Queen's College.
PRIZE DISTRIBUTION.
Governor's, SPEECH
ind inst.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY FEBRUARY 4 1910
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MATÉ'B' CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED.
and Inst.
appol.tments which, was a result on which | 7ROUBLE ON THE “DERWEST? the ex-payers of the Colony should feel greatly satisfied. The Director of Education was desirous of sosing arm specialliation: In subjects, e, that a boy should receive more at: tention in subjectslaaccordance with the life he Intended to adopt. He did not wish to detail A Marine Court of Inquiry was held at the them any longer with his views on education, Harbour Office this morning. Commander boy had already beard them on previous Basil Taylor, R.N., Marine Magistrate, presided; occasions and he would content himself with and the Assessors were LE Henry Butterworth, wishing the boys success in the year's work on.M, H.M.S. Tawar Samuel Robicson, which they were embarking. He congratulat Master of the ss. Monteagle, Frank Thomas ed those boys' who had been able to obtain Wheeler, Master of the ks. Leonreang, and prizes and whose names were about 'to be in Dan MacClean Scolt, Master of the s... New scribed on the price board. In conclusión, His chwang.
The inquiry was fate charges of misconduct (Applause)
en the part of George Thyne.
The letter of Joba Jenkins, matter of the s.. Derwent, spplying for an inquiry, way road.
Irving, Director of Education, Mr. T, K. Dealy, Masters sad boys alike are all proud of there his abzut report, addressed to me, Excellency again witbod'success to the boys.|
The annual distribution of prizes to the students al Queen's College was held in the College ball this morning. His Excellency the Governor presided and there were also present Bishop and Mrs. Lander, Mr. E, A. Headmaster, Mr. E. Ralphs, Capt. P. Mitchell Taylor, A.D.C, Capt. Simson, Private Secretary, Mrs. R. E. Belilios, Mr. T. Eunatsu, Japanese Consul, Mr. G. Piercy, Headmaster, Diocesan School, and Mr. Young Hes, Headmaster, Wanchai District School.
HEADMASTER'S REPORT.
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CHINA ASSOCIATION,
ANNUAL REPORT.
Following is the annual report to be submit. ted to members at the meeting to be held in the City Hall on Monday, the 7ik inst., at 4 pm.
tion.
An exception may be made in the case of certain communications, plating to the pro- grou of the work on the Kowloon-Cantos Railway. An loteresting latter from the Engl. peer-in-Chief of the Chinese section will be found printed as an appendix.
The Canton-Hankow Rallway project has dence... In the report issued his time last year expression was givan to the hope that rameuri of the conclusion of an agreement for a foreign toas, so be raised for the purpose of construct log the northern section of the line, would prove true.
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The Master of the Derwent 'sisted that on 16th January be want down to the 'tween decks and saw that the W. C. pipes had all been cut : away, and wooden plage driven into the holes; la the ship side. Hodie questioned the mate
admitted the facts.
BULLION.
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Maurs. Samuel Montagu and Co.'s Circular dated London, December 30, contains the following .: Gold.—The greater part of the £1,000,000 fa the market on Tuesday was bought for the Bank of England, the price being unchanged af 774 od p. or. Bed. A large withdrawal of sovereigh was made for Germany on the sims day.
The following amounts were received by the Bank of England from abroad Dec. ij, La5,000 in bar gold, bl Dec. 14, 13,000 in sovereigns from Australia. Dec 19,120,000 in ber gold., j
Wlhdrawals were made as under — Dec 13, 50,000 in sovereigns for the River
Plate 14,000 in Sovereigas for South
America, mana (5) Dec. 18, 480,000 in: 'sovarelgis for the Con
tinent, ENT, The net efflux during the week in £483,000, Silver. Although there have been but four working days this wook, a fair amount of business was done, particularly on Tuesday and Wednesday, when large buying orders were received from both China and the Indian Bazaar, sufficient to absorb the accumulation of selling orders that had taken place durlog holiday,
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the subject the previous evening, and he By datendunts I have never had any com plaint to make as to your general work. You have been sober and hard working. The W.O.'s
as stores, etc. on one port side is used as a la question were not lo use as W.C. The pans were removed by ma, and the hates used
We are informed that the Bombay offtake is callay, ons starboard side as a coolle bath. Increasingly satisfactory, as many as 180 bars There were 4 pipes in port side and a stare being taken off the market daily. At this rate, board side. The pipes in after tween decks, and there seems to be every prospect of Ita came from what; is now second class saloop.continuing for some time to cams, the stockc it is for me to say whether the lower bridge is will be comparatively small at the time, of the to be used for navigation or not, not for you,
next settlement. At the present moment there Captioning, the complainant stated that,be are only 9,000 ban available, the smallest had visited the lower forn peak, where the cat stock slice Juneg. in London also, the stocks blocks ware kept. The cat blocks were not are quite moderato, which is evidenced by the ralten; they were serviceable. The old davits
fact that although money is dear and scarce were not required, they were sold by the owners, over the end of the year, there is no premium He intended to replace the telegraph on the on forward silver. lower bridge. He did not consult the mais about it.
By the Court: 1 never gave any permis. sion to the mate to break up or sell ADY ship's fittings. I frequently toi. him not to make any changes, without my sanction, 1 first heard of those mattera the day before alling from Hongkong on this trip. The ssy anything to him before getting to Saigon, as | wanted to see for myself exactly what had been done.
A shipment of £90,000 bas been made, from San Francisco to the Far East.
BOXING.
guardians are earnestly asked to keep this in genen percentage was only 87.6, IV E. and vigorous and bathing clubs- keep up a not been made the subject of official correspon Chinese, on board came and told me. I didn't great contest, nor were their most confident
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THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH;
had been less fortunate. Since his are val in the
The difficulties which subsequently beset the negotiations for this loan have occasioned world-wide comment, and it would not serve Any useful purpose to dwell upon them now. That they may soon be overcome is earnestly to be desired in the interest of those provincai through which this urgently needed railway will pass, and also in the interests of this Colony In the meantime the construction of the Kangtong section of the line is progressing.
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NOTES ON THE LEWIS-BELLEW FIGHT.
Followers of form bad looked forward to a saticipations unfulfilled. Lowin's recent victo«. rins in the local ring had found him many sup porters and rightly so, whilst on the other hand numerous old admirers of Bellew ware still enamoured by the timembrance of his contests as far back as 1902 and 1905, when he fought 20-round draws with such doughty "champions"- as Jack Ryan and "Spoð” Drummond, of the Tastis. More recently there was his fins' appearance against "Baby" Smith in Hong
Mr. Wheeler-Were any of these articlbs used before they were sold?-None of these articles sold were actually in use at the time,
or had been for a cousiderable time.
Mr. Robinson-About how long were the telegraphs not repaced?-The telegraph had not been replaced for 4 or 5 years, the other things for about 18 meths.
The day after the entry was made some When the mas entered the ring on Saturday brass scuttle frames and scuttles were in his night both looked to be in the pink of cond!- room, ready to go ashore. He returned them-tion, Lewis had the advantage of height and to the store during my absence on shore. The weight; as regards the latter panicular, it was rather a pity that the result of the waighing-iq" was not officially declared,"
mate keeps the key of the store-100m,
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Before Bellew had: had time in the first round to judge Lewis's roach, he got several pany jabs right in the face, drawing blood from the nose, and the bleading continued up to the knock-out. .'*
Contrary to general expectations, the going was very hard from the very outset and it was Apparent that only a battle royal could ontlast so rounds at such a pace.
to do 10. 43 of our boys sat, and the percentage an improvement on those of last year, of for at passes is St-an-eminently satisfactory these boys, 85 in 4 sections, are is the 8 h or result Of 9 Seulor, got. certificates, four of highest class 187, in 3 sections, in the 4th class
homobtained the degree of Associate in Aris: 90,tim a sections, in Class 3383, in 3 sections of 31 juniors, 19 pasind: while of is Prelimita in Class stand 5a in a sections in the last and ries to got through. Of the Seniors, Cheutg lowest claim. It has hitherto been the practice Yat-cil, A.A., got distinction in modern Oils 10 Insist on a boy pasting the 4th Vernacular sical Ühinese; and of the Juniors, Young Class before he can be promoted from the Pui-long obtained distinction in moder Lower School to the Upper, ie, before he can Chisee. U Wongiak, one of our Seniors, pass from Class IV Boys entering the lowest was further noted as being exempt from Res Varnacular Class, bave an far bean expected Ponions, the Oxford equivalent to matriculas
to have had a preparatory grounding equal 2 or years work in Chivase studies, tion, la, bo would be allowed to become ant Hadergraduate without further examination.
The Normal Master Mr. Tanner, în.
that the Papil Teachers and Acting Papil various distinctions, for they were not WED without much genuine hard work on both sides. Teachers in his charge bare given him every
fatisfaction: their work has been systematic fils Excellency then distributed the prizes. Updoobiedly, the inclusion of Chinese in the syllabus has materially increased the chancer
and regulir. He draws attention to the fact of our boye. It je thui most gratifying to sto that they have been considerably hampered, each a marked addition to our list of saccesses owing to the lack of suitable accommodation for at the examinations In this the first year of criticism and traiding lessons-most vital parts its inclusion. The Gelagates at Oxford have of any systematiund schaate of Normal work. Mr. T. K. Dealy, headmaster, read his report been, aked to remove the limit of age for This condition has been brought about partly by As follows-The total number of scholars at Oriental students taking the Preliminary Er the incraged number of Pap.. Teachers now. Qeen's College during the year ended 318: amination: but, without giving precise reasons, under the Normal Master, and partly by the December, insŃ, WAS 1102, The average daily they do not at present clearly see their way to fact that we have not hitherto had a properly ationdance was los. The corresponding figures do so. Two new class rooms have been equipped Normal Room. The disadvantages For 1908 were 1870 and 911 respectively. The
To the members, Hongkong Branch of the added to our accommodation; a large room named, however, will entirely.coase to exist,
Association maller aukabers are attributable chiefly to the capable of seating so pupils, at the back of the when we are able to come into possession of Jain we no longer feed our Lower School Hall Gallery, and a small room for 20 pupils, the new Normal Room now, by tour work which has no bistory is tappy may possibly Those who bold the theory that a nation from a preparatory division, the last class of in the East wing. These additional class completion. As to the thoroughly sound which was abolished in 1908; partly to the in-rooms are both fitted with dual desis, done by the Papil Teachers, I can add my own regard with satisfaction the record of affairs in creased and increasing educational facilities of similar in pattern to those with which it has testimony, based on close daily observation Sooth Chips during the past year. Few fered alsowhere in the Colony; as well as to the
bean decided to roseat, during the current throughout the School year and on the Annual political questions have arisen concerning strict enforcement of an age-limit. At least &
year, the whole of the class-rooms on the Examination to which they are submited by which your committee barlet called upon to score boys have been refused admission on the first foor. Our maximum seating space. me to that given by the Normal Master. During make representations. The fact that no tele ground of overage: others, doubtless, have inclusive of three go classes in the Hall, is pow
the year under review, its boys are recorded •gram has been despatched to the London not presented themselves knowing that their age ges. The epitomind results of the annual
as having got situations immediately on leave Branch indicates the poavalful Dature of the was a bar. With the sanction of the Secretary examination for the many scholarships and ing school, 31 obtained appointments, chiefly
period, of State, the College has now been definitely prizes, and also for subsequent promotions, clerical, la different departments of the local:
The correspondence which has passed con brought within the jurisdiction of the Director held by me under Standing Orders, are as Government; I went into the service of Im-tains title of interest at the present time, of Education, the official head, in nongkong, of under: Upper School, 300 boys examined, perial Chinese Government, 31 into various Most of the matters dealt with have either boon Tais will promote fit: 298 or 96.4 per cent. passed: Lower School, mercantile firms in the Colony while 40 found souled or have ceased to allract public atten matters educatiooni.
of work. Generally: 417.boys examined, 173 or 37.5 per cent passed openings abroad. Five, boys left owing to ing co-ordination speaking, attendance! very regular There Total 736 boya examood, and 673 or 91.3. per poverty. I were dismissed, and 9 struck off
still, however, too much importance at
cent pissed. Table I gives the percentage of Roll. Quite a large number leave after the tached to certain family festivities-birtodays presses, in columo 3, of individual classes, and chief holidays-Taeng Ming Midsummer, and and other anmversarios.. Ar many of otir in succeeding columes of particular" subjects. New Year without aligning any reason. This students have their homes and relatives in the
Is the Upper School,composed of thron clanes is a great pity, becauis naturally we like to interior, a call thither, if obeyed, means a notice in ten sections, five sections passed 100 per
know definitely what each student does whan ably serious interruption in school-work; head-
cent. In the Lower School, also of three
he finally leaves us. The tennis, cricket, foot- way is lost, progress retarded: Parents and classe! but split up into fifteen sections, the
ball, hockey,
successful existence, providing mind when applying for leave. At this stage, V. D. 2, the lower sections in their two
for the physical needs of those who care for I may allude to a difficulty s.rely mal with in no respective classes, each only paused so per the more active forms of exercise, Corporat othercivilised part of the world. Oneof our boys
cent its boy. These two sections Bedbrook, R. G., A., bas. succeeded Gubber recently bad leave for marriage. Ataucbafanc
came to grief mainly in their purely White, R.G. A., in the Gymnasium, He is a tion, all the beads of both families foregather. English subjects, wherain the standard capable and efficient Instructor. We again The boy's father was reputedly wealthy. The is being gradually raised. The total
most gratefully acknowledge the generosity of sults over the whole school, are a slight im- opportunity was not neglected by banditti is the
all those who so regularly send donations to neighbourhood) for, lo a raid, they captured the
provement over those of last year, and-aro par-
our prize, land, following long-established cus bridgeroom's father, but failed to take the groom ticularly creditable. Thus A and B, II Atom, a full list of there donors will be con- Bimself who escaped disguised as a maid- und II, IIIA, VA and VA z all passed too spicuously posted up on the sunouncement servant. Reloste was effected after the exaction per cent III B. IV A, and V C, each got 97 board at satrance, and later, published in the
per cent: while 11 0, JV A 2, IV. B, IV CV College Joural the Fellow Dragon. of a suitable ransont. On inquiry about the ubexplained absence of another boy, I was B. V.D, and VI A, all passed over go ser informed, by letter from the lather, that his
cent. English subjects ahow marked improra-
His Excellency, said that it was for the third son had gone back to his native district to
mept. This is expecially evident in the com. endeavour to redeem bis uncle who bad position exhibited in the Upper School in such time consecutively that he had the pleasure of
It may seem that representations wen. Mr. George Thyne, sworn, said :-The tele- at one time called for by certain disturbing graph was supposed to be on the fore end of been seized by robbers and 'carried off intoppen an History, Geography, Literalnie and being present at the annual. priza distribution the mountains: would I grant him leave Hygiene. There is Hilla tendency to ran away. of Queen's College. When be said "pleasure" developments of the Fasten Incident. No the best deck, called by the manter for previous fights in Hongkong had Lewis to cai! It may be safely mid that mover before in hie for a week or two the negotiations might from the strict limits of a question in order to be did not use it as a set phrase. His pro measures of a practical nature for dealing bridge. It was never used as a place for keep-ap is reserve powere so much as against be protracted.
my last annual re-display knowledge that is not called for. The decessorladike good fonusenf an era of expast with the resulting boycelt were suggested, ing watch, I joined the ship on 37th Septam Bellew. The former's perfect training stood part, I touched upon ibe subject of early dull tedium of the examider is dccasionally re
sion and progress. His Excellency, however, for the simple reason that none could be ber, 1909. The bost deck is on a laval with the him to good stead, but at the same time his marriage. I have this year begun to keep awarded by a bamorotin turn given to an answer. register of boys married while in school. It is Thus: called upon to compare the adverb fork, Colony, he had to deal with considerable Guan- Thugs itsmed ball to trust to tikas, tile bead. It is frequently crowded with pass-true-sollities as a boxer had not previously been
The boycott is a weapon which cuts both wayı most interesting, if only from a sociological one boy unexpectedly wrote fanh, fifth sixth incial difficulties and to some extent his ill-fortune and the realisation of loss and inconvenience ongara-Chinese-who might, sot improbably seen here in such fell display.
was coincident with the extraordinary expau-incarred by those who employ It, should serve
play with the telegraph were fo place. point of view. A Chinese youth's marriages Hygiene, all over the school, the work was
sion in the educational demands of the Colony. eventually to discourage is use among a peo-master's knowledge between October and The lead piping was removed, without the. Able at 17. The average age of 34 of our boys distinctly above the average, in Geography,
The steadily increasing demands for education ple distinguished for commercial intelligence. November. I had the carpenter and some of married in 1909 works out at 17 years 9 months;
sa faras actual marks go; the results look fury which, from a Chinese standpoint, is quite valuabia than those achieved in past years, Involved considerable ontlay and when one.
The committes were comulted by the Coloni the boatmen with me to remove it. On the Bormal. But, on scanning the list, several
This is, however, eully ex-laibable. Colonel had to consider the demands it was hard to
al Government on Trade Maths legislation, return journey from Saigon in December there remarkable cases are disclosed. One boy took 'Sir T. H. Hold cb, in an address given briore make both ends meet. The time had come and the Bili passed locally embodies many of
when they had to examine how the expenditure the suggestions made by the Association.
Ward over 700 passengers on dick-/fwasn unto himself s wife when he was but 13 years the Geographical School at Cambridge an
deck accommodation being full of cargo. The a months, and another when he was 14 years recently as the end of last October, remarked decrease the expenditure on education-he subject of currency reform in Chine, because dispose of, and to buy Mome signal lamp in the College should be regulated, not to
Na representations bare been made on the brass scattles referred to I had intended to and 4 months. The reason advanced in the that the educational value of Geography has -first instance was that the fiancée's parents of late considerably Improved.ot very long trusted that that time would never come-but all well-known that His Biltannic Majesty's with the proceeds. They were old scattias were going to Shanghai, and that engagement ago, questions set lo this subject were such as to consider how the money at their disposal Minister at Peking lost no opportunity of which had been removed by the master, As parral-like bable of could be spent in the best possible way. pressing the matter upon the sitantion of the unsuitable and had been replaced by others of might be broken off in consequence in implled little more than the scond came cited,
Chinese Government. was alleged place-names and country products. A cursory They would have to find
It is hoped that another pattern. The old ones could not be that the grandparents were old, and wished glance at all types of geographical questions of spending a defl site expenditure on educaequalled opportunity will shortly arise in used to replace the new ones were the later to see their grandson settles in life before now set by various examining bodies shows calloo. They would have to consider the costection with propnia's believed to be broken, the latter bad two bags instead of they themselves passed away. Three other plainly that this highly important subject is question whether the many given by tax puding for permission to raise the Iraport one as in the case of the former. As to boys were married before they were 16
at last assuming its proper place in education, payers could not in some degree be sugmented | dury. The solution of the larger ques the blocks, when I first joined the ship I according to our Western mode of reckan. as a means of culture: The geography ques- by an increased ratio to be given by those who on would remore the stils under which fand large number of old blacks which
Between the slath and rounde Lewis ing, I mention these cases because they
tions set at our own two list annual ex-
were directly benefitted by education. Cone suffer locally, evils arising largely from the must have been in the ship since she was built, was going very strong and twice drove Bellew are typical of many peculiar difficulties with
aminations hava bem purposely framed to mist
tinuing, His Excellency said he hoped shortly over-production of subsidary coins from the As to the lower fore peak, this place leaked in to the ropes. In the succeeding rounds, how which the ordinary routine of school life our
this alw development; and, in the answer to
to appolet a Committed to go into the question. Canton Mint. As regards this we have there bad weather. The blocks were rotten, the | over, Lewis changed his tactics, acting no doubt here is beset. The number of school days was them, there is unmistakeable evidence-pot He considered the matter of very great import- fois taken no action, although not gamindful shells crumbling in some cases, dumb sheaves on the advice of bis" corner!! In the slavanth 229, or more than in 1908. A portion of the
bowerer quire so pronounced as one would
Ance. He did not wish the Committee to put of the fact that the Mint hesagain been active. central fat rool over the ball was again partly like that corresponding efforts are beleg the question of education into the making statement recently made in the House of others and the Iron blacks rusted up round he fainted at Bellow's face with the left
and several set with rust. None of those
and getting lato close quarters, font la a' stc- blown off by the typhoon which visited the
made to utilise geographical data in a thought-pot and then bring it out cast into a
Commons, by the Under Secretary of State for I broke up were serviceable. I never saw cassion of shortrightoppar cuts, falzly staggering Colony in the night of the 18th-19th October
ful and logical maocer. Mathematics in 1A
new mould. Last year, he laid special emphasis
the Colonics, to the effect that satisfactory as the master visit the fore peak during the four Ballew, who only inved himself from disaster last: beyond flooding the ball, not much and 1B, io IIB and in IIIA and 1119 wwe on the fact that Queen's College was somewhat samaces had been received from the Viceroy mbaths 1, was in the ship. There was no by caching just before the gong want, laconvenience was caused, and the damage goods in 11A very good. In the diffical but overcrowded. He was not sure that those re- conflicts with the information obtainable local auempt made al concealment; the junk dealers was promptly repaned by the P.W.D. The highly useful subject of Book-keeping, taken sponsible had not left themestres sped 10 ly and we have asked the Loudon Branch to came on board frequently in the forenoon total grost expenditure, inclusive or salarien entirely by Mr. Gragt excellent results were rebuke, but he was glad see that, improve ascertain from the Colonial Office upon what and afternoon. The telegraph was taken away, exchange compensation, her charger, and got in 1A, 1B, and 10,, and very fait results ments had been carried out and by a scheme grounds that statement was based
having been wolghed on deck, la -open day, Crown Ageall, coman to $ 5958 oz $4759 leas IA, Is ead. 10. In the Lower School, of the licitation of classes, the overcrowding
There has been a noteworthy absence of while cargo was being worked. Had I meint. than in 1908. The difference is mainly due to Elementary Algebu was will tackled by IVA, bad become a thing of the past, Overcrowding plar on the West River and in the Delts to steal I should not have done there things the replacing of our former nead Mastor who
IVB and IVC Geometrical Drawing was pool was not only generally inconvenient (n. of having had to comment unfavour openly. There were certain articles such as was on a dollar basis, by the present Hoad also well done in IVAZ, IVB and IVD: in the but was fruitful in the propagation of diseases,ably, for many years, upon the disturbed stats feadsets, two deep in leads and other things, Master who is on a starling basis. The re other sections of this class, these subjects lime ago, ophthalmis broke out in Kix of these waterways, it is pleasant to be able to which the boatmen suggested might go too; venus of the College, smaller numbers, not?
were bot fair. The General Intelligence lish publle schools as a result of overcrowding recurd the fact. It may be attributed chiefly but I refused, as 1 considered these things withstanding, show a satisfactory, increase of paper, given only to the three sections in and her the schools suffered from an epide-
to the presence of the saw garbout fintills, might be of use to the ship. The master #9045 over list of 1909. In consequence, the Class 1, was exceedingly well answered by mic of trachoma, but he was glad to notice that booga no doubt the disorder hitherto prevalent frequently, complained to me that. I didn't average cost of each scholar for the year has
the top
section, Hygiebs, throughout, the Headmaster's report abowed very satis.
has been fargely due to scozomic causes which consult him sufficiently about the work, I factory results in those directions. With regard been considerably reduced, while the percept- show improvement on Inst-year's work, three
may recur, leading to further trouble. Some found many things wrong. "Ona boat's fall xo age of revenue to expenditure is higher than sections IIB. IVA and VA each getting 100
to trachoma, only fourteen cases occured damage was done by excessiva rains in October, ft. too short, boat's breakers coming to bits, not It has boon le any year since 1901. Those
par peat; the paarest work id ibis subject was among all the boys. The limitation of classes
but the crop prospects seem favourable, and having been filled for months, and a hundred facts are all evident from statistical table No.
met with in the two lowest sections of IV and enabled the masters to devote more time
we may therefore look forward with some smaller matters. With those to attend le it was 17 IV, attached to this report, which table this V respectively, where only 42 per cent and 43 to the boys' tuition and be was glad to see
confidance to the prosent satisfactory state of not possible for me to consult the master on, year, for the first time, becomes a decennial re-
per cent passed. Non-Chinese boys, in the that the scheme had produced botter results
matters being maintained. thản . lut FEEL turn. Following changes in the staff took place Upper School only, take Physiology and
The average attendance
The members of the retiring committes very polot. There was neverasy boat drill in.
the ship, during the year:-Mr. A. H. Crook, Senior Science in place of translation from and into for the past year was only 80s, for the year The Hon. Mr. W. J. Grosson, Mr. D. R.
By the Court-l have always understood Master went on isave, and March; Dr. Chinese. They are divided into Saniors and before i was 911 and for the year before Law, Mr. H. E. Tomkini, Mr. E. G. Barrait, that junks may be sold by the mate for his Wright, headmaster, retired on pansion Juniors. The results were better than those of that it was 941. This decrease in the average Mr. J. W. C. Bonner, M. W. G. Humphreys, own beneit. I have, been, in several ships, 8th April; Mr. T. K. Dealy, appointed last year, of 11 Seniors, all passed in each sub attendance was attributed by the Heidmaker Mr. H. R. B. Hancock, Mr. N. J. Stabb, Mr but never as fizet mate. I have never seen Head Manor, 8th April; Mr. S. Ralphs ject and of 9 Juniors, failed in Physiology, two custhe abolition of the preparatory A. S. D. Cousland, hon, sspretary, and M.mate break op ship's fittings before, nor hoard
school and the introduction of an age limit, Stewart, chairman. appointed Second Master, 8th April: Mr, R. J. and in Science. A series of Lantern I aciares Birbeck appointed Senior Master, 8th April; on Empire was giyes, chiefly, to boys in the
The decrease was also attributed by the Head? Mr. R. J. beck, Senior Master, went on Upper School; and some very valuable Noter
master in the retirement of Dr. Wright: By the railment of Dr. Wright, a great loss bed JOKYO 13th May; Mr. T. K. Dealy, Head Mas on the same entbrailing subject, specially ter, from 5th July to 17th Novemben, both days drawn up by Bis Excellency the Govenor, been sustained by the school, for however included, acted as Director of Education, while
abin Dr. Wright's successor might be, It were circolated among the Masters to be Mr. Ralphs, and Mestor, during the same embodied in the course of instruction gives was the universal experience that when a very
old master'left's school, the attendance invari period, acted as headmaster, with consequent in Geography, History, and other kindred sub, promotion of ora step down the entire staff;
jects in the Upper School. Several questions ably suffered a temporary decrease. After Mr, R. J. Birbeck, Senior Master, "returned in the General Intelligence paper, set to ten the twenty-six years of service, Dr. Wright's name was known throughout China and he had woll- to the Colony, 12th November; Messrs. Tang value of the work done in thir direction, were Tat-nam, Hon Shup kit and Chiu Chung answered ip such a manoor as to prove that the aarned his retirement, rest and papalon. His cho became articled pupil teachers as from 1st boys had algnally benefited. Opilonal classes
Excellency felt sure they all united with him Feb, 1909 14th March, Mr. Tsang Tat-man, are taken in Model and Fróéhand Drawing,
fo wishing Dr. Wright every progress in Eng. Articled Pupil Teacher, diad 12th Sept. and and also in Trigonometry. These classerare land His Excellence referred to the ques Mr. Wong Yuk-lam became Articled Pupil voluntary, and axla to the Time Table. Thi tion of the supply greater sumber of Teacher, a from rijh May, 11th October. The results in bath Drawings were very poor. The pupils to the College from the district schools Ordinance No. 31 of 1909, entitled-As Or general health of the school has been satiniac Trigonometry Clatt, in charge of Mr Grant, and dwelt at some length 'on the fact that dipance to apply a sum not exceeding fire mil Bory: 43 boyi bave been off therell on account of war divided into Seniors and gniora, Of the the problem required systematic anlation and flon six bandred and twenty-ave thousand ths of the Court was follows:-We End 20 applications were rejected and nine were beri-beri, is for scabies, 4 for small-pox: con- Saolors, 5 passed on fairly difficult paper and that a temporary deficiency in a class-rom hundred and eight-thres dollars to the public that George Thyne, who holds a corlificala sumption, preumonia, fever and dysentery ac- of 11 Juniors 9 pasted; these results givs. B could not be supplied from the class-room pext service of the year 1910,
of compatency as fit mate, issued at Lon-
The Liverpool Immigration Board count for others. Twelvecases of mild trachoma per cent. and 82 per cent, respectively. Is the doos. He was specially glad that the school
Ordinance No. 32 of 1909, entilled-An Or don on. 18th May, 1907, and numbering || 4th inst, decidad to-daport a furtbar batch of gtatalously treated at the Government coming school year, an attempt will be made had made progress and that that progress had deadce to provide for the periodical lospection 037,344, was geilty of unlawfully converting to Chiasso (m/grants on the ground that they Cird and Tang Wa Hospitals, the boys, accord. to isst into our boys a mediad liking for good been on satisfactory floos, The Headmaster of steam bollers and prime morem,
his aww use cerisin ship's fittings the pro-hed insufficient means, Sir Thomas Hughes, Jog to regulation, being allowed to come to literature, by providing, in higher classes, bed reported that the English had been satis
Ordinance No. of ice, entfiled-s Orperty of the owner of the s.3. Derwent between chalman of '(the, Board, "sald the · system Achool while undergoing treatment: ayimplent more than a single reader for the years factory and also that the standard of English in dance to amend the Widows', and Orphans' the 37th October and soth November, 1309, and cans of the pectively. Three suspicious cases war been happily stand silen, seins, which, grast importance to an ecobs knowledge Pensian Ordinance, 2008. making cartala suectural Iterations. In the country amounted practically to clavary,
efficient
Ordinance No. sẽ në 1909, 6 months
ship tanding to impair her seaworthiness. We Weis edemed as not trachoma. The Alice under suitable guidance, should create a
has been happily termed silent'reading, walf of English and he was glad to be able to dissace, to amend' the frofection of Women direct that, his centiscate of competency be / and he hoped. skipowners: would: taka-warwi Memorial,ospital generously examines all whilesome capacity for organised andy, congratulate the boys. on their Increased and Girls Ordinance, 1897, da amended by the suspended for six months. We recommanding not to encourage Immigration of ka sort revealed. 5. He had visited, night or ten casra of ordinary sickness, sont by the anda beliby tisin for good books, The knowledge of English. In the Oxford Ipcal Protaction of Women, and Girls Amendment that a certificate of competency at Second Mate
Chinesa oslablishmanta în Liverpool, and ke Issued to him, Medmaster for diagnosis, providing each system is now being tripd at homes and ibere examinations also, better passes had bean Ordinance, 1905.
́was astonished at the^number of places in Ordinance No. 35 of 1959, untitled--án Or paliqut with medical certificate, and in ad is much to be advanced in its favour It Tecorded. Special alleation was being paid
'what is known as, Chinstown in the city which. seems but fair to add here word of dcbly to normal-class pupil coachare, both oddsance to provide for the Reservation of cer dition, at need, dispans, treatment and
of the splendid Indus Queen's College and the district schools, the lands in Victoria, la the Park District,
had been taken possession of by Ghineas pao.
Oxford Local Examination, our candidates trial work so
want an element hai ought to be sncourage phrained no less than 55 rettificates, Gial, Quite a camber of well worn volumes He hoped to see grast results and a better in provide for regulations as in the was thereof, larger member than in any previous in the College Library bave been rebound struction of Chinese. The average cost of each Ordinance No. 36 of 1909, mottled-Am Or
upon principles of this sort 11indi Paari (The " boys sent, ja from Queen's there in mon serviceabis and workman pupil is Queen's College he was glad to see diegose to amend the Fablic Places Regulas College for this winful test examination are iki manner. Osthe Vernacular side, cosired had been decreased with regard to the boys on Ordinances Broccan pick pot selected; they are purely volunteurs; and tobe Lower School, ses boys, arranged in's who found immediate situations, hal! Ordinance No. 37 of 1000, entitled-An Or isance to amend thy Gllasse Extradition Os kav boy who is thought to have a chance of Clases and is, seilons, reis examined 1902 of obtained employment in Government/service passing, if desirous of competing, la encouraged : gió per cent paning. These carnita dhe area while the other half secured clertal
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some means
HONGKONG ordinances.
APPROVED BY THE KING.
of one doing so..
By Mr. Butterworth: The owners.are Jeu Sing. I kept the proceeds of the sales for my own purposes. Tes right to sell the owner's property for my own benefit may be ques- tioned, but I considered It justifiable as the His Majesty the King its not been advised articles sold ware of no use to the ship, and will never be replaced. I should not to exercise bis power of disallowance with faci myself justified in selling surplos lamps respect to the following Ordinances {~~
Ordinance No. 26 of 1909, entitled-Ag I do not consider that I have any right to
feal my ownor's property. Ordinance to provide for the collection of datles upos Intoxicating Liquors.
Ordinance No. 30 of 1909, entitled-An Ordinance to amend the Liquors. Ordinance, 1909
Or
By Mr. Robinson-Oargo is sometimes car- ried in 'tween decks. The after pipes removed by mas discharged at about the water line at load draught. They were not in anyone's way
on 'tween "dacks. i.
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THE FINDING
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Ballaw's characteristic defence with his sight glors touching the jaw was an effective shield agatest Lewin's straight lofts in the opening bouts; whilst Bellow got return on to his opponent's kidney, with right swings which, to any one less well trained than Lawis would almost cartalaly have proved fatal in an early stage of the content. Lewis took a lot of Pulament with and the ninth
In the last round Bellow was obviously not himili and it was not unexpected when he was knocked out of time when about a minute of the round bað elapsed. — ........4 Both men fought a clean fight. Cllochas were frequent, but only once had the Referes to administer a waring-to Ballew_this-waka with reference to an irregularity, The Refores was warmly praised for his conduct of the" fight, although there ware among Bellaw's sup porters a certain amount of complaint board to the effect that he twice separated the contest- ants before they had actually clinched, to Bel- faw's disadvantage, of course,"
CHINESE "GROCERS" EXCLUDED FROM ENGLAND,
HONGKONG CHINAMEN TURNED BACK.
Thirty-one Chiusmes, who arrived in Liver- pool by the Blas Funnel liner Dardani on and fast, from Hongkong, appealed on ged to the Immigration Board of "the" port against the decision of the immigration officers not to let them land. The ground of the sofural was that they could not show that they had in. their possession or wars in a position to obtain means of decently supporting themselves, it appears that most of the men had about LS each, but the magistrates in several of the cases were not satisfied that the money was the man's own property. A carlous point was that" in almost every case the applicant, said ha was; s'groċer; and all said ibiy, were hoping to sectire emiporment" with "ons "inang"" I was proved; however, la two of the cabas, that the applicants were donaide, and mich had a situation to go to as aliundryman #jih. a salary of ɗam wask, and one of the two had £17 in his possesiion. Thasa two ware grante ed permission to land,' but of the other GRESK
adjenrund.
'madiciune entirely free of cost. At insist & medited: appresivõiýľahké im Wintonia 1 by attending an eficient class of instruction; and in Kowloon as recisition "grounds, and tó | from the interior were a good desi smaller than ple, who appeared to be doing their best ; but fe
Flausco, 1889
The nows from Burl that receipts of rubber expected has caused shorts to be apprphansive, and some madiacturers to place alarm. The walams of the. Amion have (also ngalo, kad present advices polet to possibility of the Mai W. BA, HE substantial receipts now expected being delay- ANSIRANES ed. Added to this the United States have been. Horgital, lett for buying largely in Brasi
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