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to the Fourth Standard is too hard. It is not quite
certain that this is really so: intelligent teaching in
the three lowest standards would render it less difficult:
but a change in the course of instruction is under con-
sideration, and experiments are being made in the Govern
ment Schools.
21. The migratory character of the
Chinese population must also be taken into account. A mané
family may be in Hongkong one year and in China the next.
The Inspector of Schools'
Report only dealt with subsidiary defects. Whether the
system of Grants-in-aid which has been in force for the
last twenty years ̈has fulfilled its purpose or not is a
question which may shortly have to be raised.
(Sd) A. W. BRIWIN.,
Inspector of Schools.;