(c.) The overage attendance is not under twenty.
B
The time devoted to secular instruction is not less that four hours daily.
The school roll is carefully kept, and proper discipline maintained.
The organization is good, and the work conducted in accordance with a proper time-table.
9. The Government will not interfere in any way with-
(a) The religious instruction of a school.
(.) The hours for such instruction, provided they are either before or after the four hours of secular instruction
required by this code.
(c.) The appointment of a teacher, provided he is competent.
(d) The school books, provided they are sufficient, as regards the secular instruction which they contain, for the
purposes of the Standards hereafter to be referred to.
The style of handwriting, but a bold round hand is recommended for European writing.
The stipulations of this code, without six months' previous notice in the Gazette.
3. Grants will be subject to a cumulative reduction of five per cent on the whole sum gained by a school, in each case where the Inspector reports defects in-
(a.) The teaching.
(b.) The ac mniodation.
(c) The keeping of the school roll,
(d) The organization.
(e.) The discipline.
The books and apparatus.
Dee regard in all these cases will be had to circumstances.
4. A school receiving a grant must be—
) Open at all times to Government inspection.
(5.) Represented by a Manager, distinct from the teacher, who will conduct all correspondence with the Govern-
ment, sign the Receipt for the grant, and furnish all Returns which the Government may require.
5. In the case of Chinese schools not under European supervision, the Inspector will be Manager when necessary.
6. The Government will not bind itself to give grants to all schools claiming them under the foregoing conditions, but will be guided by the circumstances of each case, and by the amount of money at its disposal for educational purposes. In all cases where a grant is refused, the reasons for the refusal will be given.
7. The Government will reserve to itself the power to withdraw or reduce grants. In all cases, the reasons for the withdrawal or reduction will be given. No grant will be withdrawn, or materially reduced, until a second examination has been held by the examiner assisted by two assessors, the one chosen by the Government and the other by the Manager.
8. One-fourth of the total grant made to a school will be handed to the teacher as a personal payment. In the event of a change of masters, each will receive his proportion of this sum, according to the period of his service. If a master is dismissed, his share of the grant will go to the school.
9. A detailed account, with the proper vouchers, of the expenditure of the remaining three-fourths must be furnished by the Manager annually.
10. Grants will be made for definite results in SECULAR INSTRUCTION Only.
11. These results will be ascertained at the annual examination of the school by the Inspector, or by such examiners the Government may appoint.
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12. Examiners who are not in the service of the Government will be paid for their assistance.
13. Schools eligible for grants-in-aid,will be—
Class I.-Schools in which a Chinese education is given.
Class II.-Schools in which a Chinese education is given, with English in addition.
Class III-Schools in which a European education is given in the Chinese language.
Class IV. Schools in which a European education is given in any European language.
Class V-Schools in which a European education is given in any European language, with Chinese in addition.
14. The basis of examination will be two hundred daily attendances of not less than four hours each, at secular instruc- lion, in the course of the year.
15. Children who have satisfied that condition will be examined in accordance with the following standards,
16. For Schools in Class L. (Schools in which a Chinese education is given.)
STANDARD I.
1. Reading.-Two pages of the First Book used in the school.
3. Writing. From dictation, five common characters in the same book.
3. Repetition.-Two pages of the same book.
Value of a pass in this Standard, two dollars.
STANDARD II.
1. Reading -A passage not exceeding fifty characters in the Second Book used in the school.
2. Writing. From dictation, ten consecutive characters in the same book.
3. Repetition.-A short paragraph of the same book.
Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in twa
of the other subjeets.
Value of a pass in this Standard, four dollars.
STANDARD III,
1. Reading.—A passage not exceeding sixty characters in the Third Book used in the school.
2. Writing. From dictation, twenty consecutive characters in the same book.
3. Repetition. A short paragraph of the same book.
4. Explanation. The first fifty characters of the same book.
Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the schular bes not passed in three
of the other subjects.
Value of a pass in this Standard, five dollars,
STANDARD IV.
1. Reading. A passage not exceeding seventy characters in the Fourth Book used in the school.
3. Writing-From memory, a passage not exceeding thirty characters in the same look.
3. Explanation.-Simple phrases in the first ten pages of the same book.
4 Composition.- An antithetical sentence () of not more than three characters.
5. Geography-General outlines of China Proper.
Copy writing will be taken in this Standard, but it will not be counted if the scholar has not passed in four sổ
the other subjects.
Value of a pass in this Standard, six dollars.