which makes no provision under the Grant-in-Aid Behere, so that now 22 mandarins ara to lie believed, 19,000 natives were "all the same to us," says the Alta," whe-drowned in the province of Hai-phong, 12,000 is speculators" teeth water. The number of licences tien of some sort among the Chinese people of favourable reenlt, obtained under adverse circum. for infant schools, an impossibility. Again, or of thess skrepis sro Protestant Missiou aoboos this Colony, whether resident in the town or in the stars, is das no doubt to the excellent organisa-the coors of insuflloiset attendances, out of 41 and 1 is a Roman Catholic school. Five of tho "ther Ah Leh goes and The Tsing comes in Nam-dink, and 8,60) in Hong-yov,
Issued for jiarskehus in Bhaagai is limited, villages, but with the exception of the villages, tion and discipline of the Central School, part to presente, I had to be excluded from eaming Protestent Mission schools are under the super- "his place, so long as the numbers do not As a sample of the alarmist paragraphs con-
and a few individuals have obtained the lot where the Aid Byatau is freely availed of by the the superior qualifications of its trained Masters. tion. Of the 20 children who could be examined. intendence of a native catechist and were opened 16-The onlinary Government schools, which were plaved in the first (lowest) atandard, and by him on behalf of a few Chinese merokanta "increase.. We are all ready to admit that cerning the immigratios of Chinese from Hong. They let the vehicles out to the drawers for 320 people none of the Kaifong (native coaktsats). of Hout of 1,000 Chinamen about the same size ng which have lately appoured in the San Fran cash a day, and their profit is the worked ant Hongkong have yet applied to the Government teach ao English, and the Village schools, sab-3 in the second. The result was, however, antis: who supply the funds. Thoso schools are, how- for grants-in-aid for educational purposes. sidized by the Garorament by a small rachtbly fantory, as only 3 failed la 1 subient each over, distinctly Protestant, though not dicantly cisco papers, wo quote the following from the Alla by the Shanghai Mercury-* Hera wee a set of
5.-Fomale odacation appears to be making grant as Ažled Soboots, all of which touch Chi and 18 passed The Bridges Street Ragged connected with any foreign stooary. None "we could not tall one from another, and it of the 20th May News has been received in
men who are making $100 a year out of osch slight progress in the Colony. As the Grant-aces only. have gone their usual courses in Eskools presented, after excluding infants and of the Kaitour solely has yet been placed takes an interpreter to prove their identity, this city that teise stenors have already bon vehicle licensed as a fiarioksha, out of which in-Aid schools give gear by year increased previous years, and do not call for any special those who had not the fall number of attend. andar tha Grant-in-Aid Solero he was
engage at Calcutta by steamship agents in “and when an interpretar gets to work then Hongkong for the purpose of landing coalies on they pay $24 to the two Councile, and we may attention to female education, the number of remark. But it is necessary to advart briefly to toes, 18. boys for exunication, but most of need to detail the results of the examination of girls attending Government schools ocontinues to thoa Governmost ashools, ontside the Costral thers were clearly too young to be expected to each of these 29 Grant-Aid schools, as the resulte * we are at sea, We cannot tell whether be the ocast before the new Chinees restriction low setimate $5 or so for the wear and fear of cut from your to rest. The number of Sobool, which tench both English and Chisse past even in the lowest Standard of the Cads summarily tabulated in the comparative this report. But a few Ont of 18 boya examined, there were according Tables appended is asking witness to give him twenty o futo offect. Several steamers have ale carriage, net profit $70 a year on 1.500 jiuriok girls attending Gaveramont Sohcole fell in 1878 Among these solools, the Goverment achael at
been ougaged in Callas, and twenty or thirty dollars, or whether he is putting the ques-steamers ara expeated within the coming month, AB-$105,000 intercepted batwoon the coolies to 235, in 1979 to 179, in 1880 to 135 and in 1881 Stanley was the least satisfactory, as the amber ly 9 boys who failed in 3 subjects each, and 2 general observations, which forced themselv "tion as directed, because, for ways that
and the passengers" $105,000 a year to be made to 120. On the other hand, in the Grant-in-Aid of boys, learning English there, gradually failed in 1 subject each. Thus, ont of 18 boys into notice lately in connection with those schools, We hour (says the N. C. Do Neos) that in.
schools the attendanas of girls rose during the dwindled down, through various causes, till there axsmined, only 7 boys passed. But the failure may be interesting to the taxpayer and possibly **are dark and tricks that are rain, the formation has been received to the cffest that the out of a few riekabas! This "sumber ene
xame years from 343 in 1878, to 31 in 1879, to were at the end of the year but boys leasaing was manifestly not caused by deficient teaching contain usetel binte to the managers of those heathen Chinue is peculiar. But without Amorizan basque Benjamin Aymar, which left good change" is to come to an end this year. 564 in 1850 and to 185-in 1881. As regards the English in addition to Chiness, all the others bal by the extreme youth of the abilarea. In the schools. I observed, in the first instance, a general beco on the 5th ult. for Kuchinetan, weat ashore however, the Municipal Council haring orrired Chineas population of the Colony, the Census of studyleg Chinese only. At the Shaukiwan girls shoot, the circumstances being the assetsady improvement going on, from year to yerin "discussing the question of the veracity of at Aronia; a small island off the former place at the conclusion that they might as well in 1981 rocar is a total of 10,824 bays, and 10,350 Government sobosl the state of affairs was the rastit was letle different. Out of 33 girls the quality of teaching given in these schools, as "Chiuose interpreters, the personality of the on the 22nd ult. A deusa fog which was pre-rease their revenue from this guards. How is girls resident in the Colony. Apart from the hardly better In both of these villages then the roll, 31 had the requisite number of at well as in Llar organisation and discipline. As girls' schoole under Government inspection, and people appear to profor a purely Chinese edara tendances, but most of the children were too knew all those of these schools which existed" "man is evidently immateri¿l, who goen and vailing at the time rendered it impossible to the jitricksbs basînose inanaged in Hongkong Pambaring in 1851 b 859 girls, there are very tion to the thesohing now given in both the yong to he expented to pass. Accordingly 18 before they were brought under the Grant,in.
anything abend. Full partionlars will probably "returns on & paesport. It is tolerably be received by the incoming Japon mail; all that I fancy the drawers get but a small share of fow girls schools in existens in the Colony. English and Chinono languages by one Master failed in 2 subjects cash, and 3 falled in 1 ext Aid Code, I am certain that this veners! Im clear from the foregoing remarks that the is now know is that the ore are safe, and the tha onarmous profits that must he rende, twenty There is therefore clearlyagrosteducational want in each pises. To please those peuple, the the foot sach. Out of 31 girls examined, only 11 prement in the affectiveness of thess schools. lending paper of San Francisco would be vessel being orly loaded with tollas, no loss of dente a day, I am told, is what they have to fulfilled yet. I have stated shore my opinion verament would bare to appoint one Mastar to passed. Both these schools are specially designed is principally due to the provisions of the Grant
like all other sohomes, has also quite context if the number of the Chi-he Chius Chuporner Arousal bolonged pay to the proprietors of the vehioles. Why that a vast majority of the 6,000 aneducated teach Chinese exclusively and another to tasot for the Foringuose poor, ed are doing an ex-in-Aid Boheme. On the other hand, this scheme,
shildren of this Oolony are girls. If I add bore Fogliah. But as the number of those who wishcellent work as ragged schools, thongh the co nego in California wars kept at presest
Tabould the Government not farm out the that nearly all these children are Chinese and to lears Beglish is small in these two places, it markable tidiness and oleanliness of schools and drawings. I oberred several oril tendencia Testerday morning & quarrel commenced on privilogs of plying for hire with chairs and that a considerable number of these girls are sat is hardly to be expected that the Goverment scholars bolles the idea of any raggadness arising from some of its provisions. As, for 2-Only two Protestant institutions tonoh instance, one-fourth of the annual grant earned limits; it professes to be simply anxious sido the Romun Catholio Cathedral which
living with their own parents, bat are purchased should incur the large additional expense. There
by a sobool, gose, absording to the provisions of to prevent a farther indux. This is, however, reflects little oredit
on van at least of the jibriekabas
servant girls, though of tender age, and lives, in Shankiwan, the further difficulty that some English under the Grant-in-Aid Scheme, viz, A momber a slight change of front, it seems to us, for of the priesthood anda yang Portugues
parties immediately concerned.
I am curious to see the text of the treaty nege.uder a sort of servitore, the need to provide for of the boat-people and villagers there wish the the Dimasan School and the so-called Hong the Code, to the paid teacher as a personal bonus, their education becomes even more apparent. Chinose teaching to be given in the Hakka kong Publis Bohool, and bath of them are on-there is among moes of the native teacher a the Alta joined in the agitation against the got to high words, and from that to blows, tiated by Admiral Willes with Corsa. Will it. Although the Chinese are, ass enlo, vory a dialect, others in the Pauti and others in the nested with the Charal of England. The Dis. strong tendency, not only to neglect the 6. Chinese and, though not endorsing the ex.in the hall of the Mission borse Hefore I wonder, doutain the elanse prohibiting the ions to end their own children to school, thay Hoble diskot, whilst no teacher oan be found case Home and Orphanage is a bosiding sohool ligious teaching which is not examined into nor treme and violent action of the Sandlotters, the affair was put a stop to several blows were ex import of opium into the peninsular kingdom to not sate to give their purchased servant girls able to teach in any two of these dialects. In for Eurasian children, and although it gives ales specially paid for by the Government, in favour advocated the Exclusion Bill and the adopent.
changed and the young man had his hand slightly I ses as objection to this stipulations, pro. any education. It is against the interests of the the Anglo Chinees Government subsol at Yan- Chinose teaching, ie addition to English which ofthe particular subjects required by the Code, bab tion of municipal enactinents directed against conclusiou, and the combatants proceded wit sided the treaty with China containe-a-similar employer to need them to school. I am no ad- matee things were comparatively more satisfac in the language of the school, it does not submit also to seek to obtain a high grant by special At Wongnaiek ang Loan therefore only treat it as an English school year. Another objections to expedient treaty agonstable to the Central Police Station, fellow-cause, otherwise the Celestials may rat top rate of compalary aducation, but I think the tory Bathers as the number of boys study. its Chiassa teaching to Goraramatexsmbustion cramming during the last few months of the
peculiar sircumstances of this Colony and the ing Engilsh is very smail. the Chinees. We keliava that the provisions ed by a large number of Poringaera. There the Coreans the habit of opiuta seeking and prevalence of domestic fetale nzrrituds in Hong the combinad tesshing of English and Chinese, As sack it pratented 32 boys for examination and resorted to by some of the matiro tanchers of of the Chinese Exoled Act will not beach party gooused the other of attasking hip. the supply then with Watcharias grows drag.ng roommend a partial application of the both of which subjects are equally appreciated there were distributed over all the six stand.thene pobools in Class E also adopted with a view. worked with rigour, and that the Chinese will and those who had followed were load in offering
system of compulsory education, in parely Chi- by the villagers, gave good results and this arts of the Cude which fact, in view of to chlain a high personal bone, is the practice their testimony in favour of ena side or tho And little difficulty in ontering the States in other They were informed that if they wished
I hear that the Mongolians are ready and nese subjects, to thoss viassen of China females Anglo Chinese school appears to be in a satin. the small sts, indicates a very considerabis of admitting at the beginning of the year, a mush The beat solicole of this amount of work thrown on the teacher. Out of larger number of children than there is teaching oderate mmbors. In no country in the for any legal proceadings, they must take out waiting to reak into the ambrases of the Great regarding which the Government (as the proper factory edition. world, perhaps, can an Act be rendered so
summonses, which they expressed their intention ear. That waning master Eas long been gardian of such parchased children whose class, however, are the two Anglo Chinese 31 boya aramized. 7 tailed in 1subject aaoh, 1 power to provide for, and to select out of the parents are inmaat vases not living in Hongkong) Government schools at Saipingp'ún and Wan failed in 2 anbjects, and 29 boys passed. This 1986, and to drill in preference, the more intal of doing. We have since learned that the masties engaged in decribing the advantages to be de
has an interest, if not a daty, to make sure that taai. At Saying in thero is a native Master, is a very satisfactory reault. As this school da ligant portion of the scholars, but quietly to get elastic in its interpretation as in the is likely to be amimbly stranged.
rived from being subject to the Czor. The simple naob giris knew, or at least have an opportazity educated at Howard University, Washington, votes its afternoons to Chinese teaching, it is rid, by neglect or otherwise, of the unpromising Great Republic, and it is clearly not
Mongols, far from the cocus of mirrule and of learning, that they are free.
U. B. A.. teaching English, whilst there is (apart from the Normal School) the only sobool scholars. A further objectionable device of the
the interest of the vast majority of the
6.-Considering the steadily increasing namanathor Government school in the same battd. in the Colony similar to the Central in its comme Bort is the practies, which appears more oppression in Raasis proper, with its sequel of ber of schools teaching English, it is evident ing tauching only Chinese, so that those who bination of two languages taught in the school generally to be setting in in all the boys' schools American people to persecute and bareses
asesouinations and horrible outrages, are but too that there is froms rase to paar a steady progress wish to learn Chinese in addition to English, On the other hand, being a boarding school, the in Class L, and which consiste la training boys Bat fow, Diocesan School has the adrautags over the chiefly, for the lower standards of the scheme in race that has proved of such signal service CRIMINAL JURISDICTION (before the Bon. George ready to believe the voice of the abarmer. If the made in the promotion of s kuuwledge of English have sa opportunity of doing so. in developing the trade and resources of the Panlippe, Chief Justice, at 16.8 m.) Eagina, r. Mongols elect to renounce allegions to the in this Colony. Besides 7 Gerernment schools however, avail themselves of it, sad the majority Central Sobcal by bringing the boys oven out of which pasans can be obtained at the examination
Robert Frazee Smith.
Chinese Emperor I fail to see what is to which teach English in addition to Chiness, there devote the whole of each day to leasring hora school-hours under English infronous, had at with smparative ease; hat to bring forward as Western Statea. Moreover, it would be bad
ORIGNAL JURISDICTION-Yong Lune T. Tolg
were in 1881 seven Grant-in-Aid Bohosis tech-English only, having private opportunities to fording them at all hours of the day an op few scholars as possible for the higher standarde policy to provoke ill feeling in China again
hinder them. Practically they are indspandenting Baglish coly. The total number of children keep up their Chinese knowledge. At the portunity of hearing English spoken out af in which the risk of failure is much greater IN BANKETTOY-In the matters of Lam Taz Him, now, and could not be coerced into submission by learning English ie schoots under Government Wautsal Government school wo have two school. The reason why this school dous nos Thus, the iborality of the Code appears to havá the United Status, for this might lead to the Ng Chey Sik, and Wong Sing Tal-Bankrupt the Chinese, They are a pastoral and migratory supervistez amounted to 1,334.
Masters, one ai Indian, educated at the Govern-rubmit a Chinese teaching to Government in angendered a merossary epirit among many of come up for their last omination). Potition of
7.--The work dous by the Gerement Contral ment Central Selicol, who teaches English and spection, by placing it under Class V. (fce ashools the native masters of schools in Class 1, and it abrogation of the Treaty and the closing of Yeong Chik Wai v. Lá Kai Fan alias Lí Tai Ting for notion; their tenta pitched in ons pluss to-day school in 1881 has been tested by me by su ex. fu zative Master tegobing Chinese. Oaly very in which a Eurɔnsan education is given with sooma that this way scheme, which, was intro China to American commercs. The Ame adjudication of bankruptcy.
PROBATE JURISDICTION-In the goods of Chan may be socres of miles removed the following amination whleh & condusted on the sane prin- few of the bays in this school, omit studying Chinese in addition), is probably thin, that by so daned to rates the standard of education in the Has, deceased-(Fetition of Chan Inu, for probstoj dey. They are also a fighting race, and their siples which I follow in the annual examinations Chinese in addition to English. This school, doing the risk of failures at the examination Colony, is as far as these schools in Class I am (Abp.m.)-klotion in rn Lyell, Sell & Co., barik-military adoar is only dormant bucages it as of the Great-in-Aid Schools, but with such as in September 1881 attached to the Normal would be very considerably increased, whilat the concerned, hable to an abaze tending to lower In Registrar's Chambers, at 2 p.m.)-In the must bad na direction for a long period. They only adaptations as the peculiar case of the Central school to give the students of the Normal value of a pass would be but slightly higher. In the standard of adnextion materially. Although Sahosi dermandel. As regards Chiasse studies, Bobool opportunity for practical exercises in the other words, the school would not be likely to the number of these schools and the pawber of the Pacific States, and agreed to the ten years tor of Fown Woon elés Poon Ping Bhang-tadjourned gant a leader and a canse to set them in rootion.fr which there is now but little time availab's art of teaching. The examination of both the oara ankigia a grant by haing placed under Cism their echolaca bas very largely increased sinos What they are capable of achieving history can in the Cantrel School, eines the number of hours Saying an ad the Whatshi soboels exhibited F, agit now saras whilst being lased under the 1876, yet the subjoined figures show that the Heaven forbid that another Timour should daring which the seboal is taught very day has good resuita auch indeed as eat fairly ba som lower Chars IV. This seems to me to indicate number of scholars aquvally brought forward
encourage the domination of two tanganger armsiderably doczened since 1876 1 | leed another Mongol i et to desolate fair usines bou reduved from 6 to 6 hours, Lusy hare bared with the results of the currasponding that the Code, as it stands at present, does not into the two highest standards of the Cada bas
briefly state that the results of the Chinase ex- classen in the Central School.
BONOLA28. ZZAMINED IN STANDARDK- and carry carnage into smiling countries.
17. As regards the Grant-in-Aid schools, the subjects of instructions
AND YI, OF amination, which I gondnoted, shawad that in
24-The Hongkong Public School, condotel BANIAN.
Chinose composition a fair rojult had been obsame details as those which I hare given above tained, but that Chinese momeritor repetition of with reference to the Central School, will be at St. Paul's College, with an enrolment of 28 1876, umbor exarized in Standarda V. and TI.. the classies cannot be kept up now. But as the found collected ie the tables accompanying this bays, all of whom were the song of English 1978. change was mate in the latter portion of the report, viz., in Table XIII., shewing the numbor speaking parents, presented only 14 boys for 1878, year, it is too soon yet to come to a satisfactory of scholars who passed and faflod in each standard osmization, the others having failed to attain to 1980, decision. It would bo useless therefore to detail as well as the amount of grant earned in each case, the requisite numbor of attendances or left. Nens 365.
I find that the slight increase in the number here the results, of the Chiness aramination. in Table XIV, which exhibits the parasutage of was old enough to be presented in a highw But the results of the English examination may scholars who passed in sach school, and in Table standard than the fourth. One boy failed in of cholies brought forward into this higher stan be slated as follows,
XV., which shows the percentage of passos ob two subjects, and all the others passed in every dards in 1831, compared with the three pro- 8. The Preparatory School was emmined in teined by each of those sousols in mading, writ. subject. Two boys were also examined in Algo-oading years, is due to the laudable efforts made reading, writing, and arithmetic. Of 128 boys ing, arithmetic, grammar, geography, history, hra, na a speelal subject, and passed. Although, in this direction by the girls schools and their tins examined, only 104 had the roquialte nem. repetition; explanation, and composition. But therefore, the school had but a small number of managers. It is pracipally in the boys schools bor of 500 attendances which in Grant-in-Aid further details regarding these Graat-in-Aid boys to presant for examination but one more in Class T, that the standard of education has
rican Government are not insensible to this danger, weza only induced to legislate on. the subject through the popular clamoor în
suspension of Chinsee immigration with
Alok.
rapta.
chipowners' Assosiation.
Hostilities, however, wore seca brenght to
LAW NOTICES.
SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG, MONDAY, 3RD July, 1884.
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great reluctance. It is probable shot the Act). LATEST TELEGRAMS
will therefore be enforced with as couch→ regard as possible for the interests of the Chineze.
We hear very little of the Portuguese colony of Timor, although it is part of the governor. ship of Macao, and, judging from the condi- tion of the neighbouring colony and of some of the African possessions of the Portuguese Crown, wo abould hardly have imagined that there was much to be admired or imitated
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LONDON, 30th Jane, 1882. ENGLISH TROOPS DESPATCHED TO.. EGYPT. 1,200 Marinos have started for Alexandria.
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tell.
"THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN
HONGKONG.
EDUCATION REPORTA YOn 1881-
The following Auzual Reports, on the state of the Government Sobonls in Hongkong, for the yar 1881, are publisked for general information in the Gasolio
28th March, 1832.
Government Central Saheel, Hongkong, SI-I have the bonoar to forward to you the
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in that rather out-of-the way settlewens. tion to leave the Dritish Government to inter-Annual Returns comfected with this Bobool for schoots ia the sine-qua-nos for admission to the soboola having been called fer, I proceed to add than at the previous examination, the result of manifestly been lowered instead of being raised.
The Dutch, however, who own the ote vone alone in Egypt.
ball of Timor, seem to think that things.
are better managed in Portuguese than -in Netherlande. Timor-
The Sourabaya Courant drag attention to the necessity for
OCCASIONAL NOTES.
mant,
GEO. H. BATESON. WRIGHT,
Head Master The Hou, W. M. Deane, Acting Colonial Secretary, do..., B., ko,
AVERAGE WIFENSE OF BACH ACHOLLIZAT TAX CENTRAL SCHOOL DURING 1881. Expenditure,
Anything relating to the prospect of Governor Hennessy's retirement from the local sphere of the authority of the Netherlands Government labour must be of interest. This is the latest I being properly enforced, and asserts that at have heard on the subject, His Excellency bus present nativo chiefs, nominally Netherlands bad the choles of iwe alternatives: vis., to give vassals, set the Authorities at defiance with up the balance of his term of offos, or to return impunity, owing to the latter being disinclined to Hongkong, with the prospect of an inquiry A.
hooro
Deanel Setool Foos,
Average Expense of ancla Boitelas salon.
Total Expanse of the School,
Sated by the Total Enrolment
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to send a military oxpedition there, from tho/in the immediato future. Which would a wise. Average Expense of esok Soaplural. long continuance of the Achee war, and the unantisfactory results of a provious campaigo
1991, and to be. Sir, your most obedient. For examination. Conating therefors caly those 10% some remarks regarding the working end results the examination was highly oreditable to the It is tras that a considerable amber of the boys boys who had the requisita samber of attendances, of these schools in 1881, taking these schools ia Master, and indeed the one boy who failet was in these zahools Jave, aftar four years study of. 1 find that 10 failed in reading, 2 in writing and order according to the class of teaching given in [too young and nervous to be expected to pass. Chinoso, to be enrolled in the Central Sohoo: to The alass of residents, for whose children this study English, but this foot does not suciently 4 in arithmetic; that 12 failed in one subject each.
18-Nere of the Graut-in-Aid suhonls has Public School was specially designed, in too scronut for the excessively email number of beya only, I failed in subjects, and 1 in 3 subjects. Allowing then, in ocanideration of the taot that been placed in that highest olaes of schools for small to give any valid prospect of securing a new being brought forward year by year into the this soleol sponds part of its time on Ohiness which the Grant.in.Aid Sahara bau made prori- larger attendance in future. The feas charged higher standards in spite of the enormous in- studies, the copywriting to make up for failuresion in Rale No. 20. via, Clace F" colpels inuro also very high. In my opinion ib, would be create of the attendance in these schools. Finally $14.601.15 in sine subject, as the Grant-in-Aid Belieme al which a European education is given in any more advantageous to the school, to revert to the observe that in the use of mome of these 4051.00 lows in other standards. the nat result of this Europaas längasgo with Chinese in addition." formes plan of admitting a neraber of mospect. Graut-in-Aid shoots in Class I., the expenses of examination is that, out of 104 boya szamined, The Government Contra Sokool is almort the able Chinese youths to be tanght together with which are very small, the amount of grant cerned. $19,550.15 failed to pass.
only sohool of this class in the Colony. But in the Englias speaking boys, as the lowased under the provisions of the Code in 1881 szeged - 9The Eighth Class was examined ir reading, Olser IV, of the Graut-in-Aid Boheme, vis, for number of scholars would enable the Committed the amount actually apont by them in the $18.777
diotation, arithmetle, and copywriting. Out of sobools in which a European education is given to reduce the fees and to increase the staff, same year. I nom cented therature to the Ge.. lated by Average Daily Attendance, 27.86 39 boys examined, only 29 had the requisite nam. In any European language," we bare Great-in whilet the mixing of the two raves would pro-vernment to introduce into the Grant-in-aid
GEO. H. BATE ON WHIGKT,
bor of attendance. Counting only these 29 Aid sahools, of which use the English language, duos a healthy malation without at all ender. Schemy a rule, limiting the amount of grant I was not a little pleased to use the aumentos-
Head Master.
boys. I fed none failed in reading, 1 failed in and 3 use the Portingusss language in the medium goring the discipline, to which Chineas boys payable to any one school, by a fired ratio of pro- dictation, 5 failed in arithmetic, none failed in ofeducation. Those of these schools which teach are far more amenable than European youth portion between grant and expenditure incurred. 25-Under Class III of the Code, yk, for 28- Normal School bas born started by in Timor in 1857, at a cost of one million of west of the intended, bad performanos at the
Education Department, Hongkong. oopywriting. Nons failed in more than 1 sub English,may be divided into Roman Catholic and guildere. As an instance of the insolence of Botanic Gardens on Batarday evening, for it had
8th May, 1882.
jest. The result, therefore, in that the 30 boys Protestant schools. Thoss which use the Per schools in which a Batopoan education is given the Goverment September, 1881. beginning. Sir, I have the honour to forward herewith examined passed without acception.
tuguese language, in place of English, are sxclain the Chirees language, tre had in 1881 three with 10 students, with a view to supply trained these chiefs, it is related that one of them been rumoured that the eflcers would not allow
schools, two of which are gouduoted by the Harol native Masters for the schools of the Colony. It 10- The Bevsath Class was examined in read.sively Roman Catholic, "recently detained the Barident of Nathar- the Band to appar agam at the Gardens in con the Annual Report on Education and the Blue
ing dietation, arithmetic, and copywriting. Out 39 Aregards those Roman Catholia Saborla Mission in the Hakks dialoot, and ons by the is too soon to speak of results. The ten student sequence of the sparseness of the attendanos. Book returns for the year 1881.
2-The total number of schools, subject to of 41 buys examined, 38 had the requisite num-which unch English, I have to refer in the frat Berlin Landies Eociety to the Fanti dialect were examined by mo at the end of the year, miles from Kupang, and did not roles him until he had paid a fine of 150 guilwell up to the average, considering the limited 1979 and 47 in 1878 The total nurster of sole dictation, failed is arithmell, and none falled divided in two distinct schools, one being. The bare school of the Essol Minion, with an at details here I append, however, a brief "ders, for entering the chief's territory number of the foreign population, it seemed to lane, subject to supervision and annual examins in copywriting that IT falled in I ambjent only, specially for Chinese boys he, however, are earcloset of 47 beys, presented only 19 bays, of report by the Frincipal (Appendia)
willout the latter's permission. The mo that the offers were rather exacting, I was tion by the Government, moasted in 1881 to and that I failed in 2 subjects. The round then taught English exclusively, and the other for whom 18 were present for examination, the re-enclose as the usual Tablas, IXYI, Courant, by way of contrast, points out how therefors all the more gratified to find continus.4573 as compared with 3886 in 1380, 3460 in is that, out of 30 boys examined, only 1 failed Portugues bay. Naither the Chiness or the tosinder having sither cased to stand or failed containing the Buncational Statistics for 1881.
1879 and 3,152. In 1876. These figures indiants to pass.
Portuguese language is taught in this institution to alisin the requisite number of 200 daily at have the bonour to be, Sir, your most obedient The sa.osilad Lower School, luyluding or even used by way of explanation. The result tundenses during the year. Of the 18 boys SOTTARE.
EJENER well the Portuguesa manage to keep native tion of these very enjoyable performanosea steady increase, ocatinaed during the last four chiefs in order in their portion of."!
Inspector of Bebopia. of Limor.
years, in the general number of schools and solo. the Sixth, Filth and Fourth Class, we can of the examination was, in both divialons, highly examined, & faliod in 1 subject oach, and 2 in 2 Eat the weather on Esturday evening was ex- lare subject to Government supervision. mined in reading, datation, arithmetic, gogastisfactory, se, ucb of 140 boys wxamined, 11 babjects, and the result was that, out of 18 boys Whenever a rajab there becomes refrac ceedingly ofoss, notwithstanding the main that 3The uumbers abore giyon inolude both the phy grammar and writing Out of 95 buys falled in one subject sack, and only 24 failed to examined in the fast three standards. La passed. The Hon F. Stewart LTD., Acting Colonial "tory towards the authorities at Delli, the had fallen during the afterbeen, and it detractado-eled by the doremment, or aided by the attendances. Of these 82 boys, 10 Talled In reading the results gained in 1680 and 1881 by clear too young to be expected to pass in arith
no-enlled Government schools, is, seoplar schools examined, only 82 bed the requisite nember of pass. A reference, however, to Tablo XV show. Couldering that of the boys-examined wore Secretary,
It is now fashionablo to have small children ***Government immediately arms two otherra not a little from my enjoyment of the music to Goreziment (by monthly grants), and the so ing, 20 failed in dictation, failed in arithme comparison of the percentage of passes obtaiuri metin, this sealt showed that good teaching had
jabs against him and tids them conquer so that the busdamen ware sufering from the called Great in Aid behop, he religious denotio. 10 failed in geography, & failed in grammer in reading, dictation, Writeretio, grammar, geboom giver, but the great irregularity of the for bridesmaid.
Protestant, and Roman and noue falled in copywriting. I fad that 211graphy and history, tadiontes that there was, in fattandenoma in this school compared with the younger are the såild-bridesmaids, the rebellious chief and diride bis terri-host and the exertion of playing. In porious minutional sobools,
lands Timor captive at a place barely hay As I had been present whenever the band badanpervision by the Government, amounted in ber of attendances, Counting only these 56 Instanonio B4 Jazeph's Colloge, under the chargé : One of the Basal Mission schools is a day school and the result was very antisfactory, but as it
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