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Correspondence with M. Stewart respecting the teaching of English in the Government 14.18 16.4

Schools, and I now enclose for your

an account

Luchin's information extracted from the local papers of the

remarks I made in doing so

doing so, auch of the views expressed by Mis Lowrock

2.

behalf of the unofficial members.

As

regards the teaching of huglich,

I pointed out that we could not at this moment kind in Hong Kong a single chinese who had been concated in the

Central School& who knew enough of English to fit him to be a Suron. The only eis Chivere that the Legislative Council had be able to reid one of

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to be on the Jury List, had been educated wither in the Straits Settlements, in America, or by D. Legge:

3.

Members

I proposed that the unofficial

of

Council should sweet two or

three of the Members of the Executive Council, M. Stewart, D. hitel, and myself,

and that we

should then consider what

mimount of Ruglich ought to be taught

in our

we

Government Schools, whether might not make hnglish compalary in the Government Schools; and, as regards the Central School, whether we might not devote a for larger proportion of the time and of the Staff to the teaching it theagles.

A