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It is quite true that the youths who frequent the Schools do so at present almost solely with a view to the profits which they can hereafter make out of the limited knowledge of English there acquired, and
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it would of course be difficult to prove by actual demonstration the direct advantage which Government can have in developing a desire for acquiring other useful knowledge.
5.
I would however suggest that this is just one of the peculiar experiments which the establishment of this Colony afford facilities for trying- and the results of which cannot but be interesting to a large circle of friends of China.
b.
At present this Government is not in a position to undertake anything of a very costly character.