Wnowledge; in Reading, Writing and- Arithmetie; and in the Elements of History, Geography, and Grammar.
The instruction is given by English Master and Mietrees, under the superintendence and with the
" assistance of myself, and more especially
of Mrs Stanton.
3.
No di
difficulty regarding Religions Teaching,
has hitherto arisen-
Mor are
there symptoms of any . Though, among the parents of the children there are several Roman Catholics and Protestant-
Dissenters; un objection has been made to
our course, except-
the Church.
any part of ow Catechism, which in such cases I have
· dispensed with.
4. The youngest pupil. is aged 42 years,
and the eldest 16. No limit has been-
set otherwise than
5.
by
the will of parents.
-Yearly all the parents
are in
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the service of Her Majesty's Government,
as Policemen, and previously`
mostly
accustomed to pec Regimental School..
I do not think there
are
three, who
could be expected to pay one Shilling
per
Mensen:
perhaps
not ten whe
· would send their children to School at
six-pence per
payment
mensem : and this would not counterbalance-
the lose of one of the many pupils who
would certainly be excluded. In framing this extimate, I have taken into account.
the inconvenienees
arising from
the
straggling form of the Forn, and the
of sune
heat and rain
year,
the difficult
to
thru one half
which of themselves render it to collect the children together..
With respect to Query 2, I beg.
suggest
that it would be possible to add the study of the Chinese language-
under a Chinese Teacher; and this