CO129-232 - Acting Governor Marsh Acting Governor Cameron - 1887 [4-5]

## 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 ## Step 2: Identify the content The given text appears to be a table from a historical document, detailing the number of scholars attending schools under government supervision in Hong Kong during 1886. The table includes various schools, their locations, and the number of scholars. ## Step 3: Correct spelling errors Upon reviewing the text, several spelling errors are noticeable, such as "ScnoOL" instead of "School", "PoVULATION" instead of "POPULATION", "SROOLS" instead of "SCHOOLS", "PERVISION" instead of "SUPERVISION", and "Exresses" instead of "Expenses". These need to be corrected. ## Step 4: Fix spacing issues and rejoin broken sentences The text contains several spacing issues, such as extra spaces between words or lines, and some sentences or numbers are broken due to OCR errors. For example, "No. of Sholars" should be "No. of Scholars", and some numbers are not properly aligned or are split. ## Step 5: Restore paragraph breaks and indicate missing words The text is mostly tabular, so paragraph breaks are not as relevant. However, ensuring that the table is properly formatted is crucial. Missing words due to OCR damage should be indicated with "...". ## Step 6: Convert to Markdown format The tables need to be converted into Markdown table syntax. Headers and other relevant text should be formatted accordingly using Markdown headers (#, ##, ###) and bold text (**). ## Step 7: Apply the rules for file references, page numbering, and other specific instructions File references should not have spaces inside parentheses, and page numbering lines should be preserved as is if they match the specified pattern. ## Step 8: Reorder newspaper texts and reconstruct tables if necessary The given text is not from a newspaper but is a statistical table. The table needs to be reconstructed for clarity. ## Step 9: Finalize the Markdown output Ensure that the final output is in standard Markdown format, with proper tables, headers, and minimal use of HTML (only if necessary, like for line breaks). The final answer is: ## TABLE 1--NUMBER OF SCHOLARS ATTENDING SCHOOLS SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION DURING 1886 ## TABLE 1.-PROPORTION OF SCHOLARS TO POPULATION IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND IN THE VILLAGES IN 1886 | No. | Name of School | Native Schools (Govt.) | Native Grant-in-Aid Schools (Aided) | Total | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | CITY AND HARBOUR OF VICTORIA | | | | | 7 | Shamshuipo (Boys) | 87 | | 87 | | 9 | Berlin Mission (Girls) | | 42 | 42 | | 10 | Central School | 610 | | 610 | | 11 | C. M. S., St. Stephen's I Division (Boys) | 127 | | 127 | | 12 | D'Aguilar Street (Boys) | 74 | | 74 | | 13 | Saisingpun (Boys) | 108 | | 108 | | | Lyndhurst Terrace (Girls) | | 44 | 44 | | | American Board Mission, Bridges Street (Boys) | 72 | | 72 | | | East Street (Boys) | 63 | | 63 | | | Hinglang Lang (Boys) | 45 | | 45 | | | Queen's Road West (Boys) | 36 | | 36 | | | Basel Mission, High Street (Girls) | | 30 | 30 | | | Station Terrace (Boys) | 80 | | 80 | ## VILLAGES | No. | Name of School | Native Schools (Govt.) | Native Grant-in-Aid Schools (Aided) | Total | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS UNDER GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION IN VILLAGES | | | | | 28 | Hawán | | 31 | 31 | | 29 | Hokün | 19 | | 19 | | 30 | Yaumáti (Boys) | 35 | | 35 | | 37 | Hunghom (Boys) | 37 | | 37 | | 38 | Shektongtsai (Girls) | | 21 | 21 | | 39 | Kau-ü-fong (Girls) | | 19 | 19 | | | ... | | | | ## TABLE III-NUMBER OF SCHOLARS AT THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS DURING 1886 AND EXPENSES OF EACH SCHOOL | No. | Name of School | Boys | Girls | Total | Expense | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | Brought forward | 1061 | | 1061 | | | 2 | Central School | 610 | | 610 | $11,680.11 | | 3 | Hawán | | 29 | 29 | $29.00 | | 4 | Hokün | 19 | | 19 | $60.00 | | 5 | Hunghom | 66 | | 66 | $5.00 | | 6 | Little Hongkong | 60 | | 60 | $60.00 | | | ... | | | | | | | TOTAL | 1791 | 102 | 1893 | $17,028.58 |

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