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G. FALCONER & Co..

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Intimations.

THE CHINA MAIL.

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR

·OF EDUCATION.

(Continued from Page 5) Foos-At the beginning of the winter turn the fees for new boya were raised it i Saiyinspan to 24, and Faunati and Wii | ti to 93, without any apparent, éllect on

MITSU BISHI GOSHI KWAISHA bors seeking admission.

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The educational value of excursions is

very grant,

A model course, drawn up for the district schools, was in force during the

DAMOND JEWELLERY AND ENGLIBS SILVER WARM HIGH-CLASS GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES) MARGE. SELECTION OF PRESENTATION PLATE, CUPS, BOWES, COAL DEPARTMENT. latter half of the year. It is the result of

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Intimations.

KOWLOON ORIUKET OLUB.

ANNUAL PROMENADE CONCERT.

UNDER the Dieringuinded Patronage and to the presence of B.E. 311 HENRY MAY, K.Ü.M.Q., Ofear Admin- fatering the Government.

SATURDAY, JULY 99,. at 8 ex

Is kind permission of Lt. Col. Prior the Band of the 15th Rajputs will give Selections.

"ÁVHIETTON VALG. ....... ............$1. Late Ponk Cars at 12 midnight and

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tha combined experiance of the staff of the District Schools extending over a sumber : 12.45 aði

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of years, and aims at preparing the pupils

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FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1910..

Intimations.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

“E take pleasure in announcing to the Public the opening of a complete OrtiCAL, ESTABLISHMENT on MONDAY, the 18th inst. This will be devoter exclusively to scientific examina- tion of the eyes for glasses, and the manufacture of lenses, coin-" plete Spectacles and Pince-nez. A modern equipment has been installed throughout and every instrument and machine brought to Hongkong is entirely new, direct from the Factory..

During an optical experience of ten years in the United States, and eight years in the Philippines, we have kept in touch with modern improvements and have spared no expense to secure every

The Indian School was in 190s heased THE BAND OF THE BUFFS instrument or machine that would aid in supplying a perfect lens.

in the Bullies Reformatory, which provad however too distant to suit most of the heys. In July this year it was moved back to Wantsal, since irhen there has beon a considerable impenvemant in attendante. which was 30 in December. Both the masters have passed their first examination at the Technical Institute.

Ping Shan School shows far more vitality than the other rural schools of its class. The niaster has taken pain to keep up his knowledge of English, and enthusiastic Sanction has been obtained for the engagement of a vernacular master in 1910.

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Wednesday, July 27th,

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Of Tai Po and Cheung Chau Schools little good csn be said. The attendance has fallen off by 40 per cont. at each of them. The masters are out of touch with educational affairs and what knowledge they once had of method and English has deteriorated. This applies particularly to the master of Tai 1o. Aberdeen School was closed during the year on similar con- Admission.

siderations.

The root of the trouble with these schools lier in the lack of supervision. The mite Lers are quite unfit to go uncontrolled and

unwatched for months at a time.

Koridon School (Girls). This school continues to fill a useful purpose.

The number in average attendanes is 53. The cost per unit has fallen to $115 from 3143 last year.

Experience has shown the limitations which are set to the usefulness of Kowloon School. It provides schooling in a healthy and bright atmosphere for a number of! children, but the very short average of Attendance of the pupils makes it impossible to follow out any comprehensive school 816 course. Half the girla in the top class are

foreigners.

Victoria School (Boys)-On rasmning

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Tickets may be obtained from MOUARIE & CO.

Bongkroz, July 21, 1910,

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N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Dollars 1.80 per Share for the six months ending 30th June, 1910, will be payable on FRIDAY, 29th July on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the Compay's Office

'The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com.

SUTTON'S SEEDS. charge of the Department in pril, I found By will be CLOSED from WEDNES

DAY, 90th to FRIDAY, 29th July (both days inclusivo) daring which per transfer of Shares can

period no can be registared." By Order of the Board of Directors,

A SHELTON HOOPER,

this school in an unsatisfactory condition. The headmaster went on leave shortly after, and the slder boys were taught for SPECIAL selected follections for this the rest of the year partly by Mr James of

Kowloon school and partly by Mr Curwen Secretary to the BarGKONG LAND INFLAT of Yaumati. There was an improvement, by the end of the year.

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The upper school consists at present of Agents for THE WEST POINT BUILDING, 11 boys, moet of whom are the sons of

Co., Las,

Government servants. They are backward, |- Hongkong, July 12, 1910.

and do not seem to have been well ground

ed; but they are making progress. Most

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MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD. nives to be of much ralue to the Colony,

The attendance has fallen off very con siderably. Tho. Beadmistress was, trans- ferred elsewhere.early in the year; but still the cuss per unit reaches the altogether prepustes figore of 8220 per unit ($194 in 1907 and 8 in 1907).

The numbers are not likely to ingease materidly in the near future. They were

for the year sa against 41 for 1008. Belition Public School (English and Vernacular Sides).-Reference to rast re ports will shews endient change which has taken place in the nature of the Falities Public School. One perhaps the most important girls' school in the Colour, it gradually fell from this position and became AVEJUST RECEIVED NEW SHIP- mainly a resort for girls whose special

TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS,

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The Cheapness and quality or their Goods have no equai.

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educational needs were unprovided for ekse where, v. Jews, Eurasinus. Japanese, atc.. The attendance on the English side, though, cked out by a number of small boys.

fell in 1905 to S.

By that year however to quote my annual report, there werú. “signs of an increasing

ire or the part of the Chinese parents to give their daughters an English educa tion." To meet the new demand special

divisions of the lower classes were formed where the lastraction ran strictly an Eng lish lines. By 1907, the Chinese pupils preponderated so greatly in the lower classes, that it was possible to do away with the non-Chinees divisions aitogether, and the school hecane organised as

English School" to mit he requirements

of the great majority of the pupils. It in hardly necessary to add that pupils of all nationalities were and are still welcomed.. Nevertheless by 1308 the lowest classes had become almost exclusively Chinese

Under the same roof as this English school but quite independent of it there had 772. been for many year a vernacular Chinese

school of a not very high typo, but with large attendance. In 1906, this vernacul school fell under the management of Mr Sunx Hck-pang to whose singularly able control in due the remarkable improvement which ime taken place. In his time the average attendance has risen from 175 to 126: the-fees collected from nil to $1 991. The curriculum now includes elementary maie and painting. But more significant still is the remarkable change for the better in the bearing and intelligence of the pupils. It was due to Mr Sung's influence that in 1900 the two highest standards expressed a desired to lonru English for an hour a day. Ther roquest was complied with, and the experiment has proved sa successful that I have arranged for the four highe-t standard to do so in future, the time spent on the subject Incrossing in the higher standards. As the Chinese girls on the English side are daily taught i Chinese, the amalgamation of the vernacx- lar school (under Mrs Tatcher) with th veroncular school (under Mr Subg Jok- pang) is pinotically complete.

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Attention has already been drawn to the increased numbers in the English school. At the Ellis Kadooris school, the average attendance increased from 498 to 50%, and

the grant by 2.500.

The vernacular schools keep up their numbers, in proportion to the

N INTERIM DIVIDEND of $3.50 A per Share for the six months ending 30th June. 1910, will be payable on FRIDAY, 19th July, on which data Divid end Warrants may be obtained on applian tion at the, Company's Office.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com will be CLOSED from WEDNES DAY, tohto FRIDAY, 29th July (both days focusive) during which period no. transfer of Shares can be registared.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A. SHELTON HOOPER,

Secretary. Pangrong, July 12, 19

THE BIRD IN THE HAND

(A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH).

THE bird in the band' to the

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This policy has secured us the confidence of the public in the past and we hope to merit the approval of the residents of this Colony.

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incresss of population. This is inevitable THE TYPHOON TEA clone of our Beren.

since the number of new schools is only necasionally increased, and many inefficient ones have boen worded put in the past few. years. More than 25 por cont, of theme schools are now returned sa "thoroughly. efficient."

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in the direction of meticulous but unintel ligent imitation. Drawing, rightly taught, tends to cultivate the powers of observation and should be a valuable corrective: Ism glad to report that an English mistress at the Trainlog Home has begun to teach her pepila to draw from life the resulta ara promising and the mothoda worthy of Atady,

The two schools, St. Stephen's Boys and Girls, are not under the Education departs (Continued on Fags 8.)

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