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in number : no increase has been made though applications have been forwarded for the establishment of elementary schools in other localities. The school accommodation provided by Government is therefore sufficient for one hundred and fifty children only; and from the returns of the Registrar General we estimate that in private native schools about two hundred and fifty children are under instruction.
The number of Chinese children within the colony is eight thousand eight hundred and sixty eight and the amount spent by Government in education during the past year was £124. 7. 11. Sterling.
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The average attendance at the Government schools was one hundred and twelve. The Victoria school had thirteen more than its complement, the Wongneichoong school fewer less, and the others situated in the outlying villages many less. The emolument of the schoolmaster fluctuates with the number of his scholars; while this remains below thirty: above that number the master has no...
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in number : no increase has been made though applications have been forwarded for the establishment of elementary schools in other localities. The school accommodation provided by Government is therefore sufficient for one hundred and fifty children only; and from the returns of the Registrar General we estimate that in private native schools about two hundred and fifty children are under instruction.
The number of Chinese children within the colony is eight thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight and the amount spent by Government in education during the past year was £124. 7. 11. Sterling.
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The average attendance at the Government schools was one hundred and twelve. The Victoria school had thirteen more than its complement, the Wongneichoong school fewer less, and the others situated in the outlying villages many less. The emolument of the schoolmaster fluctuates with the number of his scholars; while this remains below thirty: above that number the master has no...
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in number : no increase has been made though applications have been forwarded for the establishment of elementary schools in other localities. The school accommodation provided by Government is therefore sufficient for one hundred and fifty children only; and from the returns of the Registrar General we estimate that in private native schools about two hundred and fifty children are under instruction.
The number of Chinese children within the colony is eight thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight and the amount spent by Government in education during the past year was £124. 7. 11. Sterling.
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The average attendance at the Government schools was one hundred and twelve. The Victoria school had thirteen more than its complement, the Wongneichoong school fewer less, and the others situated in the outlying villages many less. The emolument of the schoolmaster fluctuates with the number of his scholars; while this remains below thirty: above that number the master has no...