5. Enclosure 2 in Inspector of Schools' Letter No. 36 dated 25th April, 1879.
TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, WHOSE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE WAS UNDER 20, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
No. Average Daily Attendance 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1 Aberdeen, 11.05 9.01 17.45 12.50 10.95 2 Hok-ün, 13.37 12.55 10.45 15.20 14.37 3 Hung hòm, 17.46 13.65 13.03 14.47 11.96 4 Little Hongkong, 12.08 11.68 19.58 16.54 14.31 5 Má-tau-chung, 10.37 12.96 12.23 13.55 13.88 6 Há-tau-tsin, 8.62 .... 14.70 14.70 12.84 7 Mong-kok, . . 11.50 8.15 11.32 9.18 12.02 8 Pok-fú-lam, 9.73 7.84 13.56 9.93 17.78 9 Shái-án, 13.15 15.24 16.51 16.29 16.32 10 Shek-ò, 13.67 13.45 15.59 8.34 18.57 11 Tang-lung-chau, (Hákká), 17.84 16.82 18.85 16.31 .... 12 Tang-lung-chau, (Punti), 12.30 9.67 15.99 17.20 16.22 13 Tò-kwá-wán, (Hoklò), 11.35 14.71 11.76 19.57 16.05 14 Ts'at-tsz-múi, .... .... .... .... .... 15 Wong-nai-chung,... .... .... .... .... .... 16 Yau-má-tí, .... .... .... .... ....6. HIS EXCELLENCY Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., to THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, BART., M.P.
[No. 33.]
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 29th March, 1879.
SIR,-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 15 of the 6th of February transmitting copies of two reports of Mr. STEWART on Education in Hongkong, and conveying to me your instructions with respect to the points raised in those reports and in some despatches I had written on the subject.
2. I believe the decision you have arrived at on the various questions which from time to time I felt it my duty to submit for your consideration, will give very general satisfaction to the parents whose children are to be educated in Hongkong, and will undoubtedly place the public instruction of the Colony on a thoroughly satisfactory basis.
3. As to the Central School, I enclose for your information a copy of a minute in which I indicated my wish to have the revision of the School fees and the other points in the management of that important establishment, determined as far as possible in accordance with Mr. STEWART's views.
4. In creating the separate office of Inspector of Schools, with a salary of $2,400 a year, you say that you should have instructed me to offer the appointment to Dr. EITEL, but that I desired to employ his services in another capacity. The question of an Interpretation Department being, however, still unsettled, and as there is no other gentleman in the Colony whom I could recommend for the post, I have complied with the spirit of your instructions and provisionally appointed Dr. EITEL Inspector of Schools. I have informed him that, in continuing the work on which he has been so usefully employed for the last twelve months, he is, in future, to have nothing whatever to say to the Central School, which will be under the sole control of Mr. STEWART. I enclose an Extract from the Estimates for 1879, showing that due provision has been made for the separate office of Inspector, whilst retaining to Mr. STEWART his full salary as Head Master.
5. Though in all that I have written or spoken on the subject of Education, the only suggestion of mine as to the separation of the Head Mastership of the Central School and the Inspectorship of Schools is contained in my observations early last year at the Central School, (Despatch No. 12 of 27th January, 1878), in which I expressed a preference for giving the Inspectorship to Mr. STEWART, yet I must admit that further experience has entirely convinced me that the deliberate decision now given by Her Majesty's Government is undoubtedly the best.
6. There is no one in Hongkong who possesses in so eminent a degree the qualifications essential for the responsible office of Head Master of the Central School; and by now devoting his whole time to the School, Mr. STEWART will, I have not the slightest doubt, render it a most valuable institution.
5. Enclosure 2 in Inspector of Schools' Letter No. 36 dated 25th April, 1879.
TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, WHOSE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE WAS UNDER 20, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
2
No.
Average Daily Attendance.
1
Aberdeen,
2 Hok-ün,.
3 | Hung hòm,
4
Little Hongkong,
5 | Má-tau-chung,
6 | Há-tau-tsin,
7
Mong-kok, . .
8 Pok-fú-lam,
9 | Shái-án,
10
Shek-ò,
•
11 Tang-lung-chau, (Hákká),
12 Tang-lung-chau, (Punti),.
13 Tò-kwá-wán, (Hoklò),
14 Ts'at-tsz-múi,
15 | Wong-nai-chung,...
16 Yau-má-tí,
1874. 1875. 1876.
1877.
1878.
11.05 9.01 17.45 12.50 10.95 16.00
13.37
12.55
10.45
15.20 14.37 17.46
13.65
13.03
14.47 11.96 18.29
12.08
11.68
19.58 16.54 14.31
10.37
12.96 12.23 13.55
13.88
8.62
14.70
14.70 12.84
11.50
8.15
....
11.32
9.18
12.02
9.73
7.84
13.56
9.93
17.78
13.15
15.24
16.51
16.29
16.32
13.67
13.45
15.59
8.34
18.57
17.84 16.82 18.85 16.31
12.30
9.67 15.99
17.20
16.22
11.35 14.71 11.76
19.57
16.05
6. HIS EXCELLENCY Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., to THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, BART., M.P.
[No. 33.]
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 29th March, 1879.
SIR,-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 15 of the 6th of February transmitting copies of two reports of Mr. STEWART on Education in Hongkong, and conveying to me your instructions with respect to the points raised in those reports and in some despatches I had written on the subject.
2. I believe the decision you have arrived at on the various questions which from time to time I felt it my duty to submit for your consideration, will give very general satisfaction to the parents whose children are to be educated in Hongkong, and will undoubtedly place the public instruction of the Colony on a thoroughly satisfactory basis.
3. As to the Central School, I enclose for your information a copy of a minute in which I indicated my wish to have the revision of the School fees and the other points in the management of that im- portant establishment, determined as far as possible in accordance with Mr. STEWART's views.
4. In creating the separate office of Inspector of Schools, with a salary of $2,400 a year, you say that you should have instructed me to offer the appointment to Dr. EITEL, but that I desired to employ his services in another capacity. The question of an Interpretation Department being, however, still unsettled, and as there is no other gentleman in the Colony whom I could recommend for the post, I have complied with the spirit of your instructions and provisionally appointed Dr. ErTEL Inspector of Schools. I have informed him that, in continuing the work on which he has been so usefully employed for the last twelve months, he is, in future, to have nothing whatever to say to the Central School, which will be under the sole control of Mr. STEWART. I enclose an Extract from the Estimates for 1879, showing that due provision has been made for the separate office of Inspector, whilst retain- ing to Mr. STEWART his full salary as Head Master.
5. Though in all that I have written or spoken on the subject of Education, the only suggestion of mine as to the separation of the Head Mastership of the Central School and the Inspectorship of Schools is contained in my observations early last year at the Central School, (Despatch No. 12 of 27th January, 1878), in which I expressed a preference for giving the Inspectorship to Mr. STEWART, yet I must admit that further experience has entirely convinced me that the deliberate decision now given by Her Majesty's Government is undoubtedly the best.
6. There is no one in Hongkong who possesses in so eminent a degree the qualifications essential for the responsible office of Head Master of the Central School; and by now devoting his whole time to the School, Mr. STEWART will, I have not the slightest doubt, render it a most valuable institution.
5. Enclosure 2 in Inspector of Schools' Letter No. 36 dated 25th April, 1879.
TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, WHOSE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE WAS UNDER 20, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
2
No.
Average Daily Attendance.
1
Aberdeen,
2 Hok-ün,.
3 | Hung hòm,
4
Little Hongkong,
5 | Má-tau-chung,
6 | Há-tau-tsin,
7
Mong-kok, . .
8 Pok-fú-lam,
9 | Shái-án,
10
Shek-ò,
•
11 Tang-lung-chau, (Hákká),
12 Tang-lung-chau, (Punti),.
13 Tò-kwá-wán, (Hoklò),
14 Ts'at-tsz-múi,
15 | Wong-nai-chung,...
16 Yau-má-tí,
1874. 1875. 1876.
1877.
1878.
11.05 9.01 17.45 12.50 10.95 16.00
13.37
12.55
10.45
15.20 14.37 17.46
13.65
13.03
14.47 11.96 18.29
12.08
11.68
19.58 16.54 14.31
10.37
12.96 12.23 13.55
13.88
8.62
14.70
14.70 12.84
11.50
8.15
....
11.32
9.18
12.02
9.73
7.84
13.56
9.93
17.78
13.15
15.24
16.51
16.29
16.32
13.67
13.45
15.59
8.34
18.57
17.84 16.82 18.85 16.31
12.30
9.67 15.99
17.20
16.22
11.35 14.71 11.76
19.57
16.05
6. HIS EXCELLENCY Governor POPE HENNESSY, C.M.G., to THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, BART., M.P.
[No. 33.]
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 29th March, 1879.
SIR,-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 15 of the 6th of February transmitting copies of two reports of Mr. STEWART on Education in Hongkong, and conveying to me your instructions with respect to the points raised in those reports and in some despatches I had written on the subject.
2. I believe the decision you have arrived at on the various questions which from time to time I felt it my duty to submit for your consideration, will give very general satisfaction to the parents whose children are to be educated in Hongkong, and will undoubtedly place the public instruction of the Colony on a thoroughly satisfactory basis.
3. As to the Central School, I enclose for your information a copy of a minute in which I indicated my wish to have the revision of the School fees and the other points in the management of that im- portant establishment, determined as far as possible in accordance with Mr. STEWART's views.
4. In creating the separate office of Inspector of Schools, with a salary of $2,400 a year, you say that you should have instructed me to offer the appointment to Dr. EITEL, but that I desired to employ his services in another capacity. The question of an Interpretation Department being, however, still unsettled, and as there is no other gentleman in the Colony whom I could recommend for the post, I have complied with the spirit of your instructions and provisionally appointed Dr. ErTEL Inspector of Schools. I have informed him that, in continuing the work on which he has been so usefully employed for the last twelve months, he is, in future, to have nothing whatever to say to the Central School, which will be under the sole control of Mr. STEWART. I enclose an Extract from the Estimates for 1879, showing that due provision has been made for the separate office of Inspector, whilst retain- ing to Mr. STEWART his full salary as Head Master.
5. Though in all that I have written or spoken on the subject of Education, the only suggestion of mine as to the separation of the Head Mastership of the Central School and the Inspectorship of Schools is contained in my observations early last year at the Central School, (Despatch No. 12 of 27th January, 1878), in which I expressed a preference for giving the Inspectorship to Mr. STEWART, yet I must admit that further experience has entirely convinced me that the deliberate decision now given by Her Majesty's Government is undoubtedly the best.
6. There is no one in Hongkong who possesses in so eminent a degree the qualifications essential for the responsible office of Head Master of the Central School; and by now devoting his whole time to the School, Mr. STEWART will, I have not the slightest doubt, render it a most valuable institution.
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