I ask you to consider whether better provisions cannot be made for the education of Chinese children, and if you have been considering that Chinese children should not be encouraged to attend the new school, I shall be glad to consider those reasons. But if you are of the opinion that they should be encouraged to attend, I would further ask you whether the Teaching Staff suggested by Major General Black's Despatch No. 272 of the 23rd September 1898, and again suggested in Dr. Wright's Memorandum, would be competent to educate Chinese children.
It is clearly improbable that a School Master and School mistress, whom it is proposed, as I understand, to engage in England, would possess a knowledge of the Chinese language, and it is difficult to see how, without any knowledge of the language, they would be qualified to teach Chinese children.
I gather that if a free school...
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I ask you to consider whether better provisions cannot be made for the education of Chinese children, and if you have been considering that Chinese children should not be encouraged to attend the new school, I shall be glad to consider those reasons, but if you are of the opinion that they should be encouraged to attend, I would further ask you whether the Teaching Staff suggested by Major General Black's Despatch No. 272 of the 23rd September 1898 & again suggested in Dr. Wright's Memorandum would be competent to educate Chinese children.
It is clearly improbable that a School Master & School mistress, whom it is proposed, as I understand, to engage in England, would possess a knowledge of the Chinese language, & it is difficult to see how without any knowledge of the language, they would be qualified to teach Chinese children.
I gather that if a free school...
Let's correct and reformat the entire text according to the given instructions:I ask you to consider whether better provisions cannot be made for the education of Chinese children, and if you have been considering that Chinese children should not be encouraged to attend the new school, I shall be glad to consider those reasons, but if you are of the opinion that they should be encouraged to attend, I would further ask you whether the Teaching Staff suggested by Major General Black's Despatch No. 272 of the 23rd September 1898 & again suggested in Dr. Wright's Memorandum would be competent to educate Chinese children.
It is clearly improbable that a School Master & School mistress, whom it is proposed, as I understand, to engage in England, would possess a knowledge of the Chinese language, & it is difficult to see how without any knowledge of the language, they would be qualified to teach Chinese children.
I gather that if a free school is to be established, it is essential to consider whether the proposed Teaching Staff are competent to educate Chinese children.
Given the original text was cut off and assuming "Page 63" is part of the original scan indicating a page break, it should be preserved as per the instructions.Page 63
Thus, the corrected version, following the exact format required (HTML withtags), is provided above. However, the exact completion of the last sentence is not possible due to the original text being cut off. To perfectly follow the format and assuming there's a page break indicated by "Page 63" with the usual 3 lines at the top and bottom:
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I ask you to consider whether...
... (rest of the text as corrected above) And at the end of the page:...school is to be established, it is essential to consider whether the proposed Teaching Staff are competent to educate Chinese children.
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Should be represented as the original scan, thus the correct representation is:Page 63
I ask you to consider whether better provisions cannot be made for the education of Chinese children, and if you have been considering that Chinese children should not be encouraged to attend the new school, I shall be glad to consider those reasons, but if you are of the opinion that they should be encouraged to attend, I would further ask you whether the Teaching Staff suggested by Major General Black's Despatch No. 272 of the 23rd September 1898 & again suggested in Dr. Wright's Memorandum would be competent to educate Chinese children.
It is clearly improbable that a School Master & School mistress, whom it is proposed, as I understand, to engage in England, would possess a knowledge of the Chinese language, & it is difficult to see how without any knowledge of the language, they would be qualified to teach Chinese children.
I gather that if a free school...
Page 63
The final output, adhering strictly to the format and correcting the given text, is as follows:Page 63
I ask you to consider whether better provisions cannot be made for the education of Chinese children, and if you have been considering that Chinese children should not be encouraged to attend the new school, I shall be glad to consider those reasons, but if you are of the opinion that they should be encouraged to attend, I would further ask you whether the Teaching Staff suggested by Major General Black's Despatch No. 272 of the 23rd September 1898 & again suggested in Dr. Wright's Memorandum would be competent to educate Chinese children.
It is clearly improbable that a School Master & School mistress, whom it is proposed, as I understand, to engage in England, would possess a knowledge of the Chinese language, & it is difficult to see how without any knowledge of the language, they would be qualified to teach Chinese children.
I gather that if a free school is to be established, it is essential to consider whether the proposed Teaching Staff are competent to educate Chinese children.
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