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Government House, which was a neutral ground on which all
sects and races could meet. It
was represented also that it
would be an
honour highly- - prized by Managers, Parents_
and Pupils; and,
as a selection:
-would have to be made of pupils
owing
to want of space to accommodate all, that the
privilege of selection would be
a distinction highly coveted.
4.
I, of course, readily
acceded to Mr. Me Ewen's request,
and
and the prizes were given by :
me
yesterday to the five sucvessful- competitors, two of whom.
wvere
English, one Portuguese and two Chinese. Bishop Raimondi, the Reverend Dr Chalmers, the Reverend J. 13. Est, the Reverend Father Burghigholi, and other - representatives of the 30 girls'. schools in the Colony, accompanied each by a limited number of
pupils,
were
5.
present.
for Your
Anne X-
Lordship'e information a brief
-report