EDUCATION IN, HONGKONG. ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1881. The following Annual Reports on the state of the Government and Grant-in-aid Schools in Hongkong, for the year 1991, are published in the Gazette for general information -- No. 24.
GOVT. CENTILA SCHOOL, Hongkong, Marc): 28th, 1882. Sia-I have the honour to forward to you this Annual Returns connected with this School for 1681, and to bo, fir, Your most obedient Servant,
GEO. H. BATESOK WEHT, Head Master. The Hon. W. M. DEAR, Act. Col. Sec.,
&c.
"AVERAGE EXTENUE OF EACH SOUglar at THR
·OENTRAL RUKOOL DURİNG 1881.
Expenditure,......
Doduct School Fees,..
.814.601.15 ...4.051.00
Total Expenze of the School, $10,560.15 4. Average Expense of ench Scho-
lar calculated by the Total En- - rolment, .......
Head Muster,
of
$16.77
izl
27.35
*to
SUPPLEMENT TO THE "CHINA MAIL," JULY 3, 1882.
am no
of in that they are free.
to
M
сабо
of giving a whole holiday every Wednesday (or Thursday).
for
This favourable resalt, the Victoria Schools of the educational amination, that were present, ither highest standards of the Code his consider-
|
of 27
5 failed in 1
JLU
#ab-
1876,
1877,
1878,
1879, ..
1880,
1891,
46
20
28
I find that the slight incrasse, in the
knowledge of English in this Colony. Among these schools, the Govern- the grant on that score. Out of hy given in this school is not much ley/It is principally in the boys' schools in Class.
of
learning
learning
classes so efficiently.
re
suficiently
ed in 1881 to 72 as compared with 63 in there is now but little ticho availablo in the point une Master of Would have 8 had the requisite number of attendances, in the Roman character, and to arithmetic attendance in these schools. Finally
of those girls are not living with their own as it receives no grant for it. All the other
schools in which a European, education is Class I, and it seems that this very soheme, given in the Chinese language, we had. in which was introduced to sales the standend parents, but are purchased sorvat girls, schools in the Colony, which teach English, though of
of tender age, and live under a sort derate the whels of their school hours X- 20. With the Roman Catholic schools I 1881 three schools, two di which are con of education in the Colony; is, na far as of servitude, the need to provide for their clusively to English teaching. The Central class also the Victoria Schools, as they are ducted by the Basol Mission in the Hakka these schools in Class I are concerned, education becouses oven more apparent. School surrenders 23 hours each day undor the patronage of the Roman Catholic dialect, and one by the Berlin Lauties liable to an abuse tending to lower the
rule, veryCliincse Although the Chinese are, na
Under these circum Missin, although these schools do not Society in the Punti dialect. One of the standard of education materially. Although teaching. auxicus send their own children to stands
This lattor point Basel Mission schools in a day school for the number of these schools and the num scema to me that the shore to- tunch religion at all. school, they do not care to give their pur-tailed results of the Central School examina- gives the Victorin Schools so for an ad- the other a boarding school for girls, bor of
of their scholars has very largely in- chased servant
any education.
tione, girla
with the exception of the which, f the Lower School, compare favourably age, as more time is given to secular 1 The boys' school of the Darul Mission, with reased since 1870, yet the subjoined against the interests of the advocate of with realis of most Grant-in-Aid seheris, Sigitas teaching deprives, in my
instruction, but the antire
tire almence of re
at onrolment of 47 boys, presented anly 10 figures show that the number of schoolars pinion, boys, of whom 18 send them to achen.
ex- annually brought forward into the two remainder compulsory education, but I think tho po- are satisfactory.
Cherastances of this Colony and the obtained under adverse circustanees, is power exercised by St. Joseph's College. cuased to atter or failed to attain the ably dressed since 1876. provalence of domustie female servitude in due no doubt to do excellent organization On the other hand, the mixing of Portuguese requisita number of 200 daily attendances Number of Scholars Examined in Standards
a partial
ial application and discipline of the Centml School, next and Chinese boys, which is the systema- during the year. Of the 18 boys Hongkong recommend
oxamined,
V. and VI. of Clasa 1. ompulsory education, the system of those classes of Masters,
school, to the superior qualifications of its trained tie practice of the Victoria boys In tot
in 1 subject cash, and 1 in purely Chinese subjects, to to
smers to produce a healthy emulation jects, and the result was that, out of 18 Chinese faules regarding which the Gov-
10. The ordinary Government schools, of which St. Joseph's College deprives itself boys examined in the first three standards, extiment (as the proper guardian of such which teach us English, and the Village by the separation of Chinese from Potta-
orta-14 passed. Considering that 4 of the boys purchased children whose parents are in purchase
schools, subsidized by the Government by a guese scholars. Out of 104 scholars on the examined wors alearly too young to be ex
to could pected
in pass Hongkong) has an all monthly grant as Aided Schools, all roll of the Victoria Schools, only 46 could most cases not living
arithmetic, this result
been good tracking interest, if not a anty, to make sure that of which torch Chinese only, have gone luxamined, and most of these who were showed that
given, of the attendances Auch girl
or at least have an oppor- their usudd course na in previous years, and not examined were excluded on the ground hit the great resred with the attend- number of scholars brought forward into tunity
do not call for any specia: remark But of insufficient attendances. Some, how this school, namaer of schools trading English, it is Government schools, sutside the Central Aid school or the Central School during the immediate neighborhood, appears to with the three preceding years, is due to 6. Consiloring the steadily increasing it is necessary to advert briefly to those ever, had been attending another Grant.inances in day schools for Flakka children in the higher standards in 1881, as compared idunt tint there is from year to your a School, which teach both English and Chi pars of the year, and were excluded from me tonificate that the kind of education the laudable efforta maite in this direction
made in the profaction of
of by the steady progress mad
schools and their Managers. girls' rent school at Stanley was the lenst satis. examinett, 3illed in 1 subject each, but by the pacents the boys who artools which teach Besides 7 Governm
boys number faciary, as the
one failed entirely. There were also he gave more for a good China this for the net that the standard of education g dwindled In addition to Chinese, there were English thore.
girls examingi and all As European odacation. That B. Average Expense of ench Solio-
gradually
It is true that a considerable num- Iar calculated by Average Daily
seren Grant-in-Aid schools teaching through various causes, till there were at scholars of the Victoria Schools are dis-ligious teaching which the parents object to, featly boen lowered instead of being
The total number Attendance,.....
of children
but 4 bays English
the end of the
triluted vor all
clearly from six standards of the
the fact that crowds of bor of the boys in year
these schools appears
leave, schools under Govern. English in
all the 'Code, it requc to touch so manying into the other Grant-in-Aid schools enrolled in the Central School in addition to Chinose,
Considerable effort the same class of children are throng after four years' study of Chinese, to be Learning English in GEO. H. BATEMON WRIGHT,
others studying Chinese only. At the on the part of ment superion amounted to 1334.
Atudy 7. The fork done by the Govermemi Shaaldwan Government school the state of
in the immediate righbourled, where us
but this fact does not 21. The next Roman Catholic school much religion is taught, but a
a Chinese edu. Central Sool in 1881, has been tested by aura was hardly botter. In both of these No, 87 Erucation DEPARTMENT,
account for the excessively Hongkong, 8th May, 1882, me)
me by an examination which I conducted villages the puple appear to prefer a purely which teaches English is St. Francis girls cation, instead of a European cans, is given. small number of boys now being brought S--I have the honour to forward here on the same principles which I follow in the Chinese elation to the teaching now given school, which sa lant your for the first The time which this boys' school of the forward year by yent into the higher stan with the Annual Report on Education and annual examinations of the Grant-in-Aid in both the English and Chinese languages time under the Grant-in-Aid Scheme. Out Easel Mission devoted to the teaching dards in spite of the enormous increase of
bat with sheh adaptations as they schools,
and the Blue Book returns for the year 1881.
To please of 15 girls prosunted for examination, only of by one Master in cach place.
reading writing cloguial Chinese the t domand
observed that in the case of those people, the Govern
of some of ind
those 2. The total number of schools, subject peculiar case of the Central School
for which to
teach Chiness ex and these 8 girls were examined only in the makes a serious inroad upon the tins Grant-in-Aid schools in Clase I, the ox- to supervision by the Government, amount. As regards Chinent studes,
in the elusively and another to teach English. two lowest standards of the Corle. Que required for
for learning to read and
writa in penses
of whic
which are very the areount since the umber
the number of those who wish to fail of hours But as
failed in 2 subjects, the others paned. 4the Chineso chamotor and, in my opinion, of grant earned under tho
provisions of
of the 1830, 50 in 1870 and 47
Tao total Centrul and 47 in 1878.
of this school is the school in taaghorory day learn English is small in these twe
in 1881
exceccted far from 3 to 6 hours. I it is,taruly to tus exproved that the Goreur fine needlework done of the pupils ander in the introdus not handen, real I
the amount actually rer, spent by them in the same year. I the
of the Italian Sisters of Charity. tuition of the Itali the may here state that the results of the ment should incur
which this system of
of education appears to mended therefore the Government to Chinese exantiatum, which I and acted, per hero ts, in Shangra, the
the further 22. The remaining Roman Catholic imply, do not seem to have equal force in introduce into the Grant-ig-aid Scheme a fair difficulty that e
of the
hich bont-presple sehunk were under the Grant-in-Aid the case of girls, for whom, if the two rula, limiting the amount of geant, payable
in 1883, and which give a European instances of the schools
one school, by a fixed ratio of pro- and villagers there wish the Chinese teach-Scheme in
portion between grant and expenditure: ing to be given us the Halka diades, education, coating their teaching at preactat the Basot Mission and Bertin Mission, are a others in the. Punti and others in
the to the Portuguese language, v) the St. sufficient guide, this system would seem Hood blo
scem curred. dialect, whilst
tancher 110
28. A Normal School has boor" started can Francia' Portuguese School and the Bridges better suited. At any rate, the girk to teach in any two Street Ragged Schools, all of which are clearly gais under it better results than by the Government in September, 1861,
In the Anglo-Chinca under the tuition of the Italian Sisters of the boys. The Basel Mission Girls' School, beginting with 10 students, with a of these dialects.
were Charity. Ju
โป St. Francia Portuguese admirably organised and conducted as supply trained native Masters for the schools mont, or aided by the Government (by But the results of the Buglinh xaminations the intuber of boys studying English young children and infants, a considerable best advitage, as all the girls are tolerably results. The ten students were examined
Bore eatisfactory. But here monthly grants), and the so-called Grant may be stated as follows
8. The Proparaury School was examined adencanivational
At Wongnaich ung di number had to be excluded from examina-grounded in the written Chinese character, by me at the end of the year, and the result Tu very small. schools, Protestant
but satisfactory as it tested only which aided the Government
thus examined, only 104 had the re-buih of which subjects are equally appres pass in the lowest standard of the Code, the highest class write prose composi- three months' work, it is needless to state by
boys by nts under the
in Painted by
using details here. I append, however, n brief annaal grants
provisions of the quisite number of 200 attenuates which in
Anglo Chinese
an impossibility. Again, on the score of the Roman character, is a clear proof report by the Principal (Appendix) Grant-in-Aid Scheme,
schools, I admicalon to the examination. Counting e in a satisfactory
best insufficient attendances, out of 41 prosented, that there is considerable power in this find that we had in 1881, in 35 vecular therefore only these 10 buys who had the schools of this class, howevy, are the two 21 had to be excluded from examination. aystem in the direction of educating XVI, containing the Educational Statistics
Angh Chinese. Government
schools at U
at Uf the 20 children who could be examined, the mind, apart from the greater variety for 1881. Government 1,966 scholars as com-requisite number of attendancot, I find that
of 43 in pared with 2,078 scholars
stard, and in the second. The result was,girls examined, all passed in every subject, 1879 and 2,101 in 1878;
arithated in 2 and 1
that 12 failed in one subject there is n further find
of 11 the However, satisfactory, as only 3 fated in with in 87 denominational 1981, 1 that
in we had
exception aly
girle in standard schools, 2.237 scholars as compared with jucts. Allowing then, in ensideration of touching English, whilst there is
and 1 in 3 subjects, 1,808 in 1880, 1.417 in 18:9 and 1,061 in the fact that this school 1878.
the copywriting to wake up for failure in a subject, as the
mounted
in 1881 to 4,872 a con
in 1878. These figures indicate a
furing
which the
number of scholars, subject to supervision with: 3,6ad in 1986, 5,96041 1875 and
showed that in Chinese epiposition steady increase, continued during the Inst result had bear obtained, but that Chinese four years, in the general mauber of schools memoriter repetition of the Classica cannot But as the clange was and scholars subject to Government superbe kept it now.
ande in the latter portion of the you, it is 3. The numbers above given includo both tou soon yet to come to asatisfactory decision
so-called Government schools, ie. se-It would be useless therefore to detail here
Vision
the
additional ex-
the
if
งดง
howererade in
מן
in-
view
to
ular schools establisised by the Govery. the resulta of the Chinese examination. Övermachucl at Yaumáti things werSchool, which is a mixed school of very boarding school, sheas this system to its of the Colony. It is too eoon to speak of
in-Aid schools, and Roman Catholic, in reading) woting and arithmetic. Of 126 combined teaching of English and Chinese. tion owing to their extreme youth making whilst the facility with which the gris
arc
of these two different classes the rolla¦ Grant-in-Aid schools is the wine-qua-ryu for+] and th the villagers, gavi: good results, which makes ne provision for infant schocks, tion in the Hakka vernacular,
that
of
condition
went schools in 1980, 2,043 in 10 failed in reading, in writing | Mayag ni Master, educated 17 were placed in the first (lowest) stand- fuf mere instruction conveyed by it.
1.
and Wantsai.
At
Sabjects, and 13 sub: Howard University, Washington, C.SA..biect anch, and 18 passed. The Bridges IV, of whom 3 failed in 1 subject each,
1
was very
20. I enclose also the usual Tables, I-
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, Sorvant, E. J. ETL 27 Inspector of Sclicols:-
Acting Colonial Saretury.
1 see therefore a slight but steady I time on Chinese studies as part of its Government school in the same building Street Ragged Schools presented, after failed in 2 failures were clearly caused The Hon. F. Stewart, LL.D,,
aly Chinens, ao that those who xaluding infants and those who had not The latter two to loura Chinese in addition to English, the full fumber of attendances, le boys for by individual incapacitar tengine, which is
examination, most of thear were Grant-in-Aid Schene allows in stand have an opportunity of doing so.
examination proved the to be expected to pass oven inhere arde,
derate the whole of each
been
excellent in all respects. Never
but
decrease, from year to year, in the attend secalar Government schools,
is counterbalanced, as it is the net result of this examination is fex: however, avail themselves of it and two youn Standard of the Coon. Out of boven by proporly trained teachers, to manifest steady that, out of 104 boys Examined 2 failed to learning here English only, having 18 boys examined, there were accordingly theless it was evident to me that the aya- afbry
ander at
deser
which decrease no doubt
t caused, by increase, observable
of scholars number denominational
of
فة
the
FLEGE'
.
The Eigil Clan was examined
classes 17.
jority
At the
their 9
the
in 1
il 1
I
ן
youth Chincao education.
THE NORMAL KUHOOL.
The following report appears in the form
GOVERNMENT NORMAL SCHOOL, March 3rd, 1882. SI,I have the honour to forward you the report of the Government Normal School for the year 1881.
were result then is thut, out of 36 boys examined, give all be found collected in the tables each Enilish under the Grant-in-Ain Code, giving a purely Chinese education in Students, viz ton, tivo other youths were
NIA also to
re-
tho
Fifth and Fourth Classes,
and copy
XIII, skew
the
11. The so-called Lower School, includ.acoompany, the number of scholars both of dan are counerted with the Church ipally was examined in
in euling, diet
dictation, with- passed and failed in Out of 3 boys examined, raly 82 ta
taple XIV,
geography, grainur
had the
y-writ-
them to
quisite number of attendances of schulzes who gassed in cach school, dildren, and althougEnglish which 18 the beginning of last year the Protestant of school hours, together in one, school-
the
A8 AN
at the
the School, where they can copy study
Fence I infer that the number of childron failed in 2 subjects, 3 failed in 3 anbjects garding these Gran-in-Aid schools having 32 English school. As such it prosente placed one school, worked under this ay their own doaks, having all their books
were thon
who
ought
the
לממן
attend
ly that
Co-
pub is actually
Do school provided
01 who attended
by
kuown
20
the Mastera
in which a
-72400
to
over
boys eren
its
tem
hipi
In December, after three months of probation, the ten Students were examined by the
antisfspector of Rehools and passed
Of these ten Students, nine were formerly pupils at the Government Central School.
School at Saiyingo'da. rout Elementary sa popil of the Govern
As a proof that the School is looked favourably both by the students and their parents or guardiana, I may
of the ton Students had already left. school and were earning a competangy for One of them had the
mention that
themtion for a Sarreant interpreter in
dollars ($20) 趣
in the top the religious
fedt keep up outing fruft's who failed in 3 subjects each, and 2/tein followed in this school does not admit of an Appendix Grant-Aid selovis, JE roading, dictation, oritatiic and epys Chines
Out of 30 ekamblod, 20 Goyevninent school we have two bastors.bove examined cach. Thus, out of 18 of the same proficioney being obtained in
enly 7 boys passed. But
But the written Chinese character pa is found however, the limited acentuation of the hud de requisite number of attendantca, ore en india, echicated at this Crovermusenat the fallure was manifestly not caused by in other girls' calculs which give a pucely
Central School
were the Government medied t the building of a new Central Counting only these 29 he fed none Central School, who teaches English, and deficient teaching but by the extreme
d by School, with increased
reased staff and
1 failed in dictation, 5 a native Master teaching Chinese tuly of
26. The only other school in the Co thy of the children. In the girls, school, the acemoda failed in
This School was started in the month of tion, the
very for of the boys in this school omit circumstances being the same, the result worked under this same system, is the result would b The Census
was little different. Out of 38 girls on the school of the Berlin Foundling House September last, the first few days of which To sorgewhat diferent failed in arithmetic. Done failed-it-copy- 23 to arrive at fair, in 15 enabled huet. The result, therefore, is that the 29
in 1881 enabled writing Nose failed in more than 1 sub studying Chinese in addition to English.
This school was in
spent in getting pupils together, pre- tu the Normal Siz dober 1881 atched roll, 31 had the requisite number of attend- Bethesda, which is also a boarding school | were:
to give the
ances,
but most
of tho
were to
to like the Basel Mission
giris school, and
books, materials, &c. On the 19th the number of scholars attending schools beya examined passed without
paring without exception. not under Government supervision or
10. The Seventh Class was examined in
of the Nornud School opportunity for young to
to be expected to
Accord-
Usia school also produced, through its ex-September, the School was formally opened, or in- on 3rd April, reading, dictation, arithmetic and copy; apoction. It appears that on
teaching and organisation, very when twelve youths attended on trial. practical exercises
As in the art of teaching.ingly 18 failed m 2 subjects east, and rable resulta. The examination of bull, the Sayingp'in failed in 1 enbject each. Out of 81
Out of writing.
None of those girk,
of this Out of 41 boys dated, 36 fadi
girls ca many no 6,587 children were re-
number, seven are still exhibited examined,
good
The other five withdrew for ed a scholar of their attended sing only these 36 boys, I find that 2 results, such indeed as can fairly be com-i schools 11 passed. Both these however, wore presented in the two highest | Studenta.
and it may safely be the requisite number of attendances. Coun- and the Wantsai schools
as a su
standards. are apecially designed for the Por-
Out of 37 girls examined, various causes; some not being far enough asumed that
De failed in reading, 3 failed in dictation, 8pared with the sults of the correspondies | work not, boobs, though the remark that only one failed to pass. nearly achoots
and are doing au excellent failed in 1 subject each, and the result was nivance, and the parents of others not in the Colony at that time.
them to wishing t attend. ducting fram
the Central School. this
aumber of failed in arithmetic, and none failed in the number
and cleanliness of scholars
schools and regards the Grant-in-Aid schools, alle tidiness: anrolled the secular and deno-copy-writing; that 11 failed in 1 subject
ir
fill up the thres vacancies which then 27. All the remaining Grant-in-Aid ninational schools under Guvernment in- ulg, and that I failed in 3 subjects. The the same details na those which I have scholars belies the idea of any raggednes schools are worked under Class I of the remained to make the full complement of
23. Only two Protestant institutions (4,872), I find that
above with reference to the there
School,
the Chinese language only. 2,215 scholars attending private schools, only 1 failed to
But as all
Ell admitted. Two of these Students were not The Census of 1881 enables
this raport, vis, in Table Scheme I, the Di Public School, and these schools, 25 iur Calculate, mure
who
other three romaine, withdrew, the akewing
-called Hongkong and Sixth, wasing satisfactorily than it was
Chinese Cer, teach prin. suitable and possible to do so in previous years, the
and supin in cách standard
re the ethical teaching of the
To bring the Students under closer educated
of England. The Diocesan Home and Or Classics by religious Christina teaching, the scrutiny and supervision, also to enable as the amount of grant carned in each cuse, of to uneducated
children notie,, It
ing
which exhibits
the percentage phanage is a boarding school for Eurasian work done in these schools has, in my
to assist one another in their studies, aler, Ad 5 2^37 For fotony. proximate calculation (see Table XVI ap-ha
it gives also Chinese
make a high educational value. Until and thus progress, by studying, out opinion, a Of these 82 mys, 10 failed in ahmetic, of passes obtained by each of these schools in its Chinese touching to Government of this system of teaching. Later
in Table XV, which shows the parded to this report) that, out of 21,860 of the
teaching, in addition to children under 16 you
dictation, id failed in
language of the school, it does not eub years of
resident in ago
Missions of the Colony held the monopoly room, andisturbed by any noise they would the Colony in
failed in gran tenet 4881, there wore 6,587 10 failed in geograpy, 201
reading, writing, arithmetic,
for probably be subject to at home, they were grammar,
I can therefore only treat it and that about 5,407 and none failed in copy writing. I find geography, history, repetition, axplanation, examination.
the first time, the Roman Catholic Mission allowed to take up their than five years
of age.
that 21 failed in I subject only, hut 12. and composition. But further details re
r examination, and these were
under the Grant-in-Aid Schoma, 90 *t The re- been called for, I proceed to add some distributed over all the six standards of the that now 22 of these schools are Protestant and ether requisites at haud. to have beon in school, but did and 3 failed in 4 subjects oncli not attend any school in 1881, amounted to sul, therefore, is that, out of 82
• boys Ex-
remarks regarding the working and results Code, which fact, in view of the anall staff, Mission schools and 1 is a Roman Cathous about 9,816. This estimate is; however, aute, 18 failed to pass. The unfavour hole in order according to the class of work thrown ou the teacher. Out of 31 schools are under the superintendence of
schools in
in 1881, taking these indicates a very considerable amount of
of school. Five of the Protestant Mission but an approximate one, and as it includes abls result of this examination,
the subjects schools in
boys cxamined, 7 failed in I subject cach, native catechist and
ME! children up to 16 years ago, while many of which, as in all other chess, but been teaching given in each. leavo school when 14 or 15 years of age,
and were opened by None of the Grait-in-Aid schools 1 failed in 2 subjects, and 28 fixed upon by myself in concert with the
and 28 boys passed this estimate is certainly rather above than Headmaster and
of these has been placed in that highest class of This is a very satisfactory result. As this bulalf of a few Chinese merchants who sup below the mark. am, therefore, inclined Clasers, is in my opinion caused by the schools for which the Grant-in-Aid Scheme school devotes its afternoons to Chinese ply tho finds. These schools are, how to think that the numbe
be of uneducated
system
foreign in the course of curcis teres, which made provision in Rule No: 20, vie, teaching, it is (apart from the Normal directly connected with any trego Mia and school
Class who did children,
the onl
school in the Colony only a European in 1881, another in the course of each
similar the Central Sch
School
sionary. None of the Kaifong schools has may safely be estimated at 8,000. Con ayatum appears to have atill bean in vogue education is given in any sidering, however, that almost all the existin 1881.
Scheme. There is no need Some boys in this school had been gnage with Chinese in addition. The bination of two languages taught in the as yet buen placed under the Grant-in-Aid to detail the over-admitted a for days baiers the examination Government Central School is almost the school. On the other lumi, being a board results of the examination of each of three of sohocks in the Colony are much over- ing
rehool, the Diocesan School has the these 23 Grant-in-Aki schools, as the ro orowded, it appears to
me very moved out of the Preparatory or Eighth But in Glass IV of the Grant-in-Aid See the he ran out of school-hours under usrative Tables appended to this report Police department in a salary of twenty
took place, and many had evidently been only school of this class in the Colony.
the Central School by bringanlts are summarily tabulated in the com. advantage number 8,000 represents not merely number
of aneducated children in the and Seventh Classes into this school before viz., for
schools in which a
a European but the number of children for whom The Third Claas of the Central guage," we have Grant-in-Aid schools, G of all honra of the day an oppertunity of hear-Forced themselves into notice lately in con
were ripe for it,
education is given any European lan English unsees, and affording them at But a few general observations, which the 12.
month. Another was a clerk. in H. M. Naval Yard at a salary of Private means. Further, as the School was examined in reading, dictation, which use the English language, and 3 use ing English spokon out of school section with these schouls, may be interftoon dollars ($15).
ow arithmetic, geography, grammar, composi
the Portuguese
language as the medium of reason why this school does not submit its
and the other esting to the taxpayer and possibly contain
month, 1) whe
when compared with the tion and copy-writing. Out of 27 boys education. Those of those schools which Chinese teaching to Government inspection, useful hints to the Managers of those was cashier and clerk in a store.
The school premises at present used for number of bovs (about 4.00012stering such Oxamined, only 20 had the requisite num- teach Engba, ay he divided into Roman by placing it neder Class V (for schools in schools. I observed, in the first instance, e-School are
Catholic and Protestant schools. Those which a boga pono
European education a given with tion of far below the ratio of proper ber of attendances, Of these 20
suitable, as a general steady improvement going on, native boys (10,824) and girls (10,340)
(10,340) failed in reading, noue in dietation, & failed which use the Portuguese language, in place Chinons in addition), is probably this, that
to year, in the quality of teach they are situated in a quiet spot out of front failures the risk of so doing the Colony,
Your resident
it seems to me safe in arithmetic, nono failed in geography, 1 of English, uro exclusively Roman Catholic.ation would be very considerably ing given in theea schwols, as well as in city; the school-roomas, are large and to sesume that a vast majority of those failed in grammar, failed in composition,
7
19. As regards those Roman Catholic
would be their organisation and discipline. As In the Elementary Day School to which Creed, whilst the value of
and the number of boys, who 8000 uneducated children for whom there and one in copy-writing I find 7 failed in Schools which teach English, I have to att slightly higher. In other words, the knew all those of these schools which ex.
00 school
ara girls. The ob I subject ouly, 2 failed in 2 subjects each. refer in the first instance to St. Joseph's cloud would not be likely to earn as
isted before wore brought under the the Nonnal School is attached, form an The result is therefore, that, out of 20 College, under the charge of the Christian: –867VAROT-
thode, I am curtain that this Grant-in-Aid
this ample quantity of
of material for the Students inclino,
rae also to the opinion, that this boys examined, 2 failed to puss,
Brothers. This institution is divided into grant by being placet under Class V,
general improvement in the effectiveness to practice under my supervision. want of schools and achool accommodation
If the Govertiment could see its way to for lower Class IV. This seems to nie to inf for about 8,000 children is
principally School was examined in reading, dictation,
provisions of the Grant-in-Aid in the central parts of the where rent
Chinese tion and copy-writing. Out of 25 boys gucaz ordinary
does not
encourage the combination of two to make a
living Teachers to foes commonly paid in ordinary Chinese attendances. Of the 24. boys, 5 failed in tation or even used by of explanation. 24. The Hongkong Public School, con- from
some of robocis. There is no lack of derland for dictation, failed in composition, but none The result of the axumination was, in both ducted at St. Paul's College, with au en education of some
the Chinese failed in any of the other subjects I find divisions, highly satisfactory, aa, out of 140 rolment of 23 boys, all of whom were the by & people of this Colony,
sort other resident i in that 7 failed in 1 subject only, and 2 failed boys examined, 11 faited in ono subject sons of English-speaking parents, presented provisions of the Lodo, to the paid teacher to their work, I trust that tite desire of the the town or in the villages, is that out of 2-1 boys,-2 failed to pass.
and only 4
Government to obtain trained native toa 4 failed to pass. A refer-only 14 boys for examination, the others as a personal bonus, there is but with thoin 2 subjects each. The result, therefore, eacsowever, to Table XV, showing the | Raving falled to attain w the requisite num most of the artive teachera Aligion accomplished, though it must be borne in exception of the villages,
terclass for the Elementary Schools will be System is freely availed of by the people, 14 The First Class of the Central School results gained in 1880 and 1881 by a comber of attendances or left. None was old dency, not only to neglect the none of the Kaifong (nativo residenta) of was exxoined in reading, dictation, arith-parison of the percentage of passes ob though to be presented in a higher standard
the Govern wukle, geogrphy, composition, History and tained in reading, dictation, arithmetic, than the fourth. One boy failed in two special which is not examined into no mind that for the first period, at least, a Hongkong have yət applied to
roat many drawbacks must necessarily be the Government, in ment for grante-in-aid for educational pur-copy-writing Out of 33 boys examined, 28
bad the requisite number of attendances. I den fin seography and history, indi subjects, and all the others passed in every favour of the particular subjects required expected and encountered. poses.
subject.
Two boys were also exarcined in by the Co special cramming during the was, in 1981, a
seek to abtain a Female education
ht "out of. 29 none failed appears to be making find
in falling off in the results of teaching of the
aaa special reading, 4
subject, and passed. high grant slight progress
in the Colony. As the
whilst there was a coll
though, therefore, the school had but last few months of, the year.
Another Grant-in-Aid Schools give year by year in arithmetic, 6 failed in geography, 1 failed siderably
number of teaching failed in history and none of the Portuguese
of boys to present for objectionable expedient lately resorted to creased attention to female education, the in composition. 5 I number
of
Government failed in copy writing. I further find that 3 with
the 1886. It must previous examination,— the result of the schools in Claes I, also
with adopted a view schools continues to
failed in 1 from year to
be taken into consideration that this examination was highly creditable the to obtain high personal bonus, is
# number of attending Goy feets, 1 failed in 3 subjecte and 2 failed in highly satisfactory result was obtained by Master, and indeed the one boy who failed
practico. of admitting at the beginning of rument schools fall in 1878 to 233, in 1879
8794 enbjects each. The result is, therefore, atatuining only those boys who had made was too young and nervous to he expected the year a much larger number of children to 179, in 1880 to 138 and 1681 to 120. On that, out of 28 boya examined in this high the requisite number of 200 daily attend to pass. The class of residents, for whwas that there is teaching power to
provide for the other hand, in the Grant-in-Aid schools dard, in which Grant in did selle anees. Out of a total of 281 buys on the children this Public School was specially and to select out of the mass,
*
to drill the attendance of
rose dur
140 had મ
College, only bring forward but very low boys, out of 28 roll of St. Z requirement of the prospect of securing a larger attendance of the scholars, but quietly 431 in 1879, to examined, 7 failed to pass.
designed, is too small to give any solid in proference, the more intelligent peats from 343 in 1876, to 431 in
fulfilled this
to get 504 in 1880 and to 739 in 1881. As regards 15. The result total of the examination Grant-in-Aid Schemo. There were, there future. The fees charged aro also
neglect or otherwise,
of the anti of the Colony the of the Central School appears to me to have | fore,
fore, excluded from examination and grant In By opinion it would be more ad scholars. A future
objectionable of Census of
whole number boys 10,340 girls, resident in the Co- compare the Central School with any other
enrolled, the
plan of adroitting a number of the same sort is the practice, which appears
to be setting
ia in all the Jay. Apart from the girls schools under school in the Colony, becutive, with the ex-fact that
fact that the school was taught only 203 respectable Chinese youths be taught toy
boys' Government inspection, and numbering in ciption o of the Diocesan School, which as a days in the which left 100 mall together with the English-speaking boys, as in training boys chiefly for the lower stand. sphools in existence in the Colony, There Centre school is widely from the margin for detention by sc acel the increased number of scholars would an-ards of the scheme in which passes can bo LIFE, No. 19, (romewhat worn but în
School, none other in the Colony
Joydenta As the
repeated
ad able the Committee to reduce the fees and obtained at the examination with
with compars is therefore clearly a great educational want combines English and Chinese teaching, dressed to the Secretar applications to increase the stað,,oduces healthy as possible for the higher standards in
ofi
whilst tho mixing of tive case, but to bring forward asfew scholars unfulfilled yet. I have stated above my The Diocesan
esan School, which devetes part
faction of the prunter of 200 daily attend the two races opinion that a
avast majority of the 3,000 of every afternoon to Chinese teaching and suces, Lave been decidedly declined, the emulation without at all endangering the which the of failure is much grestar, uneducated children of this Colany are girls. gives the rust of the day to English teach only way to remorly the existing state of discipline, to which Chinese bags are far Thus, the liberality of the Code appears to Printed and published by Gzo MURRAY If I add here that nearly all these children ing, does not submit the result of the Chi- sitendances, as regards St. Joseph's Colmore amenable than European youths have pugendered a mercenary spirit
among
BAIN, at the China Mail Office, No. 2, are Chinese and that a considerable number - nese teeching to Gorerament examination, lege, will be to abolish the Italian custom 25. Under Class III of the Code, viz, for many of the native masters of schools in
Wyndham Street, Hongkong,
in
1881
schools,
in
Parts of the body
at the
the exa
pass
high
as i
Scheme.
tho
tho
attend
very
13. The Second Class of the Central two distinct schools, one being specially for now earna whilst being placed under the these schools is principally due to the build quarters. for the principal over the rent arithmetic, geography, graminar, compesi- beys who, however, are taught En-licate that the Code, as it stands at present, the other hand, this scheme, like all present school-rooms, a great advantage has also its drawback. I would be gained, as then the private studios other Feral evil tendencies arising of the Students, both in the morning and ita provisions. As for in aving to better supervised by the of the annual grant Printhat the Students have settled down
ording to tho goes, according to
is too high to enable out of the smult cured, $4 had the requisite number of Portuguese language as taught an tais insti- languagos as subjects of instruction.
exclusively, and the other · for Portu- boys.
Neither the Chinese
nor tas
The
girls
came
.
OTICA,
calen
observed
paid for by
*but by
also
to
among
nor
4 failed in dictation, failed in Chinese provement in the. 2.subject only, 4 failed in 2 sub- the results of vision, as compared: examination- but one more than at the by some of the native teachers of these
of the
very
is the
I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedi
ent Servant,
Dr. E. J. EISEL,
A. J. MAY,
Inspector of Schools.
(Principal.)
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