connection between the Chinese and Japanese literatures justifies if it does not compel the division of the class into two sections - Chinese and non-Chinese.
6. It has been suggested also that on account of the difficulty of teaching a foreign language to Europeans and Chinese in the same class, the French and German Classes should also be divided into Chinese and non-Chinese sections. We are inclined however to agree with Pastor Muller that it would be a waste of money to encourage Chinese in Hongkong to study another foreign language before they have acquired sufficient knowledge of English to enable them to keep pace with non-Chinese students.
7. As there appears to have been some misunderstanding on the point, we should emphasize the necessity for the English class being regarded as a class the object of which is to improve the students' knowledge of English and not to make him acquainted with English literature. The course of study should be as practical as possible, special attention should be paid to conversation, letter-writing and business correspondence and the certificate issued at the end of the course should be a certificate of knowledge of English not of knowledge of a particular book.
8. We do not recommend that any attempt should be made to revive the Commercial Arithmetic Class at present. It is possible for a boy to learn in the ordinary course at school all the arithmetic he will need as a clerk. No class was formed in Commercial Geography and as there is little probability of any demand for some time to come for instruction in this subject we recommend it be struck off the list.
9. In the Engineering Section it is of the highest importance that the work of the various teachers should be co-ordinated. Care must be taken to prevent an undue expenditure of time on one object and progress in one object must keep pace and no more with progress in the others. Provision should be...