CO129-019 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [1-4] — Page 258

department, sight, remunerate itself-

by

a deduction, made

prome

the Salaries

of Interpreters and. other. Officers educated in this manner.

There might also with: unch- advantage. be established_in_two_or_ three of the more densely propled-. of the Istrend schools for of native boys in their own- language-

propled_districts

the instruction

and literature under native Teachers; - specially if competent Christian-natives

could be obtained. From these schools a class

promising boys

of the more might be selected- for instruction. in- English by the English. Master during the hours in which the_ruglish_boys study Chinese.

At the same time I venture to cxpress my firm belief, that any-

of English. and

• indiscriminate union-

Native pupils in the same class would

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greatly impede the progress of both..

If I may be excused in the

intrusion

suggest

of another opinion, I would.

that there is a

natural

impediment in the way of any cooperation between. Her Majesty's Government

of

ament, and-

the Missionary Societies in the conduct_

-schools in as muchas that the especial_ object of these societies is to prepare- teachers of Religion, view they

distance

netuore

from the

and that with this

their pupils

to a

1

injurious effects of

intercourse with their relatives. With-

objects and methods 20 different, and in

so wide a

field,

our barinus

efforts

had better be distinet and

independent.

An officcent Ruglich. Master. could searedly be retained at a Sulary less than £250 for

because

aunum,

he would be competent to fill

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