department, sight, remunerate itself-
by
a deduction, made
prome
the Salaries
of Interpreters and. other. Officers educated in this manner.
There might also with: unch- advantage. be established_in_two_or_ three of the more densely propled-. of the Istrend schools for of native boys in their own- language-
propled_districts
the instruction
and literature under native Teachers; - specially if competent Christian-natives
could be obtained. From these schools a class
promising boys
of the more might be selected- for instruction. in- English by the English. Master during the hours in which the_ruglish_boys study Chinese.
At the same time I venture to cxpress my firm belief, that any-
of English. and
• indiscriminate union-
Native pupils in the same class would
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greatly impede the progress of both..
If I may be excused in the
intrusion
suggest
of another opinion, I would.
that there is a
natural
impediment in the way of any cooperation between. Her Majesty's Government
of
ament, and-
the Missionary Societies in the conduct_
-schools in as muchas that the especial_ object of these societies is to prepare- teachers of Religion, view they
distance
netuore
from the
and that with this
their pupils
to a
1
injurious effects of
intercourse with their relatives. With-
objects and methods 20 different, and in
so wide a
field,
our barinus
efforts
had better be distinet and
independent.
An officcent Ruglich. Master. could searedly be retained at a Sulary less than £250 for
because
aunum,
he would be competent to fill
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