these two acting jointly, can deal with them as with the com...... people. This officer, in point of rank, is equal with the Chi-hien. The hien high, is the highest school in the city, and is the governmental college of the district of Shánghái; and over it, the last named officer presides. It stands on the east of the magis trate's office, half way between it and the wall. It dates its origin as far back as the thirteenth century, when a private gentleman Táng shitsúpurchased an estate of the Hán family, built a temple thereon, and dedicated it to Wancháng, the god of the literati, and requested the magistrate to make it a seat of learn- ing for the benefit of the people. This was accordingly done. In the year 1230 A. D. the magistrate changed the temple and dedicated it to Confucius, and made it the place for the public examination of the students, where they might pursue their studies under the direc- tion aud patronage of the government.
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The college buildings stand on the northern side of the street, are spacious and tastefully laid out, These and the temple of Confucius are built side by side, each having its own portals, and its own in- scriptions, and both together present a broad front, having a poɑl before it. Over the college gate, in broad capitals are the charac- ters jû hiok mun, the gate of the school of those who
儒學門 are needful and necessary to the existence of the state". Within this outer gate, there is a long and spacious open court; then comes the i mun,
or gate of ceremonies," where there is a large square hall filled with inscriptions. Advancing farther onwards, there are other halls and courts; such as the ming lun túng, MỊ K 堂 “hall for illustrating the social duties of life," &c. The kwei
sing kok, three stories high, stands within these walls, and close to the street. The whole suite of buildings, when in good repair, must
have presented an imposing appearance.
The college has been endowed, having received numerous gifts, and some of them from the emperors of the Mánchú family. There is a library containing forty-four setts of books, large imperial editions. There are also several hundred máu of land, say 459, in two lots, the annual products of which are appropriated to the repairs of the buildings and the benefit of the students.
At the annual examination the number eligible to the rank of siútsái, in this district and this place, is twenty-one, twelve on the civil and nine on the military list. Of those thus advanced, annu- ally, there are long catalogues, and from these there are to be select- ed, first 12 of the best to receive a small bounty, and then 12 more