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higher degre of effectiveness to the wok of Education amongs ... the Chinese population. His time has also been devoted to the preparation of secilable Clars-books and to the formation of New & chools in the outlying districts.

The Committee, either in

a body.

or in the

person of a majority of its members, have within the

last month visited on a

tom of infuction the schole

of the Chinese schools on the Ielans, amounting at the jacent time #fiften and containing the aggregato memben and ac girls on the books with, an average daily of 510 bay Attendance of 280 Scholars. In serme of the outlying villages

the fishing

Reason during

the months of

of October

and

November Canses a conecdurable reduction in the average

_attendanc

people forms

of Scholan; and the

the general poverty of the

at all tenus a fpowerful inducement to

the Chinese (as to the lown classes in England) to.

remove then sons

temptation

a.

school at an early age.

is now sought to be counteractia by Commencing

System of forixes to the most derewaing prepils, by

from

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Achaole of avistinction on Inglish reasing and expedings....

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The increasing efficiency of the Government Native teachers has of late how the effect of attracting to then schools the fawr sinal.. a large number of chined fanpits, Chinese school maatios whose supposed intirato lay in a defueciation of the Government Schools, have in some cases Ceased to mate a livelihood from theiw in defensentin

excutions, and no

longer attracts the fenfils of the belle

Classes from the Government Schools.

A better system has been initiales; una the

increase.

ва

Confidence of Chinew Sparents seems to be decidedly on the.

The full benefits are not expected to be- immediately finceptible, but in the intellectual_

which is already observable in the Arines scholars, in the higher moral influence and self refeet.

improvement

of the Chinew leachers,

This

of gratitudo

...

improving the quality of the Chunrise education, and

by

-supplying the additional inducement in the Victoria...

and in

the evident marks.

in the minds of the parents, the local... Government hae row at the present time every reasonable

prafect of remuneration

remunerative sucess ana

indirect result

of

a

the not less valuabl

side recognition in Honperry and ito..

Vecinity of the paternal character and intentions of ar

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