in silver, as I happened to arrive
in
HongKong during
during this holiday period.. thus I lost the benefit of
the
gold.
rate for that month. (Fr) Apart from this consideration
lear
I beg
to mention to your lordship that in 1894
I wrths
appointed by H. E. the Governor of
Hong Kong to the post of magistrates'
Clerk
and thus
from parkcipating
school vacations.
and
wad
debarred
in the
Usual
Zucen's College
of when this acting ap- again pointment had terminated I was sent to temporarily superintend the
new school
at Kowloon, and
continued there for several months, one of which included the February vacation of Queen's College Hong Kong. The. it will be seen that my cast 51⁄2 years of service in
HongKong
am
has not altogether been as Ciucational officer, but has in-
cluded
teaches me
the
as far as my experience
the
holding of one of
most arduous offices in the
-bolony, i.e. that of magistraks Click; and this in the Plague year of 1894. myy
among naturally brought me
duties
when the criminal class
me in closer
contact with that community which
suffered
319 most severely from the fristilend
state that I think a
therefor may
suffered
for some 18 months prior
for England I was
to
muy
departure
cut off from
in those school vacations.
participating in those
which
were
considered as
one of our
priveleges and for which Educational
treated less leniently
officer
are
than other members of
7.
heav on
the service
leave in England.
I feel reluctant to criticise the scheme
unave which
raducational officers recir their vucation lean to visit England,
your
tet ud
lordship is aware masters in Queen's Colleg
recin
Two months vacation annually. -
one
in
august
February.
and the other in
These holidays
compulsory for the College is closed,
nevertheless this does not enable us
heat
to flee the enervating for during nearly 11 years
never
Known
to take w
a
Fogkong.
I have
married assistant
master to avail himself of these holiday
trip to japan, from
which
acone his hearth might
be materially
benefited
Our salaries do not allow
of it, yet although
we bear continually the climate of Hongkong
we
are respained
from participating in the Four months full pay vacation leave when in come to England, which other officers may
attain