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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY MAY
Education in Hongkong, school should provide accommodation for a shap, Wantual and Yaumati respectively. Each
maximum surolmant of 120, po
SPECIAL COMMITTEE'S REPORT,-
IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS. The following report of the Education Com. mittee was laid on the table at the Legislative Castcil meeting on Thursday :-
The committee, cobsisting of the under signed, were appointed by His Excellency the Governor to consider and report upon the ques. tions embodied in the terms of reference, Ap- pendix A. A further question baving reference to the nomenclature which should be adapted to describe the various classes of schools, and their internal divisions was subsequently refer rad us. le cur. report we have adopted the comenclature which we recommend, and which is given in Appendix B.
The committee met seven times, and between our meetings corespondence was circulated. No evidence was taken orally; but where
Note--In spite of the reduction in the num bets at Queen's College and the District Schools, the recent increase of fans at these schools will, it is estimated, provide a surplus revenus over that collected in 190g of $4yız. The total net cost of the three proposed new schools is estimated at $1,710 annually, exclu sive of the cost of their supervision by the Education Department, and of capital charges. CHANGES IN ASSESSING THE GRANTS AT GRANT SCHOOLS,
IX.
Note-In practice it is found that pupils invariably leave if they fast to get on at school; German Mail on Fire
and themfors such a rule in nat mended. At Quada's College where it has theoretically been in force for some years, occasion to Apply it
has not yel ariken,
N. D. L. GOEBEN" PUT BACK:
CARGO OF SILK DAMAGED.
7 1010
damaged by steam only in which case the ing cost of buildings, plant, and machinery to outside but not the contents may be lajured, the end of the year, after deducting depreci and which by sea-water from the pumps. Every atlon, to 644,000, which corresponds with, anr bale, will have to be carefully dxamined: by issued capital on the debit side... The directors Captain Arthur of Masara, Goddard and Douglas" "consider ike thanks of the shareholders may -- who is surveyor for the Germanischar: Lloyd, | well be accorded to Messen. Prior nod: Gibion Ang estimate made by guess-work is, we are for the successful manner in which they hare assured by those who ought to know, likely to managed the estate and developed the bearing be very wida of the mark....... te
coffee lato the more valuable bearing rubber; and propose out of the carry forward of £3,779. 184 3d, to award them a bonus.
"GOIDEN'S" DEPARTURE.
The Goolen has sustained absolutely no da mage, and, as advertised elsewhere, she leaves
gain for Europe, at soon, on Saturday.
THE PASSENGER LIST.
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Capitation, grants of $14, $11,or Sto should reasons:-Proposals (a) and (c) would be diffi-bour early yesterday, therefore, denoted certain day, si noon, she had the following saloonFebruary this year, la loan than it was "lant
be given for upper and remove classes, aut of $15, 5:4, or 513 for lower.cinises. The gram! for lower grade schools should remain us at present.
Nhie-The present maximum grant of 35 shillings equals Sto with exchange at 1/9.
(e) Special rates of fees in favour of (0) British subjects or the children, of“ re- sidents of the Colday, (6) Boarders, (e) where more than one of a family is in attendance at school Note The Committee have carefully con- sidered these suggestions, which at first sight seem reasonable and attractive. We were however led to discard them for the following cult to administer, would almost inevitably lead to abuses, and would be unpopular with the Chinese. Such distincions between' Bri- Lish subjects and alleas are moreover not made at home nor in China. Proposal (6) would be | of special benefit to aliens who bave come to Hongkong for education, as for instance 'wails in China and brought to Hongkong, eg, the and strays collected by Missions up country
of the limited resparces at the disposal of adu« cation wa hestitate to support this proposal.
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On Wednesday last the
the German mail steamer Gorban, with a hall complement of homeward bound passengers. And the holde wall filled with a valuable cargo of silk and general merchandise, left the barbour at noon for Singapore and Bremen via ports. The re-appearance of the stately liner in the har adventitious happenings which pointed to some mishap as, baring occurred on board while "the vestel was yet a few hundred miles to the Southward of Hongkong. The surmises proved correct. When inquiries were instituted, a represantative at the Hongkong Telegraph learnt that fire had broken out on board back to Hongkong to bave her damaged cargo the mail steamer and that, she had put
can put out to sen again."
When the Gotden left Hongkong on Wednes-
Passagers on board, bound for Bremen und
parts en roule -
necessary, questions were referred to educator of Education should be guided rqually by, children at the Berlin. Foundling Höma. In | discharged and to undergo a survey before she Bisse, Mr and Mrs Brockwell, H£r A. Coambers,sed to answer any questions to the beri of my"
tionists whose opinions it was thought desirable to obtalu,
Holding the opinion that most of the ques tions to us depaid for their answers upon finan. cial considerations, we first turned our attention to the
STAFFING OF SCHOOLS;
Pret minary.
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Juntor.
1.
Senior
In assessing the capitation grant, the Direc (4) the sufficiency of the stall, and (5) the standard of lestruction and general character and tone of the school; fo, where he consider- ed that one only of those two factors way de Acleat; he would recommend a reduction of one grade only in the grant. But be might report a school as being inefficient within the since the provision of-the-staff-is-the principal menos into 390 of one factor 18, item of school expenditure.
shortcomings respect only, This question involved the preliminary consideration of the asture of the Chinese staff. Next was consi- tu present circumstances and as a indaga vi dered the financial result which might be rapidly improving the standard of education in the higher clasies, no Oxford Local Gract expected to fallow from an insistesce upon the staffs thus found to be necessary. Here distinct should be gives on the following scale: Inquiries had to be made to distinguish be tween the cases of Government Schools, the lost caused by the proposed locrease of staff was more than counter-balanced by no expected io crease of fees; so that, without overstepping thi limit set by the preface to the terms of eference, it was possible to recommend an extention' el the existing sumber of Lower Grade English Schools, In the case of the Grant Schools, there was no such surplus available. On the other band, the existing staff's fulfilled already, or nearly fulfilled, our requirements in moii 'cases, and we wake of opinion that our pre- posals would cause ao considerable loss to the school concerned. When therefore WO proceeded to our uext task, and considered what readjustments were advisable in the method of assessing the grant in order to secure greater efficiency, wa felt that the average rate, per uoit need wol in equity be increased.
The general
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Pasu over age-
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To earn the grant for sepior bapours be candidate should have passed in certain sub- jects which the University authority may here after declare to be essential.
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- EFFECT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
Note.--The above recommendations are cal. outlined above will be, we hope, a considerably increased standard of efficiency in Government culated upon the figures for 1909 to give a zaio. schools, with no loss of the numbers attending of $795 to boys' schools and a loss of $70 in them, which increase will be paid for by the girls schools, assuming that girls' schools will recent increase of school fees; while in Grastin future be as successful in passing pupils for Schools what increase in efficiency it needed the Oxford Local as boys' schools were in 1959.
X11. to bring them up to the desiderated standard will be provided withour putting an undus. strain upon their resources.
We arrived at the important opinion that in vlow of the
COSTLINESS OF AN ENGLISH STAPY
"It should be the policy of the Government to take measures for the adequate training of Chinese masters.
We desire further to point but that our, r8- commandation of a higher'graui for the remove and upper classes involves a detailed examiun tion of the pupils in the remove. This and the necessa supervision of the proposed Lower Grade Schools will throw a large increase of work upon the Education, Department.
The other questions considered and answered by the committee are afficiently explained by the following recommendations..
Unless otherwise stated, our references are. 'to English schools only,
RECOMMENDATIONS. Staff Qualificasinos.-Ratio of English and Chinese masters to pupils, and to one another.English mistresses.
All Cbluess masters in Government and Grant Schools, except such as may be special. ly exempled upon such grounds as long ex- perience or previous trainiog, should go through a three years course of training at the Technical Ipatiluto.
II.
Facilities abould be granted in the Normal Class at Queen's College for the trafolog of pupil teachers from Grant Schools.
Nete-Pupli teachers from the three Upper Grade District Schools already attend this Claes,
It is not intended by this recommendation to discourage such schools as may prefer to do so from training their own pupil teachers.
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Certificated English mistresses may be substituted for Chinese masters in the lower classes of Upper Grade Schools, and in Lower Grade Schools,
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Forty, should be considered the maximum number of pupils which can be taught effici eatly by ane English or Chinese master.
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Lower grade schools for Chinese and the lower classes of upper grade schools for Chi- bese should be considered to be adequately staffed, for every division of out more than forty pupils there is one second-year Chinese master:
Provided that if oan third-year, Chinese master or a certificated English mistress be substituted for one second year Chinese mas. ter, then one first-year Chidere master may be substituted for another second-year Chiaeth master,
The Government should control the amount
spent upon Grant Schools in the following
WAYIY
In preparing his annual estimates, the Direc tor should submit separate estimates of the sumbers of pupils in each Grant School, and estimates of the numbers to (i) the lower in the case of upper grade schools, sepirate
classes, and (ii) the remove and upper clasies. The capitation, grants should be paid upon these numbers as a maximum. In preparing bis first estimate order this scheme the Director of Education should base his calculations on the
figures for 1999, and any desired increase upon these figures should form the subject of a special application from the school concerned,
The numbers of pupils thus made eligible to earn grants in lower classes and lower grade schools should not be increased for the present
OTHER PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE ORGANISA. TION OF GOVERNMENT AND GRANT. SCHOOLS-ENTRANCE EXAMINA: TIONS AGE LIMIF-SCHOLAR. SHIP-NEGATIVE RECON.... MENDATIONS. XIV.
An entrance examination is Chinese, insed open a presumed two years' study, should be passed by all Chinese pupils in Chinese dress, beinse they are admitted to Giant Schools.
Note-This rule bas been in force at Govern. ment schools for several yeaTE,
XV.
In the lower classes (8, 7 and 6) of upper grade schools fige limits of 14, 15 and 15 years respectively should be enforced as a condition precedent to admission. In the remove and upper classes pupils over twenty-one years of age should not be permitted to remain in al- tendance without the special sanction of the
Director ofEducation,-
XVI.
الله
The following scholarships should be given
annually
(a) Not more than ten free scholarships ten
able for three years fromgrast vernacular schools to the three proposed lower grade English school (b) Not more than one free scholarship from each of the following lower grade English schools, Ping Shoe, Tai Po, Cheong Chau, school for lodians and the three proposed schools into Salyingpuo, Yaumati and Wantsai,each tenable for two years.
(c) A free schalership for the top boy in each class (except Class 4) of Saiyingpur. Wantsai and Yaumati, tenable for ODD' year. (d) Four free scholarships and two of $10 per annum from Class 4 Saiyingpan to Queen's Collega. (*) Three free scholarships and two of $30 from Wantsai to Queen's College, as above.
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THE FIRST NEWS
to be received in Hongkong of the outbreak QUEEN'S CUALege and girLS SCHOOLS of fire was a cabled message to the akens The Commitee are of opinion that Queen's of the Norddeutsher Lloyd Company in College may well be developed on the lines Hongkong (Messrs. Melchers and Co) from f a school primarily intended to feed the the Captain when two miles north-west of University: This-ead, will-at-present-be-best-Gap Rock At 6-am-on-Friday-Captain B. served by paying special attention to the Wilhelmai sigaalled the Station reporting that classes preparing candidates for the Oxford fire had broken out in the hold of his Local Examinations.
ileamor, amongst the cargo, The fire waS extinguished and Capiaio Wilhelmi desired that a report of the occurrence might.kiudly be made by telegraph to the owadis of the steamer. The report stated, that the cargo was damaged, although the extent of the damage was not then known. The mos sage added that lighters would be required to discharge the damaged cargo as 1000 as the Goeben got into port,
The normal class is a very valuable feature of the College, and one to which doe impor tance should be attached.
XIX.
While the training of Chinese women' teach- ers is highly desirable," attendance at the Technical Institute cannot be expected of them. Otherwise there do not appear to be good grounds for any marked 'differential tr'atment between boys and girîn schools, to which we need draw attention,
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EDWARD A, IRVING, Chairman.
G. H. Victoria,
A. W. Brewin,.
F. M. de Maria,
Lau Onü Pak, T.K. Dealy, Hoa. Secretary. Education Office, 24th March; 1910.
5.S. "KWHIYANG"
WRECK BOLD BY AUCTION,
EXECUȚION AT TONGKAR.
CONDEMNED MAN CRUCIFIED ·.
AND DECAPITATED.
Towards lour o'clock on a hot cloudy after noon on the 12th ult, says the Tongkah cor. respondent of the Pinang Gazalin, vast crowds. of prisons came flocking the countryside into
SURVEYORS COMMUNICATED' WITH",
No sooner did the massage reach the office of Messra. Meichers & Co.than the surveyors were
communicated with as to the occurrence of the outbreak on board the Gorbón, A representative of the firm of Messrs. Douglas and Goddard, sur- veyors on behalf of the underwriters, at once pro-- ceeded on board, while Mr. Joba Lambert, for
Lloyd's Register, also crossed over to Kowloon to carry out a preliminary survey,
HOW THE OUTBREAK OCCURERD. Even before the huge liner drew along side the No. 3. wharf at Kowloon, at 10 a.m., in order to be able to discharge hir cargo into the godowns, a member of the Hongkong Telegr. på staff was standing at the per head awaiting' tho berthing of the Goeden so as to secure Ад authoritativa and detailed account of the outbreak. The result of our representative's investigation follows.
NO, HOLD.,
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OUTPUT FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY There is one question which I am sure you will wish to ask me, and that is, what is the reason our output of rubber for January and
year? We have ourselves naturally bean' rather exercised about this, but our inquiries Messra Guy Ayrault, G. Allegry and Roo short caput for these months in due to our have brought the reassuring reply that the van Alderwereld, Rev/and Mrs A. L. Anhen, Miss Baschwitz, Bishop Brent, Mesirs W. J. Opening route cats now, that the trees hard Banish, J. Braug Haymond C. Brown and grown sufficiently to enable the herring-bone
Hoblen, A. Berker and M. Birckhan, Mr and Marking Mr.Muller to second it, I will be plea- Belton, Dr. E. C. Bubil, Mrs Bar, Messrs F. system to be started to replace the balal V. Blunck, Bauer, Fritz Ulrich Graf-you Bismarck with which the young trees were first tapped. "Before proposing the formal resolution and
Mr and Mrs James F. Connolly, Meters G.
ability. H. Caran, jr., D. L. P. La Casqulus and familý, Miss E. Carruthers Masses A. J. MacClure, said he did not think it necessary to make Mr. H. E. Muller, in secoading the motion, Chang, Danter, C. Dalal and P. W. Dorrow any comments. The chairman had given all Mrs van Dalde, Mr.L. Edwards, Mr and Mrs the information except what he himself bad W. England, MI A. Eberle,“Mr K.^E. van Eck, Capt. and Mrs Freest, Miss O. R. Garland Mr oblained just before ta o'clock at the rubbar
Auction, which showed advance and Mrs Grauvill, Mr. Gaonsel, Dr. and Mrs O. over that of fortnight-ago. Smaked M. Gardner, Mr. Godsir, Mr. and Mrs Groes sheet rubbar was being done at 11 par lb. Mini A. Hagsten, Mr. and Mte Hauptmann Hamann, Messi Hagemeyer and family, E. S. and other grades in proportion, which must be Hooanes, Heyatek, Henning, O. Hilland and regarded as very graillying to anyone who held family, Capt. and Mrs Haertel and child, Rev.
shares in a producing company like the Golden Hope. Manuel Bento de Jesus, Messrs E. K. Jacob, J. Jacobien..Aug. Tá, jansen, Mr and Mm J. Ó. Koeph, Mossie joseph Kospfi, A. Klatts, Miss Komzinga, Mr and Mrs Kammerer, Mrs P. O. v. Klashot, Mr Lucas, Mr A. Lay and family, Dir. Lohmann and family, Mr C. V. Logan, baby and goverenss, Mr Daniel Lang, Mr R Marien, Baron G. de Mavlus, Mr and Mrs E. J. Mazzuchi, and servant, Miss Moore, Mr Meyer and family, Mr and Mrs J. D. Maguire, Mesus Wm. C: Mueldaer, G. Blepalme Marsey, Pruice Naret, Niblock, Onnen and family, Mr and Mrk. W. F. Oldham, Mr Olion and family, Miss F. Omland, Mossrs A. E. Palme, Wm. I. Pastione, Alfred Richter and G. Rexhausen, Miss Rawios, Mr Rull, Miss Rub, Miss S. H. Reeves, Mosirs A, J. Stirevaldt, A. Scagliotti, A. Seipel and children, Rev. and Mrs Sydney Smith, Mr and Ms J. G. Schlimmer, Mir and wis Fred. R. Aaitor, Mr and Mrs G. U. Scbmermann, Messrs Regierungssssessor Haus Stubaurauch, F. W: Speidel, P. A. van der Stadi and family, Louis Schwartz, Srege and Wilh. Schmidt, Dr. and Mrs S. H. Tolhurst, Mr and Mrs John R. Vogel, Mr Darl' Augus Webers and Mrs C. Wright:
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GOLDEN HOPE ESTATE,
FIRST YEAR OF BYSTEMATIC COLLECTION.
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ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING,
bih inst. 'Messrs. Hughes and Hough put up for sale by public auction this allernoon the wreck of the s.5. Kweiyang, as she lies' on the Little Ockseu Island, near Amey, Lot I was the wreck of the steamer, Bidding staited at 550° and rose by that amount to $1,000, when sub Situated at the stern of the valel, and direct. stquent offers were of $10 and $30, respectively beneath the second class cabins and some of ly, until 5,670 was reached. At that figure | the stewards' quarters, No. 6 contained in the the wreck was knocked down to Ab Wing, The | lower bold a cargo of miscellancour Japanese The fourth ordinary general meeting of the samo purchaser bought also Lot 2, all the goods-lacquer ware, matting, etc., and in the Golden Hope Rubber Estate, Limited, was upper, bales of silk and sacks of sesame seed. held at the London Chamber of Commerce, Cargo on board, which was sold for $60,
Yesterday morning at about 8 o'clock one or Oxford Court, E, C., last month, Mr. J. L. two of the stewards attending the second class Asstrather (chairman of the company) presid- remarked that the heat was unusually uncom... | ing. fortable for the plaće and time. Presently
The chairman fald, according to the report they observed that the ventilators connecting of the meeting in Tas Financier: We must with the hold were so hot that there could be deplore, the fact that since our last meeting, but one explanation and but one thing to do Mr. Brett, who was a most valuable director Their prompt report was followed by prompt and took great interait in the affairs of the
ction,
Golden Hope Estate, has died. His place on the board bas bean taken by Mr. Muller The report for last year, which has been take as read. I am very pleased to be able duly circulated, will, with your permission, to congratulate the shareholders on having rubber collection, our previous sevente hav now completed our first year of systematic got almost entirely obtained from coffee, with some little assistance during the last quarter of 1908 from the first tapping of the tolds planted in 1903, together with a few old Para trees and the 30-acre fald old Ram- bung rubber, plasted before we acquired the estate. In this Geld, as mentioned in the report, we have decided to take out the Rambong tracs, which, although looking very fine, do not yield later in anything like the quantity that the Fora rubber trae, doss in our soll, and we shall replace them with the latter variety. The crop of rubber recated, vic, 51,420 lbs, may, I think, ba considered a satisfactory beginning, and will, I have no doubt, be largely augmented as we proceed, and the present fields are maturing while younger fields keep coming inte bearing.
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Everyone was called to fire-stations, and the the little town of Pangags and there deemed second-class passages arise. The ship's halted at the Government office, where His Ex-engineers, justly proud of pumps which can be much excitement among them. The crowds or discomfort to the first-class. cellency, Poya Issaraek and several officers, flood a fiery furance as big as, say to having faisbed their day's work, seemed wait
in abon an hour, set themselves steadily to ing uneasily for something to happen. Within get fire under, and at about noon. it ten minutes their auxiety was somewhat was Thought that, it had been utterly ex- relieved by the arrival at the offices of the tinguished. At four in the afternoon, bow. chief judge and the chief magistrates.. After ever, it broke out again, if it had been conferring with H. E. Phya letrack, the chief extinct at all. Every one fell into his place judge and the chief magistrate, accompanied in the methodical German way, even the by Khua Ruar g, the chief police officer, Moot stewards, and the work of extinguishing every han Puket, hurried to the jail. The doomed spark and of getting up cargo from the bold man was brought forth from his cell and bar continued until late at night. Indeed, work has angued by the judge; the irons'round his peck been unceasing for some, although the lower were then removed. Shortly afterwards . E. hold bad not yet been opened up at con the Governor arrived at the fall premises along to-day. with several officials and Mr. W. Parsons, the agent of the 8. T. Co. The condemned man was then led forth attended by ten men of the gendarmeric, and he held in his band a lighted candle. The whole procession then filed along for a quarter of a mile down the main road, when the procession turned to the left into the woods and batted in an open space where two small attap structures bad been erected.
Un arrival here, the prisoner was attended by five Buddhist priests, who immediately sfatted to recile the litany of their religion. The prisoner, whose hands twitched nervously, and whose eyes blinked constantly, appeared to derive much comfort from the offices of his religion. All sympathy seemed to be with the prisoner and every indulgence consistent with the law was granted to him..
FED BY A GOVERNOR,
EXTENT OF DAMAGE.
Until this lower hold has been pumped dry it will be impossible to estimate the extent of the damage. All that could be seen now was the gaping upper hold, emply of much of its cargo, and being rapidly cleared of the remainder. A few bundles of charred silk on the floor of the upper bold showed how fiercely the red enemy must have blazed beneath. Bales upon bales of silk, sonte damaged by water from the host, and some by steam vapour, word piled on deck, testifying to the energy of the ship's crew, Bundreds of damaged bags seed la. a bad basiness in the hold of a ship. of sesame seed had to be jettisoned. Damp The loose silk is being put into baskets and will sabiequently be valued separately. The damage done by steam will also be differenti sily calculated, as it will prove less in extent and gravity to that. done by the sea-water from the hose, or the pipes. As for the cargo in the lower bold it is not, yet possible to say anything except that some most have been destroyed by fire and that the rest is
ander water.
SPLITTING OF SHARES
Mr. Lefroy asked whether the directors had considered the question of splitting the shares as he thought if this were done, the' quotation would rise in the market,
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The chairman, in reply, said he thought it was a little premature at present, but if the shareholders were generally of opinion that it should ba done, the directors would call a special meeting for that purpose,
The motion for the adoption of the repart was then put to the (meeting, nad carried unanimously.
The chairman, then moved; That a divi
dend of 32 per cent, lass income tax, be paid Istikwith, making, with the interim dividend of 8 per cent, 30 per cent, loss income tax, for the year 1969.
Mr. Lefroy seconded the motion, which wán, g carried.
The chairman then moved the re-election of the setiring director (Mr. H. Eric Mullor). This was seconded by Mr. Oldham, and carried.un. animously,
The chairman informad shareholders; that Mr. Lampard, the other director, was out in the East, and was now about dus at Golden Hope, and doubtless they would very soon receive his repart upon the property. He also mentioned that the directors had been asked to giva donation of £15 to the Ceylon and Malayan benevolent fund, and he proposad that this, should be done,"
Mr. Lefroy, in seconding, said he was quite', in sympathy with anything that had for its ob Ject the amelioration of the 'hardshipu inciden. tal to those engaged in tropical regions, many of whom were permanently afflicted by the climate. He was surprised when, in 1994, bu visited the company's property, to find Mr. Prior, their manager, in such good health. He appeared to be a strong and healthy tao, Bod ready to do his utmost for the company, and he thought that, so long as he was in chargs, tha shareholders might rest assured that the com- pany's affairs would be conducted on the best possible, fince. At the time of Als (the be the only cultivation arpa, but now, in place speaker's) visit, the Golden Hope appared to of the big, denes morok, there were many square miles of rubber cultivation.
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motion of Må Oldbam, seconded by Mr, Vermont, the auditors (Messrs. McAuliffe, Davis and Hops) were reappointed.
Mr. Lefroy, next'tmoved and Mr. Ray second- ed that a bonus be given in the staff, the details of which were to be settled by the directors. This was carried unanimously, and the pra ceedings ended with a vote di thanks to the chairman,
DEATH OF an old RESIDENT.
THE LATE MR. THOS ROBE,
4th inst. Another old resident in the Colony has pass« ed away, By the death of Mr. Thomas 1, Rose at his residence, in Cocduit Road, this after- Goor, another familiar figure in the life of ALTERATION AND IMPROVEMENTS. |Hongkong has been removed. Mr. Rose's das At might be expected, it has been found mise was due to an affection of the kidosy of necessary to alter and enlarge the old coffee which he had been the sufferer for some time. store in order to adapt the building in the best On Sunday week laat Mr. Rose underwent an way for preparing and dealing with the in- operation, and so well did he withstand it that a creasing rubber and decreasing coffee craps. week later, last Sunday, he way considered to A new rice store and general store are also | be fairly on the road to recovery. His condi being built adjoining, and an 8 ft. fence, with tion gave absolutely no cause for apprehension precaction against patty thefts., Two large that deceased would soon be wall and about barbed wire, is being put up all round, as a and it was even thought, as lato da'yanturday, English rolling machines have been sent out. again. and are installed. The cost of one of these "As unexpected turn, however, for the worst' will come into the current season. The took place ibis morning and bis medical ation- management of the estate remains under the dant pronounced his condition as being very experienced control of Mr. Edmund B. Prior, serious. His friends were communicated with who bas been resident there for so many years, and later in the forenoon the patient was rapid- assisted, as before, by Mr. R. A. Gibson, The|ly sinking. He passed away shortly before estate is reported to be in excellent order, and, p.m. to-day. as the cost of weeding has been done for the "Ihe late gentleman's connection with Hong. year at the low tale of 49je paracro per month, kong must have been one of between 35 and gar It is evident that this work, which' la sa im" year. In the pioneer days of development in portant, has been well attended to. Last year the territory of the British North Borneo Co, Mr.
Rose came to Hongkong to take up a posl. ^ the corresponding cost was 53ic.. The cost of tapping, including scrapping Sc. per lb., is also tion in the Company under Mr. Dadlay Travers very moderate, considering the trees have been a brother of the late Mr. A. K. Travers, at ons somewhat widely planted through the coffeetime Postmaster General in Hongkong. Upon the departure of Mr. Traven, Mr. Rosa suc 30 ft. by 15 it. It will be noticed that a revenue
carried on the business of the Hongkong branch of the Borneo Co. When that fro Mr. Rose established himself as a share and general broker, limiting bis aphere of activity to a small but influential clientèla,
Daring the palmy days of the Hongkong kad Whampoa Dock Co., L3, Mr. Rose joined that flourishing industrial company as it book-keeper in 1893, being promoted to the The pris.nex was fastened to a rade cross by
secretaryship in sƐ96 when that post was croat-, the executioners.and blind-folded. The execa
Details of our rubber crop may be of inter-ed as a distinct office from the chief manager. tioners then dressed themselves' in scarlet and
est. The proportion of rubber graded was: 75 ship The volume of the work" "of that advanced with naked swords. There was a bit
per cent. No. 1 fins crepe, 10 per cent. No, a arge concern rendered it expedient to separate. of by-play on the part of the executioners,
fee crepe, to per cent. No. 1 scrap, 5 per cent.
the two offices. Through stagnatioti to' trade». (i) The fixing of a ratio between the oumbers | which could have been entirely dispensed
"Quite cheerfully 1" said a huge stout sea.
and the stress of severe competition, within. No. 4 bark scrap; total, too per cast. The set man, describing the heavy work of yesterday. a blow broke the spinal column: a second
og deductions for loss by moisture, freight when deceased savored his connection with the ganisation was brought lato operation last year- which the proposed lower rate of Grants to the the numbers in the lower classes sander causing the head to drop forward; and tba key nute throughout. Only those who bave The cost of the rubber f. p.b. Port Swettenham Dock Co, to once agalo start as a stock broker. lower classes and the proposed limitations of advanced and sawed the neck hair through, and his fellow-workers. This seems to have been
and all charges of landing and sale in London." a third blow irm the first execationer been through a fire at sen will be able to fully
was 101-1od per 1b., and inclusive of London completely severed the head. The priests appreciate not so much the perfect discipline office expenses, sic, is. ejd. perib. The yield were closed this afternoon out of respect for then came forward and recited a chant over of the men of the Gosben, for we are accustomed of 51,410 lbs, was derived from;-940 old trees, the deceased. Mr. T. 1. Rosa was Efty-nius
to that in men who have served in the German the body. The head was impaled. After the should be accepted in place of a third-year upon Grant Schools in respect of the rate of body had been examined by H. E. Phya Navy, but thoir' 'roady, cheerfulmass lu' and pad for six months only-and then rested, years of age at the time of his death. We'and frack, the chief Judge, Khun Ruang and after such a tricky, troublesome and wervous Mr. Parsons, it was dragged and thrown into business. an open grave, the head telug thrown in afing it, bundl
B
Wole. Thus for any three divisions in lower grade school or in the lower classes of
An upper grade school, there would be the
following alternatives of staff:-
(a) Thros second-year masters;
|
(6.) One third-year maser or certificated
English mistress;
Ona second-year master; `Que firal-year master. ·
VI.
The remove and upper clafres of a school for Chinese should be considered adequately steffed, if the proportion of English to Chinese masters is not lass than two to three.
VIL
Since no third-year course bas hitherto been given at the Technical Institute, ressonable ilma should be given to Grant Schools to
Food (a sort of salt and bread) was adminis. sered to the prinduer by H. E. the Governor personally. This was of a religious usture.. Money was subscribed by several of the are given to the priests in do charity with to officials and populace, the proceeds of which
the relatives of the convicted. The Buddhist
CHEERFUL EFFICIENCY. derives much comfort from the fact of his
With an absence of fuss, which does credit having provided for bis relatives. The
aven to such well-known, hard and officient prisoner sermed extremely gratified when
workers as the officers, and men of the he was juformed through Kaun Huang (bat Norddeutscher Lloyd, the fire was put out, Mr. W. Parsons, of the Straits Trading Com
partly Jettisoned, partly pany, had subscribed to the amount already the cargo collected for his relatives. This simple act of shifted and partly flooded, the second-class (1) Two free scholarships and one of $10 kiadness seemed to be much appreciated by pasanggers all snugly put back in their own § of £2,131 101, 58, was derived from caffae, and / ceeded tim and with Mr. H. 1 Delyrmpla:
the officials and populace as a token of respect quarters again, and nothing to show that to the religion which they all profess, The
there had happened anything at all out of the length on the ground and with supplicated silk on the deck above. astero the second. hands made his confession to the chief priest class. As cfficar on board who told our ra- chief judge. The prisoner was then led forth in order that stero juntiĉa might be done.
from Yaumati to Queen's College, as above,
(g) Five free scholarships from Class 4 at doomed man than prostrated himself at full way, except the piles of straw-packed bales of cultural Show, Singapore, but what coffee is retired from active operations In the Colony,
Queen's College lalo the upper school- ionable for three years.
Mr. Prior Informed us that Golden Hops coffee was again awarded the first prias at the Agri- gathered this year will be sold in the cherry. There is no difficulty in doing this at Golden no longer accommodation for the curing. The crop of (62) picais clean c. ffas sold in Singa. pore at £as gi per picul, and cost £17.89 not, delivered.
Scholarships should not ba‘granted to pupils | The final judgment of the court was read by the presentative that he had been at work since Hope. It saves a lot of expense, and there is,
who are obviously not in need of financial"as-
Nance.
We do not recommend the continuance of scholarships from the Vernacular Grant Girls Schools Into the Balileos Public School,
'XVII.
The Committee bare carefully considered, and are unable to recommend the following Proposals —
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FASTENED TO A CROIS.
yesterday morning, and would get no time for rest till this afternoon; showed a cheerialesss and "dienstfertigkeit" worthy of ramark. He attended to the passengers to-day with all the alacrity and attentive politeneri which we are accustomed to associate with the officers of the German mail ship.
"OANZ GERN,"
RUBBER DETAILS,
provide themselves with adequate Chintia in the apper and lower classes, of schools, with; one of them than advanced; and with } and last night, or rather the spirit of himself price, 61, 7d. per lb., was arrived at' after mak. and outside'ibe Colony, the scheme of rear.
Staffs in the following way-
In assessing the adequacy of Chinese staffe for the school year ending in 1911, a second. your_master should be ́accepted in place of
■ third-your master, and a first-year" master should be accepted in place of a second-year master; apd for 1917, a second-year master
.
master. -AFJECT OF THESE PROPOSILA, PROPOSED
NEW SCHOOLS.
Unnecessary!
classes of schepis;
(1) The charging of higher fees in the upper (6) Any compulsion by the Government
fats which they shall charge to pupils.
Note-la Government schools the fees have
THE DAMAGED CARGO recently been raised. In Grant. Schools we recognise the general principle that...... the
The prisoner was convicted about two years is being disembarked and put in the go: The reduction in the numbers at Queen's | Government should so far as is possible abstain | ago of the murder of a Chinaman.
downs of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf © Collage and the Diruice Schools caused by the | from interfering with their internal economy. It is a pity that these executions are cartled | mad. Godawa Go, at Kowloon, 476 bales 1.limitation of numbers in a division to forty, Owing to the quasi-charitable nature of many out in public. Young Sism has made great of silk, whose valun must be anything between 1, which is estimated at 304, should be made up of these organisations exceptions to such a role strides in progress. It seems a pity that the $100,000 and half a million dollars, were by the provision by Government of this lower would of necessity be very numerous, o į does not add to her lausels by abolishing this skipped from Hongkong. It is at present quite quin schools for Uklaase, situated at Taiping, 1 = ((0) Regnimions regarding superannuation ; disgusting exhibition of crasi Jantico. do impossible to tell which balas, have been
VIII.
The office of the Stockbrokers' Association
5.294 lbs: 14,888 young trees, 44,561 lbs; Ram. derstand the funeral will take place to-morrow, Long rubber, 1,564 lbs; toml, 51,410 lbs. The estimated output of subber for 19to is 81,000 ONCE the race meeting is anded, the swimming lbs. For the current your your directors lasten in Shangkal hope to begin training for July made a forward contract for the sale of the coming summer aquatics. It is understood ten tous rabber at: 62, 3d, perib.). In the that the Hongkong:mon are: aliandy hard at balance-sheet you will observe the sum of work getting into form, and, slikonga moth DR 1,153 182 100, has been written off develop. official ban yet been arranged, it is hoped that mast expenditure. This brings the purchase several of the best swimmers from he wonther of the property as par last belance bent, port will be able to come aparmand eine together with development expanditure, fociais, aut stacka la the big bathro