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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26тя JANUARY, 1878.
Luk King-fo,
Chan Ping-hang,
Kwong Chiu-wing,.
Chan Kam-fong,
Lai Ping-chin,
Li You,
Ho Tseung-hang,
Wong Kam-sau, »
Leung U-in,
Hau Fung-shu,
Ng Man-ki,....
Kwan Shiu-ping,
Lau Chak,
Chan Ting-sui,
P'un Chi,
Lam Cheung,
Leung Shiu-kong,
Sham Tin-shan,
.....Watch,
4th Class.
Mr. Kwok Tsung.
Gold Pencilcase,...
...Gold and Rubber Pencilcase, ........Mr. Ball.
5th Class.
Watch,
Mr. Kwok Tsung.
Gold and Rubber Pencilcase,
6th Class.
.Watch,
Silver Pencilcase,
Watch,
7th Class.
.Gold and Rubber Pencilcase, ....Mr. Piercy.
.Watch,
Sth Class
Silver Pencilcase,
9th Class.
...Gold Pencilcase....
.Silver Pencilcase,
10th Class.
..Silver Pencilease,
.Mr. Gerard.
Ivory and Silver Pencilcase,...... Ivory and Silver Pencilcase,....
CHINESE CLASSES.—FORTNIGHTLY EXAMINATIONS.
.Binocular,
1st Class.
2nd Class.
....Head Master.
....Silver Pencilcase,
Second Master.
ORDINARY PRIZES.
1st Class.
Watch, .....Silver Pencilcase,
.Mr. Wong Tso-leang.
2nd Class. ..Silver Pencilease, ....Silver Pencilense,
3rd Class.
Chung Shing-hong, Wat Ying-cho,.
Chenng Yung-kan, Chan Tin-tseung,
Ho Tun-yung, Tsang King-tsz,
.Silver Pencilcase,
....Ivory and Silver Pencilcase,....
4th Class.
.Silver Pencilcase,
..Ivory and Silver Pencilcase,......
CHINESE CLASS FOR EUROPEANS, &c.
Li Ip, Chan Un-fan,
Sheik Akbar,
A. Ramjan,..
Li Fai,...
F. Machado,
G. Basa,
C. Franco,
1st Division.
Watch, .Three Books,
.Honourable J, G. Austin. ..Mr. Machado.
2nd Division.
Three Books,
Mr. Romano.
..... Dictionary,
3rd Division.
..Three Books, ..Two Books,...
·Having completed the distribution of the prizes,-
Mr. Hyndman.
Mr. J. J. dos Remedios.
Mr. J. J. dos Remedios.
occasion
to
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sustained during the past year. The third master, Mr. GAIR, obtained leave of absence on account of the delicate state of his health, and, I regret to say, he died in Japan. Mr. GAIR was for a long time in the public service of the Colony. He was au Inspector of Police previous to his connection with the ntral School. Before joining our Police force he was a school-master in Scotlaud, and when he was promoted to the important post of third master in this school, I believe I am justified in saying, in the presence of Mr. STEWART and those who knew him well, that he was an able assistant to the thead master, that he gave the utmost satisfaction to Mr. STEWART and the pupils who came in contact with him. Whilst, therefore, I am bound to express publicly my great regret at his loss, I have at all events the satisfaction of recording the fact that the Government have been able to obtain the assistance of a competent gentleman to take his place, and I may say in pussing, that on a recent visit to this school I was much pleased to see how admirably Mr. FALCONER, the second master in the school, Mr. BALL, and Mr. PIERCY assisted Mr. STEWART. When you think of the large number of pupils in this school, you will appreciate the responsibility of Mr. STEWART and the other gentlemen who are entrusted with the management of this institution. What I saw in the school and what I have read of the previous reports of Mr. STEWART and of the progress of the school, all convince me that a change is accessary in the management of this institution in the direction of giving more leisure to Mr. STEWART attend to the higher duties of inspector of schools. (Applause). I think we are exacting from Mr. STEWART more than any one man, no matter how accomplished and able he may be, can perform m asking him to be not only the inspector of all our schools, but also to retain the post of head master in this school. I believe that if Mr. STEWART were to take the position of inspector of schools, maintaining of course in that position a proper supervision over this school, he would be able to give the whole educational scheme of the Colony a closer attention than he is at present able to bestow upon it. It does not do for us if we happen to have a very good officer to overwork him; with the growth, the steady but yet rapid growth, of this school, the work of Mr. STEWART must have,
roportion, and the time has come when, I think, I may fairly consider whether or not some change grown in should be made of the nature I have indicated. Of course, as you are aware, whatever change I think it necessary to recommend, it will be my duty to report to Her Majesty's Government, but, knowing what the services of Mr. STEWART have been to the school, I believe the Secretary of State would favourably entertain any recommendation in that direction by the Governor of the Colony.
Perhaps I may take this opportunity of saying a word or two to the students who are present on a subject which at one time attracted a good deal of my attention and which, close as we are to China, is not an inappropriate subject in addressing an audience such as this. You are all aware that the Government of the Great Empire close to us relies for obtaining its official element upon a system of open competitive examination, established now for many centuries in China, and you are also aware that some of the countries in Europe-I will not say following the example of China, but certainly treading in the footsteps of China-have established also a system of open competitive examination for appointments in the civil service. Now one of my predecessors, many, many years ago, in writing to the Secretary of State, expressed his opinion that the Government of China was able to conduct the administration of China-of that vast empire stretching down from Peking to Canton-was able to conduct that government from Peking mainly by reason of this system of open competitive examin- ations, and by relying on certain great moral principles, such as parental authority, which that
ent at all times enforces. Not long since, when paying a flying visit to Canton, I was shown by govern- Archdeacon GRAY the examination halls in that city. As well as I remember, he told me that at the last examination there were three thousand candidates, and there were very few more than one hundred of these three thousand that were to obtain the degrees; that is, there were few more than one hundred degrees to be given. The result was that during the two or three days the examination lasted the intellectual struggle between these three or four thousand students was very great. The names of the hundred who passed were recorded, and from time to time, as vacancies occurred in the public service of China, they obtained appointments, and in that way some of the most powerful mandarins in China have obtained the public offices they hold. Now the question occurred to me when I arrived in this Colony, would it be possible for me to do anything in that direction here? And perhaps you will excuse me if I refer to the personal reminiscence that some years ago, in the House! public competition the whole of the appointments of the civil service in England. We had of Commons, I made a motion for a committce to ascertain whether it was possible to throw open to & debate
perhaps on that occasion in the wrong, opposed my motion.
upon that subject. Lord PALMERSTON, no doubt a very wise statesman, though
was
The House of Commons,
His EXCELLENCY said:-Ladies and gentlemen, it becomes my pleasing duty to congratulate my friend Mr. STEWART, on the number of scholars who are here to-day. On one of the last occasions appeared in public in Hongkong-it was at a concert-I saw that the hall in which the concert was held was but half filled. Well, Mr. STEWART cannot complain to-day that this spacious hall is only half-filled; indeed, on the contrary, the hall in this school, though very spacious, is not, on an like this, large enough to contain, I may say, one half of the pupils who are in attendance throughout the year. I suppose the number of pupils who are sitting before me amounts to something like two hundred and fifty or three hundred. The total number of scholars attending this school during the year 1877 amounted to six hundred and ten and at this moment there are four hundred and thirty- three boys in attendance at the Central School, so that a considerable number of the pupils are not now inside this room. So far, therefore, Mr. STEWART has no cause of complaint as to the attendance at the school; and, I may add, it is not only to-day very large, but, I believe, I am right in saying that in the history of the school it has never been so large as it is to-day. Mr. STEWART now tells me it is larger than it has ever been before. The daily average attendance, which after all is the real test ofpathised with my efforts to throw open the civil service of the United Kingdom to public cour the working of a school so far as the attendance is concerned, was this year four hundred and thirty one, being considerably in excess of that of the previous year. But whilst I congratulate Mr. STEWART on that important fact, I must condole with him and the scholars upon the loss that this institution
However, supported me; I had the satisfaction so far of defeating the Ministry. My committee appointed and that committee recommended that the civil service of England should be thrown open to free public competition. It came to pass a few years later, in 1870, that Mr. LADSTONE, who was then the Prime Minister of England, by an Order in Council carried into effect the recommendation of that committee, and I had the great satisfaction of receiving from him a letter which he acquainted me with what he had done, and he was pleased to say that he had all along
any of the great departments of the State (with one exception), any young man in England, Ireland, tition. And at this moment, if a clerkship is vacant in the Colonial Office, in the Board of Admiralty, Scotland, without any favour or patronage, can compete for the appointment. And what is the result? I am told by the heads of the departments in England-the Secretary of the Treasury has
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