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cse of that kind accurred her tion by which the most harm was done, onctly, which it on left to ■ jury to. In a free market to wonparation checked magoak. Klo ciamuanges Buch, had been the each other and produced a balance, and all, of die law for tiny years past, the result was that although "dividus o There Whish Act of Gorge II. daflet the might from time to time be injured there Binckfobbing Act, the 8th section of widiol was no guralidpreciation or apprecis was splay decorated by the bill and normaltempted their proper Dow proposed to remedied by the bill and normal value flu was instructed badors the Obwohin prevent persona to make our suggestion. Part of the from using ordering of stock of which evil that existed uno from curtain they brete not possessed. But in the rd brokers Leeming jobbers and dosiery,

The Brakers' A

THE CHINA MAIL

OEFERAL STATISTICS OF SCHOOLY, UNDLE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

PHORES DINING THE LIST TAKSE ·

VELED,

of

alon and receiving Government aid to In 1883 by the Indian Government, which, valiu al auch knowledge, did not wait Banketa, Marchants and professional men powerful slijpe of the Peiyang fleet to his some form or other. The remainder, viz, dodlaring the elementary education of the lately soo why their daughters would go to in Hongkong is in favor of the Hon. J. J.esistance. The present disturbances on 109 Schools with 1988 schnars, are Privato mass of ile perpla the principal object of school at all. In the third i stance, there Keswick's bill to restrain gambling in time she Yangtze are far more workout yet the Institutions entirely independent of the Education Thupartment, offered to hand is a large class of purchas d servant-girls bargains in shares within the Oolong Viceroy has not sent one of his ships to assist in quelling them, but bas even kept's verament enpervision or aid, xept that over any of its Colleges os Schools (devoted (of school-going age) and Eurasian girls Yours, do

whom Bertitude and the stigma of want of

GRANVILLE SHARR number of the best ships of the Nan- thong fow which are not kept for private to secondary education) in nuitable cases to

yang feet, which belongs to Nanking, from pay-bodies of ludal educationists willing to respectability, combined with popolar sanchingent are by law exempt fros

liying idly at Weihaiwel with his own undertake thefe management under the prejudico, esek to keep out of the educa

To the Editor of the · China "MAIL" ment of mttes and taxes,

provisions of the Grant-in-Aid system. Tini, net. These three factura, hostile to

ships. The Governor of FormoMA WAN KA Hongkong, 10th June, 189

Anbu mao, the Visary of Nanking is a The Royal Commisskin on Indian Education the spread of female education, are to a

S-The Chambar Commerce, yea Hutan man, The Viceroy Li has for many (1880), mis the following suggestions, curtain extent still at work in the Colony, Apart from the Police ghoul with 380 clearly applicable to long cong Secondary but your by yast their effent becomes turday. passed a resolution. by a respect yests past exercised all the power that he rest of Her Majesty Queen Victoria it was which led to great deal of a scholmas (ela. 31 Entopaans, 317 Indians captions in any district should be loft to, weaker. It is still af et that the insin atile majority, disapproving of Mr Keswick's possesses by direct interferons with Shang found that this Act was dus inconvenient and and rask spostation.

hai, although this place is entirely beyond Batspero no extensively dealings at this subiation were anxious to purify the pro- and 148 Chinese) and the West Poirit the Grant-in-Aid agate (Roport, p. 414). body of our population consists of working bill againes unde gatooling in stocks,

mga cilbor numar ied or having their think it should, if possible, be clearly tig proper sphere of influence, and is with. abook exchange that it was repealed in its festion and they suggest that the best way Reformatory with 99 scholars Chinees dir ob departmental effort should be entirety. He submitted that this in italf would be to make brokera tako out letce and 27 non-Chinese), both of whinh Schools made in the Geld of andandary education families on the mainland, but the number understood by the commanity, by The Gov in one of Las provinces governed by the was very strong fament against the and pay a fee and to empower the Uovorno from the control of the Educa (toport p: 415) The discontinuance of of Chinese fatuilio permisnoutly settled ernment and by due friends at home that Viceroy of Nauking. He often succeeds B bill now before the Council; and breadly want to refuse licences to anyone who is tion Department, the total number of any general system of education, entirely in Hongkong increases staadily fem tho prinsipel oppisor to the bill are the getting his protégés appointed to the Tro- “Warbased on this that the only gffect of i have besa approved by the Government, and examination,. amount d' in the year provided by Government (that is by Goe- year to your. It is still true that share-brokers of this Colony, people who, taiship of Shanghai, which is the second can from a strictly commercial point of view, rialast post in the Empire. The last one, peaking the argument he had to prosunt, not a muni bue of an Association whose rules Schools, subject to Government supervision

European families, that erament Schools) is anticipated with the most

Kang, was an Anbui an, and arrangemente this bill if passed wont to to seriously rules which band each mobar not to 100 to 112, a compared with 63 in 1880, gradual advance of the systems of Grant afford the expense, send their children with a few exceptions; haven intercat in

in-Aid, bat the progress of education is not to Europe the educated there, but the Colony, people who carry no weight have boon privately made already for the jupeds the transfer of stocks and shares jub. Mr. Francis "conolnded by thanking and 24 in 1870 The total number And so far to impeto and figure the oporbe Council for the patient houring he had scholars, enrolled in theme Sehnols during to be chocked in the slightest degree ty the number those that cannot afford it and have not the full calderas of the appointment of the Viceroy's son, who

the fuse 1800, mounted to 2.170. - Bons of the Bompanies Acts operations and got.

Me Kenwick, in moving the second Fared with 3,886 in 1830 and 1,302 in 1870 Bié-abandeamout of a single schnel to i is on the increase, Aà tɔ Chinese indiffer- community, Had it not been for the share is now the Minister to Japan, as the probably decay? Undis Education ane ta the value of school-education for brokers the Clamber of Commerce would next Shanghai Tantat. The Vloerop Li ots which had been of the very grastest, adraninge, to the mercantile community reading of the Bill, expressed his entisfaction appears threurs that the number Dispatch, 1854, qunted in Report, p. 23) their daughters, it is rapidly vanishing, at certainly have approved of the bill, just as has also obtained the entire control of throughout the world, and under which at the very free discussion had given his and hours under examination by All Directors of Public Instruction should the needlework instruction, gratuitously it is now approved of by the majority of the China Berlin Company, and

the Inspector of Schools has been rearly alu at tite gradunt transfer to tent (native) added to the programme of the Girls merchants and bankers in this Colony. mang great antarpaises had hon pader-rise to in the Colony to end dontlen within the last ten years. Thera wangement of Governme & Schouls giving Schools, uns introduced a commercial value.

Whatever may be cold pro or con. Mr working energetically to keep a monopoly of cotton spinning enterprises hero, in his taken, ber auf plswhere Beyond the glad that the Sharebrokers' Association had has boon en increase of 39 Schools and

secondary instenction: Eept. 1 590) But whilst freely sending their sous to En Keswick's bill think there can be no doubt own hands, and in many other ways is Brutment of inamnvenience, it seemed to boon heart by mosel, as in the one at 2,586 schilers during the ten years from his fact that say (Gerernment) about glish Sebaols and gradually fearning to ap every sonsible au must approve of a constantly striplug to exeroles a para bins he had a much stronger argument and the Dill being passed it would be clear at 1870 to 1889, and an increase of 49 Schools giving sondary education raises us the preciate the value of the education given in thing that will help to do away with the mount Influence at this, the test impur- and while the stobrokers were fairly all events that clone and full area and 3,284 scholata daring the ten years) per cent. of its entire exponditur from Chinese Girls Schools, they cannot as yet prosent system of dealing in bank slier tant place in China. The compzalive flease put before the Cool They tinn of news had bean suede. The learned from 1830 to 1890. We hire therefore fete, shoald be taken så affording a pre- see why their daughters should loira Eu bulling and bouring to an unjustifiable ex-inertoons and weakness of the Napking. alloutted to grout quils existed in the Ovunsel, and every oun silmitted teate

Finally, as regards the pariahs of tout. By bank shares can only be meant Vicarage ouable him to do this with very aud

That spils, arode astrof, blight exista in Hongkong, light that had too of a mattefatorily steady increase sumption that the transfer of such school glish. Transactions in there and blocks, and not done great injury in a large propustion of Soliools nail scholars from decade to to lest management can be safely vif cted loont exciety, the Registrar General has of H ngkong and Shanghai Bank shares, et soos

mind dedade, which is followed in the wake (Report, p. 407)

and I think it should also be borne in

In referonde to Shanghai, it may be A pitiodicu ly inerous late rado valuable efforts to bring home to ta mike any bones about it out of exccs. the cyl-partis era of the auual increase of the population.

ing provision should be made to the odnos, the Chinese familias, in which purchased that although the chief management of tho worth mentioning that there are about four sive spiculation and gobling in shares and to aco and remedial messure that would

tional budget for the expansion of Aided servant girls are employed, their moral ob Bank is here, half the shares are held in or five thousand soldiers hosted in and stocks and they were perfectly willing to relieve row very unsatisfactory state of

Institutions. (Report, p. 583). The proligation of providing then girls with an London, and that probably the London near the native Olly, who are Hunan hou, admit that if any measures should be fixon affairs, He was very much struck with the fo atop this gambling it would be not only fact that the learned counsel appeared to Applying the same comparison to the last portion of educational expenditure to genefacation, and the oetablishment of the travel has large deposits from people at while there aro about eight thousand at

We out here are set at all likely to Wopsung, who are Anbní men ural revenue is an important consideration. Government Central Secool for Girls has home. an alvatilage to the colony but also to their state that the Bill would have no effect few years, it appears that the nambar of

The Vloerug L has a mice thorough given a first impetus to the education of make a run on the book or to take serious. own personal advantage as an asociation at all. If that was the case, why such an Schools sud scholars under the supervision I find that in 1881 to 1882, (au later data and as individuals; and their complaint outery about the serious injury it would of the Education Department raso frore 07 being at hand), the Government of Bombay Eurasian girls. The net result of this genly to heart any widae depreciation of his knowledge of what is going on in all parts with reference to this ordinance was that do. He (Mr Keswick) believed that the Belupis with 4,253 stolars in 1888, to 10 pont on eduention (after dedeoting aaral movement in the matter of fouale edu stock, because everyone is the Colony and of China than any other official, and 4t á It would not in the least degras check, chief cause of the opposition was the re- Sahcols with 7,107 scholars in 1880 and tur school-fens, but including coat of school-ation is exhibited by the subjoined in China can obtain pretty correct informand selected a different time for His inspec much less atop the evils of which vom strictive effect the Bill would have on the 112 Schools with 7,170 scholars in 1990. It buildings) 23.2 per cent, Madrae, 14.3 par Table, showing the proportion of boys tion sa to the reasons of such depreciation; tios of the fleets and foris, and kept his powerful foot of iconslade cruising in the plaint was made by thu hon member sale of shares by those perasus who do not will be seen from these figures that, ai cont., and Bengal, 6.9 per cent. of it and girls under instruction, in schools but the case is different with the people at

total revenues. In 1889, the Oulony of subject to the supervision of the Govern home. They might asily be panic-stricken Yangtza river instead, these terrible out who moved this bill and the other persons porson then. The unlimited sale of shares though there was a steady increase of Mauritius, with a revenue of Ra. 87,44, 964, meut, during the last ten years It will be and via themselves, and, perhaps, the breaks at the river ports would never have either in

this Council or throughout without uumbers has had the effect of ruin Solionls under Government supervision

to which I will at present catur,The day the colony who supported it. They were ing a very large percentage of won in this from your to year, yet the annust increase spent an education (exclusiva of Buildinge) en frats this Table that while thero was Bank olso. The Hongkong and Shanghai quite willing to admit that this bill would colony. Suppose the number of shares of scholars has fallen off from 849 in 1888 ) Ra. 4,05,021 or 4 6 per cent, The Govern- in the year 1890`but a very slight increase Bank is the greatest feoler in the well-bePaned. There is only one other point ment of the Straits Settlopents davoted, io of scholars (63) as compared with the your ing of this Colony; it is the barometer of has already arrival, when the interval probably do a great deal to prevent a man in dompany is 5033; it was quite to 63 in 1890, that is to say the attend suor from selling short-selling shares that he possible for an operator, without holding away unusually bed in 1890. The peculiar 1888, out of a revende of 83,868,108, the 1889, and a decrease of boys (145), there the Colony's state of prosperity, and it politics of China are not only fat more was an increase of 208 girls under instrue. seems to me to be a plait daty to da every important to her own interests but so to has not possession or control of; but was single share, to soll to the extent of 1500. unhealthiness of the year, and capucially enm of $143,169, or 3.7 per cont to the that the evil that was really curiously com. This thing was done every day, and it was the prevalence of influenze at the beginning currect expenses of the Education Deparation in the year 1890, and that, whilst in thing posible not to axpose this barometer the interests of foreigners than the so-alled plained of No man who knew anything an outrage that it should be permitted. of spring and the long cuntiuuance of fever ment (cost of Buildings cot included). The 1880, among every hundrei under into unfair and misleading iuuencos. Any about the position of the share ket The rain wie Lays for the riso, hopes is among children, are the principal sause of Colony of Hongkong, baring a revenue of struction, there were ouly 18 girls, there thing that will tend to prevent this is a perial politics of Baking. Far more on In the Colony could say positively vain for the rise. The seller who sells the this extraordinary decrease of attendances above stated, the sum of $66,081 on the or- scholars in school. This is nothing to

$1,996,220, spent in the year 1800, as were, in 1890, 82 girls in every hondrod atop in the right diruption. Yours. that there had bean to any great shares, it is he who bulls the markot until be

dinary purposes of education (exclusive of boost uf, for it shows that female educatiuu mpitent or in any stock of any great value, get them up to a certain price; then

is still fo backward condition, but it is. SCHOOLS AND VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS, hort selling. One man, the only one so plants them here, there and everywhere, and far as he knew, had been ruined by calling when the time comes for delivery down

Of the 7,170 scholaca in 112 schools un short, and that, was a man whose case goes the market on account of the short derersmination by the Inspector of Schools was now in the Bankruptcy Court; bat selling and he may bay back the shares and as many as 4,658 scholars attended 76 the bulk at the transactions going on make a big profit, although he may have Voluntary Schools established by the local It never had an actual share in his posesssion, Missions, both Protestant and Catholic, here did not involve short sales. wazht the shart sellers who were That was the legalised system in this whilst 2,614 scholars attend 36 sacolar commercial immorali-Government Schools. The latter are, so ruined; the ruin was nut caused by bear-colony. He called iny operations baby bulling operations. p. The learusd Counsel mautioned a la distributed all over the Calony that in every The pizans who were ruined were those passed in 1737, which had been in opera district there is a least one secular Govern- who bright shares for a riae. AnFone sion for 120 years and was repealed in 1859. acquain ed with abore business in the He would like to know whether there did meat School within easy reach of any parent objecting to sed his children to ar could enumarate probably bundeads not exist when the repeal was made denominational Christian School. Sach of men who had suffered roses great or less some enactment which rendered it more objections are, however, extremely rate, for, in this way. Be

B could not say that there less unnecessary. And he was not sure might not be a four dates in which persons if the repeal law bad not been adopted-aral valo, the Chinese, indifferent as in the religious influences of the Yolun had been ruined, by wlling short, but he whether the old law was not actually the tary Schools, look to the personal character Would the law of this Colony at the present monest and scholastic competency of the teacher doubted whether there were.

He considered that it

rather than to the Christian or socular passing of this bill interfere in the slightest (Langhter).

most

undesirable that any person should degree with that class of business i

character the School, man thinks he sees his way to make re the power in his hands of ruining a

proft Ly A

little gambling large proportion of the community, Huge, would the bill-procent him great deal had been said about the bill re

The above-mentioned 112 Sa dels under feurs signing a contract to take up these listing the free sate of shares 416 dis the supervision of the Education Depart akaron months hence at extravagantsented entirely from that view.

three prices?" That man would de precisely the of shares with their numbers attached are ecatiered over all parts of the

are 71 schools with 5,830 scholars. The in these Schools, which partly avail than saine thing even if the numbers of the to them will go u as freely as before. Colony. In the District of Viototiu, bura (Hakka and Punti). The instruction gives (Before Mr E. J. Aclroyd, Acting Chief politics of China, 1 may perhaps be able c - Whares www mondened in the contract. The licensing of share brokers might do villages of Hongkong are provided with 44lves of the pan of the Rimanized system

a grest ideal of good. It was suggested that this would be a

Schools attended by 789 pohatera, whilst in of writing Chinese, adds to the objects guarapies at least that the shares existed areasure to the me he was introducing and the villages of Kowloa there are 17 taught in the preceding class of Schools,

he would be pleased to saw the Governmbat Sebols with 520 scholars. and that, the vendor was in a positem to

Where the the further subjects of Arithmetic (up to deliver them. That was perfectly true, enact auch & menure He ridiculed the

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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF GOVERNMENT

aid

SITUATION OF SCHOOLS,

KRIUCATIONAL EXPENDITURE OF THE GOVERNMENT.

Government District Schools $7,040, Go-

OLD RESIDENT. The notuial vote of the sharebzoksts was only one factor in the adverse decison of causes at work, and they will perhaps appent more alenrly later on-Eu, ti, f.)

be learnt regarding the former at Shanghat than is known even to the Cabinet of the Chinese Government, much less to the Foreign Ministers at Feking, whos energies were exhaustively occupied in perial Audience while events long prepared and of momentous importance ware on the

Nero Add eve of occurring,

while Rome is burning.

Buildings), being 2.8 per cent, of the lotalar that there is steady prugrces and the Chamber yesterday. Thoro were other grappling with the solemn farce of an Im

revenue.

"NATTER OF ZUN BDUCATION GIVEN.

We have in Hongkong the following dis tinctions. There are in the first instance, Schools giving a Chinese education in the Chinese classical language. In 1890, there were as many as 86 each Schoola at workt ander the Education Department, (28 Gor senment Schools and 5 Grant-in-Aid School), giving to a total of 2,955 scholars, the kind of education which an ordinary Village School anywhere in the Empire of China gives, but with the addition (in the case of 28 Guvernors Schools with 862 saholare) of the rudiments of arithmetic and Geography, and (is the can of the he Grant-to-Aid Schools with 3,095 scholar) with the further addition of Christian tonoh- ing. The teachers of these Schools are all Chiness and have not had any professional training. We have further & for Schools (in 1890, 8 Schools with 210 scholars), which give to Ühineas children. Christian education in the Chines

room for the hope that the proportion of boys and girls under instru vien will soon

attain to its normal figure,

Proportion of Boys and Girls under in- straction in School ander the supervision of the Government, 1880 to 189.1

Your. Boys. 1880, 3,187 1881, 3,001

Girla Total. 699 3,886 850

4,223

1682,

3,941

1,241

5,182

1683 4,120 1,477

5,597

4.258 3684

1,647

5,696

1685. 168,

4.329

4,161

1,88% 1887, 4.195 1,778

5,974 1828, 4,342 1.916 5,258 1880, 4,091 2,116

7,107 1800 4,846 2.824 7,170

1.78

6.029

5,844

SUPREME COURT. IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,

Fustics.)

Friday, June 19,

left the colony.

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THE CAUSES OF THE RIOTS. Mr W. V. Drainmond writes as follows to the N.-C. Daily New on the 11th

inst.:-

It needs only very ordinary intelligence to see now that the policy underlying the present series of outbreaks, whiuli I sketch. od briefly in my former letter, is rapidly running its sourse to what appears likely to be a completely successful result The French property already destroyed

Sir,--The very serious disturbances that are now occurcing in various places in mid- must have been worth many lione of China, nud in which two English lives have teele. When the bilis are sent in what is already been inkan, and surense the Chinese Government going to do?" It amount of forsign-swned property destroy will not pay, but if not, what then? If the ed make it desirable that a true under- French aubusit to the loss their expulsion standing should be arrived at as to the from China will be practically complete, and circumuiances connected with, and the the position of all other foreigners will considerations bearing upon, these out-rapidly become intolerable until anolber foreign war inevitably occurs, I have only brochs.

Having tonda a special studs of Chinese ched very briefly upon a very few painte pofitios for many years, sut more partion of importance, but my latter is already for farly of the underousrouts of the internal longer than I bad intended it to be, throw a little light upon what is to all foreignors confessedly a very dark and 20. fathomable subĵvat.

manner,

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other means at his disposal he raised the sent to the vowspapers the other day. He ending Building Grant) $19,352. | dary Music and Needlework in the Girl toils an affidavi', and he had shown very diffrente y produced 14 balen Waste Silk, 6 bales Hair and Se held in reservo he would sell out, 25 at -a / had resolved by a very overwhelming me- Verzament Schoot $2,450, Luspeptor- Subrols, and fastidi Bography, Alcobres without making an application for an ad- | articulate expression of the wrongs to Tea for London, 20 bālēs: Riv Bi

the

sold

a moderate incro.no,

Enzlish Schooks). Finally we have a

and

by incruaso of Grants given to

In

Quotations

OPIUM

HONGK NO, June 19, 1891.

New Patus, cash,... 480/481

Calls New Benares, aneh, 4874/490

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490 New Dalva cash,.. Allowance, Trels.. 48/64. Old Halwa, cash,... 500/650 Allowance, Taels. 8/40 Persian, Oily, cash, 400/480 Allowance, Tauls. 48/80 Persian, Paper tied 340/416. Allowance, Tasks... 10/84

Exchange, HONGKOXxu, Jano 10, N

EXPORT CARGOES HAN Por S. 8. Laerter sailed Dth Jano For FRASER +MITH C. SASSOON AND ORS., In my letter to you of the 27th ult., 1 London. 2904 boxes Tea, containing

$100) DAMAGES,

stated some of the conclusiona which I had 501,984 Ita. Scented Caper,: 3,923 boxes Mr Holmes, who appeared for the plain-arrived at spuro years ago, and the events Tea, contaming 82,388 163. Dongoa, 1,228 but no evil had arisen out of the ơn | idea about the great trouble thai would he pupulation is demest, us in Sayingpun, decimal fractions) and Ancient History. It in this case, naked for an adjournment which bave occurred siune you published boxes Téa, containing 25,788 s. Scented

Sheungwan and Chongwan, the Seloofs are These Schools are partly taught by Ear existence of that guarantee. It had been caused by having to enter the numbers of placed most closely to get her, but areu in the game and partly of Chinese teelers who in consequence of the plaintiff's absence that letter on the 29th us. seems to hate Orange Pokos. 385 boxes. Tua, optataing pointed out in the public newspapors, abarea in a contract. Ha endel by ap: Vilage Districts there is no hamlet, be it have had a Europeau dessins hind from the colony. The plaintiff lead writt n corroborated in every detail the correctness 20,085 ibs. Surts-total $0.049 borde con and he thought. ho

Inne propose to talning 630,840 iba. Ton; 80 bales, Catter was entitled to pealing to the unlical members to vote

io him saying that owing to the breakdown of those conclusions. 40 argument, for the bil, and moved that it be reda easy reach. Every vill ge with poule with 250 scholars) are devoted to giving a tu tava the Oulony, that he was therefore in points of special importanc

over a small, that his not a Schou! within class of Schools (in 1890, four in number, of his health his doctor had ordered bin make a few general observations upon cer- 90 rolle Muting, 60 bale Blacktes make

CARDS China aware, 3 cases Blackwoodware, that, there were two or three big specul. second tige

tion sufficient to asud 20 children to School Christian education in the Portuguese lan Mr Ryrie Bacondeil. He did not entirely has a school of its own The only draw-

obliged to go away aul was leaving by the These Bleumuir. store in the colony, extremely wealthy

uage to Portuguese phildres.

First, as regards the cause or causes of 20 vases Bristles, 18 pkgs. Bamboo ward, men who could by carrying on large opera-approve of the Bili and thought it might back is that the School-hauses are, with Schools, taught by European ladise, who from what hat suppened it connection opinion that a spiris uf unrest has arisen, Cases Gutta Percha, 2 cases Ginger and 25 tions lower the prices of shares. Let them be modied in conimitter so as to moat the rare exceptions, badly suite for the pur (with one or two exceptions) hold certificates with another. Hatter in Court, the plaintiff and has been rapidly growing in China, Cases Sundric

As is Lordship might know these daturbances. I haro lung been of meats and 25 think of any one of these men would the objections that had been raised.

Per S. Glenskie, sailed 13th June Mr Ho Kai suid it iras stated on one sided and do not and sufficient of some European Government, teach, in the bad left the Colony, and he asked that in that passing of this ordinance interfere with his

inndation for the number of children who Portuguese language, the ordinary subjecte adjoarmout should be granted for about during the last five years, this

has grown much more rapidly exista

For London 1,576 pkgs. Toa, cntaining operations ? He was supposed to be ez that short selling was the cause of all the oril

of at alomontary English education. in woeks

ไทย tremely wealthy and in possession or

in much greater force in certain parts of 33,096 tbs. Pehoe, 3,102 pkgs. Ten, cuntain- or and on the other side that bulling was the ought to go to school.

text clam of Schools antíaints of 8 English capable of getting possession to-morrow cause. He did not deal in sharea and did not

Mr Bastings, ou behalf of the defendants, Chius that in others. Its inception aroso, ing to,142 lbs. Congou, 5,314 pkgs: Tes of thousands of sistes in any com know which eide to beliste. Ho suggested

Schools, with exactly 700 scholars, all un- most strongly opposed this application and I think, from an inconscious, and innate containing 111,594 lbs. Scented Caper, and der the Grant-in-Aid Scheme. pany. He could go into the market that the bill be referred to a commission,

Tha suw total spent by the Government Schools, give to English

nga saked bis Lidship to dianias the suit with fueling, which would be asusidered and 2,070pigs, Tsa from Facchow-tntil 12 005 and Poringa sa and boy as many, shares be ould with instructions to take evidence on the

in the year 1890 for educational purposes children (including a faw Chinese), by the costs. No aflidarit had been ledt und described by a certain class of puliticians pigs. To: 4500 bulus Hemp, 10 hagn lay his hands on. Say he Longht 3.01; matter, so that they might really know the that he entered into contrasts under this nature of the disease they were endeavour (608,1976), amomated. after deducting instrumentality-of-trained European touch there was no evidence of the plaintiff's in England and Amation as one of healthy Gun Mastic, 181 bales Waste Silk, 350 the school fons (912,113,00) paid into the ess, an elementary English education in the Lordship knew in this sait he did not know seinot upon Jarau a generation aga is be. pige. Rattan-ware, 50 pkgs, China, ware, 13 As far as his discontent. The progressive desire' which pkgs. Owner, 88 pkes Hamoon-ware, 31 Ordinance for the sale of 2030 of thesoing to cure...

Me Whitehead acconded. He could not Treasury, to 856,015. The prinsipal English language, but the highest class or whether he had left the colony, or, if he ginning in work in Chins, and will run its Oase Cigars and 28 pkye, Sundries. abates on Linie, to be delivered threa i

itcius induded in

in this sum are the follow-classes in each of thess Schools superadd had, that he would ever return again. He cou-se as surely and irresistibly as it has in

Per B. B. Saghalien, sailed 17th June- months here at largely enhanced prior Juniors, mainly a the ham of the later beings Victoria College $18,999, Granta in the principal subjects of an English nga thunght the least the plaintiff could do was that country, though very possibly; in ce For Continent, 1.0 Bates Ball Steve Contes

his own operations buying and any jestions,

School, viz. Algebra, Physi

Physical Gor

and it didstent pace,

Tonkin Raw Silk, 97 uses Goods prios of that stook, The 1000 which he intimated that she Chamber he represented re

Gu-graphy, Mu

little courtsey, to the Cours in going away Ta ate of Schools $4,377, Government Scholar. Euclid in the Boy's Soltools. Some sou

ad-feeling

to be pige. Sundries' from Foochow 999 pkgs. Literature, Manantation and Brok time, prd in the course of a month or two jority to oppose the bill!

Student Interproters $520,

achieved, rament, imply leaving a latter with his removed, the improrsments to be a bis oises Blik Plecs Guoda 8 kg. Effects and keeping

vilioffor. ingrket tight drợp 50 or 60 pointe. The Attorney Generat said the bill was ship $1 187,

or the results to be attained, but it This was not playing with loaded not introduced by the Government and that. The foregoing expenditure, compared aid to the fores

arning list of secondary_sal- with the expenditure of

of the preceding joke

Lordship thought there ought to be to the banding together of enormous 2 pkga, Tressurs valued #44,170 special lessous, sa for instance Latin dice. He was mately taking advantage of Government wished to study all the argu-

cous ilates his great wedati and credit. Be deliberate mants on both sides before arriving at a de-caused principally be additions to the Geometrical Drawing (St. Joseph's Quilegu) oder gate conalierasion on Friday, nezt.

Public Fahool), French some medical evidence, and in order the numbers of men in secret societies which oh might be produced he would take the seem to have agreed upon one point in ly machticed a portion of his property by cision. He moved the adjournment of alaties of the star of Vistoria College, by Franch and Erhan 1 Drawing (Viacinia

som 200, namely, that the removal of the selling, 300) of his shares below. the price the debate.

Mr Bohnes suid he would endeavour to present Manchu drasty, and the establishe Mr Ho Kai pressed bia amendment, but the establishment of a now Girls' 800 of Sakocia which combine with the aim of obtain medical evidence wht to be evid- throne, in the first 1st.of their desires. he bought them at, losing a dollar or two on

ment of a purey Chinese dynasty on the each in the hope of sabing twenty or after some discussion it was held that this Voluntary Schools. But this whnlaincrease giving an elementary English education in

Me Hastings said there

sziated thiety dollars on each of the other 2000. In amendment ex 1. bo introduced with- has its deepest source in the natural the English language the ends out to keep no alad that the plaintif in onded to fearst sasieties have undoubtedly, doing this he made a perfectly legitimate out botico,

extension dio educational movement up also the previona attainments of their come back; there was no evidence on that in China from a remote parind of history,

int yet.

nuaibers The Registrar Genersi suggested that ac use of his wealth and his credit. Nothing

which in irresistibly pushed forward by sohulats in the classical Chinese languago,

but they have greatly increaend in in this bill would stop him or any man in cording to the fecretary of State's instrucc

Bis Lordship said ch evidence ought of late years, and comprise all olnare, both his position from doing what had been done tions the Bill could not be proceeded with lation, rosensing, from ye x wing pop giving this an Anglo-Chinese education also to be produced.

of uition,

offcial, mercantile, and agricultural, the most important element at prosent being in the past, and nothing in it would pro-as the unofficial mombers were very far increasing, from year to year in its by nglish methods

appreciation of the value of education as 1990, W9 had 14. School of this rout anyone from purchasing these shares from agresing.

tional expenditure of the year 1890 amounts Chineso or Eurasian extraction. Three of wall as in sheer numbers. The total educa-olaas, attentod by 2026 scholars of BARRETTO CHINA GINGER MANUFACTURING military officials and soldiers.

CO., LIMITED.

Next, as regards the forces that are nos This was & claim of $911 for wages due at work in connection with political move. to 87.3 per scholar, so far as the Gozom these Anglo-Chinew Solioole (with 364 by the defendant company to the plaintifments in Chins. During the last thirty arent is covestned, But Schools like St, scholars) are Mission Schools, the remain- Joseph's College, the Italian Convent, the der (with 1,662 scholars) are Government Mr. J. G. Smith, on behalf of the company, Fests or so, two provinces of China have Diocesan Schoo, the Hongkong Public Schools, but only three out of these, feu admitted that the sum claimed was due for risen to a commanding position, viz School, the Church Mission Homs sad teen Echople (Diocesan School, Victoria arrests of salary from April 1990 to April Hutan and Anhui, and the rivalry bow Orphanage, the Berlin Mission and other College, and Governmont Birls' School) are 1891; and judgment was given for the existing between the people of these two On

provinces, and minou extends from the very Mission Schools, duing sound educational taught by trained teachers. The Victoria plaintiff, with costs.

highest to the lowest, is the dominant factor work for the benefit of the community, in College said the Dice School are the m

in the politics of the immediate future of CORRESPONDENCE

China. The famqna Trang family, Bad rad additional expenditure, not included only Anglo Obincan Schools which ombise, in the foregoing figures, and amorating like the above-mentioned English Schools,

especially the great general Tedag. Kuo-

Credito, THE DISCUSSION ON THE will be seun from Table XX appended to with the advanced subjacia of a secondary

fan, have been primarily instrumental Documentary, 4 months sight, SHARE BILL. this Report) to 60,046.51, that is to say to English education, also the ordinary sal 841,909 30

in pushing forward the interests of On Paris over and above the Grunia-in- josta of elementary English and elementary

On demand, r their contrymen of Ennan, To the Editor of the CHINA Ald (818,787.12) paid to thoss Schoola by Chinese Schools. To the ordinary subjects the Government in Fabrarry, 1890 The of a secondary English School, the Diocesa

Hoogkong, June 19, the

Credits, 4 months' night, most martial people in China. cost to Government of the education pro Schools edes Avimal Physiology, Goonia-

SIR-In the generally very correct The great Viceroy L1 Hung-chisng has un-On Berlin-

On demand A meeting of the Finance Committee was vided by the various class:z of Schools trical and Perspective Drawing and Book goount which your paper contains of the peasingly fostered this interest, of this be in the bank he wishes to will them and hold after the Conoull at which it Pran

the On demand, does not know their nombar. He has to agreed to recommend the vote of $5000 for under the supervision of the Government keeping whilst the Victoria College adds Chamber of Commerce meeting yesterday countryesen ci Ankui Apart from the O2 New York

Credits, 60 days' night, end to the bank to ascertain and may lose the exles of the Peak Water supply to attendance educated in Victoria College keeping The Victoria College, St. Joseph's my remarks. I did not say that I went exception of die forps at Peking, of no

varies widely, ach noholar in aver ge Latia, Mensuration, Chemistry and Book- there is an inaccuracy in one sentetno of Tartar garrisons, which are with

Wiro, the Government in 1890, 823.34, st College, Dion in Sohool. Elangkong Pabile out of the phers business beaus. I did not real strength in any park of China, the On Bombay the Government Girls' School (being to

great injority of the soldiers outshint of

The Hunan On darand, to Schoul and the Victoria English School thick it a proper employment for that year and charging only half fee) prepare candidates for the Oxford Local gentleman, but I made use of the old anan and Anhui rien. 8/0.49, at the Goverment District Schools (both Junior and Bentor), Kraminations. English adage that the cultivation at then as to powerful a Nauking that On Uniontta

wugeois! and an Viceroy, who is no: a Bunan man 88.88, at the Grant-in-Aid Schoule 35 39: There has been a vialb's tendency of late, the soil the only

On demand, Nothing can be plainer than the fact that in the case of St Joseph's College, Diosassa appropriate employment for gentleman, and soldier, oan keep them under any

system of pay by rasults, as applied School and Victoris English Boys' School, This was puken in pleasantry, and from control. The Hanan men are now the On Shingham

On demand the merriment with which the comark was leading spirit in Chics, but sinos the they are is very much cheaper, whilet

Receiving into the dislicet

sure that it we understood. death of the Viceroy Twing Kunahuna, revalved

I luist Live

and to parents mor

moro satisfactory; i

than giving

parcial education, whilst the Vistoria The Amb that fu, boks and large Institutions in

the system of Government Schools. The College, and the Bangkang Fublic Bahoof change or abarat, have been distin shed chief. The Viceroy Li Habang is a ong Businen we go brisk that

Grant-in-Aid system of Bongsong, erson seek to combine commersial and clairical for their gentlemanly hearing and the remittingly, pushing forward the men of memdinary precautions that

large business transactions placed in their Anbul in avory pact of Chine. His brother en were not

tially differing in some prints from the trashing

hauds testifies to the confidouce with Li Bau-chang has the post next is import spuenation was brisk preet sly the e

*BADIO

PERLEH KOOSITION.

which they are sugerded. The fint daty na to his ovo, the Vinurayship of mat are rising rapilly thing happened with the brokers. Short

Thres causes have hitherto been at work of every gentleman after making him Chuton, and, Auhof. alling could not be proved 20 exist in

The total number of Educational In- more, from year to year. In view of the retarding the expansion of female adus-as meant is to pay his shot, and power everywhera La Ming-chan Hongkong Males on time of shares that stitutions of all descriptions, known to applicerases (by immigration from the ion-in the Colony and proverting its keep the most of our ammunition is expend who has just seated the Governorship of à “a mau bays a la control of although he have beet at work in the Colony of long mainland) of our population and the con ing pace with the eduction of bays. In ad hure in paying mouthly billa. The Formosa, is a native of Anhul, and in coa- -pay matche's

to give the number did long during the year 1890, amonais escquent annual intramed of our educati in the best instance, the Chiusis, population share-brekers are fully justified in using nection with bin name an instance may be TOKEMONETLEM exist-planty

evil ** caused by the spuit of gambling in every | scholars, constituting a décréase of 57 contarning educational exponditum is on decades of our Colonial history almost ex-craft.

Ling in every 23 Schouls with a graird fotal of 9,044 needs and expenditure, & definite policy of the Outohy coolatod for three or four var fegnitate as in defence of their mentioned illustrating the feeling holate one therefore can be sureferred to. "It is not long since the breast Fame war two classes of specula scholars an compared with the precoding shalate necessity. I am decidedly of elusively of mots whose familles (if any) prised that a round dozen of them should Governor of Berasa had serious difficul- tions, bulling and bearing. If they prayedto♬ year. More than three-fourths of the epicion, and I have continuously urged were left on the mainland of China In bare rated yesterday at the Chamber of lies in coging with the rages who live in bearing they destroyed the remedy againt whole bumber of scholars, that is to say it upon the Govarampat daring the the second instance, the Chinese, though Commerne apon the ticket: Great is the hills and who broke unt and attacked The Viray Li Hung-obang balling. They left the market without the 7,059 scholars, attended Schools (114 to last eight years, that we ought to follow anxious to have their bors taught to read Dians of the Ephesians. There can be the Cliness natural protection against undue apprecia- number) subjot to Gaverament superci. in Hongkong the leading principle adopted and write, because aware of the commercial however little doubt that the fouling of the promptly sent Admiral Thug and bome

or entering into the same contracts agnis, His Excelency said he did act construe In 80 cases out of the bill would the Secretary of State's instructions to mean that the unofficial members toust br not have any effect whatever. It was as me

sumed that short selling was the cause of benenimous. And in any case the bill all the gambling speculation and serious ought to be thoroughly discussed before loas, bet tuk was apy proved. Not only they decided as to the agreement. would the Bill do as good bat it would do. The name of Mr Chater was mentioned www ophetsutive mischiaf, by tying the hands, as haring seconded the bill when it was

of korest respectable dealers in shares. - A Arat introduced

Mr Whitehead said Mr Chater only fres isekat for theres was widential to the maintanance and existency of public com seconded It because there was no other pauled The very tendency of the unofficial member present. before the Council had very gonsiderably Mr Keswick-He did second it, but I interfered with the market in Hong cannot say what was his reason for doing

Purchasers of shares. did not itu, m Long!

After some further discussion the debase know whether they bould sell them or not. The Bill would came a very considerable was adjourned. amount of trouble, à usu's shares may

markotyk

“Or si man purchases shards on Magazine flip.

the

L

in Hongkong the toket being good, Ile

London marks and wishes to sell them

the numbers and he loses his market

The

darnot well unless he is in a position to give

THE EDUCATIONAL REPORT.

Bill, there could be no doubt, would deusa

-The additional:

The following report by Dr Eitel, In- A dalds and sdditional expense spector of Schools, was laid on the table of

** trouble might set par leifing, bat in the g the Iglalative Council this afternoon :--

Wakaryo," "I was an absolute

MAIL.

who are no W

London Bank, Wire,...

"Qu demand 30 days sight one (TRAN

4 monthe might

to the Grant-in-Aid Bohnɔla of Bungkong to turn the scoondary educatio of a conThe most scosessful brokers, whether in ex-fast year, they have no reengelied political Gold Eaaf, 100 Ans

effec

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,

Hongkong, 30th May, 1891,

Sir,I have the honour to present here. with the Anual Report on Kánsation for the year 1890,

GENERAL EDÍOLROYAL, STATISTICS.

scheme in free in England, sommends: itself, by the amoothness, cheapness and effectiveness of it working, more and

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