Correspondence with M. Stewart respecting the teaching of English in the Government 14.18 16.4
Schools, and I now enclose for your
an account
Luchin's information extracted from the local papers of the
remarks I made in doing so
doing so, auch of the views expressed by Mis Lowrock
2.
behalf of the unofficial members.
As
regards the teaching of huglich,
I pointed out that we could not at this moment kind in Hong Kong a single chinese who had been concated in the
Central School& who knew enough of English to fit him to be a Suron. The only eis Chivere that the Legislative Council had be able to reid one of
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to be on the Jury List, had been educated wither in the Straits Settlements, in America, or by D. Legge:
3.
Members
I proposed that the unofficial
of
Council should sweet two or
three of the Members of the Executive Council, M. Stewart, D. hitel, and myself,
and that we
should then consider what
mimount of Ruglich ought to be taught
in our
we
Government Schools, whether might not make hnglish compalary in the Government Schools; and, as regards the Central School, whether we might not devote a for larger proportion of the time and of the Staff to the teaching it theagles.
A