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and Moral Controle, for association in sturdy
on
· for the profitable direction of their
labour in acquiring
for
the Chinese language,
AURAA
it would be advantageous that young men selected in Great Britain as at present Government studentships should on their first arrival reside in such an institution as this, instead of living each by himself, following his own crude plans for the acquisition of the requisite knowledge; lastly, whether in the education of Chinese youths the College pursues a system advantageous to the Government by fitting the elder students for the public service as Consular linguists or otherwise.
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Before proceeding to give opinion upon these points, it will be proper to give a few remarks touching
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the mode of instruction and management pursued in the College.
We find from the statutes dated 15th October 1849, a Copy of which is enclosed, that the College
was founded by private liberality aided by a grant from the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, that its object as sanctioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury is, as a main purpose, the training of native teachers and Ministers according to the principles of the Church of England, and as a subordinate measure, the general education of promising native and European youths for no specific choice of life.
It will be seen that pecuniary assistance from Government was contemplated by the founders. The Bishop of Victoria