(Extract from the China Mail.)
We have received a very satisfactory report on the state of Public Education in the colony, of which we now publish the Statistics; and consider great praise is due to Mr. Lobscheid, the Inspector of the Government Schools, under whose guidance so much has been done to promote instruction of the Chinese population. It will be observed that the Government Grant, which down to 1850 was only £75 a-year, has been augmented to £1,500 for 1859. There is reason to believe that the census for this year will not be less than 90,000. English is taught in the following schools-Tai-ping-shan, West Point, Sheung-wan, Chung-wan, Bowrington, Wong-nei-chung, Tang-lung-chau. Where there are two schools in one place, one is for the Punti, and the other for the Hakka dialect :-
Years. Government Grant. Population. Attendance at Schools. Years. Government Grant. Population. Attendance at Schools. 1849 £75 39,507 90 1854 £125 56,011 102 1850 £75 33,292 114 1855 £125 72,925 158 1851 £110 32,983 111 1856 £212-10 71,730 167 1852 £195 37,058 114 1857 £275 77,094 520 1853 £125 39,017 112 1858 £915 75,603 557 1859* £1,500 90,000 843* Probable estimate.
ATHENEUM CLUB, 16th July, 1859.
JOHN BOWRING.
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