THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1902.
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ments, and though the country that liefd may parlous condition and the two lessons read.
SCHOOLS.
LOVE FOR THE YEAR 1990NÄRA
The following report of the Thepector of Schools for Igor is published in the Government
Education Department, Hongkong, 6th April, 1901. Sir-1 have the honnur to forward to you my report upon the education department during the year 1901
ISTAFFIN
1 vas appoloted: Inspector of Schools from 26th April, 1901, and took over control of the Department from Mr. Brewin on 1st May. Messrs. Curwen and Butlin were appointed on 30th August, 1900, and on 24th December. 1950, respectively, to the Belilios Reformatory, their appointments dating from 4th January
and 2nd March, 1981. Mr. and Mrs. James we engaged as Headmaster and Headmistress of the Kowloon British School within the year under review, but had not arrived in the Colony before its termination. Miss Bateman was
appointed as Second Assistant Mistress in the Belifios Girl's School from 1st September, .1901..
FINANCE.
Sixty thousand troops will line the routement consists in the fees charged at the Belilios of the Coronation procession.
Girl's School Those fees were raised in the month of September from 50 cents a month to $1.50 a month, with certain reductions where two or more children of the same family are at
be considered almost uninhabited, these out- together, should receive attention from all- posts will have to be brought into communicatogether have an estimated population of over British manufacturers. Yunnid and Szechnen tion withthe Burma railway system for obvious.iso million, while the tide relations of both reasons. Each post therefore will constitute.a with Tibet and, in the case of the latter, with the centre for reclaination of the was es qe also of ↑ little known province to the north and west must be considerable as the general prosperous Attraction to traders: from Yunnan. The several:
of its people goes to provesti rivals hopes and nspirations are As we have shown the railway extension is commercint directed to opening up the well ascertained imperatively demanded on strategic and poli nich province of Szechuan, and though the big tical grounds, while the evidence adduced in river affords the best access to that country the case of the Assam Beugnt line shows the there is every reason to believe that the cause-sured remunerative, character of developing extensions; the advantages that would accrue way mentioned extends right on to Talifu to general British Indian trade, unhampered though indications of a branch to the north, by rivalry, we have endeavoured to sketch. probably to cross the several affluents of the Events are marching too rapidly in the Celestial Yangtze high ep, are reported to exist; ibat. Empire for the British trader to look on with
folded hands. however is a mere matter of speculation; What the
MERCANTILE COMMUNITY IS CHIEFLY
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with is the imperance of receiving a large trade centre at the junction of the three borders in N. E. Burma, which is closer to Talifu than the route via Kunlon, though the readiest way to that point is up the valley of the Me Kha branch of the Irrawaddi-if it is not really the main one-and no great engineering difficulties are indicated. It might be as well to thoroughly investigate the possibilities of an alterative. The sole source of Revenue of the Depart-route from the Brahmakund direct to the same place. Lundi Curzon discourages, and with good reason it must be allowed, the projection of a milway direct from Kunlun to the Yangisze through Yunnan; not only would such a line necessitate large expensive outlay for THE Company's Steamship tunnelling through, winding for, an immense
distance round the several mountain ranges that intervene, but to ensure the safety of the line traversing what for years to conic will remain a semi- hostile country, would entail a full army corps for protective purposes. On the alternate route suggested no difficulties other than incidental to marching through an uninhabited tract that. had lapsed into jungle for over 1oco years were encountered by the force sent in the carly
A trial of the illuminations took place in the City at the Bank of England and other central buildings yesterday evening. The sight
was dazzling and the streets im- | school together. The total Expenditure for passable.
the Department was $48,195 as against $10,537 | in 1900. The increase is mainly due to the crst of the Belilios Reformatory, an experiment, His Majesty King Albert of Saxony is which has failed and has been abandoned; and dead.
to an increase in the staff and salaries of the Belilios Public School."
OBITUARY.
GENERAL.
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"THALES," above Port, on MONDAY, the 23rd instant, Captain Robson, will be despatched for the
at II A.M.
For Freight of Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPŘAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, ist June, roo2. [6618 IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.
STEAM FOR SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, HIOGO AND YOKOHAMA,
[King Albert of Saxony, K.G, was born on. April 23rd 1828, and succeeded his father in Uctober 1873. He received a thorough military education, and took part in the. Danish war of 1842. He fought also on the of Sadowa in 1866, and likewise inthe Franco-acted as Honorary Secretary to the Education fifties for 260 miles along it under Colonel Imperial German Mail Steamship
side of the Austrians in the disastrous battle
German war in the operations before Metz, and in the operations which terminated in the surrender of Napoleon at Sedan, and in the siege of Paris, when he held the right bank of the Seine. On the conclusion of the war he was made. Field & arshal and lospector General of the German Army. He married Caroline, the daughter of Prince Gustavus, of Sweden. His heir, is his brother, Prince George.]
STRAITS CONTINGENT
BANQUETTED.
The Straits Coronation Contingent was entertained at a banquet last evening. There was a brilliant representative gathering of guests including many Colonial officials and numerous Chinese.
Since arriving in the Colony I have written a report on the System of Education in the Colony for the Board of Education at Home, and I have
Committee, of which body, I was also a memHanny, to avenge the
ber. My views have this been put before the "MURDER OF THE TWO MORAVIAN Government nt considerable length and there is little to add.
MISSIONARIES,
who penetrated thus far on their way to China and on doubt, were this alignment gone over it would be found as suitable for a railway as it was for the traffic that at one time cer
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THE
"SACHSEN,"
of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Captain W. Franke, due here with the aut ward German Mail about THURSDAY, A.M., the 20th instant, will leave for the above Places about 24 hours after arrivál,
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, For further Particulars, apply to
MELCHERS & CO., Agents. Hongkong, 21st June. 1002.
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, English School.The Beliling Public School for girls is the only Government English School The staff was strengthened, as already stated,tainly passed over it Should it prove 50, during the year, and is not fully equal to the we should obtain a trade communication work before it. The very satisfactory education with the Szechuan province by the reported given reflects credit on all concerned. I have, bifurcation of the causeway, or through Talifo. however thought it desirable to request than Whichever way the spot is reached British trade certain changes should take place in the course would have the route monopoly, for without studied by the highest class, in the hope of entering on the question of permitting free making it more useful in itself and less intended trade through our territories the circumstances for purposes of examination: the result of the that led to the annexation of Upper Burma change will appear in the next year's Report
render exclusion of foreigners from our frontier provinces for political reasons, imperative. By the limit of British Baluchistan we have neglecting the extension of our railways up to permitted Russia to dominate the trade of
othern Persia, and to a dear the is at THE Company's well-known Steamship
Sir, Cecil Clementi Smith presided, and in the course of a speech dilated upon the
ANGLO-CHINESE DISTRICT SCHOOLS. prosperity of the Caloe (sic) States which Wantsai and Yaumati-are in as nearly a satis Three of these Schools at Saiyingpun, was due to capable and devoted administra:factory state as can be expected, so long as tors, and to the enterprise of the mercantile English subjects are taught exclusively by community of whom the Chinese were the Chinese. The Report of the Education Com back bone.
mittee recommends a complete reorganization of these Schools. The fourth Scbrot at Wong naichung is less fatisfa tory.
His Highness The Sultan of Perak said there were three a qualities of British rule, strength, justice, and mercy, and he prayed that the Malay States would ever remain under British rule..
THE FRENCH COMIC OPERA COMPANY.
LAST NIGHT'S CONCERT,
CORONATION.
·VERNACULAR DISTRICT SCHOOLS,
These are seven in number of various degrees 'of efficiency, I was compelled to recommend that the School at Aplichau should be closed, and that the services of the faster at Wantsai should be dispensed with. Shek-o, Tanglung chau and Pokfulam are small Schools which do not seem to be particularly needed. There
to advocates of the advance on the N, E. the
combined rivals will assuredly gain a foothold on S. W. China to the full as inimical to our trade in that direction. The Assim-Bengal Railway will, it is confidently expected, be linked up with
THE LOCAL LINE IN NORTH-EAST ASSAM
by the end of the corrent year, and the align ment thence into Hukong or Chindwind Valley has already been surveyed, so that no very onerous task lies before our prospecting en gineers in ascertaining the feasibility of follow-
is no doubt that this class of Schools is in wanting the ancient route from where the proposed, of radical amendment.
́ORANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS.
These Schools, and education in general, are so thoroughly discussed in the Report of the Committee on Education that it is useless to deal with the maiter further. I propose to give in my next annual Report a full descrip- tion of the more important grant-earning Schools under the different Missionary Bodies.
I have the hour to be, Sir
Your most obedient servant,
EDWARD A. IRVING, (Inspector of Schools,) Stewart Lockhart, CMG Colonial Secretary,
Honourable J.
"The Freach Comic Opera Company, from
Hukong extension turns south; after crossing Saigon, gave a concert last night in the
the Patkoi range, while the fact that it was. once the great highway between Assam and grand hall of the Peak Hotel. The whole pro- gramme was in French, and Melle Léonie
China is greatly in favour of it being found Lescaut (première ébauteuse) and Mr. C.
quite suitable for railway adaptation. The Daron (comic) were the principal artists. ·· Both
opponents of the project may contend, as contributed several songs, but the Ave Maria
they did in the case of the Assain line (Gounod) by the former was undoubtedly the
when first brought to notice eighteen years best piece of the evening. Mr. Daron appeared
ago, that developing lines in India never pay, in a different and appropiate costume for each
yet the steady increase in the traffic receipts of his songs, and was loudly encored. Piano
and rush for the unoccupied land-among the accompaniment was conducted by Mr. E.
natives as this line penetrated former wastes in Danesberg, The Company are making a tour
North Cachar has shown irrefutably the fallacy through the East and leave Hongkong, on
of these ideas, and there can be doubt that Monday for Macao and Amoy after which they
once facilities for immigration to the present intend visiting Tonkin and the other Indo.
unapproachable lands in the rich upper valley of THE BACK-DOOR INTO CHINA. China towns. It is really an excellent per
Burma are furnished, a stream of settlers would set in, restoring that prosperity, the land enjoyed formance which they are producing and the While the whole European and American in former days, as is lestified to by ancient ruins most favourable reception accorded them at commercial community are egging on their. of temples, ranks and roadways that aband in the Northern ports together with that of last respective Governments to secure supremacy all directions. We are no advocates for cros evening should secure large and appreciative on the great highway furnished by the Yang KEEN TRADING INSTINCTS OF THE CHINESE
sing the frontier nor, beating in mind the audiences throughout the whole of their outsze, and France is seeking to find an entry is there any necessity for our doing so for 5.W. China by her northern Tonkin horder, once it became known that markets for our says the hind Gas e, the British merchant goods had been established within a mile does not seem to realise that we have, along
or two of their own country, tradera, con the easterfrontier, et suggest any clexation in push
traband or otherwise, would flock them. We at which tiding centres can be establisheding our trade via the Yangtze, but merely without sending our travellers actually into the the deflection of a portion of which nowitgoes Yunnan profince, which be Chinese so much ap that river to Hankow, to the junction of the three empires, via either Rangoon or Chilta object to the new frontier may now be said gong.. According to all rellable travellers in to be competed, from Kunlon ferry (to be the remoter districts of China the people, so Cast of Bham) up to the point where the three tions are concerned are little affected by what far as trade and pursuit of their usual advoca-
although the xact spot has yet to be defined, Empire, so that in opening up the former it will probaby be where the ancient causeway, mais on the new N. E. Indian frontier trade from Assam hters Chine and which from all would be not much affected by the periodical We can learn, nce formed and was respected authorities in outlying places, ooing chiefly outbursts in the northem provinces, while the the boundly between Tibet and Burma banished ambitious aspirants from the Court It is not like that this latter (the northern have matters pretty much their own way. pro frontier) will a defined till next season, but vided their quota of revenue is forthcoming, so its rehabilitatia must soon be undertaken by mends itselfto them on the score of self interest encouragement of trans-frontier trade recom Indian Germent, for though, all along. Again, in our trade relations with China and from the Bramakund Assam to where this (for that matter) India also the periodic stag-, road impin
on China the country is sparsely ation is more due to our glutting of head populated, and that by such semi-savages as centres. The advantage of adopting the markets and neglect of establishing distributing the Singhof, the jealomy of the Tibelans will opposite course was lately brought to light st the opening of an additional mill at the Empire Colton Company's scene of operations in Nagpur, Central Provinces The official "per- forming ceremony dwelt upon the
We've a Coronation Kitten and a Coronation
Pug,
And there's Coronation Carpet on the stairs, My brother's now are smoking Coronation
Cigarettes,
And mother's bought some Coronation Chairs.
Pa's got another: carriage horse called "Coro-countries-Idia, China bet-meet and disturbances occur at the headquarters of the
nation Kate,
And sister, wears a Corpnation Curl; I've finished writing sundry Coronations on a
And auntie's got a Coronation Pearl.
Tom sports a Coronatlen Coat for walking ir
the Park
And Mary has some Coronation froc While grandpa reads his paper
Coronation Specs Socks And the baby's wearing Corp
elis Coronation Mad, think the fanks I'd
ronealy six we
old they
contigi
move dow
HBOUR
WISE POLICY OF THE
in steadily prospecting for.fre
the output increased
Ne
Brought the Indian tea industry into
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