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assist them by his counsel. We cannot Expect that he will spend more than two or three hours in each school in the course of a month.
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The plan which I would recommend of this is the following:
First, That there be erected a building in Victoria, in which the schools now maintained in Tae-ping shan, the upper and central bazaars, Webster's Crescent and near the Mosque, shall be concentrated in different rooms.
Second. That in connection with this building there be provided a residence for a European Master, who shall form and conduct English Classes; and that only in the Schools Concentrated there shall English be taught.
Third, That this European Master, aided by a Board of Education, constituted like the present, or modified as circumstances may render desirable, exercise a Superintendence over the other Schools in Aberdeen and the villages over the Island. This plan would retain all the advantages of the present system of Inspection, and might be expected to produce real and definite results which cannot now be looked for.
In the first place, the Government Officer, himself actively engaged in the work of Education, would have an efficient Eye over the work.
In the second place, the English Education carried on under the Master's supervision would be more efficient than it is now, and