CO129-019 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [1-4] — Page 245

Government - whatever...

The enclosed. Letter.

This

wer.

Your

Lordship's

are

extended_ to embrace the largest number..

4.

The limits of age for the pupils

240

from

Mr. Stanton

5.

It is

queries

in relation to

very far from being.

deemosynary

school, the only European retablishment

in the place to which the felmial Government-

-

is invited - to contribute_ _ In fact, without this school, a considerable portion of the European_ Children in this place would be

a state of absolute heatheniem.

2.

intended to

conduct the School on merely eleem

principles, but. Mr. Stanton seems to entertain

a low extimate

the means

of the

of the parents

to contribute.. A certain contribution-

brought up in-

on

their

Mr. Stanton states that the munver

in this school is now 40, and might be expected.

to reach. 60 or 80 if encouraged.

The instruction. is that of an English. Parish-school-, under an Auglish. Master and Mistress, superintended by Mr. and Mr. Stanton...

3.

The

greatest liberality, and absence-

of bigotted or sectarian feeling, exhibited by those concerned-, from estimation of the value of any

are

the

-just-

instruction

whatever under the circumstances.

part might. however be made compulsory, as the condition of Government.

assistance..

In

my

Report

on the Blue Book

to

No 31 of the 13th Instant (to which_ I beg refer)

I observe that the native schools under

Chinese Christians would-

the charge of afford the most rational prospect of converting the native population. The Chinee have no idolatrous prejudices whatever, the education in these schools is merely in reading,

very

writing, and accounts, and a trifling contribution from the Government- would have a good effect.

at the same