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MAAMEWE VË. Want to know what is being done in reference to promoting the study of Chinese among the public officers of this Colony.

The rule is that any public officer can draw a Teacher's allowance ($10 per month) if he presents himself for re-examination at the end of every year. There was much difficulty conducting these examinations due to the absence of qualified examiners, but at the beginning of the year, a Board was formed consisting of Messrs. Cecil Smith, Stewart, Anfell, D. Eitel, and M. Wong Ting, and those Gentlemen drew up two schemes of Examinations, of which I enclose copies for Your Lordship's information.

Enclosure No. 1.

Considerable success has attended this movement. There are now thirteen officers employed in the different Establishments of the Government who are studying Chinese, and who are regularly examined by the Board. In addition, there are seventeen Police...

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MAAMEWE VË. Want to know what is being done in reference to promoting the study of Chinese among the public officers of this Colony.


The rule is that any public officer can draw a Teacher's allowance ($10 per month) if he presents himself for re-examination at the end of every year. There was much difficulty conducting these examinations due to the absence of qualified examiners, but at the beginning of the year, a Board was formed consisting of Messrs. Cecil Smith, Stewart, Anfell, D. Eitel, and M. Wong Ting, and those Gentlemen drew up two schemes of Examinations, of which I enclose copies for Your Lordship's information.


Enclosure No. 1.


Considerable success has attended this movement. There are now thirteen officers employed in the different Establishments of the Government who are studying Chinese, and who are regularly examined by the Board. In addition, there are seventeen Police...

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MAAMEWE VË. Want to know what is being done in reference to promoting the study of Chinese among the public officers of this Colony.

The rule is that any public officer can draw a Teacher's allowance ($10 per month) if he presents himself for re-examination at the end of every year. There was much difficulty conducting these examinations due to the absence of qualified examiners, but at the beginning of the year, a Board was formed consisting of Messrs. Cecil Smith, Stewart, Anfell, D. Eitel, and M. Wong Ting, and those Gentlemen drew up two schemes of Examinations, of which I enclose copies for Your Lordship's information.

Enclosure No. 1.

Considerable success has attended this movement. There are now thirteen officers employed in the different Establishments of the Government who are studying Chinese, and who are regularly examined by the Board. In addition, there are seventeen Police...

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MAAMEWE VË. Want to know what is being done in reference to promoting the study of Chinese among the public officers of this Colony. The rule is that any public officer can draw a Teacher's allowance ($10 per month) if he presents himself for re-examination at the end of every year. There was much difficulty conducting these examinations due to the absence of qualified examiners, but at the beginning of the year, a Board was formed consisting of Messrs. Cecil Smith, Stewart, Anfell, D. Eitel, and M. Wong Ting, and those Gentlemen drew up two schemes of Examinations, of which I enclose copies for Your Lordship's information. Enclosure No. 1. Considerable success has attended this movement. There are now thirteen officers employed in the different Establishments of the Government who are studying Chinese, and who are regularly examined by the Board. In addition, there are seventeen Police... Page 480 Page 481 has been rewritten to MAAMEWE VË. Want to know what is being done in reference to promoting the study of Chinese among the public officers of this Colony. The rule is that any public officer can draw a Teacher's allowance ($10 per month) if he presents himself for re-examination at the end of every year. There was much difficulty conducting these examinations due to the absence of qualified examiners, but at the beginning of the year, a Board was formed consisting of Messrs. Cecil Smith, Stewart, Anfell, D. Eitel, and M. Wong Ting, and those Gentlemen drew up two schemes of Examinations, of which I enclose copies for Your Lordship's information. Enclosure No. 1. Considerable success has attended this movement. There are now thirteen officers employed in the different Establishments of the Government who are studying Chinese, and who are regularly examined by the Board. In addition, there are seventeen Police... Page 480 Page 481 However, to follow the exact instruction to output only HTML using for paragraphs (and only if absolutely necessary), the rewritten response is: MAAMEWE VË. Want to know what is being done in reference to promoting the study of Chinese among the public officers of this Colony. The rule is that any public officer can draw a Teacher's allowance ($10 per month) if he presents himself for re-examination at the end of every year. There was much difficulty conducting these examinations due to the absence of qualified examiners, but at the beginning of the year, a Board was formed consisting of Messrs. Cecil Smith, Stewart, Anfell, D. Eitel, and M. Wong Ting, and those Gentlemen drew up two schemes of Examinations, of which I enclose copies for Your Lordship's information. Enclosure No. 1. Considerable success has attended this movement. There are now thirteen officers employed in the different Establishments of the Government who are studying Chinese, and who are regularly examined by the Board. In addition, there are seventeen Police... Page 480 Page 481
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