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and about nine others in the different parts of the Island.. I have before observed that some.
clight= contribution. from: Government to thee native seminaries would be attended with native
good effect. - They teach. only the Moments
writing, and accounts, and there is
A
of reading,
nothing - ground of idolations instruction.
exceptionable on the ground of idolations
Neither would they be of a purely eleemosynary character, the greater portion of the expence bring bome by the pupils. If these schools were eventually placed in charge of native Christian teachers, bred up by the Protestant Missionaries, it would afford the most- rational prospect of converting the native population of the Island.
Junchip,
Under the head of Christian places of I have to envinerate. One English hpiscopal Church, One Romich Church, and four Riesenting chapels in Victoria... There is also a Pastectant. Chapel in the Anglich- Cemetery, of a neat and suitable
Places f
Worship.
า
Trade..
construction for the performance of the burial
Juviec..
of Pagan places of conchip there
are
·four-
One being a mohammedan Morque, and three Chinese temples..
In addition to the Danish and Amèrican-
fonents reported in my
last, an American
Viee- Consul has been appointed to act at Victoria: The Blue Book will shew an
increase in the Shipping arrived- at Houghong of 587 veces
as contrasted with $34 in the
former Year; and 130,199 Tous in lieu 117.210 Tons in 1945.
of
A brauch of the briental Bank is
established here on a
very extensive scale.
It issues notes of from 5 to 100 Gollars, and
these
are.
convenient
found such an exceedingly substitute for the former system of paying
lums
by weight, that the Chinese themselves readily receive and exchange them. Should this Bank be chartered, it is likely to