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"comparison, the table should stand

thus:-

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Table XIV

• Number of Uneducated Children in

Heonghong in 1876.

Number of Children in the Colony under (26.247 sixteen years of age as per Census ___ (26.247 Dedust as bring under 5 years of Age say. 8.007

i

Deduct as attending schools of all

denominations,

say.

4640

12,647

Grotal Number of Uneducated Children - - 13,000

to

but in the

But in endeavouring form any comparison between the mumber of children really educated in this bolony and in other parts of the Empire, it is necessary

to the

to reduce

average daily attendance, number Mr Stewart gives

the

Other Return

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$

Jus

attending

I

all the schools in Honghong.

find that instead of 4640 Children

attending all the schools, the daily attendance in 1876

2.700.

4.

average

was about

The average daily attendance in the Central School 393, out of

577 on the rolls is very respectable

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compared with other schools in Honghong; but then it must be remembered that the Central School

middle class education, that

for it is presided

and

zealous

over

by a highly able

Head master who

reecives £650 a year, and who is assisted by three European teachers (at £300 a year each) and a staff