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The minimum period of study is five
years; and all Professional Examinations are conducted
by independent examiners, who as a rule have no connection
otherwise with the College, and whose position and expe-
rience are such as to render them thoroughly conversant
with the particular subjects on which they are requested
to examine.
Fifty-five students have been enrolled;
of whom twenty have retired on finding the examinations
more severe than they anticipated, twenty-three are now
engaged in study at various stages of the curriculum.4
and twelve have successfully passed all the Professional
Examinations, and been certified fit for the practice
of their profession.
Unfortunately most of these have been
lost to Hongkong, as the License of the College is not
yet recognised by the Government, and until recently
no openings for them existed in the Colony. The reason
for such non-recognition of the Licence has been the
uncertainty and lack of permanence involved in the fact
that thus far the College has been entirely dependent
on the personal enthusiasm of a few of its promoters.
The Court consider this refusal of registration thus fær
a powerful argument in favour of their appeal to the
Goverment for an annual grant-in-aid to enable them to
place the work of the College on a sounder footing than
has hitherto prevailed.
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