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"comparison, the table should stand
thus:-
3.
Table XIV
• Number of Uneducated Children in
Heonghong in 1876.
Number of Children in the Colony under sixteen years of age as per Census (26,247)
Deduct as being under 5 years of Age say 8,007
Deduct as attending schools of all denominations, say 4,640
Total Number of Uneducated Children - - 13,600
but in the
But in endeavouring to form any comparison between the number of children really educated in this Colony and in other parts of the Empire, it is necessary to reduce the number attending all the schools in Hong Kong to the average daily attendance. Mr Stewart gives other returns. I find that instead of 4,640 Children attending all the schools, the daily attendance in 1876 was about 2,700.
4.
The average daily attendance in the Central School 393, out of 577 on the rolls is very respectable compared with other schools in Hong Kong; but then it must be remembered that the Central School gives middle class education, that it is presided over by a highly able Head master who receives £650 a year, and who is assisted by three European teachers (at £300 a year each) and a staff