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They suggest two schools one for boys, one for girls, and a Governing Body of 6 Chinese (to be elected by the subscribers) and 3 Government officers. A Building Fund is to be started by public subscription and Government is to grant money or land to the same amount as the total raised by subscription. High graduated fees are proposed, and the cost to Government (estimated on an attendance of 120 boys and 120 girls) is put at $14,000 in all.
The proposal is strongly supported by Messrs Brewin (the late Inspector) and Irving (the present Inspector of Schools).
In the opinion of the Inspectors the estimated cost to Government may be greatly reduced, even at the outset, by increasing the fees to boys to $120 a year, without graduation. The total cost to Government they put at less than $4,000, on an attendance of 40 boys and 40 girls (the fees to the latter to be reduced to $24 a year).
They think it a sine qua non that the Governing Body should have power to refuse admission. It is estimated that $100,000 can be raised by private subscription. They wish the Governing Body to be smaller, and Government to have a controlling voice. The Governor supports the scheme. Private action would not "secure the same class of teachers and the same continuity that would result from the employment of teachers by the Government". Sir Henry Blake thinks the consequences of the establishment