1887-1903
COLONIAL REPORTS--ANNUAL.
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31. As compared with 1899, the British tonnage increased by 4.93 per cent., and the foreign tonnage by 3.20 per cent.
III.-LEGISLATION.
1. There were in all 36 Ordinances passed during last year. Of these, six were Naturalization Ordinances, while 17 were concerned with the amendment of Ordinances already in force.
2. Three Ordinances were passed in connection with the New Territory, by far the widest in scope being Ordinance No. 30, under which the operation of such laws of this Colony as were not already in force in the New Territories was extended to a certain portion of those territories.
3. It was during last year that the Chief Justice, Sir John Carrington, made his generous offer to prepare a new edition of the Hongkong Ordinances, and accordingly at the close of the year a Bill was passed to make provision for the preparation and publication of a new and revised edition of the Statute Laws of the Colony. The first step was thus taken towards a much needed codification of the laws of Hongkong.
4. Ordinances were also passed for the establishment of a hospital for infectious diseases in connection with the Tung Wa Hospital; for the imposition of fees for the issue by the Government of Hongkong of certain certificates to certain Chinese; and for the provision of more effectual means to ensure the observance, by those in charge of certain steam-launches, of reasonable precautions against piracy and robbery.
IV.-EDUCATION.
1. At the close of 1900 there were in this Colony 13 Government schools and 91 Grant-in-aid schools, purporting to give an education to 7,481 children. Of this number, no less than 1,440 scholars are claimed by Queen's College. The remaining 103 schools are thus left with an average of not quite 59 pupils each, the smallest number in any given school being 12. This state of affairs cannot be considered satisfactory, and it seems desirable while diminishing the number of educational centres to cultivate greater uniformity in the system and object of teaching adopted by the various scholastic establishments.
2. There are five schools in the Colony—Queen's College being by far the most considerable—which give an education both in English and in Chinese. Twenty-one schools offer an education in English only, while in the remainder only Chinese is taught.
3. No satisfactory provision for the education of European children exists in Hongkong. Whilst European parents prefer to have their sons and daughters educated at home, a preference dictated by climatic and other reasons, there are not a few Europeans now in the Colony who are unable to afford to send
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1887-1903
COLONIAL REPORTS--ANNUAL.
13
31. As compared with 1899, the British tonnage increased by 4.93 per cent., and the foreign tonnage by 3.20 per cent.
III.-LEGISLATION.
1. There were in all 36 Ordinances passed during last year. Of these, six were Naturalization Ordinances, while 17 were concerned with the amendment of Ordinances already in force.
2. Three Ordinances were passed in connection with the New Territory, by far the widest in scope being Ordinance No. 30, under which the operation of such laws of this Colony as were not already in force in the New Territories was extended to a certain portion of those territories.
3. It was during last year that the Chief Justice, Sir John Carrington, made his generous offer to prepare a new edition of the Hongkong Ordinances, and accordingly at the close of the year a Bill was passed to make provision for the preparation and publication of a new and revised edition of the Statute Laws of the Colony. The first step was thus taken towards a much needed codification of the laws of Hongkong.
4. Ordinances were also passed for the establishment of a hospital for infectious diseases in connection with the Tung Wa Hospital; for the imposition of fees for the issue by the Govern- ment of Hongkong of certain certificates to certain Chinese; and for the provision of more effectual means to ensure the observ- ance, by those in charge of certain steam-launches, of reasonable precautions against piracy and robbery.
IV.-EDUCATION.
1. At the close of 1900 there were in this Colony 13 Goveru- ment schools and 91 Grant-in-aid schools, purporting to give an education to 7,481 children. Of this number, no less than 1,440 scholars are claimed by Queen's College. The remaining 103 schools are thus left with an average of not quite 59 pupils each, the smallest number in any given school being 12. This state of affairs cannot be considered satisfactory, and it seems desirable while diminishing the number of educational centres to cultivate greater uniformity in the system and object of teach- ing adopted by the various scholastic esablishments.
2. There are five schools in the Colony-Queen's College being by far the most considerable-which give an education both in English and in Chinese. Twenty-one schools offer an education in English only, while in the remainder only Chinese is taught.
3. No satisfactory provision for the education of European children exists in Hongkong. Whilst European parents prefer to have their sons and daughters educated at home, a preference dictated by climatic and other reasons, there are not a few Europeans now in the Colony who are unable to afford to send
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