CO129-081 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [4-7] — Page 528

10

comprehends reading, writing, and composition in Chinese,

as

also

the committal to memory of

the chinese

large portions of classies._ In this department

likewise embraced the reading

7

582

Knowledge

of

writing - Here also a

the Mements

is given of

Geography and Arithmetic..

13.

are

the New Testament in chinen

and the Committal

57

this to memory,

of

portions

but the

New Testament is only med

when

on

application to them,

Mo

objection is made by the parents. In the principal Schools Auglich

is

taught, both reading from

Book, and clocution, and-

In the new central School

English will form

a more

important part of the Educational course than heretofore.

14. The estimated

the Government Loncational

expense of

Establishment

for

the current

year

is

£1545, and the new scheme

is not expected to exceed that amount at least at present.