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here desire the establishment of as
where Religion has its place. and (2) where their Boys can
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receive instruction apart from the chinese?
3.
He Glonial Chaplain briefly explains why, on conscientions grounts,. he cannot avail himself of the existing Government scheme. He says:-
'I am sorry
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to
unable to put my
say
that I am
school under
Goverment Inspection and thus
claim the pecuniary support (under the frants in Aid scheme) which I really very much need. I cannot, Conscientiously, give secular instruction
only for the required ruusuber of hours
per day, nor can I on it the Bible and the Prayer Book from my Time-Table."
4.
The Colonial Chaplain's letter
confirms the Recorts I have had to
time to time respecting
make from
public instruction in Hongkong, and
cxrecially want I stated in paragraphs 6 and 7 of my despatch 483 of To the 18th of September 1878, to the effect
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that the vast majority of the European
parents who have to educate their Children in this Colony are gravely dissatisfied with the Central School and the Government scheme of Education.