CO129-193 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [5-7]

## Step 1: Understand the task The task is to proofread OCR output of historical records related to Hong Kong, specifically correcting spelling errors, fixing spacing issues, rejoining broken sentences, restoring paragraph breaks, and indicating missing words, all while maintaining the original content and format as much as possible and converting it into standard Markdown. ## Step 2: Identify the content The given text appears to be a statistical report from 1880 regarding schools under government supervision in Hong Kong, including the number of scholars and expenses. ## Step 3: Correct spelling errors and formatting The text contains several tables with information about schools, including their names, number of scholars, and expenses. The first step is to correct any spelling errors in the school names and other text. ## Step 4: Fix spacing issues and rejoin broken sentences There are several spacing issues and potentially broken sentences due to OCR errors. These need to be corrected to ensure the text is readable and accurate. ## Step 5: Restore paragraph breaks and indicate missing words The text needs to be formatted into proper paragraphs where necessary, and any missing words due to OCR damage should be indicated with `...`. ## Step 6: Convert to Markdown format The text should be converted into standard Markdown format, including headers, tables, and bold text where appropriate. ## Step 7: Apply the rules for file references and page numbering File references should have no spaces inside parentheses, and page numbering lines should be preserved as they were originally used to delineate page metadata. ## Step 8: Reorder newspaper texts and reconstruct tables if necessary Although the given text is not from a newspaper, if there were any similar issues, they would need to be addressed by reordering the text and reconstructing tables. ## Step 9: Finalize the Markdown output Ensure that the final output is in standard Markdown format, with proper headers, tables, and formatting. The final answer is: ## TABLE 1 - NUMBER OF SCHOLARS ATTENDING SCHOOLS SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION DURING 1880 1. Aberdeen, 2. Ap-li-chau, 3. Basel Mission Boarding School (Girls), 4. Basel Mission Day School (Boys), 5. Baxter Vernacular D'Aguilar Street School (Girls), 6. Baxter Vernacular High Street School (Girls), 7. Baxter Vernacular Hollywood Road School (Girls), 8. Baxter Vernacular Sai-ying-p'ún School (Girls), 9. Berlin Foundling House School (Girls), 10. C. M. S. St. Stephen's School, No. 1 (Boys), 11. C. M. S. St. Stephen's School, No. 2 (Boys), 12. C. M. S. St. Stephen's Baxter Memorial School (Girls), 13. C. M. S. Sai-ying-p'ún School (Boys), 14. C. M. S. Cheung-wán School (Boys), 15. Central School, 16. Diocesan Home School (Mixed), 17. Girls' School, 18. Ha-wán, 19. Hok-tsúi, 20. Hok-ün, 21. Little Hongkong, 22. L. M. S. Hollywood Road School (Boys), 23. L. M. S. Staunton Street School, No. 1 (Girls), 24. L. M. S. Staunton Street School, No. 2 (Girls), 25. L. M. S. T'ai-p'ing-shán School (Mixed), 26. L. M. S. Wan-tsai School (Boys), 27. L. M. S. Wan-tsai School (Girls), 28. L. M. S. Yau-mă-ti School (Boys), 29. Má-tau-chung, 30. Má-tau-t'íen, 31. Mong-kok, 32. Pok-fú-lam, 33. Sai-ying-p'ún (English), 34. Sai-ying-p'ún (Hákká), 35. Shái-wán, 36. Sham-shui-pò, 37. Shau-ki-wán (English), 38. Shan-ki-wán, 39. Shek-ò, 40. Shek-t'ong-tsui, 41. Sheng-wáng, 42. Stanley (English and Chinese), 43. St. Joseph's College Chinese School (Boys), 44. St. Joseph's College Portuguese School (Boys), 45. St. Paul's College Hongkong Public School (Boys), 46. St. Paul's College Mission School, D'Aguilar Street (Boys), 47. St. Paul's College Mission School, Lyndhurst Terrace (Boys), 48. Túi-kok-tsui, 49. Tái-tam-tuk, 50. Tai-wong-kung, 51. Tang-lung-chau (Hákká), 52. Tang-lung-chau (Puntí), 53. T'ò-kwá-wán (Hákká), 54. T'ò-kwá-wán (Hokló), 55. Ts'at-tai-múi, 56. Tung-lo-wán, 57. Victoria School (Boys), 58. Victoria School (Girls), 59. Wan-tsai (English), 60. Wán-tsai, 61. Wong-kok-tsúi, 62. Wong-nai-ch'ung (English and Chinese), 63. Yau-má-ti (English and Chinese) ## TABLE II - PROPORTION OF SCHOLARS TO POPULATION IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND IN THE VILLAGES IN 1880 | Location | Schools in the City of Victoria | No. of Scholars | Location | Schools in Villages | No. of Scholars | |-----------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------| | Central School | | 588 | Aberdeen | | 21 | | | Basel Mission Boarding School (Girls) | 59 | Ap-li-chau | | 52 | | | Basel Mission Day School (Boys) | 48 | Hok-tsúi | | 11 | | | Baxter Vernacular D'Aguilar Street School (Girls) | 43 | Hok-ün | | 20 | | | Baxter Vernacular High Street School (Girls) | 29 | Little Hongkong | | 18 | | | Baxter Vernacular Hollywood Road School (Girls) | 45 | L. M. S. Yau-má-ti School (Boys) | | 86 | | | Baxter Vernacular Sai-ying-p'ún School (Girls) | 52 | Má-tau-chung | | 26 | | | Berlin Foundling House School (Girls) | 30 | Má-tau-t'íen | | 24 | | | C. M. S. St. Stephen's School, No. 1 (Boys) | 61 | Mong-kok | | 21 | | | C. M. S. St. Stephen's School, No. 2 (Boys) | 106 | Pok-fú-lam | | 30 | | | C. M. S. St. Stephen's Baxter Memorial School (Girls) | 61 | Shái-wán | | 81 | | | C. M. S. Sai-ying-p'ún School (Boys) | 93 | Sham-shui-pò | | 106 | | | C. M. S. Cheung-wán School (Boys) | 73 | Shau-ki-wán (English) | | 10 | | | Central School | 588 | Shan-ki-wán | | 51 | | | Diocesan Home School (Mixed) | 48 | Shek-ò | | 22 | | | Girls' School | 109 | Shek-t'ong-tsui | | 74 | | | L. M. S. Hollywood Road School (Boys) | 112 | Tai-kok-tsui | | 11 | | | L. M. S. Staunton Street School, No. 1 (Girls) | 53 | Tai-tam-tuk | | 10 | | | L. M. S. Staunton Street School, No. 2 (Girls) | 46 | T'ò-kwá-wán (Hákká) | | 24 | | | L. M. S. T'ai-p'ing-shán School (Mixed) | 51 | T'ò-kwá-wán (Hokló) | | 24 | | | L. M. S. Wan-tsai School (Boys) | 97 | Wong-kok-tsúi | | 34 | | | L. M. S. Wan-tsai School (Girls) | 53 | Tung-lo-wán | | 13 | | | Sai-ying-p'ún (English) | 25 | Yau-má-ti (English and Chinese) | | 33 | | | Sai-ying-p'ún (Hákká) | 90 | | | | | | St. Joseph's College Chinese School (Boys) | 36 | | | | | | St. Joseph's College Portuguese School (Boys) | 252 | | | | | | St. Paul's College Hongkong Public School (Boys) | 21 | | | | | | St. Paul's College Mission School, D'Aguilar Street (Boys) | 83 | | | | | | St. Paul's College Mission School, Lyndhurst Terrace (Boys) | 73 | | | | | | Victoria School (Boys) | 51 | | | | | | Victoria School (Girls) | 27 | | | | | | Wan-tsai (English) | 103 | | | | | | Wong-nai-ch'ung (English and Chinese) | 40 | | | | ## TABLE III - NUMBER OF SCHOLARS AT THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS DURING 1880, AND EXPENSE OF EACH SCHOOL | School Name | Boys | Girls | Total | Expense | |-------------|------|-------|-------|---------| | Aberdeen | 21 | | 21 | $210.80 | | Ap-li-chau | | 52 | 52 | $123.80 | | Central School | 588 | | 588 | $11,398.47 | | Girls' School | | 109 | 109 | $638.10 | | Ha-wán | 52 | | 52 | $368.10 | | Hok-tsúi | 11 | | 11 | $62.60 | | Hok-ün | 26 | | 26 | $63.30 | | Little Hongkong | 18 | | 18 | $62.10 | | Má-tau-chung | 26 | | 26 | $77.60 | | Má-tau-t'íen | 24 | | 24 | $62.10 | | Mong-kok | 21 | | 21 | $63.10 | | Pok-fú-lam | 74 | | 74 | $368.29 | | Sai-ying-p'ún (English) | 90 | | 90 | $155.90 | | Sai-ying-p'ún (Hákká) | 19 | | 19 | $62.10 | | Shái-wán | 38 | | 38 | $63.60 | | Sham-shui-pò | 49 | | 49 | $240.07 | | Shau-ki-wán | 51 | | 51 | $110.60 | | Shek-ò | 22 | | 22 | $138.10 | | Shek-t'ong-tsui | 74 | | 74 | $327.60 | | Stanley (English and Chinese) | 73 | 77 | 150 | $340.80 | | Tai-kok-tsui | 52 | | 52 | $293.87 | | Tai-tam-tuk | 11 | | 11 | $48.10 | | Tai-wong-kung | 10 | | 10 | $73.10 | | Tang-lung-chau (Hákká) | 52 | | 52 | $321.65 | | Tang-lung-chau (Puntí) | 45 | 47 | 92 | $144.60 | | T'ò-kwá-wán (Hákká) | 61 | 54 | 115 | $259.60 | | T'ò-kwá-wán (Hokló) | 24 | 24 | 48 | $64.60 | | Ts'at-tai-múi | 24 | | 24 | $57.10 | | Tung-lo-wán | 13 | | 13 | $53.60 | | Wan-tsai (English) | 103 | | 103 | $321.35 | | Wong-kok-tsúi | 94 | | 94 | $182.60 | | Wong-nai-ch'ung (English and Chinese) | 34 | 40 | 74 | $74.60 | | Yau-má-ti (English and Chinese) | 40 | | 40 | $312.83 | Total | | | 3112 | $17,625.86