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EVOLUTION OF HONGKONG.
[Written for the Daily Prem (Continued frour intet Monday)
V.
The association will & British offloor of two former servants, of the Company, bonover wise
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRFFS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28ra. 1907,
Lord Napier was beyond recovery, and breathed his last of à broken heart a fortnight after his landing at Macao.
REPORT BY THE EXAMINERS OF
QUEEN'S COLLEGE,
orally and the results were good on the whole. f Written papers were set for Classes IV, III, II and I. Class IV evidently found the paper ey, The A-division of the Class obtained 3 per cent, of marks, good papore being done by Lo Ming-tat and Wong Ho-ying. In the B division 75 per cont. was also obtained. Class IV C 56 per cent. This is a very satisfactory result got 68 per cent, IV D 54 per cent, and IV E and many of the mistakes made were due to a
In principle on the establishment of an entirely that the chief of the traders for the time being generally speaking is not necessary for smile giving the present participle when the
new service where the first chief must-of accesity be inexperienced, had no doubt evil after conseqnetices, as the ever active local efloiala could not but see, or think they saw; a plain intention on the part of the new regime to conform to the old wage. At all orent,
sosing their old friends whom they bad learnt they might milly with impunity, they immedia tely on their arrival proceeded to "put them in order". It was doubtless natural enough, but Lord Napier, & former Captain in The Navy, as naturally cbjected: the truall'e hegan en bis arrival at Canton. Lord Napier, finding that Plowden who, it was intended should await hire in China be gone home; made . F. after wards Sir J. F. Davis, of literary fame in ecu nection with China, Second Superintendent, and Sir G. 11. Robinson, unfortunately another of the Company's former Select Committee, proceed to
Third. His
дех
step
was
to
had to be repressed.
for
pre-
the
Canton with the object of presenting his official dalestation of mere tradore, whose ardour we were also struck, and we believe that credentials, naturally expecting the ordinary
Lord Napier was succeeded in his by no means civilities; but everything had been prepared to sbow him that only on the old footing could ebriable post by Mr. J. F. Doris, beltar known he enter. His coining was announced as that in the literary world as the first English of the same cires. A dead level of stiament certainly have done better. Too little atten.
of "zome Foreign Devils", and the tide waiters tumbled bis baggage about with as little respect as they would serve a common coolie. To those indignities" be offered no opposition, but be rent word to the authorities to inform them that in accordance with His Majesty's instructions he had arrived as the bearer of the King's Com- mission, and invested with political and judicial powers, for the control of British subjects in China. The reply, sent through the Hong merchants, throw down the gauntlet of defiance "The Viceroy could hold no com. manication with outer barbarians," He, how ever appointed two prefects and a lieutanent general commanding the troops to go with
Chinese selolar who rose to any general Though an old servsat of the eminence, Company he was not blind to these faults that had tended to make the British name ja China despised, and openly advised that the extra. ordinary pretensions of the Chiness Court to nuiversal sovereignty wers at the bottom of the trouble. He recommended the sending of a small squadron to represent this fact at Feking: if successful affairs would right themselves; it not, as half measures had proved useless, it was hotter to wait till the nation at large was convinced of the necessity of placing car Under these intercourse on a sounder basis, circumstances the whole British Community
and it
Decessary was
to
the Hong Merchants, to see Lord Napier of Canton and Macao, comprising in the The entire form invariably obtained 15 marks,
Was
whole of China, got up petition supporting Mr. Davis, which they for
of 30 had po
many cases
the results
in
very
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The report of the examiners of Queen's The authorities at Canton reported to the College for the year 190:-07 which is to be laid Emperor their victory, and received in reply before the Legislative Connell by Command of the imperis orders that for the future no His Excellency the Governor, states that on the foreigner making any pretence to official rank discipline throughout the school it very
good, The work shewn up was
eless perusal of the question asko, for ex was under any conditions to be received; and whole heat and tify and the handwriting was good. There were one or
past participle was required, Probably overy should be content with the rank of taipan, two minor blemishes:
aaked, some boys confined their answers to this is daughter but a very great many boys suspect- which had been all that had ever been choceded hope to waste time in spring out the questis, boy in the Class knows that the feminine of son to the agents of the East India Company, in some classes boys did not write their names
Shakespeare-A paper on It was probably fortunate for Lord Napier on the paper sont in. Class IB were the chief ing a trap wrote down the feminine of stepson that he died before the worst indignity of alt offenders in this respect. There were four as ataponacra
was done by 8-boys in I A. Areulli did at or had fallen upon him. He had been appointed anonymous papers in Grammar and thres in Coriolanus was set to Class IA and H. The paper Shakespeare in this division. Boys should be eilent paper and Mok Kai-fuk a very good one, to his office by Lord Palmerston, but in the told to leave a margin as it greatly facilitate four other boys were very fair and two very
We gathered the
Lu, only reaction after the Reform Bill Lord Melbourne's the work of correction. ministry had fallen, and the Duke of Wellington impression that some boys particularly in the bed. One of then set, Chan
classes did not make much effort to do attempted 3 goestions and wrote rubbish in. apper
answer to them all. Shakespeare appears to be now scorpied the office of Foreign Secretary well. When thay bad filled one sheet of paper too diffecit a subject for boya in. I B. The Personally the Duke was gled of the opportunity they were coulent to stop-possibly they were
paper was attempted by ten boys. Li Lun-kwni was the best of a bad fot. One boy contented standing the moaving of the English which of revenging himself on Palmerston, whom reiactant to ask for more paper or they may all have felt that the examination was of littlo
was before them, The paper-wan does by 8 love. he infested, so forgetful of what in
man who had importance as it did not affect their position in himself with copying ont three ques ions with
dings, A portion of the Lower School has out attempting to give any answer and in reply Three boys wrote good Chinse but did not always correspond with the English. Ua Ki- good feeling was due to a
a cowardly attack on him comparatively recently been placed ander the to question 2 as to the plot stated that succumbed to
and three were bad. Class II A. The paper in the discharge of his duty, he openly stated supervision of a normal marter with excellent play talked about the rebellions and wars of brok did the best paper. Two papers were fair
of the play wrote
was done by 10 boys. Four boys did very fair The source of the play was Cast because the
paper, the paper sent in by Li Chin Lung that Lord Napier had bro-ght his misfortunes results. The boys in the Lower School dd English." Another bor in reply to a
and a, time, tried their best
boing particularly next. Four heys understood on liniself by seaming high-sounding titler, gutterly, many of whom have studied English this are of the spar
the maening of extracts 2 and 3, 9 wrote them and going to Canton without permission. The attempted to converse and answer questious citizens listed Cains Marolus for news not Duke had doubtless a tender fesling for the in their own words. In the higher olssens a patriciae. The ten bors who attempted old Company, and shared doubtless the Chinese some boys feeling secure of their position in this paper have too little knowledge of down in Chiaste devoid of style. One boy did the school struck as as somewhat slothini, ordinary English to be able et eomprehend not understand the English and 1 boy wrote Speaking such execrable characters that it was not the mescio of Shakespeare, vione examiners have commented on the fact, gouarslly the results in geography wars not pessible for a Chinese leasker to decipher them. by the extraordinary difference which often good, and considering the fact that three Class II B. The failure to understand the
Boglish was more emphasised in this class. TALKING exists between boy at the top and at the bottom plasses (Case II, II, and IV) were examined
in the same syllabus as last year they should No boy had much idea of writing good Chinese. Three boys wrote down tho mean. cannot of course be expected but boya at the
ing of the English but the 8 others were poor. the predominating dan wasThe situation Beem& somewhat gravee boticia of one class often appeared to be much tion was paid to the gasstions asked, and in fers capable than boys in the class immediately
Clase III A did very much better than Class below In Shakespeare for instance, pulling apparently to finish in the shortest possible puzzled many boys and they wrote shont graves. aside the non-Chinese boy who did an excellent line. A large proportion of papers did. not while one boy wrote nonsense ani was evidently begun well ended abruptly because the writer Kwok-ging did a very good paper and four paper, one Chinese boy did a very good paper axceed half a sheet of foolscap and questions If. The paper was done by 10 boys. Che
had received. On the whole mistakes in translating owing to not always unable to understand what he had read. The did not wish to exceet the allowance of other boys wrote good Chinese. They all made
history were nof. work corrented by the boys Slates are
they same applica to other subjects. In some classes per he
wrote was good. Two boys were Father long. Many boys who know something fair but did not attempt more mierskea. We know from experience of
for lines and three borg were changed and the scholars correct each other good. The papers were not diffenit but understanding the English but the Chinese certain English public school that this method of the subject did not take the trouble to
snswer more than balf the questions with the Class II B did not do well. The English is most unsatisfactory. In one class in this
result that they scored only very few marks. appeared to be beyod this form. Five
boys wrote more or less nonsense Two boys seemed school all subjects which could be tested by one hore was again a general teralency to which word answers such as Latin and Greek
-to be able to write. Chinese but could not an- LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT Grammar were corrected by an exchange of attention was drawn last year), to answer one papors. The master never supervised the or two questions at quite unneosssary length derstand the passages ast... One boy understood the English bat wrote very bad Chines?. giring details which were not asked for and obtain 14 out of 20 marks to avoid detention. to emit questions which could have been an Class III C. One bay did fairly well and the
swered corrections
in half a page at the outside. This subject of hygiene, was well deie in. Classes aller three more able to for VMUSIC: In Class V E this system is apparent
aily adopted, II, IV and V but Classes I and II did The subject was Grammar and warded to His Majesty in Conneil. This curious the show of bands 25 boys ontging from ly. In Class I but little trouble was taken to observe that this, historically the most im mistakes and 5 boys had one mistake each: On were discovered marked right, and also many Fortant petition ever pressated from China,specting the states quite a number of mistakes boys gate the most abeard answers. One ex- mistakes in spelling. There should be constant supervision by the form Master if this system is 150l. It may perhaps not be within our provine but we were surprised to find that s school of the size and importance of Queen' College has nothing in the nature of a Masters meating, where matters affecting the school can be discussed: The College has quite a large staff of masters and we imagine that there is no school of euch a size and with such a aumerous staff in England which has not a Mastery meeting. We recommend the suggestion that there should be a Masters meeting to the authorities. The suggestions of the examiners, in last year's report under the beading Apparatus and Sanitation have had no remit the desks are still unsatisfactory, there is still however the boss seem to have been taken on Inck of wall maps and pictures, and maps are too fast and the syllabus contains more than higher work the boys do not understand what rooms are still overcrowded and no attempt hat they are ding. They know, and oau make still stored in a separate room. Many of the they have time to learn thoroughly. In all the apparently been made to improve those in which nee of, certain forma's and rules, but they can- the lighting and ventilation wore adversely not prove these formules or make use of them commented on last year. We give balew some when the question is not quite straightforward details of the various subjects in which w Knowledge of such a kind, when not required examined the College--English oque was for some practical purpose, seems of little real mainly tested by explanations of passager in readers and also by questions on general subjects. value. In the lower alas es the papers set in The results of the whole were very tale arithmetic were straightforward and simple and With the exception of a few boys in Class I were all well done. The boys understood their the lower school showed up bet er than the work and all worked gently and accurately. their work well. The buys showed they soldiers. British merchants were told that no
upper sobaal. In the lower classes the boys In Algebra Classes II, III and IV did Bindranes would be placed in the way of their
were more stert; more ready to answer qactions understood algebraical symbols and the work and generally more ineline to do their best, The pronunciation was in most cases good and ing of the ordinary rules. Class IV did a paper retirement to Maceno, but on no account would
on geometrical drawing and the results were on bat It was not to be expected from in Chinese
the English fairly correct, bory were they be permitted to return; while the store-
it evidently not sponsiomed to explain passages in the whole vory good. No explanations were as keepers were forbidden to give them supplies, government that baring gained,
victory their own words. The usual answer contained a rale given as to how the result was arrived wal a few who bad venturrit "to da 80 secretly thought at the time, so signal "a
British Morshaut almost all the book words alighly turned and it at, but perhaps this was uct to be expected in a clase so low in the sokool. In Class II the was a matter of soma difficulty to persuade boy mensuration paper was easy and well done. were imprisoned. After consultation with the ever the encroaching
Es to answer in a few simple words. Few Chamber of Commerce Lord Napier des. it would be content to patched an order for H.M.S. Imogene and of interference with the private affairs of the pianations couched in the simplest language A had an av 148ver 18 per cent. Be Andromache, to come up, and erad ashore a merchants their personal anbmission for the might well be encouraged! It is obvious out of 10 got over 75 per cent. B was not that none of the boys practise collegial quite so good but with the exception of ons boy who got no marks, a fairly high standard was outside the school room. This should be guard of marines for the protection of the future must be absolute, and thoy must refrain
encouraged and ample opportunities should kept up. In trigonometry six boys wers a Factories. The Chinese opened fire on the from any attempt at remoustrance. frigates ou their entering the river, but they Chinese went further, and commened aerise now that all the big schools in the Colony amined in the Senior and eight in the Jualor exsily silenced the batteries. Characteristically intrigue to induce the British residents to meet at frequent intervals in friendly rivalry clase. The average marks obtained were 34 per at work and at play. Reading was good cant. and 30 per cent, respectively. The boys understand the meaning of the, terms and have throughout the School. It was as a rulo easy
certain knowledge of formulo, but that is all. the Viceroy now found that he was permitted question the powers of the superintendents over
to follow what was being read without looking to open reguliations with the Superintendent, their balionals. Above all they wore moe
at the book, a very fair prof that the The time would be better spent improving the "bat pleader that there was no preceleat determined thaù ever to rivet on them their for British Minister taking up Lis dependence on the hong merchants in all their pronunciation was correct and that the other mathematical subjects, especially Algebra tion of the text to which reference is born attempted question 3, a very easy question in position on Chinese soil; stil if he would dealings with the authorities Still Rose, bo punctuation was duly observed. The explans. and Arithmetic. In the senior class no boy retire from the port, and withdraw his ships they Officials or Merchants, could afford to take made varied very much, bat miss of the boys which outside trigonometrical terms all that was required was slight knowledge of Algebra, understand what they were reading,
[After commenting on the outside the Bogue be was quite willing to treat the last step of putting a stop to the trade from seemed
various class a in Chinese, the examiners give and pending replies from Peking the trade which both derived their living, though both were and to follow the general course of the narra. would be reopened. Looking at his instruc. equally eager to expleit it to their own individual live. Dictation was taken mostly from unseen
"lower ones.
of students frous Chinese into English]:-The did
was the was thoroughly overhauled and fitted with two hazard profit, and the natural result of all those passages, with somewhat varying results. Some the following examples of certain translations barg to St. Pedro, on the North Pacific ner that if caught in the ice she will lift, net.
classes including several of
which, at an unfavourable season, tions, which forbid putting to
If a king
were hot ar and kind and he does most exseting to t she has yet undergone. new maata. Her auxiliary engines of 60 h.p. combited causes was a complete chaos, in which very well wheress some of the apper classes did king is rightly, and no one are not rightly coast, necessitated the rounding of Cape Hora break. During the leat visit to England abe Napier, whoes health had given way under t everyman's band was against his neighbour. badly. In Class I A for instans all boys had work or works as per laws. So that then The complete run from Hamburg to St. will be able to develop a spoed of about seven
nine mistakes or more in a short passage Under the circumstances Mr. Davis prudenty sight or ten lines. On the other hand Clasa wonk be few of his country people who do elimate and the indignities to which he had had determined to resign his unprofitable office, and was good, 1 ictation was done by 39 boys not like' their king. If the Emperor woula Pedro demonstrates conclusively that the knols but she will depend chially upon her sails.
and ascertain what be really wanted. The words the interview took place, but beyond hinting at Lostilities, nothing came of it; it teenth the dignity of the Emperor's oflours to have any dealings with tradesmen, and no correspondence except headed petition, the lowest form of address, could be received. Lord Napier's instructions did not give him any implicit directions in such an unexpected position, and he remained for some little time at Canton, with the result that the Hong Merchants again were sent to order him to trave; not obeying orders were given to stop supplies, and the merchants were forbidden to abip any goods in Britisk ships; and attempts were further made to persuade individual British merchants to separate themselves from the Superintendent.
bore just sixty-four signaturer. The petition stated their unanimous opinion, that the long acquiescence in the arrogant assumption of superiority over the monarchs and people of other countries, claimed by the Emperor of Chinn, had caused the disabilities and restric tions which had been imposed on British trade; and that to Lord Nupier's lack of the requisite powers backed by a proper arned force, was to be attributed the present degraded and insecure position of British trade and British traders.
The course which they recommended, and which-within-seven-years-was-forced by the Lord Napier on this celled a meeting of the legio of facts on an unwilling British Ministry, was that a minister with full plenipotentiary British merchants at the por, who at his suggestion established a British Chamber of power suported by a sufficient armed forca, bo Commerce, the first constituted in Chius: it is sent directly to the Emperor to demand ample notice familiar names: J. reparation for the insults heaped in his name interesting to Mstingop, Launcak; Dent, ft. Turner, Won-Lord- Napier, accompanied with proper Bo; d, and I dabbey Rustomjee. The Viceroy guarantees for the future, as well as the opening haring throw down the gauntlet showed no of the northern ports to British trade. desire to draw back. He stoped all British trade, closed communication, with Whampoo, and surrounded the factories with a corden of
the existing opportunities of intercourse, Lord
perfures to submit, conceived himself bound to agree to these terms, bat baing unable to not himself, delegated his physician. Dr. Colledge, to make the best terms he could. A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, was called and a sort of protocol drawn up in which it was ag.eed that the ships of war should retires that trade should be reopeneil on the usual terms; and that the superintendent, being too anwell to attend to business should go down
Some dissatisfaction was also felt locally that the Company, though debarred from actual trade still kept up its association of Bill Brokers
al Canton, whereby, the trade of the private merchants was much him pored and its indepen. dence destroyed.
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rest in its course
The
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was succeeded by Sir George Robinson, who as
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THE SWATOW REFORMER.
ANOTHER PETITION FROM THE STRAITS,
both
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with
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Class IV did very fairly with the exception of IV E in which all the boys wrote rabbish. Chan Chiu-bang did a good paper which had a'sy the merit of being nest. There was a general Re in swering questions and in Class II several
DANCE, MUSICA ample will suice: Ia reply to question 2 Why
gistrar-General and a Captain Superintendent more than one boy replied "because of Police. Class Yslao did well on supply
JUST ARRIVED, should lead piping never be used for a watersrance of the Chinese equivalent, for lead piping is poisonous and makes the wrists whole. 24 bors did the paper, of whom drop off. Lack of observatio was also notice. 17 did well or fairly nail 7 badly. The best
Hongkong, 29th November, 1906. able in the answers of Class II where several paper was done by Li Kang Fu. In this class boys contended that lead piping was in general there was also a general ignorance of the titles use in Hongkong. Book-keeping is taught in of Officials. Some boys wrote down the form
THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. Claeser I and II and seams to be well tanght: Ping sau for the Governor of Hongkong. The practical work was very well done, the jour. There is a General Order in connection with the
PONIES SENT FROM SHANGRAL, ualising and ledge work of Class I being very use of this phrase and the boys should aertainly good indeed. The bays however seem to work all be taught the correct mode of referring
The N.-C. Daily News of October 2nd seem on the whole to be well taught and the
are an English pen for writing Chinese very slowly. The mathematice, in the school His Excellency: The boys in all these classes seem
characters. This practice should we think be says:-Fifteen China papies have been sent. boys seem to take an interest in their work, The lower forms are all well grounded and the
discontinued. Every Chinese boy should be able from here to the order of Liont. Bhackleton, In the higher forcas to form oharacters which are not an eyesore to who is in command of the Nimrod conveying boys work accurately.
the reader sad this is almost an impossiblity the expedition about to make a dash for the reproduce the beauties of the Chinese written sleigh harness specially made to order, were character unless a Chinese brush is employed. supplied by the Shanghai Horte Bazaar Co., The Vernacular Bchool was tested orallyLd. The poates were put on board the C. N. wash an English pon. It is quite impossible to South Pole. The sims, and twelve-sets of
hinese 9. Shacbeing for shipment to Hongkong, there by means of roading from the readers. Dictation was at and translation from to be transhipped to the Chungshs for
to the Bluff, New
Zealand, Tsuk Wa into the Literary style was done. The conveyance
The where they will be handed over to the Expedl. top classes also wroten letter in Chinese
Customs, who yphoon after they had been corrected but resigned recently, was placed in charge of the The use of ponios ir entirely Lieut. paper were unfortunately destroyed in ation. Mr. Halliwell of the I befo o the results had beer analysed. In Class ponies. V many boys wrote good letters and did the Shackleton's own idea and he is taking his own translation well. A Chinese teacher to whom farrier to shoe the animals with ice shoes, was in some casas admirable. The Vornacular has great bope of success by that means of the papers were submitted stated that the style plan is an experiment, bat Lisat Shackleton School is undoubtedly doing very good work, traction, after the party reaches the solid ice. and is certainly having a good effect on the Inquiries wore made regarding the cap bilities Chinese of the apper school. Many of the of horses in freezing latitudes and eventally more especially in Class III were due to lack pony from Northern Manchuria was the bast failures in translation from English to Chinese Commander Shackleton decided that the China of knowledge of English. But boys will gra suited for this purpose. The expedition, how- dually improve in English as they pass into ever, is also provided with mot r ears and the higher forms and if they have passed through trial between panies and motors in itself will In their own written language they will be able the results of the daring attempt to solve the the Vernacular School and been well grounded possess interest in addition to that attaching to to translate English into good readable Chloess, problem enrrounding the unknown Antarctic
regions,
ase
he
of the
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The
The
and
The Nimrod, former sailing schooner but SAILS NOT OBSOLETE. --
now a barquenting yacht with auxiliary engines, The Japan Chronicle " publishes the follow sailed from the Thames on July 30 for Lit leton, some mombers of the ing interesting data received from Meurs. New Zalaud, with Samuel Samuel & Co., the agents in Japan expedition on board. Lieut. Shackleton had in Decomber a start will be made: The of the Rickmers Lice of steamers, respecting arranged to meet her at Lill-ton
This vessel bas demonstrated that her huge Nimrod is forty years old. She is built of the now well-known auxilary five-masted bar when the China ponies are picked up early que "R. C. Rickmers":
her auxiliary engines being brought into oper-thick and stroner. She is broad in the bows spread of canvas enabled her to make good teak and, because at first into lod for New- progress through the water under adil alone, foundland seal hunting, her sides are abnormally ation when the winds were contrary, or entirely sad her beam is big throughout, Down to the non-existent. Her recent passage from Ham-water her bows are cased in iron in such a man-
the
years
The officere, soientific mombers of the party The whole distance covered on ship along an old officer, and thoroughly imbued with the of whom 23 had no mis akes, 12 one mistake, take out the virtue to the noble thing and all engines were at times of great value in getting Har net tonnage is 237 tom
is kinda also the men are kind if the king doctrices of the Company, bated the very two mistakes and 2 four mistakes. The only the men would follow him to do. The this voyage was 15,861 miles. This was com- and the crew, which is composed of picked mention of free trade and was ready to subrait inference to be drawn is that in some classes is a con are kerro, the king is pleted in 37.17 days, thus giving on average men, will number thirty-fre when she leaves
not practised to any
interesting to note that of the entire riences in Polar regions are well known, and he to all the distates of the officials did that only unseen dictation is
distance covered, 10,357 miles were made nader is accompanied by Ernest Joyce, first-class resone him from the still more gelling tyranny extent, and that the boys are therefore affairs, also the men are affair. The gentleman perd of 163 miles per day or 6.8 mil a per hour. Littleton. Lieut. Shackleton's formor expe:
the unaconstomed to sound of werda bee good nature if not nature that is not per pas ly. It is they have not actually seen in print. The A king does not a good manner. A Bingenil, the time thus occupid being 60.13 days, or petty officer in the Royal Navy, who distin of the Free-traders,
an average of 172.25 miles per day, or 7.19 miles gaibed himself on the Discovery (To be continued next Monday,).....
In Claes not a kindest a king does not a serious. essay with for exceptions were
kind but not kind at all. The king was per hour. With her propellers going, 5,504 Joyce will be in charge of the twenty-tion I some boys did well and some divisions of other king was not very good at all. The king who bet were named in 520d days, giving sudleigh dogs. The Ninired will form a base classes did fairly well but the general result was truth bat not very truth at all. If a king is vorage steam speed, of 148.6 miles per day, or at King Edward VII Land, where winter disappointing. No actual instruction appears kindness he never kinds to a man, and he in
man and he is truth 5.2 miles per hour. These Sgures compara very quarters will be prepared for a party of in this subject, Sentences te have been given
brave be sever braves to to Macno. For some unexplained reason, Dr..! Mr. Citto Kong Sing, solicitor, has received a began with the words Aud, Because, You see, bearers Leves. It is quits Intils for boys with favourably with any to the credit of ordinary twelve, with provisions for two
doing as much exploration as possible, to the trast,
before the winter sets 2: Lieut. Shackle. Colledge, who was anxious at any cost to get petition signed by sixty Chinese merchant, But... the spelling wüs faulty; yory little knowledge of a language such as ié displayed cargo steamers, and the resuits have been The vessel will then retora to New Zealand ton's staff will consist of Mr. E. Marshall, his patient away did not stipulate that he should in Singapore au Johore which is to attention was paid to punctuation. sentences abore to attempt to tranalnts from Chinese achieved at very much less cost."
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
senior surgeon of the skiers parly and carto botaken by one of the men of war, but permitted be presented to His Excello cy. the Governor in wore written down as they occurred to the
writer, and but few showed any trace of wall into that language. In English to Chinese him to be carried on board a Chinese vossel, the the event of the appeal against Mr. Haze'and's ordered thought. In: Class III one of the Classes I, II, III, IV and V were tasted by
The N.Y.K. str. Kuniano Mars (Australian grapber of the expedition; Bir Phillip Brockle- huret for survey wok and feld-geography and anthorities promising to take every exre of him. decision regarding the extradition of Inosenys written on the subject: "Is Exercise means of written papers. The paper was done 6 boys in Class I A and the results were maintain bodily
contained by health?
work. The veesel was inspasted, by King The templation was too strong; the Chinese Kai-shing being confirmed. Formerly Iu required.
The NY.K. str. Nikko Maru (Australian. mandarins had won a complets victors, and bac Kai-shing was a merchant in Singapore and the following statement: "If you want to get good Ng Cheung Hau did an excellent paper Linel left Manila for this port on the 26th inst., Lient. Adams, in charge of the meteorolo
Majesty expressed great interest in the oxpedi Thy Looking At now their enemy in their power; magasnimity Johore, and it will to remembered proceedings bodily bealth you must according to hygiens and Wong Wan-ho was very good. One boy and is expected here to-day.
shish sud how to obtain it contin soutious paper in which the translation of
Apart from the advice the firstextract, by far the most diffent, was very Line) left. Nagasaki for this port on the 25th Edward shortly before it left England and His The N.Y.K. str. Shinano Mars (Australian tion and hearty good wishes for successful was never a weakness of the race, ao instead of 1 for his extradition were taken in the Police it only one book to be bought the style is well done both as regards translation and style. inst, and is evooted here to-morrow. taking Napior quietly to Maczu, the opportun Court by the Chinese Government ou a charge given as to
HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com- ity was seized of making a parade of him as of armed robbery within the jurisdiction of typical of many essays. They were very short whereas the replies to the 2nd and 3rd portion
considering the time allowed, especially so in of the paper were execrable both in translation-Lire left Kobe for this port yiu Moji and termination to the dangerous enterprise:
The Indo-Chins str. Namsang left Calcutta plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Creme Charzsaute, Lait prisoner. The ordinary passage from Canton China. The procedings against the prisoner, the upper school where a large number of casage and style. The difference was so marked that Shanghai on the 25th inst, and is expected
Charmant will enable you to do it. Her to Marso is under twenty-four hours, but this was according to the petitioners, are connected with were only three-quarters of a page in lengil, it was almost impossible to believe that the first here on the 3rd prox.
In the lower school boys selected both portion represented his own unaided effort. uf ..prolonged to fise date, the bost decorated with the rebellion in South China, and they further ects and wrote half a page on each. the remaining 3 boy's 1 was fair, 1 understoed | for this port via the Sterile on 20thiast, and mays, Charmant and Special Skin Tonic-and, Poudre understand The Indo Chiass-r. Laisang left Caloutta for Specialities for the Skin are the study of a flags of triumph, and the erasa every where state that the Chinees Government has preferred any essays were written in the Bret person, the English Ent-wrote very indifferent Chinose be expected here on or about 5th prox.
1 hoy failed being unable to received with firing of gaus and crackers. the charge of armed robbery sgainst him in In Grammar Classes VI and V learn gram-ho feto Chinose. The boys in Class this port via the Straits on 25th inst., and may be lifetime. A. B. Watson & Co., Ltd., Sole Agents
I Bovidently found some difflonity in under expected here on or about 10th prox. Worn out with illness, and conscious of failure,order to secure his extradition.
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matical definitions. These classes were examined