CO129-183 - Public Offices & Others - 1878 — Page 391

58.

"sent to the counting where the language is apchen, and that his progress

I will be

in the

Prefer in to this attain-

•ments in the ther. Chinese is not

studiad at

in Central School as much

"fer the sake of eating the bays acquaint i= "ed will what their Pages

may

Lave written,

eveals a

as that they "possible the language.

for language,

" in the investigative of its alemants and " in the constination of it's parts. Iknow humiliating shactuals than frequently as in Hong King,

"I no more turni

"to pee, as

C

· Gays who know Exglich auch better ・than they no Chinese, who entualy "negle & their own language when they "begin to learn the other, and who, when,

"asked for lite translation

"

of a

letter

or as he' in fail to render its in- "telligibly. If there is anything thank

ought

59.

378

"

ought to be aimed at in connenims with " the school, it is that this disgrace

shall

"

not attacks to it.

this was written at the

time when all the scholars ware Chinese.

It applies equally to all the

bags

wow, of

whatever cratimality. If Chinese need at

Esant foror hours language. bap

A

who

day for their

Own A

ach Chinese

cannot be expected to do onnel at

the language in

less.

I mentioned this matter to

Bishal Burden before I left, and he an

greed with me. He said two hours and

half a day at Chinese was inadequate.

totally

The