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number of the children frequenting the Catholic Schools was nearly equal to the number of the scholars at the Government Schools. When we consider that upwards of $12,000 was granted for the Government Schools, and no grant whatever has been made to the Catholic day schools the progress of these latter is more remarkable.
About the Reformatory we learn that in 1860 the in- mates were 42. The works produced $80 per month. They wanted work and only work to make the institution self supporting. The visitors bear willing testimony to the excellence of the arrangements of the establishment.
Under date March 4th 1867 the Press wrote tims! We known of no charitable Institution in China, which
present such strong claims ou Christian consideration, as the Re- formatory at West Point." The writers dwells on the great many benefits derived from such an institution to the prisoner, who has finished his time of coutinement and cannot get either a place or work in society.
The Girls School, and the Orphanages and Foundling Establishment at the Convent were going on very satisfac- torily. But among all the R. Catholic Establishments the most prominent was yet St. Savione's College. A public examination was held on the 20st, and 21st Decetuber, 1866 and His Excellency Sir Richard MacDonell distributed the prizes on the 22nd. Tho boys were examined first in Spanish.
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"The answers were very satisfactory and considering that the ages of the Scholars varied from 8 to 16 years, were in somne cases surprising" (The Evening Mail). Next came the French class. The examination in this language was praticularly satisfactory (Evening Mail). Then the Portuguese class. This concluded the work for the first day. On the second day the Chinese aud Euro- poan boys were examined in English; with regard to the Chinese boys the knowledge of spelling and grammar was creditable but the accent of the boys was very bad. "The European boys, were first examined in reading Chinese translating Chinese into English and English words and phrases into Chinese." There were eight of them, and they went on reinarkably well (Evening Mail). The master, Arratoon Seth (who was afterwards appointed Interpreter at the Police Court) and Alfredo Souza knew how to speak Chinese fluently." The examination of the Europeans in English was highly satisfactory. On the 3rd day the principal of the College read an address stating the
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Aystem conducted in the School, and dwelled long on the necessity of European boys learning Chinese that we might have in future some good interpreters. His Excel- lency the Governor in answering the address said: "To the Roman Catholic Missionaries chiefly do we owo any earnest efforts to provide an adequate body of future inter- preters of European parentage. "After the congratulations to the Principal, His Excellency added that when he first arrived he learned that European children were not received at the Central School. He took immediate steps to abrogate such a rule and turning to the Principal, B. E. the Gover- nor said, that any of the boys of St. Saviour's who should like to go to the Central School would have been received. The same remark was made by Sir Richard MacDonnell at the Central School on the occasion of the distribution of prizes held in the following month of January (28th) 1867, when he said that. He would be glad to see the Government "Schools made sufficiently attractive to draw in the chil-
(Press). dren Portuguese and Hindoo3,"
On December 23rd 1867, the examinations went on pretty well and Father Raimondi read an address at the distribution of prizes held by His Excellency Sir Richard MacDonnell. The Principal of St. Saviour's College dwel- led especially on proving the difficulties one meets here in educating Chinese. They dont study for the sake of ac- quiring knowledge but for the sake of dollars and to enable them to earn money and the Very Rev. Father anticipated that with very few exceptions we would never succeed in having Chinese conversant with our Sciences, but we must content ourselves with forming chiefly clerks and com- pradores. To which H. E. the Governor replied that even in this there was something got in forming good clerks and compradores. He afterwards said that he was sorry he had not been present at the Exarainations, but Judge Ball who presided at them had informed him that "there was deci ded and satisfactory improvement since last year" (The Press). He therefore congratulated the Principal on the progress made during the year and was glad to be thore to give himself the medal which he had promised in the pre- cedent year to give to the school for the best pupil.
On the 22 March 1869 took place the next public exa mination with distribution of prizes at St. Saviour's Col- lege.
An address was read by Father Raimondi in which he proved that comprising the Portuguese boys, who were
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