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Jash

Dr.

Year

In his report for Stewart refers to the school being left comparatively Empty and ascribes this unsatisfactory state of things to this that the teaching of Inglich it " ridently not wanted by the people =

During the last

Jour have harrowly watched the school and täten special paint to find out the real state of things. I have come Entirely different conclusion .

months I

to an

I have found that the teacher is unsuited to the place, incompetent

for the port,

the post, inattentive to hit dutels, irregular in keeping his roll, and out,

of all sepupakly with the people in the village.

I have farther found

that

that there are three other Schools in the

aze

village, where fees

charged, whilst the Government school charges no fees, that

there (the former) (schools are well attended, whilst the Government School is left. and that a few boys of

rearts empty,

the village are rolu pent as

far as Stanley

to attend the Government School there.

At a meeting I held with the "I was told that the

" Kai Long

villagers would like English and Chinsa to be taught at the School, but that they desired to have a better teacher and a stricter system of teaching.

They

are how considering the question

of raising expenses of

a contribution towards the

the School:

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