the Colony, De Eitel in his Report for
year speaks of the "Stimuliw
last
given
to the educational movement
in this Colony by the introduction at
W. C.. J. Bateman, of WC. J.
the instance.
the
nee.
Headnewter of the Public Schoo's, of system of examinations conducted by the Syndicate of the University of Cambridge. He
soup further that "the enddenness and extent of the healthful impulse which the introduction of this system gave in the year 1887 to the shidzy of
the higher brancher of an English Education surpassed all my expectations. There
was hitherto a
one School, the
Diocesan Home and Orphanage, which during the lact five years
ammally took
Qu
abjeck of
three
пр of the special the Grant-in-Aid Scheme, by Algatra, Euclid, and Physical Geography. But in 1887, anddenly five other Schools, St. Joseph's College, the two Victoria English_
Schools
"Schools, (including
133
even a Girls' School),
the Anglo-Chinese School of St. Paul's College, and the Hongkong.
School took
up
these same
Public
special
subject = "A school which has had thre effect, described in a Government Official Document
on
the other School,
of the Colony, could hardly colloper without it being felt
að a
love to the
cause of education in Houghong. With reference
8.
to Itis
Excellency's remark that those who desvied some epecial educational
it we would
ALL
provision for their own class should pay for it,
respectfully point out that in this case they have poud for it, and that we think this very account they are entitled to some assistance from the Government. et large sum.
-varying from about $1,500 to $1,800 hav been voluntarily contributed ammally during the last wine
year principally by those
who