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(which in the aided Schools is stated to be an optional Subject) and after all the question principally concerns them.
(1) Vernacular Schools, whether private aided or Government schools, in which Chinese are taught or are supposed to be taught - by Chinese to read and write the Chinese language, and in the Government or aided schools some arithmetic, and a little Geography.
(ii) Anglo Chinese Schools in which the English language and such subjects as are taught in an elementary English school are taught or supposed to be taught to Chinese pupils.
(iii) The Queen's College which till a few years ago included not only all classes and races but also elementary Vernacular as well as higher teaching.
9. The Vernacular Schools were and are quite distinct from the Anglo Chinese,